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Stranded tourists brought down peak by cable car with standby motor

MIYATA, Japan - More than 1,000 tourists stranded on the 2,956-meter Mt. Komagatake in Nagano Prefecture after lightning hit a cable car system July 25 were brought down by the early morning of July 26 on cable cars run by a standby motor. The last group turned up nearly 14 hours after the cable car system was paralyzed.

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(1)Stranded tourists brought down peak

MIYATA, Japan - More than 1,000 tourists stranded on the 2,956-meter Mt. Komagatake in Nagano Prefecture after lightning hit a cable car system July 25 were brought down by the early morning of July 26 on cable cars run by a standby motor. The last group was brought down nearly 14 hours after the cable car system was paralyzed.

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China's leader Li Ruihuan visits Toyota's factory

FUKUOKA, Japan - Li Ruihuan (C), the fourth-highest ranking official of the Chinese Communist Party, listens to an explanation about an auto assembly line at Toyota Motor Corp.'s plant in Miyata, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 13. Li, chairman of the People's Political Consultative Conference, arrived in Japan on Dec. 8 and will stay until Dec. 16.