30th anniversary of China Airlines crash in Nagoya

30th anniversary of China Airlines crash in Nagoya

A woman prays in front of a monument for the victims of the 1994 China Airlines crash located in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture in central Japan, on April 26, 2024, the 30th anniversary of the accident. The Airbus A300 of the Taiwanese carrier crashed while landing at Nagoya airport, killing 264 of 271 passengers and crew on board.

30th anniversary of China Airlines crash in Nagoya

30th anniversary of China Airlines crash in Nagoya

Relatives of the victims of the 1994 China Airlines plane crash gather at the memorial monument located in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture in central Japan, near the crash site at Nagoya airport on April 26, 2024, the 30th anniversary of the accident. The Airbus A300 of the Taiwanese carrier crashed while landing at the airport, killing 264 of 271 passengers and crew on board.

Sumo wrestler smiles broadly after promotion

Sumo wrestler smiles broadly after promotion

KASUGAI, Japan - Fujiazuma, a sumo wrestler belonging to the Tamanoi stable, smiles broadly at a lodging facility used by the stable for its wrestlers in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, on June 27, 2011, after his promotion to the top makuuchi class from the second-tier juryo division was announced earlier in the day by the Japan Sumo Association for the July 10-24 Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

LDP's Niwa set to win lower house by-election in Aichi

LDP's Niwa set to win lower house by-election in Aichi

KASUGAI, Japan - Former Liberal Democratic Party lower house member Hideki Niwa is tossed in the air in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, after his victory is assured in the by-election for the House of Representatives Aichi No. 6 district on April 24, 2011.

People protest against SDF dispatch to Iraq

People protest against SDF dispatch to Iraq

KASUGAI, Japan - Civic group members walk to the Air Self-Defense Force Komaki base Dec. 7 in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, in protest against the Japanese government's plan to dispatch Self-Defense Force troops to Iraq.

Aluminum 'taiko' drum may be listed as world's largest

Aluminum 'taiko' drum may be listed as world's largest

NAGOYA, Japan - A 3-meter-wide skin of a ''taiko'' drum being developed by Nihon Asahi Chuki is shown off in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, on June 3. The company plans to have the drum, which will be made of aluminum, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest taiko in existence after its unveiling this fall.