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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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LDP eyes punishing members over scandal, leaves out Kishida

TOKYO, Japan, April 1 Kyodo -The Liberal Democratic Party said Monday it will pursue punishment for 39 members over a political funds scandal that has rattled the ruling party since late last year, notably excluding Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and party heavyweight Toshihiro Nikai who has decided not to seek reelection as a lawmaker.The LDP has come under intense scrutiny since some of its factions, including the largest one formerly led by the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, were found to have neglected to report portions of fundraising party revenue for years, with hundreds of millions of yen passed back to members.(Kyodo)

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Nikkei regains 39,000

A stock monitor at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average recovering to the 39,000 level on the morning of March 18, 2024, amid the yen's weakness against the U.S. dollar.

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China's seizure of Japanese ship

BEIJING, China - Photo taken April 23, 2014, shows the Shanghai Maritime Court in Shanghai, China. On April 24, the court decided to release the Baosteel Emotion, an iron-ore carrier owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., after the Japanese firm paid around 4 billion yen ($39 million) in connection with a wartime compensation dispute that had led to the seizure of the ship.

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China's seizure of Japanese ship

BEIJING, China - Photo taken April 22, 2014, shows the Baosteel Emotion, an iron-ore carrier owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., berthed at Majishan Port in Shengsi, Zhejiang Province, China. On April 24, a Shanghai court decided to release the carrier after the Japanese firm paid around 4 billion yen ($39 million) in connection with a wartime compensation dispute that had led to the seizure of the ship.

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Emobile to sell HTC Aria smartphone with Android OS

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the HTC Aria smartphone running Google Inc.'s Android operating software, which cellphone carrier Emobile Ltd. will begin selling in Japan on Dec. 17, 2010. Weighing 115 grams, the phone will be sold for 39,580 yen with a basic contract.

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Sharp's Galapagos multifunction tablets

OSAKA, Japan - Models show off Sharp Corp.'s Galapagos tablet computers in Osaka on Nov. 29, 2010, ahead of the Dec. 10 launch of the products. The new devices -- a 10.8-inch screen model for 54,800 yen and a 5.5-inch screen model for 39,800 yen -- will let users read e-books as well as major newspapers and popular magazines.

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Hello Kitty gold, silver coins to be put on sale in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a 39,900-yen silver coin featuring an image of Hello Kitty and her family. The Cook Islands issued the coin commemorating the 35th anniversary of the birth of the popular feline character and Taisei Coins Corp., a Tokyo-based imported coin trader, will put it on sale from May 25.

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Livedoor stock traded for 1st time since prosecutors' raid

TOKYO, Japan - The price board at a Tokyo brokerage house shows the Livedoor Co. stock price (left) closed at 137 yen on Jan. 25, down 39 yen from the previous day. The stock changed hands on Jan. 25 for the first time in seven trading days in the Tokyo market since prosecutors' probe regarding the company's alleged securities law violations began.

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(1)Tokyo venture to sell humanoid robot for general consumers

TOKYO, Japan - ZMP Inc., a venture business in Tokyo, said March 2 it will market at the end of 2004 a doll-sized humanoid robot for roughly 500,000 yen as one of the first humanoid robots to be offered to general consumers. The 39-centimeter-tall, 2.5-kilogram robot named ''nuvo'' will come in the wake of the releases of consumer-oriented robot dogs such as Sony Corp.'s AIBO.

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(2)Tokyo venture to sell humanoid robot for general consumers

TOKYO, Japan - ZMP Inc., a venture business in Tokyo, said March 2 it will market at the end of 2004 a doll-sized humanoid robot for roughly 500,000 yen as one of the first humanoid robots to be offered to general consumers. The 39-centimeter-tall, 2.5-kilogram robot named ''nuvo'' will come in the wake of the releases of consumer-oriented robot dogs such as Sony Corp.'s AIBO.

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Yomiuri makes Kudo highest-paid pitcher in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants veteran pitcher Kimiyasu Kudo gets into his car in front of the club office in Tokyo on Nov. 30 after re-signing with the Central League baseball club on a one-year deal. The 39-year-old left-hander will earn an estimated annual salary of 300 million yen, the highest among active pitchers in Japan.

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Court orders bathhouse to compensate foreigners denied entry

SAPPORO, Japan - David Aldwinckle (R) enters the Sapporo District Court on Nov. 11 to hear a ruling on his lawsuit demanding 6 million yen in compensation for being refused entry to a private bathhouse in Otaru, Hokkaido. The court ordered the bathhouse to pay a combined 3 million yen in compensation to Aldwinckle, a 37-year-old U.S.-born local resident who became a naturalized Japanese under the name of Debito Arudo, Olaf Karthause, 39, of Germany, and Ken Sutherland, 38, of the United States.

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Mitsui bribes Mongolian official to win aid contract

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the head office of major trading house Mitsui & Co. in Tokyo, which bribed a ranking Mongolian government official in 2001 to secure orders for a Japanese government-financed power project. Sources close to the case said Aug. 28 employees of Mitsui, including Yusuke Shimazaki, 39, offered more than 1 million yen to a director general-level official in charge of power and energy management at Mongolia's Infrastructure Ministry.

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Scandal-hit Japan group sought huge loan from Philippine bank

MAKATI CITY, Philippines - Genta Ogami, 39, founder and honorary chairman of the Tokyo-based G.O. Group which is suspected of defrauding member investors, sought 400 million yen (about $3.1 million) in loans from Unitrust Development Bank (shown in file photo) in Makati City in Metro Manila shortly after the group acquired the bank in 2001, a former senior bank official said March 7.

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Dollar firm, touches 134 yen in Tokyo deals

TOKYO, Japan - The U.S. dollar firms against the yen in Tokyo on Jan. 23, touching the 134 yen level for the first time in 39 months after continuing a dollar-buying momentum that began following talks between Japanese and U.S. finance ministers the previous day.

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Dollar rises above 133 yen to hit 39-month high in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - An electric sign board at a money broker in Tokyo's Nihombashi district shows the U.S. dollar trading above the 133 yen line temporarily on Jan. 9. The U.S. currency rose above 133 yen to hit a 39-month high against the yen on comments by a Japanese government official in favor of a weaker yen.

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Dollar firm, touches 134 yen in Tokyo deals

TOKYO, Japan - The U.S. dollar firms against the yen in Tokyo on Jan. 23, touching the 134 yen level for the first time in 39 months after continuing a dollar-buying momentum that began following talks between Japanese and U.S. finance ministers the previous day.

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Scandal-hit Japan group sought huge loan from Philippine bank

MAKATI CITY, Philippines - Genta Ogami, 39, founder and honorary chairman of the Tokyo-based G.O. Group which is suspected of defrauding member investors, sought 400 million yen (about $3.1 million) in loans from Unitrust Development Bank (shown in file photo) in Makati City in Metro Manila shortly after the group acquired the bank in 2001, a former senior bank official said March 7.

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Dollar rises above 133 yen to hit 39-month high in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - An electric sign board at a money broker in Tokyo's Nihombashi district shows the U.S. dollar trading above the 133 yen line temporarily on Jan. 9. The U.S. currency rose above 133 yen to hit a 39-month high against the yen on comments by a Japanese government official in favor of a weaker yen.

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Fans send message to SMAP in newspaper ad before band's breakup

Photo shows part of an eight-page ad placed by thousands of fans of SMAP, one of Japan's most popular and longest-lived pop groups, in the morning edition of major Japanese daily the Asahi Shimbun on Dec. 30, 2016, a day before SMAP's breakup. The ad, saying the fans will continue rooting for SMAP and including the names of the fans, was paid for by an online crowdfunding campaign that had solicited about 39 million yen ($334,000) by early morning on Dec. 28 from over 12,800 fans. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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DIY kit developed for die-casting "sake" cups

Yushin Tokai, a 39-year-old representative of a handicraft workshop in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, eastern Japan, shows on Sept.11, 2015, his newly developed do-it-yourself fabrication kit for die-casting a cup for "sake" Japanese rice wine. The kit, priced at 43,200 yen per set, is designed to let people experience fabrication of traditional craftwork. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Livedoor stock traded for 1st time since prosecutors' raid

TOKYO, Japan - The price board at a Tokyo brokerage house shows the Livedoor Co. stock price (left) closed at 137 yen on Jan. 25, down 39 yen from the previous day. The stock changed hands on Jan. 25 for the first time in seven trading days in the Tokyo market since prosecutors' probe regarding the company's alleged securities law violations began. (Kyodo)

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(2)Tokyo venture to sell humanoid robot for general consumers

TOKYO, Japan - ZMP Inc., a venture business in Tokyo, said March 2 it will market at the end of 2004 a doll-sized humanoid robot for roughly 500,000 yen as one of the first humanoid robots to be offered to general consumers. The 39-centimeter-tall, 2.5-kilogram robot named ''nuvo'' will come in the wake of the releases of consumer-oriented robot dogs such as Sony Corp.'s AIBO. (Kyodo)

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(1)Tokyo venture to sell humanoid robot for general consumers

TOKYO, Japan - ZMP Inc., a venture business in Tokyo, said March 2 it will market at the end of 2004 a doll-sized humanoid robot for roughly 500,000 yen as one of the first humanoid robots to be offered to general consumers. The 39-centimeter-tall, 2.5-kilogram robot named ''nuvo'' will come in the wake of the releases of consumer-oriented robot dogs such as Sony Corp.'s AIBO. (Kyodo)

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Yomiuri makes Kudo highest-paid pitcher in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants veteran pitcher Kimiyasu Kudo gets into his car in front of the club office in Tokyo on Nov. 30 after re-signing with the Central League baseball club on a one-year deal. The 39-year-old left-hander will earn an estimated annual salary of 300 million yen, the highest among active pitchers in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Court orders bathhouse to compensate foreigners denied entry

SAPPORO, Japan - David Aldwinckle (R) enters the Sapporo District Court on Nov. 11 to hear a ruling on his lawsuit demanding 6 million yen in compensation for being refused entry to a private bathhouse in Otaru, Hokkaido. The court ordered the bathhouse to pay a combined 3 million yen in compensation to Aldwinckle, a 37-year-old U.S.-born local resident who became a naturalized Japanese under the name of Debito Arudo, Olaf Karthause, 39, of Germany, and Ken Sutherland, 38, of the United States. (Kyodo)

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Mitsui bribes Mongolian official to win aid contract

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the head office of major trading house Mitsui & Co. in Tokyo, which bribed a ranking Mongolian government official in 2001 to secure orders for a Japanese government-financed power project. Sources close to the case said Aug. 28 employees of Mitsui, including Yusuke Shimazaki, 39, offered more than 1 million yen to a director general-level official in charge of power and energy management at Mongolia's Infrastructure Ministry. (Kyodo)

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Former MOF official gets suspended jail term

Takashi Sakakibara, 39, a former senior Ministry of Finance (MOF) official, walks into the Tokyo District Court on Nov. 13. He was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for three years, and 3.37 million yen ($27,623) in fines for taking bribes from financial institutions in return for favorable treatment. ==Kyodo