Wind chime festival at western Japan temple

Wind chime festival at western Japan temple

Wind chimes blow in the wind at Ofusa Kannon temple in Kashihara in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on July 1, 2025, as about 3,000 wind chimes are hung for the annual three-month wind chime festival that began the same day.

Wind chime festival at western Japan temple

Wind chime festival at western Japan temple

Wind chimes blow in the wind at Ofusa Kannon temple in Kashihara in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on July 1, 2025, as about 3,000 wind chimes are hung for the annual three-month wind chime festival that began the same day.

Art aquarium in Tokyo

Art aquarium in Tokyo

Art Aquarium Museum Ginza holds an exhibition in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on May 31, 2025, featuring over 3,000 goldfish of about 70 varieties swimming in illuminated water tanks surrounded by wisterias and hydrangeas.

Art aquarium in Tokyo

Art aquarium in Tokyo

Art Aquarium Museum Ginza holds an exhibition in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on May 31, 2025, featuring over 3,000 goldfish of about 70 varieties swimming in illuminated water tanks surrounded by wisterias and hydrangeas.

Art aquarium in Tokyo

Art aquarium in Tokyo

Art Aquarium Museum Ginza holds an exhibition in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on May 31, 2025, featuring over 3,000 goldfish of about 70 varieties swimming in illuminated water tanks surrounded by wisterias and hydrangeas.

Art aquarium in Tokyo

Art aquarium in Tokyo

Art Aquarium Museum Ginza holds an exhibition in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on May 31, 2025, featuring over 3,000 goldfish of about 70 varieties swimming in illuminated water tanks surrounded by wisterias and hydrangeas.

Art aquarium in Tokyo

Art aquarium in Tokyo

Art Aquarium Museum Ginza holds an exhibition in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on May 31, 2025, featuring over 3,000 goldfish of about 70 varieties swimming in illuminated water tanks surrounded by wisterias and hydrangeas.

Submarine Raigei delivered to MSDF

Submarine Raigei delivered to MSDF

Photo taken on March 6, 2025, shows the submarine Raigei following a ceremony marking its delivery to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force at a shipyard of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in Kobe, western Japan. The 84-meter submarine weighing about 3,000 tons will be deployed at the MSDF's base in Kure in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima.

Submarine Raigei delivered to MSDF

Submarine Raigei delivered to MSDF

Photo taken on March 6, 2025, shows the submarine Raigei following a ceremony marking its delivery to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force at a shipyard of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in Kobe, western Japan. The 84-meter submarine weighing about 3,000 tons will be deployed at the MSDF's base in Kure in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima.

Tsunami-hit city makes DVD to pass on lessons to future

Tsunami-hit city makes DVD to pass on lessons to future

SENDAI, Japan - Shuichi Atsumi, head of a municipal library in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, shows on Dec. 3, 2014, two DVDs produced by the northeastern Japan city aimed at passing on to future generations the lessons from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, which killed about 1,100 people in the city. The not-for-sale DVDs -- 3,000 copies in Japanese and 1,000 copies in English -- have been donated to public libraries nationwide as well as to local and overseas support groups.

3,000 yellow handkerchiefs fly to support post-quake work

3,000 yellow handkerchiefs fly to support post-quake work

SENDAI, Japan - About 3,000 yellow handkerchiefs sent from across Japan are tied to a zelkova tree in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 23, 2014, as a symbol of support for reconstruction work after the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.

Candles illuminate snowy path in Hakodate

Candles illuminate snowy path in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Pedestrians stroll past the Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward (L) along a snowy path illuminated by candlelight in Hakodate, Hokkaido Prefecture, on Feb. 5, 2014. About 3,000 candles, handmade by local residents and tourists using wax and paper milk cartons, will light up various tourist spots in the northern Japan city through Feb. 9.

Kimchi event

Kimchi event

SEOUL, South Korea - About 3,000 people take part in an event to make kimchi in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 13, 2013.

Kimchi event

Kimchi event

SEOUL, South Korea - About 3,000 people take part in an event to make kimchi in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 13, 2013.

Kimchi event

Kimchi event

SEOUL, South Korea - About 3,000 people take part in an event to make kimchi in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 13, 2013.

English-Japanese dictionary of crime lingo compiled

English-Japanese dictionary of crime lingo compiled

MATSUE, Japan - Masayoshi Yamada (R), a professor emeritus at Shimane University, is pictured with copies of an English-Japanese dictionary with about 3,000 entries on crime and law enforcement terms (front) he has compiled, in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on May 28, 2012.

Homeless boys in Serbia

Homeless boys in Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia - Three homeless boys aged 12 to 13 are seen sharing blankets as they lie in an underground mall in below zero temperatures in Belgrade, Serbia, on Feb. 14, 2012. Local media say about 600 children are homeless in Belgrade, in addition to an estimated 3,000 homeless adults.

Antinuclear conference in Yokohama

Antinuclear conference in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A two-day global antinuclear conference begins in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 14, 2012. About 3,000 people from some 30 countries, including politicians, civic group members and environmental activists, are taking part in the event.

Bhutan king, queen carve Buddhist statue

Bhutan king, queen carve Buddhist statue

KYOTO, Japan - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (L) and Queen Jetsun Pema (C) carve a Buddhist statue at the Gallery of Kyoto Traditional Arts & Crafts in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 19, 2011. The statue is being made using pine wood from Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, one of the areas hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and about 3,000 people have so far contributed to the carving.

Bhutan king, queen carve Buddhist statue

Bhutan king, queen carve Buddhist statue

KYOTO, Japan - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (L) and Queen Jetsun Pema (C) carve a Buddhist statue at the Gallery of Kyoto Traditional Arts & Crafts in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 19, 2011. The statue is being made using pine wood from Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, one of the areas hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and about 3,000 people have so far contributed to the carving.

Balloons for peace

Balloons for peace

OTSU, Japan - Worshippers release about 3,000 balloons into sky during an event to pray for peace and to console the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at Mii Temple in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 6, 2010. Hiroshima marked the 65th anniversary of the bombing that day.

Japanese farmers protest steep farm tariff cuts at WTO

Japanese farmers protest steep farm tariff cuts at WTO

TOKYO, Japan - About 3,000 farmers from across Japan, who are protesting proposed steep farm tariff cuts through the World Trade Organization talks, demonstrate at Tokyo's Hibiya Park to the parliament on Dec. 9.

Japanese farmers protest steep farm tariff cuts at WTO

Japanese farmers protest steep farm tariff cuts at WTO

TOKYO, Japan - About 3,000 farmers from across Japan, who are protesting proposed steep farm tariff cuts through the World Trade Organization talks, hold a rally at Tokyo's Hibiya Park on Dec. 9.

Gov't orders Kojima to observe home appliance recycling law

Gov't orders Kojima to observe home appliance recycling law

TOKYO, Japan - Maki Mori (R), a senior executive of home electrics discount retailer Kojima Co., receives a ''recommendation'' order for the company to abide by the Home Appliance Recycling Law from officials of the Environment Ministry and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry at the Environment Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 16. Kojima failed to return about 3,000 old electric appliance products to manufacturers as required by the recycling law even though it had charged customers who turned in the old products 10 million yen in recycling fees.

3,000 live in makeshift houses 2 months after Niigata quake

3,000 live in makeshift houses 2 months after Niigata quake

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - About 3,000 people are living in 1,182 makeshift houses erected in Kashiwazaki and two neighboring towns in Niigata Prefecture after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the region on July 16. The earthquake killed 11 people, injured about 2,000, and damaged 39,000 houses, according to Niigata Prefecture figures.

China's National People's Congress begins

China's National People's Congress begins

BEIJING, China - China's National People's Congress, China's parliament, begins March 5 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, with about 3,000 delegates attending.

Miyazaki begins disposal of 12,000 chickens due to bird flu

Miyazaki begins disposal of 12,000 chickens due to bird flu

KIYOTAKE, Japan - Workers clad in protective clothing enter a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture on Jan. 14 to prepare the culling of 12,000 chickens after more than 3,000 birds there died from bird flu. About 150 workers have been assigned to carry out the culling by carbon dioxide.

Miyazaki begins disposal of 12,000 chickens due to bird flu

Miyazaki begins disposal of 12,000 chickens due to bird flu

KIYOTAKE, Japan - Workers clad in protective clothing getting ready Jan. 14 to cull 12,000 chickens at a chicken farm in Kiyotake, Miyazaki Prefecture after more than 3,000 birds there died from bird flu. About 150 workers have been assigned to carry out the culling by carbon dioxide.

S. Korea blasts Koizumi's shrine visit

S. Korea blasts Koizumi's shrine visit

SEOUL, South Korea - About 3,000 protestors, mostly student activists and members of civic organizations, rally near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Aug. 15 to protest Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visit to Yasukuni Shrine in central Tokyo.

Housesitter robot to be launched in Sept.

Housesitter robot to be launched in Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Robot developing company tmsuk Co. has began taking orders for a housesitter robot named Roborior (in photo), which can be wirelessly controlled via a mobile phone from a remote place, at a price of 294,000 yen per unit. The Kitakyushu-based company exhibited the robot at Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Nihonbashi to solicit orders ahead of its planned launch in September. It aims to sell about 3,000 units of the 26-centimeter-high robot weighing 3.25 kilograms.

Asia-Pacific AIDS confab opens in Kobe to discuss prevention

Asia-Pacific AIDS confab opens in Kobe to discuss prevention

KOBE, Japan - A five-day international conference aimed at facilitating prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS in the Asia-Pacific region opened July 1 in Kobe, with about 3,000 people living with the disease, medical workers, researchers and supporters from about 50 countries attending.

Chinese police beef up security to prevent anti-Japan protests

Chinese police beef up security to prevent anti-Japan protests

SHANGHAI, China - About 3,000 police officers stand guard near the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai on April 23 to head off any anti-Japan demonstrations in China's largest city.

Entertainers protest Japan's plan to tighten immigration rules

Entertainers protest Japan's plan to tighten immigration rules

MANILA, Philippines - About 3,000 Filipino entertainers, their managers and members of the agencies that send them to Japan gathered in front of the Japanese Embassy on Dec. 16 to protest a plan by the Japanese government to adopt stricter rules in admitting foreign entertainers to Japan.

Matsushita Electric mulls cutting 3,000 jobs in Japan

Matsushita Electric mulls cutting 3,000 jobs in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (file photo of its head office in Osaka) is seeking to slash about 3,000 jobs from its group workforce in Japan along with a plan to shift production of unprofitable electronics parts and batteries offshore by the end of next March, company officials said June 20.

U.S. to remove PCB-containing equipment from Japan bases

U.S. to remove PCB-containing equipment from Japan bases

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 28 shows cans of equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) stored at a U.S. military base in Okinawa. The U.S. military will transfer about 3,000 tons of equipment containing PCB from 13 of its locations in Japan back to the United States.

Narita airport under tighter security

Narita airport under tighter security

NARITA, Japan - Police set up a special security unit consisting of about 3,000 officers at Narita airport, Japan's largest international gateway, as part of efforts to ensure security ahead of the World Cup soccer finals. The police deployed officers with shields and dogs at the airport as a measure to counter terrorism and deal with any disorder during the arrival of foreign soccer fans. (2002 World Cup)

(2)Rally held against capital relocation plan

(2)Rally held against capital relocation plan

TOKYO, Japan - About 3,000 people, including lawmakers and local government officials, march in Tokyo on May 21 to oppose a plan to relocate the capital from Tokyo.

(2)Tokyo health food firm raided over suspected scam case

(2)Tokyo health food firm raided over suspected scam case

NAGOYA, Japan - Police officers walk into the headquarters of health food company Albien in Tokyo on May 14 for investigation over an alleged investment scam in which the firm illegally collected more than 7 billion yen from about 3,000 people.

(1)Tokyo health food firm raided over suspected scam case

(1)Tokyo health food firm raided over suspected scam case

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo shows Masanori Eguchi, chairman of Tokyo-based health food company Albien, which police raided May 14 over an alleged investment scam in which the firm illegally collected more than 7 billion yen from about 3,000 people.

Fire burns 1,000 junked cars in Ibaraki Pref.

Fire burns 1,000 junked cars in Ibaraki Pref.

MITO, Japan - A fire that broke out at a car-scrapping factory in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 5 burnt about 1,000 junked vehicles, police said. About 3,000 vehicles had been piled up at the plant.

(1)Ozawa conducts final concerts in Boston

(1)Ozawa conducts final concerts in Boston

BOSTON, United States - Japanese maestro Seiji Ozawa waves at the audience after conducting his final concerts in Boston with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on April 20. In the first of the two final concerts, Ozawa conducted Hector Berlioz's ''Symphonie Fantastique,'' which is known as his forte. He received a standing ovation from the audience of about 3,000.

Japanese farmers rally to demand safeguard measures on imports

Japanese farmers rally to demand safeguard measures on imports

TOKYO, Japan - About 3,000 farmers from around the country march in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2001 to press their demand for an immediate imposition of ''safeguard'' measures to curb imports of farm products, mainly from China.

Estrada finds solace among impoverished supporters

Estrada finds solace among impoverished supporters

MANILA, Philippines - Ousted Philippine President Joseph Estrada, marking his 64th birthday under threat of arrest for plunder, basks in the cheers of about 3,000 supporters in a slum community beside a garbage dump on April 19 in Payatas, Quezon City. Thousands welcomed the deposed president with streamers and posters wishing him a happy birthday as he toured depressed communities around metropolitan Manila.

Gas canisters explode in Osaka city hall washroom

Gas canisters explode in Osaka city hall washroom

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka City government officials and visitors stand outside the city hall on Feb. 5 after being ordered to leave the building. About 3,000 people were temporarily evacuated after several gas canisters exploded in a ground floor washroom in an apparent prank. No one was injured in the incident.

3,000 pledge more efforts for return of Russian-held islands

3,000 pledge more efforts for return of Russian-held islands

NEMURO, Japan - About 3,000 people from 129 organizations from across Japan shout in Russian ''Return the four islands to Japan'' in a rally held in Nemuro, eastern Hokkaido, on Oct. 1. The rally is the largest ever staged by groups working for the return of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido -- Etorofu, Kunashiri and Shikotan islands and the Habomai group of islets.

2 Hungarians held over using forint coins in vending machines

2 Hungarians held over using forint coins in vending machines

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Hungarian forint coins recovered from vending machines in the Tokyo area. Police arrested two men Nov. 18 on suspicion of stealing 3,000 yen by placing these coins in a vending machine and operating the return-coin lever. The Hungarian coins worth about 22 yen each have been altered to make them the same size and weight as 500 yen coins.

118 prefab houses loaded for Kosovo

118 prefab houses loaded for Kosovo

KOBE, Japan - Workers begin loading a cargo ship with 118 prefabricated housing units, the first batch of 500 units to be provided by the Hyogo prefectural government for Kosovo residents, at Kobe port on Aug. 8. The units, originally used to accommodate those made homeless by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, are being sent to Kosovo at the request of the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The prefectural government has already provided about 3,000 prefabs for refugees overseas.

3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

About 3,000 of social dance fans across Japan hold an eight-hour mass dance party July 3 at Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The photo shows the participants in formal and informal dresses dancing waltz and rumba in the cavernous hall, which has 1,600 square meters in floor space under a 52-meter-high roof made of cedar wood.

Mahjong museum opens in Chiba Pref

Mahjong museum opens in Chiba Pref

A mahjong museum, with a collection that includes the mahjong pieces China's ''Last Emperor'' Pu Yi is believed to have used, opens April 10 in the town of Misaki, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. The museum was established by Tokyo-based publisher Take Shobo, and displays a collection of about 3,000 mahjong sets from 20 countries around the world, including Japan, China, the United States, France and Vietnam.

Maple trees lit up at Kyoto temple

Maple trees lit up at Kyoto temple

A test illumination is carried out at Eikando Zenrinji, a temple in Japan's ancient capital Kyoto, on Nov. 2, 2022. This year the event, in which about 3,000 maple trees are lit up at night, will be held from Nov. 5 to Dec. 4.