Three major Japanese automakers' logos

Three major Japanese automakers' logos

Combined file photo shows the logos of Honda Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., three major Japanese automakers. Honda and Nissan said on Dec. 23, 2024, that they have agreed to begin talks on a merger, while Mitsubishi, Nissan's partner, will decide by the end of January 2025 whether to join the merger.

Ginza Sony Park

Ginza Sony Park

Sony Corp. unveils to the media the recently completed Ginza Sony Park building in Tokyo's Ginza area on Aug. 23, 2024. The nine-story building with a total floor space of 4,390 square meters, including four basements, will open to the public in January 2025.

Ginza Sony Park

Ginza Sony Park

Sony Corp. unveils to the media the recently completed Ginza Sony Park building in Tokyo's Ginza area on Aug. 23, 2024. The nine-story building with a total floor space of 4,390 square meters, including four basements, will open to the public in January 2025.

McDonald's new 'Hot & Groovy' sandwiches

McDonald's new 'Hot & Groovy' sandwiches

TOKYO, Japan - McDonald's Company (Japan) Ltd. shows the beef (left) and chicken versions of its new "Hot & Groovy" sandwiches in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2014, five days before their sales begin. The two new products, made in the image of the United States in the 1970s, are the second round of the company's "American Vintage" series that began in January 2014.

Rodman returns from N. Korea

Rodman returns from N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Former U.S. basketball superstar Dennis Rodman talks to reporters at Beijing airport on Dec. 23, 2013, upon arrival from Pyongyang. Rodman said he did not meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his five-day visit to the country, but still plans to return there in January for an exhibition game.

Japan's key economic assessment

Japan's key economic assessment

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari holds a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2013, after attending a meeting of Cabinet ministers concerned on the government's monthly economic report. Amari submitted the report, in which the government revised upward its basic assessment of the Japanese economy for January for the first time in eight months.

Japan's key economic assessment

Japan's key economic assessment

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) and economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari (3rd from R) attend a meeting of Cabinet ministers concerned on the government's monthly economic report at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2013. Amari submitted the report, in which the government revised upward its basic assessment of the Japanese economy for January for the first time in eight months.

U.S. Air Force civilian employee's trial

U.S. Air Force civilian employee's trial

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 23, 2012, shows a courtroom of the Naha District Court in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, immediately before the start of the first hearing of the trial of Rufus James Ramsey III, a 24-year-old civilian employee of the U.S. Air Force in the prefecture, over a fatal vehicle collision in January 2011. At the hearing, Ramsey admitted to a charge of negligent driving resulting in death. He has been indicted in the first application of newly agreed arrangements between Japan and the United States on personnel at U.S. bases.

Sanyo Electric removes logo before reorganization

Sanyo Electric removes logo before reorganization

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 23, 2011, shows Sanyo Electric Co.'s logo being removed from the outer wall of its headquarters in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, in preparation for the planned reorganization in January 2012 of the group led by its parent Panasonic Corp.

Sanyo Electric removes logo before reorganization

Sanyo Electric removes logo before reorganization

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 23, 2011, shows Sanyo Electric Co.'s logo being removed from the outer wall of its headquarters in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, in preparation for the planned reorganization in January 2012 of the group led by its parent Panasonic Corp.

Japan to have jurisdiction over some U.S. military-linked incidents

Japan to have jurisdiction over some U.S. military-linked incidents

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 23, 2011, shows the site where a 24-year-old U.S. civilian military base employee caused a fatal traffic accident in January in Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture, in southern Japan. Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said Nov. 24 that Japan and the United States have agreed to partly change a bilateral arrangement concerning U.S. military personnel, allowing Japan to have jurisdiction over accidents and crimes involving civilian staff at U.S. bases under certain circumstances. The traffic accident is expected to be the first case subjected to the change.

Tunisians prepare for election

Tunisians prepare for election

TUNIS, Tunisia - Election campaign staff in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, on Oct. 20, 2011, call on people to vote for their candidates in the National Constituent Assembly election slated for Oct. 23, 2011. The election will be the first in the North African country since President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown in January 2011.

Kagawa aims to rejoin Dortmund in April

Kagawa aims to rejoin Dortmund in April

OSAKA, Japan - Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa speaks to reporters at Kansai international airport in Osaka Prefecture on March 23, 2011, before boarding a flight to Germany. Kagawa, who was injured during Japan's semifinal victory over South Korea at the Asian Cup in January, said he hopes to be playing again for Borussia Dortmund in April.

Nagano Station

Nagano Station

In front of Nagano Station (Picture taken on January 23, 1998)