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Japan: Guerrilla Rainstorm Pummels Greater Tokyo, Possible Tornado In Saitama

Parts of the Kanto region, particularly the Greater Tokyo area, were hit by a sudden violent guerrilla rainstorm on Wednesday, July 24. Rain clouds moved from west to east across the Kanto region and approached central Tokyo, producing severe conditions. The Japan Meteorological Agency said that a possible tornado occurred in southern Saitama.

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Babysitter being questioned over death of boy

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 17, 2014, shows an apartment building in Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, where the body of a boy around 2 years old was found earlier in the day. Police are questioning a babysitter who is in his 20s and whom the boy's mother hired through an online babysitting broker website, in connection with the boy's death.

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Probe into babysitter

FUJIMI, Japan - Police officers enter an apartment building unit in Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on March 18, 2014. Police are questioning a babysitter in connection with the death of a 2-year-old boy whose body was found in the apartment unit the previous day.

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Babysitter being questioned over death of boy

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 17, 2014, shows an apartment building in Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, where the body of a boy around 2 years old was found earlier in the day. Police are questioning a babysitter who is in his 20s and whom the boy's mother hired through an online babysitting broker website, in connection with the boy's death.

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Babysitter being questioned over death of boy

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 17, 2014, shows an apartment building in Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, where the body of a boy around 2 years old was found earlier in the day. Police are questioning a babysitter who is in his 20s and whom the boy's mother hired through an online babysitting broker website, in connection with the boy's death.

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Heavy snow in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 17, 2014, shows trucks stranded due to heavy snow on a national road in the town of Fujimi, Nagano Prefecture.

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'Fujimori Soba' at train station boxed lunch event

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2014, shows "kakiage" tempura on "soba" noodles made and arranged in the image of Mt. Fuji from JR Fujimi Station in Nagano Prefecture. An event showcasing "ekiben" train station boxed lunches from across Japan was held at Hanshin department store in Osaka.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Natsuo Yamaguchi, the leader of Komeito, the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes a speech in Fujimi in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on July 6, 2022, for the House of Councillors election on July 10.

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Tobu Store logo

Keywords: Tobu Store, Tobu Store Co., Ltd, Tobu Group, supermarket, fresh food, groceries, daily necessities, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 4, 2019, Mizuho-dai Store in Fujimi City, Saitama Prefecture, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Tobu Store logo

Keywords: Tobu Store, Tobu Store Co., Ltd, Tobu Group, supermarket, fresh food, groceries, daily necessities, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 4, 2019, Mizuho-dai Store in Fujimi City, Saitama Prefecture, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Head office of Wack Data Service

Wack Data Service (Fujimi City, Saitama Prefecture) is introducing RPA (software robot automation) to improve the work efficiency of its employees. The company is in the process of revamping its production management system, and a huge amount of labor is required to link it with existing systems for ordering and purchasing. The company will decide on the software to be used by the end of September, and will then start full-scale operation over the next six months to a year. The initial investment is expected to be in the range of several hundred thousand yen. If we can connect disparate systems with RPA, we can speed up the time it takes to achieve this. By having RPA replace the routine work of employees, the company hopes to "reduce the amount of overtime and work on holidays for employees, which will lead to a change in work styles. August 26, 2019, at the headquarters of Wack Data Service in Fujimi City, Saitama Prefecture.

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Robo-Dog technology looks to speed up rescue operations

Photo shows Kazunori Ohno, an associate professor at Tohoku University, during a training session in Fujimi, near Tokyo, on Feb. 14, 2016, for the Robo-Dog system he has developed. The system enables handlers to monitor the movements of search-and-rescue dogs wearing the Robo-Dog vests, which are equipped with a camera, sensors and GPS, in disaster-hit areas via mobile computer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Robo-Dog technology looks to speed up rescue operations

Search-and-rescue dog Gonta wearing a Robo-Dog vest equipped with a camera, sensors and GPS, receives training at a center in Fujimi, near Tokyo, on Feb. 14, 2016. The Robo-Dog vest enables handlers to check rescue dogs' movements in disaster-hit areas via mobile computers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mobile terminal shows info gathered by rescue dog with cyber harness

Information gathered through a harness worn by a search-and-rescue dog for Internet communication is shown on the screen of a mobile device on a real-time basis during a drill in Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue dog with harness for cyber-enhanced work undergoes drill

A search-and-rescue dog undergoes a drill at a mock housing facility in Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 27, 2015, wearing a harness containing a camera, measuring instruments and other gear to enable communication with relief workers via the Internet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue dog wears harness for cyber-enhanced work

A search-and-rescue dog wears a harness containing a camera, measuring instruments and other gear to enable communication with relief workers via the Internet as seen in this photo taken in Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Sept. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New generation of A-bomb storytellers emerging in unlikely place

Yasukazu Narahara, 39, recounts the experiences of atomic bomb survivor Emiko Okada in Fujimi, Saitama, on July 4, 2015. Narahara was certified by the city of Hiroshima earlier in the year as a storyteller to pass on the experiences of such survivors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New generation of A-bomb storytellers emerging in unlikely place

Yasukazu Narahara, 39, recounts the experiences of atomic bomb survivor Emiko Okada in Fujimi, Saitama, on July 4, 2015. Narahara was certified by the city of Hiroshima earlier in the year as a storyteller to pass on the experiences of such survivors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Autumn tints of Takinogawa, Oji

The slow-flowing Shakujii River originates from Sanpoji Pond, Shakujii Pond, and Fujimi Pond, then becomes a rapid stream in the Oji area. It is said that the river roared like a waterfall. Hence, the name of the river became Takinogawa ( Waterfall River). Takinogawa became famous for its autumn colours after the 8th Shogun, Tokugawa Yoshimune, had them planted in this area in 1721. A woman stands in the foreground, enjoying the scenery.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Kajima Seibei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐12‐0]

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The Fujimi Watchtower and the moat,the Imperial Palace

Today, the first thing to greet the eyes of people heading to the Imperial Palace from Tokyo Station is the two-story watchtower. The one on the right is named Sakurada Tatsumi Yagura. The gate in the centre is Kikyo-mon. The three-story watchtower on the left is Fujimi Sanju Yagura. The moat is Kikyo-bori. The last vestiges of Edo Castle remain here, and this spot is used frequently on TV history programs. The buildings were destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and rebuilt around 1927. Mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐2‐0]

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Watchtower at Edo Castle

This is the three-story Fujimi watchtower, located at the eastern edge of the Hasuike (Lotus Pond) Moat. This watchtower appears the same from all directions. Destroyed by the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, it was rebuilt in concrete around 1927. This photograph was probably taken around 1870 (like photograph #4015) by Felix Beato.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐66‐2]

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Distant view of miyanoshita from fujimi teahouse

A view in the direction of Miyanoshita from the Fujimi Teahouse located on the hair-pin turn at Ohiradai. The teahouse does not exist today, but the view and the pine trees remain. Photography equipment was very heavy at that time, so many photos were taken during breaks at tea houses.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐21‐0]

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The Imperial Palace

To the left is seen the three-tier turret of Fujimi Yagura, the only one remaining in the castle tower. After the castle tower burned down in the fire of 1657, this turret was used as the castle tower.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number13‐25‐0]

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Woman served fresh warrant over 2009 murder of acquaintance

SAITAMA, Japan - Kanae Kijima, 35, hides her face from reporters as she leaves Kawagoe Police Station in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, on Feb. 1, 2010. Kijima was served a fresh warrant the same day on suspicion of killing her acquaintance Yoshiyuki Oide, 41, in August, 2009, in Fujimi in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Woman served fresh warrant over 2009 murder of acquaintance

SAITAMA, Japan - Kanae Kijima, 35, hides her face from reporters as she leaves Kawagoe Police Station in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, on Feb. 1, 2010. Kijima was served a fresh warrant the same day on suspicion of killing her acquaintance Yoshiyuki Oide, 41, in August, 2009, in Fujimi in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Woman served fresh warrant over 2009 murder of acquaintance

SAITAMA, Japan - Kanae Kijima, 35, hides her face from reporters as she leaves Kawagoe Police Station in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, on Feb. 1, 2010. Kijima was served a fresh warrant the same day on suspicion of killing her acquaintance Yoshiyuki Oide, 41, in August, 2009, in Fujimi in the prefecture. (Kyodo)