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Expressways jammed amid return rush from holiday exodus

TOKYO, Japan - Joban Expressway is jammed with cars in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010. Expressways across the nation continue to be clogged amid the rush of travelers returning home from spending the ''Bon'' summer holidays out of town.

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Expressways jammed amid return rush from holiday exodus

TOKYO, Japan - Joban Expressway is jammed with cars in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010. Expressways across the nation continue to be clogged amid the rush of travelers returning home from spending the ''Bon'' summer holidays out of town.

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'Return rush' of vacationers begins

TOKYO, Japan - Toll gates on the Joban Expressway in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, are packed with vehicles heading for Tokyo to return home on Jan. 2 after the year-end and New Year's holiday period.

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Cars pass by radiation dosimeter in Fukushima Pref.

NAMIE, Japan - Cars pass through the expressway gate in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, that connects Namie with the Miyagi prefectural town of Yamamoto on the Joban Expressway on Dec. 6, 2014, as the Yamamoto-Soma and Minamisoma-Namie sections opened the same day. The radiation dosimeter board is seen near the gate.

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Horseback warrior appears in Joban Expressway ceremony

YAMAMOTO, Japan - A horseman of the traditional "Soma Nomaoi" festival adds zest to a ceremony in the Miyagi prefectural town of Yamamoto on Dec. 6, 2014, as the northeastern Japanese town was fully connected with Namie town in Fukushima Prefecture on the Joban Expressway. Parts of the expressway section between the two towns had not opened.

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Ceremony to connect 2 towns on Joban Expressway

YAMAMOTO, Japan - A ribbon-cutting ceremony is held in the Miyagi Prefectural town of Yamamoto on Dec. 6, 2014, to mark the connection of the northeastern Japanese town with Namie town in Fukushima Prefecture on the Joban Expressway. Parts of the expressway section between the two towns had not opened.

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'Return rush' of vacationers begins

TOKYO, Japan - Toll gates on the Joban Expressway in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, are packed with vehicles heading for Tokyo to return home on Jan. 2 after the year-end and New Year's holiday period. (Kyodo)

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in northeastern Japan

SOMA, Japan Kyodo - Work to resume traffic is under way on a section of the Joban Expressway in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 17, 2021, following a landslide triggered by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that hit northeastern Japan on Feb. 13.

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Mural, soccer stars' footprints unveiled at Joban Expressway rest area

A female visitor places her foot over a footprint of a member of Japan's 2010 national soccer team displayed at the Naraha rest area along the Joban Expressway in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 21, 2015. The footprints and handprints, along with a mural drawn by local high school students in the summer of 2009 prior to the March 2011 earthquake and nuclear plant disaster, were unveiled ahead of the March 1 opening of remaining sections of the expressway that had been delayed by the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reopened stretch of Joban Expressway shown to press

East Nippon Expressway Co. shows the press a stretch of the Joban Expressway in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 17, 2015, before it opens to traffic on March 1. Construction of the 14.3-kilometer stretch between the Namie and Joban-Tomioka interchanges in the northeastern Japan prefecture had been delayed due to radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reopened stretch of Joban Expressway shown to press

An electronic board shows a count of 5.5 microsieverts per hour in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, along a portion of the Joban Expressway between the Namie and Joban-Tomioka interchanges in the northeastern Japanese prefecture on Feb. 17, 2015. The stretch was shown to the press before it opens to traffic on March 1 after construction had been delayed due to radiation from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in northeastern Japan

Work to resume traffic is under way on a section of the Joban Expressway in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 17, 2021, following a landslide triggered by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that hit northeastern Japan on Feb. 13.

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Strong earthquake in northeastern Japan

A drone photo shows work to clear a section of the Joban Expressway in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, under way on Feb. 14, 2021, following a landslide in the wake of the previous day's magnitude 7.3 earthquake in northeastern Japan.

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Strong earthquake in northeastern Japan

A drone photo shows work to clear a section of the Joban Expressway in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, under way on Feb. 14, 2021, following a landslide in the wake of the previous day's magnitude 7.3 earthquake in northeastern Japan.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in northeastern Japan

Work to resume traffic is under way on a section of the Joban Expressway in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 17, 2021, following a landslide triggered by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake that hit northeastern Japan on Feb. 13.

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Expressways jammed amid return rush from holiday exodus

TOKYO, Japan - Joban Expressway is jammed with cars in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010. Expressways across the nation continue to be clogged amid the rush of travelers returning home from spending the ''Bon'' summer holidays out of town. (Kyodo)

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Expressways jammed amid return rush from holiday exodus

TOKYO, Japan - Joban Expressway is jammed with cars in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, on Aug. 14, 2010. Expressways across the nation continue to be clogged amid the rush of travelers returning home from spending the ''Bon'' summer holidays out of town. (Kyodo)

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Cars pass by radiation dosimeter in Fukushima Pref.

NAMIE, Japan - Cars pass through the expressway gate in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, that connects Namie with the Miyagi prefectural town of Yamamoto on the Joban Expressway on Dec. 6, 2014, as the Yamamoto-Soma and Minamisoma-Namie sections opened the same day. The radiation dosimeter board is seen near the gate. (Kyodo)

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Horseback warrior appears in Joban Expressway ceremony

YAMAMOTO, Japan - A horseman of the traditional "Soma Nomaoi" festival adds zest to a ceremony in the Miyagi prefectural town of Yamamoto on Dec. 6, 2014, as the northeastern Japanese town was fully connected with Namie town in Fukushima Prefecture on the Joban Expressway. Parts of the expressway section between the two towns had not opened. (Kyodo)

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Ceremony to connect 2 towns on Joban Expressway

YAMAMOTO, Japan - A ribbon-cutting ceremony is held in the Miyagi Prefectural town of Yamamoto on Dec. 6, 2014, to mark the connection of the northeastern Japanese town with Namie town in Fukushima Prefecture on the Joban Expressway. Parts of the expressway section between the two towns had not opened. (Kyodo)

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Abe in Fukushima ahead of quake-tsunami anniversary

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (4th from L) attends a tape-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of a Joban Expressway interchange in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe in Fukushima ahead of quake-tsunami anniversary

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks in a ceremony to mark the opening of a Joban Expressway interchange in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo