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Japan: Powerful Typhoon Halong Batters Hachijo Island with Rain and Wind 3

On Thursday, October 9, a powerful Typhoon Halong brought torrential rain and strong winds to Japan, causing severe flooding, landslides, downed trees, and power outages on Hachijo Island, a special ward located southeast of Tokyo. The metropolitan government requested the Japan Self-Defense Force to dispatch disaster relief personnel due to the extensive damage.

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Japan: Typhoon Halong Leaves Trail of Damage 2

On Thursday, October 9, a powerful Typhoon Halong brought torrential rain and strong winds to Japan, causing severe flooding, landslides, downed trees, and power outages on Hachijo Island, a special ward located southeast of Tokyo. The metropolitan government requested the Japan Self-Defense Force to dispatch disaster relief personnel due to the extensive damage.

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Japan: Powerful Typhoon Halong Batters Hachijo Island with Rain and Wind

On Thursday, October 9, a powerful Typhoon Halong brought torrential rain and strong winds to Japan, causing severe flooding, landslides, downed trees, and power outages on Hachijo Island, a special ward located southeast of Tokyo. The metropolitan government requested the Japan Self-Defense Force to dispatch disaster relief personnel due to the extensive damage.

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Japan: Powerful Typhoon Halong Batters Hachijo Island with Rain and Wind 2

On Thursday, October 9, a powerful Typhoon Halong brought torrential rain and strong winds to Japan, causing severe flooding, landslides, downed trees, and power outages on Hachijo Island, a special ward located southeast of Tokyo. The metropolitan government requested the Japan Self-Defense Force to dispatch disaster relief personnel due to the extensive damage.

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Japan: Typhoon Halong Hits Japan, Triggers Flood and Landslide Warnings 3

Typhoon Halong brought torrential rain and strong winds to Japan on Thursday, October 9, prompting emergency warnings for flooding and landslides. Rainfall on Hachijo Island reached a record 207 mm in three hours—the highest ever for the area. Although the storm has now moved east, power outages persist, and authorities continue to urge residents to avoid landslide-prone areas. This video shows waves and strong winds at the beach of Chigasaki.

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Japan: Typhoon Halong Leaves Trail of Damage

Typhoon Halong brought torrential rain and strong winds to Japan on Thursday, October 9, prompting emergency warnings for flooding and landslides. Rainfall on on Hachijo Island reached a record 207 mm in three hours—the highest ever for the area. Although the storm has now moved east, power outages persist, and authorities continue to urge residents to avoid landslide-prone areas. This video shows the downed trees on Miyake Island.

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Torrential rain in the Izu Island chain

Heavy rain hits the town of Hachijo on Hachijo Island, south of Tokyo, on Oct. 9, 2025, where a special heavy rain warning was issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency with Typhoon Halong approaching.

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Japan: Typhoon Ampil Brings Torrential Rains, Strong Winds To Kanto Region 6

Typhoon Ampil (No. 7) developed into a powerful storm and approached the Kanto region, including Tokyo, on Friday, August 16. Japan Meteorological Agency issued warnings for violent winds and mudslides, as well as high tides, flooding, and swollen and overflowing rivers.

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Campaign for Tokyo gubernatorial election

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike makes a speech on Tokyo's Hachijo Island in the Pacific Ocean on June 22, 2024, during her campaign for the July 7 gubernatorial election in the Japanese capital.

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[Breaking News]Small tsunami recorded in areas along Japan's Pacific coast

Wakayama , Japan Kyodo - Video taken in Wakayama on Dec. 3, 2023,Small tsunami were observed in areas along Japan's Pacific coast early Sunday following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake off a southern Philippine island, Japan's weather agency said.Tsunami up to 40 centimeters in height were measured at Hachijo Island in the Izu chain near Tokyo and up to 20 cm for some other islands in the chain, while surges of 20 cm were also seen in coastal areas of Wakayama and Kochi prefectures in western Japan after warnings were issued for the areas.

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Japan's new island growing

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane on Dec. 20, 2013, shows a new island, formed as a result of an undersea volcanic eruption, near Nishinoshima Island, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara islet chain some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo.

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Japan's new island growing

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Upper photo shows Nishinoshima Island (back), an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara islet chain some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, and a new island formed nearby as a result of an undersea volcanic eruption, on Nov. 21, 2013; the bottom photo shows the same two islands on Dec. 20, 2013. Volcanic geology experts say if the new island continues to grow, the two islands might merge by the end of the year.

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Japan's new island growing

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane on Dec. 20, 2013, shows Nishinoshima Island (back), an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara islet chain some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, and a new island formed nearby as a result of an undersea volcanic eruption.

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Japan's new island growing

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane on Dec. 20, 2013, shows a new island, formed as a result of an undersea volcanic eruption, near Nishinoshima Island, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara islet chain some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island (L) in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island (front) in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island (back) in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island (front) in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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New islet far south of Tokyo

HACHIJO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 21, 2013, shows smoke rising from a new islet created by a recent undersea volcanic eruption near Nishinoshima Island in the Pacific, an uninhabited islet in the Ogasawara chain of islands, some 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the new land area cannot be called an island yet, because it would submerge under the sea if the volcanic activities come to a halt.

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3 fishermen recount days trapped under capsized boat

HACHIJO, Japan - (From L) Fishermen Moriyoshi Utsunomiya, Masao Hayakawa and Takamitsu Nyubara leave a hospital in Hachijo Island off Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2009. The three were admitted to the hospital following their rescue after being trapped in a small pocket of air inside the cabin of their capsized boat for nearly four days.

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3 rescued from capsized boat off Tokyo

KOZUSHIMA, Japan - Coast guard officials rescue a crew member (C) of the capsized fishing boat Kofuku Maru No. 1 (R) in the sea near Hachijo Island off Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2009. The crew member and two others were rescued four days after the boat went missing.

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3 rescued from capsized boat off Tokyo

KOZUSHIMA, Japan - Coast guard officials rescue a crew member (C) of the capsized fishing boat Kofuku Maru No. 1 in the sea near Hachijo Island off Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2009. The crew member and two others were rescued four days after the boat went missing.

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3 rescued from capsized boat off Tokyo

KOZUSHIMA, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard finds the fishing boat Kofuku Maru No. 1 capsized in the sea near Hachijo Island off Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2009, four days after it went missing. Three crew members of the boat were rescued the same day from inside the hull but the captain was found dead and the other four are still missing.

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3 fishermen recount days trapped under capsized boat

HACHIJO, Japan - (From L) Fishermen Moriyoshi Utsunomiya, Masao Hayakawa and Takamitsu Nyubara leave a hospital in Hachijo Island off Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2009. The three were admitted to the hospital following their rescue after being trapped in a small pocket of air inside the cabin of their capsized boat for nearly four days. (Kyodo)

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3 rescued from capsized boat off Tokyo

KOZUSHIMA, Japan - Coast guard officials rescue a crew member (C) of the capsized fishing boat Kofuku Maru No. 1 in the sea near Hachijo Island off Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2009. The crew member and two others were rescued four days after the boat went missing. (Kyodo)

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3 rescued from capsized boat off Tokyo

KOZUSHIMA, Japan - Coast guard officials rescue a crew member (C) of the capsized fishing boat Kofuku Maru No. 1 (R) in the sea near Hachijo Island off Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2009. The crew member and two others were rescued four days after the boat went missing. (Kyodo)

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3 rescued from capsized boat off Tokyo

KOZUSHIMA, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard finds the fishing boat Kofuku Maru No. 1 capsized in the sea near Hachijo Island off Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2009, four days after it went missing. Three crew members of the boat were rescued the same day from inside the hull but the captain was found dead and the other four are still missing. (Kyodo)

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Bullfighting in Japan during 1970s

File photo taken on April 16, 1970, shows tourists watching a bullfight on Hachijo Island, south of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Resort hotel on Hachijo Island during 1970s

File photo taken on April 16, 1970, shows Hachijo Royal Hotel on Hachijo Island, south of Tokyo (Kyodo) ==Kyodo