Akashi fireworks stampede marks 1st anniversary

AKASHI, Japan - Akashi Mayor Nobuhiro Okada (R) prays for the victims of a fireworks stampede at the accident site in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 21, the one-year anniversary of the tragedy. Eleven people died in the stampede during a fireworks show.

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA000013811

Registered date
2002/7/21 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source

Media size
1636 × 1212 pixel

Resolution
72 dpi

Deployment size
739.91(KB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

150th anniv. of 1st railway in Kansai region

People celebrate the 150th anniversary of the launch of the first railway in the Kansai western Japan region during a ceremony at JR Kobe Station in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 11, 2024. The first railway in the region was operated between Osaka and Kobe in 1874.(Kyodo)

50th anniversary of Mister Donut's operation in Japan

Photo taken July 13, 2020, shows a panel looking back at the 50-year history of fast-food franchise Mister Donut's operations in Japan at the chain's first shop in the country in Minoo, Osaka Prefecture. Duskin Co., the U.S.-born franchise's Japanese operator, decided to launch a doughnut business in Japan in 1970 and opened its first shop in the western Japan city in April 1971.

Promotion for Osaka restaurants

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura (2nd from R) and Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui (far R) promote foods in the western Japan prefecture during an event in Osaka's Dotombori downtown area on July 1, 2020, to help the restaurant industry, which has been reeling from falling sales due to the coronavirus outbreak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kin pray for 1985 JAL crash victims on eve of 32nd anniversary

UENO, Japan, Aug. 11 Kyodo - Relatives of the 1985 Japan Airlines jet crash victims pay tribute to their loved ones on Aug. 11, 2017, on the eve of the 32nd anniversary of the disaster, by floating paper lanterns on a river in the mountainous village of Ueno in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. On Aug. 12, 1985, Flight 123, en route from Tokyo to Osaka with 524 passengers and crew aboard, crashed into Osutaka Ridge in the village, killing all but four in the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident.

Ferry tragedy family members head to Japan

INCHEON, South Korea - The mother of a victim (R) in the recent ferry accident in South Korea prepares to leave Incheon International Airport for Japan on Dec. 3, 2014, to exchange opinions with Japanese families of victims in accidents and disasters and their supporters.

People see 'Dr. Yellow' inspection train

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Children pose for a photo in front of an inspection train for Shinkansen lines nick-named "Dr. Yellow" in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 26, 2014, at an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line operation.

Fuji Dream Airlines commemorates 5th anniversary

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Fuji Dream Airlines Co. Chairman Yohei Suzuki (extreme R) and passengers with gifts pose at Shizuoka airport in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 23, 2014, at a ceremony marking the fifth anniversary of the airline's launch.

Regulators unveil draft report for restart of Kyushu nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - People stage a rally on July 16, 2014, in front of a Tokyo building where the Nuclear Regulation Agency is housed calling for Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant to remain idled. The plant in Satsumasendai in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima will be the first nuclear complex to meet a new set of safety standards, introduced in July last year, if the regulators' safety screening report is finalized following a month-long public consultation period.

27th anniversary of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Family members toll a bell on Aug. 12, 2012, in front of a memorial for the victims of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet crash at the mountain accident site, known as Osutaka Ridge, in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on the 27th anniversary of the accident. The crash, the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history, claimed 520 lives.

27th anniversary of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines President Yoshiharu Ueki offers a prayer on Aug. 12, 2012, in front of a memorial for the victims of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet crash at the mountain accident site, known as Osutaka Ridge, in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on the 27th anniversary of the accident. The crash, the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history, claimed 520 lives. (Pool photo)