Metropolitan expressway marks 50th anniv.

Metropolitan expressway marks 50th anniv.

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Haneda Tunnel in Tokyo's Ota Ward on the Tokyo metropolitan expressway on Dec. 19, 2012. Metropolitan Expressway Co., the operator of the expressway, marked the 50th anniversary on Dec. 20, 2012, of the arterial route's opening.

Tokyo hit by heavy rain

Tokyo hit by heavy rain

TOKYO, Japan - Rescue workers transport by boat people who had been stranded in their cars inside a tunnel at Tokyo's Haneda airport due to heavy rain on Aug. 26, 2011. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo saw its heaviest-ever torrential rainfall for the month of August the same day, totaling 90.5 millimeters per hour in Tokyo's Nerima Ward.

Typhoon strands vehicles in Haneda airport tunnel

Typhoon strands vehicles in Haneda airport tunnel

TOKYO, Japan - Vehicles are stranded in a tunnel at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 11 by flooding caused by Typhoon Danas, which struck Tokyo and its vicinity.

Tokyo hit by heavy rain

Tokyo hit by heavy rain

TOKYO, Japan - Rescue workers transport by boat people who had been stranded in their cars inside a tunnel at Tokyo's Haneda airport due to heavy rain on Aug. 26, 2011. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo saw its heaviest-ever torrential rainfall for the month of August the same day, totaling 90.5 millimeters per hour in Tokyo's Nerima Ward. (Kyodo)

Typhoon strands vehicles in Haneda airport tunnel

Typhoon strands vehicles in Haneda airport tunnel

TOKYO, Japan - Vehicles are stranded in a tunnel at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 11 by flooding caused by Typhoon Danas, which struck Tokyo and its vicinity.