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Takayama autumn festival in Japan

Floats decorated with carvings and gold leaf are shown to the public on the first day of the two-day Takayama autumn festival on Oct. 9, 2024, held to signify the arrival of autumn, in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu. A parade of floats are planned later in the day, with about 200,000 people expected to visit the festival, designated an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2016.

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Takayama autumn festival in Japan

Floats decorated with carvings and gold leaf are shown to the public on the first day of the two-day Takayama autumn festival on Oct. 9, 2024, held to signify the arrival of autumn, in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu. A parade of floats are planned later in the day, with about 200,000 people expected to visit the festival, designated an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2016.

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Takayama autumn festival in Japan

Floats decorated with carvings and gold leaf are shown to the public on the first day of the two-day Takayama autumn festival on Oct. 9, 2024, held to signify the arrival of autumn, in Takayama in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu. A parade of floats are planned later in the day, with about 200,000 people expected to visit the festival, designated an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2016.

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Anniversary of N. Korean defector Hwang's death

SEOUL, South Korea - People including defectors from North Korea release large balloons carrying about 200,000 leaflets criticizing the North's government into the sky during an event at Imjingak, Paju, South Korea, near the border with the North, on Oct. 10, 2011, to commemorate the first anniversary of Hwang Jang Yop's death. Hwang, the highest-ranking North Korean ever to defect to South Korea, was found dead in Seoul on Oct. 10, 2010, after defecting from the North in 1997.

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Yakuza nabbed for stealing Peko-chan doll

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Peko-chan mascot dolls, which were retrieved from recycle shops in the city of Osaka, are stored at a police station in the city of Wakayama. Police said on Sept. 2 they have arrested Hiroshi Inaba, an executive of a crime syndicate, for allegedly stealing a Peko-chan mascot doll from a store of confectionery maker Fujiya Co. in Wakayama. The dolls are thought to trade for around 150,000 yen (about $1,600) to 200,000 yen among collectors.

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Honda to sell world's 1st bio-ethanol mixed fuel motorcycle

TOKYO, Japan - Photo of Honda Motor Co.'s CG150 Titan Mix, the world's first motorcycle powered by an eco-friendly fuel mix of bio-ethanol and gasoline. Honda said March 11 that its Brazilian subsidiary plans to sell around 200,000 units, which will come in three models with prices ranging from 6,340 reais to 7,290 reais (about $2700-$3100).

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Fishermen stay ashore to make appeal over high oil costs

TOKYO, Japan - Fishing industry workers hold a rally in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on July 15 in protest at soaring fuel costs. About 200,000 fishing boats -- almost all the fishery vessels operating in Japan -- halted operations on the day in an attempt to raise public awareness of the predicament they face due to soaring fuel costs.

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Fishermen stay ashore to make appeal over high oil costs

TOKYO, Japan - Fishing industry workers attend a rally in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on July 15 in protest at soaring fuel costs. About 200,000 fishing boats -- almost all the fishery vessels operating in Japan -- halted operations on the day in an attempt to raise public awareness of the predicament they face due to soaring fuel costs.

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Chinese survivor of Nanjing Massacre wins suit against Japan authors

NANJING, China - Photo shows the Xuanwu District People's Court which ordered two Japanese authors and their publisher on Aug. 23 to pay 1.6 million yuan (about $200,000) to a Chinese woman who survived one of the greatest atrocities of Japan's World War II invasion of China. The court ruling is not binding since China and Japan have no bilateral judicial agreement that recognizes civil rulings in each other's countries.

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Nanjing Massacre survivor wins suit against Japan authors

NANJING, China - Xia Shuqin, 77, a survivor of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, speaks to reporters Aug. 23 in Nanjing after the Xuanwu District People's Court ordered two Japanese authors and their publisher to pay 1.6 million yuan (about $200,000) to Xia for damaging her reputation.

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Over 200,000 attend Rengo's May Day rallies across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - About 20,000 people attend the main May Day rally held under the auspices of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on April 29. More than 200,000 people took part in May Day rallies in 37 prefectures.

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Okinawa commemorates 55th anniversary of battle

ITOMAN, Japan - A ceremony is held in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the end of fierce fighting in Okinawa between U.S. and Japanese forces toward the end of World War II. The memorial service, which began at noon at the Peace Memorial Park in the city, was attended by about 5,000 people, including Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine, and the relatives of more than 200,000 people, mostly civilians, who were killed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.