Giants' 1st title at Tokyo Dome stadium

Giants' 1st title at Tokyo Dome stadium

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 3 Kyodo - Japan's Yomiuri Giants professional baseball players -- including Warren Cromartie (49), Koichi Ogata (44) and Tatsunori Hara (8) -- acknowledge the cheers of the fans with a banzai salute on Sept. 8, 1990, after winning their first Central League title at their new home field Tokyo Dome stadium, built in 1988, in the Japanese capital.

EV distance world record on single battery charge

EV distance world record on single battery charge

OGATA, Japan - Members of a Japanese team, including Kenjiro Shinozuka (2nd from R), who became the first Japanese driver to win the Dakar Rally in 1997, pose in Ogata, Akita Prefecture, on Nov. 15, 2013, after the team set a new world record for distance traveled by an electric vehicle on a single battery charge, running 1,300 kilometers on a course in the prefecture in northeastern Japan. The vehicle with which the team set the new world record is seen behind them.

EV distance world record on single battery charge

EV distance world record on single battery charge

OGATA, Japan - Members of a Japanese team, including Kenjiro Shinozuka (2nd from R), who became the first Japanese driver to win the Dakar Rally in 1997, pose in Ogata, Akita Prefecture, on Nov. 15, 2013, after the team set a new world record for distance traveled by an electric vehicle on a single battery charge, running 1,300 kilometers on a course in the prefecture in northeastern Japan. The vehicle with which the team set the new world record is seen behind them.

Solar car race in Akita

Solar car race in Akita

OGATA, Japan - Solar cars wait for the start of the World Green Challenge race in Ogata, Akita Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2011. Fifteen solar and other eco-friendly cars are participating in the three-day rally.

World solar car rally opens in Akita

World solar car rally opens in Akita

OGATA, Japan - A world solar car rally opens in Ogata, Akita Prefecture, Aug. 1 with 34 cars from around the globe taking part. The competitors will race for 25 hours over three days in the rally.