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House Of Representatives Election - Japan

Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba places a pin above the name of a candidate at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 27, 2024. Voting for Japan's lower house election began on Sunday morning amid public discontent over the ruling LDP's slush funds scandal and a rising cost of living that squeezes Japanese households. Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Pool via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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House Of Representatives Election - Japan

Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba (4th L) poses for a photo with other members of the LDP at the LDP's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 27, 2024. Voting for Japan's lower house election began on Sunday morning amid public discontent over the ruling LDP's slush funds scandal and a rising cost of living that squeezes Japanese households. Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Pool via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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House Of Representatives Election - Japan

Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba (R) and former environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi place a pin on a board showing candidates' names at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 27, 2024. Voting for Japan's lower house election began on Sunday morning amid public discontent over the ruling LDP's slush funds scandal and a rising cost of living that squeezes Japanese households. Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Pool via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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House Of Representatives Election - Japan

Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba places a pin above the name of a candidate at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 27, 2024. Voting for Japan's lower house election began on Sunday morning amid public discontent over the ruling LDP's slush funds scandal and a rising cost of living that squeezes Japanese households. Photo by Takashi Aoyama/Pool via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World's 1st wooden satellite

Photo taken on May 28, 2024 in Kyoto, western Japan, shows "LignoSat," the world's first wooden satellite developed by scientists at Kyoto University and Tokyo-based wood products company Sumitomo Forestry Co. The spacecraft, a cube with 10-centimeter sides and weighing 1 kilogram, was created with the aim of harnessing the environmental friendliness and low cost of wood in space development.

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World's 1st wooden satellite

Photo taken on May 28, 2024 in Kyoto, western Japan, shows "LignoSat," the world's first wooden satellite developed by scientists at Kyoto University and Tokyo-based wood products company Sumitomo Forestry Co. The spacecraft, a cube with 10-centimeter sides and weighing 1 kilogram, was created with the aim of harnessing the environmental friendliness and low cost of wood in space development.

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Jetstar Japan passengers top 50 million

Jetstar Japan Co. President Masaru Kataoka attends a ceremony at Narita airport near Tokyo on May 24, 2024, after the low-cost carrier carried its 50 millionth passenger the previous day since its inaugural flight in July 2012.

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Jetstar Japan passengers top 50 million

Jetstar Japan Co. employees pose for a photo at Narita airport near Tokyo on May 24, 2024, after the low-cost carrier carried its 50 millionth passenger the previous day since its inaugural flight in July 2012.

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Budget plane with women's support project logo

Photo taken at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 4, 2024, shows an airplane of the Japan Airlines-affiliated low-cost carrier Zipair Tokyo, featuring the logo of the "Girls Be Ambitious" project launched by Be-A Japan, a Tokyo-based startup developing and selling absorbent period shorts to support women in the workforce.

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Budget plane with women's support project logo

Photo taken at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 4, 2024, shows an airplane of the Japan Airlines-affiliated low-cost carrier Zipair Tokyo, featuring the logo of the "Girls Be Ambitious" project launched by Be-A Japan, a Tokyo-based startup developing and selling absorbent period shorts to support women in the workforce.

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New LCC Toki Air

Toki Air propeller plane takes off from Niigata airport in Niigata northwest of Tokyo for the northern Japan city of Sapporo on Jan. 31, 2024, as the Niigata-based new low cost carrier launched its maiden commercial flight.

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[Breaking News] Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

HAKUI, Japan Kyodo - Video taken on Jan. 2, 2024, shows a collapsed house in Hakui in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Shinkansen business seats

Photo taken in an unknown location on Oct. 6, 2023, shows shinkansen bullet train seats that Central Japan Railway Co. will introduce from Oct. 20 in its Nozomi, Hikari and Kodama cars, running on the Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen lines for those seeking to work comfortably. Making taking notes and using PCs easier, the more spacious S WorkP Seats cost an additional 1,200 yen (about $8).

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China once again urges Japan to stop pushing through ocean discharge plan

STORY: China once again urges Japan to stop pushing through ocean discharge plan DATELINE: July 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Various of UN 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Chinese diplomat STORYLINE: China on Monday once again urged Japan to stop its plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean at the ongoing 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Chinese diplomat "Out of economic cost considerations, Japan ignored the concerns and opposition of the international community, and its continuous discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into the sea is the equivalent of treating the Pacific Ocean like a 'sewer.' Japan will release millions of tons of nuclear-contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean in the next 30 years. We urged Japan to dispose of it in a science-based, safe and transparent manner, and cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to put in place a long-term international mon

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China calls for int'l attention to Japan's nuclear contaminated water dumping

STORY: China calls for int'l attention to Japan's nuclear contaminated water dumping DATELINE: July 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant 2. various of United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Chinese diplomat STORYLINE: China on Tuesday called for the international community's close attention to Japan's discharge of nuclear-contaminated water, warning that it may cause major problems to the global marine environment, public health, and a wider range of displacement problems. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Chinese diplomat "In disregard of opposition from the international community, Japan has been pushing through the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water into the sea. By choosing this option out of consideration for economic cost, Japan is in fact spilling the risks of nuclear pollution to humanity all over the world. This may cause major problems to the global marine environment,

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Japan supermarket sales drop for first time in 8 months

STORY: Japan supermarket sales drop for first time in 8 months DATELINE: March 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: Supermarket sales in Japan fell for the first time in eight months in February as food prices continue to soar, according to the latest industry data. According to the Japan Chain Stores Association, sales at major stores across the country totaled about 1 trillion yen (about 7.6 billion U.S. dollars) last month, down 2 percent in yen terms from the previous year. Food sales, accounting for nearly 70 percent of the total, fell 1.7 percent, the association said, while sales of clothing and cosmetics rose as people went out more as the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. Officials at the association said that consumers are buying less per shopping trip as they are becoming more cost-conscious and thrifty amid rising food prices. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tokyo. (XHTV)

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KDDI to put on sale low-cost smartphones

TOKYO, Japan - KDDI Value Enabler Corp., KDDI Corp.'s mobile virtual network operator, unveils on Dec. 11, 2014, low-priced smartphones dubbed "UQ mobile" to be put on sale on Dec. 18. The move marks the first attempt by a major telecom firm to enter the low-priced segment of the Japanese smartphone market on a full scale.

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KDDI to enter low-cost smartphone market

TOKYO, Japan - This smartphone is one of the two models of low-priced smartphones to be sold from Dec. 18, 2014, by KDDI Value Enabler Corp., a mobile virtual network operator of KDDI Corp. The move marks the first attempt by a major telecom firm to enter the low-priced segment of the Japanese smartphone market on a full scale.

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Sumo wrestlers entertain fans on 3-day cruise

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (extreme L) and three other professional wrestlers salute on the deck of the luxury liner Asuka II on Dec. 10, 2014, on the first day of a three-day cruise from Yokohama southwest of Tokyo during which they will entertain about 750 fans with talk shows and other performances. Cruise tickets cost from 115,000 yen to 520,000 yen each, including admission to the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in January 2015.

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Yokozuna Hakuho chills out on cruise to entertain fans

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho relaxes on the poolside aboard the luxury liner Asuka II on Dec. 10, 2014, on the first day of a three-day cruise from Yokohama southwest of Tokyo during which the sumo champion and three fellow professional wrestlers will entertain about 750 fans with talk shows and other performances. Cruise tickets cost from 115,000 yen to 520,000 yen each, including admission to the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in January 2015.

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New Kansai airport president

OSAKA, Japan - New Kansai International Airport Co. President Keiichi Ando is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2013. Ando said his firm is sounding out foreign low-cost carriers, including China's Spring Airlines and Singapore Airlines' Scoot, to launch services using Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Nagoya planetarium recognized as world's biggest

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura holds the certificate during a press conference in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2011. The city of Nagoya announced that the planetarium at Nagoya City Science Museum has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's largest. After being renovated at a cost of 2.5 billion yen, the planetarium opened in March 2011 with a diameter of 35 meters. It breaks the previous record held by Ehime Prefectural Science Museum by 5 meters.

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Nagoya planetarium recognized as world's biggest

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo shows the planetarium at Nagoya City Science Museum in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in March 2011. The city of Nagoya announced on Dec. 28, 2011, that the planetarium has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's largest. After being renovated at a cost of 2.5 billion yen, the planetarium opened in March with a diameter of 35 meters. It breaks the previous record held by Ehime Prefectural Science Museum by 5 meters.

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Toyota raises profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters swarm around Takuo Sasaki (L), managing officer of Toyota Motor Corp., after Sasaki released the company's latest earnings forecast at a press conference at the company's Tokyo head office on Feb. 4, 2014. Toyota revised upward its group operating profit projection for fiscal 2013 through March 2014 to a record 2.4 trillion yen from an earlier estimated 2.2 trillion yen, citing the yen's slide, robust sales in North America and cost-cutting measures.

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Toyota raises profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Takuo Sasaki, managing officer of Toyota Motor Corp., releases the company's latest earnings forecast at a press conference at the company's Tokyo head office on Feb. 4, 2014. Toyota revised upward its group operating profit projection for fiscal 2013 through March 2014 to a record 2.4 trillion yen from an earlier estimated 2.2 trillion yen, citing the yen's slide, robust sales in North America and cost-cutting measures.

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Toyota raises profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Takuo Sasaki, managing officer of Toyota Motor Corp., releases the company's latest earnings forecast at a press conference at the company's Tokyo head office on Feb. 4, 2014. Toyota revised upward its group operating profit projection for fiscal 2013 through March 2014 to a record 2.4 trillion yen from an earlier estimated 2.2 trillion yen, citing the yen's slide, robust sales in North America and cost-cutting measures.

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Peach stepping up efforts to hire pilots to boost flights

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in January 2014 at Kansai International Airport shows Ryoji Fujii (R), a rookie pilot of Peach Aviation, ready to fly an airplane under the direction of a captain. Fujii, who entered Peach as the low-cost carrier's first pilot trainee in January 2013, is in the final phase of the airline's pilot training program.

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Seiko Epson to debut cheaper projectors with built-in DVD players

TOKYO, Japan - A new model of Seiko Epson home-use, large-screen projector with a built-in DVD player displayed in Tokyo on Sept. 4. The cheapest model, with an 80-inch screen and 3.8 kilograms in weight, will cost less than 100,000 yen.

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TEPCO expects 227 bil. yen pretax profit in FY 2014

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Fumio Sudo attends a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2014. TEPCO, which operates the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, said it expects to record a group pretax profit of 227 billion yen for the business year ending March 2015 on the back of deeper cost-cutting, remaining in the black for the second straight year.

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Pet dogs on the slide in Japan

AOMORI, Japan, Dec. 25 Kyodo - A woman walks with her dogs through a snow covered street in Aomori, Japan, in December 2014. The aging population and the higher cost of keeping dogs has likely contributed to the sliding number of pet canines in Japan, with cats overtaking them in 2017 for the first time since an annual survey began in 1994, according to industry experts.

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Cost-friendly eel cultivation tested at fish farm

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Eels grown big enough to be sold are shown in this photo taken in Nakagawa, Tochigi Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on Nov. 17, 2014. A local freshwater fish farm grows eels in an experimental aquaculture pond where the water temperature is controlled by retaining heat from a wood-processing factory's boiler, which is said to be more cost-effective than the conventional use of fuel oil.

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Cost-friendly eel cultivation tested at fish farm

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - A worker at a freshwater fish farm in Nakagawa, Tochigi Prefecture, northeast to Tokyo, watches eels on Nov. 17, 2014, grown in an experimental aquaculture pond where the water temperature is controlled by remaining heat from a wood-processing factory's boiler. The application of residual heat is said to be more cost-effective than the conventional use of fuel oil.

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Budget carrier Hong Kong Express to add Japan flights

OSAKA, Japan - Andrew Cowen (2nd from L), deputy chief executive officer of low-cost carrier Hong Kong Express Airways Ltd., and Keiichi Ando (R), president of New Kansai International Airport Co., take part in a cake-cutting ceremony at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Nov. 20, 2014, to mark the first anniversary of HK Express' service connecting Hong Kong and Kansai. Cowen unveiled a plan to increase the carrier's flights linking Hong Kong and Japan by around 10 per week by next summer.

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IOC's coordination panel visits 2020 Olympic venue

TOKYO, Japan - John Coates (C in front row), chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission, and others visit an alternative venue in Chofu, western Tokyo, on Nov. 18, 2014, for the badminton competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics as the organizing committee is seeking to change its original venue plan for cost reasons.

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Iwatani fixes price of hydrogen for fuel cell cars

OSAKA, Japan - Hisato Ueha, executive vice president of Iwatani Corp., announces in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 14, 2014, the leading Japanese industrial gas supplier's decision to set the price of hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles at around 10 yen per driving distance of 1 kilometer to make the fuel cost of environment-friendly cars comparable with that of hybrid vehicles.

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TEPCO logs April-Sept. group net profit of 290 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., announces the utility's earnings for the April-September half at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2014. The operator of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant reported a group net profit of 290.15 billion yen for the period, citing its cost-cutting efforts.

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Narita airport to open terminal for LCCs in April

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 29, 2014 shows Terminal 3 of Narita airport near Tokyo, under construction to open as an exclusive facility for low-cost carriers on April 8, 2015. It will consist of a three-story building and a two-story satellite and have a total floor area of 66,000 square meters.

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Narita airport to open terminal for LCCs in April

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 29, 2014 shows Terminal 3 of Narita airport near Tokyo, under construction to open as an exclusive facility for low-cost carriers on April 8, 2015. It will consist of a three-story building and a two-story satellite and have a total floor area of 66,000 square meters.

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M'bishi Motors net profit surges 30% in April-Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Chairman Osamu Masuko attends a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 29, 2014. The company said while its group net profit for the April-September period surged 30.3 percent from a year earlier to 60.89 billion yen thanks to cost-cutting efforts and the yen's depreciation, it was downgrading its sales forecast for the entire fiscal 2014 to 2.18 trillion yen from the previously projected 2.3 trillion yen.

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Tokyo 2020 President Mori unveils cost estimate

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, president of the organizing committee for the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, delivers a speech in the Japanese capital on Oct. 24, 2014, saying that nearly 1 trillion yen will be needed to implement the initial construction plan for the event.

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Ocean acidification seen costing world over $1 tril. a year

TOKYO, Japan - A worker checks experimental devices installed off Ny-Alesund on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway, as seen in this file photo taken in July 2010, to survey the acidification of the Arctic Ocean. The U.N. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity has warned that the impact of ocean acidification could cost the world more than 1 trillion dollars annually by 2100.

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Singapore's Scoot eyes new air route in Japan in 2015

NAGOYA, Japan - Campbell Wilson, CEO of Singapore Airline's low cost carrier Scoot Pte Ltd., (2nd from R) visits Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Nagoya Works 1 in Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct, 2, 2014. Scoot announced that it will open a Kansai International Airport-Singapore Changi Airport route in 2015.

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Budget carrier Scoot to launch Singapore-Osaka flights

NAGOYA, Japan - Campbell Wilson, chief executive officer of Singapore Airline's low-cost carrier Scoot Pte Ltd., speaks at a press conference at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Nagoya plant in Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2014. Wilson said his company plans to launch flights linking Singapore and Kansai International Airport near Osaka in the first half of 2015.

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Denso's smaller assembly line aims to be cost-effective

NAGOYA, Japan - Denso Corp. unveils a new auto engine parts-processing line to the press in Inabe, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 25, 2014, featuring a smaller size and lower costs of operation.

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Nankai, Peach Aviation launches special "Rapi:t"

OSAKA, Japan - A special version of Nankai Electric Railway Co.'s "Rapi:t" limited express train sporting a design similar to low-cost carrier Peach Aviation's aircraft is seen in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 5, 2014. The "Happyliner" will run for about a year from Sept. 7 between Nankai Namba Station and Kansai-Airport Station.

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No. of koalas kept at Japanese zoos dropping

NAGOYA, Japan - One of five koala bears kept at Nagoya's Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens eats eucalyptus on Aug. 5, 2014. The cost of cultivating the plant is rising while the number of koalas kept at Japanese zoos is declining as they age.

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Hotels near Narita offer early-hour bus service

NARITA, Japan - Hotels around Narita airport, east of Tokyo, operate courtesy buses early in the morning to cater to a rising number of passengers taking early domestic flights of low-cost carriers, as shown in this photo taken on Aug. 1, 2014.

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Spring Japan to sell indigenous products

TAKAMATSU, Japan - The Japanese unit of Chinese low-cost airline Spring Airlines Co. shows local specialties which the airline plans to sell on its flights at Takamatsu Airport in Kagawa Prefecture on July 8, 2014. Local products will be sold on three routes connecting Narita with Takamatsu, Hiroshima, and Saga airports.

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Jetstar's meal plan thought up by college students

TOKYO, Japan - An in-flight meal planned by Showa Women's University students for Jetstar Japan, a low cost carrier, is seen in this undated photo. Jetstar Japan Co. announced on July 7, 2014, it will serve the meal on nine routes, 20 sets per flight.

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Rakuten to acquire minority stake in AirAsia Japan

TOKYO, Japan - AirAsia Group Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes (C) and Rakuten Inc. Chief Executive Officer Hiroshi Mikitani (3rd from R) pose for a photo after a press conference in Tokyo on July 1, 2014. Rakuten announced it has agreed to acquire a minority stake in AirAsia Co., the new low-cost carrier of AirAsia in Japan.