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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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Welfare ministry official gets cars, cash from group overseen

SAITAMA, Japan - Masaru Matsushima, who has just left the welfare ministry, speaks to reporters at his home in Saitama on Aug. 30. He admitted having received three used cars and several million yen in cash from the chief of a social welfare organization under the ministry's supervision from around 1992 until November 2005.

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Welfare ministry official gets cars, cash from group overseen

SAITAMA, Japan - The photo shows one of the three cars Masaru Matsushima, a welfare ministry official who has just left the ministry, received along with several million yen in cash from the chief of a social welfare organization under the ministry's supervision from around 1992 until November 2005.

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Japan special intelligence unit

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 18, 2013, shows an entrance to the Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Kodaira in Kodaira, Tokyo. A former member of a special Ground Staff Office unit who enrolled in a psychological warfare and security course at the GSDF's Kodaira School, located inside the camp, recently told Kyodo News about intelligence activities long conducted without the knowledge of the prime minister or defense minister, including paying several million yen to collaborators and sending a spy to North Korea.

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Giants paid more than allowable money to some players

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Catcher Shinnosuke Abe of the Yomiuri Giants arrives at Hamamatsu ballpark in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 15, 2012, for a pre-season game against the Chunichi Dragons. The Giants paid some players, including Abe and several other active leading members, more than the agreed-on limit for signing on bonuses and incentive money -- over 150 million yen, a source close to the matter said the same day.

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Giants paid more than allowable money to some players

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi of the Yomiuri Giants arrives at Hamamatsu ballpark in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 15, 2012, for a pre-season game against the Chunichi Dragons. The Giants paid some players, including Takahashi and several other active leading members, more than the agreed-on limit for signing on bonuses and incentive money -- over 150 million yen, a source close to the matter said the same day.

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Elegant golf club

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a golf club decorated with Japanese traditional lacquer and gold powder art, which Maruman & Co. said on Aug. 24, 2010, will begin selling in Japan. The ''Majesty Prestigio Japan'' set of such 13 golf clubs and a cowhide-covered bag is sold for 16.8 million yen (about $198,000). The company earlier began selling the product for the so-called Asian rich and received orders for several sets.

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Japanese 'golden' toilet at Shanghai Expo

SHANGHAI, Japan - A staffer shows a gold-coated ceramic toilet produced by Inax Corp. at the Japan Industry Pavilion of the World Expo in Shanghai on June 2, 2010. The Japanese bathroom equipment maker said the Regio toilet could be priced at several million yen if put on sale.

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Lotte makes Iguchi 3-year, 600 mil. yen offer

TOKYO, Japan - Infielder Tadahito Iguchi shakes hands with Lotte Marines president Ryuzo Setoyama at a hotel in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 7. Lotte offered Iguchi, who was released by the Philadelphia Phillies at the end of the 2008 season, a three-year deal worth about 600 million yen. Iguchi has not made a decision yet as he is awaiting offers from several other clubs in Japan as well as in the major leagues.

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BOJ's Fukui reaped big gains from investing in Murakami Fund

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui speaks in reply to questions at a House of Representatives Financial Affairs Committee session on June 16. He said that unrealized gains he made by putting 10 million yen in an investment fund set up by arrested financier Yoshiaki Murakami climbed to several millions of yen a year at one time.

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Japanese developer devises OS for nonstandard characters

TOKYO, Japan - Displayed on a computer screen is a list of Nonstandard kanji characters are often found in names of people and places as well as literary works. University of Tokyo Professor Ken Sakamura, the developer of the Tron computer operating system, said March 10 he has developed a technology to show nonstandard Japanese kanji characters even on Western operating systems such as Windows and Macintosh. ''The new technology can drastically save energy... A big company will be able to cut costs by several hundred million yen a year,'' Sakamura said.

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Armored van attacked in Kawasaki, cash stolen

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers check an armored van attacked near a supermarket by several men in Kawasaki on Dec. 2. The men, believed to be four in number, made off with about 4.37 million yen from the supermarket as well as other cash inside the vehicle, police said.

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The hydrogen station opened by Tokyo Gas in Toyosu

The construction cost was not disclosed, but it is estimated to be several percent higher than the usual cost of about 600 million yen. The station will produce hydrogen using city gas from a medium-pressure pipeline. Carbon dioxide (CO2) generated in the process of mining and burning liquefied natural gas (LNG) is offset. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to have more than 100 fuel cell buses in use by the end of this year, and the Toyosu Hydrogen Station will be responsible for supplying hydrogen to the city's fuel cell buses. Takashi Anamizu, vice president of Tokyo Gas, said on the same day that he expects the station's operation rate to increase significantly. The average daily use of other hydrogen stations is about five fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). January 16, 2020, Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Electrical discharge machine introduced by Nagatsu Manufacturing as part of its work automation efforts.

Nagatsu Seisakusho will begin automating its main plant to improve the efficiencyof machining die parts. The company will introduce work changers for 5-axis machining centers (MC) and other equipment to replace processed parts. The company plans to introduce several 5-axis MCs and work changers as a set if they are utilized smoothly. The installation cost is about 10 million yen. Workers without machining skills only need to take the workpiece and electrodes in and out of the shelves at the site. The company's domestic sales are about 1.6 billion yen. However, the domestic mold market is shrinking. Rather than expanding sales, this automation initiative is aimed at strengthening cost competitiveness and promoting work style reform. Once the automation at the head office plant gets going, the company plans to start automation at the Niigata plant in Mitsuke City, Niigata Prefecture in two to three years. (= September 18, 2019, photo credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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BOJ's Fukui reaped big gains from investing in Murakami Fund

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui speaks in reply to questions at a House of Representatives Financial Affairs Committee session on June 16. He said that unrealized gains he made by putting 10 million yen in an investment fund set up by arrested financier Yoshiaki Murakami climbed to several millions of yen a year at one time. (Kyodo)

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Lotte makes Iguchi 3-year, 600 mil. yen offer

TOKYO, Japan - Infielder Tadahito Iguchi shakes hands with Lotte Marines president Ryuzo Setoyama at a hotel in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 7. Lotte offered Iguchi, who was released by the Philadelphia Phillies at the end of the 2008 season, a three-year deal worth about 600 million yen. Iguchi has not made a decision yet as he is awaiting offers from several other clubs in Japan as well as in the major leagues. (Kyodo)

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Welfare ministry official gets cars, cash from group overseen

SAITAMA, Japan - The photo shows one of the three cars Masaru Matsushima, a welfare ministry official who has just left the ministry, received along with several million yen in cash from the chief of a social welfare organization under the ministry's supervision from around 1992 until November 2005. (Kyodo)

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Welfare ministry official gets cars, cash from group overseen

SAITAMA, Japan - Masaru Matsushima, who has just left the welfare ministry, speaks to reporters at his home in Saitama on Aug. 30. He admitted having received three used cars and several million yen in cash from the chief of a social welfare organization under the ministry's supervision from around 1992 until November 2005. (Kyodo)

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Elegant golf club

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a golf club decorated with Japanese traditional lacquer and gold powder art, which Maruman & Co. said on Aug. 24, 2010, will begin selling in Japan. The ''Majesty Prestigio Japan'' set of such 13 golf clubs and a cowhide-covered bag is sold for 16.8 million yen (about $198,000). The company earlier began selling the product for the so-called Asian rich and received orders for several sets. (Kyodo)

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Japanese 'golden' toilet at Shanghai Expo

SHANGHAI, Japan - A staffer shows a gold-coated ceramic toilet produced by Inax Corp. at the Japan Industry Pavilion of the World Expo in Shanghai on June 2, 2010. The Japanese bathroom equipment maker said the Regio toilet could be priced at several million yen if put on sale. (Kyodo)

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Giants paid more than allowable money to some players

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Catcher Shinnosuke Abe of the Yomiuri Giants arrives at Hamamatsu ballpark in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 15, 2012, for a pre-season game against the Chunichi Dragons. The Giants paid some players, including Abe and several other active leading members, more than the agreed-on limit for signing on bonuses and incentive money -- over 150 million yen, a source close to the matter said the same day. (Kyodo)

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Giants paid more than allowable money to some players

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi of the Yomiuri Giants arrives at Hamamatsu ballpark in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 15, 2012, for a pre-season game against the Chunichi Dragons. The Giants paid some players, including Takahashi and several other active leading members, more than the agreed-on limit for signing on bonuses and incentive money -- over 150 million yen, a source close to the matter said the same day. (Kyodo)

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Former Japan farm minister's bribery scandal

Photo taken July 4, 2020, shows major egg producer Akita Foods Co.'s head office in the Hiroshima Prefecture city of Fukuyama in western Japan. Former Japanese farm minister Takamori Yoshikawa is suspected of receiving several million yen from a former representative of the company in return for favors for the egg farming industry.

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N. Koreans caused "several mil. yen" in damage, theft on islet

A North Korean man who had been hospitalized in Hakodate, Hokkaido, for a stomach ulcer is carried on a stretcher aboard a plane at Hakodate airport on Dec. 8, 2017, before being transported to a hospital in Sapporo. The man and nine other North Koreans aboard a recently impounded fishing vessel caused damage and stole property amounting to several million yen when they took refuge on an uninhabited island off northern Japan, sources familiar with the matter said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Koreans arrested for customs law violation

A South Korean national (R) enters a police station in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on April 21, 2017, following his arrest on suspicion of violating Japan's customs law. While police questioned several South Koreans over the robbery of 384 million yen ($3.5 million), investigators said their involvement in that case was unlikely. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese developer devises OS for nonstandard characters

TOKYO, Japan - Displayed on a computer screen is a list of Nonstandard kanji characters are often found in names of people and places as well as literary works. University of Tokyo Professor Ken Sakamura, the developer of the Tron computer operating system, said March 10 he has developed a technology to show nonstandard Japanese kanji characters even on Western operating systems such as Windows and Macintosh. ''The new technology can drastically save energy... A big company will be able to cut costs by several hundred million yen a year,'' Sakamura said. (Kyodo)

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Armored van attacked in Kawasaki, cash stolen

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers check an armored van attacked near a supermarket by several men in Kawasaki on Dec. 2. The men, believed to be four in number, made off with about 4.37 million yen from the supermarket as well as other cash inside the vehicle, police said. (Kyodo)