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Japan steps into currency market

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters at the Ministry of Finance in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2010, after Japan's monetary authorities intervened in the foreign exchange market for the first time since March 2004, in a bid to stem the yen's appreciation against the U.S. dollar.

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Nagashima joins meeting with fans in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants manager and baseball icon Shigeo Nagashima waves to participants in the ''Nagashima Japan Dream Project 2006,'' an exchange program between baseball players representing Japan in the Athens Olympics and fans held at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on Jan. 15. Nagashima, who has been undergoing rehabilitation since suffering a stroke in March 2004, appeared before baseball fans for the first time since July 2005.

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Nagashima joins meeting with fans in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants manager and baseball icon Shigeo Nagashima talks to children in the ''Nagashima Japan Dream Project 2006,'' an exchange program between baseball players representing Japan in the Athens Olympics and fans held at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on Jan. 15. Nagashima, who has been undergoing rehabilitation since suffering a stroke in March 2004, appeared before baseball fans for the first time since July 2005.

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Sanyo to shut 20% of plants in Japan in 3 years

MORIGUCHI, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. Chairwoman Tomoyo Nonaka announces a new management plan at a press conference in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, on July 5. She said the company will shut down and sell 20 percent of its plants in Japan and cut its global workforce by 15 percent in the coming three years to boost its profitability following a record loss in the 2004 business year ended in March.

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Cohen leads in q'fiers at world c'ships

MOSCOW, Russia - Sasha Cohen of the United States leads, the 2004 silver medalist, leads in qualifying Group B and advance to the short program at the World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow on March 16. The top 15 skaters from each of the qualifying groups advance to the short program on March 18.

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Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki

KANAZAWA, Japan - Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki holds a press conference on the publication of his photo collection, "Nihonjin-no-kao Ishikawa" (Japanese faces from Ishikawa Prefecture), at Kanazawa city hall on March 15, 2004.

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Jean Paul Belmondo Dead At 88

File photo dated March 15, 2004 of Jean Paul Belmondo. - Iconic French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo dies aged 88. Photo by Patrick Davy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sanyo to shut 20% of plants in Japan in 3 years

MORIGUCHI, Japan - Sanyo Electric Co. Chairwoman Tomoyo Nonaka announces a new management plan at a press conference in Moriguchi, Osaka Prefecture, on July 5. She said the company will shut down and sell 20 percent of its plants in Japan and cut its global workforce by 15 percent in the coming three years to boost its profitability following a record loss in the 2004 business year ended in March. (Kyodo)

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Nagashima joins meeting with fans in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants manager and baseball icon Shigeo Nagashima talks to children in the ''Nagashima Japan Dream Project 2006,'' an exchange program between baseball players representing Japan in the Athens Olympics and fans held at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on Jan. 15. Nagashima, who has been undergoing rehabilitation since suffering a stroke in March 2004, appeared before baseball fans for the first time since July 2005. (Kyodo)

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Nagashima joins meeting with fans in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants manager and baseball icon Shigeo Nagashima waves to participants in the ''Nagashima Japan Dream Project 2006,'' an exchange program between baseball players representing Japan in the Athens Olympics and fans held at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on Jan. 15. Nagashima, who has been undergoing rehabilitation since suffering a stroke in March 2004, appeared before baseball fans for the first time since July 2005. (Kyodo)

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Japan begins pulling out Iraqi airlift mission

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force C-130 cargo plane (in this March 2004 file photo) heads for the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait after its first Iraqi airlift mission. The ASDF transport unit began withdrawing from Kuwait on Dec. 15 following the completion of its four-year-and-nine-month Iraqi airlift mission. (Kyodo)

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Cohen leads in q'fiers at world c'ships

MOSCOW, Russia - Sasha Cohen of the United States leads, the 2004 silver medalist, leads in qualifying Group B and advance to the short program at the World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow on March 16. The top 15 skaters from each of the qualifying groups advance to the short program on March 18. (Kyodo)

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Japan steps into currency market

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters at the Ministry of Finance in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2010, after Japan's monetary authorities intervened in the foreign exchange market for the first time since March 2004, in a bid to stem the yen's appreciation against the U.S. dollar. (Kyodo)

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Olympic flame

Photo taken on March 15, 2020, shows Panathenaic Stadium in central Athens, a venue used during both the 1896 and 2004 Olympics. A ceremony to mark the handover of the Olympic flame will be held at the stadium on March 19 behind closed doors ahead of the start of the Japanese leg of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic flame

Photo taken on March 15, 2020, shows the Olympic flame on a platform set up at Panathenaic Stadium in central Athens, a venue used during both the 1896 and 2004 Olympics. A ceremony to mark the handover of the Olympic flame will be held at the stadium on March 19 behind closed doors ahead of the start of the Japanese leg of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic flame

Photo taken on March 15, 2020, shows the Olympic flame on a platform set up at Panathenaic Stadium in central Athens, a venue used during both the 1896 and 2004 Olympics. A ceremony to mark the handover of the Olympic flame will be held at the stadium on March 19 behind closed doors ahead of the start of the Japanese leg of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic flame

Photo taken on March 15, 2020, shows Panathenaic Stadium in central Athens, a venue used during both the 1896 and 2004 Olympics. A ceremony to mark the handover of the Olympic flame will held at the stadium on March 19 behind closed doors ahead of the start of the Japanese leg of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympic flame

Photo taken on March 15, 2020, shows Panathenaic Stadium in central Athens, a venue used during both the 1896 and 2004 Olympics. A ceremony to mark the handover of the Olympic flame will held at the stadium on March 19 behind closed doors ahead of the start of the Japanese leg of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo