Illumination event in Sendai

Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2024. Zelkova trees lining a 450-meter street are lit up with about 450,000 LED lights, with about 1.6 million people expected to visit through Dec. 25.

Illumination event in Sendai

Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2024. Zelkova trees lining a 450-meter street are lit up with about 450,000 LED lights, with about 1.6 million people expected to visit through Dec. 25.

Mitsubishi Fuso to fix 450,000 defective vehicles

Mitsubishi Fuso to fix 450,000 defective vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Wilfried Porth answers questions at a press conference in Tokyo on June 14. The company said it will file reports with the government to carry out free repairs of defective auto parts on 450,000 more vehicles it was responsible for between 1992 and March 2003.

Mitsubishi Fuso to fix 450,000 defective vehicles

Mitsubishi Fuso to fix 450,000 defective vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Fuso President and Chief Executive Officer Wilfried Porth (L) tells reporters in Tokyo on June 14 the company will repair about 450,000 vehicles in connection with additional cases of auto parts defects it was responsible for between 1992 and March this year.

(1)Okinawa marks 57th anniversary of end of local battle

(1)Okinawa marks 57th anniversary of end of local battle

ITOMAN, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi offers a flower at a ceremony at Peace Memorial Park in the city of Itomanin, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23 to mark the 57th anniversary of the end of the battle of Okinawa. The fierce ground battle, in which about one-third of Okinawa's population of 450,000 died, was the only one fought against the Allied forces on civilian-occupied land in Japan during World War II.

U.S. LPGA wins 14th straight Nichirei golf title

U.S. LPGA wins 14th straight Nichirei golf title

The U.S. LPGA squad gains an overwhelming victory over the Japan LPGA team for its 14th straight title in the Nichirei International golf tournament at Tsukuba Country in Ibaraki Prefecture on Nov. 1. The U.S. tour regulars, who began the day with a five-point advantage after the first two days, ran out 24-12 winners over their Japanese tour counterparts. Captain Pat Hurst was named the most valuable player of the 702,000 dollar tournament, in which the winning team earned 450,000 dollars to be divided equally among its 18 members.