Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

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.

E

Yamagata farmer ships premium cherries

YAMAGATA, Japan - Kazuo Hanawa, a farmer from the city of Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture, puts his greenhouse-grown cherries in a pack before shipments on Jan. 4. The cherries, the popular Sato Nishiki variety, will be traded in markets nationwide on Jan. 5. In 2004, his cherries sold for about 1,000 yen a piece, or some 40,000 yen for a 300-gram pack.

E

Fast Retailing eyeing expansion of overseas operations via M&As

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai, chairman and chief executive officer of Fast Retailing Co., a leading Japanese casual-clothing retailer, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 4 where the company said it will continue to invest 300-400 billion yen for mergers and acquisitions in order to raise its profile in the global market.

E

Fishing boat Zuisho Maru freed 7 months after seizure by Russia

KUSHIRO, Japan - The Japanese fishing boat Zuisho Maru No. 38, seized by Russian authorities in January for illegal fishing, berthed at Rausu, Hokkaido after it was released by Russia and towed back to Rausu on Aug. 14. The captain Takashi Kawabata and five other crew members of the 19-ton vessel had been released by the end of May. Russian authorities accused Kawabata of illegal fishing and imposed a 300,000 ruble (1.4 million yen) fine.

E

300 mil. yen Christmas tree featuring "Frozen" unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - A 300 million yen Christmas tree featuring characters from the Disney animation film "Frozen" is unveiled on Nov. 19, 2014, at a jewelry shop, Ginza Tanaka, in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district. The 2.6-meter tree contains around 31 kilograms of pure platinum.

E

300 mil. yen Christmas tree featuring "Frozen" unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - A 300 million yen Christmas tree featuring characters from the Disney animation film "Frozen" is unveiled on Nov. 19, 2014, at a jewelry shop, Ginza Tanaka, in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district. The 2.6-meter tree contains around 31 kilograms of pure platinum.

E

24K gold box in commemoration of shop's 80th anniversary

NAGOYA, Japan - Niimi, a jewelry and watch shop in Handa, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, shows a cashbox in Edo era (1603-1867) style made of 24-carat gold, worth 300 million yen, at a press conference in Nagoya on May 15, 2014.

E

Miyazaki mangoes

MIYAZAKI, Japan - The year's first auction of mangoes under the brand of "Taiyo no Tamago" (Egg of the Sun) is held at the local central wholesale market in the city of Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on April 10, 2014. A pair of mangoes under the brand from Miyazaki Prefecture fetched 300,000 yen at the market the same day, marking a record high.

E

Miyazaki mangoes

MIYAZAKI, Japan - The year's first auction of mangoes under the brand of "Taiyo no Tamago" (Egg of the Sun) is held at the local central wholesale market in the city of Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on April 10, 2014. A pair of mangoes under the brand from Miyazaki Prefecture fetched 300,000 yen at the market the same day, marking a record high.

E

Watermelon fetches 300,000 yen

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Photo shows a black-rind watermelon grown in Hokkaido that fetched a winning bid price of 300,000 yen June 17, 2013, in the year's first auction of the fruit at a produce market in Asahikawa. Densuke watermelons are a signature product of the town of Toma.

E

Sharp looks to double ASEAN sales in fiscal 2016

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken June 13, 2013, shows washing machine models sold by Sharp Corp. in member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Sharp said the same day it is looking to double its sales in the ASEAN region to 300 billion yen in the year through March 2017 by expanding its electrical appliance operations.

E

Sharp looks to double ASEAN sales in fiscal 2016

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. Executive Managing Officer Noboru Fujimoto, who is in charge of the company's Asia-Pacific operations, holds a press conference in Osaka on June 13, 2013, on Sharp's operations in member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Sharp said the same day it is looking to double its sales in the ASEAN region to 300 billion yen in the year through March 2017 by expanding its electrical appliance operations.

E

Ruling against SDF intelligence unit

SENDAI, Japan - Lawyers hold banners outside the Sendai District Court in Miyagi Prefecture on March 26, 2012, stating they have won a suit against the Self-Defense Forces' Intelligence Security Command. The court ordered the state to pay a total of 300,000 yen in damages to five people, finding that the command violated their personal rights in its monitoring of civic rallies against the dispatch of SDF personnel to Iraq.

E

Black-rind watermelon sold for 250,000 yen

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Auctioneers examine a black-rind watermelon that was priced at 250,000 yen for the year's first auction at a fresh produce market in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on June 13, 2011. The year's first auctions for the fancy fruit from the Hokkaido town of Toma were held in Asahikawa and Sapporo, with a melon fetching 300,000 yen in Sapporo, the highest price that day.

E

Rakuten's Mikitani to donate 1 bil. yen

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani (L), president of Internet mall operator Rakuten Co., hands a catalogue of donations to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (R) at the prefecture's disaster management headquarters in Fukushima on April 11, 2011. Mikitani announced the same day that he would individually donate a total of 1 billion yen to the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, while his company would donate 300 million yen to the prefectures, the areas hit hardest by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami March 11.

E

Iwakuma re-signs with Rakuten

SENDAI, Japan - Hisashi Iwakuma speaks during a press conference at the head office of the Rakuten Eagles in Sendai on Dec. 26, 2010, after re-signing with the baseball club for an unchanged salary of 300 million yen, plus incentives. The right-hander returned to the Eagles after his negotiations with the Oakland Athletics fell apart.

E

Anne with 300 mil. yen tiara

TOKYO, Japan - Fashion model Anne wears a tiara worth 300 million yen at an event to promote platinum jewelry in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2010.

E

Summer ''jumbo'' lottery tickets put on sale

TOKYO, Japan - People line up in Tokyo's Yurakucho district July 7, 2010, to buy summer ''jumbo'' lottery tickets that were put on sale nationwide in Japan. The maximum prize in the lottery is 300 million yen.

E

Hunt for fortune

TOKYO, Japan - About 300 people line up at a lottery booth in Tokyo's Ginza district on May 12, 2010. Two types of lotteries, including the ''Dream Jumbo'' lotteries with prizes of up to 200 million yen, were on sale across Japan that day for nearly a month.

E

Inedible pure gold soft-serve ice-cream

TOKYO, Japan - Convenience store operator Ministop Co. said May 11, 2010, it will give away ''soft-serve ice cream'' ornaments made of pure gold by lot to three applicants who send in pictures of themselves with soft-serve ice-cream by May 30. The prized ornament is 10 centimeters tall, 90 grams in weight and worth about 300,000 yen.

E

Watches worth 300 mil. yen stolen from store in Tokyo's Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tenshodo, a watch and jewelry store in Tokyo's Ginza district, on Jan. 2, 2010. Around 200 high-end watches worth about 300 million yen were discovered the same day to have been stolen from the store.

E

Watches worth 300 mil. yen stolen from store in Tokyo's Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - A hole (R, below) can be seen in the wall of Tenshodo, a watch and jewelry store in Tokyo's Ginza district, on Jan. 2, 2010. Around 200 high-end watches worth about 300 million yen were discovered the same day to have been stolen from the store.

E

Winning numbers announced for year-end ''jumbo'' lottery

TOKYO, Japan - The winning numbers for the nationwide year-end ''jumbo'' lottery are announced in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2009. About 1,000 people watched to see whether their dreams of winning the jackpot of 300 million yen would come true as the winning numbers appeared on windmill lottery devices.

E

2,245 Chiba officials reprimanded over accounting irregularities

CHIBA, Japan - Chiba Gov. Kensaku Morita bows in apology during a news conference at the Chiba prefectural government office on Dec. 18, 2009, after the local government reprimanded 2,245 employees over massive accounting irregularities. The local government said it will make the employees repay about 900 million yen, adding that the total amount of irregularities currently stands at 3.28 billion yen after the government found an additional 300 million yen worth of false orders.

E

Iwakuma re-signs with Rakuten

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Hisashi Iwakuma speaks at a news conference in Sendai on Dec. 11, 2009, after re-signing with the Pacific League baseball club for 300 million yen plus incentives in 2010. Iwakuma will earn the same wage as this year after going 13-6 with a 3.25 ERA.

E

Darvish youngest 300 mil. yen baseball player

SAPPORO, Japan - Pacific League MVP Yu Darvish of the Nippon Ham Fighters holds club mascots at its office in Sapporo on Dec. 9, 2009. The 23-year-old right-hander became the youngest player in Japanese baseball history to have an annual salary reaching the 300 million yen mark.

E

Bill to set up fund for A-bomb sufferers enacted

TOKYO, Japan - A plenary session of the House of Representatives approves a bill to establish a fund for atomic bomb sufferers in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009, although the members of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party abstained from voting. The bill will establish a 300 million yen fund to compensate people who are suffering from radiation-linked illnesses due to the 1945 atomic bombings and have lost compensation lawsuits against the state.

E

Bill to set up fund for a-bomb sufferers clear lower house panel

TOKYO, Japan - Health minister Akira Nagatsuma bows in appreciation after the House of Representatives' Health, Labor and Welfare Committee approved a bill to establish a fund for atomic bomb suffers in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. The bill, expected to clear a plenary session of the lower house later in the day, will establish a 300 million yen fund to compensate people who are suffering from radiation-linked illnesses due to the 1945 atomic bombings and have lost compensation lawsuits against the state.

E

Year-end 'jumbo lottery' ticket sales begin

TOKYO, Japan - More than 1,000 people line up to buy tickets for the year-end ''jumbo lottery'' in Tokyo's Ginza district on Nov. 24, 2009, the first day of the nationwide lottery campaign. The maximum prize in the lottery is 300 million yen.

E

Moneylender SFCG goes under with over 300 bil. yen in debts

TOKYO, Japan - SFCG Co. chairman Kenshin Oshima bows at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Feb. 23 in which he announced the Tokyo-based moneylender, formerly known as Shohkoh Fund Co., filed for bankruptcy protection with the Tokyo District Court after accumulating debts of more than 300 billion yen.

E

Panasonic may mark over 300 bil. yen in FY 2008 group net loss

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 28, 2009, shows the headquarters of Panasonic Corp. in Osaka. Panasonic is expected to report more than 300 billion yen in consolidated net loss in the business year through March due chiefly to additional outlays needed to streamline its manufacturing operations and valuation losses on its stock holdings, sources familiar with the matter said Feb. 1.

E

Baseball: Nakamura formally signs with Rakuten

SENDAI, Japan - Norihiro Nakamura (center), a free agent from the Chunichi Dragons, holds a replica of his new uniform with the Rakuten Eagles during a news conference at a Sendai hotel on Dec. 5. The 35-year-old third baseman was formally unveiled in the signing of a two-year deal worth 300 million yen.

E

Year-end 'jumbo' lottery ticket sales begin

TOKYO, Japan - More than 1,000 people line up to buy tickets for the year-end ''jumbo lottery'' in Tokyo's Ginza District on Nov. 25, the first day of the nationwide lottery campaign. The maximum prize in the lottery is 300 million yen.

E

Mizuho eyes raising 300 bil. yen in capital

TOKYO, Japan - Terunobu Maeda, president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., answers questions from reporters at the Bank of Japan on Nov. 13, where Mizuho released an earnings report for the first half of fiscal 2008.

E

Matsushita affiliate building large-scale LCD panel factory

HIMEJI, Japan - IPS Alpha Technology Ltd., a Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. affiliate, holds a traditional Shinto ground-breaking ceremony at the site of a liquid crystal display panel plant in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 14. Matsushita is investing 300 billion yen to build the factory, which will be operational in January 2010 with an annual output of 15 million 32-inch LCD panels.

E

Teachers' union files damages suit against Prince Hotels

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuo Morikoshi, head of the Japan Teachers Union, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 14. The union filed a damages suit against Prince Hotels Inc. in Tokyo, demanding that the hotel operator pay it about 300 million yen in compensation for refusing to provide a venue for the union's general meeting in February.

E

Tokyo OKs transfer of tax revenues to troubled municipalities

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara answers questions from reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 11 after talks with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda. Ishihara told Fukuda that he will accept a request from the central government to hand over a 300 billion yen portion of Tokyo's tax revenues to fiscally distressed municipalities as a provisional step to help reduce revenue gaps between urban and rural districts.

E

Yonezu denies organizational involvement in defense scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Yamada Corp. President Yoshihiko Yonezu, speaking as an unsworn witness, tells a House of Councillors panel on Nov. 15 that a former executive of the scandal-tainted defense equipment trading house entertained former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya by golfing with him more than 300 times between 1998 and 2006, costing more than 15 million yen for the company.

E

Ancient tradition of antler trimming lives on at Nara deer park

NARA, Japan - Helped by deer chasers in happi coats and watched by a huge crowd, a Shinto priest saws off the antlers of a deer at the deer park in Nara on Oct. 6, an ancient tradition dating back to around 1671. The practice is intended to prevent young, rampaging deer from hurting people or fellow deer in the park. The antler-trimming ceremony will also be held Oct. 7 and 8, from noon to 3 p.m. Admission is 1,000 yen for adults and 300 yen for children.

E

'Dream Jumbo' lottery tickets put on sale

TOKYO, Japan - People line up in Tokyo's Ginza district on May 14 to buy ''Dream Jumbo'' lottery tickets, which are put on sale nationwide on the same day. The maximum prize in the lottery is 300 million yen.

E

2 Brazilians pirate Disney DVDs, net 250 million yen since 2000

NAGOYA, Japan - Pirated DVDs and computer equipment on display at the Konan police station in Aichi Prefecture on April 22. Police say 300 pirated DVDs had been confiscated from two Brazilians in Nagano Prefecture who allegedly made DVD copies of Disney TV programs for sale in Japan. The suspects, Isawa Hevio Yukishigue and Alves Valter Teles, allegedly have netted 250 million yen since March 2000, selling pirated DVDs on the Internet and through Brazilian stores in Japan.

E

Asahi Breweries gets around 300 orders for 1 mil. yen brandy

TOKYO, Japan - In this file photo a woman holds up a 700-milliliter bottle of 'Louis XIII Black Pearl' French brandy with a price tag of 1 million yen. Asahi Breweries Ltd. said on March 8 it has received reservation orders for nearly 300 bottles of 'Louis XIII Black Pearl.' produced by the Remy Cointreau Group.

E

Year-end 'Jumbo' lottery tickets go on sale across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People line up to buy year-end ''Jumbo'' lottery tickets in Tokyo's Ginza district Nov. 24. The lottery has a jackpot of 300 million yen.

E

Matsushita to sell world's 1st Blu-ray DVD recorder-player

TOKYO, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will market the world's first Blu-ray DVD recorders with replay functions on Nov. 15 in Japan, the company said on Sept. 20. The DMR-BW 200 and DMR-BR 100 will have a suggested retail price of about 300,000 yen and 240,000 yen, respectively.

E

'Summer Jumbo' lottery tickets go on sale

TOKYO, Japan - People line up in Tokyo's Ginza district July 13 to buy ''Summer Jumbo'' lottery tickets which went on sale on the same day across the nation. The lottery has a jackpot of 300 million yen.

E

Kidnapped daughter of 'charismatic' surgeon rescued safely

TOKYO, Japan - Kanako Ikeda (R), 21, a senior at Tokyo's Meiji Gakuin University, leaves Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on June 27 with her mother Yuko (L), a ''charismatic'' cosmetic surgeon, after she was kidnapped June 26 by men who, according to police, demanded 300 million yen in ransom and rescued June 27.

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

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

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

Year-end lottery tickets on sale in Japan

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

Yamagata farmer ships premium cherries

Fast Retailing eyeing expansion of overseas operations via M&amp;As

Fishing boat Zuisho Maru freed 7 months after seizure by Russia

300 mil. yen Christmas tree featuring "Frozen" unveiled

300 mil. yen Christmas tree featuring "Frozen" unveiled

24K gold box in commemoration of shop's 80th anniversary

Miyazaki mangoes

Miyazaki mangoes

Watermelon fetches 300,000 yen

Sharp looks to double ASEAN sales in fiscal 2016

Sharp looks to double ASEAN sales in fiscal 2016

Ruling against SDF intelligence unit

Black-rind watermelon sold for 250,000 yen

Rakuten's Mikitani to donate 1 bil. yen

Iwakuma re-signs with Rakuten

Anne with 300 mil. yen tiara

Summer ''jumbo'' lottery tickets put on sale

Hunt for fortune

Inedible pure gold soft-serve ice-cream

Watches worth 300 mil. yen stolen from store in Tokyo's Ginza

Watches worth 300 mil. yen stolen from store in Tokyo's Ginza

Winning numbers announced for year-end ''jumbo'' lottery

2,245 Chiba officials reprimanded over accounting irregularities

Iwakuma re-signs with Rakuten

Darvish youngest 300 mil. yen baseball player

Bill to set up fund for A-bomb sufferers enacted

Bill to set up fund for a-bomb sufferers clear lower house panel

Year-end 'jumbo lottery' ticket sales begin

Moneylender SFCG goes under with over 300 bil. yen in debts

Panasonic may mark over 300 bil. yen in FY 2008 group net loss

Baseball: Nakamura formally signs with Rakuten

Year-end 'jumbo' lottery ticket sales begin

Mizuho eyes raising 300 bil. yen in capital

Matsushita affiliate building large-scale LCD panel factory

Teachers' union files damages suit against Prince Hotels

Tokyo OKs transfer of tax revenues to troubled municipalities

Yonezu denies organizational involvement in defense scandal

Ancient tradition of antler trimming lives on at Nara deer park

'Dream Jumbo' lottery tickets put on sale

2 Brazilians pirate Disney DVDs, net 250 million yen since 2000

Asahi Breweries gets around 300 orders for 1 mil. yen brandy

Year-end 'Jumbo' lottery tickets go on sale across Japan

Matsushita to sell world's 1st Blu-ray DVD recorder-player

'Summer Jumbo' lottery tickets go on sale

Kidnapped daughter of 'charismatic' surgeon rescued safely

Fast Retailing eyeing expansion of overseas operations via M&As