ILEA000664988: Japan marks 11th anniversary of sarin attack

14 killed, several injured as Indonesia's fuel storage station catches fire

STORY: 14 killed, several injured as Indonesia's fuel storage station catches fire DATELINE: March 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:28 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of fuel storage station on fire 2. various of on-site scenery STORYLINE: A fire broke out in Indonesia's fuel storage station in North Jakarta on Friday night, leaving 14 people dead and several others wounded, police and rescuers said. Head of Police Office for North Jakarta Senior Commissioner Gidion Arif Setiawan said that a search for other victims is being carried out at the scene. The victims have been rushed to several nearby hospitals, the officer told reporters. The fuel storage station is operated by the state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina. "Currently, PT Pertamina is focusing on the efforts to stop the fire and evacuate workers and residents in the area to safe places," a statement from PT Pertamina said. Spokesman for the National Search and Rescue Office Yusuf Latief told Xinhua that several personne

JAPAN-TOKYO-EARTHQUAKE-TSUNAMI-COMMEMORATION

(220311) -- TOKYO, March 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People observe a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m. local time in the Hibiya Park in Tokyo, Japan, on March 11, 2022 to commemorate the victims of a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit Japan's northeast on March 11, 2011. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Kobe marks 27th anniversary of deadly quake

Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an overview of Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2022, the 27th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,000 people. The western Japan city of Kobe on Monday marked the 27th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that killed 6,434 people in the area. Local residents and victims' families observed a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck the port city in Hyogo Prefecture and neighboring areas on Jan. 17, 1995. In a predawn event at Higashi Yuenchi, a park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, people lit about 3,000 bamboo lanterns that were aligned to form "1.17," the date of the disaster.

Japanese broadcasters pin hopes on online radio

TOKYO, Japan - Popular disc jockey Piston Nishizawa, seen here hosting Nippon Broadcasting System Inc.'s music and variety show ''AllNightNippon Gold'' on March 31, 2010, is upbeat about the promise of the online radio service Radiko. (Kyodo)

Early-morning subway accident disrupts Tokyo commute

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Metro Co. employees check on a passenger train at Toyocho Station on the Tozai Line which a railway maintenance train bumped into in the early morning of Sept. 9, 2009. No one was injured in the collision as the passenger train was unoccupied, but the accident disrupted the rush-hour commute in and around the downtown area. (Kyodo)

Hawkers hoping to see Japan's statute of limitations abolished

TOKYO, Japan - William Hawker (R), 56, the visiting father of slain British woman Lindsay Ann Hawker, shakes hands on March 25 in Tokyo with members of a group of Japanese families of unresolved murder case victims who are seeking abolishment of Japan's statute of limitations. Lindsay Ann Hawker's parents as well as their two daughters visited the office of the group ''Sora no Kai'' (a group of eternal time) in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

Sarin attack anniversary observed at Tokyo subway station

TOKYO, Japan - Noboru Ueno, a senior official at Tokyo Metro Co.'s Kasumigaseki Station, lays flowers at an altar set up in the station on March 20 during a ceremony to mark the 14th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks. (Kyodo)

Pop idol Minami celebrates 50th anniv. of Barbie's debut

TOKYO, Japan - Akina Minami, a pop idol in Japan, promotes the release of a memorial model of the popular U.S. dress-up doll Barbie in an event in Tokyo on March 9 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Barbie's debut in New York 50 years ago to the day. Minami took part in the event donning a black-and-white-striped dress inspired by early Barbie models. (Kyodo)

Subway worker's widow applies for gov't benefits for AUM victims

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi, 61, whose husband was killed in the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attacks in the Tokyo subway system in 1995, talks during a press conference at a press club in the Tokyo District Court building in Tokyo on Dec. 18, after applying for benefits the government will pay victims of AUM's crimes and the victim's families as the law for the step went into force the same day. (Kyodo)

5 workers washed away in Tokyo underground sewage system

TOKYO, Japan - Rescue workers search the Sumida River in Tokyo for four missing workers washed away during repair work in an underground sewage system that was flooded by a rainstorm. Rescue workers earlier found the body of a fifth worker who was also swept away. (Kyodo)

Japan marks 11th anniversary of sarin attack

TOKYO, Japan - Subway workers observed 30 seconds of silence at Tokyo's Kasumigaseki Station on March 20 for victims of the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. (Kyodo)

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