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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 remains weak, stocks tumble in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A display at the Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the dollar trading at the 79-yen level, while the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed at 9,119.14 on May 7, 2012. Last week, the dollar slipped below 80 yen after trading above that line for about two months, and the Nikkei tumbled 261.11 points or 2.78 percent May 7, as the results of the French and Greek elections raised concerns that Europe's efforts to implement austerity measures to settle the region's debt crisis may face a setback.

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Japan steps into currency market

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic display board in the Marunouchi business district in central Tokyo shows the dollar trade at the lower 79 yen range at 11:34 a.m. on Oct. 31, 2011, following the yen-selling intervention by Japanese authorities. The Japanese Finance Ministry said the intervention was conducted at 10:25 a.m. after the dollar dropped to a fresh postwar low of 75.32 yen in Oceanian trading earlier in the day.

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79-year-old woman donates 100 mil. yen to city

SAITAMA, Japan - Chieko Sano (R), 79, gives a 100 million yen check to Warabi Mayor Hideo Yoritaka at Warabi city hall in Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 6, 2011. Sano donated the money earned from her long years of working for the local community and children.

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Japan steps into forex market to stop yen's rise

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Higashishimbashi, Tokyo, shows the dollar trading in the 79 yen level on Aug. 4, 2011, after Japan's monetary authorities intervened in the foreign exchange market to stem the yen's appreciation earlier in the day.

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Dollar dips below 80 yen

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar falling to the upper 79 yen level on the evening of May 5, 2011, while Tokyo financial markets were closed that day to observe a national holiday. The dollar dipped below 80 yen in the morning of May 5 in London.

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Japan's 79 tril. yen FY 2006 budget clears parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi bows by way of expressing his appreciation as the government's 79.69 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2006 clears parliament with the backing of his ruling coalition. At left is Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki. With the approval of the budget, lawmakers will now shift their focus to crafting a blueprint to revamp the nation's revenue and expenditure structures as a way of restoring its debt-ridden finances, the worst among major industrialized nations.

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Japan's 79 trillion yen FY 2006 budget clears parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at a press conference at his office after his administration's 79.69 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2006 cleared parliament on March 27. ''Now that the budget's passage during the (current) fiscal year is realized, I will work for its smooth implementation from April to consolidate the economic recovery,'' Koizumi said, adding, ''I'd like to aim to get it out of deflation as soon as possible.''

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Japan's 79 trillion yen FY 2006 budget clears parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at a press conference at his office after his administration's 79.69 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2006 cleared parliament on March 27.

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Nagano court dismisses damages suit over Chinese forced laborers

NAGANO, Japan - Plaintiff Cang Xinshu, 79, speaks at a meeting of his supporters held in Nagano on March 10 prior to a court ruling on his damages suit. The Nagano District Court later dismissed the suit filed by Cang, three other former Chinese laborers, and the family members of four deceased laborers who demanded that the state pay 140 million yen in compensation.

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Lower house approves 79 tril. yen FY 2006 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) and Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki bow after the 79.69 trillion yen fiscal 2006 budget passed the House of Representatives.

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Japan's Cabinet OKs 79.69 tril. yen budget for FY 2006

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki speaks during a news conference at his ministry on Dec. 24 after the the Cabinet approved a 79,686.02 billion yen national budget for fiscal 2006, down 3.0 percent from the initial budget for the current fiscal year and moving below 80 trillion yen for the first time in eight years.

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(1)Sony's PSX game console with DVD/HDD put on sale

TOKYO, Japan - A man gets a new home-use electronics device called the PSX which Sony Corp. put on sale in Japan on Dec. 13. PSX that can function as both a PlayStation 2 game console and a DVD/HDD (hard disk drive) recorder is available in two models -- the DESR-7000 with a 250-gigabyte HDD for a suggested retail price of 99,800 yen, and the DESR-5000 with a 160-gigabyte HDD for a suggested price of 79,800 yen.

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Year's first tuna auction held in Wakayama Pref.

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan - This year's first tuna auction in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, is held at Katsuura port Jan. 4. The haul for the New Year's auction was smaller than last year, with a 79-kilogram tuna fetching the highest price at 712,000 yen.

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Lower house approves 79 tril. yen FY 2006 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) and Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki bow after the 79.69 trillion yen fiscal 2006 budget passed the House of Representatives. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 79 tril. yen FY 2006 budget clears parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi bows by way of expressing his appreciation as the government's 79.69 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2006 clears parliament with the backing of his ruling coalition. At left is Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki. With the approval of the budget, lawmakers will now shift their focus to crafting a blueprint to revamp the nation's revenue and expenditure structures as a way of restoring its debt-ridden finances, the worst among major industrialized nations. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 79 trillion yen FY 2006 budget clears parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at a press conference at his office after his administration's 79.69 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2006 cleared parliament on March 27. ''Now that the budget's passage during the (current) fiscal year is realized, I will work for its smooth implementation from April to consolidate the economic recovery,'' Koizumi said, adding, ''I'd like to aim to get it out of deflation as soon as possible.'' (Kyodo)

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Japan's 79 trillion yen FY 2006 budget clears parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at a press conference at his office after his administration's 79.69 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2006 cleared parliament on March 27. (Kyodo)

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Nagano court dismisses damages suit over Chinese forced laborers

NAGANO, Japan - Plaintiff Cang Xinshu, 79, speaks at a meeting of his supporters held in Nagano on March 10 prior to a court ruling on his damages suit. The Nagano District Court later dismissed the suit filed by Cang, three other former Chinese laborers, and the family members of four deceased laborers who demanded that the state pay 140 million yen in compensation. (Kyodo)

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Year's first tuna auction held in Wakayama Pref.

NACHIKATSUURA, Japan - This year's first tuna auction in Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, is held at Katsuura port Jan. 4. The haul for the New Year's auction was smaller than last year, with a 79-kilogram tuna fetching the highest price at 712,000 yen.

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79-year-old woman donates 100 mil. yen to city

SAITAMA, Japan - Chieko Sano (R), 79, gives a 100 million yen check to Warabi Mayor Hideo Yoritaka at Warabi city hall in Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 6, 2011. Sano donated the money earned from her long years of working for the local community and children. (Kyodo)

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Japan steps into forex market to stop yen's rise

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Higashishimbashi, Tokyo, shows the dollar trading in the 79 yen level on Aug. 4, 2011, after Japan's monetary authorities intervened in the foreign exchange market to stem the yen's appreciation earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Dollar remains weak, stocks tumble in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A display at the Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the dollar trading at the 79-yen level, while the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed at 9,119.14 on May 7, 2012. Last week, the dollar slipped below 80 yen after trading above that line for about two months, and the Nikkei tumbled 261.11 points or 2.78 percent May 7, as the results of the French and Greek elections raised concerns that Europe's efforts to implement austerity measures to settle the region's debt crisis may face a setback. (Kyodo)

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Dollar dips below 80 yen

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar falling to the upper 79 yen level on the evening of May 5, 2011, while Tokyo financial markets were closed that day to observe a national holiday. The dollar dipped below 80 yen in the morning of May 5 in London. (Kyodo)

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Japan steps into currency market

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic display board in the Marunouchi business district in central Tokyo shows the dollar trade at the lower 79 yen range at 11:34 a.m. on Oct. 31, 2011, following the yen-selling intervention by Japanese authorities. The Japanese Finance Ministry said the intervention was conducted at 10:25 a.m. after the dollar dropped to a fresh postwar low of 75.32 yen in Oceanian trading earlier in the day. (Kyodo)