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Japan: Tokyo Hit by Evening Downpours and Flooding After Extreme Heat

On the evening of August 18, heavy rain hit parts of Tokyo, flooding some roads. Severe rain and flood warnings were issued for eastern Tokyo’s Arakawa Ward and western Tama. Earlier the same day, the Kanto region experienced extreme heat, with temperatures soaring above body temperature in several areas, including 39°C recorded in Fuchu City. The intense heat caused highly unstable atmospheric conditions, leading to the rapid development of thunderstorms across the region by the evening.

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UK: Widespread Flooding Hits Greater Manchester Forcing Hundreds To Evacuate 4

Heavy rain caused severe flooding across Greater Manchester on New Year's Day forcing at least 13,000 people to evacuate. Emergency services declared a major incident.

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Amputee runners find 'god' in 57-year-old man

TOKYO, Japan - Prosthetist Fumio Usui holds a sports-specific artificial leg on May 1, 2013 at Tetsudo Kosaikai's support center in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward.

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10 Japanese land on disputed Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Eiji Kosaka (C), a member of the Arakawa ward assembly in Tokyo, answers reporters' questions at a port in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, on the afternoon of Aug. 19, 2012, after returning back from Uotsuri Island. Ten Japanese including Kosaka landed that morning on the island, one of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea and the focus of a territorial row with China.

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Statute of limitations for 1995 shooting runs out

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard seeking information on the 1995 shooting of National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu is taken away in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward, where the shooting took place, on March 30, 2010. The 15-year statute of limitations for prosecutions in attempted murder cases ran out at midnight on March 29 with police unable to identify a suspect despite carrying out a major investigation suspecting the involvement of the AUM Shinrikyo cult.

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Tokyo assembly election begins in run-up to general election

TOKYO, Japan - People applaud a speech by a candidate running in the Tokyo assembly election in the capital's Arakawa Ward on July 3. Official campaigning for the July 12 election began the same day.

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26 injured in Tokyo tram rear-end collision

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers investigate two trams involved in a collision on the Arakawa Line in Tokyo's Kita Ward on June 13 after a single-car tram carrying passengers (L) plowed into the rear of another tram that was on a trial run.

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26 injured in Tokyo tram collision

TOKYO, Japan - A single-car tram carrying passengers (L) crashed into the rear of another tram that was on a trial run on the Arakawa Line in Tokyo's Kita Ward on June 13. Twenty-six people were injured in the accident.

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Trader allegedly sold biological arms-linked device to N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese police head for a search at the office of Seishin Shoji in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on Feb. 17 on suspicion the trader has been illegally exporting to North Korea a freeze dryer that can be converted for producing biological weapons.

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Election campaign starts for Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito leader Takenori Kanzaki speaks in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on June 24 as the election campaign for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly started the same day.

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Yokozuna Musashimaru back in training

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru resumes practice at his stable in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on June 2 in a bid to make his comeback at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in July after missing the last four basho with a nagging wrist injury.

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Memorial sculpture of S. Korean student unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - A bronze sculpture commemorating the courage of Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student who died Jan. 26 in a bid to rescue a man who had fallen onto to railway tracks, is unveiled July 1 at a Japanese-language school in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward where he was studying. Lee and Shiro Sekine, 47, a Japanese photographer from Yokohama, died while trying to save a man who had fallen onto the tracks of a JR station in Tokyo. Lee's parents, Lee Song Dae (L, background) and Shin Yoon Chan (next to Lee), joined the unveiling ceremony.

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Mori attends funeral for railway track rescuer

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori attends the funeral in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean language student, on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, died last week in their attempt to rescue a passenger who had fallen onto the tracks at a Tokyo train station. Foreign Minister Yohei Kono also attended the funeral.

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Kono attends funeral for railway track rescuer

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono attends the funeral in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean language student, on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, died last week in their attempt to rescue a passenger who had fallen onto the tracks at a Tokyo train station. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori also attended the funeral.

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Parents of student killed by train receive gratitude message

TOKYO, Japan - Parents (R) of 26-year-old South Korean student Lee Su Hyon, who was run over by a train in Tokyo, receive a message of gratitude from Hidetoshi Kagawa, chief of the Shinjuku Police Station in Tokyo, at a funeral ceremony in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, were struck and killed by a rush-hour commuter train on the Yamanote loop line while trying to rescue a drunken man who had fallen off a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station.

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GSDF soldiers remove a WWII dud in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Two Ground Self-Defense Force members load an unexploded bomb onto a truck April 16 after defusing it in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward. The bomb is believed to have been dropped by a U.S. bomber during World War II.

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'War orphans' from China visit returnees at work

TOKYO, Japan - A 20-member group of war-displaced Japanese from China visit factories in Tokyo, Yokohama and Chiba on Nov. 11, where returnees from China are working. Photo shows 'war orphans' asking questions to a returnee worker (R) at a printing factory in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward.

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Ranking list for Sept. Sumo tournament announced

TOKYO, Japan - Newly promoted ozeki Dejima proudly shows the ranking list for September's Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, released Aug. 30 by the Japan Sumo Association, at his Musashigawa stable in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward. He joins sumo's 2nd highest rank for the first time in his career. Yokozuna Akebono, who narrowly missed a chance in July to win his first championship in over two years, is on top again in the new rankings.

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Yokozuna Musashimaru back in training

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Musashimaru resumes practice at his stable in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on June 2 in a bid to make his comeback at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in July after missing the last four basho with a nagging wrist injury. (Kyodo)

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Rainy season ends in Kanto-Koshin region

Children play near a park fountain in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on July 19, 2015, when the Japan Meteorological Agency declared the rainy season is believed to have ended in the Kanto-Koshin region, including Tokyo. The season ended two days earlier than the average year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man acquitted of trespassing to post Communist Party fliers

TOKYO, Japan - Yosei Arakawa (R) speaks at a press conference after the Tokyo District Court acquitted him on Aug. 28 on a charge of trespassing onto a private housing estate in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward to distribute Japanese Communist Party leaflets. (Kyodo)

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Man acquitted of trespassing to post Communist Party fliers

TOKYO, Japan - Yosei Arakawa (R) reacts in joy after the Tokyo District Court acquitted him on Aug. 28 on a charge of trespassing onto a private housing estate in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward to distribute Japanese Communist Party leaflets. (Kyodo)

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26 injured in Tokyo tram collision

TOKYO, Japan - A single-car tram carrying passengers (L) crashed into the rear of another tram that was on a trial run on the Arakawa Line in Tokyo's Kita Ward on June 13. Twenty-six people were injured in the accident. (Kyodo)

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26 injured in Tokyo tram rear-end collision

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers investigate two trams involved in a collision on the Arakawa Line in Tokyo's Kita Ward on June 13 after a single-car tram carrying passengers (L) plowed into the rear of another tram that was on a trial run. (Kyodo)

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Statute of limitations for 1995 shooting runs out

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard seeking information on the 1995 shooting of National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu is taken away in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward, where the shooting took place, on March 30, 2010. The 15-year statute of limitations for prosecutions in attempted murder cases ran out at midnight on March 29 with police unable to identify a suspect despite carrying out a major investigation suspecting the involvement of the AUM Shinrikyo cult. (Kyodo)

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Trader allegedly sold biological arms-linked device to N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese police head for a search at the office of Seishin Shoji in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on Feb. 17 on suspicion the trader has been illegally exporting to North Korea a freeze dryer that can be converted for producing biological weapons. (Kyodo)

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Sunset over Mt. Fuji

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on Jan. 29, 2012, shows the setting sun over the top of Mt. Fuji, the phenomenon called ''Diamond Fuji.'' The location in Tokyo, called Nippori Fujimizaka, was selected by the land ministry as one of the 100 best locations in the Kanto region to see Mt. Fuji. (Kyodo)

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Service using IT to monitor elderly drawing attention

TOKYO, Japan - Tadahiro Murayama, chairman of an Arakawa neighborhood association in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward, monitors the livelihood of four elderly people utilizing Zojirushi Corp.'s ''Mimawari Hotline'' service. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Sky Tree tower on solstice day

TOKYO, Japan - The shadow of Tokyo Sky Tree tower, under construction in Tokyo's Sumida Ward and already topping the 500-meter mark, extends about 5 kilometers across the Arakawa River on Dec. 22, 2010, the winter solstice day marking the shortest day and longest night of the year. (Kyodo)

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Drill against terrorist attack in Tokyo

Firefighters in Tokyo conduct a drill against a terrorist attack at a park in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on Jan. 29, 2018. The drill was conducted based on the assumption that many people were wounded after a bomb exploded at a temporary concert facility set up at the park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drill against terrorist attack in Tokyo

Firefighters in Tokyo conduct a drill against a terrorist attack at a park in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on Jan. 29, 2018. The drill was conducted based on the assumption that many people were wounded after a bomb exploded at a temporary concert facility set up at the park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo assembly election begins in run-up to general election

TOKYO, Japan - People applaud a speech by a candidate running in the Tokyo assembly election in the capital's Arakawa Ward on July 3. Official campaigning for the July 12 election began the same day. (Kyodo)

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Memorial sculpture of S. Korean student unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - A bronze sculpture commemorating the courage of Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student who died Jan. 26 in a bid to rescue a man who had fallen onto to railway tracks, is unveiled July 1 at a Japanese-language school in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward where he was studying. Lee and Shiro Sekine, 47, a Japanese photographer from Yokohama, died while trying to save a man who had fallen onto the tracks of a JR station in Tokyo. Lee's parents, Lee Song Dae (L, background) and Shin Yoon Chan (next to Lee), joined the unveiling ceremony.

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Parents of student killed by train receive gratitude message

TOKYO, Japan - Parents (R) of 26-year-old South Korean student Lee Su Hyon, who was run over by a train in Tokyo, receive a message of gratitude from Hidetoshi Kagawa, chief of the Shinjuku Police Station in Tokyo, at a funeral ceremony in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, were struck and killed by a rush-hour commuter train on the Yamanote loop line while trying to rescue a drunken man who had fallen off a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station.

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Mori attends funeral for railway track rescuer

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori attends the funeral in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean language student, on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, died last week in their attempt to rescue a passenger who had fallen onto the tracks at a Tokyo train station. Foreign Minister Yohei Kono also attended the funeral.

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Kono attends funeral for railway track rescuer

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono attends the funeral in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean language student, on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, died last week in their attempt to rescue a passenger who had fallen onto the tracks at a Tokyo train station. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori also attended the funeral.

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GSDF soldiers remove a WWII dud in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Two Ground Self-Defense Force members load an unexploded bomb onto a truck April 16 after defusing it in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward. The bomb is believed to have been dropped by a U.S. bomber during World War II.

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Police examine wrecked subway train car

TOKYO, Japan - Police examine on March 9 a subway train car that collided with another car on the Hibiya Line in Meguro Ward, Tokyo the previous day, leaving four dead and 33 injured. The inspection was being held at a subway company's train inspection facility in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward.

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2 subway train cars towed to inspection facility

TOKYO, Japan - Two subway train cars which collided after one of them derailed are towed to a subway company's inspection facility in Arakawa Ward, Tokyo, on March 9. The accident, which occurred the previous day, killed four people and injured 33. Tokyo police are inspecting the cars.

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Ranking list for Sept. Sumo tournament announced

TOKYO, Japan - Newly promoted ozeki Dejima proudly shows the ranking list for September's Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, released Aug. 30 by the Japan Sumo Association, at his Musashigawa stable in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward. He joins sumo's 2nd highest rank for the first time in his career. Yokozuna Akebono, who narrowly missed a chance in July to win his first championship in over two years, is on top again in the new rankings.