Japan: Storms Hit Tokyo and Surrounding Areas, Causing Floods and Power Outages

Heavy rain battered Tokyo and surrounding areas on Thursday, September 11, flooding streets, cutting power to over 7,000 homes, grounding flights, and triggering emergency alerts for floods and landslides.

Student from quake-hit region

Student from quake-hit region

GENEVA, Switzerland - Kosuke Kagaya (R), a student at the Miyagi prefectural Sendai Daisan senior high school, is pictured on a snowboarding outing in the Swiss mountain resort village of Verbier on Dec. 24, 2013. Kagaya is spending time in Switzerland until the end of the year on a project started by a Japanese woman living in the country to invite children and students from Japan's Tohoku region hit by the March 2011 disaster to a school in Switzerland.

Nichidai Daisan wins national high school c'ship

Nichidai Daisan wins national high school c'ship

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Players celebrate as Tokyo's Nichidai Daisan High School beat Kosei Gakuin of Aomori Prefecture 11-0 in the final of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2011.

Konan captures its 1st Koshien title

Konan captures its 1st Koshien title

KOSHIEN, Japan - Yosuke Shimabukuro (3rd from L) of Konan Senior High School in Okinawa Prefecture celebrates with teammates after they defeated Nichidai Daisan high school from Tokyo 10-5 to win the national invitational tournament on April 3, 2010 at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture.

Konan captures its 1st Koshien title

Konan captures its 1st Koshien title

KOSHIEN, Japan - Yosuke Shimabukuro of Konan Senior High School in Okinawa Prefecture throws against Tokyo's Nichidai Daisan high school in the final of the national invitational tournament at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on April 3, 2010. The ace pitcher threw a complete game to lead the school to its first title in the spring meet with a 10-5 win.

Nichidai Daisan wins high school baseball championship crown

Nichidai Daisan wins high school baseball championship crown

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Members of Nichidai Daisan high school baseball team from Tokyo celebrate at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya on Aug. 22 after beating Omi high school from Shiga Prefecture 5-2 to win the high school national championship crown.

FEATURE: Rainbow Bridge walkways offer view of new and old Tokyo

FEATURE: Rainbow Bridge walkways offer view of new and old Tokyo

A small manmade island, Daisan Daiba, lies between the Odaiba tourist area (background) and the south side walkways of the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo Bay on Jan. 11, 2016. The Fuji Television headquarters is visible on the far right. It is named Daisan Daiba, or "No. 3 Battery," as cannon batteries were built on the island that was constructed in 1854 by the feudal government of Japan to counter Americans forcing Japan to open up. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese book carrying French satirical cartoons not on sale

Japanese book carrying French satirical cartoons not on sale

Hussain Khan (C), head of an association of Pakistanis living in Japan, and others tell the press in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2015, that they did not find any Japanese bookstores selling a book featuring satirical cartoons of Islam from French magazine Charlie Hebdo on Feb. 10 when the book was released by Tokyo publisher Daisan Shokan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Muslims in Japan protest against publisher of satirical book

Muslims in Japan protest against publisher of satirical book

A group of Muslims residing in Japan unveils a protest at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2015, against Daisan Shokan for publishing a book containing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad previously carried in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Muslims protest publisher over book with Muhammad cartoons

Muslims protest publisher over book with Muhammad cartoons

Some 20 Muslims living in Japan demonstrate near the office of publisher Daisan Shokan in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Feb. 13, 2015, three days after the company released a book containing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad previously published in the French satirical weekly paper Charlie Hebdo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Konan captures its 1st Koshien title

Konan captures its 1st Koshien title

KOSHIEN, Japan - Yosuke Shimabukuro (3rd from L) of Konan Senior High School in Okinawa Prefecture celebrates with teammates after they defeated Nichidai Daisan high school from Tokyo 10-5 to win the national invitational tournament on April 3, 2010 at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture. (Kyodo)

Konan captures its 1st Koshien title

Konan captures its 1st Koshien title

KOSHIEN, Japan - Yosuke Shimabukuro of Konan Senior High School in Okinawa Prefecture throws against Tokyo's Nichidai Daisan high school in the final of the national invitational tournament at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on April 3, 2010. The ace pitcher threw a complete game to lead the school to its first title in the spring meet with a 10-5 win. (Kyodo)

Nichidai Daisan wins national high school c'ship

Nichidai Daisan wins national high school c'ship

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Players celebrate as Tokyo's Nichidai Daisan High School beat Kosei Gakuin of Aomori Prefecture 11-0 in the final of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2011. (Kyodo)

Baseball: Kiyomiya homers twice, Waseda wins Tokyo high school final

Baseball: Kiyomiya homers twice, Waseda wins Tokyo high school final

Highly touted slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya (R) celebrates with teammates after their Waseda Jitsugyo's 18-17 walk-off victory over Nichidai Daisan in the final of the spring Tokyo high school baseball tournament at Jingu Stadium on April 27, 2017. Kiyomiya hit two home runs in a rare night game for high school baseball. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo