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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.

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McCafe debuts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Shop staff wait on customers at McDonald's ''McCafe'' in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Aug. 29 as McDonald's Co. (Japan) Ltd. opened seven McCafe shops in Tokyo and eight in neighboring Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Ibaraki prefectures, as well as Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan. The opening of McCafe shops is an effort by McDonald's to diversify its business and cultivate new customers.

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Darvish museum

KOBE, Japan - Photo shows people gathering outside "Space 11 Darvish Museum," which exhibits items related to Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish, in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 11, 2013, its opening day.

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Darvish museum

KOBE, Japan - Photo shows a life-size model of Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish displayed at "Space 11 Darvish Museum," which exhibits items related to Darvish, in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 11, 2013, its opening day.

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Darvish museum

KOBE, Japan - Photo shows a life-size model of Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish displayed at "Space 11 Darvish Museum," which exhibits items related to Darvish, in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 11, 2013, its opening day.

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Ceremony for 'Tetsujin 28-go' statue held in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A ceremony marking the completion of a statue of ''Tetsujin 28-go,'' or Iron Man No. 28, is held in Kobe's Nagata Ward in Hyogo Prefecture on Oct. 4, 2009. The iron statue, which is modeled after the character from the ''Tetsujin 28-go'' comic series written by the late Mitsuteru Yokoyama from Kobe, was constructed as part of efforts to help revitalize local areas hardest hit by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.

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Kobe residents anxious about stranded wild boar piglets

KOBE, Japan - Four wild boar piglets are seen stranded on a riverbank of a residential area in Kobe's Chuo Ward in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture on July 4. As many as eight boar piglets, of which one was dead, have been seen since around June 26 on the bank of the shallow Kitsune River, which is about 5 meters wide and enclosed by 6-meter-high concrete levees, drawing concern from neighborhood residents.

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Kobe residents anxious about stranded wild boar piglets

KOBE, Japan - Four wild boar piglets are seen stranded on a riverbank of a residential area in Kobe's Chuo Ward in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture on July 4. As many as eight boar piglets, of which one was dead, have been seen since around June 26 on the bank of the shallow Kitsune River, which is about 5 meters wide and enclosed by 6-meter-high concrete levees, drawing concern from neighborhood residents.

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People lit candles in about 7,000 memorial lanterns during an event held at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, before daylight on Jan. 17 to commemorate the 6,434 people who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. At 5:46 a.m., the time the magnitude 7.3 quake originating in the northern part of the prefecture's Awaji Island in the Seto Inland Sea hit the western Japan area 14 years ago, about 5,500 people offered silent prayers in the event.

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Three female junior high school students pray for the 6,434 people who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, during a memorial event held at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, before daylight on Jan. 17. At 5:46 a.m., the time the magnitude 7.3 quake originating in the northern part of the prefecture's Awaji Island in the Seto Inland Sea hit the western Japan area 14 years ago, about 5,500 people offered silent prayers in the event at the park, where candles in about 7,000 memorial lanterns were lit.

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Transport minister begins safety checks of rail, air transport

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kazuo Kitagawa (L) inspects an operation control center at Japan Airlines Corp.'s head office in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on May 2. Kitagawa began safety inspections of rail and air transport systems in the wake of a series of accidents and mishaps, including the fatal train derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25.

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(1)Locals remember Kobe quake victims on 9th anniversary

KOBE, Japan - Candles indicating Jan. 17 glow at an amusement park in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Jan. 17, 2004, the ninth anniversary of 1995's Great Hanshin Earthquake. The quake devastated Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, killing 6,433 people.

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2 dead in 9-vehicle pileup on Hanshin Expressway

KOBE, Japan - Two drivers of large trucks were killed and several other people injured in a nine-vehicle pileup on the Hanshin Expressway in Kobe's Hyogo Ward on April 30.

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Sweden reopens honorary consulate in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Swedish Ambassador to Japan Mikael Lindstrom (L) and Naoya Wada participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Kobe's Chuo Ward on April 18 to mark the reopening of the country's honorary consulate there. Wada, president of Kinki Industrial Co., a machinery maker based in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, that has extensive business ties with Sweden, will serve as honorary consul.

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Hatoyama likely to quit as DPJ leader this week

KOBE, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, president of the leading opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), makes a speech at a meeting of its Hyogo prefectural chapter at a hotel in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Dec. 2. amid spreading rumors that he may resign for causing disruption within the DPJ over his reported proposal to form a new party.

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March held to remember 1995 Kobe quake victims

KOBE, Japan - About 700 local residents start out on a ''memorial walk'' from Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan. 17, heading for Kobe's Chuo Ward to attend a memorial service for the victims of the Jan. 17 Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995.

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(4)People pray for 1995 Kobe quake victims

KOBE, Japan - Candles making the shape 1.17 (for Jan. 17) are lit in Kobe's Chuo Ward on the seventh anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated the western Japan city. The quake struck Hyogo Prefecture and other areas at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17.

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Kobe marks 27th anniversary of deadly quake

Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an overview of Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 17, 2022, the 27th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,000 people. The western Japan city of Kobe on Monday marked the 27th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that killed 6,434 people in the area. Local residents and victims' families observed a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck the port city in Hyogo Prefecture and neighboring areas on Jan. 17, 1995. In a predawn event at Higashi Yuenchi, a park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, people lit about 3,000 bamboo lanterns that were aligned to form "1.17," the date of the disaster.

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Charlene's logo

Keywords: CHARLE, CHARLE, clothing trading company, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = November 15, 2019, Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Charlene's logo

Keywords: CHARLE, CHARLE, clothing trading company, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = November 15, 2019, Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Charlene's logo

Keywords: CHARLE, CHARLE, clothing trading company, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = November 15, 2019, Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Charlene's logo

Keywords: CHARLE, CHARLE, clothing trading company, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = November 15, 2019, Chuo Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Hyogo Seimitsu Kogyosho builds its own robot system.

Hyogo Seimitsu Kogyosho (Hyogo Ward, Kobe City) has started to build a robot system to improve productivity within the company. In the past, cast parts weighing several dozen kilograms were manually fed into machine tools and the finished products were taken out. The tip of the robot's arm was developed and manufactured independently, and a light-weight yet high-strength mechanism that can withstand the transportation of heavy objects was adopted. The lathe process can be reduced to about one-third of the conventional process, which will lead to an optimal allocation of human resources in the plant. At the Sasayama Plant, the products to be processed by each machine tool are separated, minimizing the need for setup changes. The company aims to further improve its production efficiency by optimizing the use of robots within the company. Hyogo Seimitsu Kogyosho's Sasayama Plant in Sasayama, Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, November 5, 2019; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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(4)People pray for 1995 Kobe quake victims

KOBE, Japan - Candles making the shape 1.17 (for Jan. 17) are lit in Kobe's Chuo Ward on the seventh anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated the western Japan city. The quake struck Hyogo Prefecture and other areas at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17.

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Transport minister begins safety checks of rail, air transport

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kazuo Kitagawa (L) inspects an operation control center at Japan Airlines Corp.'s head office in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on May 2. Kitagawa began safety inspections of rail and air transport systems in the wake of a series of accidents and mishaps, including the fatal train derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 25. (Kyodo)

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McCafe debuts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Shop staff wait on customers at McDonald's ''McCafe'' in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Aug. 29 as McDonald's Co. (Japan) Ltd. opened seven McCafe shops in Tokyo and eight in neighboring Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Ibaraki prefectures, as well as Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan. The opening of McCafe shops is an effort by McDonald's to diversify its business and cultivate new customers. (Kyodo)

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2 dead in 9-vehicle pileup on Hanshin Expressway

KOBE, Japan - Two drivers of large trucks were killed and several other people injured in a nine-vehicle pileup on the Hanshin Expressway in Kobe's Hyogo Ward on April 30. (Kyodo)

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March held to remember 1995 Kobe quake victims

KOBE, Japan - About 700 local residents start out on a ''memorial walk'' from Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture on Jan. 17, heading for Kobe's Chuo Ward to attend a memorial service for the victims of the Jan. 17 Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995.

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Western Japan hospital opens old ward for public before demolition

Visitors take pictures at the entrance to an old ward at Nishinomiya Kaisei Hospital in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on July 4, 2015, ahead of its demolition. The hospital ward, opened for public viewing before its reconstruction due to deterioration, is famous for being depicted in the novel "Hotaru no Haka" (Grave of the Fireflies) by Akiyuki Nosaka and the 1988 Studio Ghibli animation of the same title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Western Japan hospital opens old ward for public before demolition

Sachiko Yamamoto (L) flips through a photo album with former colleagues at an old ward at Nishinomiya Kaisei Hospital in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on July 4, 2015, reminiscing about the time when she worked there as a student nurse. The hospital building, famous for being depicted in the novel "Hotaru no Haka" (Grave of the Fireflies) by Akiyuki Nosaka and the 1988 Studio Ghibli animation of the same title, will be demolished for reconstruction due to deterioration. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kobe residents anxious about stranded wild boar piglets

KOBE, Japan - Four wild boar piglets are seen stranded on a riverbank of a residential area in Kobe's Chuo Ward in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture on July 4. As many as eight boar piglets, of which one was dead, have been seen since around June 26 on the bank of the shallow Kitsune River, which is about 5 meters wide and enclosed by 6-meter-high concrete levees, drawing concern from neighborhood residents. (Kyodo)

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Kobe residents anxious about stranded wild boar piglets

KOBE, Japan - Four wild boar piglets are seen stranded on a riverbank of a residential area in Kobe's Chuo Ward in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture on July 4. As many as eight boar piglets, of which one was dead, have been seen since around June 26 on the bank of the shallow Kitsune River, which is about 5 meters wide and enclosed by 6-meter-high concrete levees, drawing concern from neighborhood residents. (Kyodo)

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - A woman in tears holds a photograph of her son who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995 during an event held to commemorate the victims of the quake at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, before daylight on Jan. 17. (Kyodo)

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People lit candles in about 7,000 memorial lanterns during an event held at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, before daylight on Jan. 17 to commemorate the 6,434 people who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. At 5:46 a.m., the time the magnitude 7.3 quake originating in the northern part of the prefecture's Awaji Island in the Seto Inland Sea hit the western Japan area 14 years ago, about 5,500 people offered silent prayers in the event. (Kyodo)

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - A woman who lost her mother and a brother in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995 wipes her tears as she lights one of the candles in about 7,000 memorial lanterns to commemorate the victims of the quake at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, before daylight on Jan. 17. (Kyodo)

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Three female junior high school students pray for the 6,434 people who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, during a memorial event held at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, before daylight on Jan. 17. At 5:46 a.m., the time the magnitude 7.3 quake originating in the northern part of the prefecture's Awaji Island in the Seto Inland Sea hit the western Japan area 14 years ago, about 5,500 people offered silent prayers in the event at the park, where candles in about 7,000 memorial lanterns were lit. (Kyodo)

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Ceremony for 'Tetsujin 28-go' statue held in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A ceremony marking the completion of a statue of ''Tetsujin 28-go,'' or Iron Man No. 28, is held in Kobe's Nagata Ward in Hyogo Prefecture on Oct. 4, 2009. The iron statue, which is modeled after the character from the ''Tetsujin 28-go'' comic series written by the late Mitsuteru Yokoyama from Kobe, was constructed as part of efforts to help revitalize local areas hardest hit by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. (Kyodo)

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(3)Monument reminds children of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - The left file photo shows a family who sought refuge in a Self-Defense Forces tent in Kobe's Higashinada Ward. The right one shows another family living in a wagon parked at a junior high school in Kobe's Hyogo Ward. Both photos were taken in February 1995. (Kyodo)

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(4)Monument reminds children of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - The names of quake victims seeking to live in temporary housing were announced on Feb. 7, 1995 in the prefecture-run Hyogo Senior High School in Kobe's Nagata Ward after the massive quake. (Kyodo)

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A distant view of the city of Kobe

View of Kobe harbour from Mt. Suwa (present-day Chuo Ward). Mid-Meiji Period. This is a tinted version of photograph #2823. The octagonal building on the left is the Hyogo Prefecture Council Hall built in 1882. The iron pier for foreign vessels (built in 1884) is visible further down to the south. On the right of the north-south street is the Kodera residence and its garden under construction (present-day Sorakuen).==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number87‐46‐0]

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The string-cherry blossoms in Shofukuji Temple,Kobe

Shofukuji Temple, located on the hillside of present-day Hyogo Ward, is a leading monastery of the Myoshinji School, Rinzai Sect of Zen Buddhism. The huge cherry tree here was famous for its light pink blossoms and attracted many visitors along with the pure white cherry blossoms at nearby Jizoin temple. Probably taken in the latter half of the Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number86‐25‐0]

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Daibutsu (the Great Buddha),Hyogo

The Great Buddha of Nofukuji Temple (present-day Hyogo Ward) taken in the latter half of the Meiji Period. This is an important Tendai Sect temple and is a place remembered in connection with Taira Kiyomori, who traded with Sung Dynasty China in the latter part of the Heian Period. After the opening of the port of Kobe, Christianity gained popularity. This statue of Vairocana Buddha was unveiled on March 15, 1891 as part of an effort to revive Buddhism. The statue attracted people to the faith and gained fame among foreigners as well.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number56‐18‐0]

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Hyogo Wadadera Temple

Wada Shinto Shrine (Hyogo Ward, Kobe City) at Cape Wada is captured sometime in the early to mid-Meiji Period. Built by the feudal lord of Amagasaki, Aoyama Yoshitoshi, in 1662, the shrine is dedicated to the deity of the sea, and all the boats coming in to Hyogo are said to have visited here to pray for a safe voyage. It was relocated a short distance to the north in 1902 due to the construction of the Mitsubishi Shipyard.==Date:unknown, Place:Hyogo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number56‐14‐0]

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Shinkoji Temple

The Omon (Great Gate) rebuilt in 1827 and the Great Buddha built in 1760. Probably dated in the mid-Meiji Period, the photograph captures the solemn atmosphere of the temple. Shinkoji is a famous temple of Buddhist Jishu Sect located in Hyogo Ward. The patriarch of Jishu, Ippen Shonin, died here, and his mausoleum is on the temple grounds.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐27‐3]

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Shinkoji Temple

A view of the Great Buddha in the lotus pond to the right of the gate at Shinkoji Temple (Hyogo Ward). Mid-Meiji Period. This is the same image as #3307 (Nunobiki Medaki), #4092 (Suwayama), and #4094 (Arima Spa) in the lacquered album (Kobe Municipal Museum). Although of differing sizes, these photographs are thought to have been taken around the same time.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐124‐0]

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Vaccination center in Kobe

Photo taken May 10, 2021, shows a COVID-19 vaccination center for senior citizens set up at the Hyogo Ward office in Kobe, western Japan.

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(1)Locals remember Kobe quake victims on 9th anniversary

KOBE, Japan - Candles indicating Jan. 17 glow at an amusement park in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Jan. 17, 2004, the ninth anniversary of 1995's Great Hanshin Earthquake. The quake devastated Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, killing 6,433 people. (Kyodo)

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Expected state of emergency in Osaka

People wearing face masks walk in Osaka's Kita Ward on Jan. 9, 2021, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The governors of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo asked the central government the same day to include their western Japan prefectures in the state of emergency that took effect a day earlier for the Tokyo region over the resurging coronavirus.

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Sweden reopens honorary consulate in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Swedish Ambassador to Japan Mikael Lindstrom (L) and Naoya Wada participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Kobe's Chuo Ward on April 18 to mark the reopening of the country's honorary consulate there. Wada, president of Kinki Industrial Co., a machinery maker based in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, that has extensive business ties with Sweden, will serve as honorary consul. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama likely to quit as DPJ leader this week

KOBE, Japan - Yukio Hatoyama, president of the leading opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), makes a speech at a meeting of its Hyogo prefectural chapter at a hotel in Kobe's Chuo Ward on Dec. 2. amid spreading rumors that he may resign for causing disruption within the DPJ over his reported proposal to form a new party. (Kyodo)