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RECAP: Typhoon Peipah Brings Heavy Rain, Flooding, and Tornado Damage Across Japan

Typhoon Peipah made landfall in Japan on Friday, September 5, first near Sukumo City in Kochi Prefecture before dawn and again in northern Wakayama Prefecture around 9 a.m., bringing heavy rain and flooding across western to eastern regions. In Shizuoka Prefecture, a tornado linked to the storm caused major damage in Makinohara, Yoshida, and Yaizu, toppling buildings, ripping apart greenhouses, and overturning trucks.

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Japan: Typhoon Peipah Brings Heavy Rain and Flooding from West to East 5

Typhoon Peipah made landfall early Friday, September 5, bringing heavy rain and flooding across a wide area from western to eastern Japan. The typhoon first came ashore near Sukumo City in Kochi Prefecture before dawn, then made a second landfall in northern Wakayama Prefecture around 9:00 a.m. Peipah caused travel disruptions and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued heavy rain and flood warnings for several areas including Tokyo.

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Explosions at Tokyo construction site

TOKYO, Japan, May 27 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 27, 2025, shows a construction site in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward where explosions occurred earlier in the day. The explosions, which left 10 people slightly injured, were apparently sparked by a gas leak from a pipe damaged during work to pave the foundation of a condominium. (Kyodo)

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Japan: Ten Injured After Explosion Strikes Construction Site in Tokyo

Ten people were injured after an explosion ripped through a construction site in Edogawa, eastern Tokyo, on Tuesday, May 27. According to reports, the blast occurred when excavation machinery struck a gas cylinder buried underground. The explosion caused damage to 38 nearby buildings, including apartments and a convenience store. The resulting fire was extinguished after four hours.

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Explosions at Tokyo construction site

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 27, 2025, shows a construction site in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward where explosions occurred earlier in the day. The explosions, which left 10 people slightly injured, were apparently sparked by a gas leak from a pipe damaged during work to pave the foundation of a condominium.

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Explosions at Tokyo construction site

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 27, 2025, shows a construction site in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward where explosions occurred earlier in the day. The explosions, which left 10 people slightly injured, were apparently sparked by a gas leak from a pipe damaged during work to pave the foundation of a condominium.

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Japan: Annual Geminid Meteor Shower Reaches Its Peak 3

The Geminid meteor shower peaks annually around mid-December, and this year, the best viewing time is expected to be around Friday, December 13.

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Japan: Annual Geminid Meteor Shower Reaches Its Peak 4

The Geminid meteor shower peaks annually around mid-December, and this year, the best viewing time is expected to be around Friday, December 13.

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Giant anteater at Shizen zoo in Tokyo

A giant anteater is pictured at a zoo in Gyosen Park in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on Aug. 20, 2024.

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Red panda at Shizen zoo in Tokyo

A red panda is pictured at a zoo in Gyosen Park in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on Aug. 20, 2024.

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Spider monkey at Shizen zoo in Tokyo

A spider monkey is pictured at a zoo in Gyosen Park in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on Aug. 20, 2024.

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Fire-detecting AI

Photo taken on June 21, 2024, shows cameras installed on a high-rise tower in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward to detect fires using AI for swifter evacuations. Commanding a viewing range of 2 kilometers, the cameras will automatically send an alert to ward officials if they detect smoke.

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Giant anteater

Photo taken on Nov. 1, 2023, shows a giant anteater at a zoo operated by Tokyo's Edogawa Environmental Foundation.

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Giant anteater

Photo taken on Nov. 1, 2023, shows a giant anteater at a zoo operated by Tokyo's Edogawa Environmental Foundation.

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Goldfish

Goldfish swim in a tank at a zoo operated by the Edogawa Environment Foundation in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2023.

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Victoria crowned pigeon

Photo taken on Nov. 8, 2023, shows Victoria crowned pigeons at Edogawa Ward Nature Zoo in Tokyo.

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Victoria crowned pigeon

Photo taken on Nov. 8, 2023, shows a Victoria crowned pigeon at Edogawa Ward Nature Zoo in Tokyo.

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Tottori Airport nicknamed 'Dune Conan Airport'

TOTTORI, Japan - A person dressed as Edogawa Conan (C), a protagonist in the popular comic series "Case Closed" (previously known as "Detective Conan"), poses with Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai (L) on Nov. 13, 2014, at an event marking the nicknaming of the western Japan prefecture's airport as "Tottori Dune Conan Airport" in honor of author Gosho Aoyama, who hails from the prefecture.

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Temperature tops 30 C in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Cherry blossoms bloom due to unseasonable heat in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on Oct. 12, 2013. The temperature in central Tokyo reached 31.3 C the same day, setting a record for the second day in a row for a temperature of over 30 C to be observed in the capital at this time of year, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Tokyo Sea Life Park

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 10, 2013 shows an icefish on display at Tokyo Sea Life Park in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward. It is mostly motionless.

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Tokyo Sea Life Park

TOKYO, Japan - Naoaki Kawahara, a fish keeper at Tokyo Sea Life Park, explains about icefish with photos of its anatomy at the aquarium in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on Dec. 14, 2012.

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Jawfish breeder hopes to inspire interest in ocean

TOKYO, Japan - Kentaro Amemiya at Tokyo Sea Life Park explains about finespotted jawfish that he is in charge of breeding and rearing, showing a magazine with an article on the fish, on Sept. 28, 2012 at the aquarium in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward.

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Jawfish breeder hopes to inspire interest in ocean

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken Sept. 28, 2012, shows adult male finespotted jawfish holding the grayish mass of eggs inside its mouth at Tokyo Sea Life Park, aquarium in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward.

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Jawfish breeder hopes to inspire interest in ocean

TOKYO, Japan - Kentaro Amemiya at Tokyo Sea Life Park checks on fries of finespotted jawfish on Sept. 28, 2012 at the aquarium in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward.

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Hot day in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Children play in a fountain at a park in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on June 20, 2012. Temperatures reached 30 C at many observation points the same day in the Kanto region.

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Recaptured penguin back at Tokyo aquarium

TOKYO, Japan - A male Humboldt penguin (L bottom) is put back on public display at Tokyo Sea Life Park in Edogawa Ward on June 7, 2012, for the first time in about three months. The penguin was recaptured on May 24 after escaping from the seaside aquarium in early March.

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Chongryon head dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2006 shows So Man Sul, chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon. He died of heart failure at his home in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on Feb. 20, 2012, at the age of 84.

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Emperor Akihito visits Fuji Manufacturing

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) visits Fuji Manufacturing Co., a manufacturer of metal and glass working machinery in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, on Oct. 5, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Emperor Akihito visits Fuji Manufacturing

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) visits Fuji Manufacturing Co., a manufacturer of metal and glass working machinery in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, on Oct. 5, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Saving power in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A sign at the entrance of a branch of major supermarket chain Aeon Co. shows a change in business hours during the summer, July 1 to Sept. 22, during which time the store will open at 8 a.m. instead of the usual 9 a.m., in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, on July 1, 2011. Many companies and shops in Japan have adopted summer hours as the government started restricting electricity consumption by large-lot users in eastern Japan the same day to avert power shortages in the wake of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Saving power in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People shop under dimmed lights in a branch of major supermarket chain Aeon Co., in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, on July 1, 2011, with the sign saying the store will open at 8 a.m. instead of the usual 9 a.m. during the summer. Many Japanese businesses and households are saving energy as the government started restricting electricity consumption by large-lot users in eastern Japan the same day to avert power shortages in the wake of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Temperature tops 35 C in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People sunbathe on a beach in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on June 22, 2011, as temperatures exceeded 35 C in Japan for the first time of the year.

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Quake hits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman walks on a pathway damaged by a powerful quake in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on March 11, 2011.

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Terajima wins best actress award at Berlin Int'l Film Festival

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese film director Koji Wakamatsu poses with the Silver Bears award for Best Actress at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 20, 2010. Wakamatsu received the award on behalf of Shinobu Terajima, who starred in ''Caterpillar,'' a film he directed based on the 1929 short story of the same name by mystery writer Rampo Edogawa.

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Terajima wins best actress award at Berlin Int'l Film Festival

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese actress Shinobu Terajima attends the 60th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 17, 2010. Terajima was awarded the Silver Bears award for Best Actress at the film festival on Feb. 20 for her role in ''Caterpillar,'' a film directed by Koji Wakamatsu based on the 1929 short story of the same name by mystery writer Rampo Edogawa.

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Indian engineers becoming backbone of Japan's IT

TOKYO, Japan - Jagmohan Chandrani, a company president who came to Japan about 30 years ago, serves as leader of the Indian society in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward.

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Pedal power campaigning

TOKYO, Japan - A candidate for the Aug. 30 House of Representatives election waves while riding a bicycle in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on Aug. 22. Some candidates are turning to pedal power instead of cars, despite the summer heat, in an effort to present themselves as hardworking.

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About 20 injured as violent winds tear down tents in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers investigate the scene in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward where some 20 people including small children were injured on April 28 when tents were torn by strong gusts of winds. About 10 tents had been erected for an outdoor event held near the Funabori station.

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About 20 injured as violent winds tear down tents in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The aerial scene of scattered debris in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward where some 20 people including small children were injured on April 28 when tents were torn by strong gusts of winds. Fire engines and rescue vehicles can be seen on the right-hand side of the aerial photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. About 10 tents had been erected for an outdoor event held near the Funabori station.

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Supermarkets struggling to attract, keep consumers

TOKYO, Japan - There is a place where children can play on a sales floor of Deux+, a new high-quality clothing goods shop in a supermarket chain store of Ito-Yokado Co., in the Tokyo's Edogawa Ward.

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Teshigawara sweeps all 4 races at short track invitational

TOKYO, Japan - Ikue Teshigawara (L) wins the women's 1,000 meters Nov. 10 at Tokyo's Edogawa Sportsland rink, sweeping all four races at the national short track speed skating invitational championships to claim her fifth overall title. After winning the 500- and 1,500-meter races on Nov. 9, Teshigawara completed the set with victories in the 1,000 and 3,000 finals.

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8 Humboldt penguins leave for China sanctuary

TOKYO, Japan - A staff member at the Tokyo Sea Life Park in Edogawa Ward prepares to send eight Humboldt penguins to a marine animal sanctuary and research center in Dalian, northeastern China at the request of the Chinese center.

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Tokyo policeman shoots 17-yr-old alleged assailant

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators examine the place in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on Jan. 24 where a policeman shot and seriously injured a 17-year-old boy after the youth allegedly assaulted the policeman, who had stopped him for questioning. Hideo Watanabe, 48, shot the boy after the youth seized the officer's club and beat Watanabe on the head and body with it, according to the police.

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Man steals 46 mil. yen, fatally shoots 1

TOKYO, Japan - Police examine a car left behind by a man who fatally shot a credit association employee and stole 46.06 million yen in cash in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on Dec. 29.

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Fatal explosion in Tokyo

Rescue workers are pictured at the site of an explosion in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward where water supply facility repair work was conducted on Dec. 6, 2022. Two men, believed to be working in a manhole at the time of the explosion, died.

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Rugby: Japan's League One

Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay's Bernard Foley scores a try during the second half of a Japan Rugby League One match against Kobelco Kobe Steelers on April 23, 2022, at Edogawa Stadium in Tokyo.

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Rugby: Japan's League One

Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay's Bernard Foley (R) runs on his way to scoring a try during the second half of a Japan Rugby League One match against Kobelco Kobe Steelers on April 23, 2022, at Edogawa Stadium in Tokyo.

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