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Fast Retailing revises up earnings

Tadashi Yanai, chairman of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of the Uniqlo clothing chain, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on April 9, 2026, after the company revised upward its consolidated net profit projection for the year ending in August 2026 from 450 billion yen to 480 billion yen.

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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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Nikkei bounces back over 450 pts

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian looks at the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district on Aug. 20. Tokyo stock prices rebounded sharply, lifting the key Nikkei index more than 450 points buoyed by higher U.S. shares and a weaker yen.

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Sharp foresees record net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2012. Sharp announced it expects to post its largest-ever group net loss of 450 billion yen for fiscal 2012 to March 31, 2013, due mainly to its flagging television business.

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Sharp foresees record net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2012. Sharp announced it expects to post its largest-ever group net loss of 450 billion yen for fiscal 2012 to March 31, 2013, due mainly to its flagging television business.

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Sharp foresees record net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2012. Sharp announced it expects to post its largest-ever group net loss of 450 billion yen for fiscal 2012 to March 31, 2013, due mainly to its flagging television business.

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Sharp foresees record net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2012. Sharp announced it expects to post its largest-ever group net loss of 450 billion yen for fiscal 2012 to March 31, 2013, due mainly to its flagging television business.

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Sharp to forecast record net loss of 450 bil. yen

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in September 2012 shows the headquarters of Sharp Corp. in Osaka's Abeno Ward. Sharp will revise down its earnings forecast for the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2013, projecting a record group net loss of 450 billion yen, mainly due to its flagging television-making business, sources close to the matter said Nov. 1, 2012.

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'Udon hamburger' in the noodle's home

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 30, 2011, shows a ''Sanuki Udon Burger'' sold at an expressway service area in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture. The burger, using fried Sanuki ''udon'' noodles -- a regional specialty of the western Japan prefecture -- along with a chicken patty, a sunny-side up egg, lettuce and ginger-flavored soy sauce, is priced at 450 yen.

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Tiger's Kanemoto takes salary cut

KOSHIEN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto gives a press conference at the baseball club's office in Nishinomiya on Jan. 22, 2010. The 41-year-old remained one of the highest earners in Japanese baseball despite his salary being cut by 100 million yen to 450 million yen for the 2010 season.

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Tiger's Kanemoto takes salary cut

KOSHIEN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto wraps up a press conference at the baseball club's office in Nishinomiya on Jan. 22, 2010. The 41-year-old remained one of the highest earners in Japanese baseball despite his salary being cut by 100 million yen to 450 million yen for the 2010 season.

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Elpida starts construction of world's DRAM plant

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yukio Sakamoto, president of Elpida Memory Inc., briefs reporters at the Hiroshima Prefectural government office on construction of a dynamic random access memory chip plant which he claims has the world's largest production capacity. Elpidia, a joint venture between NEC Corp. and Hitachi Ltd., will invest some 450-500 billion yen in construction of the plant in Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Kiyohara extends contract with Yomiuri Giants

TOKYO, Japan - Sixteen-time All-Star Kazuhiro Kiyohara speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16 after signing a deal with the Yomiuri Giants carrying an annual salary of 450 million yen plus incentives for next season.

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Shipments of square water watermelons begin in Zentsuji

ZENTSUJI, Japan - Farmers decorate square watermelons with ribbons before shipping them from an agricultural cooperative in Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on June 17. The 18-centimeter-square watermelons are priced at 10,000 yen each. Some 450 to 500 watermelons will be shipped to department stores and other places in Tokyo and Osaka -- for display rather than for eating. About 50 of them will be shipped to Canada. The square watermelons were devised to save space in refrigerators.

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Yomiuri's Kiyohara signs 4-year deal

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants infielder Kazuhiro Kiyohara is about to leave his club office in Tokyo on Dec. 27 after agreeing to a new four-year deal carrying an estimated 450 million yen annual salary in addition to performance incentives. ''I was able to sign the new deal comfortably. I'll do my best to help the team win the championship, believing that personal improvement leads to team development,'' Kiyohara said of his goal for his 17th season.

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Kumagai Gumi wins informal OK from banks

TOKYO, Japan - Kazutoshi Torigai, president of troubled construction firm Kumagai Gumi Co., tells a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28 that the company's creditor banks have informally approved a revision to its restructuring plan. Under the new plan, Kumagai Gumi will ask its 15 creditor banks to forgive 430 billion yen in loans, down from the 450 billion yen it had previously requested.

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Kumagai Gumi to ask for 450 bil. yen debt waiver

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the Tokyo head office of debt-ridden contractor Kumagai Gumi Co., which sources close to the company said will request its major creditors to forgive debts totaling 450 billion yen as part of a rehabilitation plan.

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Yomiuri's Kiyohara signs 4-year deal

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants infielder Kazuhiro Kiyohara is about to leave his club office in Tokyo on Dec. 27 after agreeing to a new four-year deal carrying an estimated 450 million yen annual salary in addition to performance incentives. ''I was able to sign the new deal comfortably. I'll do my best to help the team win the championship, believing that personal improvement leads to team development,'' Kiyohara said of his goal for his 17th season.

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Elpida starts construction of world's DRAM plant

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yukio Sakamoto, president of Elpida Memory Inc., briefs reporters at the Hiroshima Prefectural government office on construction of a dynamic random access memory chip plant which he claims has the world's largest production capacity. Elpidia, a joint venture between NEC Corp. and Hitachi Ltd., will invest some 450-500 billion yen in construction of the plant in Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Japan Post aiming for group net profit of 450 bil. yen in FY 2017

Japan Post Holdings Co. President Taizo Nishimuro answers reporters' questions at a press conference in Tokyo on April 1, 2015, after announcing the company's medium-term business plan from fiscal 2015 to fiscal 2017. Japan Post said the same day it will aim for an annual group net profit of around 450 billion yen ($3.75 billion) in fiscal 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan Post aiming for group net profit of 450 bil. yen in FY 2017

Japan Post Holdings Co. President Taizo Nishimuro answers reporters' questions at a press conference in Tokyo on April 1, 2015, after announcing the company's medium-term business plan from fiscal 2015 to fiscal 2017. Japan Post said the same day it will aim for an annual group net profit of around 450 billion yen ($3.75 billion) in fiscal 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nikkei bounces back over 450 pts

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian looks at the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district on Aug. 20. Tokyo stock prices rebounded sharply, lifting the key Nikkei index more than 450 points buoyed by higher U.S. shares and a weaker yen. (Kyodo)

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'Udon hamburger' in the noodle's home

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 30, 2011, shows a ''Sanuki Udon Burger'' sold at an expressway service area in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture. The burger, using fried Sanuki ''udon'' noodles -- a regional specialty of the western Japan prefecture -- along with a chicken patty, a sunny-side up egg, lettuce and ginger-flavored soy sauce, is priced at 450 yen. (Kyodo)

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Tiger's Kanemoto takes salary cut

KOSHIEN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto wraps up a press conference at the baseball club's office in Nishinomiya on Jan. 22, 2010. The 41-year-old remained one of the highest earners in Japanese baseball despite his salary being cut by 100 million yen to 450 million yen for the 2010 season. (Kyodo)

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Tiger's Kanemoto takes salary cut

KOSHIEN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto gives a press conference at the baseball club's office in Nishinomiya on Jan. 22, 2010. The 41-year-old remained one of the highest earners in Japanese baseball despite his salary being cut by 100 million yen to 450 million yen for the 2010 season. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Sawamura Award winner Sugano gets huge pay raise

Yomiuri Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2017, after the club nearly doubled his salary to a reported 450 million yen ($4.05 million) for 2018. Sugano won the Sawamura Award as Japan's most impressive starting pitcher. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Sawamura Award winner Sugano gets huge pay raise

Yomiuri Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano poses in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2017, after the club nearly doubled his salary to a reported 450 million yen ($4.05 million) for 2018. Sugano won the Sawamura Award as Japan's most impressive starting pitcher. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kiyohara extends contract with Yomiuri Giants

TOKYO, Japan - Sixteen-time All-Star Kazuhiro Kiyohara speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16 after signing a deal with the Yomiuri Giants carrying an annual salary of 450 million yen plus incentives for next season. (Kyodo)

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Shipments of square water watermelons begin in Zentsuji

ZENTSUJI, Japan - Farmers decorate square watermelons with ribbons before shipping them from an agricultural cooperative in Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on June 17. The 18-centimeter-square watermelons are priced at 10,000 yen each. Some 450 to 500 watermelons will be shipped to department stores and other places in Tokyo and Osaka -- for display rather than for eating. About 50 of them will be shipped to Canada. The square watermelons were devised to save space in refrigerators.

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Kumagai Gumi wins informal OK from banks

TOKYO, Japan - Kazutoshi Torigai, president of troubled construction firm Kumagai Gumi Co., tells a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28 that the company's creditor banks have informally approved a revision to its restructuring plan. Under the new plan, Kumagai Gumi will ask its 15 creditor banks to forgive 430 billion yen in loans, down from the 450 billion yen it had previously requested.

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Kumagai Gumi to ask for 450 bil. yen debt waiver

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the Tokyo head office of debt-ridden contractor Kumagai Gumi Co., which sources close to the company said will request its major creditors to forgive debts totaling 450 billion yen as part of a rehabilitation plan.

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Maruyama signs sponsorship deal with Softbank

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeki Maruyama (C) and Masayoshi Son (R), the head of a leading computer software and services company Softbank Corp., shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 9 after reaching a basic agreement on a sponsorship deal worth 450 million yen. The three-year deal is the first venture into the sports field for Softbank, which hopes to sign another 10 or so young golfers to sponsorship contracts. The company has reportedly budgeted about 50 million yen a year for the project.