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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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Tokyo taxis begin 710 yen flag fare, 1st hike in 10 years

TOKYO, Japan - Taxi operators in Tokyo and nearby Kanagawa Prefecture hiked their fares on Dec. 3 for the first time in 10 years, raising the flag fare for the first 2 kilometers to 710 yen from the previous 660 yen as well as subsequent distance-based fares. Photo shows a notice on a taxi door at JR Tokyo Station indicating the fare has been raised to 710 yen for the first 2 kilometers.

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Higher taxi fares in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - A taxi company employee puts a new fare sticker on the side window of a taxi in Nagoya, where the starting fare went up to 500 yen on Oct. 19 for the initial ride of up to 1.3 kilometers, the first effective fare increase in 11 years. On the same day, the government announced a 7.2 percent hike in Tokyo taxi fares from Dec. 3, raising the starting fare for the first 2 km from 660 yen to 710 yen.

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Japan's largest police-run detention facility completed

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's largest police-operated detention facility (in photo) with a capacity for 120 people has been completed in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward and was shown to the press on March 24. The two-story facility, built on the grounds of the Samezu Drivers License Center at a cost of some 660 million yen, has total floor space of around 2,400 square meters.

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One Coin Taxi starts discount service in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A taxi driver with One Coin Taxi Co., an affiliate of Osaka taxi operator Shinnihonkotsu Co., holds a 500-yen coin outside his car in Osaka on July 12. The company started operation with a new service with an initial 2-kilometer charge of 500 yen amid intensifying competition in the taxi industry. The service, the lowest among major cities where a taxi ride usually costs 660 yen for the initial stage, will last for six months.

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Tokyo taxis begin 710 yen flag fare, 1st hike in 10 years

TOKYO, Japan - Taxi operators in Tokyo and nearby Kanagawa Prefecture hiked their fares on Dec. 3 for the first time in 10 years, raising the flag fare for the first 2 kilometers to 710 yen from the previous 660 yen as well as subsequent distance-based fares. Photo shows a notice on a taxi door at JR Tokyo Station indicating the fare has been raised to 710 yen for the first 2 kilometers. (Kyodo)

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Sharp decides to accept Hon Hai's 660 bil. yen takeover bid

Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi comes out of the company's Tokyo branch on Feb. 25, 2016. Sharp announced its decision the same day to accept a roughly 660 billion yen ($5.9 billion) takeover bid by Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. that will make it the first major Japanese electronics maker to come under foreign ownership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp decides to accept Hon Hai's 660 bil. yen takeover bid

Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi comes out of the company's Tokyo branch on Feb. 25, 2016. Sharp announced its decision the same day to accept a roughly 660 billion yen ($5.9 billion) takeover bid by Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. that will make it the first major Japanese electronics maker to come under foreign ownership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan trade minister hopes for Sharp's growth under Hon Hai

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Motoo Hayashi expresses hope in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2016 that Sharp Corp. will grow with the help of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Sharp announced earlier in the day that it will accept a roughly 660 billion yen ($5.9 billion) takeover bid by Hon Hai, making it the first major Japanese electronics maker to come under foreign ownership. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp decides to accept Hon Hai's takeover bid

Reporters speak to Sharp Corp. employees in front of the electronics maker's head office in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2016. Sharp decided the same day to accept a roughly 660 billion yen ($5.9 billion) takeover bid by Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., sources close to the matter said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp decides to accept Hon Hai's takeover bid

Reporters and photographers gather in front of Sharp Corp.'s head office in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2016. The Japanese electronics maker has decided to accept a roughly 660 billion yen ($5.9 billion) takeover bid by Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp decides to accept Hon Hai's takeover bid

Undated photo shows Terry Gou, chairman of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Sharp Corp. of Japan has decided to accept a roughly 660 billion yen ($5.9 billion) takeover bid by Hon Hai, sources close to the matter said on Feb. 25, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sharp decides to accept Hon Hai's takeover bid

Undated photo shows Sharp Corp. President Kozo Takahashi. The Japanese electronics maker has decided to accept a roughly 660 billion yen ($5.9 billion) takeover bid by Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., sources close to the matter said on Feb. 25, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Higher taxi fares in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - A taxi company employee puts a new fare sticker on the side window of a taxi in Nagoya, where the starting fare went up to 500 yen on Oct. 19 for the initial ride of up to 1.3 kilometers, the first effective fare increase in 11 years. On the same day, the government announced a 7.2 percent hike in Tokyo taxi fares from Dec. 3, raising the starting fare for the first 2 km from 660 yen to 710 yen. (Kyodo)

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Sales of "Kumamon" products

Annual sales of products bearing the image of "Kumamon," the black bear mascot of Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture, in and out of the country totaled at least 150.5 billion yen, or $1.3 billion, in 2018. Those sales have rewritten their record for seven years in a row and amounted to 660 billion yen all together. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's largest police-run detention facility completed

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's largest police-operated detention facility (in photo) with a capacity for 120 people has been completed in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward and was shown to the press on March 24. The two-story facility, built on the grounds of the Samezu Drivers License Center at a cost of some 660 million yen, has total floor space of around 2,400 square meters. (Kyodo)

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One Coin Taxi starts discount service in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A taxi driver with One Coin Taxi Co., an affiliate of Osaka taxi operator Shinnihonkotsu Co., holds a 500-yen coin outside his car in Osaka on July 12. The company started operation with a new service with an initial 2-kilometer charge of 500 yen amid intensifying competition in the taxi industry. The service, the lowest among major cities where a taxi ride usually costs 660 yen for the initial stage, will last for six months.

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Swindler Tomobe gets longest-ever jail term for lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors member Tatsuo Tomobe (file photo) faces 10 years in prison, the heaviest punishment ever imposed on a lawmaker, after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal in a 1994-1996 swindling case. The Tokyo High Court last Dec. 20 ruled that Tomobe swindled 660 million yen, in a conspiracy with relatives, from 35 people in connection with management of a mutual aid society from 1994 to 1996. Tomobe, 72, elected in 1995, will also lose his upper house seat.