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Auction for tea leaves

New Japanese tea leaves are pictured in Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on April 20, 2026, after fetching 1.18 mil. yen ($7,425) per kilogram, the highest price at the season's inaugural auction for tea leaves grown in the renowned green tea-producing prefecture.

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Figure skating: Olympic champion pair

Japanese figure skaters Riku Miura (R) and Ryuichi Kihara pose for a photo with panels announcing rewards of 20 million yen ($130,000) each from their corporate sponsor Kinoshita Group Co. in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2026. They won gold in the figure skating pairs and silver in the team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Figure skating: Olympic champion pair

Japanese figure skaters Riku Miura (far R) and Ryuichi Kihara (2nd from R) receive panels announcing rewards of 20 million yen ($130,000) each from Naoya Kinoshita, president of Kinoshita Group Co., their company sponsor, in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2026. They won gold in the figure skating pairs and silver in the team event at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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Dollar surges to 10-month high against yen

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the dollar spurting to a 10-month high against the yen in the upper 157 range on the afternoon of Nov. 20, 2025.

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Dollar surges to 10-month high against yen

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the dollar spurting to a 10-month high against the yen in the upper 157 range on the afternoon of Nov. 20, 2025.

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Gold prices top 20,000 yen per gram

Photo taken on Sept. 29, 2025, shows gold necklaces at secondhand jewelry dealer Komehyo Co. in Tokyo's Ginza shopping area. The benchmark retail gold price topped 20,000 yen per gram the same day for the first time.

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Gold price surge

An electronic board at a retail shop of Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies Co. in Tokyo's Ginza district shows the benchmark retail gold price set by the Tokyo company topping 20,000 yen per gram for the first time on Sept. 29, 2025.

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Premium watermelons in northern Japan

Photo taken on June 20, 2025, shows "Densuke" watermelons, a specialty of Toma town in Hokkaido, that were put up for sale in the season's first auction at a wholesale market in Asahikawa on the northern Japan main island. The one in the center fetched 700,000 yen ($4,800.)

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Premium watermelon in northern Japan

Photo taken on June 20, 2025, shows a "Densuke" watermelon, a specialty of Toma town in Hokkaido, that fetched 700,000 yen ($4,800) at the season's first auction at a wholesale market in Asahikawa on the northern Japan main island.

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How a resignation support service works

User of the service:The user of the service asks a resignation support agency, via smartphone, to expedite his resignation from his company. The service costs 20,000 yen ($140) to 50,000 yen.Resignation support agency:The resignation support agency approaches the company and offers his resignation on behalf of him.Company:(Kyodo)

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How a resignation support service works

User of the service:The user of the service asks a resignation support agency, via smartphone, to expedite his resignation from his company. The service costs 20,000 yen ($140) to 50,000 yen.Resignation support agency:The resignation support agency approaches the company and offers his resignation on behalf of him.Company(Kyodo)

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Vietnam's first subway

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Dec. 22 Kyodo - Passengers line up in front of a subway ticket gate in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 22, 2024, as the day marks Vietnam's first operation of a subway. The 20-kilometer railway line including a 2-km subway section was financed by Japan's yen loans. (Kyodo)

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Vietnam's first subway

Passengers line up in front of a subway ticket gate in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 22, 2024, as the day marks Vietnam's first operation of a subway. The 20-kilometer railway line including a 2-km subway section was financed by Japan's yen loans.

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Vietnam's first subway

Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Naoki Ito speaks during a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on Dec. 22, 2024, marking the first operation of a subway in the country. The 20-kilometer railway line including a 2-km subway section, financed by Japan's yen loans, began operating the same day.

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Vietnam's first subway

Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2024, shows a train at a subway station in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The 20-kilometer railway line including a 2-km subway section, financed by Japan's yen loans, began operating the same day as it marked Vietnam's first subway operation.

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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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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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Japan to respond appropriately, any time to excessive yen moves: currency official

STORY: Japan to respond appropriately, any time to excessive yen moves: currency official SHOOTING TIME: June 20, 2024/Earlier footage DATELINE: June 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:39 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Bank of Japan 2. various of banks in Japan 3. various of Tokyo Stock Exchange 4. various of Nikkei stock index STORYLINE: Japan stands ready to take appropriate steps against volatile currency moves at "any time," the country's top currency diplomat said Monday, as the yen neared the 160 line against the U.S. dollar, a level that previously prompted authorities to intervene in the market. Masato Kanda, vice finance minister for international affairs, warned that excessive yen fluctuations negatively affect the economy. "We are ready to take appropriate action at any time," he told reporters. The yen's weakness persists after the Bank of Japan's decision this month to hold off reducing bond-buying stimulus until its July meeting. The yen weakened to 159.94 per U.S. doll

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Vegetable shop in Tokyo

File photo taken on May 20, 2024, shows cabbages sold for 258 yen per unit at a vegetable shop in Tokyo amid inflation.

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Kirin to sell spoon to enhance salty taste

Photo taken on May 20, 2024, shows a spoon developed by Kirin Holdings Co. that uses a faint electrical current to enhance salty and umami flavors, with online sales of the product to start the same day priced at 19,800 yen ($125). Meiji University Professor Homei Miyashita, who jointly developed the technology, won the Ig Nobel Nutrition prize in 2023.

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Dollar rises to mid-151 yen level

Currency monitors at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar surging to the mid-151 yen level on March 20, 2024.

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[Breaking News]Toshiba Corp. to delist from Tokyo Stock Exchange

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Video shows Toshiba Corp.'s closing price at 4,590 yen on an electronic signboard at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 19, 2023, the last day of trading on the exchange. The Japanese conglomerate will be delisted from the bourse on Dec. 20, ending its 74-year history as a public company. (Kyodo)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-TOSHIBA-DELISTING

(231220) -- TOKYO, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 20, 2023 shows the headquarters of Toshiba Corporation in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's Toshiba Corporation on Wednesday was delisted from Japanese stock exchanges, ending its 74-year-long history as a publicly traded company. The electronics giant saw its common shares delisted from the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Premier Market of the Nagoya Stock Exchange on the trading day. On their last trading day of Tuesday, shares of Toshiba closed at 4,590 yen (about 31.98 U.S. dollars), down 0.1 percent from the previous day. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-TOSHIBA-DELISTING

(231220) -- TOKYO, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 20, 2023 shows the headquarters of Toshiba Corporation in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's Toshiba Corporation on Wednesday was delisted from Japanese stock exchanges, ending its 74-year-long history as a publicly traded company. The electronics giant saw its common shares delisted from the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Premier Market of the Nagoya Stock Exchange on the trading day. On their last trading day of Tuesday, shares of Toshiba closed at 4,590 yen (about 31.98 U.S. dollars), down 0.1 percent from the previous day. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-TOSHIBA-DELISTING

(231220) -- TOKYO, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 20, 2023 shows the headquarters of Toshiba Corporation in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's Toshiba Corporation on Wednesday was delisted from Japanese stock exchanges, ending its 74-year-long history as a publicly traded company. The electronics giant saw its common shares delisted from the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Premier Market of the Nagoya Stock Exchange on the trading day. On their last trading day of Tuesday, shares of Toshiba closed at 4,590 yen (about 31.98 U.S. dollars), down 0.1 percent from the previous day. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-TOSHIBA-DELISTING

(231220) -- TOKYO, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 20, 2023 shows the headquarters of Toshiba Corporation in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's Toshiba Corporation on Wednesday was delisted from Japanese stock exchanges, ending its 74-year-long history as a publicly traded company. The electronics giant saw its common shares delisted from the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Premier Market of the Nagoya Stock Exchange on the trading day. On their last trading day of Tuesday, shares of Toshiba closed at 4,590 yen (about 31.98 U.S. dollars), down 0.1 percent from the previous day. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-TOSHIBA-DELISTING

(231220) -- TOKYO, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 20, 2023 shows the headquarters of Toshiba Corporation in Tokyo, Japan. Japan's Toshiba Corporation on Wednesday was delisted from Japanese stock exchanges, ending its 74-year-long history as a publicly traded company. The electronics giant saw its common shares delisted from the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Premier Market of the Nagoya Stock Exchange on the trading day. On their last trading day of Tuesday, shares of Toshiba closed at 4,590 yen (about 31.98 U.S. dollars), down 0.1 percent from the previous day. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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Toshiba Corp. to delist from Tokyo Stock Exchange

Photo shows Toshiba Corp.'s closing price (top, C) at 4,590 yen on an electronic signboard at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 19, 2023, the last day of trading on the exchange. The Japanese conglomerate will be delisted from the bourse on Dec. 20, ending its 74-year history as a public company.

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Toshiba Corp. to delist from Tokyo Stock Exchange

Photo shows Toshiba Corp.'s closing price at 4,590 yen on an electronic signboard at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Dec. 19, 2023, the last day of trading on the exchange. The Japanese conglomerate will be delisted from the bourse on Dec. 20, ending its 74-year history as a public company.

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Shinkansen business seats

Photo taken in an unknown location on Oct. 6, 2023, shows shinkansen bullet train seats that Central Japan Railway Co. will introduce from Oct. 20 in its Nozomi, Hikari and Kodama cars, running on the Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen lines for those seeking to work comfortably. Making taking notes and using PCs easier, the more spacious S WorkP Seats cost an additional 1,200 yen (about $8).

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High-grade cherries in northeastern Japan

Photo taken on June 20, 2023, shows high-grade Aomori Heartbeat cherries, which fetched 500,000 yen ($3,530) for a box of 15 at the season's first auction the same day at a wholesale market in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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High-grade cherries in northeastern Japan

Photo taken on June 20, 2023, shows high-grade Aomori Heartbeat cherries (front), which fetched 500,000 yen ($3,530) for a box of 15 at the season's first auction the same day at a wholesale market in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Japan logs record 161.36 bln USD trade deficit for FY 2022

STORY: Japan logs record 161.36 bln USD trade deficit for FY 2022 DATELINE: April 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of city views in Tokyo 2. various of port 3. various of factories in Japan STORYLINE: Japan posted a trade deficit of 21.73 trillion yen (161.36 billion U.S. dollars) in fiscal 2022 ending March, marking a new record, the government said in a report on Thursday. According to the Finance Ministry, the country's imports far outpaced exports from a year earlier, with imports leaping 32.2 percent compared to a 15.5 percent increase in exports. For March alone, the Finance Ministry said in its preliminary report that Japan logged a trade deficit of 754.5 billion yen (5.60 billion U.S. dollars). Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tokyo. (XHTV)

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Japan enacts record-high budget amid political, public backlash to soaring defense outlays

STORY: Japan enacts record-high budget amid political, public backlash to soaring defense outlays DATELINE: March 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:46 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of people protesting against rising defence outlays STORYLINE: Japan's parliament on Tuesday enacted a record 114.38 trillion yen (874.77 billion U.S. dollar) budget for fiscal 2023, including record allocations for controversial defense spending plans amid political and public opposition and against a backdrop of the country's dire fiscal health. The government's budget includes a record 6.82 trillion yen (52.15 billion dollars) in defense spending, a 20 percent hike and the highest on record, for the first year of a controversial and unprecedented five-year spending plan. The five-year plan has drawn staunch criticism from the public, opposition parties and scholars, in no small part due to the plan running contrary to Japan's constitutionally-bound pacifist stance. For the year from April, non-tax re

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Baseball: Lotte's Sasaki gets pay raise

Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki speaks at a press conference at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Dec. 24, 2022, after signing for the next season for an estimated 80 million yen ($608,000), up 50 million yen from 2022. He became the youngest pitcher in Japanese baseball history at 20 years and five months to throw a perfect game on April 10, 2022.

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Baseball: Lotte's Sasaki gets pay raise

Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki poses with a Christmas tree at a press conference at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Dec. 24, 2022, after signing for the next season for an estimated 80 million yen ($608,000), up 50 million yen. He became the youngest pitcher in Japanese baseball history at 20 years and five months to throw a perfect game on April 10, 2022.

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Baseball: Lotte's Sasaki gets pay raise

Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki speaks at a press conference at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Dec. 24, 2022, after signing for the next season for an estimated 80 million yen ($608,000), up 50 million yen from 2022. He became the youngest pitcher in Japanese baseball history at 20 years and five months to throw a perfect game on April 10, 2022.

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BOJ widens range for Japan bond yields

A roadside financial data screen in Tokyo shows the dollar falling to the 132 yen zone on Dec. 20, 2022, following the Bank of Japan's decision to allow long-term government bond yields to move more widely, seen by market players as an effective rate hike.

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Suspicious loan to Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose leaves the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 17, 2013. Inose was grilled for 20 hours over four days the past two weeks by a committee session of the assembly about a 50 million yen loan he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital organization.

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Sony to introduce 15 new LCD TVs

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. said Aug. 29 it will soon introduce 15 new Bravia liquid crystal display televisions including a 70-inch one, the largest LCD TV for consumers in Japan. Of the 15 new TVs, 11 will be put on sale on Sept. 20, including the popular 46-inch model that is expected to sell for 400,000 to 500,000 yen.

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Nokia's battery recall to cost Matsushita up to 20 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Nokia Japan Co. President Tyler McGee speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 24 about a recall of the company's mobile phone batteries supplied by Matsushita Battery Industrial Co.

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Nikkei bounces back over 450 pts

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian looks at the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district on Aug. 20. Tokyo stock prices rebounded sharply, lifting the key Nikkei index more than 450 points buoyed by higher U.S. shares and a weaker yen.

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Rickshaws, banned in West Bengal, still ply in Kolkata streets

KOLKATA, India - Rickshaw drivers wait for their fares in the East India city of Kolkata. The state government of West Bengal banned rickshaws as ''inhuman'' a year ago, but rickshaws still provide an inexpensive means of transport for the citizens in Kolkata. Rickshaw drivers say they can rent a rickshaw for 20 rupees (about 60 yen) a day. One 60-year-old driver says he can earn 50 rupees a day after paying the rental fee. ''I can hardly give up this way of life. In the past, there were times when I took in only 10 rupees in cash a month as a farmer in my hometown,'' he says.

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Riken to ask Obokata to return 600,000 yen paper submission fee

TOKYO, March 20 Kyodo - Undated photo shows Haruko Obokata, who resigned from the Riken research institute in December 2014 in the wake of a scandal over her misconduct in a so-called STAP stem-cell study. Riken announced on March 20, 2015, it plans to demand that Obokata return about 600,000 yen in research paper submission fees.

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Fighters pitcher Otani attends Coming-of-Age ceremony

OSHU, Japan - Shohei Otani, a pitcher with Japanese Pacific League baseball club Nippon Ham Fighters who became the second player to sign a 100 million yen contract ahead of his third season out of high school, attends a Coming-of-Age ceremony in his hometown city of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2015, a day before the Coming-of-Age national holiday. In Japan, municipal governments hold Coming-of-Age ceremonies to congratulate and encourage all those who have reached the age of 20 over the past year.

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Fighters pitcher Otani attends Coming-of-Age ceremony

OSHU, Japan - Shohei Otani (C in back), a pitcher with Japanese Pacific League baseball club Nippon Ham Fighters who became the second player to sign a 100 million yen contract ahead of his third season out of high school, poses for photos on Jan. 11, 2015, as he attends a Coming-of-Age ceremony in his hometown city of Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2015, a day before the Coming-of-Age national holiday. In Japan, municipal governments hold Coming-of-Age ceremonies to congratulate and encourage all those who have reached the age of 20 over the past year.

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Foreign tourists swarm Tokyo discount store

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign tourists, mostly from China, buy souvenirs at discount store chain Don Quijote Co.'s Ginza outlet in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2014. The number of foreign visitors to Japan topped 11 million in the first 10 months of 2014 in a record-setting pace backed chiefly by eased visa requirements for Asian nations, a weaker yen and tax exemption for a wider scope of consumer goods.

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Japan's average gasoline price falls to 1-year low

TOKYO, Japan - A display at a gas station in Tokyo shows regular gasoline priced at 147 yen per liter on Dec. 3, 2014. The retail price of regular gasoline in Japan had dropped 20 weeks in a row to the lowest level in one year, the government's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy said the same day, with the average price dropping 0.90 yen from Nov. 25 to 157.40 yen per liter as of Dec. 1, its lowest level since Dec. 2, 2013.

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Dollar rises in lower 118 yen range

TOKYO, Japan - A bulletin board at a Tokyo money broker shows the U.S. dollar trading in the lower 118 yen range in the early morning on Nov. 20, 2014. The dollar surpassed its highest level in about seven years and three months that was logged in New York overnight.

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Dollar rises in lower 118 yen range

TOKYO, Japan - A bulletin board at a Tokyo money broker shows the U.S. dollar trading in the lower 118 yen range in the early morning on Nov. 20, 2014. The dollar surpassed its highest level in about seven years and three months that was logged in New York overnight.