500,000th visitor to Gundam event

500,000th visitor to Gundam event

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Takeshi Masuno (back R), an office worker from Aichi Prefecture, and members of his family pose with Shizuoka Mayor Zenkichi Kojima (L) as the 500,000th visitor to the Shizuoka Hobby Fair, a plastic model exhibition event featuring an 18-meter-tall ''life-size'' Gundam in Shizuoka City on Aug. 24, 2010.

Toyota files for recall in Japan

Toyota files for recall in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s managing officer Hiroyuki Yokoyama (R), bows after submitting a formal recall notice to Ryuji Masuno (L), director-general of the Road Transport Bureau of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry, at the ministry in Tokyo, on Feb. 9, 2010. Toyota recalled more than 223,000 vehicles in four hybrid models in Japan to repair brake problems.

500,000th visitor to Gundam event

500,000th visitor to Gundam event

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Takeshi Masuno (back R), an office worker from Aichi Prefecture, and members of his family pose with Shizuoka Mayor Zenkichi Kojima (L) as the 500,000th visitor to the Shizuoka Hobby Fair, a plastic model exhibition event featuring an 18-meter-tall ''life-size'' Gundam in Shizuoka City on Aug. 24, 2010. (Kyodo)

Toyota files for recall in Japan

Toyota files for recall in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s managing officer Hiroyuki Yokoyama (R), bows after submitting a formal recall notice to Ryuji Masuno (L), director-general of the Road Transport Bureau of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry, at the ministry in Tokyo, on Feb. 9, 2010. Toyota recalled more than 223,000 vehicles in four hybrid models in Japan to repair brake problems. (Kyodo)