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The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

Kuroda speech

Kuroda speech

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda delivers a speech in Tokyo's Kunitachi City on May 26, 2013.

Experiments done for advanced medical technology for pets

Experiments done for advanced medical technology for pets

TOKYO, Japan - A right eye of a beagle dog suffering from corneal haze caused by a tumor is cured through transplanting treatment by veterinarian Masanori Endo at Kunitachi Animal Hospital in the western Tokyo city of Kunitachi.

3 businessmen suicide

3 businessmen suicide

Three Japanese business partners hanged themselves at a hotel in the city of Kunitachi, western Tokyo, on February 25, 1998, apparently because of business difficulties. Three men are identified as Mr. Masaaki Kobayashi, 51, president of an auto parts sales company, Mr. Masaru Sudo, 49, self-employed, and Mr. Yoshimi Shoji, 49, president of an auto parts sales comapny. (Photo: ""Le Piano"" where they died.)

Experiments done for advanced medical technology for pets

Experiments done for advanced medical technology for pets

TOKYO, Japan - A right eye of a beagle dog suffering from corneal haze caused by a tumor is cured through transplanting treatment by veterinarian Masanori Endo at Kunitachi Animal Hospital in the western Tokyo city of Kunitachi. (Kyodo)

Emperor and empress visit care facility

Emperor and empress visit care facility

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit a welfare facility set up for people with learning disabilities in Tokyo's Kunitachi city on Dec. 6, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Emperor and empress visit care facility

Emperor and empress visit care facility

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit a welfare facility set up for people with learning disabilities in Tokyo's Kunitachi city on Dec. 6, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Emperor and empress visit care facility

Emperor and empress visit care facility

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko talk with a resident of a welfare facility set up for people with learning disabilities in Tokyo's Kunitachi city on Dec. 6, 2018. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo