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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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Tanaka Kikinzoku unveils Tokyo Tower statue made of pure gold

TOKYO, Japan - Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. unveiled a statue of Tokyo Tower made of pure gold at its flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on Dec. 3. The 66-centimeter-high statue, which carries a price tag of 50 million yen and was made to commemorate the jeweler's 50th anniversary of business establishment, will be displayed at the store until Dec. 25. The company said it will produce more statues if it receives orders for them.

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NTT East ordered to pay 66 mil. yen for employee's work-linked death

SAPPORO, Japan - Bereaved family members of Yoshikatsu Okumura, a 58-year-old employee at NTT East Corp. who died after taking part in a two-month training camp, speak at a press conference in Sapporo on March 9 after the Sapporo District Court ordered the company to pay 66 million yen in damages to them. The court recognized the family's claim that Okumura's death was related to the training camp, arranged as part of the company's restructuring program.

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Watanabe takes 1st round lead at Diamond Cup

OARAI, Japan - Tsukasa Watanabe watches his tee shot during the first round of the 110 million yen Diamond Cup golf tournament at Oarai Golf Club in Ibaraki Prefecture on May 29. He fired a 6-under-par 66 to take a one-stroke lead.

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Van Gogh's 'Peasant Woman' on display in Hiroshima

HATSUKAICHI, Japan - Visitors look at the Vincent van Gogh painting ''Peasant Woman'' at the private Wood One Museum of Art in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 15. The previously unknown work by the Dutch master was bought for 66 million yen in February and will be on display at the museum until July 13.

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Successful bidder for unknown van Gogh work satisfied

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Toshio Nakamoto, who purchased an unknown early oil painting by Vincent van Gogh for 66 million yen at an auction in Tokyo on Feb. 8, speaks to reporters at the Wood One Museum of Art in the village of Yoshiwa in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 9. Nakamoto heads the museum and is chairman of house building materials maker Wood One Co.

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Unknown van Gogh painting fetches 66 million yen

TOKYO, Japan - An auction house employee holds up an early painting by Vincent van Gogh at a Tokyo auction Feb. 8, where it sold for 66 million yen. The portrait of a peasant woman had been believed to be an anonymous oil and valued at only 10,000 yen, but a Dutch museum confirmed it was by the post-impressionist master.

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Wilson rallies for win in Aiful Cup golf

AJIGASAWA KOGEN, Japan - American Dean Wilson raises a trophy after closing with a 6-under-par 66 on July 16 to come from behind and claim his first tour title in Japan with a one-stroke triumph in the 90 million yen Aiful Cup golf tournament. Wilson carded seven birdies against one bogey over the Ajigasawa Golf Club's 7,107-yard course layout in Aomori Prefecture for a 17-under-par total of 271.

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Top rookie Uehara gets giant pay hike

TOKYO, Japan - Central League Rookie of the Year pitcher Koji Uehara fields questions from reporters after winning a 53 million yen pay raise from the Yomiuri Giants on Dec. 15. Uehara, 24, will make 66 million yen next season, Yomiuri officials said.

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NTT East ordered to pay 66 mil. yen for employee's work-linked d

SAPPORO, Japan - Bereaved family members of Yoshikatsu Okumura, a 58-year-old employee at NTT East Corp. who died after taking part in a two-month training camp, speak at a press conference in Sapporo on March 9 after the Sapporo District Court ordered the company to pay 66 million yen in damages to them. The court recognized the family's claim that Okumura's death was related to the training camp, arranged as part of the company's restructuring program. (Kyodo)

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Chand fires 66 to grab Juken Sangyo Open lead

HIGASHI-HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fiji's Dinesh Chand fires a 6-under-par 66 on July 5 to grab a one-stroke lead in the first round of the 90 million yen Juken Sangyo Open golf tournament. Chand, winner of the Munsingwear Open in May, carded six birdies on his bogey-free journey over the Hiroshima Country Club's 6,950-yard Happonmatsu Course for the lead over defending champion Keiichiro Fukabori and 25-year-old hope Masanori Kobayashi.

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Wilson rallies for win in Aiful Cup golf

AJIGASAWA KOGEN, Japan - American Dean Wilson raises a trophy after closing with a 6-under-par 66 on July 16 to come from behind and claim his first tour title in Japan with a one-stroke triumph in the 90 million yen Aiful Cup golf tournament. Wilson carded seven birdies against one bogey over the Ajigasawa Golf Club's 7,107-yard course layout in Aomori Prefecture for a 17-under-par total of 271.

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Tanaka Kikinzoku unveils Tokyo Tower statue made of pure gold

TOKYO, Japan - Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. unveiled a statue of Tokyo Tower made of pure gold at its flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on Dec. 3. The 66-centimeter-high statue, which carries a price tag of 50 million yen and was made to commemorate the jeweler's 50th anniversary of business establishment, will be displayed at the store until Dec. 25. The company said it will produce more statues if it receives orders for them. (Kyodo)

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Low-price PCR testing device

Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. announces the launch of its fully automated PCR testing device in Kyoto on Nov. 27, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The device, which measures 66 centimeters in height, 30 cm in width and 65 cm in length, costs 2.09 million yen ($20,100).

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Low-price PCR testing device

Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. announces the launch of its fully automated PCR testing device in Kyoto on Nov. 27, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The device, which measures 66 centimeters in height, 30 cm in width and 65 cm in length, costs 2.09 million yen ($20,100).

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Watanabe takes 1st round lead at Diamond Cup

OARAI, Japan - Tsukasa Watanabe watches his tee shot during the first round of the 110 million yen Diamond Cup golf tournament at Oarai Golf Club in Ibaraki Prefecture on May 29. He fired a 6-under-par 66 to take a one-stroke lead. (Kyodo)

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Van Gogh's 'Peasant Woman' on display in Hiroshima

HATSUKAICHI, Japan - Visitors look at the Vincent van Gogh painting ''Peasant Woman'' at the private Wood One Museum of Art in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 15. The previously unknown work by the Dutch master was bought for 66 million yen in February and will be on display at the museum until July 13. (Kyodo)

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Successful bidder for unknown van Gogh work satisfied

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Toshio Nakamoto, who purchased an unknown early oil painting by Vincent van Gogh for 66 million yen at an auction in Tokyo on Feb. 8, speaks to reporters at the Wood One Museum of Art in the village of Yoshiwa in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 9. Nakamoto heads the museum and is chairman of house building materials maker Wood One Co. (Kyodo)

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Unknown van Gogh painting fetches 66 million yen

TOKYO, Japan - An auction house employee holds up an early painting by Vincent van Gogh at a Tokyo auction Feb. 8, where it sold for 66 million yen. The portrait of a peasant woman had been believed to be an anonymous oil and valued at only 10,000 yen, but a Dutch museum confirmed it was by the post-impressionist master. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Environment Agency chief fails to declare 60 mil. yen income

TOKYO, Japan - Former Environment Agency chief Michiko Ishii (File Photo), a 66-year-old member of the House of Councillors, fails to declare an income of about 60 million yen in the five-year period through last year, taxation sources say on Dec. 26. The upper house lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is operating a big hospital in the city of Hanno, Saitama Prefecture.

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Top rookie Uehara gets giant pay hike

TOKYO, Japan - Central League Rookie of the Year pitcher Koji Uehara fields questions from reporters after winning a 53 million yen pay raise from the Yomiuri Giants on Dec. 15. Uehara, 24, will make 66 million yen next season, Yomiuri officials said.