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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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Typhoon Yagi Kills At Least 59 People In Vietnam

An aerial drone photo shows areas flooded by the rising water of the Red River in Vietnam's northern province of Yen Bai, Sept. 9, 2024. As of Monday noon, Typhoon Yagi and consequent landslides and floods have left 59 people dead and missing in Vietnam's northern region, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said. Photo by VNA via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Yagi Kills At Least 59 People In Vietnam

An aerial drone photo shows areas flooded by the rising water of the Red River in Vietnam's northern province of Yen Bai, Sept. 9, 2024. As of Monday noon, Typhoon Yagi and consequent landslides and floods have left 59 people dead and missing in Vietnam's northern region, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said. Photo by VNA via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Niimi, lawyer who fought for Chinese laborers' rights, dies at 59

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niimi (in undated file photo), a human rights lawyer who represented the rights of Chinese nationals who were forced to work at a labor camp in Akita Prefecture during World War II, died of cardiac failure on Dec. 20, his family said. He was 59. Niimi, a Nagoya native, led a five-year court battle against major Japanese construction firm Kajima Corp. through November 2000 over a 60.5 million yen damages suit filed by 11 of the survivors.

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Japan presents sumo rings, mat to Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kotooshu

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) hands popular Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu a list of sumo items to be donated as Japan's assistance to the Bulgarian Sumo Federation at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on FEb. 8. The sumo items, worth a total of $59,000 or about 6.3 million yen, include seven sumo rings for competition and practice sessions, 150 practice suits and a sumo mat.

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McDonald's launches another price war

TOKYO, Japan - An outlet of McDonald's Co. (Japan) in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward carries a sign on Aug. 5 advertising its regular hamburger for 59 yen. It is the lowest price for a McDonald's hamburger in its 30 years of business in Japan.

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Turkish man nabbed for drug smuggling at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Displayed for media coverage at the Narita airport customs office Jan. 5 is about 7.4 kilograms of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of 59 million yen which a Turkish man attempted to smuggle into Japan in December.

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Asahi, Tokai banks to form holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Bank President Tatsuro Ito (L) and Tokai Bank President Hideo Ogasawara speak at a joint press conference Oct. 7 on an agreement to set up a joint holding company in October 2000 with the aim of integrating their operations. The integration will create a new banking group that will be the third largest in Japan with combined assets of some 59 trillion yen.

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Ex-top defense procurement official meets reporters

Masahiro Akiyama, vice minister of Japan's Defense Agency, meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 4 after a former top procurement official at the agency, Masuo Morodomi, was arrested on suspicion of causing damage to state finances over purchases of defense equipment. Morodomi, 59, was allegedly involved in illegally reducing by some 1.69 billion yen the amount a communication equipment company was supposed to repay for overcharging the agency.

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Egypt issues 500 million USD Samurai bonds on Japanese market

STORY: Egypt issues 500 million USD Samurai bonds on Japanese market DATELINE: March 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the headquarters of Finance Ministry in Cairo 2. a shot of the logo of the ministry 3. various of Egypt's Finance Minister Mohamed Maait speaking 4. various of the headquarters of Finance Ministry 5. various of the Central Bank of Egypt STORYLINE: Egypt's Finance Ministry announced on Thursday that the country has issued 60 billion yen (about 500 million U.S. dollars) in five-year Samurai bonds on the Japanese market. Therefore, Egypt became the first country in the Middle East to issue international bonds denominated in Japanese yen on the Japanese market, the ministry said. It is Egypt's first international offering since it has devalued its currency by 14 percent against the dollar on Monday. The Finance Ministry made the issuance through a credit guarantee from the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and the coverage of Nippon Export

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Ex-real estate tycoon dies at 59 during trial

TOKYO, Japan - Harunori Takahashi (in a file photo taken in October 1999), once dubbed the king of resort development projects in the South Pacific, died of a brain hemorrhage at a Tokyo hospital on July 18 while facing trial over a loan scandal involving two now-defunct credit associations, his family said July 19. He was 59. Takahashi purchased overseas hotels and domestic golf courses during Japan's ''bubble'' economy boom when he was president of resort developer EIE International Corp., leading the EIE group to total assets of around 1 trillion yen at its peak. (Kyodo)

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McDonald's launches another price war

TOKYO, Japan - An outlet of McDonald's Co. (Japan) in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward carries a sign on Aug. 5 advertising its regular hamburger for 59 yen. It is the lowest price for a McDonald's hamburger in its 30 years of business in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Niimi, lawyer who fought for Chinese laborers' rights, dies at 5

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Niimi (in undated file photo), a human rights lawyer who represented the rights of Chinese nationals who were forced to work at a labor camp in Akita Prefecture during World War II, died of cardiac failure on Dec. 20, his family said. He was 59. Niimi, a Nagoya native, led a five-year court battle against major Japanese construction firm Kajima Corp. through November 2000 over a 60.5 million yen damages suit filed by 11 of the survivors. (Kyodo)

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Turkish man nabbed for drug smuggling at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Displayed for media coverage at the Narita airport customs office Jan. 5 is about 7.4 kilograms of cannabis resin with an estimated street value of 59 million yen which a Turkish man attempted to smuggle into Japan in December.

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Asahi, Tokai banks to form holding firm

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Bank President Tatsuro Ito (L) and Tokai Bank President Hideo Ogasawara speak at a joint press conference Oct. 7 on an agreement to set up a joint holding company in October 2000 with the aim of integrating their operations. The integration will create a new banking group that will be the third largest in Japan with combined assets of some 59 trillion yen.

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Ex-top defense procurement offic

Masahiro Akiyama, vice minister of Japan's Defense Agency, meets reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 4 after a former top procurement official at the agency, Masuo Morodomi, was arrested on suspicion of causing damage to state finances over purchases of defense equipment. Morodomi, 59, was allegedly involved in illegally reducing by some 1.69 billion yen the amount a communication equipment company was supposed to repay for overcharging the agency.