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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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Baseball: Lotte's Sasaki gets pay raise

Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki speaks at a press conference at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Dec. 24, 2022, after signing for the next season for an estimated 80 million yen ($608,000), up 50 million yen from 2022. He became the youngest pitcher in Japanese baseball history at 20 years and five months to throw a perfect game on April 10, 2022.

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Baseball: Lotte's Sasaki gets pay raise

Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki poses with a Christmas tree at a press conference at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Dec. 24, 2022, after signing for the next season for an estimated 80 million yen ($608,000), up 50 million yen. He became the youngest pitcher in Japanese baseball history at 20 years and five months to throw a perfect game on April 10, 2022.

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Baseball: Lotte's Sasaki gets pay raise

Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki speaks at a press conference at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Dec. 24, 2022, after signing for the next season for an estimated 80 million yen ($608,000), up 50 million yen from 2022. He became the youngest pitcher in Japanese baseball history at 20 years and five months to throw a perfect game on April 10, 2022.

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Yoshinoya to raise beef bowl price 27% to 380 yen

TOKYO, Japan - President Yasutaka Kawamura of Yoshinoya Holdings Co. says in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2014, the "gyudon" beef bowl restaurant chain operator will raise the price of a regular-size bowl by 80 yen or 27% to 380 yen on Dec. 17 to cope with rising U.S. beef prices due chiefly to the weaker yen.

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Seiko Epson to debut cheaper projectors with built-in DVD players

TOKYO, Japan - A new model of Seiko Epson home-use, large-screen projector with a built-in DVD player displayed in Tokyo on Sept. 4. The cheapest model, with an 80-inch screen and 3.8 kilograms in weight, will cost less than 100,000 yen.

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New postcards, stamps to mark Japan Post's privatization

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post said Aug. 14 it will begin selling 50-yen postcards (R) and 50-yen and 80-yen stamps with new designs on Oct. 1 to mark the privatization of its services.

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BOJ unexpectedly eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda smiles during a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2014, after the central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy. The BOJ will increase its holdings of Japanese government bonds purchased from financial institutions by about 80 trillion yen a year, up by about 30 trillion yen from the current pace.

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BOJ unexpectedly eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda holds a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2014, after the central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy. The BOJ will increase its holdings of Japanese government bonds purchased from financial institutions by about 80 trillion yen a year, up by about 30 trillion yen from the current pace.

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BOJ unexpectedly eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda holds a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2014, after the central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy. The BOJ will increase its holdings of Japanese government bonds purchased from financial institutions by about 80 trillion yen a year, up by about 30 trillion yen from the current pace.

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BOJ unexpectedly eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda holds a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2014, after the central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy. The BOJ will increase its holdings of Japanese government bonds purchased from financial institutions by about 80 trillion yen a year, up by about 30 trillion yen from the current pace.

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BOJ unexpectedly eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda holds a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2014, after the central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy. The BOJ will increase its holdings of Japanese government bonds purchased from financial institutions by about 80 trillion yen a year, up by about 30 trillion yen from the current pace.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Haruhiko Kuroda, the governor of the Bank of Japan, arrives at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2014, to attend a monetary policy meeting. At the meeting, the central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy, buying Japanese government bonds from financial institutions so that their amount outstanding will increase at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen, up about 30 trillion yen.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Haruhiko Kuroda, the governor of the Bank of Japan, arrives at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2014, to attend a monetary policy meeting. At the meeting, the central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy, buying Japanese government bonds from financial institutions so that their amount outstanding will increase at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen, up about 30 trillion yen.

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Mt. Fuji stamps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a set of stamps featuring an image of Mt. Fuji, to be put on sale at some post offices across Japan on July 4, 2013, and on Japan Post Co.'s Internet shopping site on July 5. Japan Post will launch the stamp set, consisting of 10 80-yen stamps each featuring an image of Mt. Fuji, to commemorate the inclusion of Japan's iconic mountain on the World Heritage List.

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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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Sharp to sell 80-inch TV

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in Osaka on April 18, 2012, shows Sharp Corp.'s 80-inch LCD TV. The company said the same day it will release in Japan in June a new line of its Aquos brand televisions, including one with an 80-inch liquid crystal display panel, which will be the biggest in Japan. It will hit the market with an estimated price of around 950,000 yen.

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Bench convertible to evacuation life raft

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a woman sitting on a Bench Floater Noah. Osaka-based tent maker Taiyo Kogyo Corp. said Sept. 5, 2011, that it has developed the bench which it says can be easily converted into a life raft for use in the event of major flooding. The company will put the product on sale for 80,000 yen from Sept. 7 and is aiming to sell it mainly to municipalities.

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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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Tokyo Electric stock at lifetime low

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board shows the closing price of Tokyo Electric Power Co. stock at 362 yen (near bottom R), a new all-time low, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on April 5, 2011. The stock, which fell by its daily allowable limit of 80 yen, or roughly 18 percent, was sold amid concern that the utility is likely to face huge damages payments due to an ongoing crisis at its crippled nuclear power plant.

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Redress for acquitted man

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya (C), who was acquitted in a retrial for a 1990 murder, walks into the Utsunomiya District Court in Tochigi Prefecture on Jan. 13, 2011. The court told him the same day that he will receive around 80 million yen in compensation for his wrongful conviction, the amount that he had requested.

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JVC's video camera with 40x optical zoom lens

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Everio GZ-HM670 video camera equipped with a 40x optical zoom lens and a 32-gigabyte memory, which Victor Co. of Japan Ltd. released in Japan on Dec. 16, 2010 for about 80,000 yen.

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Dollar falls to upper 80 yen range in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo shows the dollar slipping to the upper 80 yen range in the afternoon on Oct. 25, 2010.

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Wrongly accused Sugaya seeks state redress

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Toshikazu Sugaya, who was acquitted of killing a 4-year-old girl, speaks at a press conference in Tochigi Prefecture on Sept. 22, 2010 after submitting documents seeking state compensation. Sugaya is seeking about 80 million yen for the 17 and a half years he spent in detention due to being wrongfully convicted.

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Japan APEC novelty stamps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a sheet of 80-yen commemorative stamps featuring symbol flowers of the 12 Japanese cities hosting a series of meetings of the 2010 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Japan Post Service Co. said April 28, 2010, that it will put the stamps on sale June 4.

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Nakamura re-signs with Seibu Lions

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Seibu Lions slugger Takeya Nakamura celebrates at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2009, after re-signing with the Pacific League baseball club for a salary of 150 million yen, up 80 million yen from 2009.

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Wakui holds off from re-signing with Seibu Lions

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Seibu Lions right-hander Hideaki Wakui speaks at a news conference at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2009, after turning down the Pacific League baseball club's offer of an 80 million yen pay raise that would bring his earnings to 200 million yen in 2010.

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Abe re-signs with Yomiuri

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Series MVP catcher Shinnosuke Abe smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2009, after re-signing with the Central League baseball club Yomiuri Giants. Abe, who decided earlier this month to stay with the Giants and not to file for free agency, will earn an estimated 350 million yen next year, 80 million yen more than last season.

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Stamps featuring Yankees' Matsui to be issued in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows sample stamps featuring New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui from Japan, who won this year's World Series most valuable player award. Japan Post Network Co. said Nov. 17, 2009, that it will issue a 3,400 yen set consisting of 10 80-yen stamps, six special postcards and a stamp holder.

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Japan Post to issue commemorative stamps featuring Ichiro Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows a sample of commemorative stamps featuring Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki which the Japan Post Network Co. plans to issue if he records a ninth consecutive 200-hit season, an achievement unprecedented in the majors. The company, which is the postal service arm of the Japan Post Group, plans to issue a stamp set -- a sheet containing 10 80-yen stamps, nine postal cards and a stamp holder -- which is priced at 3,980 yen including shipping fees.

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Gold figure of god of business prosperity unveiled

OSAKA, Japan - Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. unveils a pure gold ''Ebisu'' figure, or god of business prosperity, for sale on Dec. 26 in Osaka. The figure, 40 centimeters high and 15 kilograms in weight, will be put on sale starting Jan. 2 at 80 million yen.

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Victim's spouse asks gov't to set up life term without parole

TOKYO, Japan - Alberto Stucki (R), whose wife and daughter were killed in Miyazaki in 2004, hands a petition with 80,000 signatures to Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama at the Justice Ministry on Nov. 2, asking the government to set up a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. Stucki, 51, a resident of Kyoto with dual Italian and Swiss nationalities, has been taking issue with the Japanese penal system in which most inmates sentenced to life in prison are later released on parole. Stucki's wife and daughter were burned to death in May 2004 after a burglar broke into their home, stole 550,000 yen and set the house ablaze. The burglar is serving a term of life in prison.

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Matsushita acquires 80% stake in India's Anchor Electricals

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. President Koichi Hatanaka tells a press conference in Osaka on April 23 that the company has acquired an 80 percent stake in Indian electrical housing material maker Anchor Electricals Private Ltd. at a cost of about 50 billion yen.

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Sata's support group suspected of falsely reporting funds

TOKYO, Japan - Administrative reform minister Genichiro Sata meets the press in Tokyo on Dec. 26. A defunct support group for him is suspected of submitting false political fund reports to the government claiming nearly 80 million yen for office maintenance expenses from 1990 to 2000 even though the office did not exist.

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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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Mitsubishi Heavy to launch anti-virus mask in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Feb. 6 it will launch on Feb. 14 in Japan a mask (worn by a model) that it believes can inactivate 80% of viruses, including SARS and bird flu virus, with its special enzyme-woven fabric. Mitsubishi Heavy, one of Japan's largest aviation and defense equipment makers, said the Beaver Mask to be sold at drugstores across the nation will carry a suggested retail price of 500 yen.

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Daiei's Wada nets highest salary ever in 2nd season

FUKUOKA, Japan - Daiei Hawks southpaw Tsuyoshi Wada, the winner of the 2003 Rookie of the Year title, beams at a news conference on Dec. 19 after re-signed with the Pacific League club for a pro baseball record 80 million yen in annual salary in the second season.

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Lawson, Japan Post to sell stamps featuring Hanshin Tigers

TOKYO, Japan - Convenience store chain operator Lawson Inc. and Japan Post said Sept. 1 they will jointly release stamps (in photo) featuring the Hanshin Tigers if the professional baseball club wins the Central League pennant this season as expected. Japan Post will wholesale 80-yen stamps on which it will imprint images of Tigers Manager Senichi Hoshino and the best nine players designed by Lawson.

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Toshiba to launch multi-drive DVD recorder in mid-July

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. said on June 16 that it will launch a new multi-drive DVD recorder that complies with the DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and DVD-R formats in the domestic market in mid-July, making it the world's first company to launch such a model. The new RD-XS31 model (photo), which Toshiba expects will be sold at about 110,000 yen under the open-pricing formula, incorporates an 80-gigabyte (GB) hard disk drive with a recording capacity of up to 104 hours.

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Japan to issue new stamps marking 30th year of ties with China

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows two kinds of 80-yen stamps to be issued by the Japanese government on Sept. 13 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral diplomatic ties. The left one features wisteria growing naturally in both Japan and China, and the right one features goldfish and 30 cherry blossoms.

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Takara to release single-seat electric car in Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - Toy maker Takara Co. said July 9 it will release the first model in its Q-Car series of single-seat electric vehicles in November. The new car, called Qi and pronounced ''q-no,'' can be charged by plugging it into a conventional household electric socket. It can travel 80 kilometers after being charged for eight hours and can reach speeds of up to 50 km per hour. Takara will put 99 units on the market for 1.29 million yen each.

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Commemorative World Cup stamps to go on sale in May

TOKYO, Japan - The posts ministry said April 22 it will put on sale May 24 a total of 37.4 million 80-yen stamps commemorating the upcoming World Cup soccer finals. The stamps come in two designs, one depicting the official poster of the World Cup and the other the World Cup trophy of soccer's governing body FIFA.

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UFJ Bank inaugurated through Sanwa, Tokai merger

TOKYO, Japan - Chairman Hideo Ogasawara (L) and President Masashi Teranishi (R) cut tapes to inaugurate UFJ Bank at the bank's Tokyo headquarters building Jan. 15 through the merger of Sanwa Bank and Tokai Bank, both member firms of UFJ Holdings Inc. The merger gives UFJ Bank, with its corporate headquarters in Nagoya, 80 trillion yen in assets on an unconsolidated basis.

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Mycal launches clearance sales at Saty, Vivre stores

OSAKA, Japan - Shoppers rush to make purchases at an outlet of Saty, run by failed supermarket chain Mycal Corp., in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 9 as Mycal started a clearance sale of some 10 billion yen worth of stock at discounts of up to 80% at 104 Saty outlets and Vivre apparel stores nationwide.

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San Francisco Peace Treaty memorial stamp to debut in Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an 80-yen commemorative postage stamp the government will issue on Sept. 7 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Japan's signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty. The stamp include images of the San Francisco Opera House, where the treaty was signed, and Japanese autumn flowers.

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Van carrying 80 mil. yen stolen in Kanagawa Pref.

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The scene in Manatsuru, Kanagawa Prefecture, where two men on July 10 attacked and stole a van transporting nearly 80 million yen in cash and checks. The van was found abandoned in the parking lot of a ''pachinko'' pinball parlor near the Japan Railway (JR) Manazuru Station about one hour after the robbery, with the money missing.

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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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Giant beetle fetches record 10 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A giant stag beetle measuring 80 millimeters long has been sold for a record 10 million yen ($90,000) at a Tokyo store specializing in insects. Store officials said a 36-year-old company president bought it for the store, claimed to be the highest ever paid for a giant stag beetle, whose scientific name is dorcus hopei.

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JDI President Kikuoka at a press conference

Japan Display Inc. (JDI) has finalized a new fundraising framework totaling over 100 billion yen. In addition to raising 80-90 billion yen from Ichigo Asset Group, an independent investment fund, JDI will also sell some of its facilities at its Hakusan plant (Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture) to Apple Inc. On April 12, JDI announced that it had reached a basic agreement with Ichigo Trust to raise up to 90 billion yen from Ichigo. Minoru Kikuoka, president of JDI, explained the purpose of the framework at a press conference on January 12, saying, "We will sell assets in order to enhance our capital and at the same time minimize the impact on existing shareholders through dilution. He explained the purpose of the framework. Wistron, a major Taiwanese electronics manufacturing service (EMS) company, also intends to invest 50 million dollars (about 5.4 billion yen) in JDI. December 12, 2019, Tokyo, Japan; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Large-scale vacuum brazing furnace installed by Pureron Japan.

Pureron Japan (Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture) started operation of "the fourth factory" that manufactures the metal processing precision parts. The production system is strengthened by investing 2 billion yen. Pureron Japan manufactures filters and other products, mainly sensors for semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Semiconductor-related products account for 80% of the company's sales, and industrial and medical equipment accounts for 20%. It was judged that the market of the precision equipment related to the semiconductor would grow in the world, and it was decided to strengthen the production system greatly together with the medical equipment to be strengthened from now on. The fourth plant has a floor space of 2,100 square meters. (September 2, 2019, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)