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Japan: Roads Turn Into River After Intense Rainfall In Tokyo Area 2

About 100 millimeters of rain fell in an hour in Tokyo and neighboring Saitama Prefecture on Wednesday evening, July 31. Videos posted on social media show roads and highways flooded like a river across the region.

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Use of radio waves eyed to forecast regional downpours

TOKYO, Japan - Seiji Kawamura, senior researcher at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Koganei, western Tokyo, explains a prototype system to receive radio waves for terrestrial digital broadcasting from the Tokyo Skytree broadcasting tower to forecast regional torrential downpours, as seen in this file photo taken in June 2014.

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Animation film director Hayao Miyazaki

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese animation film director Hayao Miyazaki gives an interview with Kyodo News at his studio in Koganei, Tokyo. The photo was taken in July 2013.

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Animation movie director Miyazaki to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows Japanese animation film director Hayao Miyazaki standing in front of his studio in Koganei, Tokyo. The award-winning director has decided to retire, his office said on Sept. 1, 2013.

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Animation film director Miyazaki to release new movie

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese animation film director Hayao Miyazaki stands in front of his studio in Koganei, Tokyo, on July 10, 2013.

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Animator Miyazaki

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Film director Hideaki Anno, animator Hayao Miyazaki and singer Yumi Matsutoya attend a press conference on the completion of Miyazaki's new animation film "Kaze Tachinu" at Studio Ghibli in Koganei, western Tokyo, on June 24, 2013. Anno is the voice of the main character in the film and Mastutoya sings the main song.

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Leap second in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People gather to see a clock showing the time 8:59:60 at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Koganei, western Tokyo, on July 1, 2012. The governmental body in charge of Japan's standard time added the leap second as part of a universal adjustment of atomic clocks to align with the rotation of the Earth.

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Leap second in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A clock shows the time 8:59:60 at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Koganei, western Tokyo, on July 1, 2012. The governmental body in charge of Japan's standard time added the leap second as part of a universal adjustment of atomic clocks to align with the rotation of the Earth.

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Studio Ghibli raises anti-nuclear power banner

TOKYO, Japan - Studio Ghibli Inc. displays an anti-nuclear power banner at its office in Koganei, western Tokyo, on June 17, 2011, at the initiative of noted animator Hayao Miyazaki. The banner reads, ''Studio Ghibli wants to create movies using electricity without nuclear power plants.''

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Studio Ghibli raises anti-nuclear power banner

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. His Studio Ghibli Inc. displayed an anti-nuclear power banner at its office in Koganei, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2011, at his initiative.

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Edo-Tokyo architecture museum

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at an old stationery shop in the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum in Tokyo's Koganei on July 28, 2010.

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College course to train 'plant doctors' attracting students

TOKYO, Japan - Students compare sick and healthy broad bean plants during a class at Hosei University's Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry at the university's campus in Tokyo's Koganei on May 21.

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'Spirited Away' wins Oscar for best animated film

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Suzuki (R), the producer of ''Spirited Away'' (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi), speaks to reporters at Studio Ghibli in Koganei, Tokyo, on March 24 after the film won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film. Director Hayao Miyazaki did not appear before the press, but his son Goro is at left.

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Station-side robot demonstration experiment started by Connected Robotics and others

On the 16th, Connected Robotics (Koganei City, Tokyo), in collaboration with JR East Startup (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo) and Nippon Restaurant Enterprise (Taito Ward, Tokyo), began a demonstration experiment of an "ekisoba (buckwheat noodle) robot" at a soba (buckwheat noodle) restaurant in JR Higashi Koganei Station. The aim of the experiment is to verify the practicality of the robot in actual shops, and to introduce it to other shops in the future and automate the entire operation. The boiling machine and sink were also custom-made to fit the robot. In the future, the company hopes to increase the processing capacity of the robot and introduce it at stores with a large number of customers, such as Shinjuku and Kanda in Tokyo. (March 16, 2020, JR Higashi Koganei Station, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Lorraine, the breakfast cooking robot from Connected Robotics.

On the 18th, Connected Robotics (Koganei City, Tokyo) conducted a demonstration test of the breakfast cooking robot "Lorraine" at the Candeo Hotels Tokyo Roppongi in Minato Ward, Tokyo. After a customer placed an order using a tablet, the robot carried a container of eggs, bacon, and hot vegetables to a hot plate, set them, heated and cooked them, and served fried eggs and other items. The robot will cook two sets of three ingredients at a time. The robot will cook two sets of three ingredients at a time, and it has the advantage of being entertaining to watch as it cooks right in front of you, as well as providing freshly cooked food. Another feature of this system is that it covers the surface of the fried egg to make it more delicious. (Candeo Hotels Tokyo Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, July 18, 2019; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Takoyaki Robot Octo Chef

Connected Robotics (Koganei City, Tokyo) will launch a new service plan for its octopus dumpling robot "Octo Chef" in August for a monthly fee. The plan includes all the costs for upgrading and adding functions to the robot, so that users can always use the latest version, and also aims to make it easier for small businesses to introduce the robot by reducing the initial cost. Takoyaki robots and other cooking robots may be used in small and medium-sized restaurants, but the price is a hurdle to their widespread use. In addition to the competition with the labor cost of part-time workers, the cost of adding new functions or changing to a new image processing unit during the process is also a reason for hesitation. The new plan solves these user concerns. The monthly fee and the length of the cancellation penalty period will be worked out in the future. Photo taken on July 3, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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College course to train 'plant doctors' attracting students

TOKYO, Japan - Students compare sick and healthy broad bean plants during a class at Hosei University's Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry at the university's campus in Tokyo's Koganei on May 21. (Kyodo)

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Japan says online image of hostage's body likely authentic

Junko Ishido, the mother of Kenji Goto, one of two Japanese taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State, speaks to reporters at her home in Koganei, western Tokyo, in early hours of Jan. 25, 2015, after an image of her son was posted online. The image shows Goto holding a picture purportedly showing Haruna Yukawa, the other hostage, has been executed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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The former Mitsui Residence

TOKYO, Japan - The restored reading room of the house of Hachiroemon Mitsui, the head of the former Mitsui conglomerate following its relocation from Minato Ward to Koganei in western Tokyo. The photo was taken Sept. 20, 1996. (Kyodo)

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20-year-old woman repeatedly stabbed before appearing in idol show

Media crew gather in front of a multiple-tenant building in Tokyo's Koganei on May 21, 2016, where Mayu Tomita, a 20-year-old college student, were repeatedly stabbed by Tomohiro Iwagaki, 27. Tomita was assaulted shortly before appearing on stage in the building with other women in the idol event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Junko Ishido (R in center), the 78-year-old mother of Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, and her husband Ikuo are surrounded by reporters in Koganei, western Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Goto was posted online. She said, "I'm so upset that I can't find the right words." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Junko Ishido, the 78-year-old mother of Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, speaks to reporters in Koganei, western Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Goto was posted online. She said, "I'm so upset that I can't find the right words," (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Junko Ishido, the 78-year-old mother of Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, speaks to reporters in Koganei, western Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Goto was posted online. She said, "I'm so upset that I can't find the right words," (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Islamic State posts video showing beheaded Japan hostage

Junko Ishido, the 78-year-old mother of Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State militants, speaks to reporters in Koganei, western Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2015, after a new video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Goto was posted online. She said, "I'm so upset that I can't find the right words," (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan says online image of hostage's body likely authentic

Junko Ishido, the mother of Kenji Goto, one of two Japanese taken hostage by a group believed to be Islamic State, speaks to reporters at her home in Koganei, western Tokyo, on Jan. 25, 2015, after an image of her son was posted online. The image shows Goto holding a picture purportedly showing Haruna Yukawa, the other hostage, has been executed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Manhole cover with cherry tree image in Koganei

A manhole cover with cherry tree design is seen in Koganei, Tokyo, on April 1, 2015. The city is known for cherry trees. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Families enjoy picnic in Koganei

Families enjoy picnicking by a brook in Koganei City, Tokyo, on April 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo monument honors chivalrous outlaw Koganei Kojiro

Photo taken on April 2, 2015, shows a stone monument in Tokyo's Koganei City erected in remembrance of Koganei Kojiro, a chivalrous Robin Hood figure in the 19th century Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man walking dog on "Hake no Komichi" path in Koganei

A man walks a dog on "Hake no Komichi," a narrow path near a stream, in Koganei City, Tokyo, on April 2, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People attracted to chirps of bush warblers in Koganei

People listen to chirps of Japanese bush warblers in Koganei City, Tokyo, on April 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People set to photograph rare display of leap-second adjustment

Many people will likely photograph a clock to catch a rare display of a leap second to be added at the end of June 30, 2015, at 23:59:60, as seen in this photo taken at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology in Koganei outside Tokyo on July 1, 2012, when the last leap-second adjustment took place at 08:59:60. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Edo-Tokyo architecture museum

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at an old stationery shop in the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum in Tokyo's Koganei on July 28, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Cherry trees by the Edo River

The Kanda Josui (waterway) stretching from around Sekiguchidai in Koishikawa and Iida Bridge was called Edo River (different from the tributary of Tonegawa). It is said that cherry trees were planted here in 1884, but despite its shallow history, the area became a famous cherry blossom viewing site called the new Koganei by the end of Meiji Period. Several boat houses provided lodgings and rented out small boats of this kind. It was a refined pleasure to view the cherry blossoms from the boat. This is a magic lantern slide made around 1897.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐35‐0]

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Viewing cherry blossoms at Koganei Banks

People are enjoying the cherry blossoms from Koganei Bridge. The most beautiful scenery stretched for two kilometers upstream and two kilometers downstream from the bridge. It is not clear when the cherry trees were planted at Tamagawa Waterway because different documents give different dates. However, the Koganei Cherry Tree Monument (still existing near Koganei Bridge) puts it at 1737. Records show that Kawasaki Heiemon Sadataka, the caretaker of Musashino Shinden, and others planted cherry trees on both sides of the waterway near Koganei Bridge. Taken around 1897.==Date:about 1897, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number88‐33‐0]

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Cherry trees along the Koganei embankment

Until the Murayama and Yamaguchi reservoirs were built in 1927 and 1934, respectively, the Tamagawa Waterway seen in this photograph was the main source of water for Edo and later Tokyo. Huge cherry trees stand along the banks. Only a few old cherry trees remain at present because most of them were cut down in 1954 to allow for the expansion of the Itsukaichi Highway north of the waterway. The spaces where people could put out blankets to sit and enjoy the cherry blossoms also disappeared, and people began to go to Koganei Park for cherry blossom viewing. Taken around 1897.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number54‐46‐2]

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Cherry trees along the Koganei embankment

Although there were many places to view cherry blossoms in Edo, Koganei was popular even in the Meiji Period because Emperor Meiji visited the site in 1883. Another reason was that Sakai Station (present-day Musashi Sakai) and Kokubunji Station opened on the Shinjuku-Tachikawa Line of Kobu Railways, making it a convenient destination for many people. It could also be that because of the lower average temperature, the wild cherry trees bloom later here than other kinds of cherry trees. Mid-Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐18‐0]

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Cherry trees along the Koganei embankment

A flower-watcher on a rickshaw is about to cross a wooden bridge with cherry blossoms in full bloom. The rickshaw is pulled by two men, which is unusual.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐18‐0]

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Studio Ghibli raises anti-nuclear power banner

TOKYO, Japan - Studio Ghibli Inc. displays an anti-nuclear power banner at its office in Koganei, western Tokyo, on June 17, 2011, at the initiative of noted animator Hayao Miyazaki. The banner reads, ''Studio Ghibli wants to create movies using electricity without nuclear power plants.'' (Kyodo)

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Studio Ghibli raises anti-nuclear power banner

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. His Studio Ghibli Inc. displayed an anti-nuclear power banner at its office in Koganei, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2011, at his initiative. (Kyodo)

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Miyazaki to receive Academy's Honorary Award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2014 shows Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki at Studio Ghibli in Koganei, Tokyo. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Aug. 28, 2014, it has picked Miyazaki as one of three recipients of its Honorary Award for the year. (Kyodo)

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Cherry trees along the Koganei embankment

Cherry trees along the Koganei embankment ==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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'Spirited Away' wins Oscar for best animated film

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Suzuki (R), the producer of ''Spirited Away'' (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi), speaks to reporters at Studio Ghibli in Koganei, Tokyo, on March 24 after the film won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film. Director Hayao Miyazaki did not appear before the press, but his son Goro is at left. (Kyodo)