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Overweight elephant in Japan zoo

Photo taken on June 2, 2023, shows overweight female African elephant Mao at Morioka Zoo in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Mao, who has been put on a weight-loss plan, weighs about 3,800 kilograms.

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Overweight elephant in Japan zoo

Photo taken on June 1, 2023, shows overweight female African elephant Mao getting ready to play with tree limbs at Morioka Zoo in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Mao, who has been put on a weight-loss plan, weighs about 3,800 kilograms.

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Squid season starts in northern Japan

This season's first auction for Japanese flying squid is held at a wholesale fish market in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 3, 2023, fetching 3,800 yen ($27) per kilogram, up from last year's 2,100 yen.

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Watermelon prices high in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A watermelon (front) is sold for 3,800 yen at a Tokyo shop on July 22, 2011. Due to unseasonable weather, prices are soaring in Japan for the summertime treat prized by people seeking cool refreshment amid the sweltering heat.

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NTT DoCoMo, McDonald's ally for e-marketing

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Masao Nakamura (L) and McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) President Eiko Harada seal a deal in Tokyo on Feb. 26 on credit settlement services that will allow customers to use DoDoCo handsets with mobile-phone credit card functions at McDonald's 3,800 stores throughout Japan, starting in October.

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Japan confirms bird flu outbreak at Miyazaki farm

KIYOTAKE, Japan - The road leading to a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture, where hundreds of chicken raised have died from bird flu is sprayed with lime as workers prepare to cull the remaining chickens there. Health authorities confirmed Jan. 13 that the chicken were infected by avian influenza. The farm first reported the deaths of 250 chickens on Jan. 10, and the number rose to 3,800 as of Jan. 13.

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Japan confirms bird flu outbreak at Miyazaki farm

KIYOTAKE, Japan - Workers make preparations to cull chickens on a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture, after health authorities confirmed Jan. 13 that bird flu was responsible for the death of hundreds of chicken raised there. The farm first reported the deaths of 250 chickens on Jan. 10, and the number rose to 3,800 as of Jan. 13.

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Japan confirms bird flu outbreak at Miyazaki farm

KIYOTAKE, Japan - The road leading to a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture, where hundreds of chicken raised have died from bird flu is sprayed with lime as workers prepare to cull the remaining chickens there. Health authorities confirmed Jan. 13 that the chicken were infected by avian influenza. The farm first reported the deaths of 250 chickens on Jan. 10, and the number rose to 3,800 as of Jan. 13.

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Japan confirms bird flu outbreak at Miyazaki farm

KIYOTAKE, Japan - Decontamination work in progress at a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture, where hundreds of chicken raised have died from bird flu. Health authorities confirmed Jan. 13 that the chicken there were infected by avian influenza. The farm first reported the deaths of 250 chickens on Jan. 10, and the number rose to 3,800 as of Jan. 13.

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Adventurer Oba plans 3,800-km trek across Canadian Artic from Feb.

TOKYO, Japana - Japanese adventurer Mitsuro Oba points to a route in the Canadian tundra in the Arctic Circle in a photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 25. He is planning a 3,800-kilometer trek across the area for four months beginning in February 2005. The 51-year-old Oba, who is currently on a six-year project to trek around the world to educate children about environmental issues, will be joined by Canadian, Norwegian and Russian adventurers on the journey.

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Takahashi joins city marathon in Saitama Pref.

YOSHIKAWA, Japan - Popular marathon runner Naoko Takahashi runs in a city marathon in Yoshikawa, Saitama Prefecture, on April 4 in her first public appearance since March when she was left off the national team for this summer's Athens Olympics. ''I'd like to enjoy running with many people here,'' Takahashi told some 3,800 participants at the kick-off event, adding she was there to ''directly convey my thanks'' to people who supported her and tried to cheer her up after her disappointment of not making the team.

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2 skydivers die in Saitama parachute accident

SAITAMA, Japan - Photo shows the site in Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, where two skydivers fell to their deaths Jan. 11 after their parachute failed to open. They jumped out of a plane flying at an altitude of 3,800 meters, police said.

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Mori calls for aid legislation for Miyakejima

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) walks with Miyake Village Mayor Ko Hasegawa (L) on Miyakejima Island on March 3 during a brief inspection of damage caused by last year's series of volcanic eruptions. Mori, who flew there by Self Defense Forces helicopter, said he will work to draw up special legislation for the reconstruction of the island, located some 200 kilometers from Tokyo in the Izu archipelago. It was Mori's first trip to Miyakejima since last September, when all 3,800 of the island's residents were evacuated.