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Season's first yellowtail auction

The season's first auction of winter yellowtails is held at a fish market in Kanazawa in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on Dec. 2, 2025. A fish weighing 14.5 kilogram was auctioned off for a record-tying 4 million yen ($25,700).

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Fujifilm to launch new Cheki series instant camera

A woman takes a selfie with Fujifilm Corp.'s latest model of the Cheki instant camera series, "instax mini LiPlay+," in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025, ahead of its official launch on Nov. 7. The front-facing camera, equipped with a rear monitor for easier selfies, is priced at around 28,600 yen ($190), with the series' cumulative sales surpassing 100 million units since its debut in 1998.

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Fujifilm to launch new Cheki series instant camera

A woman takes a selfie with Fujifilm Corp.'s latest model of the Cheki instant camera series, "instax mini LiPlay+," in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025, ahead of its official launch on Nov. 7. The front-facing camera, equipped with a rear monitor for easier selfies, is priced at around 28,600 yen ($190), with the series' cumulative sales surpassing 100 million units since its debut in 1998.

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Fujifilm to launch new Cheki series instant camera

A woman holds Fujifilm Corp.'s latest model of the Cheki instant camera series, "instax mini LiPlay+," in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025, ahead of its launch on Nov. 7. The front-facing camera, equipped with a rear monitor for easier selfies, is priced at around 28,600 yen ($190), with the series' cumulative sales having surpassed 100 million units since its debut in 1998.

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Baseball star Ohtani statue on sale

Former Samurai Japan manager Hideki Kuriyama poses by a life-size gold-leaf statue of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, displayed for sale at a gold fair held at a Yokohama Takashimaya department store in Yokohama near Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2025, carrying a price tag of 55 million yen ($371,872).

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Baseball star Ohtani statue on sale

A life-size gold-leaf statue of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is displayed for sale at a gold fair held at a Yokohama Takashimaya department store in Yokohama near Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2025, carrying a price tag of 55 million yen ($371,872).

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CORRECTED: Suzuki Motor's 1st EV

Suzuki Motor Corp. President Toshihiro Suzuki introduces on Sept. 16, 2025, the "e Vitara" SUV, the auto company's first battery-electric vehicle, to be released in Japan on Jan. 16, next year. The vehicle, that can travel over 430 kilometers on a single charge, will be exported from India to over 100 countries with prices starting from 3.99 million yen ($27,000).

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Suzuki Motor's 1st EV

Photo taken on Sept. 16, 2025, shows the "e Vitara" SUV, Suzuki Motor Corp.'s first battery-electric vehicle to be released in Japan on Jan. 16, next year. The vehicle, that can travel over 430 kilometers on a single charge, will be exported from India to over 100 countries with prices starting from 3.99 million yen ($27,000).

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Premium melons from Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan, May 26 Kyodo - A pair of premium melons, produced in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetches 1 million yen ($7,000) at the first auction of the year in Sapporo, the capital of the northern Japan prefecture, on May 26, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Premium melons from Hokkaido

A pair of premium melons, produced in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetches 1 million yen ($7,000) at the first auction of the year in Sapporo, the capital of the northern Japan prefecture, on May 26, 2025.

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Scandal-hit Fuji Media Holdings logs loss

Fuji Television Network Inc. President Kenji Shimizu and Osamu Kanemitsu, president of its parent company Fuji Media Holdings Inc., attend a press conference in Tokyo on April 30, 2025, after Fuji Meida said it is projected to log a consolidated net loss of 20.1 billion yen (approx. $139.4 million) for fiscal 2024 following a scandal in which former TV personality Masahiro Nakai allegedly sexually assaulted a former Fuji TV employee that led sponsors to pull their commercials.

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Scandal-hit Fuji Media Holdings logs loss

Fuji Media Holdings Inc. President Osamu Kanemitsu speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 30, 2025, after the media group said it is projected to log a consolidated net loss of 20.1 billion yen (approx. $139.4 million) for fiscal 2024 following a scandal in which famed former TV personality Masahiro Nakai allegedly sexually assaulted a former employee of its subsidiary Fuji Television Network Inc. that has led sponsors to pull their commercials. Kanemitsu also announced his resignation.

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Scandal-hit Fuji Media Holdings logs loss

Fuji Television Network Inc. President Kenji Shimizu speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 30, 2025, after its parent company Fuji Media Holdings Inc. said it is projected to log a consolidated net loss of 20.1 billion yen (approx. $139.4 million) for fiscal 2024 following a scandal in which famed former TV personality Masahiro Nakai allegedly sexually assaulted a former Fuji TV employee that has led sponsors to pull their commercials.

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Ad giant Dentsu fined 300 mil. yen over Tokyo Olympics bid-rigging

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2025, shows the building housing the headquarters of leading Japanese advertising agency Dentsu Group Inc. in Tokyo. The Tokyo District Court fined the company 300 million yen ($1.94 million) the same day for its role in bid-rigging related to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

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Ad giant Dentsu fined 300 mil. yen over Tokyo Olympics bid-rigging

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows the building housing the headquarters of leading Japanese advertising agency Dentsu Group Inc. in Tokyo. The Tokyo District Court fined the company 300 million yen ($1.94 million) the same day for its role in bid-rigging related to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

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Ad giant Dentsu fined 300 mil. yen over Tokyo Olympics bid-rigging

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows the building housing the headquarters of leading Japanese advertising agency Dentsu Group Inc. in Tokyo. The Tokyo District Court fined the company 300 million yen ($1.94 million) the same day for its role in bid-rigging related to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 6 Kyodo - Video shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 207 million yen ($1.3 million) during the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Year-end Jumbo lottery draw in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 31 Kyodo - Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attends the year-end Jumbo lottery draw in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2024, with top prize winners set to win up to 1 billion yen ($6.4 million). (Kyodo)

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 207 million yen ($1.3 million) during the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 207 million yen ($1.3 million) during the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 207 million yen ($1.3 million) during the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025.

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Year-end Jumbo lottery draw in Tokyo

The year-end Jumbo lottery draw is held in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2024, with top prize winners set to win up to 1 billion yen ($6.4 million).

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Year-end Jumbo lottery draw in Tokyo

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attends the year-end Jumbo lottery draw in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2024, with top prize winners set to win up to 1 billion yen ($6.4 million).

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Japan's MUFG Bank head Hanzawa

MUFG Bank President Junichi Hanzawa (L) bows at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2024. He apologized over the alleged theft of more than 1 billion yen ($6.5 million) by a former employee from customers' safe deposit boxes at the Japanese megabank.

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Japan's MUFG Bank head Hanzawa

MUFG Bank President Junichi Hanzawa (C) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2024. He apologized over the alleged theft of more than 1 billion yen ($6.5 million) by a former employee from customers' safe deposit boxes at the Japanese megabank.

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Japan's MUFG Bank head Hanzawa

MUFG Bank President Junichi Hanzawa (C) bows at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2024. He apologized over the alleged theft of more than 1 billion yen ($6.5 million) by a former employee from customers' safe deposit boxes at the Japanese megabank.

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Japan's MUFG Bank head Hanzawa

MUFG Bank President Junichi Hanzawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2024. He apologized over the alleged theft of more than 1 billion yen ($6.5 million) by a former employee from customers' safe deposit boxes at the Japanese megabank.

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Japan provides surveillance radar to Philippines

Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro (L) and Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo (C) pose for a photo with Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuya Endo in Manila on Dec. 5, 2024, after the two countries signed an agreement for Japan to provide coastal surveillance radar valued at 1.6 billion yen ($10.7 million) to Manila.

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Year-end lottery tickets on sale in Japan

Photo taken Nov. 20, 2024, shows wads of year-end "Jumbo" lottery tickets at a booth in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district, as sales of the 300 yen lottery began the same day across Japan. Purchasers can win up to 1 billion yen ($6.48 million), including before and after prizes.

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Meta faces $2.8 mil lawsuits in Japan over fake ads

Lawyers attend a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 29, 2024, after filing a lawsuit with the Osaka District Court against Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc. over advertisements that fraudulently solicited investments with fake celebrity endorsements. The U.S. technology giant and its Japanese arm are facing lawsuits filed with district courts in Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba and Saitama, with 30 plaintiffs seeking a total of 435 million yen ($2.8 million) in damages.

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Meta faces $2.8 mil lawsuits in Japan over fake ads

Lawyers head to the Osaka District Court in Osaka on Oct. 29, 2024, to file a lawsuit against Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms Inc. over advertisements that fraudulently solicited investments with fake celebrity endorsements. The U.S. technology giant and its Japanese arm are facing lawsuits filed with district courts in Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba and Saitama, with 30 plaintiffs seeking a total of 435 million yen ($2.8 million) in damages.

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Japan Diet enacts law to compensate forced sterilization victims

Junko Mihara, Japanese minister for policies related to children, bows during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024, after the Diet enacted a law to pay 15 million yen ($101,000) each to victims of forced sterilization surgery under a now-defunct eugenics protection law.

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Japan Diet enacts law to compensate forced sterilization victims

The Japanese House of Councillors approves legislation designed to pay 15 million yen ($101,000) each to victims of forced sterilization surgery under a now-defunct eugenics protection law, during a plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Japan Diet enacts law to compensate forced sterilization victims

The Japanese House of Councillors approves legislation designed to pay 15 million yen ($101,000) each to victims of forced sterilization surgery under a now-defunct eugenics protection law, during a plenary session in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Japan provides medical equipment to Ukraine

Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine Kuninori Matsuda (L) and Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liashko attend a ceremony in Kyiv on Sept. 23, 2024, following Japan's decision to provide MRI and other medical equipment to 30 facilities across Ukraine through a 4.4 billion yen (about $31 million) grant-in-aid program.

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Japan provides medical equipment to Ukraine

Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine Kuninori Matsuda (L) and Ukrainian Health Minister Viktor Liashko (C) attend a ceremony in Kyiv on Sept. 23, 2024, following Japan's decision to provide MRI and other medical equipment to 30 facilities across Ukraine through a 4.4 billion yen (about $31 million) grant-in-aid program.

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US: Airport Fire Expands In Southern California, Destroys Homes 3

Airport Fire burning in Orange and Riverside Counties, Southern California has grown to more than 23,000 acres as of Wednesday morning, September 11. The fire injured at least seven people and destroyed homes.

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BYD launches 3rd EV model in Japan

STORY: BYD launches 3rd EV model in Japan SHOOTING TIME: June 25, 2024/Earlier footage DATELINE: June 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): ATSUKI TOFUKUJI, President of BYD Auto Japan 3. various of BYD SEAL STORYLINE: Chinese automaker BYD on Tuesday unveiled its third electric vehicle (EV), the SEAL, in Japan, as the company marches into the country's sedan market. The SEAL will be available in two versions, both with a battery capacity of 82.56 kWh, according to BYD Auto Japan Inc. at a press conference in Tokyo. The base model, priced at 5.28 million yen (about 33,110 U.S. dollars), offers a driving range of about 640 kilometers, while the all-wheel-drive (AWD) version went on sale at 6.05 million yen with a driving range of 575 kilometers. Deliveries are expected by the end of July for the base model and the end of August for the AWD version. Highlighting safety, sporty performance, and comfort, the newly i

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Premium melons from Hokkaido

A pair of premium melons, produced in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetch 3 million yen ($19,000) at the first auction of the year in Sapporo, the capital of the northern Japan prefecture, on May 24, 2024.

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Premium melons from Hokkaido

A pair of premium melons, produced in Yubari in Hokkaido, fetch 3 million yen ($19,000) at the first auction of the year in Sapporo, the capital of the northern Japan prefecture, on May 24, 2024.

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Pair of Hokkaido melons fetch 3 mil. yen at year's 1st auction

A pair of Yubari melons fetch 3 million yen ($23,550) in Sapporo, northern Japan, on May 26, 2022, at the year's first auction for the signature product of the Hokkaido city of Yubari.(Kyodo)

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10 mil. yen gold bowl stolen from Tokyo department store

Photo taken on April 11, 2024, shows Takashimaya department store's Nihombashi outlet in Tokyo's Chuo Ward. A pure gold bowl priced at over 10 million yen ($65,000) was stolen from an exhibition held at the store the same day, with police seeking a man caught on camera taking the item.

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10 mil. yen gold bowl stolen from Tokyo department store

Photo taken on April 11, 2024, shows Takashimaya department store's Nihombashi outlet in Tokyo's Chuo Ward. A pure gold bowl priced at over 10 million yen ($65,000) was stolen from an exhibition held at the store the same day, with police seeking a man caught on camera taking the item.

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Buddhist monks seek social welfare donations

Buddhist monks from the Koyasan Shingon Sect gather at their temple before visiting houses in Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 26, 2024, for an annual event to seek donations. The approximately 1.14 million yen in donations collected will be used for social welfare purposes, including helping those affected by a powerful earthquake in central Japan on Jan. 1.

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Buddhist monks seek social welfare donations

Buddhist monks from the Koyasan Shingon Sect visit houses in Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 26, 2024, during an annual event to seek donations. The approximately 1.14 million yen in donations collected will be used for social welfare purposes, including helping those affected by a powerful earthquake in central Japan on Jan. 1.

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Japan's corporate bankruptcies up 35 pct in 2023

STORY: Japan's corporate bankruptcies up 35 pct in 2023 SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cities in Japan STORYLINE: The number of company bankruptcies in Japan increased by 35 percent in 2023 compared to the previous year due to rising prices and labor costs, a local credit research company has reported. According to a survey conducted by Tokyo Shoko Research Ltd., the number of bankrupt companies in Japan with debts exceeding 10 million yen (about 68,189 U.S. dollars) reached 8,690 in 2023. The total debt of bankrupt companies exceeded 24.026 trillion yen. Small and medium-sized enterprises with fewer employees constitute the majority of bankruptcies, according to the report, noting that the number of companies with debts below 100 million yen accounted for 74.7 percent of the total number of bankruptcies. Companies with debts exceeding 1 billion yen increased by 24 percent compared to the previous

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Tuna fetches 114 million yen at New Year auction in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - A bluefin tuna fetched 114.24 million yen ($789,000) on Friday at the New Year's auction at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market, the fourth highest price since record-keeping began in 1999.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo taken Jan. 5, 2024, shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 114.24 million yen ($800,000) at a New Year's auction earlier in the day at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo taken Jan. 5, 2024, shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 114.24 million yen ($800,000) at a New Year's auction earlier in the day at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

Photo taken Jan. 5, 2024, shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 114.24 million yen ($800,000) at a New Year's auction earlier in the day at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.