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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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Dollar tumbles against yen

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Higashishimbashi, Tokyo, shows the dollar trading in the lower half of the 76 yen level on Aug. 1, 2011, hitting its lowest level since March 17.

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Dollar plunges to record low

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar trading in the upper 77 yen range, after plunging to the 76 yen level in the morning of March 17, 2011. The dollar briefly recorded a postwar low of 76.25 yen in Sydney, amid uncertainty over the world economy following Japan's catastrophic earthquake on March 11.

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Asahi Bank shares hit new low on speculative trading

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Bank President Ikuo Yanase holds a press conference at the head office of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 8 after Asahi shares fell to 76 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, a new low for the year. Yanase said the plunge was due to speculative trading aimed at quick profits.

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Osaka court orders redress for Korean A-bomb survivor

OSAKA, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hun, 76, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, bows in thanks to his supporters June 1 after the Osaka District Court ordered the Osaka prefectural government to pay some 170,000 yen to him in compensation for stopping his medical allowances after he left Japan for home.

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Chinese sues Japan for 207 mil. yen over WWII forced labor

FUKUOKA, Japan - Zhang Baoheng, 76, walks into the Fukuoka District Court on May 10 to file a lawsuit against the Japanese government and Mitsui Mining Co., seeking 207 million yen in compensation for his time as forced laborer in coal mines in Fukuoka Prefecture during World War II. Zhang was joined in the suit by eight other Chinese who say they were conscripted to Japan in 1943 and 1944 and were forced to work for Mitsui Mining at its Miike and Tagawa coal mines in Fukuoka Prefecture.

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Former sex slaves from Taiwan file suit in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Huang Atau (L), 76, who claims she was forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II, wipes her tears at a news conference July 14 after joining four other women from Taiwan in filing a suit with the Tokyo District Court seeking a formal apology and a total of 90 million yen in compensation.

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Tokyo Olympic ex-exec faces fresh bribery charge

Prosecutors on Tuesday served a fresh arrest warrant on Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive already embroiled in suspected corruption cases, for allegedly accepting bribes totaling 76 million yen ($54,000) from major publisher Kadokawa Corp. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office also arrested former Kadokawa executive Toshiyuki Yoshihara, 64, and another person for allegedly bribing Takahashi, 78, as well as Kazumasa Fukami, 73, who heads a consulting firm, for allegedly receiving bribes from the publisher. The prosecutors also searched the home of the publisher's chairman, Tsuguhiko Kadokawa, over the case. The move comes after the prosecutors searched on Monday the offices of Daiko Advertising Inc., including its Osaka headquarters and branch in Tokyo, on suspicion of bribery.

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Asahi Bank shares hit new low on speculative trading

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Bank President Ikuo Yanase holds a press conference at the head office of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 8 after Asahi shares fell to 76 yen on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, a new low for the year. Yanase said the plunge was due to speculative trading aimed at quick profits.

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Guilty verdict for Muraoka to be finalized

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka. The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Muraoka, 76, who was found guilty by the Tokyo High Court of concealing a 100 million yen political donation from a dental lobby to a Liberal Democratic Party faction in violation of the political funds control law, judicial sources said July 15. (Kyodo)

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Guilty verdict for Muraoka to be finalized

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kanezo Muraoka. The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Muraoka, 76, who was found guilty by the Tokyo High Court of concealing a 100 million yen political donation from a dental lobby to a Liberal Democratic Party faction in violation of the political funds control law, judicial sources said July 15. (Kyodo)

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Dollar tumbles against yen

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Higashishimbashi, Tokyo, shows the dollar trading in the lower half of the 76 yen level on Aug. 1, 2011, hitting its lowest level since March 17. (Kyodo)

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Dollar plunges to record low

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar trading in the upper 77 yen range, after plunging to the 76 yen level in the morning of March 17, 2011. The dollar briefly recorded a postwar low of 76.25 yen in Sydney, amid uncertainty over the world economy following Japan's catastrophic earthquake on March 11. (Kyodo)

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Osaka court orders redress for Korean A-bomb survivor

OSAKA, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hun, 76, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, bows in thanks to his supporters June 1 after the Osaka District Court ordered the Osaka prefectural government to pay some 170,000 yen to him in compensation for stopping his medical allowances after he left Japan for home.

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Chinese sues Japan for 207 mil. yen over WWII forced labor

FUKUOKA, Japan - Zhang Baoheng, 76, walks into the Fukuoka District Court on May 10 to file a lawsuit against the Japanese government and Mitsui Mining Co., seeking 207 million yen in compensation for his time as forced laborer in coal mines in Fukuoka Prefecture during World War II. Zhang was joined in the suit by eight other Chinese who say they were conscripted to Japan in 1943 and 1944 and were forced to work for Mitsui Mining at its Miike and Tagawa coal mines in Fukuoka Prefecture.

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Former sex slaves from Taiwan file suit in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Huang Atau (L), 76, who claims she was forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II, wipes her tears at a news conference July 14 after joining four other women from Taiwan in filing a suit with the Tokyo District Court seeking a formal apology and a total of 90 million yen in compensation.

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Former sex slaves from Taiwan file suit in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Huang Atau (L), 76, who claims she was forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War II, wipes her tears at a news conference July 14 after joining four other women from Taiwan in filing a suit with the Tokyo District Court seeking a formal apology and a total of 90 million yen in compensation.