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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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"Densukesuika" watermelon

ASAHIKAWA, Japan, June 14 Kyodo - Photo taken June 14, 2018, in the northern Japan city of Asahikawa shows a "Densukesuika" watermelon (L) that fetched the highest price of 550,000 yen (about $5,000) at the season's first auction the same day.

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Hanshin slugger Kanemoto re-signs for 550 mil. yen

KOSHIEN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto smiles during a press conference in Nishinomiya, Kyoto Prefecture, on Dec. 25 after re-signing with the Central League baseball club for an unchanged salary of 550 million yen plus performance bonuses in 2009, the richest contract so far this off-season in Japanese baseball.

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Kanemoto remains highest-paid Japanese player

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Veteran Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto speaks at a news conference after re-signing for an estimated 550 million yen plus performance incentives at the club office in Nishinomiya on Dec. 27. He will remain the highest-paid Japanese player for the second year in a row.

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Victim's spouse asks gov't to set up life term without parole

TOKYO, Japan - Alberto Stucki (R), whose wife and daughter were killed in Miyazaki in 2004, hands a petition with 80,000 signatures to Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama at the Justice Ministry on Nov. 2, asking the government to set up a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. Stucki, 51, a resident of Kyoto with dual Italian and Swiss nationalities, has been taking issue with the Japanese penal system in which most inmates sentenced to life in prison are later released on parole. Stucki's wife and daughter were burned to death in May 2004 after a burglar broke into their home, stole 550,000 yen and set the house ablaze. The burglar is serving a term of life in prison.

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Hanshin's Kanemoto re-signs for 550 million yen

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers slugger Tomoaki Kanemoto, 38, re-signed with the Central League club on Dec. 28 for a three-year deal with 550 million yen in annual salary, the highest for an active Japanese pro baseball club player in the coming season.

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Toshiba to focus investment on semiconductors: President Nishida

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. President Atsutoshi Nishida speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 9. He bared a medium-range business plan in which Toshiba will invest 550 billion yen on semiconductor operations, half of the company's total capital investment in three years through fiscal 2007.

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Matsushita unveils electronic book

TOKYO, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. on July 2 unveils an electronic book device (photo) that can store text and images from printed books and show them in black and white on two built-in liquid crystal displays. The Sigma Book weighs roughly 550 grams and is about the size of A4 paper when opened. Matsushita plans to put the e-book on the market as early as this fall with a price at the 30,000 yen level.

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F-1 champ Schumacher's car put on sale

TOKYO, June 23 Kyodo - A Ferrari 550 Maranello (photo) driven by Michael Schumacher, Germany's World Formula-1 auto racing champion, has been put on sale through the Web site of Cornes & Co., exclusive sales agent in Japan for Italian automaker Ferrari Maserati. The car, which carries Schumacher's autograph on the dashboard, is offered for 15 million yen.

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N. Korea issues stamps commemorating summit talks

TOKYO, Japan - North Korea has issued a pair of postage stamps commemorating the landmark summit talks between Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il held Sept. 17 in Pyongyang, the Philatelic Museum in Tokyo said Oct. 29. According to the museum, the stamps, issued Oct. 25, are available to Japanese collectors as a set for 550 yen.

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NTT DoCoMo to post heavy losses on foreign investments

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Keiji Tachikawa talks with the media at his office in Tokyo on April 4. He said the company will post an additional appraisal loss of 550 billion yen on its overseas investments for the year to March 31, pushing Japan's largest mobile phone operator into the red for the first time since it went public in 1998.

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NTT DoCoMo to post heavy losses on foreign investments

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Keiji Tachikawa talks with the media at his office in Tokyo on April 4. He said the company will post an additional appraisal loss of 550 billion yen on its overseas investments for the year to March 31, pushing Japan's largest mobile phone operator into the red for the first time since it went public in 1998.

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Toshiba to focus investment on semiconductors: President Nishida

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. President Atsutoshi Nishida speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 9. He bared a medium-range business plan in which Toshiba will invest 550 billion yen on semiconductor operations, half of the company's total capital investment in three years through fiscal 2007. (Kyodo)

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Hanshin's Kanemoto re-signs for 550 million yen

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers slugger Tomoaki Kanemoto, 38, re-signed with the Central League club on Dec. 28 for a three-year deal with 550 million yen in annual salary, the highest for an active Japanese pro baseball club player in the coming season. (Kyodo)

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Kanemoto remains highest-paid Japanese player

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Veteran Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto speaks at a news conference after re-signing for an estimated 550 million yen plus performance incentives at the club office in Nishinomiya on Dec. 27. He will remain the highest-paid Japanese player for the second year in a row. (Kyodo)

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Hanshin slugger Kanemoto re-signs for 550 mil. yen

KOSHIEN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto smiles during a press conference in Nishinomiya, Kyoto Prefecture, on Dec. 25 after re-signing with the Central League baseball club for an unchanged salary of 550 million yen plus performance bonuses in 2009, the richest contract so far this off-season in Japanese baseball. (Kyodo)

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F-1 champ Schumacher's car put on sale

TOKYO, June 23 Kyodo - A Ferrari 550 Maranello (photo) driven by Michael Schumacher, Germany's World Formula-1 auto racing champion, has been put on sale through the Web site of Cornes & Co., exclusive sales agent in Japan for Italian automaker Ferrari Maserati. The car, which carries Schumacher's autograph on the dashboard, is offered for 15 million yen.

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N. Korea issues stamps commemorating summit talks

TOKYO, Japan - North Korea has issued a pair of postage stamps commemorating the landmark summit talks between Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il held Sept. 17 in Pyongyang, the Philatelic Museum in Tokyo said Oct. 29. According to the museum, the stamps, issued Oct. 25, are available to Japanese collectors as a set for 550 yen. (Kyodo)

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Matsushita unveils electronic book

TOKYO, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. on July 2 unveils an electronic book device (photo) that can store text and images from printed books and show them in black and white on two built-in liquid crystal displays. The Sigma Book weighs roughly 550 grams and is about the size of A4 paper when opened. Matsushita plans to put the e-book on the market as early as this fall with a price at the 30,000 yen level. (Kyodo)