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US: Airport Fire Expands In Southern California, Destroys Homes 3

Airport Fire burning in Orange and Riverside Counties, Southern California has grown to more than 23,000 acres as of Wednesday morning, September 11. The fire injured at least seven people and destroyed homes.

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Man took 60 mil. yen from nephew's accounts

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a ''baby hatch'' facility for unwanted babies at Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto City in January 2011. Police sources said on Aug. 9, 2011, that a 49-year-old man is suspected of embezzling about 60 million yen from the bank accounts of his young nephew who was in his legal custody and leaving the boy at the baby hatch.

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Wartime laborers to sue M'shi Heavy in S. Korea

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Six South Koreans will file a suit with the Pusan District Court on May 1 demanding Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan pay some 600 million won (about 60 million yen) in damages for forcing them to labor in Japan during World War II, lawyers supporting wartime compensation suits announce at a news conference April 26. The lawsuit will be the first seeking compensation for Japan's wartime deeds to be filed by Asians in their own country against a Japanese company, according to the lawyers.

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Striker Kazuyoshi Miura joins J-League's Kyoto Purple Sanga

KYOTO, Japan - Veteran Japanese soccer striker Kazuyoshi Miura (R) from Croatian first-division club Croatia Zagreb announced Aug. 24 he will join J-League's Kyoto Purple Sanga. Photo shows Miura meeting the press together with Purple Sanga manager Shu Kamo at a Kyoto hotel. Miura has reportedly accepted Kyoto's offer for an annual salary of about 60 million yen.

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Egypt issues 500 million USD Samurai bonds on Japanese market

STORY: Egypt issues 500 million USD Samurai bonds on Japanese market DATELINE: March 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the headquarters of Finance Ministry in Cairo 2. a shot of the logo of the ministry 3. various of Egypt's Finance Minister Mohamed Maait speaking 4. various of the headquarters of Finance Ministry 5. various of the Central Bank of Egypt STORYLINE: Egypt's Finance Ministry announced on Thursday that the country has issued 60 billion yen (about 500 million U.S. dollars) in five-year Samurai bonds on the Japanese market. Therefore, Egypt became the first country in the Middle East to issue international bonds denominated in Japanese yen on the Japanese market, the ministry said. It is Egypt's first international offering since it has devalued its currency by 14 percent against the dollar on Monday. The Finance Ministry made the issuance through a credit guarantee from the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and the coverage of Nippon Export

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Main part of the vacuum furnace at Okaya Heat Treatment Industry

Okaya Heat Treatment Industry (Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture) has invested about 60 million yen to installa medium-sized atom nitriding system manufactured by Plasma Research Institute (Tenpaku Ward, Nagoya City). When hardening the surface of high-speed steel (HSS), etc., this equipment can perform surface nitriding treatment uniformly even on objects with complicated shapes, with almost no secondary compounds in the diffusion layer of nitrogen atoms. Mr. Takizawa, president of Okaya Heat Treatment Industry, said, "In order to stably apply hard coatings on tools, etc., further secondary processing is necessary, but such technology is also being established. In the future, the company plans to expand its business to include the hard coating base treatment of cemented carbide tools and high durability surface treatment of blades. Photo taken on July 23, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Man took 60 mil. yen from nephew's accounts

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a ''baby hatch'' facility for unwanted babies at Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto City in January 2011. Police sources said on Aug. 9, 2011, that a 49-year-old man is suspected of embezzling about 60 million yen from the bank accounts of his young nephew who was in his legal custody and leaving the boy at the baby hatch. (Kyodo)

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18 million yen stolen via NTT Docomo's e-money service

NTT Docomo Inc. Senior Executive Vice President Seiji Maruyama (C) attends a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2020, apologizing to people whose bank deposits have been stolen by third parties through Docomo's e-money service. Maruyama said over 60 cases of unauthorized withdrawals from the victims' accounts at 11 banks linked to the e-money service have been confirmed, with the total amount stolen reaching about 18 million yen ($170,000).

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18 million yen stolen via NTT Docomo's e-money service

NTT Docomo Inc. Senior Executive Vice President Seiji Maruyama (L) attends a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2020, apologizing to people whose bank deposits have been stolen by third parties through Docomo's e-money service. Maruyama said over 60 cases of unauthorized withdrawals from the victims' accounts at 11 banks linked to the e-money service have been confirmed, with the total amount stolen reaching about 18 million yen ($170,000).

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18 million yen stolen via NTT Docomo's e-money service

NTT Docomo Inc. Senior Executive Vice President Seiji Maruyama (L) attends a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2020, apologizing to people whose bank deposits have been stolen by third parties through Docomo's e-money service. Maruyama said over 60 cases of unauthorized withdrawals from the victims' accounts at 11 banks linked to the e-money service have been confirmed, with the total amount stolen reaching about 18 million yen ($170,000).

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18 million yen stolen via NTT Docomo's e-money service

NTT Docomo Inc. Senior Executive Vice President Seiji Maruyama (R) attends a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2020, apologizing to people whose bank deposits have been stolen by third parties through Docomo's e-money service. Maruyama said over 60 cases of unauthorized withdrawals from the victims' accounts at 11 banks linked to the e-money service have been confirmed, with the total amount stolen reaching about 18 million yen ($170,000).

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18 million yen stolen via NTT Docomo's e-money service

NTT Docomo Inc. Senior Executive Vice President Seiji Maruyama attends a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2020, apologizing to people whose bank deposits have been stolen by third parties through Docomo's e-money service. Maruyama said over 60 cases of unauthorized withdrawals from the victims' accounts at 11 banks linked to the e-money service have been confirmed, with the total amount stolen reaching about 18 million yen ($170,000).

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18 million yen stolen via NTT Docomo's e-money service

NTT Docomo Inc. Senior Executive Vice President Seiji Maruyama attends a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2020, apologizing to people whose bank deposits have been stolen by third parties through Docomo's e-money service. Maruyama said over 60 cases of unauthorized withdrawals from the victims' accounts at 11 banks linked to the e-money service have been confirmed, with the total amount stolen reaching about 18 million yen ($170,000).

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18 million yen stolen via NTT Docomo's e-money service

NTT Docomo Inc. Senior Executive Vice President Seiji Maruyama attends a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2020, apologizing to people whose bank deposits have been stolen by third parties through Docomo's e-money service. Maruyama said over 60 cases of unauthorized withdrawals from the victims' accounts at 11 banks linked to the e-money service have been confirmed, with the total amount stolen reaching about 18 million yen ($170,000).

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Wartime laborers to sue M'shi Heavy in S. Korea

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Six South Koreans will file a suit with the Pusan District Court on May 1 demanding Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan pay some 600 million won (about 60 million yen) in damages for forcing them to labor in Japan during World War II, lawyers supporting wartime compensation suits announce at a news conference April 26. The lawsuit will be the first seeking compensation for Japan's wartime deeds to be filed by Asians in their own country against a Japanese company, according to the lawyers.

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Ex-Environment Agency chief fails to declare 60 mil. yen income

TOKYO, Japan - Former Environment Agency chief Michiko Ishii (File Photo), a 66-year-old member of the House of Councillors, fails to declare an income of about 60 million yen in the five-year period through last year, taxation sources say on Dec. 26. The upper house lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party is operating a big hospital in the city of Hanno, Saitama Prefecture.

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Striker Kazuyoshi Miura joins J-League's Kyoto Purple Sanga

KYOTO, Japan - Veteran Japanese soccer striker Kazuyoshi Miura (R) from Croatian first-division club Croatia Zagreb announced Aug. 24 he will join J-League's Kyoto Purple Sanga. Photo shows Miura meeting the press together with Purple Sanga manager Shu Kamo at a Kyoto hotel. Miura has reportedly accepted Kyoto's offer for an annual salary of about 60 million yen.