Tokyo stocks surge

Tokyo stocks surge

A pedestrian passes by a monitor in Tokyo on June 13, 2023, showing the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average recovering the 33,000 mark for the first time in about 33 years.

Tokyo stocks surge

Tokyo stocks surge

A pedestrian looks at a monitor in Tokyo on June 13, 2023, showing the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average recovering the 33,000 mark for the first time in about 33 years.

Tokyo stocks surge

Tokyo stocks surge

Pedestrians look at a monitor in Tokyo on June 13, 2023, showing the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average recovering the 33,000 mark for the first time in about 33 years.

Tohoku Shinkansen service suspended

Tohoku Shinkansen service suspended

TOKYO, Japan - Shinkansen bullet train service on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line was suspended between Tokyo and Morioka stations due to a broken cable and a signal failure, affecting 33,000 passengers on Jan. 15, 2011.

33,000 people take part in Yosakoi-Soran Festival in Sapporo

33,000 people take part in Yosakoi-Soran Festival in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Participants in the 18th Yosakoi-Soran Festival dance in Odori Park in Sappporo, Hokkaido on June 10. About 33,000 participants in 316 teams, including some from Taiwan, will compete in dance performances during the five-day festival through June 14 at 25 sites in the city.

Electronics discounter Yodobashi opens giant shop at Akihabara

Electronics discounter Yodobashi opens giant shop at Akihabara

TOKYO, Japan - Shoppers flock to Yodobashi Camera Akiba in Tokyo's Akihabara district, a new household electronics appliance store run by Yodobashi Camera Co., on Sept. 16. The latest outpost of the major discount electronics retailer has a 33,000 square-meter floor space.