Akihabara pedestrian zone reopened

Akihabara pedestrian zone reopened

TOKYO, Japan - People including local officials cut the ribbon during a ceremony to mark the reopening of a section of a vehicle-free pedestrian zone in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district on Jan. 23, 2011. The pedestrian zone was closed after a man drove a truck into shoppers in June 2008, hitting and killing three men, and then fatally stabbed four people and left 10 others injured. (Kyodo)

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