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Transport ministry inspects Bigmotor offices over alleged fraud

Officials of Japan's transport ministry conduct an on-site inspection of a Bigmotor Co. outlet in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 28, 2023, amid allegations that the used car dealership chain charged excessive repair fees after intentionally damaging cars and made fraudulent insurance claims. The ministry raided 33 other Bigmotor outlets in 24 prefectures the same day.

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Transport ministry inspects Bigmotor offices over alleged fraud

Officials of Japan's transport ministry conduct an on-site inspection of a Bigmotor Co. outlet in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 28, 2023, amid allegations that the used car dealership chain charged excessive repair fees after intentionally damaging cars and made fraudulent insurance claims. The ministry raided 33 other Bigmotor outlets in 24 prefectures the same day.

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CHINA-CHENGDU-KUNMING RAILWAY-OPENING (CN)

(221226) -- CHENGDU, Dec. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 24, 2022 shows a Fuxing high-speed train making a trial run before the opening of the new Chengdu-Kunming Railway in Mianning County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A railway linking Chengdu and Kunming, two major cities in southwest China, is now fully operational with the opening of its last section on Monday. With a designed speed of 160 km per hour, the new 915-km line, which runs almost parallel to an existing railway link between Chengdu and Kunming, cuts the travel time from 19 hours to 7.5 hours. The new line runs through a number of cities and prefectures, such as Chengdu, Meishan, Leshan, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, and Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Kunming in Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-KUNMING RAILWAY-OPENING (CN)

(221226) -- CHENGDU, Dec. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 24, 2022 shows a Fuxing high-speed train making a trial run before the opening of the new Chengdu-Kunming Railway in Mianning County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A railway linking Chengdu and Kunming, two major cities in southwest China, is now fully operational with the opening of its last section on Monday. With a designed speed of 160 km per hour, the new 915-km line, which runs almost parallel to an existing railway link between Chengdu and Kunming, cuts the travel time from 19 hours to 7.5 hours. The new line runs through a number of cities and prefectures, such as Chengdu, Meishan, Leshan, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, and Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Kunming in Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-KUNMING RAILWAY-OPENING (CN)

(221226) -- CHENGDU, Dec. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Fuxing high-speed train makes a trial run before the opening of the new Chengdu-Kunming Railway in Mianning County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 24, 2022. A railway linking Chengdu and Kunming, two major cities in southwest China, is now fully operational with the opening of its last section on Monday. With a designed speed of 160 km per hour, the new 915-km line, which runs almost parallel to an existing railway link between Chengdu and Kunming, cuts the travel time from 19 hours to 7.5 hours. The new line runs through a number of cities and prefectures, such as Chengdu, Meishan, Leshan, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, and Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Kunming in Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)

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Dancers from Japan's quake-ravaged regions on stage at Milan expo

MILAN, July 25 Kyodo - Dancers and drummers from Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, areas devastated by the major earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, perform the traditional "Sansa Odori" dance on the stage of the Milan expo's Japan Pavilion in Milan, Italy, on July 24, 2015, expressing gratitude to visitors for support given in post-quake reconstruction.

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Heads of local governments with World Heritage sites gather in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Heads of 26 municipalities, which have UNESCO-designated World Heritage sites, from 17 Japanese prefectures gather in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014, to discuss how to preserve and utilize the sites.

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Ama divers in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo shows "ama" divers in Toba, Mie Prefecture, in June 2013. Eight prefectures in Japan announced on Jan. 24, 2014, the creation of a joint committee to promote and preserve the "ama" diving culture and have it designated an UNESCO intangible cultural heritage. Ama -- literally sea women -- are free-divers who collect pearls, shellfish, sea urchins and seaweed.

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Converted EV embarks on demonstration tour

TOKYO, Japan - Isshu Sugawara (L), senior vice minister of economy, trade and industry, takes a test ride in an electric vehicle converted from the two-seat Caterham Super Seven, a British sports car, at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2013, at a ceremony to mark the start of the EV's demonstration run around Japan. To his right is Tadashi Tateuchi, leader of the Japan Electric Vehicle Club. The EV, made by replacing a gasoline engine with motor, battery and other parts, will return to Tokyo on Nov. 17 after visiting 46 of Japan's 47 prefectures.

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Converted EV embarks on demonstration tour

TOKYO, Japan - An electric vehicle (front) converted from the two-seat Caterham Super Seven, a British sports car, leaves the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2013, for a demonstration run around Japan. The converted EV, made by replacing a gasoline engine with motor, battery and other parts, will return to Tokyo on Nov. 17 after visiting 46 of Japan's 47 prefectures. The two EVs in the background will accompany it on the journey.

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"Dragon Route" project in central Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Travel agency employees and others from Shanghai stroll along the approach to Ise Jingu, a Shinto shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Feb. 24, 2013. They were invited to visit tourist spots in the central Japan region of Chubu as part of the "Dragon Route" project being promoted by local governments and economic organizations in nine prefectures in the region.

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Athletics legends in disaster area

SENDAI, Japan - U.S. nine-time Olympic gold medal winner Carl Lewis runs in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 24, 2013, with students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, areas hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Japanese students from quake-hit areas begin U.S. tour

WASHINGTON, United States - High school students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were devastated by the March 11 earthquake of 2011, gather for a photo on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 24, 2012. Sixty high school students from the quake-hit areas started a U.S. tour the same day as part of a bilateral exchange-promotion program dubbed the Tomodachi initiative.

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Japanese students from quake-hit areas begin U.S. tour

WASHINGTON, United States - High school students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, which were devastated by the March 11 earthquake of 2011, gather for a photo on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 24, 2012. Sixty high school students from the quake-hit areas started a U.S. tour the same day as part of a bilateral exchange-promotion program dubbed the Tomodachi initiative.

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Health check for Minamata disease ahead of relief deadline

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A man (L) receives a health checkup in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, on June 24, 2012, in the largest-ever screening for potential Minamata disease sufferers in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures ahead of the end-of-July deadline for applying for state redress.

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Health check for Minamata disease ahead of relief deadline

KUMAMOTO, Japan - People visit a hospital to receive a health checkup in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, on June 24, 2012, in the largest-ever screening for potential Minamata disease sufferers in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures ahead of the end-of-July deadline for applying for state redress.

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Health check for Minamata disease ahead of relief deadline

KUMAMOTO, Japan - A doctor examines a man in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, on June 24, 2012, in the largest-ever screening for potential Minamata disease sufferers in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures ahead of the end-of-July deadline for applying for state redress.

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High school footballers from quake-hit areas at Wembley

LONDON, Britain - High school footballers from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern Japanese prefectures hit hard by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, and others pose for photos at London's Wembley Stadium on Nov. 24, 2011. The students' trip was realized after England's Football Association offered to let them use the field for half a day free of charge in a show of support for Japan's reconstruction efforts.

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DPJ gearing up for local elections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Katsuya Okada, secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, hang a signboard for the DPJ task force on nationwide local elections in April at party headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2011. The ruling party set up the task force the same day ahead of unified local elections on April 10, when gubernatorial elections will be held in 13 prefectures, including Tokyo and Fukuoka, while mayoral and prefectural assembly elections will be held in five major cities and 44 prefectures. Other local elections taking place every four years will be held on April 24.

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Strong quake hits northeastern Japan

TOWADA, Japan - Rock falls triggered by a strong earthquake block a road in Towada, Aomori Prefecture on July 24. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 hit northeastern Japan including Iwate and Aomori prefectures during the early hours of the day.

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Strong quake hits northeastern Japan

TOWADA, Japan - Rock falls triggered by a strong earthquake block a road in Towada, Aomori Prefecture on July 24. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 hit northeastern Japan including Iwate and Aomori prefectures at 12:26 a.m. on the day.

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Strong quake hits northeastern Japan

HIRONO, Japan - Part of the wall collapsed at a junior high school gymnasium in Hirono, Iwate Prefecture, when a strong quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 hit northeastern Japan including Iwate and Aomori prefectures during the early hours of July 24.

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Strong quake hits northeastern Japan

KARUMAI, Japan - Window panes at a vehicle shop in Karumai, Iwate Prefecture, are shattered in a strong earthquake that hit northeastern Japan, including Iwate and Aomori prefectures, during the early hours of July 24. The 12:26 a.m. quake registered a preliminary magnitude of 6.8.

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Strong earthquake jolts northeastern Japan

AOMORI, Japan - A building in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, is damaged in a strong earthquake that jolted northeastern Japan, including Aomori and Iwate prefectures, during the early hours of July 24. The 12:26 a.m. quake registered a preliminary magnitude of 6.8.

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Classic cars on display in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - About 100 classic cars, including a 1951 Bentley (in photo), leave Kobe on April 24 for a parade through Hyogo, Tokushima, Kagawa and Okayama prefectures. The parade, which began in 1999 to promote the reconstruction of cities damaged by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, featured cars manufactured before 1970.

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Koizumi well ahead going into April 24 LDP poll

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) presidential candidate Junichiro Koizumi places artificial roses over prefectures in which he won first place in the party's presidential primaries, on April 23 at the LDP head office in Tokyo. Koizumi has secured more than 200 of the 487 ballots in the April 24 election, and will almost certainly become Japan's new prime minister.

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Koizumi leads in LDP primaries voting

TOKYO, Japan - Junichiro Koizumi, the front runner in the primary elections of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on April 23 as counting of ballots cast in the primaries started in the remaining 24 of Japan's 47 prefectures. As of April 22, former health minister Koizumi had won 20 of the 47 prefectures, garnering 59 votes in all.

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Ballot counting begins in 8 LDP presidency primaries

FUKUOKA, Japan - Fukuoka prefectural branch officials of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) count ballots cast in an LDP primary election at a hotel in Fukuoka city on April 21. Primary elections in eight of Japan's 47 prefectures began ahead of the party presidential election on April 24 to choose a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.

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Koizumi maintains lead in LDP primaries

TOKYO, Japan - Junichiro Koizumi, the front runner in the prefectural preliminary elections for the April 24 presidential race of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), leaves the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo on April 22. As of the evening of April 22, former Health and Welfare Minister Koizumi had captured 18 of the 47 prefectures, followed by former Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, who has won two.

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3,499 buildings damaged by western Japan quake

KURE, Japan - A powerful earthquake that hit a wide area of western Japan on March 24 partially or fully damage a total of 3,499 buildings as of the morning of March 25. Photo shows a house in the town of Ebara in Hiroshima Prefeture's Kure City destroyed. The quake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale killed two people and injuring 164 people in western Japan centering on Hiroshima and Ehime prefectures.

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Young Tokyo temporary workers form labor union

TOKYO, Japan - Young temporary workers in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures have organized a labor union aimed at improving their working conditions, union members said Dec. 9. Anyone under 40 and supporting themselves on part-time jobs is eligible to join the ''Shutoken Seinen Union'' (metropolitan area youth labor union) for a membership fee of 1,500 yen a month. Manabu Natori (R), 27, a part-time hospital clerk, became the union chief and 24 other workers aged between 19 and 36, most of them part-timers at fast-food shops, have joined it.

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High school students of G-8 nations start summit in Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Thirty high school students from the Group of Eight (G-8) major nations kick off a youth summit on June 24 at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, covering such issues as peace, the environment and the economy ahead of next month's G-8 summit. The two-day G-8 ''Youth Summit,'' bringing together three students each from Okinawa, Fukuoka and Miyazaki prefectures and three each from the seven other G-8 members, opened with section meetings on three major themes -- peace and conflict, ways to stop environmental destruction and the role of developed nations in achieving prosperity.

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Japan to add 18 more areas under COVID quasi-emergency

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2022. He unveiled a plan to expand a COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency to 34 of the nation's 47 prefectures by adding 18 more areas to cope with a recent Omicron strain-driven spike in coronavirus cases.

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Japan to add 18 more areas under COVID quasi-emergency

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2022. He unveiled a plan to expand a COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency to 34 of the nation's 47 prefectures by adding 18 more areas to cope with a recent Omicron strain-driven spike in coronavirus cases.

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Japan to add 18 more areas under COVID quasi-emergency

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2022. He unveiled a plan to expand a COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency to 34 of the nation's 47 prefectures by adding 18 more areas to cope with a recent Omicron strain-driven spike in coronavirus cases.

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Japan decides to add Osaka, areas near Tokyo to COVID emergency

Japan decided Friday to expand its COVID-19 state of emergency to Osaka and three prefectures near Tokyo as a recent spike in coronavirus cases to record levels has raised fears that the country's medical system could collapse amid the Tokyo Olympics. Facing the urgent need to take stronger anti-virus measures, the government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will add Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Osaka prefectures to areas under the emergency, which already covers Tokyo and Okinawa, from next Monday through Aug. 31. The COVID-19 emergency initially declared for Tokyo and Okinawa through Aug. 22 will also be extended until the end of the month. The new period overlaps with the Olympics, which started last week and will run through Aug. 8, and also partly covers the Paralympics period starting Aug. 24.

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Food festival held in Tokyo to support quake-hit Tohoku region

A girl receives a curry and rice dish using food materials produced in the six prefectures in the northeastern Japanese region of Tohoku during an annual food festival held in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2015, to support reconstruction of the Tohoku region hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Food festival to support quake-hit Tohoku region held in Tokyo

A woman shows a dish of curry and rice served at an annual food festival held in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2015, with the aim of supporting reconstruction of Tohoku, Japan's northeastern region hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. The curry uses food materials produced in the region's six prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Strong quake hits northeastern Japan

TOWADA, Japan - Rock falls triggered by a strong earthquake block a road in Towada, Aomori Prefecture on July 24. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 hit northeastern Japan including Iwate and Aomori prefectures during the early hours of the day. (Kyodo)

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Strong quake hits northeastern Japan

HIRONO, Japan - Part of the wall collapsed at a junior high school gymnasium in Hirono, Iwate Prefecture, when a strong quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 hit northeastern Japan including Iwate and Aomori prefectures during the early hours of July 24. (Kyodo)

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Strong quake hits northeastern Japan

TOWADA, Japan - Rock falls triggered by a strong earthquake block a road in Towada, Aomori Prefecture on July 24. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 hit northeastern Japan including Iwate and Aomori prefectures at 12:26 a.m. on the day. (Kyodo)

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Strong earthquake jolts northeastern Japan

AOMORI, Japan - A building in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, is damaged in a strong earthquake that jolted northeastern Japan, including Aomori and Iwate prefectures, during the early hours of July 24. The 12:26 a.m. quake registered a preliminary magnitude of 6.8. (Kyodo)

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Strong quake hits northeastern Japan

KARUMAI, Japan - Window panes at a vehicle shop in Karumai, Iwate Prefecture, are shattered in a strong earthquake that hit northeastern Japan, including Iwate and Aomori prefectures, during the early hours of July 24. The 12:26 a.m. quake registered a preliminary magnitude of 6.8. (Kyodo)

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DPJ gearing up for local elections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Katsuya Okada, secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, hang a signboard for the DPJ task force on nationwide local elections in April at party headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2011. The ruling party set up the task force the same day ahead of unified local elections on April 10, when gubernatorial elections will be held in 13 prefectures, including Tokyo and Fukuoka, while mayoral and prefectural assembly elections will be held in five major cities and 44 prefectures. Other local elections taking place every four years will be held on April 24. (Kyodo)

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High school footballers from quake-hit areas at Wembley

LONDON, Britain - High school footballers from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern Japanese prefectures hit hard by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, and others pose for photos at London's Wembley Stadium on Nov. 24, 2011. The students' trip was realized after England's Football Association offered to let them use the field for half a day free of charge in a show of support for Japan's reconstruction efforts. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

A beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, is crowded on May 24, 2020. The Japanese government will announce the lifting of the coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo, Kanagawa and three other prefectures as early as the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

A beach in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, is crowded on May 24, 2020. The Japanese government will announce the lifting of the coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo, Kanagawa, and three other prefectures as early as the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Temporary suspension of Universal Studios Japan amid virus pandemic

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on April 24, 2021, a day before its scheduled temporary suspension amid the coronavirus pandemic. A fresh state of emergency will be imposed from April 25 through May 11 in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures.

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Chicken culling begins after bird flu detected in southwestern Japan

Authorities head to a poultry farm in Kijo, Miyazaki Prefecture around 11:50 p.m. on Jan. 24, 2017, to cull thousands of chickens there, after some dead chickens at the farm were found to have contracted a highly virulent strain of bird flu. Miyazaki has the largest number of broiler chickens among Japan's 47 prefectures with about 27.4 million as of February 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Temporary suspension of Universal Studios Japan amid virus pandemic

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Universal Studios Japan in Osaka on April 24, 2021, a day before its scheduled temporary suspension amid the coronavirus pandemic. A fresh state of emergency will be imposed from April 25 through May 11 in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures.