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10th anniversary of megaquake in Nepal

A memorial ceremony for the victims of a massive earthquake in Nepal in 2015 is held in Kathmandu on April 25, 2025, the 10th anniversary of the magnitude 7.8 quake that claimed lives of about 9,000 people.

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10th anniversary of megaquake in Nepal

A memorial ceremony for the victims of a massive earthquake in Nepal in 2015 is held in Kathmandu on April 25, 2025, the 10th anniversary of the magnitude 7.8 quake that claimed lives of about 9,000 people.

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10th anniversary of megaquake in Nepal

Photos featuring Nepal's reconstruction efforts are on display in Patan on April 25, 2025, the 10th anniversary of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that claimed lives of about 9,000 people.

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10th anniversary of megaquake in Nepal

Equipment used for rescue operations after a massive earthquake in Nepal in 2015 is on display in Patan on April 25, 2025, the 10th anniversary of the magnitude 7.8 quake that claimed lives of about 9,000 people.

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Human bones over 9,000 years old found in Okinawa

NANJO, Japan - The Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum unveils human bones excavated from a stratum more than 9,000 years old in the Sakitari Cave in Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014. A finger indicates the location of the skull.

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Suica cards marking 100th yr of Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - People demand an explanation from a staff worker (C) of JR Tokyo Station on Dec. 20, 2014, after East Japan Railway Co. decided to terminate sales of Suica train fare cards commemorating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the station due to safety concerns. More than 9,000 people had lined up before the start of the planned sales of 15,000 Suica cards, but the railway operator known as JR East halted the sales after selling 8,090 cards because the situation became chaotic at the station.

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Mega solar power plant opens on Awaji Island

OSAKA, Japan - An opening ceremony is held for Energy Bank Japan Co.'s mega sola power plant on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on April 14, 2014. The plant is capable of generating about 9,000 kW of electricity, enough for supply to some 2,800 homes a year.

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Mega solar power plant begins operating on Awaji Island

OSAKA, Japan - Energy Bank Japan Co. begins the full-fledged operation of a mega solar power plant on Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on April 14, 2014. The plant is capable of generating about 9,000 kW of electricity, enough for supply to some 2,800 homes a year.

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Remains of 134 WWII Japanese soldiers cremated in Papua

JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Family members of Japanese soldiers who died in New Guinea during World War II pray while the remains of 134 such soldiers are cremated in Puay, a small village on the outskirts of Jayapura, the provincial capital of Papua, in Indonesia, on March 18, 2013. Indonesian forensic experts have confirmed the remains, made up of more than 9,000 bone fragments, belonged to Japanese soldiers who died during the war.

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Nikkei ends at 6-week high above 9,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average's closing at 9,092.76, up 167.72 points, on Aug. 16, 2012. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's benchmark index ended at a six-week high -- and above 9,000 -- as a weakening yen and improved U.S. economic prospects prompted buying of export-related auto and high-tech shares.

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Nikkei rises above 9,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in the Yaesu district of central Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average standing at 9,031.84 at one point on the morning of Sept. 1, 2011, topping 9,000 for the first time in two weeks.

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Luxury seats on Hayabusa bullet train

TOKYO, Japan - Children try out leather reclining chairs in a corner reproducing the interior of East Japan Railway Co.'s Hayabusa bullet train's new luxury seats, during a promotional event at JR Tokyo Station on Feb. 3, 2011. The train, which debuts March 5 on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, will offer ''GranClass'' services using the chairs and also including meals, beverages, blankets, slippers, newspapers and magazines, intended to rank with airlines' first-class seats. They will be available for an additional 9,000 to 10,000 yen on top of regular fares.

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Nikkei falls below 9,000, dollar at 84 yen level

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at a foreign exchange dealer in Tokyo shows the Nikkei index momentarily falling below 9,000 points and the dollar back to the lower 84 yen level on Aug. 31, 2010.

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Nikkei briefly below 9,000

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu area shows the Nikkei stock index briefly dropped below the 9,000 mark in the morning of Aug. 24, 2010.

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Ship representing ancient Java kingdom sets sail for Japan

JAKARTA, Indonesia - The ''Spirit of Majapahit,'' a ship representing the spirit of the ancient Majapahit kingdom on Java Island, which was built through the cooperation of Indonesia and Japan, sets sail from Jakarta on a 9,000-kilometer voyage to Japan and other countries on July 4, 2010.

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Nikkei tops 9,000 for 1st time in 2 months on 1st trading day of 2009

TOKYO, Japan - A digital display at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Chuo Ward shows the key Nikkei index topping the 9,000 mark for the first time in nearly two months on Jan. 5 on the first trading day of 2009.

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Nikkei falls below 9,000 level

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at a securities company in Tokyo's Marunouchi area shows the Nikkei stock index fell below the 9,000 level on Oct. 31 after it gained the previous day for the first time in about a week.

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Japan firms actively recruiting Japanese students in U.S.

BOSTON, United States - Japanese companies are stepping up efforts to recruit Japanese university students in the United States as competition for recruiting intensifies at home amid the recovery in the Japanese economy. Photo shows a record 9,000 Japanese youths gathering in Boston from around the U.S. on Nov. 17 for a three-day career forum for bilingual Japanese students, the largest of its kind in the U.S.

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Matsushita system lets multiple robots carry blood samples

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. has developed a system in which a group of up to 10 robots work together to transport blood samples at a lab for clinical trials. The system has a number of robots operate in conjunction with one another and 10 robots can handle some 9,000 samples per hour.

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(1)Man bids to be 1st Japanese to cross Pacific in hot-air balloon

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Michio Kanda (R) poses with Naoki Ishikawa (L) in the city of Tochigi on Jan. 27 before beginning his bid to become the first Japanese to cross the Pacific in a hot-air balloon. Kanda, 54, an official of the town government of Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture, plans to make the 8,000- to 9,000-kilometer trip to North America in about 60 hours.

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Christmas tree put up in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A 13-meter-high Christmas tree illuminated with 9,000 electric bulbs makes its debut outside a department store in Osaka on Oct. 30 more than a month before the Christmas season begins.

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Tokyo's Nikkei closes above 9,000

TOKYO, Japan - A price board at a Tokyo brokerage house shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed at 9,033.00 on June 17, soaring above 9,000 for first time since Dec. 4, 2002. Stock prices rebounded on buying spurred by sharp rises in U.S. shares overnight.

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Nikkei briefly drops below 9,000

TOKYO, Japan - The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange temporarily fell below the 9,000 mark on Oct. 3 for the first time in a month on renewed concerns over the Japanese economy and falls in U.S. shares overnight. The key index ended the day's morning session at 9,015.41, off 33.92 points.

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Tokyo stocks fall further

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian walks by the price board at a brokerage house in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district Sept. 4 as share prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange took another severe beating, with the Nikkei Stock Average briefly dipping below the crucial 9,000 mark to hit a fresh 19-year low. The benchmark index fell 141.95 points to close at 9,075.09 after touching 8,995.20 earlier in the day.

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Parents receive 9,000 signatures for missing daughter

KOBE, Japan - Akihiro Arimoto (L), accompanied by his wife Kayoko, receives a copy of about 9,000 signatures urging the state to quickly resolve the case of their daughter Keiko, one of 11 Japanese who Tokyo believes were abducted by North Korea.

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Soccer square for citizens opens in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A 9,000-square-meter soccer park for citizens is opened Feb. 3 in Yokohama to promote the 2002 World Cup soccer games. The space, located in Minatomirai district facing Yokohama port near the Yokohama Station, is also to be used for Japan-South Korea cultural exchanges and World Cup-related events. It will remain open to the public until the end of June.

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JAWOC to collect magazine featuring 'inappropriate' cartoon

OSAKA, Japan - The Japanese organizing committee for the 2002 World Cup (JAWOC) says April 13 it will collect some 9,000 copies of a JAWOC magazine featuring a cartoon strip that could be offensive to Koreans. The cartoon depicts a Korean-speaking wolf threatening a Japanese-speaking raccoon dog with a knife.