World's largest croquette cooked in Japan

World's largest croquette cooked in Japan

HAKODATE, Japan - People take photos of what is believed to be the world's largest croquette by diameter in Assabu, Hokkaido, on July 24, 2010. Members of the local commerce and industry society cooked the croquette, 3.08 meters in diameter, using some 400 kilograms of potatoes, a specialty crop of the town on Japan's northernmost main island.

4 children die in car in blaze in Hokkaido

4 children die in car in blaze in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - A gutted minivan, in which four children were found dead, is raised at the premises of Esashi Police Station in Hokkaido on April 3, 2010. The four children -- two toddlers and two twin babies -- were killed in a fire which started in the vehicle in the absence of their father in the nearby town of Assabu the previous day.

World's largest croquette cooked in Japan

World's largest croquette cooked in Japan

HAKODATE, Japan - People take photos of what is believed to be the world's largest croquette by diameter in Assabu, Hokkaido, on July 24, 2010. Members of the local commerce and industry society cooked the croquette, 3.08 meters in diameter, using some 400 kilograms of potatoes, a specialty crop of the town on Japan's northernmost main island. (Kyodo)

4 children die in car in blaze in Hokkaido

4 children die in car in blaze in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - A gutted minivan, in which four children were found dead, is raised at the premises of Esashi Police Station in Hokkaido on April 3, 2010. The four children -- two toddlers and two twin babies -- were killed in a fire which started in the vehicle in the absence of their father in the nearby town of Assabu the previous day. (Kyodo)

Japan ground defense force plane disappears from radar in Hokkaido

Japan ground defense force plane disappears from radar in Hokkaido

Firefighters gather in the town of Assabu in the northern Japan prefecture of Hokkaido on May 15, 2017, to search for a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force aircraft which disappeared from radar earlier in the day as it was flying in the area. The plane carrying four crew members was scheduled to transport a patient from a hospital in Hakodate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo