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Shin-Etsu Expressway blocked by soil from collapsed roadside wall

TOKYO, Japan - Soil from a collapsed roadside wall covers a 10-meter section of the Shin-Etsu Expressway in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 19, shutting down the expressway between the Komoro and Saku interchanges for four hours. The landslide, which occurred at around 6:15 a.m., did not hit any vehicles, officials said.

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Senior Kigenkai member seen as key player in violence on woman

KOMORO, Japan - Police agents investigate the facilities of the religious group Kigenkai in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 16. Yasuko Kubota, a senior Kigenkai member, is suspected of playing a leading role in allegedly beating to death a female member last month, according to police sources.

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Police probe religious group Kigenkai over member's death

NAGANO, Japan - Police investigators inspect facilities of the Shinto-linked religious group Kigenkai in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture on Oct. 15. Nagano police are investigating the death last month of a female member of the group who allegedly died after an assault inside the Kigenkai facility.

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Religious group Kigenkai linked to death of female member

NAGANO, Japan - The compound of the Shinto-linked religious group Kigenkai in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, where a ''Torii'' Shinto gate stands just inside the closed front gate. Police are investigating the death last month of a female member of the group who allegedly died after an assault inside the Kigenkai facility.

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Stationery store owner shows Meiji era postcards

Kazuto Kakegawa, the owner of a time-honored stationery store in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, holds picture postcards of the Meiji era over a century ago on July 13, 2015. They were found at the store's warehouse around three years ago and started to be sold in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Many picture postcards of Meiji era found

Some 500 sets of picture postcards of the Meiji era over a century ago, found at a stationery store in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, around three years ago, are shown. The postcards, printed and issued in 1906, according to the writing on the wrapping paper, went on sale in April 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Competition heats up among Japanese wine producers

Photo taken Feb. 2, 2017 in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, shows Yasushi Nakane, a former math teacher who moved to Nagano from a Tokyo suburb to launch wine production, attending to grapevines growing in the central Japan city, designated as a special district for wine production. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shin-Etsu Expressway blocked by soil from collapsed roadside wal

TOKYO, Japan - Soil from a collapsed roadside wall covers a 10-meter section of the Shin-Etsu Expressway in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 19, shutting down the expressway between the Komoro and Saku interchanges for four hours. The landslide, which occurred at around 6:15 a.m., did not hit any vehicles, officials said. (Kyodo)

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Man arrested for kidnapping after appearing at police with girl

ODAWARA, Japan - Hironori Aoki (C), arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl from Nagano Prefecture, is transferred from Odawara Police Station in Kanagawa Prerfecture to Komoro Police Station in Nagano Prefecture on Oct. 25. (Kyodo)

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Senior Kigenkai member seen as key player in violence on woman

KOMORO, Japan - Police agents investigate the facilities of the religious group Kigenkai in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 16. Yasuko Kubota, a senior Kigenkai member, is suspected of playing a leading role in allegedly beating to death a female member last month, according to police sources. (Kyodo)

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Religious group Kigenkai linked to death of female member

NAGANO, Japan - The compound of the Shinto-linked religious group Kigenkai in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, where a ''Torii'' Shinto gate stands just inside the closed front gate. Police are investigating the death last month of a female member of the group who allegedly died after an assault inside the Kigenkai facility. (Kyodo)

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Police probe religious group Kigenkai over member's death

NAGANO, Japan - Police investigators inspect facilities of the Shinto-linked religious group Kigenkai in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture on Oct. 15. Nagano police are investigating the death last month of a female member of the group who allegedly died after an assault inside the Kigenkai facility. (Kyodo)