Japanese gymnasts arrive in Sydney for Olympics

Japanese gymnasts arrive in Sydney for Olympics

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese gymnasts Akihiro Kasamatsu (L) and Naoya Tsukahara (C) arrive at Sydney's international airport on Sept. 8 to take part in the Olympic Games.

"Snow corridor" completed in Aomori

"Snow corridor" completed in Aomori

Snow is expelled from a road at Kasamatsu pass in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 27, 2015, adding the finishing touch to the building of a "snow corridor," or walls of snow created every spring to reopen the eight-kilometer section of the road after its wintertime closure. Vehicles will be allowed to go through the section from April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

"Snow corridor" completed in Aomori

"Snow corridor" completed in Aomori

Snow is expelled from a road at Kasamatsu pass in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 27, 2015, adding the finishing touch to the building of a "snow corridor," or walls of snow created every spring to reopen the eight-kilometer section of the road after its wintertime closure. Vehicles will be allowed to go through the section from April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Drive-thru vaccination in central Japan

Drive-thru vaccination in central Japan

Training for drive-through COVID-19 vaccination is under way in a parking lot of a hospital in the Gifu Prefecture town of Kasamatsu, central Japan, on Feb. 19, 2021.

Drive-thru vaccination in central Japan

Drive-thru vaccination in central Japan

Training for drive-through COVID-19 vaccination is under way in the Gifu Prefecture town of Kasamatsu, central Japan, on Feb. 19, 2021.

NHK head apologizes for reporter's arrest in attempted arson

NHK head apologizes for reporter's arrest in attempted arson

OTSU, Japan - Hirofumi Kasamatsu, a 24-year-old NHK reporter who has admitted to the attempted arson charge, leaves Otsu Police Station in Shiga Prefecture in a car as he is sent to prosecutors on Nov. 6. NHK President Genichi Hashimoto offered an apology earlier in the day over the incident, saying: ''We heartily apologize to those affected, relevant parties, and our viewers and listeners.'' (Kyodo)

Great Nobi Earthquake (Kasamatsu Village)

Great Nobi Earthquake (Kasamatsu Village)

Kasamatsu village is the present Kasamatsu-cho of Hashima-gun of Gifu prefecture. There was great disaster here, and the newspaper coverage reports the gravity of the disaster. According to the Jiji dated November 6, there were 555 totally destroyed houses, 29 half destroyed houses, 205 deaths, 382 wounded and 547 fires.==Date:unknown, Place:Gifu, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number39‐12‐0]

Hair salon inside prison facility

Hair salon inside prison facility

A female inmate cuts the hair of a customer coming from outside the Kasamatsu jail in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on May 22, 2019, as part of vocational training for life after her release. The hair salon has some regular customers, offering services at lower than usual prices. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hair salon inside prison facility

Hair salon inside prison facility

Photo taken May 22, 2019, shows a hair salon inside the Kasamatsu jail in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, where female inmates offer services at lower than usual prices as part of their vocational training. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese gymnasts arrive in Sydney for Olympics

Japanese gymnasts arrive in Sydney for Olympics

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese gymnasts Akihiro Kasamatsu (L) and Naoya Tsukahara (C) arrive at Sydney's international airport on Sept. 8 to take part in the Olympic Games.