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Ad giant Dentsu fined 300 mil. yen over Tokyo Olympics bid-rigging

Photo taken on Jan. 30, 2025, shows the building housing the headquarters of leading Japanese advertising agency Dentsu Group Inc. in Tokyo. The Tokyo District Court fined the company 300 million yen ($1.94 million) the same day for its role in bid-rigging related to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

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Ad giant Dentsu fined 300 mil. yen over Tokyo Olympics bid-rigging

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows the building housing the headquarters of leading Japanese advertising agency Dentsu Group Inc. in Tokyo. The Tokyo District Court fined the company 300 million yen ($1.94 million) the same day for its role in bid-rigging related to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

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Ad giant Dentsu fined 300 mil. yen over Tokyo Olympics bid-rigging

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows the building housing the headquarters of leading Japanese advertising agency Dentsu Group Inc. in Tokyo. The Tokyo District Court fined the company 300 million yen ($1.94 million) the same day for its role in bid-rigging related to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

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Large pillar from Yayoi era at Karako-Kagi site shown for 1st time

NARA, Japan - A woman on Oct. 24, 2014, points at a reconstructed model of a building from the Yayoi period (about 300 BC - AD 300) to show part of a large pillar excavated at the Karako-Kagi site in the town of Tawaramoto, Nara Prefecture in western Japan. The first public exhibition of the pillar, one of the largest found from that era, began on Oct. 25.

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Daiei begins sales of ad-added eggs

TOKYO, Japan - Eggs with advertisement stickers are sold at an outlet of Supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc. in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 1. Daiei began selling those eggs at about 200 Daiei and group outlets, with an aim of selling 300,000 packages of the eggs with advertisements each month.

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One of the oldest rectangular tombs found in western Japan

NOTOGAWA, Japan - An ancient tomb in the town of Notogawa in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, is one of the oldest burial mounds in the country with a square rear and rectangular frontage, dating from the early 3rd century, researchers said Feb. 1. The Notogawa Town Education Board, which has been excavating the tomb since December, said it has discovered at the Jingo-Kameyama Tomb site earthenware believed to date from the Yayoi period (300 BC to AD 300).

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Biggest ancient 'dotaku' bell restored

What is claimed to be the biggest ancient 'dotaku' bronze bell in Japan is put on display at a museum in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, neighboring Nara and Kyoto on Thursday Oct. 1. The bell, weighing 55 kilograms, with 135 centimeters in height, has been restored based on original bronze pieces unearthed in 1881. Dotaku, made in the Yayoi Period (300 BC- AD 300), are believed to be musical instruments or ceremonial implements. So far, more than 400 of these bells have been discovered in Japan. They usually range from 10 to 130 centimeters in height.

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Biggest ancient 'dotaku' bell restored

What is claimed to be the biggest ancient 'dotaku' bronze bell in Japan is put on display at a museum in Yasu, Shiga Prefecture, neighboring Nara and Kyoto on Thursday Oct. 1. The bell, weighing 55 kilograms, with 135 centimeters in height, has been restored based on original bronze pieces unearthed in 1881. Dotaku, made in the Yayoi Period (300 BC- AD 300), are believed to be musical instruments or ceremonial implements. So far, more than 400 of these bells have been discovered in Japan. They usually range from 10 to 130 centimeters in height.

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Brain of Yayoi person displayed at museum in Tottori

The brain of a person in the Yayoi period (about 300 BC to 300 AD) is on display at the Tottori Prefectural Museum in the city of Tottori, Japan, on Aug. 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bronze ring during Yayoi period

Photo taken on May 16, 2019, shows a bronze ring (R) discovered at an archaeological site in Ritto in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. The ring, excavated from ruins dating back to Japan's Yayoi period between 300 BC and 300 AD, is believed to have been used as a balance weight. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bronze ring during Yayoi period

Photo taken on May 16, 2019, shows a bronze ring (front) discovered at an archaeological site in Ritto in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. The ring, excavated from ruins dating back to Japan's Yayoi period between 300 BC and 300 AD, is believed to have been used as a balance weight. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bronze ring during Yayoi period

Photo taken on May 16, 2019, shows a bronze ring (R) discovered at an archaeological site in Ritto in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. The ring, excavated from ruins dating back to Japan's Yayoi period between 300 BC and 300 AD, is believed to have been used as a balance weight. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One of the oldest rectangular tombs found in western Japan

NOTOGAWA, Japan - An ancient tomb in the town of Notogawa in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, is one of the oldest burial mounds in the country with a square rear and rectangular frontage, dating from the early 3rd century, researchers said Feb. 1. The Notogawa Town Education Board, which has been excavating the tomb since December, said it has discovered at the Jingo-Kameyama Tomb site earthenware believed to date from the Yayoi period (300 BC to AD 300).