RECAP: Record Rain Swamps Nagoya, Central Japan

Torrential rain pounded Japan's Tokai region, including Nagoya, on Tuesday afternoon, September 8, flooding roads across the city. The capital of Aichi Prefecture recorded 104.5 millimeters of rainfall in one hour, the highest ever recorded in the city, and the downpour forced widespread train suspensions that stranded commuters. An underpass at Nagoya Dome-mae Yada subway station was completely flooded, with floodwater cascading down a staircase, and columns of water were seen shooting several stories into the air after floodwater pressure forced open manhole covers.

Japan: Heavy Rain Triggers Riverbank Slope Collapse in Nagoya

Torrential rain pounded Japan's Tokai region, including Aichi and Gifu prefectures, on Tuesday afternoon, September 8, flooding roads and damaging homes and businesses across the area. A slope collapse was also reported along the Ueda River in Nagoya.

Japan: Tokai Region Battered by Torrential Rain, Nagoya Sees Record Hourly Rainfall 6

Torrential rain pounded Japan's Tokai region, including Aichi and Gifu prefectures, on Tuesday afternoon, September 8, flooding roads across the area. Nagoya recorded 101.5 millimeters of rainfall in one hour, the highest ever recorded in the city, and the downpour forced widespread train suspensions that stranded commuters, including a temporary halt to Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train services.

Japanese dogs get pampered at fitness clubs, beauty clinics

Japanese dogs get pampered at fitness clubs, beauty clinics

NAGOYA, Japan - Guided by an instructor, a dog swims around a small pool at Copin Dog Mediness, a fitness club for dogs in Nagoya's Meito Ward.

Taxi driver fatally stabbed, found in taxi in Nagoya

Taxi driver fatally stabbed, found in taxi in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Police investigate a taxi, in which driver Mikio Maeno was found fatally stabbed, in Nagoya's Meito Ward on Aug. 24. The police said they suspect Maeno might have been killed at another venue and moved to the scene.

Chinese drink found to contain Viagra element

Chinese drink found to contain Viagra element

NAGOYA, Japan - The Aichi prefectural government has found a so-called health drink imported from China (photo) contains an active ingredient of the anti-impotence drug Viagra and directed the importer in Nagoya to recall the product, officials said Feb. 8. The importer, ASG in Nagoya's Meito Ward, imported 47,000 20-milliliter bottles of the drink from China between February last year and January and has sold 43,000 bottles, mostly in drugstores in Aichi and other prefectures.

Taxi driver fatally stabbed, found in taxi in Nagoya

Taxi driver fatally stabbed, found in taxi in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Police investigate a taxi, in which driver Mikio Maeno was found fatally stabbed, in Nagoya's Meito Ward on Aug. 24. The police said they suspect Maeno might have been killed at another venue and moved to the scene. (Kyodo)

Chinese drink found to contain Viagra element

Chinese drink found to contain Viagra element

NAGOYA, Japan - The Aichi prefectural government has found a so-called health drink imported from China (photo) contains an active ingredient of the anti-impotence drug Viagra and directed the importer in Nagoya to recall the product, officials said Feb. 8. The importer, ASG in Nagoya's Meito Ward, imported 47,000 20-milliliter bottles of the drink from China between February last year and January and has sold 43,000 bottles, mostly in drugstores in Aichi and other prefectures.