Animation figures museum in Japan

Animation figures museum in Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2025, shows part of a collection of animated character figures on display at the Bankyo Figure Museum in Taki, Mie Prefecture, central Japan. The museum, located inside a factory of Bankyo Pharmaceutical Co., exhibits about 40,000 items collected by company president Nobuo Matsuura.

Animation figures museum in Japan

Animation figures museum in Japan

Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2025, shows part of a collection of animated character figures on display at the Bankyo Figure Museum in Taki, Mie Prefecture, central Japan. The museum, located inside a factory of Bankyo Pharmaceutical Co., exhibits about 40,000 items collected by company president Nobuo Matsuura.

Tokyo stocks surge

Tokyo stocks surge

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average soaring more than 1,000 points to recover to the 40,000 level during morning trading on July 23, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had struck a trade deal with Japan.

Tokyo stocks surge

Tokyo stocks surge

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average soaring more than 1,000 points to recover to the 40,000 level during morning trading on July 23, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had struck a trade deal with Japan.

Tokyo stocks surge

Tokyo stocks surge

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average soaring more than 1,000 points to recover to the 40,000 level during morning trading on July 23, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had struck a trade deal with Japan.

Tokyo stocks surge

Tokyo stocks surge

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average soaring more than 1,000 points to recover to the 40,000 level during morning trading on July 23, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had struck a trade deal with Japan.

Tokyo stocks surge

Tokyo stocks surge

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average soaring more than 1,000 points to recover to the 40,000 level during morning trading on July 23, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had struck a trade deal with Japan.

Tokyo stocks surge

Tokyo stocks surge

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average recovering to the 40,000 level during morning trading on July 23, 2025, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had struck a trade deal with Japan.

Nikkei average regains 40,000

Nikkei average regains 40,000

A stock monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average topping 40,000 on the morning of July 22, 2025.

Nikkei regains 40,000

Nikkei regains 40,000

A stock monitor at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average recovering to the 40,000 level on the morning of June 27, 2025.

40,000 kochia carpet park

40,000 kochia carpet park

Photo taken on Oct. 19, 2024, shows 40,000 autumn kochia forming a red carpet at the 215-hectare Hitachi Seaside Park, a popular tourist destination in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

40,000 kochia carpet park

40,000 kochia carpet park

Photo taken on Oct. 19, 2024, shows 40,000 autumn kochia forming a red carpet at the 215-hectare Hitachi Seaside Park, a popular tourist destination in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

40,000 kochia carpet park

40,000 kochia carpet park

Photo taken on Oct. 19, 2024, shows 40,000 autumn kochia forming a red carpet at the 215-hectare Hitachi Seaside Park, a popular tourist destination in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

Nikkei tops 40,000 mark

Nikkei tops 40,000 mark

A monitor at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average recovering the 40,000 threshold during the morning on Oct. 15, 2024.

Baseball: Rockies vs. Dodgers

Baseball: Rockies vs. Dodgers

Enrique Hernandez of the Los Angeles Dodgers wears a T-shirt featuring two-way player Shohei Ohtani during practice ahead of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies on Sept. 21, 2024, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The T-shirt was given away to the first 40,000 visitors who arrived at the ballpark the same day.

Tokyo's Topix stock index hits record high

Tokyo's Topix stock index hits record high

A financial data screen in Tokyo on July 4, 2024, shows the Topix stock index (L) logging an all-time high in early trading and the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average (C) topping 40,000.

Nikkei tops 40,000

TOKYO, Japan, Mar. 4 Kyodo-A stock monitor at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average topping 40,000 for the first time on March 4, 2024.(Kyodo)

[Breaking news] Nikkei tops 40,000

TOKYO, Japan, March 4 Kyodo - A stock monitor at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average topping 40,000 for the first time on March 4, 2024. (Kyodo)

Nikkei tops 40,000

Nikkei tops 40,000

A stock monitor at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average topping 40,000 for the first time on March 4, 2024.

Nikkei tops 40,000

Nikkei tops 40,000

A pedestrian looks at a financial data screen in Tokyo showing the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average topping 40,000 for the first time on March 4, 2024.

Nikkei tops 40,000

Nikkei tops 40,000

A pedestrian looks at a financial data screen in Tokyo showing the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average topping 40,000 for the first time on March 4, 2024.

Osaka river lit up blue

Osaka river lit up blue

About 40,000 blue LED balls light up the river running through central Osaka on July 7, 2023, following a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Osaka river lit up blue

Osaka river lit up blue

About 40,000 blue LED balls light up the river running through central Osaka on July 7, 2023, following a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fireworks by Chinese artist Cai in Fukushima

Fireworks by Chinese artist Cai in Fukushima

A fireworks display created by prominent Chinese artist Cai Guoqiang is held in daylight on June 26, 2023, at Yotsukura beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, devastated by a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The 40,000 fireworks, representing cherry blossoms, are meant to console the souls of the quake and tsunami victims.

Ex-Johnny's idol, actor Yasushi Hashida

Ex-Johnny's idol, actor Yasushi Hashida

Japanese actor Yasushi Hashida (C, R) and two former teen idols give Jun Azumi (C, L), Diet affairs chief of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, a petition with about 40,000 signatures calling for the revision of Japan's child abuse prevention law at the Diet building in Tokyo on June 5, 2023. The former teen idols and alleged sexual abuse victims of the late Japanese boy band mogul Johnny Kitagawa have said they wanted to help victims like themselves.

N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People watch a pro wrestling match at the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014, as the two-day combat sports event begins. The event, with 21 fighters from Japan, Brazil, China, France and the United States participating, is expected to attract about a total of 40,000 spectators, mostly North Koreans.

N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People watch a pro wrestling match at the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014, as the two-day combat sports event begins. The event, with 21 fighters from Japan, Brazil, China, France and the United States participating, is expected to attract about a total of 40,000 spectators, mostly North Koreans.

N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People applaud as a professional wrestler appears at the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014, on the first day of the two-day combat sports event. The event, with 21 fighters from Japan, Brazil, China, France and the United States participating, is expected to attract about a total of 40,000 spectators, mostly North Koreans.

N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Tourists from Japan take photos at the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014, before the start of a combat sports event. The two-day event, with 21 fighters from Japan, Brazil, China, France and the United States participating, is expected to attract about a total of 40,000 spectators, mostly North Koreans.

N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People gather at the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014, to watch a combat sports event. The two-day event, with 21 fighters from Japan, Brazil, China, France and the United States participating, is expected to attract about a total of 40,000 spectators, mostly North Koreans.

Pot full of old copper coins found in Kyoto

Pot full of old copper coins found in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A vase filled with some 40,000 copper coins believed to have circulated in Japan around the 15th century is shown in Kyoto City on July 8, 2014. It was discovered in the western Japanese city.

Vase filled with 15th century copper coins found

Vase filled with 15th century copper coins found

KYOTO, Japan - A string of copper coins, believed to have circulated in Japan around the 15th century, is photographed in Kyoto City on July 8, 2014. A vase filled with some 40,000 copper coins was found in the western Japanese city.

Pot full of old copper coins found in Kyoto

Pot full of old copper coins found in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A vase filled with some 40,000 copper coins believed to have circulated in Japan around the 15th century is shown in Kyoto City on July 8, 2014. It was discovered in the western Japanese city.

Younger Japanese-Brazilians in Japan

Younger Japanese-Brazilians in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 24, 2014 shows Paulo Issamu Hirano, a third-generation Japanese Brazilian who lives in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, holding copies of a free paper he has issued to introduce the prefectural town of Oizumi, which is dubbed "Brazil Town" as 10 percent of its 40,000 residents are of Brazilian descent.

Japanese man completes walk around world with 2-wheeled cart

Japanese man completes walk around world with 2-wheeled cart

SHANGHAI, China - Japan's Masahito Yoshida nears the endpoint in Shanghai on June 9, 2013, of his journey around the world in which he covered about 40,000 kilometers with a two-wheeled cart after leaving the city on New Year's Day 2009.

Japanese man completes walk around world with 2-wheeled cart

Japanese man completes walk around world with 2-wheeled cart

SHANGHAI, China - Japan's Masahito Yoshida nears the endpoint in Shanghai on June 9, 2013, of his journey around the world in which he covered about 40,000 kilometers with a two-wheeled cart after leaving the city on New Year's Day 2009.

Japanese man completes walk around world with 2-wheeled cart

Japanese man completes walk around world with 2-wheeled cart

SHANGHAI, China - Japan's Masahito Yoshida (front R) celebrates with his mother Toshiko (2nd from L) in People's Square in Shanghai on June 9, 2013, after completing his walk around the world in which he covered about 40,000 kilometers with a two-wheeled cart after leaving Shanghai on New Year's Day 2009.

Internally displaced in Libya

Internally displaced in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya - Evacuees from Tawergha, western Libya, cook a meal in the corridor of a shelter in the suburbs of Tripoli on Oct. 20, 2012. About 40,000 residents of Tawergha have been forced to live elsewhere in Libya since anti-Muammar Gaddafi forces took over the town that was loyal to the former leader in August 2011.

Internally displaced in Libya

Internally displaced in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya - Evacuees from Tawergha, western Libya, watch TV at a shelter in a Tripoli suburb on Oct. 20, 2012. About 40,000 residents of Tawergha have been forced to live elsewhere in Libya since anti-Muammar Gaddafi forces took over the town that was loyal to the former leader in August 2011.

Photos without owners in disaster-hit Miyagi Pref.

Photos without owners in disaster-hit Miyagi Pref.

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - People look through photographs displayed in the quake- and tsunami-hit town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on Aug. 31, 2011, the last day of an exhibition aimed at returning the photos, as well as other personal items, to their owners. Of some 200,000 items retrieved by volunteer workers, about 40,000 items, including photographs, have been returned to their owners.

Pink flower 'carpet' in Japan

Pink flower 'carpet' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tourists stroll through a field of pink moss phlox, called shibazakura in Japanese, at Yachonomori Garden in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on April 24, 2010. About 220,000 plants grow in the field of around 40,000 square meters.

Pink flower 'carpet' in Japan

Pink flower 'carpet' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tourists stroll through a field of pink moss phlox, called shibazakura in Japanese, at Yachonomori Garden in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on April 24, 2010. About 220,000 plants grow in the field of around 40,000 square meters.

Stone tools found in Shimane thought to date back 120,000 years

Stone tools found in Shimane thought to date back 120,000 years

MATSUE, Japan - Photo shows stone tools believed to be the oldest in Japan. A team of Japanese archeologists and researchers said Sept. 29, 2009, they believe they have unearthed the oldest stone tools in Japan -- 20 artifacts dating back some 120,000 years -- in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, suggesting humans existed in Japan long before 40,000 years ago as currently thought by researchers.

Niigata's Kashiwazaki marks 2nd anniversary of deadly quake

Niigata's Kashiwazaki marks 2nd anniversary of deadly quake

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Two girls sit among numerous candles arranged to form the shape of a heart near a city plaza in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on July 16. The children took part in a memorial event to mark the second anniversary of an earthquake that hit the prefecture, killing 15 and damaging more than 40,000 houses and buildings. A local junior chamber hosted the event to reiterate the city's gratitude for the post-disaster support from across Japan.

KDDI unveils new mobile phone brand in tie-up with designers

KDDI unveils new mobile phone brand in tie-up with designers

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows one of the new mobile phones KDDI Corp. rolled out on April 7 under its new ''iida'' brand name. The handbag-shaped handset is one of three hand-painted models designed by internationally renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, featuring patterns of her brightly colored polka dot motif. The handset is expected to hit the market this summer for over 40,000 yen.

New Panasonic cameras come with facial recognition feature

New Panasonic cameras come with facial recognition feature

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows one of the four compact digital cameras Panasonic will market from February. The new cameras, which will sell under Panasonic's Lumix brand and retail for an estimated 40,000 yen to 47,000 yen, are capable of registering facial data in advance, allowing the cameras to focus automatically on specific people.

40,000 tourists visit Mt. Yoshino for cherry-blossom viewing

40,000 tourists visit Mt. Yoshino for cherry-blossom viewing

YOSHINO, Japan - More than 40,000 tourists visited Mt. Yoshino in Nara Prefecture on April 12 for cherry-blossom viewing.

Feudal-era entertainers' procession features Asakusa festival

Feudal-era entertainers' procession features Asakusa festival

TOKYO, Japan - About 40,000 spectators watched a feudal-era entertainers' procession in Tokyo's Asakusa district during a festival on April 12.

Kobe orphans remember parents who died in 1995 Hanshin quake

Kobe orphans remember parents who died in 1995 Hanshin quake

KOBE, Japan - A memorial service was held at the Kobe children's home Rainbow House on Jan. 14 for orphans to remember their parents who died in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Kobe and its vicinity on Jan. 17, 2005, leaving more than 5,000 people dead and injuring over 40,000.

Tens of thousands march in Hong Kong for full democracy

Tens of thousands march in Hong Kong for full democracy

HONG KONG, Hong Kong - Tens of thousands of people swamp the streets of Hong Kong on Dec. 4 to demand a timetable and road map for universal suffrage in electing the leader and legislators of the former British colony. Police said around 40,000 people gathered at the starting point in Victoria Park. Thousands subsequently joined the march along the way and organizers estimated at least 250,000 took part.