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Dominican Republic: Tropical Storm Melissa Batters, Causing Damage and Disruptions 2

Tropical Storm Melissa swept through the Dominican Republic, toppling trees, traffic lights, and triggering small landslides. Authorities closed schools and government offices across several provinces as the storm disrupted water systems and threatened severe flooding. Melissa is expected to strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane this weekend as it lashes the Caribbean with heavy rain and destructive winds.

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Indonesia: Mt. Lewotobi Erupts, Triggers Highest Alert and Spews Ash High Into Sky

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, erupted late Tuesday, October 15, and again early Wednesday, spewing ash up to 10 kilometers into the sky. Indonesia’s volcanology agency raised the alert to its highest level after detecting deep tremors that signaled possible explosive activity.

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Summer holiday congestion in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on Aug. 9, 2025, with passengers heading to their hometowns or resorts for Japan's Bon holidays.

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Summer holiday congestion in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on Aug. 9, 2025, with passengers heading to their hometowns or resorts for Japan's Bon holidays.

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Summer holiday congestion in Japan

A ticket gate at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on Aug. 9, 2025, with passengers heading to their hometowns or resorts for Japan's Bon holidays.

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 2

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 3

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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[Breaking News]Snake disrupts shinkansen services

TOKYO, Japan, May 1 Kyodo - An electronic sign at JR Tokyo Station notifies passengers of a significant delay on the Tokaido Shinkansen line connecting Tokyo and Osaka on April 30, 2025, following the disruption of services after a snake became entangled in overhead wires and caused a power outage. (Kyodo)

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US: Severe Weather Warning for Houston Area With Hail, High Winds, Tornado Risk

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Houston area until evening of Monday, May 5. It brought hail, damaging winds, flooding, and possible tornadoes.

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Golden Week holidays in Japan

A shinkansen platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in the western Japan city of Osaka is crowded with passengers during the Golden Week holiday season in Japan on May 3, 2025.

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Snake disrupts shinkansen services

An electronic sign at JR Tokyo Station notifies passengers of a significant delay on the Tokaido Shinkansen line connecting Tokyo and Osaka on April 30, 2025, following the disruption of services after a snake became entangled in overhead wires and caused a power outage.

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Snake disrupts shinkansen services

An electronic sign at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, notifies passengers of the suspension of Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka on April 30, 2025, after a snake became entangled in overhead wires and caused a power outage.

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Box to measure health conditions

Photo taken on March 12, 2025, shows the interior of a box set up at JR Osaka Station to measure health indicators related to blood vessels, the heart, brain, eyesight, teeth, skin and hair. Pedestrians can use the boxes, also available at other JR stations in the western Japan city, free of charge during the 2025 World Exposition starting in April.

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Boxes to measure health conditions

Photo taken on March 12, 2025, shows boxes set up at JR Osaka Station to measure health indicators related to blood vessels, the heart, brain, eyesight, teeth, skin and hair. Pedestrians can use the boxes, also available at other JR stations in the western Japan city, free of charge during the 2025 World Exposition starting in April.

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US: Sunset Fire Ignites In Hollywood Hills, Triggering Mandatory Evacuation Orders

A brush fire, dubbed the Sunset Fire, broke out in the Hollywood Hills on Wednesday evening, January 8, triggering mandatory evacuation orders.

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Philippines: Thunderstorms Hit, Bringing Intense Rainfall To Central Regions

The regions of Visayas, Bicol, Calabarzon, and Mimaropa may experience cloudy skies with scattered rains as isolated thunderstorms hit. According to reports, heavy rainfall of 100 to 200 mm was expected in Northern Samar on Monday.

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Image in front of JR Osaka Station

Image in front of JR Osaka Station=November 7,2024,Osaka

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Image in front of JR Osaka Station

Image in front of JR Osaka Station=November 7,2024,Osaka

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Image in front of JR Osaka Station

ＪＲ大阪駅前のイメージ。=November 7,2024,Osaka

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[Breaking News]Train with liveries for 2025 World Expo in Osaka

OKAYAMA, Japan, Nov. 1 Kyodo - A train with liveries for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is shown at JR Okayama Station in Okayama Prefecture on Nov. 1, 2024, as it will run in a greater area of western Japan from Nov. 10 to promote the event. (Kyodo)

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Train with liveries for 2025 World Expo in Osaka

A train with liveries for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is shown at JR Okayama Station in Okayama Prefecture on Nov. 1, 2024, as it will run in a greater area of western Japan from Nov. 10 to promote the event.

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Train with liveries for 2025 World Expo in Osaka

A train with liveries for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is shown at JR Okayama Station in Okayama Prefecture on Nov. 1, 2024, as it will run in a greater area of western Japan from Nov. 10 to promote the event.

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New business park in Osaka

Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2024, shows Umekita Park, a new business complex directly connected to JR Osaka Station in the western Japan city. The 45,000-square-meter park, opening as part of the Grand Green Osaka project ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, will house offices of major companies and hotels as well as facilities for startup firms, with 50 million people expected to visit in fiscal 2027, when the park is scheduled to be completed.

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Powerful typhoon in Japan

A man passes by electric signboards at JR Tokyo Station on Aug. 29, 2024, showing shinkansen bullet train services are suspended between Tokyo and Osaka due to the approach of Typhoon Shanshan.

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Powerful typhoon in Japan

A woman passes by an electric signboard at JR Tokyo Station on Aug. 29, 2024, showing shinkansen bullet train services are suspended between Tokyo and Osaka due to the approach of Typhoon Shanshan.

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Public art piece by "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" creator

Japanese manga artist Hirohiko Araki, known for the popular comic and animation series "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure," poses for a photo with an art piece he designed for JR Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, on July 29, 2024.

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Tokyo-Osaka bullet train service resumes after halt

A train service information board at JR Hamamatsu Station in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan, shows the resumption of services on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines on the morning of July 23, 2024. An accident involving railway maintenance vehicles caused an all-day suspension on part of the Tokaido Shinkansen Line a day earlier, while the Sanyo Shinkansen Line was also disrupted by the accident.

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Shinkansen services disrupted due to maintain vehicle derailment

JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded with passengers as shinkansen bullet train services are disrupted following a derailment involving two maintenance vehicles in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Shinkansen services disrupted due to maintain vehicle derailment

JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded with passengers as shinkansen bullet train services are disrupted following a derailment involving two maintenance vehicles in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan.

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Power failure halts Tokyo-Osaka bullet train services

Photo taken on July 6, 2024, shows a Shinkansen bullet train being stopped near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo after services between Tokyo and Osaka were suspended due to a power outage the same day.

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Power failure halts Tokyo-Osaka bullet train services

People wait for the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train service to resume at JR Shizuoka Station in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on July 6, 2024, after services between Tokyo and Osaka were suspended due to a power outage the same day.

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150th anniv. of 1st railway in Kansai region

People celebrate the 150th anniversary of the launch of the first railway in the Kansai western Japan region during a ceremony at JR Kobe Station in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 11, 2024. The first railway in the region was operated between Osaka and Kobe in 1874.(Kyodo)

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150th anniv. of 1st railway in Kansai region

People celebrate the 150th anniversary of the launch of the first railway in the Kansai western Japan region during a ceremony at JR Kobe Station in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on May 11, 2024. The first railway in the region was operated between Osaka and Kobe in 1874.

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150th anniv. of 1st railway in Kansai region

A special train prepares to depart JR Kobe Station during a ceremony celebrating the 150th anniversary of the launch of the first railway in the Kansai western Japan on May 11, 2024. The first railway in the region was operated between Osaka and Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in 1874.

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150th anniv. of 1st railway in Kansai region

Posters celebrating the 150th anniversary of the launch of the first railway in the Kansai western Japan region are hung in a special train at JR Kobe Station in Hyogo Prefecture on May 11, 2024. The first railway in the region was operated between Osaka and Kobe in 1874.

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150th anniv. of 1st railway in Kansai region

Photo taken May 11, 2024, shows a special train at JR Kobe Station in Hyogo Prefecture bearing an emblem marking the 150th anniversary of the launch of the first railway in the Kansai western Japan region. The first railway in the region was operated between Osaka and Kobe in 1874.

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150th anniv. of 1st railway in Kansai region

People celebrate the 150th anniversary of the launch of the first railway in the Kansai western Japan region during a ceremony at JR Osaka Station in Osaka on May 11, 2024. The first railway in the region was operated between Osaka and Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in 1874.

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Shinkansen featuring 2025 World Exposition mascot

Photo taken at JR Shin-Osaka Station on April 13, 2024, shows a specially painted shinkansen bullet train featuring Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, which began operation exactly one year before the opening of the event in the western Japan city to build its momentum.

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Shinkansen featuring 2025 World Exposition mascot

Photo taken at JR Shin-Osaka Station on April 13, 2024, shows a specially painted shinkansen bullet train featuring Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, which began operation exactly one year before the opening of the event in the western Japan city to build its momentum.

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Shinkansen featuring 2025 World Exposition mascot

Photo taken at JR Shin-Osaka Station on April 13, 2024, shows a specially painted shinkansen bullet train featuring Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, which began operation exactly one year before the opening of the event in the western Japan city to build its momentum.

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New high-rise building in Osaka

Photo taken April 3, 2024, shows a lounge in the JP Tower Osaka building next to JR Osaka Station in the western Japan city of Osaka. A ceremony marking the completion of the building, which has 39 stories above the ground and three underground stories, was held the same day.

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New high-rise building in Osaka

Photo taken April 3, 2024, shows the JP Tower Osaka building next to JR Osaka Station in the western Japan city of Osaka. A ceremony marking the completion of the building, which has 39 stories above the ground and three underground stories, was held the same day.

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New high-rise building in Osaka

A ceremony marking the completion of the JP Tower Osaka building is held at the new building next to JR Osaka Station in the western Japan city of Osaka on April 3, 2024. The building has 39 stories above the ground and three underground stories.

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New high-rise building in Osaka

Photo taken April 3, 2024, shows office space inside the JP Tower Osaka building next to JR Osaka Station in the western Japan city of Osaka. A ceremony marking the completion of the building, which has 39 stories above the ground and three underground stories, was held the same day.

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Golden Week return rush

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded on May 6, 2023, with many travelers heading home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Golden Week in Japan

A shinkansen bullet train platform at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, is crowded with passengers as Japan enters the second half of the Golden Week holidays on May 3, 2023.

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Japan formally decides to downgrade COVID-19 to flu level on May 8

People walk in front of JR Osaka Station on April 27, 2023, with most wearing face masks. The government decided the same day to downgrade the legal status of the novel coronavirus to a level on par with seasonal influenza on May 8.

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Return rush after New Year holidays in Japan

Bullet train ticket gates at JR Shin-Osaka Station in western Japan are crowded on Jan. 3, 2024, with passengers heading home after the New Year holidays.