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Nikkei index hits new intraday high

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average topping the 60,000 line for the first time during the morning session on April 23, 2026, following U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks on an indefinite ceasefire in the Middle East.

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Nikkei index hits new intraday high

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average topping the 60,000 line for the first time during the morning session on April 23, 2026, following U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks on an indefinite ceasefire in the Middle East.

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Nikkei index hits new intraday high

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average topping the 60,000 line for the first time during the morning session on April 23, 2026, following U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks on an indefinite ceasefire in the Middle East.

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Nikkei index hits closing high

Stock monitors at a currency trading company in Tokyo show the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average hitting an all-time closing high of nearly 60,000 on April 16, 2026, up over 1,300 points from the previous day, amid expectations of an easing in the Middle East crisis.

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Restoration of Nara temple

The removal of roof tiles at Kohfuku-ji temple's five-story pagoda, in Nara, western Japan, is unveiled to the media on Sept. 10, 2025, as part of its first major repairs in about 120 years. Work is expected to be completed in March 2034 and will entail removal of approximately 60,000 tiles.

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Restoration of Nara temple

The removal of roof tiles at Kohfuku-ji temple's five-story pagoda, in Nara, western Japan, is unveiled to the media on Sept. 10, 2025, as part of its first major repairs in about 120 years. Work is expected to be completed in March 2034 and will entail removal of approximately 60,000 tiles.

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'Matsutake' mushrooms auctioned off for high price

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Hidenori Kawai, a food shop owner in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, shows "matsutake" mushrooms from Koya in the western Japan prefecture bought in his successful bid at a local market on Sept. 16, 2014. The highest winning bid was 60,000 yen per kilogram, which would fetch a retail price of around 10,000 apiece.

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McCartney offers sumo prize

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows banners, each signifying a 60,000 yen prize, offered by singer Paul McCartney for the winner of the final bout of the 12th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 21, 2013, at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka Prefecture. The 71-year-old former Beatle, who was in Japan on a concert tour, sponsored five of the banners, which were also ads for his latest album NEW.

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McCartney offers sumo prize

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows banners, each signifying a 60,000 yen prize, offered by singer Paul McCartney for the winner of the final bout of the 12th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Nov. 21, 2013, at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka Prefecture. The 71-year-old former Beatle, who was in Japan on a concert tour, sponsored five of the banners, which were also ads for his latest album NEW.

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Volkswagen aims to boost sales in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Gerasimos Dorizas, president of Volkswagen Group Japan KK, stands by a new model of the Golf hatchback at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2012. German automaker Volkswagen AG said it aims to increase sales in Japan in 2012 by 18.5 percent from the previous year to 60,000 vehicles on the strength of new models.

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Nissan COO Shiga

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co.'s Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga explains the automaker's consolidated results for the April-September first half, when it posted a group net profit of 183.43 billion yen, down 12.0 percent from a year earlier, in Yokohama on Nov. 2, 2011. Shiga said its worldwide production could be cut by around 60,000 units due to the effects of supply chain disruptions stemming from the flooding in Thailand.

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Lavender in full bloom in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Tourists walk in fields of lavender in full bloom at Farm Tomita in the town of Nakafurano in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 13, 2010. Around 60,000 lavender seedlings were planted in a 12-hectare field along with poppies and linaria, attracting tourists from across Japan.

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Lavender in full bloom in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - People stroll through a field of lavender in full bloom at Farm Tomita in Nakafurano in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 17. Around 60,000 lavender seedlings were planted in a 6-hectare field along with poppies and baby's breath, attracting tourists from across Japan. Asami Tsuchiya, 25, from Tokyo, said, ''It's the first time I've seen such a huge field of flowers and it's more beautiful than I imagined.''

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Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, the poster boy

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda plays the role of ''poster boy '' in two political posters unveiled by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Nov. 6. Both posters seek to portray Fukuda, 71, as a ''solid, down-to-earth'' man. In the left poster, Fukuda promises to be ''trustworthy'' and ''sure and steady,'' and in the right poster he promises people will ''feel safe in daily life.'' LDP officials say the party has printed 60,000 of the posters, the first to feature the prime minister since he took office in September, for use nationwide.

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Annual 'Hozuki (Chinese lantern plant) Fair' to begin in Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - The annual ''Hozuki (Chinese lantern plant) Fair'' begins at Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Taito Ward on July 9, with some 250 vendors taking part. About 60,000 people are expected to come to the two-day event.

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Annual 'Hozuki (Chinese lantern plant) Fair' to begin in Asakusa

TOKYO, Japan - The annual ''Hozuki (Chinese lantern plant) Fair'' begins at Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Taito Ward on July 9, with some 250 vendors taking part. About 60,000 people are expected to come to the two-day event.

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Mars coming closer to Earth

SAPPORO, Japan - The Mars, which is coming closer to the Earth for the first time in about 60,000 years, is seen lower left of the moon in a photo taken in Sapporo at 9:50 p.m. Aug. 13. The Mars will be about 55.8 million kilometers away from the Earth on Aug. 27.

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(1)New Kabul park opens with Japanese aid

KABUL, Afghanistan - Children cross a bridge in a riverside park in Kabul on May 29, the opening day of the park, which was built with $60,000 in aid from Japan under the U.N. Recovery and Employment Afghanistan Program (REAP).

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(2)New Kabul park opens with Japanese aid

KABUL, Afghanistan - Kabul Mayor Mahammad Anwar Jakdalak (L) plants a tree commemorating the opening of a riverside park in Kabul on May 29 that was built with $60,000 in aid from Japan under the U.N. Recovery and Employment Afghanistan Program (REAP).

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Japanese American National Museum opens new pavilion

The Japanese American National Museum opens a new pavilion (shown) in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles on Jan. 22. The pavilion contains some 60,000 items on the history of Japanese-Americans, including the barracks of a World War II internment camp from Wyoming.

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Football: World Cup opening day

Photo taken on Nov. 20, 2022, shows the 60,000-capacity Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, before the start of the World Cup Group A football match between Qatar and Ecuador.

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Football: World Cup opening day

Photo taken on Nov. 20, 2022, shows the 60,000-capacity Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, before the start of the World Cup Group A football match between Qatar and Ecuador.