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Philippines: Church Bells Toll to Mourn Death of Pope Francis 2

Pope Francis has died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday, April 21. Bells were rung at Catholic churches to mourn his death across the Philippines.

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7-car pileup on Metropolitan Expressway

TODA, Japan, May 14 Kyodo -Video taken on May 14, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a seven-car pileup on the Metropolitan Expressway in Toda in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, that left three people dead.(Kyodo)

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[Breaking News] 7-car pileup on Metropolitan Expressway

TODA, Japan, May 14 Kyodo - Video taken on May 14, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a seven-car pileup on the Metropolitan Expressway in Toda in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, that left three people dead. (Kyodo)

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7-car pileup on Metropolitan Expressway

Photo taken on May 14, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a seven-car pileup on the Metropolitan Expressway in Toda in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, that left three people dead.

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7-car pileup on Metropolitan Expressway

Photo taken on May 14, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a seven-car pileup on the Metropolitan Expressway in Toda in Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, that left three people dead.

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Japan: Strong Winds Sweep Across Country, Causing Damage To Tokyo Metropolitan Area

A low-pressure system brought strong winds across the country on Monday, March 18, causing damage in the metropolitan area. A truck was overturned on the Central Circular Route of the Metropolitan Expressway, and the roofs and walls of commercial facilities and construction sites were blown off.

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Snow in Tokyo

A woman walks beside a closed Metropolitan Expressway entrance in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on the morning of Feb. 6, 2024, after snowfall peaked in the capital.

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Rush of travelers returning from New Year holidays

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 2, 2012, shows the Chugoku Expressway jammed with vehicles in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture. The rush of travelers returning to the Tokyo metropolitan region from New Year holidays in their hometowns or other travel destinations began the same day, jamming trains, flights and expressways across Japan.

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New Year vacationers returning to metropolitan area

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 3, 2015, near Tokyo shows the Tomei Expressway, whose Tokyo-bound lane was crowded with cars of New Year holiday vacationers returning to the metropolitan area.

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Movements under way to restore lost scenery around Nihombashi bridge

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2011 shows an elevated part of the Metropolitan Expressway running over the Nihombashi bridge in Tokyo's Chuo Ward.

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Movements under way to restore lost scenery around Nihombashi bridge

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken April 24, 1963, shows the Metropolitan Expressway under construction over the Nihombashi bridge in Tokyo's Chuo Ward.

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Snow in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 15, 2013, shows the Tokyo metropolitan expressway Route 3 Shibuya Line (left side), which remains blocked after snowfall the previous day, and a jammed adjacent city road.

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Home-bound holidaymakers' rush

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 3, 2013, shows congestion on Tokyo-bound lanes (left side) of the Tomei Expressway near the Atsugi interchange in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture. The rush of holidaymakers returning to the Tokyo metropolitan region after spending the year-end and New Year holidays in hometowns and other destinations peaked the same day, crowding trains, airplanes and expressways.

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Metropolitan expressway marks 50th anniv.

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Haneda Tunnel in Tokyo's Ota Ward on the Tokyo metropolitan expressway on Dec. 19, 2012. Metropolitan Expressway Co., the operator of the expressway, marked the 50th anniversary on Dec. 20, 2012, of the arterial route's opening.

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Return rush from Bon holidays

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 15, 2012, shows the Tokyo-bound lane of the Chuo Expressway jammed with vehicles near the Uenohara interchange in Yamanashi Prefecture. The rush of vacationers returning home after spending the mid-August Bon summer holidays in their hometowns or tourist spots away from the nation's metropolitan areas peaked the same day.

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4 die, 2 injured in pileup on Tokyo metropolitan expressway

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows emergency rescue team members rescuing people from a wrecked minivan (C) between a large trailer and a car-transporter truck on the Tokyo metropolitan expressway in Tokyo's Koto Ward on July 11, 2012. Four officials of the Tokyo Customs Office died when their minivan was involved in a crash there that left two other officials seriously injured, police said.

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4 die, 2 injured in pileup on Tokyo metropolitan expressway

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows emergency rescue team members rescuing people from a wrecked minivan (C) between a large trailer and a car-transporter truck on the Tokyo metropolitan expressway in Tokyo's Koto Ward on July 11, 2012. Four officials of the Tokyo Customs Office died when their minivan was involved in a crash there that left two other officials seriously injured, police said.

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New Year vacationers' 'return rush' to Tokyo peaks

TOKYO, Japan - The Tomei Expressway, one of Japan's key highways, is crowded in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Jan. 3, 2010 with vehicles carrying travelers returning home to the metropolitan area after spending the New Year's holidays in their hometowns or resorts.

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DPJ Tokyo assembly member offers to resign over drunk driving

TOKYO, Japan - Mito Kakizawa, a Tokyo metropolitan assembly member from the Democratic Party of Japan, announces his resignation at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 12. Kakizawa was allegedly driving drunk when he crashed his car into the median strip on the Metropolitan Expressway No. 5 route in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward on Feb. 9.

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Trailer unit hangs off Tokyo's Metropolitan Expressway

TOKYO, Japan - A large trailer unit hangs off Tokyo's Metropolitan Expressway in the Motoakasaka area of Minato Ward on Feb. 22. Police said the driver died from falling to the road below after the unit rolled onto its side and smashed through the side wall of the elevated highway.

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Trailer unit hangs off Tokyo's Metropolitan Expressway

TOKYO, Japan - A large trailer unit hangs off Tokyo's Metropolitan Expressway in the Motoakasaka area of Minato Ward on Feb. 22. Police said the driver died from falling to the road below after the unit rolled onto its side and smashed through the side wall of the elevated highway.

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6 privatized firms licensed to operate Japan's highways

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kazuo Kitagawa (far L) speaks at his ministry on March 31 before the leaders from Metropolitan Expressway Co., Hanshin Expressway Co. and Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Co., East Nippon Expressway Co., Central Nippon Expressway Co. and West Nippon Expressway Co. The government licensed the six privatized corporations to operate the nation's highways, completing Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's initiative to privatize four highway-related public corporations.

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Electronic toll collection quickly becoming popular

TOKYO, Japan - The photo shows downtown Tokyo's Kasumigaseki toll booth with an electronic toll collection system on Metropolitan Expressway.

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Court rejects 1st suit against automakers over exhaust

TOKYO, Japan - Two plaintiffs hold banners reading ''We won the suit'' after the Tokyo District Court ordered the central government, the Tokyo metropolitan government, and the state-run Metropolitan Expressway Public Corp. to pay the 99 plaintiffs a combined 79.2 million yen in compensation for causing health problems through motor exhaust gas. The court rejected their damages suit lodged against automobile manufacturers, the first in Japan.

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'Bon' summer holiday return rush starts to peak

NIIZA, Japan - Vacationers returning to the Tokyo metropolitan area Aug. 15 after ''Bon'' midsummer holidays jam near the Niiza toll gate on the Kanetsu expressway in Saitama Prefecture.

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Holidaymakers rush to Tomei expressway

KAWASAKI, Japan - Holidaymakers leaving the Tokyo metropolitan area rush to the Tokyo tollgate on the Tomei Expressway on April 28, the first day of the ''Golden Week'' holiday, which will last until May 6.

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Tokyo hit by 1st major snow in 3 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - The photo shows the entrance in Shinagawa Ward of Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway, which was closed due to heavy snow Jan. 27. The crowded road on the right is a national road.

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Chemical truck explodes on Tokyo expressway

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the remains of a chemical tanker truck that exploded on an elevated Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway on Oct. 29, injuring 23 including the truck driver and passersby on a road 9 meters below. The truck, owned by Tokyo chemical producer Nihon Densan Kogyo Ltd, was transporting the 1,000 liters of hydrogen peroxide at the time of the accident which took place at about 6:30 p.m. in Minato Ward on Route 2 of the Metropolitan Expressway.

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Quick power charger for EVs

Photo taken on Dec. 16, 2021, shows a quick power charger for electric vehicles installed at a Metropolitan Expressway parking area in Yokohama near Tokyo. The facility, installed by e-Mobility Power Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. the same day, is capable of charging six electric vehicles simultaneously.

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Quick power charger for EVs

Photo taken on Dec. 16, 2021, shows a quick power charger for electric vehicles installed at a Metropolitan Expressway parking area in Yokohama near Tokyo. The facility, installed by e-Mobility Power Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., on a test basis, the same day, is capable of charging six electric vehicles simultaneously.

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Earthquake jolts Tokyo region

A Metropolitan Expressway entry gate is closed on Oct. 7, 2021, in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 jolted the Tokyo region.

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Entrance to Shiba Park, where large-scale traffic restrictions were implemented

The Shiba-Koen Interchange (entrance) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway in Minato Ward, Tokyo, which is currently closed due to the Enthronement Ceremony. The Shiba-Koen interchange of the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway is closed due to the enthronement ceremony on October 22, 2019.

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Entrance to Shiba Park, where large-scale traffic restrictions were implemented

The Shiba-Koen Interchange (entrance) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway in Minato Ward, Tokyo, which is currently closed due to the Enthronement Ceremony. The Shiba-Koen interchange of the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway is closed due to the enthronement ceremony on October 22, 2019.

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Large-scale traffic restrictions imposed on the Metropolitan Expressway for the Enthronement Ceremony

"Large-scale overtaking restrictions are in effect on the day of the Enthronement Ceremony. A bulletin board showing information on the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway in Minato Ward, Tokyo. October 22, 2019, Minato Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Large-scale traffic control on the Metropolitan Expressway due to the arrival of many foreign dignitaries.

The government was on such high alert that it set up a "maximum security headquarters" for the first time in 20 years on the day of the enthronement ceremony. (Photo: Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, October 22, 2019; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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6 privatized firms licensed to operate Japan's highways

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kazuo Kitagawa (far L) speaks at his ministry on March 31 before the leaders from Metropolitan Expressway Co., Hanshin Expressway Co. and Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Co., East Nippon Expressway Co., Central Nippon Expressway Co. and West Nippon Expressway Co. The government licensed the six privatized corporations to operate the nation's highways, completing Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's initiative to privatize four highway-related public corporations. (Kyodo)

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Court rejects 1st suit against automakers over exhaust

TOKYO, Japan - Two plaintiffs hold banners reading ''We won the suit'' after the Tokyo District Court ordered the central government, the Tokyo metropolitan government, and the state-run Metropolitan Expressway Public Corp. to pay the 99 plaintiffs a combined 79.2 million yen in compensation for causing health problems through motor exhaust gas. The court rejected their damages suit lodged against automobile manufacturers, the first in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Over a dozen injured in expressway accident in Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 10, 2015, shows the spot on the Metropolitan Expressway in Tokyo where a multivehicle accident occurred earlier that day. Some 20 people are believed to have been injured in the pileup. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cars in tunnel at opening ceremony for loop expressway in Tokyo

Cars run through the longest tunnel of the Tokyo Metropolitan Express Central Circular Route as part of a ceremony in the Japanese capital on March 7, 2015, for the opening to traffic of the entire loop road. The 47-kilometer expressway was built to help alleviate traffic congestion in the metropolitan area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony marks completion of loop expressway in Tokyo

Decorative banners drop from split paper balls during a ceremony in the longest tunnel of the Tokyo Metropolitan Express Central Circular Route marking the opening to traffic of the entire loop road in the Japanese capital on March 7, 2015. The 47-kilometer expressway was built to help alleviate traffic congestion in the metropolitan area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Gov. Masuzoe hails completion of loop expressway

Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe addresses a ceremony in the Japanese capital on March 7, 2015, for the full opening of the Tokyo Metropolitan Express Central Circular Route to traffic. The 47-kilometer loop expressway was built to help alleviate traffic congestion in the metropolitan area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area: Fort-like expressway junction

Photo taken on June 14, 2015, shows the coliseum-shaped spiraling Ohashi Junction of the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi area: Sky garden atop expressway junction

Photo taken on June 7, 2015, shows the Meguro Sky Garden on the roof of the fort-like Ohashi Junction of the Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway in Tokyo. The garden is connected to a 42-story condominium complex (back). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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The opening of the bullet train on the Olympic Road

Expressway No. 1 and No. 4 opened, connecting Haneda Airport with Nihonbashi and Shinjuku. Metropolitan Expressway.

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Trailer unit hangs off Tokyo's Metropolitan Expressway

TOKYO, Japan - A large trailer unit hangs off Tokyo's Metropolitan Expressway in the Motoakasaka area of Minato Ward on Feb. 22. Police said the driver died from falling to the road below after the unit rolled onto its side and smashed through the side wall of the elevated highway. (Kyodo)

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Trailer unit hangs off Tokyo's Metropolitan Expressway

TOKYO, Japan - A large trailer unit hangs off Tokyo's Metropolitan Expressway in the Motoakasaka area of Minato Ward on Feb. 22. Police said the driver died from falling to the road below after the unit rolled onto its side and smashed through the side wall of the elevated highway. (Kyodo)

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DPJ Tokyo assembly member offers to resign over drunk driving

TOKYO, Japan - Mito Kakizawa, a Tokyo metropolitan assembly member from the Democratic Party of Japan, announces his resignation at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 12. Kakizawa was allegedly driving drunk when he crashed his car into the median strip on the Metropolitan Expressway No. 5 route in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward on Feb. 9. (Kyodo)

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New Year vacationers returning to metropolitan area

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 3, 2015, near Tokyo shows the Tomei Expressway, whose Tokyo-bound lane was crowded with cars of New Year holiday vacationers returning to the metropolitan area. (Kyodo)

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Movements under way to restore lost scenery around Nihombashi bridge

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken April 24, 1963, shows the Metropolitan Expressway under construction over the Nihombashi bridge in Tokyo's Chuo Ward. (Kyodo)

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New Year vacationers' 'return rush' to Tokyo peaks

TOKYO, Japan - The Tomei Expressway, one of Japan's key highways, is crowded in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Jan. 3, 2010 with vehicles carrying travelers returning home to the metropolitan area after spending the New Year's holidays in their hometowns or resorts. (Kyodo)