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Expo'70: Time Center

Hattori Clock Shop's Time Center (Expo Timer) to tell accurate time at the Expo’70. ==Date: December 31, 1970, Place: Suita City, Osaka

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai (R), managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., releases the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Panasonic returns to profit

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Kawai, managing director of Panasonic Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months through Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Panasonic said it posted a group net profit of 243.01 billion yen in the April-December period, a turnaround from a loss of 623.83 billion yen a year earlier.

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Fans bid farewell to movie theater in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Fans throng the Shinjuku Milano-za movie theater in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 31, 2014, the last day of its operation, to see the American film "E.T.," chosen for the last screening. The movie theater, one of the largest in Japan with 1,064 seats, opened in December 1956.

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Fans bid farewell to movie theater in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Fans await the screening of the American film "E.T." at the Shinjuku Milano-za movie theater in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 31, 2014, the last day of its operation. The movie theater, one of the largest in Japan with 1,064 seats, opened in December 1956.

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Fans bid farewell to movie theater in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Shinjuku Milano-za movie theater in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 31, 2014, the last day of its operation. The movie theater, one of the largest in Japan with 1,064 seats, opened in December 1956.

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JAXA reveals unmanned space probe Hayabusa 2

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 31, 2014, shows the unmanned space probe Hayabusa 2, which the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency showed to the press at its facility in Sagamihara, near Tokyo. JAXA plans to launch Hayabusa 2 as soon as December.

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Japan shows new space probe to press ahead of launch

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency shows its space probe "Hayabusa 2" to the press in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Aug. 31, 2014. JAXA plans to launch the probe as early as this December on a mission to retrieve organic material from an asteroid.

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Japan shows new space probe to press ahead of launch

TOKYO, Japan - The space probe "Hayabusa 2" is shown to the press by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Aug. 31, 2014, ahead of its launch expected as early as this December.

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Kakuei Tanaka

Born on May 4, 1918 in Niigata Prefecture and died on Dec. 16, 1993. Tanaka became Japan's 40th prime minister in July 1972 at 54, the youngest prime minister since the end of World War II. Tanaka established diplomatic relations with China in September of that year. In December 1974, Tanaka was forced to resign due to his involvement in money scandals. In July 1976, he was arrested on suspicion of accepting 500 million yen in bribes from Lockheed Corp. of the U.S. for his help in selling TriStar aircraft to Japan. In October 1983, he was sentenced to four years in prison by the Tokyo District Court. Tanaka's political influence declined after he suffered a stroke in February 1985 which left him partially paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. Photo was taken on Aug. 31, 1992.