UK: Widespread Flooding Hits Greater Manchester Forcing Hundreds To Evacuate 4

Heavy rain caused severe flooding across Greater Manchester on New Year's Day forcing at least 13,000 people to evacuate. Emergency services declared a major incident.

Japan: Torrential Rains Hit Western Regions, Causing Widespread Flooding

Torrential rains hit western Japan, including the Kyushu, Chugoku, and Kansai regions, on Saturday, November 2, triggering landslide and flooding alerts and disrupting Shinkansen bullet train services.

38-year-old woman killed on Osaka street

38-year-old woman killed on Osaka street

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the site in Osaka's Hirano Ward where Yumi Imura, a 38-year-old bar worker, was fatally stabbed on May 2, 2014. Police arrested Takashi Matsumoto, a 57-year-old male customer of the bar where Imura worked, on suspicion of killing her.

Sochi Olympic medalists attend Tokyo event

Sochi Olympic medalists attend Tokyo event

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese medalists in snowboarding at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games attend an event in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on March 18, 2014. From left: Ayumu Hirano, Tomoka Takeuchi and Taku Hiraoka.

170 millionth visitor

170 millionth visitor

TOKYO, Japan - Shigako Hirano (L) poses for photos with her friend in front of Tokyo Tower in the capital's Minato Ward after she became the 170 millionth visitor to the tower's observation deck.

Osaka 'museum town' drawing tourists without promotional efforts

Osaka 'museum town' drawing tourists without promotional efforts

OSAKA, Japan - Sword maker Hitoaki Manazu examines the tip of a sword in Osaka's Hirano Ward on March 22. (Kyodo)

Osaka 'museum town' drawing tourists without promotional efforts

Osaka 'museum town' drawing tourists without promotional efforts

OSAKA, Japan - Chojiro Matsumura shows footage, video cameras and cinema projectors to visitors at his own ''museum'' in Osaka's Hirano Ward on March 22. (Kyodo)