Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage 3

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday.

Inedible pure gold soft-serve ice-cream

Inedible pure gold soft-serve ice-cream

TOKYO, Japan - Convenience store operator Ministop Co. said May 11, 2010, it will give away ''soft-serve ice cream'' ornaments made of pure gold by lot to three applicants who send in pictures of themselves with soft-serve ice-cream by May 30. The prized ornament is 10 centimeters tall, 90 grams in weight and worth about 300,000 yen.

Japanese convenience store chain to stop selling pornographic magazines

Japanese convenience store chain to stop selling pornographic magazines

Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2017, shows a Ministop Co. convenience store in Tokyo's Minato Ward. The operator of the convenience store chain will stop selling pornographic magazines at all of its 43 outlets in Chiba, near Tokyo, from Dec. 1 and at about 2,200 stores across Japan from Jan. 1, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Inedible pure gold soft-serve ice-cream

Inedible pure gold soft-serve ice-cream

TOKYO, Japan - Convenience store operator Ministop Co. said May 11, 2010, it will give away ''soft-serve ice cream'' ornaments made of pure gold by lot to three applicants who send in pictures of themselves with soft-serve ice-cream by May 30. The prized ornament is 10 centimeters tall, 90 grams in weight and worth about 300,000 yen. (Kyodo)

Japanese convenience store chain to stop selling pornographic magazines

Japanese convenience store chain to stop selling pornographic magazines

Akihiro Fujimoto (L), president of Japanese convenience store chain Ministop Co., and Chiba Mayor Toshihito Kumagai shake hands at a press conference in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2017. Ministop will stop selling pornographic magazines at all of its 43 outlets in the city from Dec. 1 and at about 2,200 stores across Japan from Jan. 1, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo