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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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JAL's 1st qtr net loss expands to 99 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimasa Kanayama, Japan Airlines Corp.'s senior vice president in charge of finance, announces the company's April-June business results during a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 7.

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Average gas price sinks below 120 yen for 1st time in over 3 yrs

CHIBA, Japan - A sign at a gas station in Inage Ward in Chiba shows the retail price for regular gasoline at 99 yen per liter on Dec. 10.

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U.S. dollar drops to 99 yen level in London

TOKYO, Japan - A board at Tokyo Forex & Ueda Harlow, a foreign exchange broker, shows the U.S. dollar dropping to the 99 yen level in London on March 13. After falling to as low as 100.02 yen during Tokyo trading, the dollar weakened further and hit 99.77 yen at one point in London. The U.S. currency last traded below 100 yen on Nov. 10, 1995, in London.

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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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Court rejects 1st suit against automakers over exhaust

TOKYO, Japan - Two plaintiffs hold banners reading ''We won the suit'' after the Tokyo District Court ordered the central government, the Tokyo metropolitan government, and the state-run Metropolitan Expressway Public Corp. to pay the 99 plaintiffs a combined 79.2 million yen in compensation for causing health problems through motor exhaust gas. The court rejected their damages suit lodged against automobile manufacturers, the first in Japan.

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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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Daiei shareholders approve new revival plan

KOBE, Japan - Shareholders of Daiei Inc. head to attend a shareholders' meeting in Kobe, western Japan, on May 23. Shareholders gave the nod to the ailing supermarket chain operator's new three-year restructuring program featuring a 99% capital cut and 520 billion yen in financial support from its three main creditor banks.

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Japan's Cabinet approves FY 1999 budget

An extra cabinet meeting of the Obuchi administration approves on Dec. 25 a record 81.86 trillion yen national budget for FY '99. Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) was flanked by Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka (L) and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (R).

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LDP branch reports spending without copies of receipts

CHIBA, Japan - The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Chiba prefectural branch has reported about 99 million yen in spending for 2006 based on its own system without attaching copies of some 140 receipts for the sum, Kyodo News found Oct. 3. The political funds report is attached to a list of the chapter's expenses showing dates and amounts spent as well as the companies or organizations that received the money, but lacks seals or revenue stamps confirming the recipients (shown in photo), Kyodo found after examining the report. (Kyodo)

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U.S. dollar drops to 99 yen level in London

TOKYO, Japan - A board at Tokyo Forex & Ueda Harlow, a foreign exchange broker, shows the U.S. dollar dropping to the 99 yen level in London on March 13. After falling to as low as 100.02 yen during Tokyo trading, the dollar weakened further and hit 99.77 yen at one point in London. The U.S. currency last traded below 100 yen on Nov. 10, 1995, in London. (Kyodo)

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Average gas price sinks below 120 yen for 1st time in over 3 yrs

CHIBA, Japan - A sign at a gas station in Inage Ward in Chiba shows the retail price for regular gasoline at 99 yen per liter on Dec. 10. (Kyodo)

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Court rejects 1st suit against automakers over exhaust

TOKYO, Japan - Two plaintiffs hold banners reading ''We won the suit'' after the Tokyo District Court ordered the central government, the Tokyo metropolitan government, and the state-run Metropolitan Expressway Public Corp. to pay the 99 plaintiffs a combined 79.2 million yen in compensation for causing health problems through motor exhaust gas. The court rejected their damages suit lodged against automobile manufacturers, the first in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Japan's new Prime Minister Suga

A T-shirt with the name of Japan's current era, Reiwa, printed on it and carrying a price tag of 99 yen is for sale at a shop in Yokohama, the constituency of newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, on Sept. 16, 2020. Suga formed Japan's 99th Cabinet after parliament chose him as new prime minister the same day. On April 1, 2019, then Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga announced the name of Reiwa in a historic press conference at the prime minister's office.

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Suga elected new head of Japan's LDP

Photo taken on Sept. 14, 2020, shows a Japanese-style bar in Yuzawa in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, launching a 99-yen sale campaign for most menu items to celebrate Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga's election as Liberal Democratic Party president to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Suga, who hails from Akita, is set to be appointed the 99th Japanese prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.

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Suga elected new head of Japan's LDP

Kazuyuki Yoshimura, who owns a Japanese-style bar in Yuzawa in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, poses for a photo in his bar on Sept. 14, 2020, as it launched a 99-yen sale campaign for most menu items to celebrate Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga's election as Liberal Democratic Party president to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Suga, who hails from Akita, is set to be appointed the 99th Japanese prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.

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Dollar drops to upper 99 yen zone as U.S. rate hike bets recede

An electronic board in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar falling to the upper 99 yen zone on the morning of Aug. 18, 2016. The decline was attributed to dented expectations of a near-term interest rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve after the overnight release of its policy meeting minutes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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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Daiei shareholders approve new revival plan

KOBE, Japan - Shareholders of Daiei Inc. head to attend a shareholders' meeting in Kobe, western Japan, on May 23. Shareholders gave the nod to the ailing supermarket chain operator's new three-year restructuring program featuring a 99% capital cut and 520 billion yen in financial support from its three main creditor banks.

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Japan's Cabinet approves FY 1999 budget

An extra cabinet meeting of the Obuchi administration approves Dec. 25 a record 81.86 trillion yen national budget for FY '99. Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) was flanked by Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka (L) and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (R). ==Kyodo