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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Voting under way for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who is also president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, and his wife Nobuko, cast their ballots for the upper house election on July 11, 2010, in Tokyo's suburban city of Musashino, which is Kan's constituency. Voters began casting their ballots the same day in Japan's first national election since the DPJ took power the previous year.

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Last day of upper house election campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who is also president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, delivers a stump speech in front of JR Kichijoji Station in the city of Musashino on July 10, 2010, the last day of official campaigning for the House of Councillors election.

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Last day of upper house election campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Voters listen to a speech by a candidate in the House of Councillors election in front of JR Kichijoji Station in the city of Musashino on July 10, 2010, the last day of official campaigning for the upper house election.

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Kan says making MOF more transparent is major task, mum on forex

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters in front of his residence in Musashino city in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2010, a day after being appointed by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to replace Hirohisa Fujii as finance minister.

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Music rocks 'sento' public bath, breathes life into tradition

TOKYO, Japan - People wait in line before a concert at the Bentenyu public bathhouse in Tokyo's Musashino City on Dec. 10, 2009. An event called ''Furo Rock'' has been held 18 times since 2005 in the hope of drawing people to the bathhouse amid a decline in the number of visitors. A coin laundry next to the bathhouse has been reborn as an eatery that becomes a small bar at night.

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Court nixes neighbors' plea for cartoonist to remove stripes

TOKYO, Japan - Cartoonist Kazuo Umezu poses for photographers after the Tokyo District Court dismissed demands by two of his neighbors for him to remove the red-and-white stripes from his house in Tokyo's Musashino city. The court said that the house ''attracts attention, but cannot be said to destroy the scenery.'' Umezu, who attended court wearing a red-and-white striped tie, told reporters after the ruling, ''I would like to live showing respect to others.''

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Court nixes neighbors' plea for cartoonist to remove stripes

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the house of cartoonist Kazuo Umezu in Tokyo's Musashino city. The Tokyo District Court dismissed demands by two neighbors for Umezu to remove the red-and-white stripes from his house. The plaintiffs had claimed that the house, completed in March last year and decorated with horizontal red-and-white stripes each about 50 centimeters wide, destroys the scenery.

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Incumbent DPJ leader Kan hopes to garner votes

TOKYO, Japan - Incumbent Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan chats with reporters before his home in the city of Musashino, eastern Tokyo, on Sept. 11, when the party's top post race formally began. Kan, 52, who has not a strong foothold in the largest opposition party's lawmakers, hopes to garner votes as many as possible in the Sept. 25 leader election.

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Fashionable "tabi" socks maker looking for wider interest overseas

Kazuhiro Komatsu, president of traditional Japanese "tabi" split-toed footwear maker Musashino Uniform, shows tabi socks with modern designs at his work wear shop in the eastern Japan city of Gyoda, north of Tokyo, on May 22, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Petit Road" in Tokyo's Kichijoji area

Photo taken May 20, 2015, shows an alley dubbed the "Petit Road" in the Kichijoji neighborhood in Musashino City, Tokyo, accented by the symbolic object atop a pole looking like a unicycle-riding clown playing the trumpet and ringing a bell. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Steel-pan band performs in Tokyo's Kichijoji area

A steel-pan band performs on an outdoor stage on May 20, 2015, along a busy street around Kichijoji Station in Musashino City, Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Beverage makers opening factories to children and parents

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors to the Musashino brewery of Suntory Ltd. in Tokyo's Fuchu city sample freshly brewed draft beer after a guided tour. (Kyodo)

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Beverage makers opening factories to children and parents

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors to the Musashino brewery of Suntory Ltd. in Tokyo's Fuchu city attend a briefing about the facility. (Kyodo)

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Court nixes neighbors' plea for cartoonist to remove stripes

TOKYO, Japan - Cartoonist Kazuo Umezu poses for photographers after the Tokyo District Court dismissed demands by two of his neighbors for him to remove the red-and-white stripes from his house in Tokyo's Musashino city. The court said that the house ''attracts attention, but cannot be said to destroy the scenery.'' Umezu, who attended court wearing a red-and-white striped tie, told reporters after the ruling, ''I would like to live showing respect to others.'' (Kyodo)

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Court nixes neighbors' plea for cartoonist to remove stripes

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the house of cartoonist Kazuo Umezu in Tokyo's Musashino city. The Tokyo District Court dismissed demands by two neighbors for Umezu to remove the red-and-white stripes from his house. The plaintiffs had claimed that the house, completed in March last year and decorated with horizontal red-and-white stripes each about 50 centimeters wide, destroys the scenery. (Kyodo)

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Music rocks 'sento' public bath, breathes life into tradition

TOKYO, Japan - People wait in line before a concert at the Bentenyu public bathhouse in Tokyo's Musashino City on Dec. 10, 2009. An event called ''Furo Rock'' has been held 18 times since 2005 in the hope of drawing people to the bathhouse amid a decline in the number of visitors. A coin laundry next to the bathhouse has been reborn as an eatery that becomes a small bar at night. (Kyodo)

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Voting under way for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who is also president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, and his wife Nobuko, cast their ballots for the upper house election on July 11, 2010, in Tokyo's suburban city of Musashino, which is Kan's constituency. Voters began casting their ballots the same day in Japan's first national election since the DPJ took power the previous year. (Kyodo)

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Last day of upper house election campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Voters listen to a speech by a candidate in the House of Councillors election in front of JR Kichijoji Station in the city of Musashino on July 10, 2010, the last day of official campaigning for the upper house election. (Kyodo)

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Last day of upper house election campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who is also president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, delivers a stump speech in front of JR Kichijoji Station in the city of Musashino on July 10, 2010, the last day of official campaigning for the House of Councillors election. (Kyodo)

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Kan says making MOF more transparent is major task, mum on forex

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters in front of his residence in Musashino city in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2010, a day after being appointed by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to replace Hirohisa Fujii as finance minister.(Kyodo)

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Statue of Japan's best-loved elephant Hanako

Photo taken May 29, 2019, shows a statue of Japan's best-loved elephant Hanako in front of Kichijoji station in the Tokyo suburban city of Musashino. Hanako had been kept at Inokashira Park Zoo in Musashino since 1954 and died aged 69 in 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japan emperor visits family grave

A vehicle carrying former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko is pictured in Hachioji, Tokyo, on Jun 6, 2019, after they visited the tomb of Emperor Taisho, the former emperor's grandfather, at the Musashino Imperial Graveyard in the city. Japan's Taisho Era lasted between 1912 and 1926. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japan emperor visits family grave

A vehicle carrying former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko is pictured in Hachioji, Tokyo, on Jun 6, 2019, after they visited the tomb of Emperor Taisho, the former emperor's grandfather, at the Musashino Imperial Graveyard in the city. Japan's Taisho Era lasted between 1912 and 1926. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Statue of Tokyo zoo elephant Hanako unveiled 1 year after death

A statue of Hanako, a much beloved elephant that died in May 2016 at age 69, is unveiled at a square in front of Kichijoji station in the Tokyo suburban city of Musashino on May 5, 2017. The Asian elephant had been kept at Inokashira Park Zoo in Musashino since 1954. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Statue of Tokyo zoo elephant Hanako unveiled 1 year after death

A statue of Hanako, a much beloved elephant that died in May 2016 at age 69, is unveiled at a square in front of Kichijoji station in the Tokyo suburban city of Musashino on May 5, 2017. The Asian elephant had been kept at Inokashira Park Zoo in Musashino since 1954. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Statue of Tokyo zoo elephant Hanako unveiled 1 year after death

A statue of Hanako, a much beloved elephant that died in May 2016 at age 69, is unveiled at a square in front of Kichijoji station in the Tokyo suburban city of Musashino on May 5, 2017. The Asian elephant had been kept at Inokashira Park Zoo in Musashino since 1954. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo