Canada: Large Fire Breaks Out On Old Rail Bridge In Metro Vancouver 5

An old unused rail bridge caught fire in Richmond, British Columbia on Thursday evening, June 20, sending a huge plume of smoke into the sky over Metro Vancouver. The nearby Oak Street bridge was closed in both directions while firefighters fought the fire. This video was taken by a dashboard camera while crossing the bridge.

Canada: Large Fire Breaks Out On Old Rail Bridge In Metro Vancouver 6

An old unused rail bridge caught fire in Richmond, British Columbia on Thursday evening, June 20, sending a huge plume of smoke into the sky over Metro Vancouver. The nearby Oak Street bridge was closed in both directions while firefighters fought the fire.

Canada: Large Fire Breaks Out On Old Rail Bridge In Metro Vancouver 2

An old unused rail bridge caught fire in Richmond, British Columbia on Thursday evening, June 20 sending a huge plume of smoke into the sky over Metro Vancouver. The nearby Oak Street bridge was closed in both directions while firefighters fought the fire.

Canada: Large Fire Breaks Out On Old Rail Bridge In Metro Vancouver

An old unused rail bridge caught fire in Richmond, British Columbia on Thursday evening, June 20 sending a huge plume of smoke into the sky over Metro Vancouver. The nearby Oak Street bridge was closed in both directions while firefighters fought the fire.

Canada: Large Fire Breaks Out On Old Rail Bridge In Metro Vancouver 4

An old unused rail bridge caught fire in Richmond, British Columbia on Thursday evening, June 20 sending a huge plume of smoke into the sky over Metro Vancouver. The nearby Oak Street bridge was closed in both directions while firefighters fought the fire.

Canada: Large Fire Breaks Out On Old Rail Bridge In Metro Vancouver 3

An old unused rail bridge caught fire in Richmond, British Columbia on Thursday evening, June 20 sending a huge plume of smoke into the sky over Metro Vancouver. The nearby Oak Street bridge was closed in both directions while firefighters fought the fire.

Foreign entries to Japan up 27.5 pct in March

STORY: Foreign entries to Japan up 27.5 pct in March DATELINE: April 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of foreign visitors in Tokyo STORYLINE: The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in March went up by 27.5 percent year on year to total 1,817,500, government data showed Wednesday. This marked the highest since the country lifted its pandemic-prompted ban on individual and non-prearranged trips last October, the Japan National Tourism Organization said. Despite signs of recovery, the monthly figure was still 34.2 percent lower than the level seen in March 2019 before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the organization. It said arrivals from South Korea comprised the largest number of visitors totaling 568,600 in March, while the number of U.S. visitors stood at 203,000. Visitors from the Chinese mainland doubled from the February figure to reach 75,700 last month, thanks to a growing number of direct flights between the two count

Top court overturns ruling in favor of Taiwan over Kyoto dormitory

Top court overturns ruling in favor of Taiwan over Kyoto dormitory

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Supreme Court on March 27 overturned a lower court ruling that recognized the ownership by Taiwan, not mainland China, of a Kyoto student dormitory (In file photo) in a case that could affect Japan's relations with China and Taiwan. The plaintiff in a 40-year-old court battle over the ownership of the Kyoto student dormitory became China instead of Taiwan when Japan switched its diplomatic recognition to Beijing from Taipei in 1972, the top court said.

Top court overturns ruling in favor of Taiwan over Kyoto dormito

Top court overturns ruling in favor of Taiwan over Kyoto dormito

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Supreme Court on March 27 overturned a lower court ruling that recognized the ownership by Taiwan, not mainland China, of a Kyoto student dormitory (In file photo) in a case that could affect Japan's relations with China and Taiwan. The plaintiff in a 40-year-old court battle over the ownership of the Kyoto student dormitory became China instead of Taiwan when Japan switched its diplomatic recognition to Beijing from Taipei in 1972, the top court said. (Kyodo)