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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Protest banners are seen near a building housing Aleph, one of the three groups created after the AUM Shinrikyo cult group went bankrupt in 1996, in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on March 20, 2025. AUM Shinrikyo's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system took place exactly 30 years earlier, leaving 14 people dead and over 6,000 injured.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

A protest banner is seen near a building housing Aleph, one of the three groups created after the AUM Shinrikyo cult group went bankrupt in 1996, in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on March 20, 2025. AUM Shinrikyo's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system took place exactly 30 years earlier, leaving 14 people dead and over 6,000 injured.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Photo taken on March 20, 2025, shows a building housing Aleph, one of the three groups created after the AUM Shinrikyo cult group went bankrupt in 1996, in Tokyo's Adachi Ward. AUM Shinrikyo's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system took place exactly 30 years earlier, leaving 14 people dead and over 6,000 injured.

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Adachi Museum of Art

File photo shows Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi in the western Japan prefecture of Shimane on Jan. 8, 2025.

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Adachi Museum of Art

File photo shows Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi in the western Japan prefecture of Shimane on Jan. 8, 2025.

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Adachi Museum of Art in Shimane

A pruner works on a red pine tree at Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on July 18, 2023.

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Adachi Museum of Art in Shimane

Pruners work on red pine trees at Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on July 18, 2023.

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(SP)CHINA-JIANGSU-CHANGZHOU-HOCKEY-WOMEN-SONY HC VS MALAYSIA (CN)

(230421) -- CHANGZHOU, April 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Adachi Imari (R) of Sony HC passes the ball during the 4th round match between Sony HC and Malaysia at the Two Lakes Innovation Cup 1st Women's Hockey International Invitational Tournament in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 21, 2023. (Photo by Shi Kang/Xinhua)

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Sanyo electric fan caused fire, killing couple in Tokyo

OSAKA, Japan - Seiichiro Sano, president of Sanyo Electric Co., bows in apology during a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 23. Sano announced that an old electric fan made by Sanyo Electric Co. around 1970 caused a fire in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Aug. 20, killing a couple.

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Shoko Chukin Bank's shady loans totaled 260 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 25 Kyodo - Shoko Chukin Bank President Kenyu Adachi (L) receives a business improvement order from Hisayoshi Ando, head of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, in Tokyo on Oct. 25, 2017. An internal probe at the government-backed lender for smaller firms has found it handed out 260 billion yen ($2.3 billion) in shady loans, according to sources close to the matter.

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Kobe announce Nelsinho as new manager

KOBE, Japan - New Vissel Kobe manager Nelsinho meets with reporters in Kobe, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2014. The Brazilian stepped down as Kashiwa Reysol coach at the end of this season, and takes over from Ryo Adachi, who quit after Kobe finished the campaign in 11th place.

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Impromptu music ensemble event held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Participants play their instruments during an impromptu music ensemble event on Oct. 12, 2014, at Adachi Market, a fish and seafood wholesale market in Tokyo's Adachi district.

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Locals perform at impromptu music ensemble event in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Local citizens participate in an impromptu music ensemble event on Oct. 12, 2014, at Adachi Market, a fish and seafood wholesale market in Tokyo's Adachi district.

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AUM cult-related facilities inspected

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Justice Ministry's Public Security Intelligence Agency are pictured ahead of entering a facility, related to the AUM Shinrikyo cult, in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Aug. 1, 2014. The officials inspected 22 such facilities across Japan the same day.

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Picture for Children exhibit in Shimane Pref.

YONAGO, Japan - Visitors look at Miran Fukuda's artwork at the Picture for Children exhibition at Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on July 15, 2014.

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Picture for Children exhibit in Shimane Pref.

YONAGO, Japan - The Picture for Children exhibition featuring drawings of Yoshio Hayashi (1905-2010) from children's books is underway at Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on July 15, 2014.

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Nurse hit by bad disease back to work in wheelchair

KOBE, Japan - Chiyomi Adachi, a nurse who has returned to work in a wheelchair after battling multiple sclerosis, a disease destroying the central nervous system, is seen in this file photo taken in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on June 20, 2014.

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Therapist training for at-home mental health services

TOKYO, Japan - Therapist Chihiro Adachi (R) listens to a parent who has a mentally disturbed child, in mid-March 2014 in Chiba Prefecture.

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Japan loses to Germany in women's ice hockey in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Members of the Japanese women's ice hockey team - (from L to R) Ami Nakamura, Haruna Yoneyama, Yurie Adachi, and Miho Shishiuchi - look disappointed after losing 2-3 against Germany in the women's ice hockey classifications for seventh and eighth place at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 18, 2014.

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Shimane garden tops U.S. magazine ranking

YONAGO, Japan - Photo taken in November 2012 shows the Adachi Museum of Art garden in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan. The U.S. magazine Journal of Japanese Gardening chose the garden as the best Japanese garden in 2013 for the 11th year running.

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Agency inspects AUM Shinrikyo, splinter group facilities

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Justice Ministry's Public Security Intelligence Agency enter a facility of Aleph in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Nov. 1, 2012. The agency the same day began inspecting 21 facilities of Aleph, the religious group formerly known as AUM Shinrikyo, whose founder and senior members were convicted of staging the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, and eight facilities of AUM's splinter group, called Hikari no Wa (Circle of Rainbow Light).

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Ticket reservations for Tokyo Sky Tree

TOKYO, Japan - A staff member of a branch office of Tobu Travel Co. talks with a customer in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on March 22, 2012. The operator of Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest tower, started accepting reservation requests for tickets to the tower's observation deck for individuals at the travel agency's branch offices and the tower's website, with successful applicants to be selected in a drawing.

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Best Japanese garden

YONAGO, Japan - Photo shows the Adachi Museum of Art garden in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, on Jan. 10, 2012. The U.S. magazine Journal of Japanese Gardening picked it as the best Japanese garden for the ninth consecutive year. The 165,000-square-meter site housing traditional moss and dry gardens has been selected as 2011's finest Japanese garden, with specific mention given to its intensive grooming and maintenance efforts and staff attitude.

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Sumo wrestlers encourage disaster evacuees

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R) chats with children over hot pot dishes at Tokyo Budokan hall in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on April 6, 2011. The facility is accommodating evacuees of the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Sumo wrestlers encourage disaster evacuees

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (R) and other sumo wrestlers hand out hot pot dishes to disaster evacuees at Tokyo Budokan hall in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on April 6, 2011. The facility is accommodating evacuees of the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Japan completes triathlon gold, silver doubles

GUANGZHOU, China - Japanese gold and silver medalists in the men's and women's triathlon (from L) Akane Tsuchihashi (silver), Mariko Adachi (gold), Yuichi Hosoda (gold) and Ryosuke Yamamoto (silver) pose with their medals on Nov. 14, 2010, at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

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Hosoda wins gold in men's triathlon

GUANGZHOU, China - Japan's Yuichi Hosoda finishes first in the men's triathlon on Nov. 14, 2010, at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. Hosoda's victory brought Japan a triathlon double title as Mariko Adachi won the women's event the day before.

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Adachi, Tsuchihashi deliver 1-2 finish in triathlon

GUANGZHOU, China - Mariko Adachi (R) and Akane Tsuchihashi celebrate after finishing first and second, respectively, in the women's triathlon at the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Nov. 13, 2010. Adachi won Japan's first gold medal in the sports event.

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Adachi, Tsuchihashi deliver 1-2 finish in triathlon

GUANGZHOU, China - Mariko Adachi (L) and Akane Tsuchihashi pose with their gold and silver medals, respectively, on Nov. 13, 2010 in Guangzhou after delivering a 1-2 finish in the women's triathlon at the Asian Games. Adachi won Japan's first gold medal in the sports event.

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Adachi, Tsuchihashi deliver 1-2 finish in triathlon

GUANGZHOU, China - Mariko Adachi (L) and Akane Tsuchihashi (R) cycle during the women's triathlon on Nov. 13, 2010 at the Asian Games in Guangzhou. They delivered a 1-2 finish and Adachi won the first gold medal for Japan in the sports event.

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Adachi wins women's triathlon gold at Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - Mariko Adachi runs in the women's triathlon on Nov. 13, 2010 at the Asian Games in Guangzhou. Adachi won Japan's first gold medal in the sports event.

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Adachi, Tsuchihashi deliver 1-2 finish in triathlon

GUANGZHOU, China - Mariko Adachi (R) and Akane Tsuchihashi cycle during the women's triathlon on Nov. 13, 2010, at the Asian Games in Guangzhou. They delivered a 1-2 finish and Adachi won the first gold medal for Japan in the sports event.

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Adachi wins women's triathlon gold at Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - Mariko Adachi finishes first in the women's triathlon on Nov. 13, 2010 at the Asian Games in Guangzhou. Adachi won Japan's first gold medal in the sports event.

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Best Japanese garden

YONAGO, Japan - Visitors view the Adachi Museum of Art garden in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, on Sept. 15, 2010. U.S. magazine Journal of Japanese Gardening has picked the site as the best Japanese garden.

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Yokoyama's masterwork in exhibition

YONAGO, Japan - Visitors view a masterpiece by renowned artist Yokoyama Taikan titled ''Koyo (autumn leaves)'' painted on a folding screen at Adachi Museum in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, on Sep. 1, 2010. The special exhibition of Yokoyama's works continues at the museum through Nov. 30, 2010.

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Crane crashes into bus, 6 passengers, bus driver injured

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from inside a bus shows the rear window of the bus that has been shattered after a crane truck slammed into the bus from behind at a bus stop in Tokyo's Adachi Ward, on Feb. 9, 2010. Six passengers and the driver of the bus were slightly injured as the crane arm smashed through the bus's rear window.

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Crane crashes into bus, 6 passengers, bus driver injured

TOKYO, Japan - A rear window of a bus is partly shattered after a crane truck slammed into the bus from behind at a bus stop in Tokyo's Adachi Ward, on Feb. 9, 2010. Six passengers and the driver of the bus were slightly injured as the crane arm smashed through the bus's rear window.

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Travelers rescued from Peru's Machu Picchu area

CUZCO, Peru - Japanese tourist Masaharu Adachi, who was stranded near the mountain ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru due to heavy rains, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Cuzco on Jan. 28, 2010, after being rescued the previous day from the area.

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Adachi preforms in solo prelim for synchronized swimming

ROME, Italy - Japan's Yumi Adachi performs in the synchronized swimming solo technical routine preliminary at the world championships in Rome on July 19.

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Officials, public gear up for possible swine flu in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A female shopper takes a close look at a face mask at a supermarket in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on April 28 following reports on swine flu infection in Mexico, as well as in the other parts of the world.

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Japan calls on public for alert, composure over swine flu

TOKYO, Japan - A notice on the safety of pork is posted at a supermarket in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on April 28. The Japanese government urged the public to be on full alert but act calmly following the World Health Organization's upgrading of its alert level on swine influenza.

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Participants in Beppu-Oita marathon join hands before race

OITA, Japan - Tomoya Adachi (4th from L), who won the 2008 Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon, and other major participants in the race for this year join hands during a news conference in Oita in Kyushu on Jan. 31, one day before the event.

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Actress Adachi, comedian Itoda divorce

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Yumi Adachi (L in file photo) and comedian Jun Itoda (R in file photo) registered their divorce with local authorities Jan. 8, their agencies said Jan. 9. Adachi, 27, and Itoda, 36, a member of the comedy duo Speedwagon, married in 2005 and had a daughter the following year.

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Marathon debutant Adachi wins Beppu-Oita race

OITA, Japan - Little-known local runner Tomoya Adachi emerges as the surprise winner at the Beppu-Oita Mainichi Marathon with a come-from-behind victory in his marathon debut on Feb. 3. He crossed the finish line at Oita municipal athletics stadium in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 59 seconds.

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Campaigning for governor polls in Tokyo, 12 prefectures begins

TOKYO, Japan - Manzo Yoshida, a former Adachi Ward mayor, makes an election campaign speech near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on March 22 after filing his candidacy for the April 8 gubernatorial election. Yoshida is backed by the Japanese Communist Party.

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Campaigning for governor races in Tokyo, 12 prefectures to begin

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates contesting the Tokyo gubernatorial election in April attend a public debate in Nakano Ward, Tokyo on March 15 on the issue whether Tokyo should bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. From L to R: architect Kisho Kurokawa, former Adachi Ward mayor Manzo Yoshida, former Miyagi Gov. Shiro Asano, and incumbent Shintaro Ishihara, who is running for a third four-year term. Campaigning for gubernatorial elections in Tokyo and 12 other prefectures is set to begin March 22.

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Ishihara, challengers split over Olympics in election debate

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) and his three challengers -- (from L to R) renowned architect Kisho Kurokawa, former mayor of Tokyo's Adachi Ward Manzo Yoshida, and former Miyagi Gov. Shiro Asano -- attend the first public policy debate in Tokyo's Nakano Ward before the April 8 gubernatorial election. They discussed issues including whether Tokyo should try to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Japan conducts major earthquake drills nationwide

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force members build a makeshift bridge in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Sept. 1 during earthquake drills the Japanese government staged.

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Garden of Adachi Museum of Art chosen as best garden in Japan

YASUGI, Japan - The garden of the Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, (picture taken on June 6) has been chosen as Japan's best garden by the U.S magazine Journal of Japanese Gardening for the fourth consecutive year.

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Flower arrangement grandmaster Adachi dies at 69

TOKYO, Japan - Flower arrangement grandmaster Toko Adachi (photo taken in March 1994) died of acute liver failure at a Tokyo hospital on March 19, her family said March 13. She was 69. Adachi established her own original style known as ''Kagei-Adachi-Ryu'' in 1973 by melding Japan's traditional flower arrangement with Western-style arts.