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Ota makes last call for voter support on eve of general election

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Ota, leader of the New Komeito party, asks supporters for their support during a campaign stop near JR Akabane Station in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2009, the eve of Aug. 30 House of Representatives election. Ota, who heads a junior partner of the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Taro Aso's Liberal Democratic Party, is among candidates seeking reelection as a House of Representatives member.

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Ota in general election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Ota, leader of the New Komeito party, shows supporters his fighting spirit during a campaign stop near JR Akabane Station in Tokyo on Aug. 18. Ota, who heads a junior partner of the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Taro Aso's Liberal Democratic Party, is among candidates seeking reelection as a House of Representatives member. Official campaigning started the same day for the Aug. 30 lower house election.

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Japan voters in general election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - People mass near JR Akabane Station in Tokyo to hear a candidate speak on Aug. 18, the start of the official campaign for Japan's Aug. 30 House of Representatives election.

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Aso, Ota in general election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (C, L) who doubles as president of the Liberal Democratic Party and Akihiro Ota (C, R), leader of the New Komeito party in the LDP-led ruling coalition, gesture during a stump stop near JR Akabane Station in Tokyo on Aug. 18. Official campaigning started the same day for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election.

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Aso, Hatoyama in general election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Two separate photos show Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (L) punching the air at a stump stop near JR Yokohama Station, and Prime Minister Taro Aso (R), who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, waving near JR Akabane Station, respectively, on Aug. 18, the start of the official campaign for Japan's Aug. 30 House of Representatives election.

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Party leaders make campaign speech

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who doubles as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes an election speech outside JR Akabane Station in Tokyo on Sept. 4.

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JR East begins hi-tech card trials for faster ticketing

AKABANE, Japan - A passenger at East Japan Railway Co.'s Akabane station on the Saikyo Line passes a card containing an IC chip over a sensor at a ticket barrier in trials of the new cards that began April 8. After three months of trials, the cards are expected to be made available for use at around 350 stations in Tokyo and its neighboring prefectures served by JR East by the end of the year.

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Inspections at Snow Brand plants begin

TOKYO, Japan - Experts inspect a factory at Akabane, Tokyo of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. on July 18. The company, mired in a widening food-poisoning scandal, said such inspections are under way at all it 20 plants nationwide.

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Extensive power outage hits JR trains in Tokyo area

JR Akabane Station in Tokyo is crowded on Oct. 10, 2021, as train services were disrupted due to a power outage caused by a fire at an electric power substation in neighboring Saitama Prefecture.

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Extensive power outage hits JR trains in Tokyo area

People line up for taxis in front of JR Akabane Station in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2021, as train services were disrupted due to a power outage caused by a fire at an electric power substation in neighboring Saitama Prefecture.

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Party leaders make campaign speech

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who doubles as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes an election speech outside JR Akabane Station in Tokyo on Sept. 4. (Kyodo)

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Ota makes last call for voter support on eve of general election

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Ota, leader of the New Komeito party, asks supporters for their support during a campaign stop near JR Akabane Station in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2009, the eve of Aug. 30 House of Representatives election. Ota, who heads a junior partner of the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Taro Aso's Liberal Democratic Party, is among candidates seeking reelection as a House of Representatives member. (Kyodo)

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Japan voters in general election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - People mass near JR Akabane Station in Tokyo to hear a candidate speak on Aug. 18, the start of the official campaign for Japan's Aug. 30 House of Representatives election. (Kyodo)

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Aso, Hatoyama in general election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Two separate photos show Democratic Party of Japan President Yukio Hatoyama (L) punching the air at a stump stop near JR Yokohama Station, and Prime Minister Taro Aso (R), who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, waving near JR Akabane Station, respectively, on Aug. 18, the start of the official campaign for Japan's Aug. 30 House of Representatives election. (Kyodo)

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Ota in general election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiro Ota, leader of the New Komeito party, shows supporters his fighting spirit during a campaign stop near JR Akabane Station in Tokyo on Aug. 18. Ota, who heads a junior partner of the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Taro Aso's Liberal Democratic Party, is among candidates seeking reelection as a House of Representatives member. Official campaigning started the same day for the Aug. 30 lower house election. (Kyodo)

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Aso, Ota in general election campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (C, L) who doubles as president of the Liberal Democratic Party and Akihiro Ota (C, R), leader of the New Komeito party in the LDP-led ruling coalition, gesture during a stump stop near JR Akabane Station in Tokyo on Aug. 18. Official campaigning started the same day for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election. (Kyodo)

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JR East begins hi-tech card trials for faster ticketing

AKABANE, Japan - A passenger at East Japan Railway Co.'s Akabane station on the Saikyo Line passes a card containing an IC chip over a sensor at a ticket barrier in trials of the new cards that began April 8. After three months of trials, the cards are expected to be made available for use at around 350 stations in Tokyo and its neighboring prefectures served by JR East by the end of the year.

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JR East begins hi-tech card trials for faster ticketing

AKABANE, Japan - A passenger at East Japan Railway Co.'s Akabane station on the Saikyo Line passes a card containing an IC chip over a sensor at a ticket barrier in trials of the new cards that began April 8. After three months of trials, the cards are expected to be made available for use at around 350 stations in Tokyo and its neighboring prefectures served by JR East by the end of the year.

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Inspections at Snow Brand plants begin

TOKYO, Japan - Experts inspect a factory at Akabane, Tokyo of Snow Brand Milk Products Co. on July 18. The company, mired in a widening food-poisoning scandal, said such inspections are under way at all it 20 plants nationwide.