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Japan: Intense Rain Hits Evening Rush Hour In Tokyo, Trains Suspended 8

Heavy rainfall hit the Tokyo metropolitan area on Wednesday, August 21 disrupting some train services during evening rush hour. Videos posted on social media shows water falling from ceilings like a waterfall inside stations and streets flooded like a river across the city.

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Okinawa Defense Bureau head at press conference

NAHA, Japan - Kazunori Inoue, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, speaks at a press conference in the town of Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2014.

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Panel to check ex-Okinawa governor's OK for U.S. base transfer

Deputy Okinawa Gov. Mitsuo Ageda (L) meets with Kazunori Inoue (far R), chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, in Kadena in the southernmost Japanese prefecture on Jan. 26, 2015. Ageda requested that the bureau refrain from conducting a drilling survey in the Henoko district of Nago until a newly created panel, established to examine the former Okinawa governor's approval of landfill work for the relocation of the U.S. Futenma base, submits its conclusion. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo