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RECAP: Record Rain Batters Tokyo as Chiba Sees Tornado-Like Event

Heavy rain and thunderstorms caused extreme weather across the Kanto region on Thursday, September 11. In Tokyo, Setagaya Ward recorded 92.0 mm of rain and Ota Ward 88.5 mm in just one hour, with some central areas receiving over 100 mm. The intense downpours disrupted rail and airport services and caused rivers including the Yazawa and Tachiai to overflow. Meanwhile, in Chiba Prefecture, a tornado-like phenomenon was observed, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue a “Tornado Advisory” for the Tokyo area.

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Japan: Water Gushes Out Of Manhole in Tokyo Amid Severe Rainfall

Heavy rain battered Tokyo and surrounding areas on Thursday, September 11, flooding streets, cutting power to over 7,000 homes, grounding flights, and triggering emergency alerts for floods and landslides. This video shows floodwater gushing out of a manhole in Meguro Ward, Tokyo.

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UK: Widespread Flooding Hits Greater Manchester Forcing Hundreds To Evacuate 4

Heavy rain caused severe flooding across Greater Manchester on New Year's Day forcing at least 13,000 people to evacuate. Emergency services declared a major incident.

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Kabuki actor Ennosuke arrested

Journalists take a picture of a vehicle carrying popular Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke as it arrives at a police station in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on June 27, 2023, ahead of his voluntary questioning in connection with the death of his parents. Ennosuke was later arrested on suspicion of assisting his mother's suicide. He was found collapsed along with his parents, who were later confirmed dead, at their home in Tokyo in mid-May.

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Kabuki actor Ennosuke arrested

A vehicle carrying popular Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke enters a police station in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on June 27, 2023, ahead of his voluntary questioning in connection with the death of his parents. Ennosuke was later arrested on suspicion of assisting his mother's suicide. He was found collapsed along with his parents, who were later confirmed dead, at their home in Tokyo in mid-May.

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Kabuki actor Ennosuke arrested

A vehicle carrying popular Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke enters a police station in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on June 27, 2023, ahead of his voluntary questioning in connection with the death of his parents. Ennosuke was later arrested on suspicion of assisting his mother's suicide. He was found collapsed along with his parents, who were later confirmed dead, at their home in Tokyo in mid-May.

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Japanese pitching legend Enatsu

Legendary Japanese pitcher Yutaka Enatsu gives an interview in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on April 10, 2023.

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Japanese pitching legend Enatsu

Legendary Japanese pitcher Yutaka Enatsu gives an interview in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on April 10, 2023.

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Families' grief stirred by 9/11 falling on Tuesday again

NEW YORK, United States - Kazusada Sumiyama and his wife Mari (both on R side) from Tokyo's Meguro Ward visit New Jersey's Bergen County where their son used to live, to pay tributes to the county's memorial monument dedicated to the Sept. 11 victims. Their 34-year-old son, Yoichi Sugiyama, was killed in the attack when he worked at Fuji Bank's New York office.

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Japanese team replicates movement in small muscle grown from rat cells

TOKYO, Japan - University of Tokyo Professor Shoji Takeuchi holds a bottle containing an artificial joint at the university's Institute of Industrial Science in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Oct. 24, 2014. A team led by Takeuchi has succeeded in replicating contraction and stretching in a small muscle grown from rat cells. The team attached two artificial muscle tissues to either side of a 2-centimeter-long artificial joint and was able to contract and stretch them smoothly by applying an electric stimulus.

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Hibari Misora Memorial House opens in Tokyo's Meguro

TOKYO, Japan - Charismatic singer Hibari Misora is seen in this photo taken in 1988. Hibari Misora Memorial House opened on May 28, 2014, in Tokyo's Meguro Ward.

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Popular duo's Aska arrested for stimulant possession

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters and photographers gather in front of a house of singer-songwriter Aska, half of the well-known musical duo Chage and Aska, in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on May 17, 2014, after Aska, whose real name is Shigeaki Miyazaki, was arrested by police on suspicion of possessing stimulant drugs.

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Mathematicians expanding exchanges with industry

TOKYO, Japan - Kyushu University professor Masato Wakayama (far R) converses with other participants in a symposium on mathematics for industry at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo, in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Feb. 22, 2014. (Photo by Toshiki Makino)

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Yoga boom in Japan moving to new phase

TOKYO, Japan - Participants of the monthly "Zen x Yoga x Ayurveda" seminar at Enyuji, a Buddhist temple of the Tendai school in Tokyo's Meguro Ward, practice yoga in the main hall on Sept. 22, 2013. The seminar covers Zen meditation, yoga and traditional Indian medicine.

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Japan general election eve

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, head of the Japan Restoration Party, waves at voters after making a stump speech in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Dec. 15, 2012, on the eve of the general election.

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Political commentator Miyake dies at 82

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 1985 shows political commentator Hisayuki Miyake, who died in hospital after collapsing at his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Nov. 15, 2012. He was 82.

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Prize-winning writer Saiichi Maruya dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2008 shows Saiichi Maruya, a Japanese prize-winning writer, translator and critic, being interviewed at home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward. Maruya died Oct. 13, 2012, of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital. He was 87. He won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for "Toshi no Nokori" (The Rest of the Year) in 1968.

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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu to promote casual clothing chain G.U.

TOKYO, Japan - Fashion model and singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (C) and Osamu Yunoki (2nd from R), president of low-price casual clothing retail chain G.U. Co., attend a media event in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Sept. 5, 2012. Kyary was introduced as a new icon in advertisements for G.U.

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Kyary Pamyu Pamyu to promote casual clothing chain G.U.

TOKYO, Japan - Fashion model and singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu strikes a pose during a media event in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Sept. 5, 2012, at which she was introduced as a new icon in advertisements for low-price casual clothing retail chain G.U. Co.

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Ex-U.S. President Truman's grandson meets A-bomb survivors

TOKYO, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel (L), a grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, meets a survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, during a meeting at the University of Tokyo Komaba campus in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Aug. 3, 2012. Daniel, the 55-year-old grandson of the president who ordered the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II, is visiting Japan for the first time to take part in the annual peace ceremonies to be held in the two cities on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, respectively.

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Ex-U.S. President Truman's grandson meets A-bomb survivors

TOKYO, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel (R), a grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman, listens to the tragic experience of a survivor (L) of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, during a meeting at the University of Tokyo Komaba campus in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Aug. 3, 2012. Daniel, the 55-year-old grandson of the president who ordered the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II, is visiting Japan for the first time to take part in the annual peace ceremonies to be held in the two cities on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, respectively.

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Tiananmen activist pins hopes on Chinese youths for nation's future

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 6, 2012, in Meguro Ward, Tokyo, Japan, shows Wang Dan (R), a Chinese dissident and former Tiananmen protester, talking with Chinese students studying in Japan.

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Japan's beer shipments record 1st rise in 6 years

TOKYO, Japan - A supermarket employee in Tokyo's Meguro Ward stacks up cases of inexpensive ''third-category'' beer-like beverages in August 2010. Shipments of beer and beer-like beverages between July and September logged the first year-on-year increase in six years for the reporting quarter due to scorching summer weather in statistics released on Oct. 13, 2010.

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New Cabinet member Renho gets off to work

TOKYO, Japan - Renho, a popular lawmaker of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, leaves home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on June 9, 2010, the day after being appointed as minister in charge of revitalization of the governmental system by Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Renho to become minister in charge of administrative reform

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors lawmaker Renho speaks to reporters on June 8, 2010, near her residence in Tokyo's Meguro Ward. Renho will serve as the minister in charge of administrative reform.

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Sales of nonstandard fruit, vegetables expanding

TOKYO, Japan - A ''mottainai'' (what a waste) market organized by university coeds sells nonstandard fruit and vegetables in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Oct. 18, 2009.

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Low-priced wines enjoy popularity amid economic slowdown

TOKYO, Japan - The Himonya store of supermarket chain operator Daiei Inc. in Tokyo's Meguro Ward offers a wide variety of inexpensive wines on Aug. 31.

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Easy-to-ride electric bicycles in vogue in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Various types of electric bicycle are on display at the Himonya store of Daiei Inc. in Tokyo's Meguro Ward in June.

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Tokyo noodle shop serves 'full-course meal' in 3,000-yen bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Shoichi Fujimaki dishes up a 3,000-yen ramen noodle bowl at his restaurant Fujimaki Gekijo in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on May 12.

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Itoham to collect products after toxic substance found

TOKYO, Japan - Itoham Foods Inc. executives bow at a press conference held at the company's Tokyo office in Meguro Ward on Oct. 25 after toxic cyanogen compounds exceeding the residue standard set by the government were detected in the underground water sources used in production of the products. At front are products to be voluntarily collected by the company.

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Emperor, empress visit nursery school

TOKYO, Japan - Empress Michiko speaks with children during her visit to a day nursery school in Tokyo's Meguro Ward with Emperor Akihito on May 10. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit nursery school

TOKYO, Japan - Empress Michiko speaks with children during her visit to a day nursery school in Tokyo's Meguro Ward with Emperor Akihito on May 10. (Pool photo)

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Remains of Korean at Tokyo temple are those of separate person

BUSAN, South Korea - Kim Sang Bong, 84, looks at his name on a list of members of an Imperial Japanese Army unit to which he belonged. His name is on a list of 1,135 Korean servicemen and civilian employees of the defunct Japanese military whose remains were placed at Yutenji temple in Tokyo's Meguro Ward.

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Grandfather of Crown Princess Masako, dies at 98

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito, Crown Princess Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at the residence in Tokyo's Meguro Ward of Yutaka Egashira, grandfather of Crown Princess Masako who died on Sept. 24, to pay their call of condolences on Sept. 25. (Pool photo)

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Prince Naruhito, Princess Masako attend funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R) and Princess Masako (L) attend the funeral for Suzuko Egashira, the princess's grandmother, in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Nov. 21. The princess's maternal grandmother died Nov. 19 at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Muraoka denies involvement in donation scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Kanezo Muraoka (R), former chief cabinet secretary, speaks to a group of reporters at his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Sept. 26 after being indicted on charges of violating the Political Funds Control Law by allegedly backing a plan to hide a 100 million yen political donation from the Japan Dental Association in July 2001 to a Liberal Democratic Party faction, formerly headed by ex-Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. (Pool photo)

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Ex-gov't spokesman Muraoka indicted over donation scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Kanezo Muraoka, former chief cabinet secretary, speaks to a group of reporters at his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Sept. 25 about his alleged involvement in a political donation scandal. He denied the allegation but prosecutors indicted him on Sept. 26 while not taking him into custody on charges of violating the Political Funds Control Law by backing a plan to hide a 100 million yen political donation his faction received from the Japan Dental Association in July 2001. (Pool photo)

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Suspected bomb found at deputy foreign minister's home

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers stand in front of the home of Deputy Foreign Minister Hitoshi Tanaka in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Sept. 10 after a suspected bomb was found there. Tanaka plays a key role in making Japan's policy toward North Korea and negotiating with Pyongyang.

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Princess Masako visits parents' home with daughter

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Masako (L) visits her parents (R) in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Sept. 4 with her 1-year-old daughter, Princess Aiko. It was the first time in nine years for the princess to visit her old home.

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Nippon Milk begins nationwide sale of milk products

TOKYO, Japan - A girl tastes milk produced by Nippon Milk Community Co. at an outlet of supermarket operator Daiei Inc. in Tokyo's Meguro Ward. on Jan. 7. Nippon Milk, established on Jan. 1 to take over the milk businesses of troubled Snow Brand Milk Products Co. and two agricultural cooperative federations, started nationwide sales of milk products under the Megmilk label.

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Ashes of Daiei Hawks manager Oh's wife stolen from Tokyo grave

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 25 shows the family grave of Daiei Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh at Enyuji Temple in Tokyo's Meguro Ward, where the ashes of Kyoko Oh, his late wife, have been found stolen. Police said they are investigating the case on suspicion of violation of excavation of a grave and unlawfully taking possession of a corpse.

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2 Tokyo parks open special areas where dogs can run free

TOKYO, Japan - Dogs run free in a special area at Komazawa Olympic Park in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Dec. 2. It is one of two parks run by the Tokyo metropolitan government which opened special areas for dog-lovers where they can let their animals run free. In parks operated by the metropolitan government, dogs have to be kept on leashes.

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Funeral for wife of Daiei Hawks manager Oh held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Daiei Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh watches his wife Kyoko's coffin being put into a hearse at Enyuuji Temple in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Dec. 14. Some 1,800 people attended the funeral of Kyoko Oh, who died of stomach cancer on Dec. 11 at the age of 57.

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Crown Princess Masako's parents attend celebration of birth

TOKYO, Japan - The parents of Crown Princess Masako -- Hisashi Owada (R) and Yumiko -- leave their home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Dec. 2 to attend an event at the Imperial Palace celebrating the birth of the princess. Their daughter gave birth to the baby girl on Dec. 1 at the Hospital of the Imperial Household.

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(7)Crown Princess Masako gives birth to girl

TOKYO, Japan - Hisashi Owada, the father of Crown Princess Masako, smiles as he leaves his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Dec. 1 for the Hospital of the Imperial Household to see his daughter. Crown Princess Masako gave birth to a baby girl at the hospital earlier in the day.

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(3)Crown Princess Masako gives birth to girl

TOKYO, Japan - Locals hang a banner celebrating the birth of a girl to Crown Princess Masako in the Senzoku shopping district in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Dec. 1. Her parents live nearby.

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(4)Princess Masako awaits birth of 1st child in hospital

TOKYO, Japan - A newsstand at Senzoku Station of Tokyu's Meguro Line in Tokyo's Meguro Ward is flooded with newspapers reporting Crown Princess Masako's admittance to the Hospital of the Imperial Household to give birth to her first child. The princess' parents live in the area.

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(3)Princess Masako hospitalized for delivery

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors to a Japanese-style bar near the home of Crown Princess Masako's parents in Tokyo's Meguro Ward drink a toast Nov. 30 on hearing the princess has been hospitalized to give birth to her first baby.

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(4)Princess Masako hospitalized for delivery

TOKYO, Japan - A sake dealer near the home of Crown Princess Masako's parents in Tokyo's Meguro Ward prepares sake cups for celebrations of the imminent arrival of her first baby.

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(4)Hometown awaits birth of royal baby

TOKYO, Japan - A liquor shop proprietress in Tokyo's Meguro Ward, the hometown of Crown Princess Masako, puts a ''booked'' label to a bottle of special rice wine which her shop plans to sell in celebration of the birth of a royal baby.