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Japan: Flooding Hits Kinki Region Amid Seasonal Rain Front and Typhoon Mekkhala’s Approach 4

Heavy rain and flooding struck parts of Japan on Friday, June 26, as Typhoon Mekkhala approached the country alongside a stagnant seasonal rain front. Flooded roads, stranded vehicles, landslides, and road collapses were reported across the Kinki region, including Osaka and Kyoto, with the Japan Meteorological Agency issuing weather alerts and evacuation orders for some regions. The video shows sections of road washed away by fast-moving floodwater in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto.

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Japan: Flooding Hits Kinki Region Amid Seasonal Rain Front and Typhoon Mekkhala’s Approach 3

Heavy rain and flooding struck parts of Japan on Friday, June 26, as Typhoon Mekkhala approached the country alongside a stagnant seasonal rain front. Flooded roads, stranded vehicles, landslides, and road collapses were reported across the Kinki region, including Osaka and Kyoto, with the Japan Meteorological Agency issuing weather alerts and evacuation orders for some regions.

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Japan: Flooding Hits Kinki Region Amid Seasonal Rain Front and Typhoon Mekkhala’s Approach 2

Heavy rain and flooding struck parts of Japan on Friday, June 26, as Typhoon Mekkhala approached the country alongside a stagnant seasonal rain front. Flooded roads, stranded vehicles, landslides, and road collapses were reported across the Kinki region, including Osaka and Kyoto, with the Japan Meteorological Agency issuing weather alerts and evacuation orders for some regions.

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Hydrangeas bloom in central Japan

Hydrangeas bloom at a park in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 9, 2025. The Japan Meteorological Agency announced the same day that the rainy season had apparently started in the Tokai region centering on the city as well as Chugoku and Kinki regions.

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Hydrangeas bloom in central Japan

Hydrangeas bloom at a park in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 9, 2025. The Japan Meteorological Agency announced the same day that the rainy season had apparently started in the Tokai region centering on the city as well as Chugoku and Kinki regions.

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Hydrangeas bloom in central Japan

Hydrangeas bloom at a park in Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 9, 2025. The Japan Meteorological Agency announced the same day that the rainy season had apparently started in the Tokai region centering on the city as well as Chugoku and Kinki regions.

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Bus tour participants chant Buddhist sutra at temple

OSAKA, Japan - Participants in a bus tour of well-known Buddhist temples in the western Japan region of Kinki chant the Heart Sutra at the Enryakuji temple in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Oct. 11, 2014.

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Daihatsu launches minicar series with many color choices

OSAKA, Japan - Daihatsu Motor Co. unveils a partially restyled regional model of the "Mira Cocoa" minicar series in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 26, 2014. The model caters to customers in the Kinki region that includes Osaka and Kyoto. The remodeled series offers 160 different color combinations for the body and interior components as well as different versions according to 11 regions.

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Audi World Cup model

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken June 6, 2014, shows special limited-edition "World Cup model" vehicles in the Japanese team's colors unveiled by Audi Japan KK at its biggest outlet in the Kinki region. The outlet opened the same day in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, ahead of the soccer extravaganza in Brazil.

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Higashikokubaru says to give up Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Hideo Higashikokubaru, a Japanese lawmaker from the Japan Restoration Party. Higashikokubaru said Dec. 11, 2013, he will give up his seat in parliament and leave his party due to differences in opinion on policy. He won a seat with the party in proportional representation for the Kinki region in December 2012's House of Representatives election.

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Heavy rain in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Boys ride bicycles on a flooded street in Osaka on Aug. 27, 2011. Heavy rain fell in the Kinki region in western Japan the same day.

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Experimental voyage aims to resolve mystery of ancient stone coffins

UTO, Japan - A replica of an ancient boat (R) sets off for a monthlong experimental voyage from Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, to Osaka on July 24 in a bid to resolve an archeological mystery in the sixth to seventh centuries -- how heavy stone coffins were shipped to emperors' tombs in the Kinki region some 800 kilometers away. The 12-meter-long wooden boat, rowed by 18 people, tows two boards with a replicated coffin made of the ''makadoishi'' stone on them.

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Experimental voyage aims to resolve mystery of ancient stone coffins

UTO, Japan - A crew of 18 persons rows a replica of an ancient boat out into the sea off Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, on a monthlong experimental voyage to Osaka on July 24, aimed at resolving an archeological mystery in the sixth to seventh centuries -- how heavy stone coffins were shipped to emperors' tombs in the Kinki region some 800 kilometers away. The 12-meter-long wooden boat is towing a barge loaded with a replicated coffin made of the ''makadoishi'' stone on them.

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(1)Undisturbed treasures found in tumulus in Hyogo Pref.

KOBE, Japan - Aerial photo shows an ancient tumulus, named Chasuriyama, in Wadayama, Hyogo Prefecture, which has turned out to be one of the largest burial mounds in the Kinki region and contains numerous artifacts. The tumulus was built in the early part of the 5th century and has a diameter of about 86 meters.

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Mirror from Hyogo tomb mound identified as Chinese

KOBE, Japan - This mirror, unearthed from a tomb mound in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture in 1917, was made in China some 2,000 years ago and is the oldest mirror discovered in the northern Kinki region, western Japan, archeologists said Feb. 20. The mirror discovered at the Morio mound was determined by experts to have been made during China's Wang Mang period (A.D. 8-23) based on its form and inscriptions.

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Daiwa, 2 regional banks launch holding company

OSAKA, Japan - Masao Nomura (L), former president of Nara Bank, Yasuhisa Katsuta (C), former president of Daiwa Bank, and Yasuhiro Takatani, former president of Kinki Osaka Bank, join hands at a ceremony at Daiwa Bank's head office in Osaka on Dec. 12 to mark the launch of Daiwa Bank Holdings, which has integrated the three banks' management. Katsuta has become president of the largest financial group in the western Japanese region of Kansai. Nomura and Takatani have become board members.

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Worst Earthquake In 50 Years Devastates Kansai Region

HYOGO, JAPAN - JAN. 17: Japan's most devastating earthquake in nearly half a century ravaged the international port city of Kobe and many other cities in western Japan on Tuesday. At least 112 people were killed and 163 people are missing in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, after a powerful earthquake hit Kobe, Osaka and other parts of the Kinki region in western Japan on Tuesday morning, Authorities said. Police said more than 340 people were injured, while 223 people appear to have been buried in rubble in Hyogo Prefecture. According to a Kyodo News Service survey, at least 360 people suffered injuries in the Kansai region as of 11:30 a.m. Upon an emergency request from Hyogo prefectural police, the Self-Defense Forces have dispatched troops to rescue people trapped under collapsed houses and buildings.

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Worst Earthquake In 50 Years Devastates Kansai Region

HYOGO, JAPAN - JAN. 17: Japan's most devastating earthquake in nearly half a century ravaged the international port city of Kobe and many other cities in western Japan on Tuesday. At least 112 people were killed and 163 people are missing in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, after a powerful earthquake hit Kobe, Osaka and other parts of the Kinki region in western Japan on Tuesday morning, Authorities said. Police said more than 340 people were injured, while 223 people appear to have been buried in rubble in Hyogo Prefecture. According to a Kyodo News Service survey, at least 360 people suffered injuries in the Kansai region as of 11:30 a.m. Upon an emergency request from Hyogo prefectural police, the Self-Defense Forces have dispatched troops to rescue people trapped under collapsed houses and buildings.

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Worst Earthquake In 50 Years Devastates Kansai Region

HYOGO, JAPAN - JAN. 17: Japan's most devastating earthquake in nearly half a century ravaged the international port city of Kobe and many other cities in western Japan on Tuesday. At least 112 people were killed and 163 people are missing in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, after a powerful earthquake hit Kobe, Osaka and other parts of the Kinki region in western Japan on Tuesday morning, Authorities said. Police said more than 340 people were injured, while 223 people appear to have been buried in rubble in Hyogo Prefecture. According to a Kyodo News Service survey, at least 360 people suffered injuries in the Kansai region as of 11:30 a.m. Upon an emergency request from Hyogo prefectural police, the Self-Defense Forces have dispatched troops to rescue people trapped under collapsed houses and buildings.

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Worst Earthquake In 50 Years Devastates Kansai Region

HYOGO, JAPAN - JAN. 17: Japan's most devastating earthquake in nearly half a century ravaged the international port city of Kobe and many other cities in western Japan on Tuesday. At least 112 people were killed and 163 people are missing in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, after a powerful earthquake hit Kobe, Osaka and other parts of the Kinki region in western Japan on Tuesday morning, Authorities said. Police said more than 340 people were injured, while 223 people appear to have been buried in rubble in Hyogo Prefecture. According to a Kyodo News Service survey, at least 360 people suffered injuries in the Kansai region as of 11:30 a.m. Upon an emergency request from Hyogo prefectural police, the Self-Defense Forces have dispatched troops to rescue people trapped under collapsed houses and buildings.

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Daiwa, 2 regional banks launch holding company

OSAKA, Japan - Masao Nomura (L), former president of Nara Bank, Yasuhisa Katsuta (C), former president of Daiwa Bank, and Yasuhiro Takatani, former president of Kinki Osaka Bank, join hands at a ceremony at Daiwa Bank's head office in Osaka on Dec. 12 to mark the launch of Daiwa Bank Holdings, which has integrated the three banks' management. Katsuta has become president of the largest financial group in the western Japanese region of Kansai. Nomura and Takatani have become board members.

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Experimental voyage aims to resolve mystery of ancient stone cof

UTO, Japan - A replica of an ancient boat (R) sets off for a monthlong experimental voyage from Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, to Osaka on July 24 in a bid to resolve an archeological mystery in the sixth to seventh centuries -- how heavy stone coffins were shipped to emperors' tombs in the Kinki region some 800 kilometers away. The 12-meter-long wooden boat, rowed by 18 people, tows two boards with a replicated coffin made of the ''makadoishi'' stone on them. (Kyodo)

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Experimental voyage aims to resolve mystery of ancient stone cof

UTO, Japan - A crew of 18 persons rows a replica of an ancient boat out into the sea off Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, on a monthlong experimental voyage to Osaka on July 24, aimed at resolving an archeological mystery in the sixth to seventh centuries -- how heavy stone coffins were shipped to emperors' tombs in the Kinki region some 800 kilometers away. The 12-meter-long wooden boat is towing a barge loaded with a replicated coffin made of the ''makadoishi'' stone on them. (Kyodo)

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Mirror from Hyogo tomb mound identified as Chinese

KOBE, Japan - This mirror, unearthed from a tomb mound in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture in 1917, was made in China some 2,000 years ago and is the oldest mirror discovered in the northern Kinki region, western Japan, archeologists said Feb. 20. The mirror discovered at the Morio mound was determined by experts to have been made during China's Wang Mang period (A.D. 8-23) based on its form and inscriptions.

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Heavy rain in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Boys ride bicycles on a flooded street in Osaka on Aug. 27, 2011. Heavy rain fell in the Kinki region in western Japan the same day. (Kyodo)

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Bus tour participants chant Buddhist sutra at temple

OSAKA, Japan - Participants in a bus tour of well-known Buddhist temples in the western Japan region of Kinki chant the Heart Sutra at the Enryakuji temple in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Oct. 11, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Daihatsu launches minicar series with many color choices

OSAKA, Japan - Daihatsu Motor Co. unveils a partially restyled regional model of the "Mira Cocoa" minicar series in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 26, 2014. The model caters to customers in the Kinki region that includes Osaka and Kyoto. The remodeled series offers 160 different color combinations for the body and interior components as well as different versions according to 11 regions. (Kyodo)

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(1)Undisturbed treasures found in tumulus in Hyogo Pref.

KOBE, Japan - Aerial photo shows an ancient tumulus, named Chasuriyama, in Wadayama, Hyogo Prefecture, which has turned out to be one of the largest burial mounds in the Kinki region and contains numerous artifacts. The tumulus was built in the early part of the 5th century and has a diameter of about 86 meters. (Kyodo)

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Osaka covered with snow

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Castle and surrounding areas in central Osaka are blanketed with snow on the night of Feb. 8 through Feb. 9 following cold overnight temperatures in the Kinki region, western Japan. Some highways were closed temporarily due to the snow in the morning.

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Kyoto covered with snow

KYOTO, Japan - Snow sits on the eaves of Kyoto's Kinkakuji, also called Temple of the Golden Pavilion, on Jan. 26 following cold overnight temperatures in the Kinki region, western Japan. The snow was 3 centimeters deep in the ancient capital by the morning.