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RECAP: Record Rain Batters Tokyo as Chiba Sees Tornado-Like Event

Heavy rain and thunderstorms caused extreme weather across the Kanto region on Thursday, September 11. In Tokyo, Setagaya Ward recorded 92.0 mm of rain and Ota Ward 88.5 mm in just one hour, with some central areas receiving over 100 mm. The intense downpours disrupted rail and airport services and caused rivers including the Yazawa and Tachiai to overflow. Meanwhile, in Chiba Prefecture, a tornado-like phenomenon was observed, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue a “Tornado Advisory” for the Tokyo area.

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Japan: Storms Hit Tokyo and Surrounding Areas, Causing Floods and Power Outages 7

Heavy rain hit Tokyo and surrounding areas on Thursday, September 11, flooding streets, cutting power to thousands of homes, grounding flights, and prompting emergency alerts for floods and landslides.

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Scorching weather in Tokyo

People walk on a street in the Ginza shopping district under the scorching sun on July 6, 2024.

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Young men in 1966 Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 17 Kyodo - File photo taken in 1966 shows two young men in Ivy League fashion walking on the street in Tokyo's Ginza area. (Kyodo)

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People splash water on car-free street in Tokyo's Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - People wearing "yukata" Japanese summer kimono splash water on a car-free street in Tokyo's Ginza district on Aug. 3, 2014, to cool off on a hot summer day.

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People splash water on car-free street in Tokyo's Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - People wearing "yukata" Japanese summer kimono splash water on a car-free street in Tokyo's Ginza district on Aug. 3, 2014, to cool off on a hot summer day.

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Constitution Day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People in favor of protecting Japan's current Constitution march through a street in Tokyo's Ginza district on May 3, 2014, Constitution Day, a national holiday to commemorate the enforcement of the supreme law 67 years ago. Various events hosted by people in favor of protecting or revising the Constitution were held in the capital.

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Flower art project in Tokyo

A street in Tokyo's Ginza area is decorated with flowers that would have been discarded, as the nine-day Ginza Art Walk project begins on Dec. 17, 2022.

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Flower art project in Tokyo

A street in Tokyo's Ginza area is decorated with flowers that would have been discarded, as the nine-day Ginza Art Walk project begins on Dec. 17, 2022.

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Kabuki actors parade in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - More than 60 Kabuki actors walk in a street in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 27, 2013, in a parade ahead of the opening of the new Kabuki Za theater the following month.

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Kabuki actors parade in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - More than 60 Kabuki actors walk in a street in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 27, 2013, in a parade ahead of the opening of the new Kabuki Za theater the following month.

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Kabuki actors parade in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Nakamura Tokizo (C) and more than 60 other Kabuki actors walk in a street in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 27, 2013, in a parade ahead of the opening of the new Kabuki Za theater the following month.

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Hot weather in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Women wearing short sleeve shirts walk along a street in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 10, 2013. At Otemachi in central Tokyo, the mercury rose as high as 25.3 C, making it the earliest day that the temperature in Tokyo reached 25 C in March since records began in 1876, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Hot weather with dusty haze in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Men with children wearing short sleeve shirts walk along a street in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 10, 2013, while a dense dusty haze covered the capital. At Otemachi in central Tokyo, the mercury rose as high as 25.3 C, making it the earliest day that the temperature in Tokyo reached 25 C in March since records began in 1876, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Summer-like day in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People wearing short sleeves walk on a street in Tokyo's upscale Ginza shopping district on April 28, 2012. The Japanese archipelago experienced summer-like heat the same day.

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Summer-like hot day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman (C) walks with her jacket off on a street in Tokyo's upscale Ginza shopping district on April 24, 2012. The Japanese archipelago experienced summer-like heat the same day, with temperatures reaching 30 C at some observation points in western areas for the first time this year, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. In Tokyo, the high was 24.3 C, a temperature usually observed in late May.

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Denim fashion show in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Industry minister Yukio Edano (2nd from L, front) and actress Ryoko Yonekura (2nd from R, front), appear hand in hand with children in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 24, 2012, as they model outfits made from domestically produced denim fabric. They were taking part in an open-air fashion show, the Ginza Runway, which was held in front of shoppers and passersby on Chuo Dori street to highlight the quality of Japanese denim.

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Denim fashion show in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Models dressed in outfits made from domestically produced denim fabric walk on Chuo Dori street in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 24, 2012, as shoppers and passersby look on. The open-air fashion show, the Ginza Runway, was held to highlight the quality of Japanese denim.

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Denim fashion show in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Models dressed in outfits made from domestically produced denim fabric walk on Chuo Dori street in Tokyo's Ginza district on March 24, 2012, as shoppers and passersby look on. The open-air fashion show, the Ginza Runway, was held to highlight the quality of Japanese denim.

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Denim fashion show in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 24, 2012 shows models dressed in outfits made using domestically produced denim fabric walking on Chuo Dori street in Tokyo's Ginza district as shoppers and passersby look on. The open-air fashion show, the Ginza Runway, was held to highlight the quality of Japanese denim.

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Snow falls in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Snow falls as people walk on a street in Tokyo's Ginza shopping area on the evening of Jan. 23, 2012. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of snowfall through the following day in a wide area of the Kanto-Koshin region in eastern and central Japan, including the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Typhoon Roke hits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Women walk on a street in the Ginza district, Tokyo, on the afternoon of Sept. 21, 2011, in the strong wind and rain caused by Typhoon Roke. The typhoon landed earlier in the afternoon near Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, in central Japan.

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Tokyo's temperatures hit June record of 36.2 C

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold a parasol while walking on Tokyo's Ginza street as the temperatures soared to 36.2 C, the highest-ever record for any June, on June 28.

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(1)Chanel opens Ginza boutique

TOKYO, Japan - About 200 fans of Chanel products line up as Chanel launches its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4. They were apparently intent on snapping up designer items sold nowhere else and called ''Ephemere de Ginza,'' connoting transitoriness, to commemorate the opening.

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(2)Chanel opens Ginza boutique, 200 line up

TOKYO, Japan - Chanel launched its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4 with 200 fans of Chanel products lining up before the doors opened at 11 a.m. The morning surge in the number of customers prompted Chanel Ginza to open the entrance of the 10-story building earlier than scheduled. It has one of the global boutique chain's largest shopping areas, consisting of three floors of designer goods.

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(1)Yomiuri Giants parade in Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - An estimated 390,000 people crowd Tokyo's Ginza Street on Nov. 4 to watch a victory parade of the Yomiuri Giants which clinched the Japan Series championship over the Seibu Lions on Oct. 31.

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Japanese singer calls for rice for Afghan children

TOKYO, Oct. 18 Kyodo - Japanese ballad singer Kazuo Kyo sings on the street in Tokyo's Ginza district Oct. 18 to appealed to the general public for rice donations for Afghan children in refugee camps in Pakistan. Kyo, 51, and his group said the rice will reach the camps by February 2002 after it is made into a water-soluble powdered form in a factory in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. The group hopes to produce 100 tons of the rice flour.

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Tokyo stocks jump on expected BOJ easing after N.Y. plunges

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board at a securities company in Tokyo's Ginza district shows share prices jumping up in the morning on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Sept. 18 despite an overnight plunge on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average shot up 306.08 points, or 3.22%, in the morning session.

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Snow begins to fall along Japan's Pacific coast

TOKYO, Japan - Following a sharp fall in temperatures on Jan. 20, snow begins to fall in inland areas of the main island of Honshu, predominantly in central and western regions. Photo shows young people walking on a blanketed street in the Ginza shopping district in downtown Tokyo.

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Armored vehicles join largest-ever disaster drill in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force armored vehicles cruise along a main street in Ginza, Tokyo's posh shopping district, Sept. 3 on their way to join a large-scale disaster drill held by the Tokyo metropolitan government.

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Foreigners march seeking permission to stay in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A group of foreign residents in Japan march through the street of Tokyo's Ginza shopping and business district April 30 seeking permission to continue to reside in Japan. They are overstaying visas and face deportation.

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Nissan unveils fuel cell vehicle

Nissan Motor Co. has begun test-driving a fuel cell vehicle developed on a trial basis under a program to devise environmentally-friendly cars. The photo of the new vehicle was taken May 13 at Nissan's head office on Tokyo's Ginza street.

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Starbucks Reserve Store Ginza Marronnier Street

"The first floor is for takeaway only, and the second floor is for eat-in, to meet the reduced tax rate. The first floor is for takeaway only, and the second floor is for eat-in.

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Starbucks Reserve Store Ginza Marronnier Street

"The first floor is for take-out only, and the second floor is for eat-in, so that the store can handle the reduced tax rate. The first floor is for takeaway only, and the second floor is for eat-in.

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Starbucks Reserve Store Ginza Marronnier Street

"The first floor is for takeaway only, and the second floor is for eat-in, to meet the reduced tax rate. The first floor is for takeaway only, and the second floor is for eat-in.

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Starbucks Reserve Store Ginza Marronnier Street

"The first floor is for take-out only, and the second floor is for eat-in, so that the store can handle the reduced tax rate. The first floor is for takeaway only, and the second floor is for eat-in.

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Starbucks Reserve Store Ginza Marronnier Street

"The first floor is for takeaway only, and the second floor is for eat-in, to meet the reduced tax rate. The first floor is for takeaway only, and the second floor is for eat-in.

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Starbucks Reserve Store Ginza Marronnier Street

"The first floor is for takeaway only, and the second floor is for eat-in, to meet the reduced tax rate. The first floor is for takeaway only, and the second floor is for eat-in.

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(1)Chanel opens Ginza boutique

TOKYO, Japan - About 200 fans of Chanel products line up as Chanel launches its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4. They were apparently intent on snapping up designer items sold nowhere else and called ''Ephemere de Ginza,'' connoting transitoriness, to commemorate the opening. (Kyodo)

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(2)Chanel opens Ginza boutique, 200 line up

TOKYO, Japan - Chanel launched its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4 with 200 fans of Chanel products lining up before the doors opened at 11 a.m. The morning surge in the number of customers prompted Chanel Ginza to open the entrance of the 10-story building earlier than scheduled. It has one of the global boutique chain's largest shopping areas, consisting of three floors of designer goods. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo's temperatures hit June record of 36.2 C

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold a parasol while walking on Tokyo's Ginza street as the temperatures soared to 36.2 C, the highest-ever record for any June, on June 28. (Kyodo)

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"Uchimizu" event in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district

Women in yukata, a casual summer version of kimono usually made of cotton or synthetic fabric, sprinkle water over a street in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district during an "uchimizu" event on Aug. 2, 2015. Uchimizu is an old Japanese custom of using a bucket and ladle to sprinkle water on streets and gardens to bring down the summer heat and dust in the air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Uchimizu" event in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district

Women in yukata, a casual summer version of kimono usually made of cotton or synthetic fabric, sprinkle water over a street in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district during an "uchimizu" event on Aug. 2, 2015. Uchimizu is an old Japanese custom of using a bucket and ladle to sprinkle water on streets and gardens to bring down the summer heat and dust in the air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Preparing for Tokyo Marathon

Police officers comb through a street in Tokyo's upscale Ginza shopping district on Feb. 19, 2015, ahead of the Tokyo Marathon, whose course includes the area, on Feb. 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quiet nightlife area in Tokyo

A street lined with bars and restaurants is quiet in Tokyo's Ginza area on Feb. 13, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Quiet nightlife area in Tokyo

A street lined with bars and restaurants is quiet in Tokyo's Ginza area on Feb. 13, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Rio Olympic medalists parade in Tokyo

Spectators cheer as Japanese medalists from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and Paralympics march through a street in Tokyo's Ginza shopping street on Oct. 7, 2016. About 800,000 people lined up along a 2.5-kilometer motorcade route to watch the first joint parade of the medalists of the two games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sunamachi Ginza aims to retain vibrancy in age of mega shopping malls

At the west entrance to the Sunamachi Ginza shopping street in Tokyo's Koto Ward, customers line up in front of a famous fish dealer on April 21, 2016. Sunamachi Ginza offers a glimmer of hope for mom-and-pop retailers, when shopping streets are disappearing across Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sunamachi Ginza aims to retain vibrancy in age of mega shopping malls

Torimitsu's yakitori skewers are on display in the Sunamachi Ginza shopping street on April 21, 2016. Sunamachi Ginza offers a glimmer of hope for mom-and-pop retailers, when shopping streets are disappearing across Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese manufacturers, stores step up marketing to Chinese tourists

Photo taken Feb. 7, 2016 shows Chinese tourists with many shopping bags walking on the street of Tokyo's Ginza district. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo