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Benchmark bond yield at highest level since Feb. 1999

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond rising to 2.275 percent, its highest level since February 1999, on Jan. 19, 2026.

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Benchmark bond yield at highest level since Feb. 1999

A financial data monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond rising to 2.275 percent, its highest level since February 1999, on Jan. 19, 2026.

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Political pundit Kotaro Tawara

File photo taken Nov. 15, 1999, shows Japanese political pundit and news anchor Kotaro Tawara. Tawara died of lung cancer on Jan. 1, 2025, at age 94.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 6 Kyodo - Video shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 207 million yen ($1.3 million) during the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

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Composer Michiru Oshima

File photo taken Jan. 13, 1999, shows Japanese composer Michiru Oshima.

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-WORLD NEWS

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Serbian government officials attend a ceremony marking the Remembrance Day of victims of the 1999 NATO aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in Sombor, Serbia, March 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Shi Zhongyu)

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17th PUIC conference kicks off in Algeria

STORY: 17th PUIC conference kicks off in Algeria DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference STORYLINE: The 17th Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States (PUIC) Conference kicked off on Sunday in the Algerian capital of Algiers with the participation of more than 35 parliaments, including 22 parliament speakers. Under the theme of "the Islamic World and the challenges of modernization and development," the conference is expected to come up with resolutions and recommendations for the benefit of the Islamic nation. PUIC is composed of the parliaments of the member states of the OIC. It was established in Iran on June 17, 1999, with its head office located in Tehran. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Algiers. (XHTV)

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Indian girl inspired by Chinese painting techniques in art creation

STORY: Indian girl inspired by Chinese painting techniques in art creation DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:51 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Singh painting 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GURMEHAR SINGH, Indian painter 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): GURMEHAR SINGH, Indian painter 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): GURMEHAR SINGH, Indian painter 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): WANG YAN, Inheritor of Tianjin Yangliuqing woodblock paintings 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): GURMEHAR SINGH, Indian painter STORYLINE: In 1999, Gurmehar Singh moved with her parents from India to China at the age of five. Over the following years, she has lived and studied in Chinese cities such as Beijing and Tianjin. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GURMEHAR SINGH, Indian painter "I came to China when I was five years old, because my father worked in China, so my family moved here. I studied at international schools in China, and I grew up here." As a great fan of painting, Singh would visit museums and art galleries, exposing her

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Japan to pull out of deflation in FY 2006: gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi presides over his Cabinet session at his office on Jan. 20, flaked by Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) and Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (R). The Cabinet endorsed the government's economic outlook for fiscal 2006, which projects the nation's economy will pull out of deflation during the year with the nominal growth rate outpacing the real growth rate for the first time since fiscal 1999.

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'Oyaji gal' cartoonist Chusonji dies at 42

TOKYO, Japan - Cartoonist Yutsuko Chusonji (file photo taken in 1999), known for work depicting the ''oyaji (old man) gal'' phenomenon during Japan's bubble economy period, died Jan. 31 of colon cancer at a Yokoyama hospital, her office said. She was 42.

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High court upholds lower court's ruling over stalking case

TOKYO, Japan - The parents of Shiori Ino -- Kenichi Ino (R) and his wife Kyoko (L) -- speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26 after the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling that the Saitama prefectural police failed in their investigations into a stalking case involving Shiori, a female college student, who was later murdered in 1999.

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Demolition of empress's former home begins

TOKYO, Japan - Work to demolish Empress Michiko's former home in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward began Jan. 16, despite strong opposition from local residents. The 70-year-old, Western-style wooden building was handed over to the Finance Ministry in 1999 after the death of the empress's father Hidesaburo Shoda in lieu of an inheritance tax payment.

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(2)Mayor arrested over suspected bribe linked to Hitachi

MITO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 15 shows the electrical installation for a water purification plant built by Hitachi Ltd. in 1999 in the Village of Tamasato, Ibaraki Prefecture. Yoshishiro Kimura, mayor of Ishioka, and six others were arrested Jan. 15 over alleged irregularities in connection with the public works project.

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Matsuzakaya head announces closure of Yokkaichi outlet

NAGOYA, Japan - Kunihiko Okada (R), president of department store operator Matsuzakaya Co., tells reporters in Nagoya on Jan. 30 that the company will close its loss-making outlet in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on May 31. The Yokkaichi store, which opened in 1991, incurred a cumulative 18.8 billion yen loss in the 1999 business year.

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Ex-diplomat at G-8 summit prep session

TOKYO, Japan - Katsutoshi Matsuo (C), a Foreign Ministry official dismissed Jan. 25 for allegedly embezzling public funds, is seen in this file photo sitting at the first government preparatory meeting for last year's Group of Eight (G-8) Okinawa summit held at the prime minister's official residence in July 1999. Matsuo was in charge of logistics for the G-8 summit.

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Nukaga resigns over KSD scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Fukushiro Nukaga, 57, state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy, comes out of the prime minister's official residence Jan. 23 after tendering his resignation to Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori in the wake of allegations regarding his receipt of 15 million yen from mutual aid foundation KSD in 1999 and 2000. Mori accepted Nukaga's resignation and appointed Taro Aso, a former Economic Planning Agency chief, as his replacement.

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U.N. Secretary General Annan arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan (L) arrives in Tokyo on Jan. 22 for a four-day visit and scheduled talks to discuss U.N.-related issues with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori and other government leaders. The trip, Annan's fourth to Japan and first since November 1999, follows his visit to China, where he held talks with Chinese President Jiang Zemin.

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Home of former Niigata bank president searched over loans

TOKYO, Japan - Police on Jan. 18 search the home of Ryutaro Omori, a former president of Niigata Chuo Bank, in Mitaka, western Tokyo, in connection with suspected illicit lending practices that led to the bank's collapse in October 1999. They searched about 40 locations, including the homes of other bank executives, on suspicion the executives committed special breaches of trust under the Commercial Code.

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Dollar hits 18-month high to reach 116 yen level

TOKYO, Japan - The U.S. dollar shots up against the yen in Tokyo on Jan. 5 to break the 116 yen barrier for the first time since July 1999, extending its overnight rally in New York. The signboard at Tokyo Forex & Ueda Harlow shows the U.S. currency fetching 116.90 yen at 11:15 a.m.

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Tsutomu Hata

Born on Aug. 24, 1935 in Tokyo. Hata was elected to the House of Representatives from Nagano Prefecture in 1969 at the age of 34 after working as a ''salaryman'' for 10 years. Hata held key cabinet portfolios as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He and his close ally Ichiro Ozawa formed Shinseito (Japan Renewal Party) with a group of LDP dissidents in 1993. Hata served as prime minister between April 28 and June 30, 1994. Photo was taken Jan. 18, 1999.

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Price of land falls for 8th straight year

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japan's most expensive piece of land in front of stationery store Kyukyodo in Tokyo's Ginza district. The property was worth 11.68 million yen per sq meter, the same as in 1999 and worth about a third of the 36.5 million yen in the peak year of 1992. A postcard-sized plot in front of the store was priced at 173,000 yen. The average price of land in Japan fell for the eighth straight year in the 12 months to Jan. 1.

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Japanese Castle

Kochi Castle in Kochi prefecture (Jan. 1999)

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The year's first tuna auction starts in Tokyo

Brokers are busy bidding on tuna Jan. 5 in the first auction of 1999 at Tokyo Central Wholesale Market, in Tsukiji, Tokyo. The auction started at 5 a.m. The highest bid of day was the 3.82 million yen paid for a 191-kilogram tuna caught off Aomori Prefecture.

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Toyota's Camry retains title of best-selling car

Donald Esmond, vice president of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., holds up two fingers at the 1999 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 6 to gesticulate Toyota's second time in as many years of winning the title of best-selling car in America for its Camry model.

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CHINA-FUJIAN-MOUNT WUYI-WORLD HERITAGE (CN)

(220608) -- WUYISHAN, June 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Jan. 8, 2021 shows the snowy scenery of Mount Wuyi in southeast China's Fujian Province. Mount Wuyi, located in China's southeast province of Fujian, is a landscape of great beauty, in which the peaks and rocks of grotesque shapes are girded by clear streams and embraced by green trees and bamboo plants. Acting as a habitat for a large number of wildlife, it is of enormous importance for biodiversity conservation. There are a series of exceptional archaeological sites at Mount Wuyi, including the remains of ancient Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD) and a number of temples and ancient Confucian academies. With its natural and cultural values well interconnected, Mount Wuyi was inscribed on the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage List in 1999. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021-CHINA NEWS

(220106) -- BEIJING, Jan. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lu Shengmei (L) performs a free medical treatment to villager Qiao Aifen, who is confined to bed due to paralysis inside her cave dwelling, in Hejiagou Village of Jiaxian County, Yulin City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 18, 2021. In the year of 1968, Lu graduated from a medical college in Beijing and chose to work in the remote Jiaxian. She had worked in the county until she got retired in 1999. Since then, she has kept offering free treatment to local people. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)

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'Oyaji gal' cartoonist Chusonji dies at 42

TOKYO, Japan - Cartoonist Yutsuko Chusonji (file photo taken in 1999), known for work depicting the ''oyaji (old man) gal'' phenomenon during Japan's bubble economy period, died Jan. 31 of colon cancer at a Yokoyama hospital, her office said. She was 42.

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Toyota's Camry retains title of best-selling car

Donald Esmond, vice president of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., holds up two fingers at the 1999 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 6 to gesticulate Toyota's second time in as many years of winning the title of best-selling car in America for its Camry model.

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Japan to pull out of deflation in FY 2006: gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi presides over his Cabinet session at his office on Jan. 20, flaked by Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) and Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (R). The Cabinet endorsed the government's economic outlook for fiscal 2006, which projects the nation's economy will pull out of deflation during the year with the nominal growth rate outpacing the real growth rate for the first time since fiscal 1999. (Kyodo)

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High court upholds lower court's ruling over stalking case

TOKYO, Japan - The parents of Shiori Ino -- Kenichi Ino (R) and his wife Kyoko (L) -- speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26 after the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court ruling that the Saitama prefectural police failed in their investigations into a stalking case involving Shiori, a female college student, who was later murdered in 1999. (Kyodo)

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Demolition of empress's former home begins

TOKYO, Japan - Work to demolish Empress Michiko's former home in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward began Jan. 16, despite strong opposition from local residents. The 70-year-old, Western-style wooden building was handed over to the Finance Ministry in 1999 after the death of the empress's father Hidesaburo Shoda in lieu of an inheritance tax payment. (Kyodo)

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The Haunting (1999)

Ghostly House Scene Film: The Haunting (1999) Director: Jan De Bont 20 July 1999 Date: 20 July 1999

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The Haunting (1999)

Catherine Zeta Jones,Liam Neeson & Lili Taylor Characters: ,Dr. David Marrow & Eleanor 'Nell' Vance Film: The Haunting (1999) Director: Jan De Bont 20 July 1999 Date: 20 July 1999

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Running Free (1999)

Jan Decleir Characters: Boss Man Film: Running Free (1999) Director: Sergei Bodrov 10 December 1999 Date: 10 December 1999

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Running Free (1999)

Nicholas Trueb & Jan Declair Characters: Hans, Boss' Son & Film: Running Free (1999) Director: Sergei Bodrov 10 December 1999 Date: 10 December 1999

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The Green Mile (1999)

Bonnie Hunt & Patricia Clarkson Characters: Jan Edgecomb & Melinda Moores Film: The Green Mile (USA 1999) / Literaturverfilmung (Based On The Book By Stephen King) Director: Frank Darabont 06 December 1999 Date: 06 December 1999

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The Green Mile (1999)

Bonnie Hunt Characters: Jan Edgecomb Film: The Green Mile (USA 1999) / Literaturverfilmung (Based On The Book By Stephen King) Director: Frank Darabont 06 December 1999 Date: 06 December 1999

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(13) Kansai International Airport

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai International Airport. The photo was taken on Jan. 26, 1999. (Kyodo)

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(14) Kansai International Airport

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai International Airport. The photo was taken on Jan. 30, 1999. (Kyodo)

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(3)Preparing for university entrance exams

TOKYO, Japan - Students taking a class for university entrance exams in a preparatory school in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. The photo was taken Jan. 13, 1999. (Kyodo)

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Mitsuro Ohba 8

TOKYO, Japan - Adventurer Mitsuro Ohba on the South Pole on Jan. 4, 1999. The U.S. Amundsen Scott base is seen in the back. (Kyodo)

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Mitsuro Ohba 7

TOKYO, Japan - Adventurer Mitsuro Ohba (C) celebrates his solo trek in Antarctica with his supporters on Jan. 4, 1999 on the South Pole. The U.S. Amundsen Scott base is seen in the back. (Kyodo)

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Mitsuro Ohba 6

TOKYO, Japan - Adventurer Mitsuro Ohba stands by his tent and sledge on the South Pole on Jan. 4, 1999. The U.S. Amundsen Scott base is on background. (Kyodo)

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Mitsuro Ohba 5

TOKYO, Japan - Adventurer Mitsuro Ohba after reaching the South Pole on Jan. 4, 1999. (Kyodo)

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Kimiyasu Kudo inducted into Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame

Photo taken in October 1999 shows Daiei Hawks pitcher Kimiyasu Kudo. Kudo, 52, was inducted into Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame on Jan. 18, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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