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Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (front) visits Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, on March 29, 2025, to attend a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service to commemorate the war dead on the Pacific Ocean island. Japan and the United States fought an intense battle there during World War II, resulting in the death of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers. (Pool photo)

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Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) offers flowers during a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service held on March 29, 2025, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought an intense battle there during World War II, resulting in the death of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers. (Pool photo)

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Memorial ceremony on Iwoto Island

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Japan-U.S. joint memorial service on March 29, 2025, to commemorate the war dead on Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States fought an intense battle there during World War II, resulting in the death of about 21,900 Japanese and 7,000 U.S. soldiers. (Pool photo)

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Farewell service held for Japan wrestling icon

Photo taken on March 7, 2023, shows Japanese professional wrestler Tatsumi Fujinami attending a service to bid farewell to Japanese professional wrestler-turned-lawmaker Antonio Inoki, held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo with about 7,000 people in attendance. Inoki, who took on world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in 1976, was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2010.

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Farewell service held for Japan wrestling icon

Photo taken on March 7, 2023, shows former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori attending a service to bid farewell to Japanese professional wrestler-turned-lawmaker Antonio Inoki, held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo with about 7,000 people in attendance. Inoki, who took on world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in 1976, was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2010.

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Farewell service for Japan wrestling icon

About 7,000 people attend a farewell service at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on March 7, 2023, for Japanese professional wrestler-turned-lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who died on Oct. 1, 2022, aged 79. Inoki, who took on world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in 1976, was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2010.

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Farewell service for Japan wrestling icon

About 7,000 people attend a farewell service at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on March 7, 2023, for Japanese professional wrestler-turned-lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who died on Oct. 1, 2022, aged 79. Inoki, who took on world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in 1976, was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2010. (Kyodo)

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Special Olympics flame ignited in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The Special Olympics flame is ignited in Tokyo in a ceremony held in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office on Aug. 22. The flame, ignited in Athens June 29, was carried to Tokyo via Seoul. The Special Olympics will be held in Shanghai Oct. 2-11 with about 7,000 people from 169 countries and regions participating.

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People lit candles in about 7,000 memorial lanterns during an event held at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, before daylight on Jan. 17 to commemorate the 6,434 people who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. At 5:46 a.m., the time the magnitude 7.3 quake originating in the northern part of the prefecture's Awaji Island in the Seto Inland Sea hit the western Japan area 14 years ago, about 5,500 people offered silent prayers in the event.

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Three female junior high school students pray for the 6,434 people who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, during a memorial event held at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, before daylight on Jan. 17. At 5:46 a.m., the time the magnitude 7.3 quake originating in the northern part of the prefecture's Awaji Island in the Seto Inland Sea hit the western Japan area 14 years ago, about 5,500 people offered silent prayers in the event at the park, where candles in about 7,000 memorial lanterns were lit.

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Mitsuru Takeba, who lost his 1-year-old daughter in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, talks to his 2-year-old daughter Mii about the quake in front of candles in about 7,000 bamboo lanterns lit to commemorate the 6,434 victims at a memorial service held in Kobe on Jan. 17 to mark the 14th anniversary of the quake.

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Beijing home-owners who refuse to sell land live in isolation

BEIJING, China - Owners of these houses in the Fengdai area in southern Beijing refuse to sell their land to housing developers, who have razed the land around their houses to three, four meters deep, forcing the residents to use ladders to enter or leave their homes. Local residents say the developers have offered to buy their land at 3,500 yuan (about 57,000 yen) per square meter while apartment houses nearby are selling for 7,000 yuan per square meter. About 100 families have sold their land to the developers but 12 have refused. Residents say the developers have cut off water and power supply to the stand-alone houses and they were attacked by stick-wielding gangsters last month.

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7,000 evacuated in Tokyo suburb while wartime dud shell removed

NISHITOKYO, Japan - A Ground Self-Defense Force unit disposed of an unexploded bomb, believed dropped by the U.S. military during World War II, in the city of Nishitokyo, western Tokyo, on July 10. About 7,000 residents were evacuated.

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Toyota's Passo sees triple expected orders at 25,000

OSAKA, Japan - Executives of Toyota Motor Corp. and its affiliate Daihatsu Motor Co. pose in front of the new Passo compact car, the result of their first joint development project, in Osaka on July 8. Toyota said it has received about 25,000 orders for the car since its introduction in the domestic market a month ago, nearly 3.6 times the initial monthly sales target of 7,000.

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U.S. Marines conduct earthquake drills

IWAKUNI, Japan - U.S. Marines in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, perform drills against earthquakes and other natural disasters at their base in an event open to the media. About 7,000 Marines, family members and Japanese base employees took part in the drills.

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Winter cherry blossoms in full bloom

ONISHI, Japan - Tourists trek under winter cherry blossoms at the Sakurayama Park in the town of Onishi in Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Nov. 15. Unlike an ordinary cherry, the winter cherry blooms between November and December each year. Sakurayama Park has about 7,000 winter cherry trees, which have been designated by the state as a ''natural monument.''

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Damaged neutrino detector 'Super Kamiokande' restored

GIFU, Japan - A large neutrino detector operated by the University of Tokyo's Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR) in Gifu Prefecture is shown off to the media Sept. 24 after it was repaired following severe damage sustained in an accident in November 2001. About 7,000 or 60% of the 11,000 photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) attached to the neutrino detector in the town of Kamioka in the central Japanese prefecture were found broken last Nov. 12 due to a chain reaction, but it is now repaired to a level that experiments can resume, ICRR officials said.

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Thai premier outlines rural products campaign

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) introduces local products to Morihiko Hiramatsu (L), governor of Oita prefecture in southwestern Japan, at the prime minister's office in Bangkok on April 30. Thaksin held a seminar on the ''One Tambon, One Product'' campaign, which encourages about 7,000 Thai ''Tambon'' (subdistricts) across the country to each create products for global and domestic markets. Hiramatsu was invited to the seminar.

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Kansai airport jammed with vacationers

OSAKA, Japan - Vacationers heading abroad queue up Aug. 12 at check-in counters in Kansai International Airport near Osaka. An estimated 22,300 passengers were scheduled to depart the airport during the day to spend their summer holidays overseas. The figure is about 7,000 higher than usual.