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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 7

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Despite the lifting of all evacuation orders, the burned area expanded to approximately 300 hectares as of Tuesday. 6 buildings were damaged, but no injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to more than 150 hectares by Tuesday morning. Evacuation orders have been issued for 1300 homes. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 6

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Despite the lifting of all evacuation orders, the burned area expanded to approximately 300 hectares as of Tuesday. 6 buildings were damaged, but no injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to more than 150 hectares by Tuesday morning. Evacuation orders have been issued for 1300 homes. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 5

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Evacuation orders were issued, and the burned area expanded to approximately 250 hectares as of Monday, 7:00 a.m. local time. No injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to 128 hectares by Monday morning. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 4

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Evacuation orders were issued, and the burned area expanded to approximately 250 hectares as of Monday, 7:00 a.m. local time. No injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to 128 hectares by Monday morning. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 3

Wildfires are raging in Ehime and Okayama prefectures in western Japan. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Evacuation orders were issued, and the burned area expanded to approximately 250 hectares as of Monday, 7:00 a.m. local time. No injuries have been reported. Also on Sunday, March 23, a fire broke out in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, on northwestern Shikoku Island, and spread to 128 hectares by Monday morning. Local reports indicate a firefighter sustained a minor injury.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered

Wildfires have raged in Okayama and Ehime prefectures in western Japan, prompting evacuations in some areas. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Evacuation orders were issued, and the burned area expanded to approximately 250 hectares as of Monday, 7:00 a.m. local time. No injuries have been reported.

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Japan: Wildfires Rage in Okayama and Ehime Prefectures, Evacuations Ordered 2

Wildfires have raged in Okayama and Ehime prefectures in western Japan, prompting evacuations in some areas. In Okayama Prefecture, a forest fire broke out in Minami Ward, Okayama City, on Sunday, March 23. Evacuation orders were issued, and the burned area expanded to approximately 250 hectares as of Monday, 7:00 a.m. local time. No injuries have been reported.

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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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Barbershop with the window frame blown off

A barbershop in Midori-machi (now Nishimidori-machi in Minami Ward) destroyed by the blast, with the window frame blown off and the interior, including mirrors, shattered. It was the home-cum-shop of Yoshito Matsushige, a photographer who took this picture. The barbershop was run by his younger sister and her husband, and Sumie, Matsushige's then 29-year-old wife, who appears in the scene, helped them with the business. Sumie was pregnant at the time and gave birth to their second daughter the following year. His eldest daughter and parents were evacuated to Omishima Island in Ehime Prefecture at the time. (Distance from hypocenter 2800 meters.) Photo: Yoshito Matsushige, Collection: Photo Archives of Japan, Ownership: Chugoku Shimbun, **Editorial use only, commercial use not possible**,Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Devastation at the west end of Miyuki Bridge (Close-up)

People suffering burns received dabs of transformer oil brought from the nearby Hiroshima Electric Railway. The girl in the foreground, wearing a sailorstyle uniform with a triangular collar, and the girl to her left were second-year students at Hiroshima Girls' Commercial School (then 13 years old) who experienced the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Postal Savings Bureau in Senda-machi 1-chome, where they were mobilized to work, but survived. The boy second to the right of the police officer from the Ujina Police Station was a first-year student at Hiroshima Municipal Junior High School (then 12 years old) who experienced the atomic bombing in Koami-cho (now part of Naka Ward), where he was helping to demolish buildings to create fire lanes. It is believed he was on his way to his home in Danbarasuehiro-cho (now Danbara in Minami Ward), where he lived with his parents. He went missing and his remains were never found. (Distance from hypocenter 2200 meters.) Photo: Yoshito Matsushige, Collection: Photo Archives of Japan, Ownership: Chugoku Shimbun, **Editorial use only, commercial use not possible**,Credit: Chugoku Shimbun/Kyodo News Images

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Handicapped people's art, music

FUKUOKA, Japan - Takenobu Yanagita (2nd from L, rear) and other members of Maru studio hold their own works of art on June 14, 2013, in Fukuoka's Minami Ward, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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Handicapped people's art, music

FUKUOKA, Japan - Takenobu Yanagita draws a picture on June 14, 2013, in a room at Maru studio in Fukuoka's Minami Ward, Fukuoka Prefecture.

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Dreamliner probe into battery maker

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of GS Yuasa International Ltd. in Kyoto's Minami Ward on Jan. 22, 2013. Japanese and U.S. transport authorities resumed an on-site inspection the same day of the maker of lithium-ion batteries used in Boeing Co.'s grounded 787 Dreamliner jets, following an emergency landing by one of the aircraft on Jan. 16 at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan.

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On-site probe of Dreamliner battery maker

KYOTO, Japan - A spokesman (C) for GS Yuasa Corp. meets the press outside the company's headquarters in Kyoto's Minami Ward on Jan. 21, 2013. Japanese and U.S. transport authorities conducted an on-site inspection the same day of subsidiary GS Yuasa International Ltd., which supplies batteries for Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliners, following an emergency landing by one of the aircraft on Jan. 16 at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan, the Japanese transport ministry said.

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On-site probe of battery maker over plane mishap

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the headquarters building of GS Yuasa Corp. in Kyoto's Minami Ward on Jan. 21, 2013. Japanese and U.S. transport authorities conducted an on-site inspection the same day of GS Yuasa, which supplies batteries for Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliners, following an emergency landing by one of the aircraft on Jan. 16 at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan, the Japanese transport ministry said.

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On-site probe of battery maker over plane mishap

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the headquarters building of GS Yuasa Corp. in Kyoto's Minami Ward on Jan. 21, 2013. Japanese and U.S. transport authorities conducted an on-site inspection the same day of GS Yuasa, which supplies batteries for Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliners, following an emergency landing by one of the aircraft on Jan. 16 at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan, the Japanese transport ministry said.

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On-site probe of battery maker over plane mishap

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the headquarters building of GS Yuasa Corp. in Kyoto's Minami Ward on Jan. 21, 2013. Japanese and U.S. transport authorities conducted an on-site inspection the same day of GS Yuasa, which supplies batteries for Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliners, following an emergency landing by one of the aircraft on Jan. 16 at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan, the Japanese transport ministry said.

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On-site probe of battery maker over plane mishap

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of GS Yuasa Corp. in Kyoto's Minami Ward on Jan. 21, 2013. Japanese and U.S. transport authorities conducted an on-site inspection the same day of GS Yuasa, which supplies batteries to Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliners, following an emergency landing by one of the aircraft on Jan. 16 at Takamatsu Airport in western Japan, the Japanese transport ministry said.

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Director Kumakiri at Tokyo Int'l Film Festival

TOKYO, Japan - (From R to L) Japanese film director Kazuyoshi Kumakiri and actresses Mitsuki Tanimura and Kaho Minami pose for photos during the opening event of the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival on Oct. 23, 2010, in the capital's Minato Ward. Kumakiri's ''Sketches of Kaitan City'' is competing for the festival's Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix.

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Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama shooting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers inspect the area outside a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward, just southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2009, where a gunmen holed up after shooting and seriously injuring three men. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, was later found dead after apparently shooting himself.

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Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama shooting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers guard a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward, just southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2009. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, holed up in the building after shooting and seriously injuring three men, and was later found dead after apparently shooting himself.

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Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama shooting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers stand guard outside a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward on Nov. 6, 2009. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, holed up in the building after shooting and seriously injuring three men, and was later found dead after apparently shooting himself.

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Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama shooting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Rescue workers carry a stretcher into a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward, just southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2009, where a gunmen holed up after shooting and seriously injuring three men. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, was later found dead after apparently shooting himself.

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Woman prays at home of ex-vice minister

SAITAMA, Japan - A woman lays flowers and prays in front of the home of Takehiko Yamaguchi, former vice health and welfare minister, and his wife Michiko in Saitama's Minami Ward on Nov. 20, two days after the couple were found stabbed to death at their home.

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1 man killed, 1 hurt in five-vehicle pile-up accident in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - A passenger car is completely crushed on a road bridge in Nagoya's Minami Ward on Dec. 29 after it was sandwiched by a truck in front and a heavy truck that rear-ended it. Two other passenger cars in front were also damaged in the pile-up. The driver in the sandwiched passenger car was killed, and one man in one of the passenger cars in front was slightly injured.

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Two primary school girls bask in limelight of Japan's shogi world

TOKYO, Japan - Momoko Kato (R), 11, pulls off a dazzling achievement on Aug. 8 by beating Minami Sadamasu at a department store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.

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Nintendo names new president

KYOTO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Kyoto's Minami Ward on May 24 about his retirement as president. Yamauchi, 74, will be replaced by director Satoru Iwata, 42, effective May 31. Yamauchi has been president for 52 years and is responsible for turning the Kyoto-based entertainment equipment maker into one of the world's leading video game console makers.

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Japan's 1st voice-activated wheelchair being developed

SAPPORO, Japan - Madoka Hadachi, a quadriplegic, uses a voice-activated wheelchair at a hospital in Sapporo's Minami Ward on Nov. 6. The wheelchair, Japan's first of its kind, is being developed through cooperation between her doctors and physical therapists, a wheelchair manufacturer and two researchers at the Hokkaido Industrial Research Institute.

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Aerology Labs' hybrid drone prototype, the AeroRange Pro.

Aerology Lab (Minoh City, Osaka Prefecture) announced on April 14 that it has developed a prototype of a "purely Japanese" flying robot (drone), "AeroRange Pro" (photo), which consists entirely of parts made in Japan. In general, drones rely on parts made in China for most of their components. The company aims to start mass production in small lots by December. (Minato Ward, Osaka City), which operates an open innovation base, Kobashi Robotics (Minami Ward, Okayama City), which supports mass production, and Liberace (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo), which comprehensively supports venture businesses from trial manufacture to mass production. The company is promoting speedy manufacturing in cooperation with town factories in Kansai and other regions. The hybrid drone combines an engine and an electric motor. It is said to be the industry's first purely domestic product in this field. Photo taken on May 14, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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AGV with a new structure that holds and transports scuzzy objects

Skuse Corporation (Minami Ward, Kyoto City) has developed a new automatic guided vehicle (AGV) with a new structure that lifts up wheeled vehicles from below and will put it on the market in fiscal 2021. It is expected to simplify the setup process for AGV operation and reduce the workload of the person in charge. The towing type has a structure that is connected like a truck, so there is a problem of not having enough space to go around curves in the transport route. The new AGV structure is expected to solve this problem. In addition to the AGV with the new structure, SCUZ will also propose a set of its own twin-arm robots. The company expects to reduce the workload of teaching and other tasks by producing both robots in-house and making it possible to control them with a single robot controller. (= December 18, 2019, photo credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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CNC Turning Center Installed by Tobata Ironworks

Tobata Ironworks (Kokura Minami-ku, Kitakyushu City) has introduced a large computer numerical control (CNC) turning center with a table diameter of 4,000 mm. The company had been using separate machines for turning and drilling, but as the workpieces have become larger and the time required for moving and processing them has increased, the company has decided to use a single machine to improve efficiency. Recently, the company has also been focusing on machining, and President Yasuda said, "There are few casting manufacturers that have such large machining equipment. We expect to differentiate ourselves from the competition and increase added value by reducing man-hours. A turning center is a numerically controlled (NC) machine tool that is a combination of a lathe. A turning center is a numerically controlled (NC) machine tool that is a combination of a lathe. (September 3, 2019, Kokura-minami Ward, Kitakyushu City; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Demonstration experiment using Osaka City University's fuel-cell vehicles to operate ships on hydrogen

Shigeyuki Minami, a special-appointment professor at the Organization for Advanced Research and Development, Osaka City University, and his colleagues on April 1 unveiled a demonstration experiment of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered ship (photo) that can drive a fuel cell vehicle as a hydrogen power generation system. It was jointly developed with Current Dynamics (Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City). It will be equipped with Toyota Motor Corporation's "MIRAI" fuel cell vehicle and can carry up to 50 cubic meters of hydrogen. It has already obtained an operation license from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. It can travel for about 13 hours at a speed of 8 kilometers per hour, and about 93 hours at a speed of 4 kilometers per hour. Professor Minami said, "We would like to confirm that it is safe and can run for a long time, and use this as a trigger for the development of fuel cell ships. (= August 1, 2019, photo location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Japan's 1st voice-activated wheelchair being developed

SAPPORO, Japan - Madoka Hadachi, a quadriplegic, uses a voice-activated wheelchair at a hospital in Sapporo's Minami Ward on Nov. 6. The wheelchair, Japan's first of its kind, is being developed through cooperation between her doctors and physical therapists, a wheelchair manufacturer and two researchers at the Hokkaido Industrial Research Institute.

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Nintendo names new president

KYOTO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Kyoto's Minami Ward on May 24 about his retirement as president. Yamauchi, 74, will be replaced by director Satoru Iwata, 42, effective May 31. Yamauchi has been president for 52 years and is responsible for turning the Kyoto-based entertainment equipment maker into one of the world's leading video game console makers.

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FEATURE: Japanese photographer brings "cinema stars" to Africa

Children gather to watch a music video collaboration, some of who appeared in it with Ugandan elementary students, after the presentation at Toyotama Minami Elementary School in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Jan. 13, 2018. Sixth graders from the Tokyo school have been corresponding with Ugandan children since 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Japanese photographer brings "cinema stars" to Africa

Musician Gen Nagahara demonstrates the djembe for fifth- and sixth-graders gathered at Toyotama Minami Elementary School in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Jan. 13, 2018. Fifth-grader Dabide Denishi, 11, was selected to play the percussion instrument in front of the class. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Japanese photographer brings "cinema stars" to Africa

Photographer/writer Naoko Sakuragi (L) and musician Gen Nagahara address children at Toyotama Minami Elementary School in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Jan. 13, 2018. Sakuragi showed the children a premier of their music video collaboration with Ugandan children, talking about her "Cinema Stars for Africa" project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 man killed, 1 hurt in five-vehicle pile-up accident in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - A passenger car is completely crushed on a road bridge in Nagoya's Minami Ward on Dec. 29 after it was sandwiched by a truck in front and a heavy truck that rear-ended it. Two other passenger cars in front were also damaged in the pile-up. The driver in the sandwiched passenger car was killed, and one man in one of the passenger cars in front was slightly injured. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers stand guard outside a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward on Nov. 6, 2009. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, holed up in the building after shooting and seriously injuring three men, and was later found dead after apparently shooting himself. (Kyodo)

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Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama shooting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Rescue workers carry a stretcher into a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward, just southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2009, where a gunmen holed up after shooting and seriously injuring three men. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, was later found dead after apparently shooting himself. (Kyodo)

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Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama shooting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers guard a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward, just southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2009. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, holed up in the building after shooting and seriously injuring three men, and was later found dead after apparently shooting himself. (Kyodo)

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Gunman commits suicide after injuring 3 in Yokohama shooting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers inspect the area outside a building in Yokohama's Minami Ward, just southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2009, where a gunmen holed up after shooting and seriously injuring three men. Kenji Hayashi, who claimed to be a member of a crime gang, was later found dead after apparently shooting himself. (Kyodo)

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Woman prays at home of ex-vice minister

SAITAMA, Japan - A woman lays flowers and prays in front of the home of Takehiko Yamaguchi, former vice health and welfare minister, and his wife Michiko in Saitama's Minami Ward on Nov. 20, two days after the couple were found stabbed to death at their home. (Kyodo)

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Director Kumakiri at Tokyo Int'l Film Festival

TOKYO, Japan - (From R to L) Japanese film director Kazuyoshi Kumakiri and actresses Mitsuki Tanimura and Kaho Minami pose for photos during the opening event of the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival on Oct. 23, 2010, in the capital's Minato Ward. Kumakiri's ''Sketches of Kaitan City'' is competing for the festival's Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix. (Kyodo)

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Nintendo names new president

KYOTO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamauchi, president of Nintendo Co., speaks at a press conference at the company's head office in Kyoto's Minami Ward on May 24 about his retirement as president. Yamauchi, 74, will be replaced by director Satoru Iwata, 42, effective May 31. Yamauchi has been president for 52 years and is responsible for turning the Kyoto-based entertainment equipment maker into one of the world's leading video game console makers.