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Farm minister inspects brand rice sale at JR Tokyo Station

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (3rd from R) visits on June 23, 2025, an area at JR Tokyo Station selling brand rice harvested in 2024 that was transported from the rice-producing northeastern Japan prefecture of Akita via shinkansen bullet train.

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Farm minister inspects brand rice sale at JR Tokyo Station

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) poses with a rice bag on June 23, 2025, at an area at JR Tokyo Station selling brand rice harvested in 2024 that was transported from the rice-producing northeastern Japan prefecture of Akita via shinkansen bullet train.

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Farm minister inspects brand rice sale at JR Tokyo Station

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (front, L) visits on June 23, 2025, an area at JR Tokyo Station selling brand rice harvested in 2024 that was transported from the rice-producing northeastern Japan prefecture of Akita via shinkansen bullet train.

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 2

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 3

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Unmanned station in northeastern Japan popular among anime fans

Photo taken on Oct. 16, 2016, shows Maeda-Minami station, an unmanned railway station on Akita Nairiku Jukan Tetsudo Railway Co.'s Akita Nairiku line in Kitaakita, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The station has become popular among movie fans for its resemblance to a station in the Japanese anime film "Your Name," directed by Makoto Shinkai.

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Heavy rain in Akita

A square in front of JR Akita Station, northeastern Japan, is flooded on July 16, 2023, following heavy rain.

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Heavy rain in Akita

Vehicles are submerged in front of JR Akita Station in Akita, northeastern Japan, on July 15, 2023, following heavy rain.

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Akita Shinkansen Line resumes operations

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows a bullet train at Akita station in Akita Prefecture past 6 a.m. on March 4, 2013. The Akita Shinkansen Line resumed operations the same day after a bullet train derailed in a city in the prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 2. No one was injured.

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Akita bullet train line resumes operation

MORIOKA, Japan - People board an Akita Shinkansen Line train at JR Morioka Station in Iwate Prefecture on March 18, 2011, as the bullet train line partially resumed services between the station and Akita station in Akita Prefecture for the first time since the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami. Many quake evacuees were seen riding a morning train from the station.

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Akita bullet train line resumes operation

AKITA, Japan - A man boards a car of the Akita Shinkansen Line at JR Akita Station, in Akita Prefecture, on March 18, 2011, after the bullet train line resumed curtailed services between Morioka station in Iwate Prefecture and Akita station for the first time since the March 11 earthquake. Many evacuees were seen riding a morning train from Morioka station.

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Japan's newest bullet trains on test run

SENDAI, Japan - A shinkansen train combining the E6 model (R) and E5 model (L) enters JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture during a test run Oct. 26, 2010. The E5 series will debut in March 2011 on the extended Tohoku Shinkansen Line as the Hayabusa express while the E6 series will be introduced on the Akita Shinkansen Line in 2013.

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All aboard the Pokemon bullet train

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers wave from a Shinkansen bullet train painted with an image of Pikachu, a popular Pokemon character, at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on July 18. East Japan Railway Co., or more widely known as JR East, started running the Pokemon high-speed trains the same day on the Tohoku, Joetsu, Akita, Yamagata and Nagano Shinkansen lines.

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All aboard the Pokemon bullet train

TOKYO, Japan - Children are photographed in front of a Shinkansen train car painted with images of popular Pokemon characters at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on July 18. East Japan Railway Co., or more widely known as JR East, started running the Pokemon high-speed trains the same day on the Tohoku, Joetsu, Akita, Yamagata and Nagano Shinkansen lines.

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Woman questioned over murder of 7-year-old boy in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Takenori Murakami, deputy chief of the Noshiro Police Station in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, speaks to reporters on June 4 after police began questioning a woman in connection with the murder of a local 7-year-old boy in the town of Fujisato on May 18.

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DPJ leader Okada speaks in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada makes a speech in front of JR Akita Station in Akita Prefecture on June 19 ahead of the July 11 House of Councillors election.

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Battery train makes 22-kilometer round trip

A train carriage powered by 600 size D batteries arrives at a station in the city of Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture in northeaster Japan, on Nov. 3, 2015 after completing a 22.615-kilometer round-trip in two hours and 47 minutes. The train produced by students at Kawagoe Technical High School in Saitama Prefecture carried nine people and ran at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour. Guinness World Records recognized the distance as the first one traveled by a train on batteries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protests held across Japan against "Abe's politics"

People hold papers bearing the message "We will not tolerate Abe's politics" in front of JR Akita Station in the northeastern Japanese city of Akita on July 18, 2015. Similar protests were held across Japan that day to express opposition to a government plan to give Japan's Self-Defense Forces a greater role in overseas operations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Special shinkansen to spur tourism in disaster-hit northeastern Japan

Photo taken at JR Tokyo Station on April 3, 2021, shows a shinkansen bullet train that is set to run between the capital and Akita later in the day to promote tourism in the six northeastern Japan prefectures affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. The one-day operation of the shinkansen train adorned with designs of mascots related to the six prefectures is part of the six-month Visit Tohoku, Find Japan campaign launched by East Japan Railway Co. and local municipalities on April 1 to mark the 10th anniversary of the disaster.

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All aboard the Pokemon bullet train

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers wave from a Shinkansen bullet train painted with an image of Pikachu, a popular Pokemon character, at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on July 18. East Japan Railway Co., or more widely known as JR East, started running the Pokemon high-speed trains the same day on the Tohoku, Joetsu, Akita, Yamagata and Nagano Shinkansen lines. (Kyodo)

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All aboard the Pokemon bullet train

TOKYO, Japan - Children are photographed in front of a Shinkansen train car painted with images of popular Pokemon characters at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on July 18. East Japan Railway Co., or more widely known as JR East, started running the Pokemon high-speed trains the same day on the Tohoku, Joetsu, Akita, Yamagata and Nagano Shinkansen lines. (Kyodo)

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Woman questioned over murder of 7-year-old boy in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Takenori Murakami, deputy chief of the Noshiro Police Station in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, speaks to reporters on June 4 after police began questioning a woman in connection with the murder of a local 7-year-old boy in the town of Fujisato on May 18. (Kyodo)

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DPJ leader Okada speaks in Akita

AKITA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Katsuya Okada makes a speech in front of JR Akita Station in Akita Prefecture on June 19 ahead of the July 11 House of Councillors election. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner (upper right) passes by a green-colored train car, which had been once used as a tourist information center outside Tokyo's Shibuya Station, in Odate in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 9, 2021.

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Akita bullet train line resumes operation

MORIOKA, Japan - People board an Akita Shinkansen Line train at JR Morioka Station in Iwate Prefecture on March 18, 2011, as the bullet train line partially resumed services between the station and Akita station in Akita Prefecture for the first time since the March 11 massive earthquake and tsunami. Many quake evacuees were seen riding a morning train from the station. (Kyodo)

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Akita bullet train line resumes operation

AKITA, Japan - A man boards a car of the Akita Shinkansen Line at JR Akita Station, in Akita Prefecture, on March 18, 2011, after the bullet train line resumed curtailed services between Morioka station in Iwate Prefecture and Akita station for the first time since the March 11 earthquake. Many evacuees were seen riding a morning train from Morioka station. (Kyodo)

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Japan's newest bullet trains on test run

SENDAI, Japan - A shinkansen train combining the E6 model (R) and E5 model (L) enters JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture during a test run Oct. 26, 2010. The E5 series will debut in March 2011 on the extended Tohoku Shinkansen Line as the Hayabusa express while the E6 series will be introduced on the Akita Shinkansen Line in 2013. (Kyodo)

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Akita dog Wasao charms passengers

Akita dog Wasao awaits a train as "tourism stationmaster" at a station in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 1, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Akita dog Wasao charms passengers

Akita dog Wasao and his family await a train as "tourism stationmaster" at a station in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 1, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Heavy snow in northeastern Japan

Snow is piled up near JR Yokote Station in Yokote in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 8, 2021. Heavy snow and strong winds have caused a widespread power outage in Akita, Iwate and Niigata prefectures.

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Heavy snow in northeastern Japan

Snow is piled up near JR Yokote Station in Yokote in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 8, 2021. Heavy snow and strong winds have caused a widespread power outage in Akita, Iwate and Niigata prefectures.

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Japan's new Prime Minister Suga

Photo taken on Sept. 16, 2020, shows copies of an extra edition of a newspaper handed out to people in front of JR Yuzawa Station in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, 2020, after parliament chose Yoshihide Suga, who hails from Akita, as Japan's new prime minister.

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Japan's new Prime Minister Suga

A woman receives a copy of an extra edition of a newspaper in front of JR Yuzawa Station in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 16, 2020, after parliament chose Yoshihide Suga, who hails from Akita, as Japan's new prime minister.

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Japan's new Prime Minister Suga

A man reads an extra edition of a newspaper in front of JR Akita Station, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 16, 2020, after parliament chose Yoshihide Suga, who hails from Akita, as Japan's new prime minister.

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Suga elected new head of Japan's LDP

Men receive copies of an extra edition of a newspaper in front of JR Akita Station in northeastern Japan on Sept. 14, 2020, after Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was elected the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's president to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Suga, hailing from Akita, is set to be appointed prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.

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Suga elected new head of Japan's LDP

A woman receives a copy of an extra edition of a newspaper in front of JR Akita Station in northeastern Japan on Sept. 14, 2020, after Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was elected the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's president to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Suga, hailing from Akita, is set to be appointed prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.

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Suga elected new head of Japan's LDP

High school students read an extra edition of a newspaper in front of JR Yuzawa Station in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 14, 2020, after Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was elected the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's president to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Suga, hailing from Akita, is set to be appointed prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.

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Suga elected new head of Japan's LDP

A girl receives a copy of an extra edition of a newspaper in front of JR Yuzawa Station in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 14, 2020, after Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was elected the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's president to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Suga, hailing from Akita, is set to be appointed prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.

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Canine stationmaster on duty

Photo taken at JR Ajigasawa station in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 6, 2019, shows famed "ugly" Akita dog Wasao, appointed its sightseeing stationmaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Canine stationmaster on duty

Photo taken at JR Ajigasawa station in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 6, 2019, shows famed "ugly" Akita dog Wasao, appointed its sightseeing stationmaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Northeastern Japan train station in 1970

File photo taken in December 1970 shows a coal-fired stove at Japanese National Railways' Moritake station in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Snow sculpture of shinkansen bullet train

A snow sculpture of a "Komachi" shinkansen bullet train, with the top part sprayed in red, is displayed on a platform of JR Omagari Station in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2018. Station staff made the 20-meter-long sculpture to entertain passengers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Missing N. Korean fishing vessel found on seabed

A machine believed to belong to a North Korean fishing boat that has been found at the bottom of the seabed is delivered to a police station in Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Nov. 28, 2017. The 20-meter-long fishing vessel was found washed ashore on Nov. 23 and eight North Korean men were detained. A day later, the vessel was no longer at the breakwater where it had been moored, possibly due to rough weather. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo