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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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Premium watermelon in northern Japan

Photo shows a premium "Densuke" black watermelon grown in Toma, Hokkaido, northern Japan, which fetched 600,000 yen ($4,250) at the season's first auction in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on June 15, 2023.

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Riken to ask Obokata to return 600,000 yen paper submission fee

TOKYO, March 20 Kyodo - Undated photo shows Haruko Obokata, who resigned from the Riken research institute in December 2014 in the wake of a scandal over her misconduct in a so-called STAP stem-cell study. Riken announced on March 20, 2015, it plans to demand that Obokata return about 600,000 yen in research paper submission fees.

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Summer lottery launched in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People line up in front of a lottery stand in Tokyo, Japan, on July 4, 2014. The summer lottery, launched on the day, could be worth 600 million yen to the first-prize winner if they also get the numbers before and after the first prize.

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Nintendo sees 1st April-Sept. black ink in 4 yrs

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata holds a press conference on the company's business performance in Osaka on Oct. 30, 2013. The Japanese game giant said it returned to the black for the first time in four years on a first-half basis with a group net profit of 600 million yen, a turnaround from a net loss of 28.00 billion yen a year earlier, aided by exchange rate gains stemming from a weaker yen.

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Gold bullion worth 600 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a piece of gold bullion, weighing 120 kilograms and worth 600 million yen ($6 million), at Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on April 19, 2013. The store began a special display the same day of the gold block, letting visitors touch it, to mark the launch inside the department store of a shop specializing in purchasing gold.

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Gold bullion worth 600 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A shopper at Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Shinjuku district touches a piece of gold bullion, weighing 120 kilograms and worth 600 million yen ($6 million), on April 19, 2013. The store began a special display the same day of the gold block, letting visitors touch it, to mark the launch inside the department store of a shop specializing in purchasing gold.

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Abe Cabinet OKs stimulus package

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2013, announcing a stimulus package worth 20.2 trillion yen. Abe's Cabinet endorsed a stimulus package earlier in the day entailing the biggest government spending since fiscal 2009 in an attempt to add around 2 percentage points to Japan's gross domestic product growth in real terms and create at least 600,000 jobs.

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Abe Cabinet OKs stimulus package

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with Finance Minister Taro Aso (C) after a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2013, to announce a stimulus package worth 20.2 trillion yen. Abe's Cabinet endorsed a stimulus package earlier in the day entailing the biggest government spending since fiscal 2009 in an attempt to add around 2 percentage points to Japan's gross domestic product growth in real terms and create at least 600,000 jobs. To the right is economic revival minister Akira Amari.

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Abe Cabinet OKs stimulus package

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Jan. 11, 2013, announcing a stimulus package worth 20.2 trillion yen. Abe's Cabinet endorsed a stimulus package earlier in the day entailing the biggest government spending since fiscal 2009 in an attempt to add around 2 percentage points to Japan's gross domestic product growth in real terms and create at least 600,000 jobs.

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Year-end lottery

TOKYO, Japan - Women dubbed "lady luck" promote the year-end "Jumbo" lottery, which provides the chance to win up to 600 million yen, in front of a lottery booth in Tokyo's Ginza district, while people line up there as the lottery began to be sold nationwide on Nov. 26, 2012.

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Year-end lottery

TOKYO, Japan - People line up at a lottery booth in Tokyo's Ginza district as sales of the year-end "Jumbo" lottery, which provides the chance to win up to 600 million yen, began nationwide on Nov. 26, 2012.

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Panasonic gets credit line

OSAKA, Japan - File photo in January 2012 shows the head office of Panasonic Corp in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture. Sources said on Oct. 16, 2012, that Panasonic has obtained a credit line of 600 billion yen from its four main banks in its efforts to diversify funding options.

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Damages suit against Google over Street View service nixed

FUKUOKA, Japan - File photo shows a camera on a vehicle believed to be taking images for Google Inc.'s Street View service in Tokyo's Minato Ward in 2009. The Fukuoka High Court on July 13, 2012, upheld a lower court decision that turned down a Japanese woman's 600,000 yen damages suit against the Japan subsidiary of the U.S. search engine operator for allegedly infringing on her privacy through photo shots and their release on the Street View service.

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Damages suit against Google over Street View service nixed

FUKUOKA, Japan - File photo shows a vehicle believed to be taking images for Google Inc.'s Street View service in Tokyo's Minato Ward in 2009. The license plate is made obscure. The Fukuoka High Court on July 13, 2012, upheld a lower court decision that turned down a Japanese woman's 600,000 yen damages suit against the Japanese subsidiary of the U.S. search engine operator for allegedly infringing on her privacy through photo shots and their release on the Street View service.

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'Yakuza' office raided over 600 mil. yen robbery

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police investigators enter an office of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest crime syndicate, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 11, 2011, over a 600 million yen robbery in Tachikawa, western Tokyo. Most of the stolen money in the biggest-ever cash robbery in Japan has not been recovered.

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Shipments of square watermelons begin in Kagawa Prefecture

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Workers at an agricultural cooperative in Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture, check square-shaped watermelons on June 28, 2010, before shipment. The cooperative will ship about 600 of the watermelons, mainly for use in display, with a price tag of about 10,000 yen.

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Gov't eyes 600 bil. yen credit line as JAL nears bankruptcy

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Inamori, honorary chairman of Kyocera Corp., is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 2010, after a meeting of the Government Revitalization Unit. The state-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan plans to hold a meeting with him on Jan. 13 as the entity and the government eye appointing him to become struggling Japan Airlines Corp.'s chief executive officer during the rehabilitation process.

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Shipments of square watermelons begin in Kagawa Pref.

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Workers at an agricultural cooperative in Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture, check square-shaped watermelons on June 18 before shipment. The cooperative will ship about 600 of the watermelons, mainly for use in display, with a price tag ranging from 13,000 to 14,000 yen.

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Lotte makes Iguchi 3-year, 600 mil. yen offer

TOKYO, Japan - Infielder Tadahito Iguchi shakes hands with Lotte Marines president Ryuzo Setoyama at a hotel in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 7. Lotte offered Iguchi, who was released by the Philadelphia Phillies at the end of the 2008 season, a three-year deal worth about 600 million yen. Iguchi has not made a decision yet as he is awaiting offers from several other clubs in Japan as well as in the major leagues.

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Matsushita unveils longer-lasting alkali batteries

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. unveiled on Jan. 15 what it says is the world's longest-lasting alkali battery. The battery, to be sold under the brand name ''Evolta,'' lasts 20 to 50 percent longer than Matsushita's current alkali batteries, the company says. Evolta will be sold in Japan from April 26. An triple-A ''Evolta'' pack will be priced at just under 600 yen, about 20 percent more expensive than current Matsushita alkali batteries.

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40th Tokyo Motor Show opens at Makuhari Messe

CHIBA, Japan - Car fans marvel at new car models on display at the 40th Tokyo Motor Show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, which opened to the public on Oct. 27. The show, which runs through Nov. 11, features 542 new models, 77 of them displayed for the first time in the world. Admission fees: 1,300 yen for adults, 600 yen for secondary school students, free for primary school pupils and younger children.

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Sumitomo to promote investment in resources development

TOKYO, Japan - Susumu Kato, president of major Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp., said in a recent interview with Kyodo News that his company will promote the development of resources under its new business plan for fiscal 2007 and 2008 that sets aside around 600 billion yen for investment and loans. The interview was conducted after Kato assumed the post of president in June.

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Nikkei ends nearly 600 points lower, sinks below 17,000

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo's Yurakucho district shows the Nikkei Stock Average plunging nearly 600 points -- below the 17,000 line -- as investors worried about the future course of the U.S. economy and the yen's further appreciation against the U.S. dollar. The stock average ended the day at 16,642.25, down 575.68 points, or 3.34 percent.

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Kagoshima man wronged by police demands dismissal of 3 officers

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Sachio Kawabata (L), 61, a hotel operator in Shibushi, Kagoshima Prefecture, arrives at the Kagoshima prefectural police headquarters on Feb. 20 with a petition signed by 6,100 people calling for the dismissal of three police officers who trampled on a piece of paper containing the names of Kawabata's relatives during a police investigation on vote buying at the 2003 Kagoshima prefectural assembly election. The Kagoshima District Court, ruling on a lawsuit filed by Kawabata, called the trampling illegal and ordered the prefecture to pay Kawabata 600,000 yen in compensation. The ruling became final as the prefecture decided not to appeal.

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Matsushita's new head vows to boost flat TV sales to 1 tril. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.'s new President Fumio Ohtsubo said July 7 his company will aim to increase sales of flat-panel TVs to 1 trillion yen in the coming years from the current 600 billion yen in fiscal 2005 to last March.

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Mugen uses funds to buy land for Honda memorial hall

SAITAMA, Japan - Racing car engine maker Mugen Co., which has been accused of evading corporate tax on 2.84 billion yen of income, spent at least 600 million yen of hidden income to acquire property in Tokyo (shown in photo) on which to build a memorial hall in honor of the late Honda founder Soichiro Honda, investigative sources said July 2.

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Shinjo, Mets agree on 1-yr deal

NEW YORK, United States - Tsuyoshi Shinjo will return to Shea Stadium after the Japanese outfielder and the New York Mets agreed Jan. 11 on a one-year deal worth $600,000 (about 72 million yen). (MLB)

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Annual morning-glory market begins

TOKYO, Japan - Shopgirls check the flowerpots before the annual ''Asagaoichi'' (morning glory market) opens in Iriya, downtown Tokyo, on July 6. Organizers expect about 600,000 visitors will come to the market where 120,000 pots will be put for sale by 120 florists during its three-day session. A standard pot with morning glories of four different colors carries a price tag of 2,000 yen.

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Suzuki Motor to sell large-scale scooter

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. will launch on June 1 a large-scale scooter which it claims has the world's biggest engine capacity for an ordinary scooter. The Sky Wave 650 has an engine capacity of 638 cc compared with 600 cc for conventional scooters. Priced at 859,000 yen, it features gear shifts that can be alternated between manual and automatic.

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Sony Bank to kick off service June 11

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Ishii, president of Sony Bank, an Internet bank owned 80% by Sony Corp., speaks on his bank's business operations at a news briefing May 10. Sony Bank, due to start business on June 11, aims to attract 600,000 Web accounts and to collect deposits of 1 trillion yen within five years.

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Live beetles dispensed by vending machines in Miyazaki

YAMANOGUCHI, Japan - Photo shows a vending machine selling live beetles. Kunji Shimbori, a lunch-box store employee, is doing a thriving business off Route 269 in Yamanoguchi, Miyazaki Prefecture, with a novel idea -- selling live beetles in a vending machine. Packed in twos or threes inside transparent cases, the insects -- which are immensely popular with Japanese kids -- fetch 600 yen per case. For bigger insects, each pack goes for 800 yen.

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Wartime laborers to sue M'shi Heavy in S. Korea

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Six South Koreans will file a suit with the Pusan District Court on May 1 demanding Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan pay some 600 million won (about 60 million yen) in damages for forcing them to labor in Japan during World War II, lawyers supporting wartime compensation suits announce at a news conference April 26. The lawsuit will be the first seeking compensation for Japan's wartime deeds to be filed by Asians in their own country against a Japanese company, according to the lawyers.

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Obuchi makes speech on Japan's relations with ASEAN

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi makes a policy speech on Japan's relations with Southeast Asian countries in Hanoi on Dec. 16 at a lecture program hosted by a Hanoi-based research institute, ahead of summit talks with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), China and South Korea. In the speech, Obuchi unveiled a plan to provide special yen loans worth 600 billion yen to troubled Asian countries over a three-year period as part of an effort to revitalize the region's economy.

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The hydrogen station opened by Tokyo Gas in Toyosu

The construction cost was not disclosed, but it is estimated to be several percent higher than the usual cost of about 600 million yen. The station will produce hydrogen using city gas from a medium-pressure pipeline. Carbon dioxide (CO2) generated in the process of mining and burning liquefied natural gas (LNG) is offset. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to have more than 100 fuel cell buses in use by the end of this year, and the Toyosu Hydrogen Station will be responsible for supplying hydrogen to the city's fuel cell buses. Takashi Anamizu, vice president of Tokyo Gas, said on the same day that he expects the station's operation rate to increase significantly. The average daily use of other hydrogen stations is about five fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). January 16, 2020, Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

The market temporarily rose over 600 yen. A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's advantage in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. Some people took pictures of stock prices with their smartphones. Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, December 13, 2019; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Nikkei Stock Average tops 24,000 yen for the first time in about a year and two months

A partial agreement on trade talks between the U.S. and China and reports of the ruling Conservative Party's dominance in the U.K. House of Commons general election may have had an impact. The price rose over 600 yen at one point. (December 13, 2019, Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Kanden Engineering's Newly Introduced VR Device for Experiencing Danger

Kanden Engineering Co., Ltd. (Kita Ward, Osaka City) expanded its facilities for experiencing dangerous acts during construction, inspection, and diagnosis of electrical equipment, etc., and opened the new "Safety and Technology Training Center" (Settsu City, Osaka Prefecture) on April 14. The facility will be used to train about 600 people a year, including all employees and subcontractors. The company analyzed past occupational accidents such as electric shock, crashes and falls, and equipment accidents caused by mishandling, and compiled a booklet with mottoes and lessons learned, "100 Failures of Engineering Version," which took two years to complete. The related investment was about 45 million yen. Mr. Aoshima hopes that the booklet and the facility will "help people improve their sensitivity to danger with their minds and bodies. (November 14, 2019, Safety & Technology Training Center, Settsu City, Osaka Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Matsushita's new head vows to boost flat TV sales to 1 tril. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.'s new President Fumio Ohtsubo said July 7 his company will aim to increase sales of flat-panel TVs to 1 trillion yen in the coming years from the current 600 billion yen in fiscal 2005 to last March.

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Sumitomo to promote investment in resources development

TOKYO, Japan - Susumu Kato, president of major Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp., said in a recent interview with Kyodo News that his company will promote the development of resources under its new business plan for fiscal 2007 and 2008 that sets aside around 600 billion yen for investment and loans. The interview was conducted after Kato assumed the post of president in June. (Kyodo)

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40th Tokyo Motor Show opens at Makuhari Messe

CHIBA, Japan - Car fans marvel at new car models on display at the 40th Tokyo Motor Show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, which opened to the public on Oct. 27. The show, which runs through Nov. 11, features 542 new models, 77 of them displayed for the first time in the world. Admission fees: 1,300 yen for adults, 600 yen for secondary school students, free for primary school pupils and younger children. (Kyodo)

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Matsushita unveils longer-lasting alkali batteries

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. unveiled on Jan. 15 what it says is the world's longest-lasting alkali battery. The battery, to be sold under the brand name ''Evolta,'' lasts 20 to 50 percent longer than Matsushita's current alkali batteries, the company says. Evolta will be sold in Japan from April 26. An triple-A ''Evolta'' pack will be priced at just under 600 yen, about 20 percent more expensive than current Matsushita alkali batteries. (Kyodo)

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Lotte makes Iguchi 3-year, 600 mil. yen offer

TOKYO, Japan - Infielder Tadahito Iguchi shakes hands with Lotte Marines president Ryuzo Setoyama at a hotel in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 7. Lotte offered Iguchi, who was released by the Philadelphia Phillies at the end of the 2008 season, a three-year deal worth about 600 million yen. Iguchi has not made a decision yet as he is awaiting offers from several other clubs in Japan as well as in the major leagues. (Kyodo)