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Upper house election campaigning

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba makes a campaign speech in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on July 10, 2025, ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election.

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Postcard signed by Einstein in 1922 found in Japan

OTSU, Japan - A postcard bearing a signature by Albert Einstein is shown in this file photo taken at a museum in western Japan on July 4, 2014. The card, signed during the physicist's visit to Japan in 1922 after winning the Nobel Prize, was discovered in the Eizaburo Nishibori Memorial Explorer Museum in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, dedicated to the scientist who led the first Japanese expedition to the Antarctic.

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Wooden stirrup from 5th-6th century

OTSU, Japan - A wooden stirrup dating back to the late fifth to early sixth centuries unearthed in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, in western Japan, is shown to reporters on July 11, 2011. The Shiga Prefecture cultural property preservation association said the artifact is the oldest of its kind in Japan.

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Hatoyama meet kindergarteners

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama watches children play at a children's facility in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on April 3, 2010. Hatoyama, who has promised to integrate kindergartens and nursery schools, visited the facility in the area where the merger project is in place. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Hatoyama meet kindergarteners

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama greets kindergarteners at a children's facility in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on April 3, 2010. Hatoyama, who has promised to integrate kindergartens and nursery schools, visited the facility in the area where the merger project is in place. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Passenger train crashes into a car, killing 1

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Inspectors look at the totaled remains of a car which was hit by a passenger train on the JR Tokaido Line at a crossing between Inae and Notogawa stations in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2010. The train dragged the car for around 80 meters, killing the one man in the car, and stopped after running about 400 meters more, sucking in parts of the car that were smashed.

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Passenger train crashes into a car, killing 1

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Aerial photo shows a passenger train on the JR Tokaido Line and a car which it crashed into at a crossing between Inae and Notogawa stations in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2010. The train dragged the car for around 80 meters, killing the one man in the car, and stopped after running about 400 meters more, sucking in parts of the car that were smashed.

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Big kite festival in Shiga

OTSU, Japan - Towed by 140 people, a jumbo kite measuring 13 meters tall and 12 m wide soars over a river embankment during a big kite festival in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture on May 25, staying airborne for more than three and a half minutes. About 260 people from all over Japan flew their own kites at the event, which drew 35,000 spectators.

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Logo mark of the Koto Shinkin Bank

Keywords: Koto Shinkin Bank, Koto, Shinkin Bank, financial industry, corporation, signboard, logo, logo mark = July 23, 2019, Eigenji Branch in Higashiomi City, Shiga Prefecture, Credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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700-kg giant kite crashes into crowd, injures 4

Rescue workers treat wounded people at a park in the city of Higashiomi, Siga Prefecture, western Japan, on May 31, 2015, after a giant kite measuring 13 meters by 12 meters and weighing around 700 kilograms crashed into a crowd of spectators during a festival. Four people were injured in the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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700-kg giant kite crashes into crowd, injures 4

A giant kite measuring 13 meters by 12 meters and weighing around 700 kilograms is seen on the ground at a park in the city of Higashiomi, Siga Prefecture, western Japan, on May 31, 2015, after crashing into a crowd of spectators during a festival. Four people were injured in the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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700-kg giant kite crashes into crowd, injures 4

A giant kite measuring 13 meters by 12 meters and weighing around 700 kilograms is seen on the ground at a park in the city of Higashiomi, Siga Prefecture, western Japan, on May 31, 2015, after crashing into a crowd of spectators during a festival. Four people were injured in the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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700-kg giant kite crashes into crowd, injures 4

A giant kite measuring 13 meters by 12 meters and weighing around 700 kilograms is flown during a festival at a park in the city of Higashiomi, Siga Prefecture, western Japan, on May 31, 2015. The kite later crashed into a crowd of spectators injuring four people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Big kite festival in Shiga

OTSU, Japan - Towed by 140 people, a jumbo kite measuring 13 meters tall and 12 m wide soars over a river embankment during a big kite festival in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture on May 25, staying airborne for more than three and a half minutes. About 260 people from all over Japan flew their own kites at the event, which drew 35,000 spectators. (Kyodo)

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Wooden stirrup from 5th-6th century

OTSU, Japan - A wooden stirrup dating back to the late fifth to early sixth centuries unearthed in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, in western Japan, is shown to reporters on July 11, 2011. The Shiga Prefecture cultural property preservation association said the artifact is the oldest of its kind in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama meet kindergarteners

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama greets kindergarteners at a children's facility in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on April 3, 2010. Hatoyama, who has promised to integrate kindergartens and nursery schools, visited the facility in the area where the merger project is in place. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama meet kindergarteners

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama watches children play at a children's facility in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on April 3, 2010. Hatoyama, who has promised to integrate kindergartens and nursery schools, visited the facility in the area where the merger project is in place. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Passenger train crashes into a car, killing 1

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Inspectors look at the totaled remains of a car which was hit by a passenger train on the JR Tokaido Line at a crossing between Inae and Notogawa stations in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2010. The train dragged the car for around 80 meters, killing the one man in the car, and stopped after running about 400 meters more, sucking in parts of the car that were smashed. (Kyodo)

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Passenger train crashes into a car, killing 1

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Aerial photo shows a passenger train on the JR Tokaido Line and a car which it crashed into at a crossing between Inae and Notogawa stations in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2010. The train dragged the car for around 80 meters, killing the one man in the car, and stopped after running about 400 meters more, sucking in parts of the car that were smashed. (Kyodo)

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Shinkansen in snow in Japan

File photo taken in February 2012 shows a shinkansen bullet train running in the snow in the Shiga Prefecture city of Higashiomi, western Japan.