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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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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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Man arrested in Yokohama church fire

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Smoke billows from Yokohama Christ Church in Yokohama's Naka Ward Jan. 4. The church, across the street from the Foreign Cemetery, was burnt to the ground. Police arrested a 23-year-old U.S. citizen who grew up in Japan on suspicion of setting the fire.

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - A badger appears from a hole in a wall in a shopping area of Hiroshima's Naka Ward on May 30, 2014.

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Man behind debut of Seven Stars in Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yoshio Naka, deputy director of the cruise train headquarters at Kyushu Railway Co., speaks about the company's project to launch "Seven Stars in Kyushu" cruise and sleeper train, during an interview on Sept. 30, 2013 in Fukuoka's Hakata Ward. Kyushu Railway, better known as JR Kyushu, began running in mid-October the same year the Seven Stars luxury train that can accommodate a total of 30 guests in 14 compartments on seven cars.

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'Barefoot Gen' marks 40th anniversary of publication

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Misayo Nakazawa, widow of Keiji Nakazawa, is seen in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on June 11, 2013, sitting in front of magazines and other publications that carried her late husband's manga series "Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen)." The series describes the life of a 6-year-old boy called Gen before and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.

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Student helping asylum seekers in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Maho Hadano, a graduate student at Nagoya University and the only full-time coordinator at the Nagoya-based support office for refugees, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 12, 2012 at the office in the city's Naka Ward. The Tokyo-based nonprofit organization Japan Association for Refugees and the Japan Lawyers Network for Refugees set up the Nagoya office in July 2012 to cope with a sharp increase in applications for asylum with the Nagoya Regional Immigration Bureau.

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Preservation of Schmoe's House for A-bomb survivors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Preservation works on the only remaining house for atomic bomb survivors built under the project ''Houses for Hiroshima'' by the late U.S. peace activist Floyd Schmoe start on Jan. 27, 2012, in Hiroshima's Naka Ward. The city of Hiroshima plans to move the house, more than 60 years old, about 40 meters, without disassembling it, for restoration and preservation.

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Preservation of Schmoe's House for A-bomb survivors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Preservation works on the only remaining house for atomic bomb survivors built under the project ''Houses for Hiroshima'' by the late U.S. peace activist Floyd Schmoe start on Jan. 27, 2012, in Hiroshima's Naka Ward. The city of Hiroshima plans to move the house, more than 60 years old, about 40 meters, without disassembling it, for restoration and preservation.

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Yokohama Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama's Naka Ward on Oct. 14, 2010, the home ballpark of the professional baseball club Yokohama BayStars.

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Yokohama Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama's Naka Ward on Oct. 14, 2010, the home ballpark of the professional baseball club Yokohama BayStars.

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A-bomb piano played in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Dana Hanchard (R) plays a piano that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima during a concert at a church in New York on Sept. 10, 2010, ahead of the 9th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States. The piano was in Naka Ward in Hiroshima City, about 1.8 kilometers from the epicenter, at the time of the bombing and Mitsunori Yagawa, 58, a piano tuner, became its owner about five years ago and restored it.

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Int'l 'cosplayers' take to Nagoya streets

NAGOYA, Japan - Costume role players from abroad pose during a photo opportunity at Osu Kannon temple in Nagoya's Naka Ward on July 31, 2010, as the World Cosplay Summit 2010 commenced the same day.

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Int'l 'cosplayers' take to Nagoya streets

NAGOYA, Japan - Costume role players from abroad pose for photos in the busy streets of Nagoya's Naka Ward on July 31, 2010, as the World Cosplay Summit 2010 commenced the same day.

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Int'l 'cosplayers' take to Nagoya streets for summit parade

NAGOYA, Japan - ''Cosplay'' costume role players from abroad pose during a photo opportunity at Osu Kannon temple in Nagoya's Naka Ward following a parade on Aug. 1. The ''cosplayers'' are taking part in the three-day World Cosplay Summit, which started the same day in the city.

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Int'l 'cosplayers' take to Nagoya streets for summit parade

NAGOYA, Japan - ''Cosplay'' costume role players from abroad pose during a photo opportunity at Osu Kannon temple in Nagoya's Naka Ward following a parade on Aug. 1. The ''cosplayers'' are taking part in the three-day World Cosplay Summit, which started the same day in the city.

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Int'l 'cosplayers' take to Nagoya streets for summit parade

NAGOYA, Japan - ''Cosplay'' costume role players from abroad pose during a photo opportunity at Osu Kannon temple in Nagoya's Naka Ward following a parade on Aug. 1. The ''cosplayers'' are taking part in the three-day World Cosplay Summit, which started the same day in the city.

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Supermarkets rising sales with unique ideas to beat recession

NAGOYA, Japan - Seisen Shokuhinkan Sanoya in Nagoya's Naka Ward, in this phone taken March 2, sells more than 800 boxes of its 250 yen special lunch each day.

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Toyoko Inn hotels removed facilities for disabled

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Officials of the Yokohama municipality enter Toyoko Inn, a 10-story, 133-room hotel in Naka Ward in Yokohama, for checking on Jan. 27. Business hotel chain Toyoko Inn Co. admitted the same day to allegations that two of its hotels in Yokohama removed mandatory parking facilities for the disabled after the hotels had passed inspection.

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(1)Japan urged to take measures to tackle human trafficking

TOKYO, Japan - Non-Japanese women are seen waiting for customers on a busy street in Yokohama's Naka Ward in June. About 600 women from Thailand, China, Russia, Argentina, and other countries are working at small ''snack'' bars or restaurants, equipped with rooms on upper floors used for prostitution.

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Next U.N. assembly head visits Hiroshima peace museum

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.N. General Assembly President-designate Jean Ping of Gabon (2nd from L) listens to an explanation by Minoru Hataguchi (R), head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, at the museum in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on May 21.

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Toyota on course for 1 tril. yen group net profit in FY 2003

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Vice President Ryuji Araki speaks to reporters at the Nagoya Stock Exchange in Nagoya's Naka Ward on Feb. 5 about the company's group earnings report for the October-December quarter.

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Chinese entertainment facility to open in Yokohama Chinatown

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A large Chinese entertainment facility will open in Yokohama's Chinatown in Naka Ward on Nov. 30. The eight-story facility features stages for classical Chinese opera and Shanghai jazz and restaurants.

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Ex-Carp manager Takeshi Koba to run in Hiroshima mayor race

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Takeshi Koba, a baseball commentator and former Hiroshima Carp manager, tells a press conference at a hotel in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on Dec. 16 that he will run in the Hiroshima mayoral election scheduled for Feb. 2, 2003.

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Chunichi slugger Taiho retires

NAGOYA, Japan - Yasuaki Taiho, a Taiwanese-born slugger of the Chunichi Dragons, announces his retirement at a press conference at the team's office in Nagoya's Naka Ward on Oct. 16. Taiho, 38, came to Japan to play for a university team in Nagoya before joining Chunichi in 1989.

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Binoculars used in Enola Gay after A-bombing given to museum

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman shows a pair of binoculars believed to have been used by an Enola Gay crew member to evaluate the devastation of the 1945 first atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on Aug. 2. Yae Araki, who had bought the binoculars for $13,200 at Christie's auction in New York in December 1990, donated them to the museum.

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Toyota's new Prius to be 'most fuel-efficient,' Cho says

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Fujio Cho speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Nagoya's Naka Ward on July 31. Cho said Toyota is preparing for the introduction in early August of the remodeled Prius hybrid car, which the company expects to become known as the most fuel-efficient car.

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Hiroshima court rejects forced labor suit

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Lu Xuewen from China's Shandong Province, a former forced laborer who sued Nishimatsu Construction Co. to seek compensation, speaks at a rally in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on July 9 after the Hiroshima District Court rejected the lawsuit. Lu and four other Chinese demanded a total of 27.5 million yen in compensation from Nishimatsu, claiming they were forcibly brought to Japan during World War II and made to work in Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Maestro Ozawa rehearses for charity concert in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Maestro Seiji Ozawa (standing) conducts a rehearsal July 5 prior to a charity concert in Yokohama later in the day to raise funds for the maintenance of an international cemetery in the city's Naka Ward. The parents of his wife were buried in the cemetery.

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32 teams compete in futsal to commemorate World Cup finals

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Embassy staff and local residents participate in an international futsal tournament at a soccer park May 11 in Naka Ward, Yokohama, to commemorate the upcoming World Cup soccer finals. Yokohama is the venue for the June 30 final match of the month-long 2002 FIFA World Cup due to start May 31.

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New Yokohama Mayor Nakada starts work

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Hiroshi Nakada, the city of Yokohama's new mayor, poses for photographers at his city hall office April 8 in Yokohama's Naka Ward. Nakada, 37, a former independent member of the House of Representatives, beat incumbent three-term Mayor Hidenobu Takahide and two other candidates in the March 31 mayoral election.

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High court upholds ruling linking overwork, employee's death

NAGOYA, Japan - Miho Suzuki speaks to reporters in Nagoya's Naka Ward on March 15 after the Nagoya High Court upheld a lower court ruling on her claim that overwork led to the death of her husband Tatsuo in November 1989. The high court concluded overwork at Sumitomo Densetsu Co. aggravated Tatsuo's asthma and led to his death.

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A-bomb survivor in Brazil seeks Japan health care allowance

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Lawyer Shuichi Adachi (R), speaks to reporters in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on March 1 about a lawsuit filed by his client Takushi Morita, an atomic bomb survivor living in Brazil's Sao Paulo. Morita, head of an association of A-bomb victims in Brazil, sued the state and the Hiroshima prefectural governments to seek 1.37 million yen in health care allowances under the Atomic Bomb Victims Relief Law.

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MK starts free taxi rides in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Taxis of MK. Co. leave the company's depot in Nagoya's Naka Ward on Dec. 20 to launch the company's free taxi ride service, with MK employees seeing them off. The Kyoto-based discount taxi operator will offer the free taxi service in Nagoya and its vicinity for promotional purposes until the end of January.

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System trouble downs all ATMs at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi

NAGOYA, Japan - An official from a branch of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in Nagoya's Naka Ward informs customers on Oct. 1 that the bank's automated teller machines (ATMs) are experiencing online system trouble. The bank's ATMs at its head office and all branches across the nation became unavailable due to the trouble.

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Moon on the wane

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo, taken at 9 p.m. on July 16 in Naka Ward, Nagoya, shows the moon being on the wane because of the 20th century's longest lunar eclipse from late July 16 to early July 17.

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Headquarters of Kanagawa prefectural police

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The photo shows Kanagawa prefectural police headquarters in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Kanagawa prefectural police have been rocked by a string of scandals. The police said Nov. 2 that a sergeant has been fired for suspected involvement in a hit-and-run in July. Moreover, the police hid several urine test results of a former Kanagawa police officer who tested positive for stimulant drugs in 1996, police sources said Nov. 2.

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Korean memorial in Hiroshima daubed with paint

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Part of a stone tower dedicated to Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima is found splashed with florescent paint on Oct. 17. Passersby strolling along the city's Peace Memorial Park in Naka Ward found the head of the turtle-shaped base of the 5-meter-high, 10-ton tower vandalized with bright orange paint.

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Commemorative Ceremony for the Commencement of Operation of Yokohama City

The "BAYSIDE BLUE" is the first hybrid articulated bus jointly developed by Isuzu Motors and Hino Motors and introduced by the Yokohama City Transportation Bureau. The bus was scheduled to go into operation in June but was postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus. (July 22, 2020, Naka Ward, Yokohama City; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Commemorative Ceremony for the Commencement of Operation of Yokohama City

The "BAYSIDE BLUE" is the first hybrid articulated bus jointly developed by Isuzu Motors and Hino Motors and introduced by the Yokohama City Transportation Bureau. The bus was scheduled to go into operation in June but was postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus. (July 22, 2020, Naka Ward, Yokohama City; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Commemorative Ceremony for the Commencement of Operation of Yokohama City

The "BAYSIDE BLUE" is the first hybrid articulated bus jointly developed by Isuzu Motors and Hino Motors and introduced by the Yokohama City Transportation Bureau. The bus was scheduled to go into operation in June but was postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus. (July 22, 2020, Naka Ward, Yokohama City; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Drive-through sales begin in Yokohama Chinatown

The number of visitors to Yokohama Chinatown has declined due to the spread of the new coronavirus. The Yokohama Chinatown Development Cooperative Association has planned a drive-through sales service. Customers place orders by phone at participating stores listed on the association's website and pick up their items at the "Chinatown Parking Lot" on the east side of Chinatown. Yokohama Chinatown in Naka Ward, Yokohama City on May 13, 2020. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Drive-through sales begin in Yokohama Chinatown

The number of visitors to Yokohama Chinatown has declined due to the spread of the new coronavirus. The Yokohama Chinatown Development Cooperative Association has planned a drive-through sales service. Customers place orders by phone at participating stores listed on the association's website and pick up their items at the "Chinatown Parking Lot" on the east side of Chinatown. Yokohama Chinatown in Naka Ward, Yokohama City on May 13, 2020. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Drive-through sales begin in Yokohama Chinatown

The number of visitors to Yokohama Chinatown has declined due to the spread of the new coronavirus. The Yokohama Chinatown Development Cooperative Association has planned a drive-through sales service. Customers place orders by phone at participating stores listed on the association's website and pick up their items at the "Chinatown Parking Lot" on the east side of Chinatown. Yokohama Chinatown in Naka Ward, Yokohama City on May 13, 2020. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Yokohama Chinatown Begins Drive-Thru Sales

On April 13, 18 restaurants in Yokohama's Chinatown (Naka Ward, Yokohama City) began offering a drive-through service, as the number of visitors to the area has declined due to the spread of the new coronavirus. As people continued to eat at home, regular customers rushed to the restaurants to get a taste of professional food. The event was planned by the Yokohama Chinatown Development Association Cooperative. Customers place orders by phone at participating restaurants listed on the cooperative's website and pick up their items at the Chinatown Parking Lot on the east side of Chinatown (photo)."In order to reduce contact between people as much as possible, we have called on participating shops to use electronic payments," said Rika Takemoto, managing director of the company. (May 13, 2020, Naka Ward, Yokohama City; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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MK starts free taxi rides in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Taxis of MK. Co. leave the company's depot in Nagoya's Naka Ward on Dec. 20 to launch the company's free taxi ride service, with MK employees seeing them off. The Kyoto-based discount taxi operator will offer the free taxi service in Nagoya and its vicinity for promotional purposes until the end of January.

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Man arrested in Yokohama church fire

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Smoke billows from Yokohama Christ Church in Yokohama's Naka Ward Jan. 4. The church, across the street from the Foreign Cemetery, was burnt to the ground. Police arrested a 23-year-old U.S. citizen who grew up in Japan on suspicion of setting the fire. (Kyodo)

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Next U.N. assembly head visits Hiroshima peace museum

HIROSHIMA, Japan - U.N. General Assembly President-designate Jean Ping of Gabon (2nd from L) listens to an explanation by Minoru Hataguchi (R), head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, at the museum in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on May 21. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Carp manager Takeshi Koba to run in Hiroshima mayor race

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Takeshi Koba, a baseball commentator and former Hiroshima Carp manager, tells a press conference at a hotel in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on Dec. 16 that he will run in the Hiroshima mayoral election scheduled for Feb. 2, 2003. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan urged to take measures to tackle human trafficking

TOKYO, Japan - Non-Japanese women are seen waiting for customers on a busy street in Yokohama's Naka Ward in June. About 600 women from Thailand, China, Russia, Argentina, and other countries are working at small ''snack'' bars or restaurants, equipped with rooms on upper floors used for prostitution. (Kyodo)