Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

[Breaking News]Small tsunami recorded in areas along Japan's Pacific coast

Wakayama , Japan Kyodo - Video taken in Wakayama on Dec. 3, 2023,Small tsunami were observed in areas along Japan's Pacific coast early Sunday following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake off a southern Philippine island, Japan's weather agency said.Tsunami up to 40 centimeters in height were measured at Hachijo Island in the Izu chain near Tokyo and up to 20 cm for some other islands in the chain, while surges of 20 cm were also seen in coastal areas of Wakayama and Kochi prefectures in western Japan after warnings were issued for the areas.

E

JAPAN-TOKYO-WEATHER-HEAT

(230728) -- TOKYO, July 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A pedestrian uses an umbrella to shield against the sun while walking on the street in a hot summer day in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2023. Japan's weather agency said scorching heat continues to grip the country on Friday, with the number of prefectures with heatstroke alerts in place reaching a record high of 40. (Photo by Gu Yiping/Xinhua)

E

JAPAN-TOKYO-WEATHER-HEAT

(230728) -- TOKYO, July 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A pedestrian uses an umbrella to shield against the sun while walking on the street in a hot summer day in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2023. Japan's weather agency said scorching heat continues to grip the country on Friday, with the number of prefectures with heatstroke alerts in place reaching a record high of 40. (Photo by Gu Yiping/Xinhua)

E

JAPAN-TOKYO-WEATHER-HEAT

(230728) -- TOKYO, July 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man walks on the street in a hot summer day in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2023. Japan's weather agency said scorching heat continues to grip the country on Friday, with the number of prefectures with heatstroke alerts in place reaching a record high of 40. (Photo by Gu Yiping/Xinhua)

E

JAPAN-TOKYO-WEATHER-HEAT

(230728) -- TOKYO, July 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mist is sprayed from an architecture to help pedestrians cool off in a hot summer day in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2023. Japan's weather agency said scorching heat continues to grip the country on Friday, with the number of prefectures with heatstroke alerts in place reaching a record high of 40. (Photo by Gu Yiping/Xinhua)

E

JAPAN-TOKYO-WEATHER-HEAT

(230728) -- TOKYO, July 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mist is sprayed from an architecture to help pedestrians cool off in a hot summer day in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2023. Japan's weather agency said scorching heat continues to grip the country on Friday, with the number of prefectures with heatstroke alerts in place reaching a record high of 40. (Photo by Gu Yiping/Xinhua)

E

Artist "draws" world's largest "geoglyph" using GPS

Yasushi Takahashi, a 37-year-old artist, holds his GPS drawing in Saitama, north of Tokyo, in November 2014. He spent six months covering around 7,160 kilometers in 40 of Japan's 47 prefectures with a GPS tracker to draw images of "MARRY ME" and a heart and arrow across the archipelago in a unique marriage proposal. The drawing was recognized as the world's largest GPS drawing by Guinness World Records.

E

Tornadoes hit Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Employees clean up at a flower shop in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, after an apparent tornado hit the area May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 500 houses were damaged after apparent tornadoes hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows a residential area in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, after an apparent tornado hit the area May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows houses destroyed by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows houses destroyed by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows houses destroyed by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows houses destroyed by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - A pine tree, knocked down by an apparent tornado, blocks a road in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

E

Tornadoes hit Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows a damaged apartment building and other damaged properties in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, after an apparent tornado hit the area on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 500 houses were damaged after apparent tornadoes hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

E

Tornadoes hit Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows a utility pole broken by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 500 houses were damaged after apparent tornadoes hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows houses destroyed by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

E

Tornadoes hit Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows the foundations of a building, blown away by an apparent tornado, and wrecked vehicles in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 500 houses were damaged after apparent tornadoes hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows a residential area in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, after an apparent tornado hit the area May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows houses destroyed by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows a residential area in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, after an apparent tornado hit the area May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows a residential area in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, after an apparent tornado hit the area May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said.

E

7 arrested for fraud over bracelets touted as improving blood flow

CHIBA, Japan - Three types of metal bracelet which a Tokyo health appliances company allegedly sold by claiming they help blood flow have no health benefits, police say. Chiba police on Nov. 6 arrested Minoru Kajimoto, the company's president, and six former employees on suspicion of swindling 18 people out of 6.8 million yen by selling them the bracelets. The police believe the company took in some 2.45 billion yen by selling the bracelets to roughly 8,200 people in 40 prefectures from January 2004 to April this year. The bracelets in the photo were shown to the media at the Kamagaya police station in Chiba Prefecture on Nov. 6.

E

Young Tokyo temporary workers form labor union

TOKYO, Japan - Young temporary workers in Tokyo and neighboring prefectures have organized a labor union aimed at improving their working conditions, union members said Dec. 9. Anyone under 40 and supporting themselves on part-time jobs is eligible to join the ''Shutoken Seinen Union'' (metropolitan area youth labor union) for a membership fee of 1,500 yen a month. Manabu Natori (R), 27, a part-time hospital clerk, became the union chief and 24 other workers aged between 19 and 36, most of them part-timers at fast-food shops, have joined it.

E

Strip club in western Japan

Photo taken at a strip club in Hiroshima, western Japan, on March 4, 2021, shows a dancer touching a wall in a hallway leading to the stage prior to a performance. On the wall of Hiroshima Daiichi Gekijo, the sole strip club still operating in the Chugoku region covering five western Japan prefectures, are countless kiss marks left by dancers over the past 40 years.

E

7 arrested for fraud over bracelets touted as improving blood fl

CHIBA, Japan - Three types of metal bracelet which a Tokyo health appliances company allegedly sold by claiming they help blood flow have no health benefits, police say. Chiba police on Nov. 6 arrested Minoru Kajimoto, the company's president, and six former employees on suspicion of swindling 18 people out of 6.8 million yen by selling them the bracelets. The police believe the company took in some 2.45 billion yen by selling the bracelets to roughly 8,200 people in 40 prefectures from January 2004 to April this year. The bracelets in the photo were shown to the media at the Kamagaya police station in Chiba Prefecture on Nov. 6. (Kyodo)

E

7 arrested for fraud over bracelets touted as improving blood fl

CHIBA, Japan - Three types of metal bracelet which a Tokyo health appliances company allegedly sold by claiming they help blood flow have no health benefits, police say. Chiba police on Nov. 6 arrested Minoru Kajimoto, the company's president, and six former employees on suspicion of swindling 18 people out of 6.8 million yen by selling them the bracelets. The police believe the company took in some 2.45 billion yen by selling the bracelets to roughly 8,200 people in 40 prefectures from January 2004 to April this year. The bracelets in the photo were shown to the media at the Kamagaya police station in Chiba Prefecture on Nov. 6. (Kyodo)

E

Tornadoes hit Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows a damaged apartment building and other damaged properties in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, after an apparent tornado hit the area on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 500 houses were damaged after apparent tornadoes hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornadoes hit Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Employees clean up at a flower shop in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, after an apparent tornado hit the area May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 500 houses were damaged after apparent tornadoes hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornadoes hit Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows a utility pole broken by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 500 houses were damaged after apparent tornadoes hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornadoes hit Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a damaged apartment building and other damaged properties in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, after an apparent tornado hit the area on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 500 houses were damaged after apparent tornadoes hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows a residential area in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, after an apparent tornado hit the area May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows houses destroyed by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornadoes hit Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows an overturned vehicle and a damaged apartment building in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, after an apparent tornado hit the area on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 500 houses were damaged after apparent tornadoes hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows houses destroyed by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornadoes hit Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows the foundations of a building, blown away by an apparent tornado, and wrecked vehicles in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 500 houses were damaged after apparent tornadoes hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows houses destroyed by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows a house destroyed by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows a residential area in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, after an apparent tornado hit the area May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows houses destroyed by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows a residential area in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, after an apparent tornado hit the area May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - A pine tree, knocked down by an apparent tornado, blocks a road in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows houses destroyed by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows houses destroyed by an apparent tornado in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Tornado hits Ibaraki, Tochigi

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo shows a residential area in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, after an apparent tornado hit the area May 6, 2012. A teenage boy died, around 40 people were injured and up to 250 houses were damaged after an apparent tornado hit Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, local police and firefighters said. (Kyodo)

E

Omura Sumihiro with his Family

Taken around 1872 by Ueno Hikoma, this is a family portrait of Omura Sumihiro, 12th lord of the Omura Clan, who also served as Nagasaki Magistrate. This was taken soon after he resigned when the feudal domains were replaced by governmental prefectures in 1871. This is the entrance to the Omura residence in Nagasaki (site of present-day Nakamachi Church).==Date:about 1872, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number102‐40‐0]

E

Live wrestling on train in Japan

Live pro wrestling is shown to about 40 passengers on a JR Tadami Line train between Niigata and Fukushima prefectures on Oct. 3, 2020. The event is aimed at supporting the train line hit by the July 2011 rain disaster.

E

Live wrestling on train in Japan

Live pro wrestling is shown to about 40 passengers on a JR Tadami Line train between Niigata and Fukushima prefectures on Oct. 3, 2020. The event is aimed at supporting the train line hit by the July 2011 rain disaster.

E

Live wrestling on train in Japan

Live pro wrestling is shown to about 40 passengers on a JR Tadami Line train between Niigata and Fukushima prefectures on Oct. 3, 2020. The event is aimed at supporting the train line hit by the July 2011 rain disaster.

E

2nd anniv. of Japan rain disaster

People wipe away tears during a memorial event in Asakura, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2019, the second anniversary of torrential rain that left a total of 40 people dead in Fukuoka and Oita prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo