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Protest in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - About 100,000 demonstrators fill an area near the parliamentary building in Athens on Nov. 7, 2012, in protest against Greece's austerity measures, which passed parliament early on Nov. 8.

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N. Korea New Year rally

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans march through Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang during a rally on Jan. 3, 2011, to show their resolve to implement a series of policy objectives for the year. About 100,000 people took part in the event.

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N. Korea New Year rally

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans march through Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang during a rally on Jan. 3, 2011, to show their resolve to implement a series of policy objectives for the year. About 100,000 people took part in the event.

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N. Korea New Year rally

PYONGYANG, North Korea - About 100,000 North Koreans gather for a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Jan. 3, 2011, to show their resolve to implement of a series of policy objectives for the year.

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100,000 N. Koreans rally over ship sinking

PYONGYANG, North Korea - About 100,000 people rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on May 30, 2010, for the overthrow of the South Korean government in the wake of its sanctions on the North over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship.

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Civilians riding oxcart, walking through Tokyo during wartime

TOKYO, Japan - Survivors of the May 25, 1945 air raids by B-29 bombers on Tokyo are seen walking and riding an oxcart through scorched Tokyo. The attack was the second deadliest after the March 10, 1945 air raids on the capital in which about 100,000 were killed. The photo was taken in Tokyo on May 30, 1945.

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N. Korea stages Arirang mass games

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's Arirang mass games began at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Aug. 10, with about 100,000 people taking part in the gymnastics and artistic spectacle. The event will run almost every day through late September.

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Recruitment for Shanghai Expo volunteers begins

SHANGHAI, China - A ceremony marking the start of the recruitment of volunteers for the 2010 international exposition in Shanghai is held at the Oriental Pearl Tower square on May 1, one year before the opening of the Expo. About 70,000 volunteers at the Expo site and about 100,000 volunteers outside the site, such as at stations and hotels, will be recruited by the end of this year.

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Tokyo marks 63rd anniversary of 1945 U.S. air raids

TOKYO, Japan - Residents attend a government memorial service in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on March 10 in memory of the people who died in massive air raids the United States unleashed on the Japanese capital on March 10, 1945 during World War II. About 100,000 people died in the bombings. Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara attended the memorial service, along with Prince Hitachi, the younger brother of Emperor Akihito, and his wife Princess Hanako.

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India's Tata Motors unveils world's cheapest car

NEW DELHI, India - The Tata Nano, the world's cheapest car, is unveiled by India's Tata Motors Ltd. at the Auto Expo in New Delhi on Jan. 10. The car with a 624 cc engine is priced at about 100,000 rupees ($2,500).

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Annual morning-glory market begins

TOKYO, Japan - A shopgirl holds a flowerpot for visitors as the annual ''Asagaoichi'' (morning glory market) begins in Iriya, downtown Tokyo, on July 6. Organizers expect about 400,000 visitors will come to the market where 100,000 pots will be put for sale by 120 florists during its three-day session. A standard pot carries a price tag of 2,000 yen.

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Toyota let Fuji Heavy producing 100,000 Camrys

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe (R) and Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. President Kyoji Takenaka shake hands after a press conference in Tokyo on March 13. They announced their business tie-up centering on producing about 100,000 Toyota Camrys a year at Fuji Heavy's U.S. plant.

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(2)Tokyo marks 60th anniversary of 1945 U.S. air raids

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo marks the 60th anniversary of the U.S. firebombings of the capital during World War II in a ceremony held in honor of about 100,000 victims of the bombings on March 10.

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Karzai on track for easy victory in Afghan election

TOKYO, Japan - Interim leader Hamid Karzai (in file photo) is on track for a landslide victory in Afghanistan's landmark presidential election, early results of vote counting showed on Oct. 16. With about 100,000 votes tallied so far -- about 1.2 percent of the ballots cast nationwide -- the U.S.-backed Karzai, the election favorite, has garnered 77 percent of the vote.

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World's largest gold coins to go on sale Oct. 7

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses with the world's largest gold coin created by the Austrian Mint at the Austrian Embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 6. The face value of the coin, weighing about 31 kilograms and measuring about 37 centimeters in diameter, is set at 100,000 euros (about $122,870 or 13.5 million yen).

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Tuatara a threatened species in New Zealand

SYDNEY, Australia - Tuataras are the last reptile on Earth that were on the planet at the same time as dinosaurs -- around 220 million years ago. They are listed as a threatened species and although they have a total population of about 100,000, there are few left on New Zealand's Little Barrier Island.

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Vienna gold coins selling at record highs in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A shop assistant shows off Vienna gold coins at Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. in Tokyo. The coins produced by the Austrian mint are becoming increasingly popular with Japanese investors, with sales up to the end of October 2002 already double the previous year's figure at a record 100,000 ounces (about 3 tons). Due to the prolonged economic doldrums in Japan, the coins are popular as an alternative investment as they can be cashed at any time and their tender value is relatively stable, industry officials say.

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Okinawa citizens protest U.S. military presence following rape

URASOE, Japan - Residents in Urasoe, Okinawa Prefecture, tie about 100,000 handkerchiefs decorated with antimilitary messages to fences surrounding a local U.S. military base on July 20 in protest at the recent rape of an Okinawa woman allegedly by a U.S. serviceman. About 100 protesters tied the handkerchiefs, sent from several parts of Japan and blazoned with messages such as ''No to the bases!,'' ''Never tolerate violence against women'' and ''Peace'' to fences surrounding the U.S. Marine Corps' Makiminato Service Area, a 2,750,000-square-meter storage facility.

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Mitsubishi Electric to recall defective TV sets

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Okusa, executive director of Mitsubishi Electric Corp., bows in a gesture of apology at the beginning of a news conference Sept. 12, where the company announced it will recall about 100,000 television sets which it said could catch fire from overheating of parts.

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Vietnam to issue new bank note

HANOI, Vietnam - This new 100,000 dong (about 7 U.S. dollars) bank note, the highest face value ever, is to be issued by the State Bank of Vietnam on Sept. 1. It carries a portrait of the late President Ho Chi Minh and has eight exclusive traits designed to distinguish it from counterfeits.

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U.S. to keep 100,000 troops in E. Asia-Pacific: Campbell

WASHINGTON, United States - The United States is committed to maintaining about 100,000 troops in the East Asia-Pacific region given the uncertain situation there, Kurt Campbell, deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asian and Pacific affairs, says Sept. 22 in an interview with Kyodo News.

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Beanie Babies go on sale in downtown Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Beanie Babies, tiny stuffed-animal dolls with cute eyes made by U.S. toy maker Ty, are put on sale at the Sony Plaza shop in downtown Tokyo on Aug. 14. About one hundred customers, including a 77-year-old man who was first in line at 5 a.m., queued for the 11 a.m. opening of the Ginza shop. Ty Japan LLC, the Japan unit of the U.S. company, began selling some 260 varieties of 100,000 popular dolls priced at 650 yen apiece throughout the nation on the same day. One U.S. dollar is worth 120 yen.