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[Breaking News]Baseball: Ohtani wins MVP

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - A woman grabs a copy of an extra edition of the Iwate Nippo daily newspaper near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2025, featuring Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani winning his third consecutive MVP Award and fourth of his Major League Baseball career. Ohtani is from the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED: Baseball: Ohtani wins MVP

A man grabs a copy of an extra edition of the Iwate Nippo daily newspaper near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2025, featuring Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani winning his third consecutive MVP Award and fourth of his Major League Baseball career. Ohtani is from the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate.

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Baseball: Ohtani wins MVP

A woman grabs a copy of an extra edition of the Iwate Nippo daily newspaper near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2025, featuring Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani winning his third consecutive MVP Award and fourth of his Major League Baseball career. Ohtani is from the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate.

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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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LDP leadership election

People gather in front of JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2025, to listen to former Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi making a stump speech as official campaigning for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Oct. 4 leadership election begins.

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LDP leadership race

Former Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi speaks at a pep rally in front of JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2025, after filing his candidacy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Oct. 4 leadership election.

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Tsunami warning issued in Japan

An electronic display at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo shows train service suspensions due to a tsunami warning on July 30, 2025, following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

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Upper house election campaigning

Voters listen to Sohei Kamiya, leader of the minor opposition Sanseito party in front of JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning for the July 20 House of Councillors election begins.

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Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

TOKYO, Japan, May 23 Kyodo - A signage at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo notifies passengers of the suspension of the busy Yamanote Line on the morning of May 23, 2025, following problems with some pantographs the previous night. (Kyodo)

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Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

A sign at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo notifies passengers of the suspension of the outer loop of the busy Yamanote Line late on the night of May 22, 2025, following problems with some pantographs.

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Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

A sign at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo notifies passengers of the suspension of the outer loop of the busy Yamanote Line late on the night of May 22, 2025, following problems with some pantographs.

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Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

A signage at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo notifies passengers of the suspension of the busy Yamanote Line on the morning of May 23, 2025, following problems with some pantographs the previous night.

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Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

A signage at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo notifies passengers of the suspension of the busy Yamanote Line on the morning of May 23, 2025, following problems with some pantographs the previous night.

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Service suspension on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line

A train is stopped on the outer loop track of the busy Yamanote Line at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo in the late night of May 22, 2025, following problems with some pantographs.

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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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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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Snow in Tokyo

People with umbrellas are pictured in the snow in front of JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on March 19, 2025.

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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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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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Taxis in Tokyo

Taxis wait for a customer near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo in the early hours of April 6, 2024.

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Taxis in Tokyo

Taxis wait for a customer near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo in the early hours of April 6, 2024.

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4 injured after explosion in downtown Tokyo

STORY: 4 injured after explosion in downtown Tokyo DATELINE: July 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the explosion site STORYLINE: Four people were injured after an explosion took place on Monday afternoon near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo of Japan. The explosion was reported at around 3:15 p.m. local time as a fire broke out in an eight-story building some 300 meters away from the centrally located JR Shimbashi Station, according to the local police department. According to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, four people suffered minor injuries, who were two passersby and two employees of the restaurant where the explosion reportedly took place. At the time of the accident, Xinhua reporters heard the blast while driving past an intersection less than 50 meters away from the scene, and then saw a lot of fragments flying out of a room on the second floor of the building. A burst of smoke was spotted in the room accompanied by a slight smell of

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JAPAN-TOKYO-EXPLOSION

(230703) -- TOKYO, July 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 3, 2023 shows the site of an explosion near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo, Japan. An explosion was heard on Monday afternoon near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo of Japan, according to local police department. Xinhua reporters saw three injured people on site, with their exact condition unknown. There is a fire coming out of a five-story building some 300 meters away from the JR Shimbashi Station, with grey smoke and debris seen on site. The fire department has dispatched more than 20 engines to extinguish the fire. (Xinhua/Feng Wuyong)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-EXPLOSION

(230703) -- TOKYO, July 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 3, 2023 shows the site of an explosion near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo, Japan. An explosion was heard on Monday afternoon near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo of Japan, according to local police department. Xinhua reporters saw three injured people on site, with their exact condition unknown. There is a fire coming out of a five-story building some 300 meters away from the JR Shimbashi Station, with grey smoke and debris seen on site. The fire department has dispatched more than 20 engines to extinguish the fire. (Xinhua/Feng Wuyong)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-EXPLOSION

(230703) -- TOKYO, July 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 3, 2023 shows the site of an explosion near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo, Japan. An explosion was heard on Monday afternoon near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo of Japan, according to local police department. Xinhua reporters saw three injured people on site, with their exact condition unknown. There is a fire coming out of a five-story building some 300 meters away from the JR Shimbashi Station, with grey smoke and debris seen on site. The fire department has dispatched more than 20 engines to extinguish the fire. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-EXPLOSION

(230703) -- TOKYO, July 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 3, 2023 shows the site of an explosion near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo, Japan. An explosion was heard on Monday afternoon near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo of Japan, according to local police department. Xinhua reporters saw three injured people on site, with their exact condition unknown. There is a fire coming out of a five-story building some 300 meters away from the JR Shimbashi Station, with grey smoke and debris seen on site. The fire department has dispatched more than 20 engines to extinguish the fire. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-EXPLOSION

(230703) -- TOKYO, July 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 3, 2023 shows the site of an explosion near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo, Japan. An explosion was heard on Monday afternoon near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo of Japan, according to local police department. Xinhua reporters saw three injured people on site, with their exact condition unknown. There is a fire coming out of a five-story building some 300 meters away from the JR Shimbashi Station, with grey smoke and debris seen on site. The fire department has dispatched more than 20 engines to extinguish the fire. (Xinhua/Feng Wuyong)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-EXPLOSION

(230703) -- TOKYO, July 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 3, 2023 shows the site of an explosion near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo, Japan. An explosion was heard on Monday afternoon near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo of Japan, according to local police department. Xinhua reporters saw three injured people on site, with their exact condition unknown. There is a fire coming out of a five-story building some 300 meters away from the JR Shimbashi Station, with grey smoke and debris seen on site. The fire department has dispatched more than 20 engines to extinguish the fire. (Xinhua/Feng Wuyong)

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JAPAN-TOKYO-EXPLOSION

(230703) -- TOKYO, July 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 3, 2023 shows the site of an explosion near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo, Japan. An explosion was heard on Monday afternoon near Shimbashi in downtown Tokyo of Japan, according to local police department. Xinhua reporters saw three injured people on site, with their exact condition unknown. There is a fire coming out of a five-story building some 300 meters away from the JR Shimbashi Station, with grey smoke and debris seen on site. The fire department has dispatched more than 20 engines to extinguish the fire. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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Mobile Suica glitch in eastern Japan

Notices are posted on ticket machines at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on June 24, 2023, after a glitch in East Japan Railway Co.'s Mobile Suica electronic train fare system prevented passengers from charging their travel cards.

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Sub-zero temperature in Tokyo

A thermometer shows the temperature below 0 C near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on the morning of Jan. 25, 2023.

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Sub-zero temperature in Tokyo

A thermometer shows the temperature below 0 C near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on the morning of Jan. 25, 2023.

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Japan smoking rate falls to record-low 19.5%

TOKYO, Japan - A man smokes a cigarette in an outdoor smoking area near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. The smoking rate hit an all-time low of 19.5 percent in Japan in 2010, down 3.9 percentage points from the preceding year, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said the same day.

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Snow covers Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A worker scatters snow melting agent on the icy road surface in front of JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012. Some train services in the metropolitan area were disrupted following Tokyo's first snow of the season the previous night.

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Snow covers Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman walks on an icy street in front of JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2012. Some train services in the metropolitan area were disrupted following Tokyo's first snow of the season the previous night.

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Snow blankets downtown Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A man rides a bicycle on a street littered with snow near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2011. Downtown Tokyo was covered by snow for the first time this winter.

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Japan World Cup squad announced

TOKYO, Japan - Women read an extra edition of a newspaper reporting the lineup of the 23-man squad of the Japanese national team for the World Cup finals near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on May 10, 2010.

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Commuters stranded by thundering rainstorm in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Commuters are stranded at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on July 29 as a thundering rainstorm knocked out train service of the busy JR Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines. The downpour also halted the Shinkansen bullet train service between Shinagawa in Tokyo and Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture and cut short a pre-Olympic soccer game in Tokyo between Japan and Argentina.

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Rainy season starts in extensive areas, including Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Commuters walk under an umbrella outside JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on June 9 as the Japan Meteorological Agency said the rainy season is believed to have started in the Kanto-Koshin region, including Tokyo, and the southern Tohoku region.

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Koizumi's LDP clinches historic election victory

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese newspapers sold at Tokyo's JR Shimbashi Station on Sept. 12 are seen reporting a historic victory by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the Sept. 11 general election.

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Free magazines popping up all over Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A female staff member of Hot Pepper magazines, donning a red hat and a t-shirt, distribute the free magazines in front of Shimbashi JR Station in Tokyo's Minato Ward.

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(6)Crown Princess Masako gives birth to girl

TOKYO, Japan - Passersby receive extra editions of a newspaper reporting the birth of a baby girl to Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako in front of JR Shimbashi Station on Dec. 1.

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Gang war breaks out on Tokyo street, 4 injured

TOKYO, Japan - As passersby watch, plainclothesmen check the scene near Tokyo's JR Shimbashi Station where a gang war broke out among knife-wielding, tear-gas-spraying rival gangsters late night Aug. 28. Police said four gangsters were injured with stabbing wounds in the night melee that involved some 53 gangsters from two rival factions of the Kokusuikai mob group.

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Ogi begins stumping tour for upper house poll

TOKYO, Japan - New Conservative Party leader Chikage Ogi begins her campaign for the July 29 House of Councillors election in front of Tokyo's JR Shimbashi station on July 12.

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Ceremony to mark 150th anniv. of Japan's 1st railway

A ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of the launch of Japan's first railway is held at JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2022. Japan's first railway opened on Oct. 14, 1872, between Shimbashi and Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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150th anniversary of Japanese railways

A commemorative train leaves JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2022, marking the 150th anniversary of the launch of Japan's first railway.

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150th anniversary of Japanese railways

A commemorative train leaves JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2022, marking the 150th anniversary of the launch of Japan's first railway.