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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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Unnamed donor sends gold ingots to Miyagi fish market

SENDAI, Japan - Kunio Suno, president of a fish market in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, holds two gold ingots worth around 10 million yen in total, on Feb. 14, 2013. The ingots were sent to the fish market in the disaster-hit city by an unnamed donor in Nagano.

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Unnamed donor sends gold ingots to Miyagi fish market

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2013, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, shows two gold ingots worth around 10 million yen in total that were sent to a fish market in the disaster-hit city by an unnamed donor in Nagano.

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Gold statue of Kumamon

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a pure gold statue of Kumamon, the popular black bear mascot of Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto, unveiled by Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K., and the real mascot, at the company's flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza district on May 1, 2014. The statue, with a price tag of 100 million yen, weighs roughly 10 kilograms and stands around 17 centimeters tall.

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Gold statue of Kumamon

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a pure gold statue of Kumamon, the popular black bear mascot of Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto, unveiled by Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. at its flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza district on May 1, 2014. The statue, with a price tag of 100 million yen, weighs roughly 10 kilograms and stands around 17 centimeters tall.

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Gold statue of Kumamon

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a pure gold statue of Kumamon, the popular black bear mascot of Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto, unveiled by Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K., and the real mascot, at the company's flagship store in Tokyo's Ginza district on May 1, 2014. The statue, with a price tag of 100 million yen, weighs roughly 10 kilograms and stands around 17 centimeters tall.

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Golden hawk worth 10 mil. yen stolen

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows an exquisite golden hawk that was stolen by three robbers wearing balaclavas from the Tomiya Gold precious metals shop in the city of Okayama on Jan. 29. Tomiya Corp., which runs the shop, said around 850 grams of gold was used to make the 28-centimeter-high hawk worth 10 million yen. The robbers and another man who drove the getaway vehicle are still at large. (Photo taken from the company's website)

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Shizuoka police admit embezzling 10 mil. yen

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Wataru Ohashi, director of the Shizuoka prefectural police, bows in apology March 5 after the force admitted it embezzled around 10 million yen in prefectural money in fiscal 1995 by pretending the funds had been used for business trips and food.

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(3)Aides to LDP Diet member Sakai held over undeclared donations

TOKYO, Japan - Takanori Sakai (R), a House of Representatives member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda in the Diet on Mrch 4 after two of his aides were arrested on suspicion of failing to list in official documents donations worth more than 10 million yen a year for four to five years until around 2001.

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(1)Aides to LDP Diet member Sakai held over undeclared donations

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office enter the home of Aki Shionoya, a state-paid policy secretary of Takanori Sakai, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives, in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward on March 4. Shionoya and another aide to Sakai were arrested on suspicion of failing to list in official documents donations worth more than 10 million yen a year for four to five years until around 2001.

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Aides to LDP Diet member Sakai held over undeclared donations

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office enter the home of Aki Shionoya, a state-paid policy secretary of Takanori Sakai, a ruling Liberal Democratic Party member of the House of Representatives, in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward on March 4. Shionoya and another aide to Sakai were arrested on suspicion of failing to list in official documents donations worth more than 10 million yen a year for four to five years until around 2001. (Kyodo)

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(2)Aides to LDP Diet member Sakai held over undeclared donations

TOKYO, Japan - Aki Shionoya (photo), a state-paid policy secretary of Takanori Sakai, a House of Representatives member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and another Sakai aide were arrested by prosecutors on March 4 on suspicion of failing to list in official documents donations worth more than 10 million yen a year for four to five years until around 2001. (Kyodo)

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50 mil. yen donation to reconstruct Kumamoto Castle

Photo taken May 5, 2016, in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto shows Kumamoto Castle, heavily damaged by a series of powerful earthquakes. It was reported on May 10 that around 50 million yen has been donated from around the nation to reconstruct the well-known castle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golden hawk worth 10 mil. yen stolen

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows an exquisite golden hawk that was stolen by three robbers wearing balaclavas from the Tomiya Gold precious metals shop in the city of Okayama on Jan. 29. Tomiya Corp., which runs the shop, said around 850 grams of gold was used to make the 28-centimeter-high hawk worth 10 million yen. The robbers and another man who drove the getaway vehicle are still at large. (Photo taken from the company's website) (Kyodo)

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Amazon's Japan unit to return 2 bil. yen to suppliers

File photo taken in March 2018 shows a logo of Amazon.com Inc.'s Japan unit at its headquarters in Tokyo. Amazon Japan G.K. has pledged to return around 2 billion yen ($18.8 million) to about 1,400 suppliers after having them shoulder part of the costs to cover discounts the online retailer applied on goods, the Japan Fair Trade Commission said on Sept. 10, 2020, referring to the Japanese unit's proposed reforms submitted to the antitrust watchdog in late August.

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Carlos Ghosn's house in Beirut

Photo taken Nov. 21, 2018, shows a house in Beirut, Lebanon, used by Carlos Ghosn. The chairman of Nissan Motor Co. was arrested by Tokyo prosecutors on Nov. 19 on suspicion of understating his nearly 10 billion yen ($88 million) of compensation as around 5 billion yen over five years from the business year ending March 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Carlos Ghosn's house in Beirut

Photo taken Nov. 21, 2018, shows a house in Beirut, Lebanon, used by Carlos Ghosn. The chairman of Nissan Motor Co. was arrested by Tokyo prosecutors on Nov. 19 on suspicion of understating his nearly 10 billion yen ($88 million) of compensation as around 5 billion yen over five years from the business year ending March 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shizuoka police admit embezzling 10 mil. yen

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Wataru Ohashi, director of the Shizuoka prefectural police, bows in apology March 5 after the force admitted it embezzled around 10 million yen in prefectural money in fiscal 1995 by pretending the funds had been used for business trips and food. (Kyodo)

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(3)Aides to LDP Diet member Sakai held over undeclared donations

TOKYO, Japan - Takanori Sakai (R), a House of Representatives member from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda in the Diet on Mrch 4 after two of his aides were arrested on suspicion of failing to list in official documents donations worth more than 10 million yen a year for four to five years until around 2001. (Kyodo)