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Japan: Typhoon Ampil Approaches Kanto Region, Bringing Torrential Rains 3

Typhoon Ampil (No. 7) developed into a powerful storm and approached the Kanto region, including Tokyo, on Friday, August 16. Japan Meteorological Agency issued warnings for violent winds and mudslides, as well as high tides, flooding, and swollen and overflowing rivers.

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Nakahara Securities Group signage and logo

Nakahara Securities Group signage and logo=Date:August 25, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Nakahara Securities Group signage and logo

Nakahara Securities Group signage and logo=Date:August 25, 2023,Place:Tokyo

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Lawyer-turned-principal now Osaka schools superintendent

OSAKA, Japan - Toru Nakahara, a former lawyer-turned-school principal, works as Osaka Prefecture's superintendent of education on April 9, 2013 at the prefectural government office in Osaka City. Nakahara, now 43, took up the post on April 1 at age 42, becoming Japan's youngest chief of a prefectural education board.

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Baby-boomer retirees find new life in farming in Toyota's home city

NAGOYA, Japan - Kenji Nakahara, a retiree of Toyota Motor Corp., tends vegetables that he grows in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on July 28, 2012. He became a farmer after taking a city-run agricultural training course for retirees.

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Shogi master Nakahara announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Nakahara, 61, the 16th master of Japanese shogi, said in Tokyo on March 11 he will retire from his professional career due to health reasons. During a 43-year professional career, he captured 1,308 tournament wins, second best in shogi history.

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Workers dig up 25 mil. yen in cash at construction site

KANAGAWA, Japan - Displayed at Nakahara Police Station, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 14 are bundles of bills worth 25 million yen unearthed by workers at a condominium construction site in Kawasaki. About 2,500 old 10,000-yen bills were found wrapped inside a vinyl bag, police said.

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Ex-BTM exec Nakahara named to BOJ board

TOKYO, Japan - Shin Nakahara (file photo), former vice president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (BTM), has been appointed to the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the government announced June 18. Nakahara replaces Susumu Taketomi, whose term expired June 17.

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Giants pitcher Uehara unhurt in traffic accident

KAWASAKI, Japan - Photo shows the scene of a July 27 traffic accident, in Kawasaki's Nakahara Ward, involving Yomiuri Giants' star pitcher Koji Uehara. Uehara walked away unscathed, after a motorbike hit the side of his car. The owner of the bike, a 28-year-old male from Yokohama, suffered a broken leg and wrist. Police were questioning Uehara about the possibility that the second-year pitcher acted without due care and attention when he attempted a U-turn on a major road.

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Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation's truck assembly line at Kawasaki Plant

By the end of 2019, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp. will test a new engine assembly line at its main Kawasaki plant (Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki City) that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assemble engines to various specifications in a single line. The company currently has separate lines for small and medium/large engines, and will test the efficiency of the new line. In the future, Mitsubishi Fuso will consider introducing the system to vehicle assembly lines that are divided into light-duty and medium-duty trucks. Mitsubishi Fuso is promoting a "multi-directional line layout (multi-directional line)" to improve production efficiency. A multi-directional line is a production system that optimizes operations by using AI to divide unique processes for each specification from the main line when complex processing is required according to regulations or demand in the destination country. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Workers dig up 25 mil. yen in cash at construction site

KANAGAWA, Japan - Displayed at Nakahara Police Station, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 14 are bundles of bills worth 25 million yen unearthed by workers at a condominium construction site in Kawasaki. About 2,500 old 10,000-yen bills were found wrapped inside a vinyl bag, police said. (Kyodo)

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Ex-BTM exec Nakahara named to BOJ board

TOKYO, Japan - Shin Nakahara (file photo), former vice president of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (BTM), has been appointed to the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), the government announced June 18. Nakahara replaces Susumu Taketomi, whose term expired June 17.

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Reconstruction Minister gets lone pine tree-made seal

Craftsman Kazuya Nakahara (L) hands the official seal carved from a branch of the "miracle pine tree" that had survived the 2011 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, to Reconstruction Minister Wataru Takeshita at the Reconstruction Agency in Tokyo on March 9, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tax agency's new chief meets press

Hiroshi Nakahara, new chief of the National Tax Agency, speaks to the press. He was inaugurated on July 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi master Nakahara announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Nakahara, 61, the 16th master of Japanese shogi, said in Tokyo on March 11 he will retire from his professional career due to health reasons. During a 43-year professional career, he captured 1,308 tournament wins, second best in shogi history. (Kyodo)

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Nakahara Naosuke, a Samurai from Satsuma

This is a samurai from Satsuma, Nakahara Naosuke (1832-68). After assisting in the manufacturing of steam boats and kiriko glassware at Shuseikan in Satsuma Domain, he went to Tokyo and learned the canon gunnery from Egawa Tan'an. He eventually became the head of the Egawa School. After returning to Satsuma, he helped the navy to build canons. Unfortunately, he was killed in Nagaoka during the Boshin War. It is reported that he would have become a man of exceptional talent like Saigo or Okubo if he had lived. At the time this photo was taken, he seemed to have been visiting the Bauduins representing Satsuma.==Date:1866, Place:nagasaki, Photo:A.F. Bauduin, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number123‐46‐0]

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Four held in SDF data leakage case

KAWASAKI, Japan - Shigeharu Oku, 54, a former Maritime Self-Defense Force officer, is escorted to the Nakahara Police Station in Kawasaki on Nov. 4 after being arrested on suspicion of attempting to blackmail Fujitsu Ltd. into buying back leaked computerized data on the SDF. Three other persons were arrested for their involvement in the case. (Kyodo)

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Giants pitcher Uehara unhurt in traffic accident

KAWASAKI, Japan - Photo shows the scene of a July 27 traffic accident, in Kawasaki's Nakahara Ward, involving Yomiuri Giants' star pitcher Koji Uehara. Uehara walked away unscathed, after a motorbike hit the side of his car. The owner of the bike, a 28-year-old male from Yokohama, suffered a broken leg and wrist. Police were questioning Uehara about the possibility that the second-year pitcher acted without due care and attention when he attempted a U-turn on a major road.