Nepal: Flash Flooding Devastates China Border Crossing, Several Killed

A sudden catastrophic mudslide and flood struck the Rasuwagadhi border crossing between Tibet and Nepal on Tuesday morning, July 8, causing severe damage. According to reports, at least nine people have been confirmed dead, with 20 still missing. This video was filmed a few kilometers from the Friendship Bridge, which was washed away by the floodwaters.

SCK Constructs New Image Sensor Plant in Koshi, Kumamoto

SCK Constructs New Image Sensor Plant in Koshi, Kumamoto

SCK (Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing) builds a new image sensor plant in Koshi, Kumamoto.=November 29,2024,Kumamoto

SCK Constructs New Image Sensor Plant in Koshi, Kumamoto

SCK Constructs New Image Sensor Plant in Koshi, Kumamoto

SCK (Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing) builds a new image sensor plant in Koshi, Kumamoto.=November 29,2024,Kumamoto

SCK Constructs New Image Sensor Plant in Koshi, Kumamoto

SCK Constructs New Image Sensor Plant in Koshi, Kumamoto

SCK (Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing) builds a new image sensor plant in Koshi, Kumamoto.=November 29,2024,Kumamoto

SCK Constructs New Image Sensor Plant in Koshi, Kumamoto

SCK Constructs New Image Sensor Plant in Koshi, Kumamoto

SCK (Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing) builds a new image sensor plant in Koshi, Kumamoto.=November 29,2024,Kumamoto

SCK Constructs New Image Sensor Plant in Koshi, Kumamoto

SCK Constructs New Image Sensor Plant in Koshi, Kumamoto

SCK (Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing) builds a new image sensor plant in Koshi, Kumamoto.=November 29,2024,Kumamoto

SCK Constructs New Image Sensor Plant in Koshi, Kumamoto

SCK Constructs New Image Sensor Plant in Koshi, Kumamoto

SCK (Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing) builds a new image sensor plant in Koshi, Kumamoto.=November 29,2024,Kumamoto

Japanese crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium

Japanese crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko offers flowers at the charnel house of a national leprosy sanatorium in Koshi in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2023. (Pool photo)

Japanese crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium

Japanese crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (front R) meets with residents of a national leprosy sanatorium in Koshi in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2023. (Pool photo)

Japanese crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium

Japanese crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko offers flowers at the charnel house of a national leprosy sanatorium in Koshi in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2023. (Pool photo)

'Furikake' seasoning mix Grand Prix held

'Furikake' seasoning mix Grand Prix held

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Visitors at this year's "furikake" seasoning mix Grand Prix in Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, sample various types of the seasoning on Oct. 26, 2014, with Sawada Foods Co.'s squid kelp seasoning winning the first place. "Furikake" seasoning mix for rice is said have been originated in the prefecture.

Smiling top finishers of 'furikake' Grand Prix

Smiling top finishers of 'furikake' Grand Prix

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Daichi Sawada of Sawada Foods Co. (3rd from R), winner of this year's "furikake" seasoning mix for rice Grand Prix, and officials of other seasoning companies finishing high in the competition pose for a photo in Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 26, 2014.

Artist sculpts puffed corn snacks into Buddhist statues

Artist sculpts puffed corn snacks into Buddhist statues

TOKYO, Japan - Koshi Kawachi displays the statues of Buddha he carved out of a children's corn stick snack called "umaibo" on May 30, 2013 in Tokyo. He calls these creations "umaibutsu" (Tasty Buddha).

Japan judo chief announces Aug. resignation

Japan judo chief announces Aug. resignation

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) All Japan Judo Federation Chairman Haruki Uemura, Vice Chairmen Hiroaki Fujita and senior director Koshi Onozawa bow prior to leaving at the end of a press conference at Kodokan hall in Tokyo on July 30, 2013. Uemura announced during an extraordinary board meeting earlier the same day that he will resign in August over physical abuse by coaches and the misuse of funds. Fujita and Onozawa will also step down.

Otsu bullying case

Otsu bullying case

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, mayor of Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, speaks with reporters at the city hall on Feb. 5, 2013. The Otsu city government admitted for the first time that there was a causal relationship between bullying and a junior high school boy's suicide in 2011, during a hearing earlier the same day at the Otsu District Court for a 77 million yen damages suit filed by the bereaved family of the schoolboy.

Abuse allegations against Japan judo coach

Abuse allegations against Japan judo coach

TOKYO, Japan - Koshi Onozawa (R), senior director of the All Japan Judo Federation, bows at a press conference at the Kodokan in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Jan. 30, 2013, in a gesture of apology after admitting to allegations that 15 of its top female athletes were subjected to harassment and physical violence by head coach Ryuji Sonoda and other coaching staff.

Education board head at center of Otsu bullying case attacked

Education board head at center of Otsu bullying case attacked

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, mayor of Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, answers reporters' questions at the city hall on Aug. 15, 2012. A college student the same day assaulted the chief of the Otsu education board, police said. The education board has come under public criticism for initially failing to admit a link between the suicide of a 13-year-old boy and bullying by classmates in 2011.

City mayor apologizes over schoolboy's suicide

City mayor apologizes over schoolboy's suicide

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, mayor of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, answers reporters' questions at the city hall on July 25, 2012, after meeting the father of a boy who committed suicide in October 2011, allegedly as the result of school bullying. Koshi apologized to the boy's father, saying the school and local education board did not properly investigate the case.

City mayor apologizes over schoolboy's suicide

City mayor apologizes over schoolboy's suicide

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi (3rd from R), mayor of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, bows with others to a lawyer (far L) representing the bereaved family of a boy who committed suicide in October 2011, allegedly as the result of school bullying, at the city hall on July 25, 2012, prior to meeting the father of the boy. Koshi apologized to the boy's father, saying the school and local education board did not properly investigate the case.

City changes stance over schoolboy's suicide

City changes stance over schoolboy's suicide

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, mayor of Otsu in Shiga Prefecture, speaks during a press conference at the city hall on July 17, 2012, following the second round of a hearing at the Otsu District Court on a suit filed against the western Japan city and alleged bullies by the parents of a 13-year-old boy who committed suicide. The municipal government of Otsu told the district court that it is highly likely to admit that bullying lay behind the October 2011 suicide of the junior high school boy, reversing its previous stance.

Shiga Gov. Kada, Otsu Mayor Koshi

Shiga Gov. Kada, Otsu Mayor Koshi

OTSU, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada (R) holds talks with Naomi Koshi, the newly elected mayor of Otsu, Shiga's capital city, at the prefectural government office in Otsu on Jan. 25, 2012. Koshi started working as the mayor the same day following the 36-year-old lawyer's election Jan. 22 as Japan's youngest-ever female mayor. It is the first time in Japan for a prefecture and its capital city to be run by women.

Japan's youngest-ever female mayor

Japan's youngest-ever female mayor

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, a 36-year-old lawyer, celebrates with her supporters on the night of Jan. 22, 2012, in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, after being elected Japan's youngest-ever female mayor by voters in the capital of the western Japanese prefecture.

Japan's youngest-ever female mayor

Japan's youngest-ever female mayor

OTSU, Japan - Naomi Koshi, a 36-year-old lawyer, raises her fist before her supporters on the night of Jan. 22, 2012, in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, after being elected Japan's youngest-ever female mayor by voters in the capital of the western Japanese prefecture.

B'z, Linkin Park put on aid show

B'z, Linkin Park put on aid show

LOS ANGELES, United States - Members of two rock groups, including Koshi Inaba (2nd from R), who holds a school bag to be presented to a child who suffered in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, of B'z from Japan and Mike Shinoda (far L) of Linkin Park from the United States, attend a press conference in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, 2011. The groups put on a show in Los Angeles the same day to raise money for parts of Japan stricken by the disaster.

B'z, Linkin Park put on aid stage

B'z, Linkin Park put on aid stage

LOS ANGELES, United States - Members of two rock groups, including Koshi Inaba (2nd from R) of B'z from Japan and Mike Shinoda (far L) of Linkin Park from the United States, attend a press conference in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, 2011. The groups put on a show in Los Angeles the same day to aid people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan.

Animal-featuring skeleton helmets

Animal-featuring skeleton helmets

WHISTLER, Canada - Composite photo shows the helmets of Vancouver Olympic skeleton racers featuring animals: Clockwise from left top, a beaver on Canadian Jeff Pain, a turtle on Canadian Jon Montgomery, Pegasus on Japanese Shinsuke Tayama and a dragon on Japanese Kazuhiro Koshi.

Japanese skeleton racer Koshi makes final run

Japanese skeleton racer Koshi makes final run

WHISTLER, Canada - Japanese skeleton racer Kazuhiro Koshi reacts after the last run of his career at the Vancouver Olympics at the Whistler Sliding Centre on Feb. 19, 2010. The 45-year-old veteran said the same day he will retire from the sport.

Japan's Koshi finishes slide

Japan's Koshi finishes slide

WHISTLER, Canada - Kazuhiro Koshi of Japan finishes his heat during the men's skeleton competition at the Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2010, at the Whistler Sliding Centre, north of Vancouver. The 45-year-old veteran made the final heat of his career at the event before announcing his retirement.

Japan pop group B'z inducted into Hollywood's Rockwalk of Fame

Japan pop group B'z inducted into Hollywood's Rockwalk of Fame

LOS ANGELES, United States - Guitarist Takahiro ''Tak'' Matsumoto (R) and vocalist Koshi Inaba of Japanese rock band B'z hold up inscriptions of their handprints during a ceremony marking their induction into Hollywood's Rockwalk of Fame in Los Angeles on Nov. 19.

Kobe Steel appoints Inubushi president

Kobe Steel appoints Inubushi president

TOKYO, Japan - Kobe Steel Ltd. said Feb. 24 it has decided to appoint Vice President Yasuo Inubushi (L) as its new president, replacing Koshi Mizukoshi (R), who will become chairman.

Koshi comes in 8th in men's skelton in Winter Olympics

Koshi comes in 8th in men's skelton in Winter Olympics

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Kazuhiro Koshi of Japan competes in his second run during the skelton final at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in Park City on Feb. 20. Koshi came in 8th in the event.

Health minister visits leprosy sanitarium

Health minister visits leprosy sanitarium

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Health minister Chikara Sakaguchi (R) offers a prayer June 16 in front of a memorial for deceased leprosy patients at a leprosarium in the town of Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

Kobe Steel raided

Kobe Steel raided

OSAKA, Japan - Koshi Mizukoshi (L), president of Kobe Steel Ltd, speaks at a news conference at its head office in Kobe, Kyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 9 after police raided the head office the same day on suspicion the steelmaker gave 30 million yen in illegal payoffs to a ''sokaiya'' corporate racketeer in 1997.

KM Biologics begins development of vaccine for novel coronavirus

KM Biologics begins development of vaccine for novel coronavirus

KM Biologics (Kita Ward, Kumamoto City) has started to develop a vaccine for a new coronavirus infection. At a press conference held on April 25, President Nagasato said, "Our strength lies in the fact that we have skilled technicians and facilities from our days at the Research Institute for Chemotherapy and Serotherapy (KAKETSUKEN). As a member of the Meiji Group, we will do our utmost to expand this business. The new drug will be developed jointly with the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, the Institute of Medical Science of the University of Tokyo, and the National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition. The company will consider using its Kikuchi Research Center in Kikuchi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, and its Koshi Plant in Koshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, which are capable of producing vaccines for 57 million new influenza cases. (Photo taken on May 25, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Belize ship sinks after collision with Japanese fishing boat

Belize ship sinks after collision with Japanese fishing boat

TOTTORI, Japan - The 2,847-ton Belize cargo ship AIGE, with a crew of 18, sinks in the Sea of Japan off Shimane Prefecture's Oki Island on March 31 after colliding with the 78-ton fishing boat No. 3 Koshi Maru, with eight crew members aboard. The cargo ship sank but no one from either vessel was injured. The photo was taken and provided by the Japan Coast Gaurd.

Health minister visits leprosy sanitarium

Health minister visits leprosy sanitarium

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Health minister Chikara Sakaguchi (R) offers a prayer June 16 in front of a memorial for deceased leprosy patients at a leprosarium in the town of Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

Detention room at Hansen's disease sanatorium in southwestern Japan

Detention room at Hansen's disease sanatorium in southwestern Japan

A restored detention room at the national sanatorium Kikuchi Keifuen is seen in this photo taken in Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 26, 2015. Patients who were the target of quarantine policy till 1996 were detained in the room when they went outside without a permit or disobeyed an instruction.(Photo by Makoto Hori) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Top court sorry for "unlawful" treatment of leprosy patients

Top court sorry for "unlawful" treatment of leprosy patients

Yasushi Shimura (2nd from L), leader of a group of former leprosy patients, attends a press conference in the southwestern Japanese city of Koshi on April 25, 2016, after the Supreme Court offered an apology to former patients over the past discriminatory practice of trying them outside of standard courtrooms without properly examining the need to do so. Shimura said, however, it is unreasonable that the top court did not squarely admit to any constitutional violations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Top court sorry for "unlawful" treatment of leprosy patients

Top court sorry for "unlawful" treatment of leprosy patients

Yasushi Shimura (R), leader of a group of former leprosy patients, attends a press conference in the southwestern Japanese city of Koshi on April 25, 2016, after the Supreme Court offered an apology to former patients over the past discriminatory practice of trying them outside of standard courtrooms without properly examining the need to do so. Shimura said, however, it is unreasonable that the top court did not squarely admit to any constitutional violations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Aftermath of massive quakes in southwestern Japan

Aftermath of massive quakes in southwestern Japan

Shelves are empty at a convenience store in Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan, on April 17, 2016, in the wake of massive earthquakes that paralyzed commodity distribution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Koshi comes in 8th in men's skelton in Winter Olympics

Koshi comes in 8th in men's skelton in Winter Olympics

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Kazuhiro Koshi of Japan competes in his second run during the skelton final at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in Park City on Feb. 20. Koshi came in 8th in the event.

Animal-featuring skeleton helmets

Animal-featuring skeleton helmets

WHISTLER, Canada - Composite photo shows the helmets of Vancouver Olympic skeleton racers featuring animals: Clockwise from left top, a beaver on Canadian Jeff Pain, a turtle on Canadian Jon Montgomery, Pegasus on Japanese Shinsuke Tayama and a dragon on Japanese Kazuhiro Koshi. (Kyodo)

Japanese skeleton racer Koshi makes final run

Japanese skeleton racer Koshi makes final run

WHISTLER, Canada - Japanese skeleton racer Kazuhiro Koshi reacts after the last run of his career at the Vancouver Olympics at the Whistler Sliding Centre on Feb. 19, 2010. The 45-year-old veteran said the same day he will retire from the sport. (Kyodo)

Japan's Koshi finishes slide

Japan's Koshi finishes slide

WHISTLER, Canada - Kazuhiro Koshi of Japan finishes his heat during the men's skeleton competition at the Winter Olympics on Feb. 19, 2010, at the Whistler Sliding Centre, north of Vancouver. The 45-year-old veteran made the final heat of his career at the event before announcing his retirement. (Kyodo)

Japan pop group B'z inducted into Hollywood's Rockwalk of Fame

Japan pop group B'z inducted into Hollywood's Rockwalk of Fame

LOS ANGELES, United States - Guitarist Takahiro ''Tak'' Matsumoto (R) and vocalist Koshi Inaba of Japanese rock band B'z hold up inscriptions of their handprints during a ceremony marking their induction into Hollywood's Rockwalk of Fame in Los Angeles on Nov. 19. (Kyodo)

CORRECTED B'z, Linkin Park put on aid show

CORRECTED B'z, Linkin Park put on aid show

LOS ANGELES, United States - CORRECTING SPELLING OF JAPANESE BAND B'Z Members of two rock groups, including Koshi Inaba (2nd from R), who holds a school bag to be presented to a child who suffered in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, of B'z from Japan and Mike Shinoda (far L) of Linkin Park from the United States, attend a press conference in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, 2011. The groups put on a show in Los Angeles the same day to raise money for parts of Japan stricken by the disaster. (Kyodo)

CORRECTED B'z, Linkin Park put on aid stage

CORRECTED B'z, Linkin Park put on aid stage

LOS ANGELES, United States - CORRECTING SPELLING OF JAPANESE BAND B'Z Members of two rock groups, including Koshi Inaba (2nd from R) of B'z from Japan and Mike Shinoda (far L) of Linkin Park from the United States, attend a press conference in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, 2011. The groups put on a show in Los Angeles the same day to aid people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan. (Kyodo)

B'z, Linkin Park put on aid show

B'z, Linkin Park put on aid show

LOS ANGELES, United States - Members of two rock groups, including Koshi Inaba (2nd from R), who holds a school bag to be presented to a child who suffered in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, of B's from Japan and Mike Shinoda (far L) of Linkin Park from the United States, attend a press conference in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, 2011. The group put on a show in Los Angeles the same day to raise money for parts of Japan stricken by the disaster. (Kyodo)

B'z, Linkin Park put on aid stage

B'z, Linkin Park put on aid stage

LOS ANGELES, United States - Members of two rock groups, including Koshi Inaba (2nd from R) of B's from Japan and Mike Shinoda (far L) of Linkin Park from the United States, attend a press conference in Los Angeles on Aug. 31, 2011. The groups put on a show in Los Angeles the same day to aid people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan. (Kyodo)

Nursery school at leprosy sanatorium

Nursery school at leprosy sanatorium

KOSHI, Japan - Keiko Sugino (L), a 70-year-old resident at the National Sanatorium Kikuchi Keifuen in Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, watches children play on Feb. 1, 2012, at a nursery school that opened at the leprosy sanatorium the same day. (Kyodo)