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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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Japan: Voting Begins For Lower House General Election 2

Voting in Japan's general election took place on Sunday, October 27, following the early dissolution of the Lower House by new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. The video, filmed at a polling station in Tokyo on Saturday, the day before the election, shows people waiting in long lines for early voting, which began on the 16th.

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - A doctor (back) is sprayed with disinfectant solution after finishing treatment for Ebola-infected patients on Sept. 4, 2014, at an isolation ward of a hospital in Liberia, West Africa. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Head of Tokyo Children's Library gets cultural award

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoko Matsuoka, director of the Tokyo Children's Library in the capital's Nakano Ward, is all smiles at her office in this file photo taken on Aug. 16, 2014. She received the 2014 TonenGeneral Children's Award in recognition of her role in the promotion of reading among children.

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Senior-friendly 'sento' public bath in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A customer chats with a member of staff of Matsumotoyu, a "sento" public bath in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on July 23, 2014. Matsumotoyu opens up the facility for recipients of adult day care services before the official opening hour.

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Sexual-minority parade

TOKYO, Japan - Wataru Ishizaka (2nd from R in front row), an openly gay member of the local assembly of Tokyo's Nakano Ward, joins a gay pride parade held in Tokyo's Shibuya district on April 28, 2013, as part of events called "Tokyo Rainbow Week" to support the sexual-minority community in Japan.

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Eyelash extensions all the rage among women of all ages

TOKYO, Japan - Students learn techniques for eyelash extensions at Kubota Beauty and Hairdressing College in Tokyo's Nakano Ward. Photo taken on Sept. 11, 2012.

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Bloody footprints found near homes of ex-vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Bloody footprints are found on the street in front of the home of Kenji Yoshihara, former vice welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Nov. 19. Police also found bloody footprints at the home of Takehiko Yamaguchi, another former vice welfare minister, in Saitama.

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Wife of ex-vice health minister stabbed at home in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers examine the scene near the house of Kenji Yoshihara, a former vice health and welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward after Yoshihara's wife Yasuko was stabbed in the entrance of their house by a man pretending to be from a parcel delivery service.

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Bloody footprints found near homes of ex-vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 19 shows the home of Kenji Yoshihara, former vice welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward, where his wife Yasuko was stabbed by a man on the previous day.

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Campaigning for governor races in Tokyo, 12 prefectures to begin

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates contesting the Tokyo gubernatorial election in April attend a public debate in Nakano Ward, Tokyo on March 15 on the issue whether Tokyo should bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. From L to R: architect Kisho Kurokawa, former Adachi Ward mayor Manzo Yoshida, former Miyagi Gov. Shiro Asano, and incumbent Shintaro Ishihara, who is running for a third four-year term. Campaigning for gubernatorial elections in Tokyo and 12 other prefectures is set to begin March 22.

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Ishihara, challengers split over Olympics in election debate

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) and his three challengers -- (from L to R) renowned architect Kisho Kurokawa, former mayor of Tokyo's Adachi Ward Manzo Yoshida, and former Miyagi Gov. Shiro Asano -- attend the first public policy debate in Tokyo's Nakano Ward before the April 8 gubernatorial election. They discussed issues including whether Tokyo should try to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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Emperor, empress visit nursing home in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit a nursing home in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Sept. 22. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit nursing home in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L, back) and Empress Michiko (C), front) talk to elderly people in their nursing home in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Sept. 22. (Pool photo)

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NHK President Ebisawa expresses intention to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, president of Japan's scandal-tainted public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), answers reporters' questions with a smile in front of his residence in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Jan. 25. Ebisawa indicated for the first time he will resign from the post before his term expires.

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(2)Police release documents on N. Korean agent

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken at the Tokyo Metropolitan Department on Feb. 28 shows copies of instructions sent by North Korea to its agent in Japan. The agent, a 73-year-old resident of Tokyo's Nakano Ward, is suspected of illegally entering Japan in November 1995 from China and applying for an alien registration card in March 1999 at the Nakano Ward hall using the identity of a pro-Pyongyang Korean resident of Japan, police said.

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Yokozuna Takanohana resumes training

TOKYO, Japan - Injury-plagued yokozuna Takanohana starts his bid to return to the ring in time for the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament as he resumes training on Dec. 7. ''My knee has not given me any problems at all today. I'll just continue training at my own pace,'' said Takanohana, who went through a light one-hour workout at the Futagoyama stable in Tokyo's Nakano Ward.

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Yokozuna Takanohana meets the press

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Takanohana (L), along with his stable master Futagoyama, speaks to reporters at his stable in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on April 24 after the Japan Sumo Association released a list of sumo wrestlers ranking for the upcoming Summer Grand Sumo Tournament. Takanohana, who has missed the last five tourneys due to injuries in his right knee, refrained from saying whether he will join the summer tournament.

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Voting underway in Tokyo metropolitan assembly poll

TOKYO, Japan - Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on June 24 in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election. The results of the election, the first major poll since the inauguration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet in late April, will be closely watched for clues to the outcome of the House of Councillors election slated for late July.

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Tokyo phone club owner home robbed of over 100 mil. yen in cash

TOKYO, Japan - A policeman investigates the home of Keiichi Morishita, a telephone club operator, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Feb. 28. A group of five or six masked men broke into the home and made off with more than 100 million yen in cash and 30 million yen in jewelry from three safes inside the home.

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Singer Noriko Awaya dies at 92

TOKYO, Japan - The photo shows singer Noriko Awaya, called Japan's queen of the blues, singing on Sept. 25, 1991 at the 14th Japan Singers Association festival in Tokyo's Nakano Ward. Awaya died on Sept. 22 at her home in Tokyo's Ota Ward, her family says on Sept. 25. She was 92.

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Logo of tsumiki Securities Co.

Keywords: tsumiki securities, securities company, marui group, marui, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 6, 2019, Nakano Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Logo of tsumiki Securities Co.

Keywords: tsumiki securities, securities company, marui group, marui, company, signboard, logo, logo mark = December 6, 2019, Nakano Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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NHK President Ebisawa expresses intention to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuji Ebisawa, president of Japan's scandal-tainted public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK), answers reporters' questions with a smile in front of his residence in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Jan. 25. Ebisawa indicated for the first time he will resign from the post before his term expires. (Kyodo)

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Ishihara, challengers split over Olympics in election debate

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) and his three challengers -- (from L to R) renowned architect Kisho Kurokawa, former mayor of Tokyo's Adachi Ward Manzo Yoshida, and former Miyagi Gov. Shiro Asano -- attend the first public policy debate in Tokyo's Nakano Ward before the April 8 gubernatorial election. They discussed issues including whether Tokyo should try to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. (Kyodo)

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Campaigning for governor races in Tokyo, 12 prefectures to begin

TOKYO, Japan - Candidates contesting the Tokyo gubernatorial election in April attend a public debate in Nakano Ward, Tokyo on March 15 on the issue whether Tokyo should bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. From L to R: architect Kisho Kurokawa, former Adachi Ward mayor Manzo Yoshida, former Miyagi Gov. Shiro Asano, and incumbent Shintaro Ishihara, who is running for a third four-year term. Campaigning for gubernatorial elections in Tokyo and 12 other prefectures is set to begin March 22. (Kyodo)

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Yokozuna Takanohana resumes training

TOKYO, Japan - Injury-plagued yokozuna Takanohana starts his bid to return to the ring in time for the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament as he resumes training on Dec. 7. ''My knee has not given me any problems at all today. I'll just continue training at my own pace,'' said Takanohana, who went through a light one-hour workout at the Futagoyama stable in Tokyo's Nakano Ward. (Kyodo)

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Same-sex couple

Chizuka Oe (R) and her partner Yoko Ogawa meet reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2019, after they submitted a marriage notification to the office of Tokyo's Nakano Ward, where they live -- an attempt that was rejected, as expected, on the grounds that they are both registered as a woman in their family registers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo assembly election

A ballot is cast for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election at a polling station in Nakano Ward on July 4, 2021. The outcome of the election is seen as possibly affecting the House of Representatives election to be held by this fall.

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Tokyo assembly election

A ballot is cast for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election at a polling station in Nakano Ward on July 4, 2021. The outcome of the election is seen as possibly affecting the House of Representatives election to be held by this fall.

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Tokyo assembly election

A voter casts her ballot for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election at a polling station in Nakano Ward on July 4, 2021. The outcome of the election is seen as possibly affecting the House of Representatives election to be held by this fall.

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Tokyo assembly election

A voter casts her ballot for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election at a polling station in Nakano Ward on July 4, 2021. The outcome of the election is seen as possibly affecting the House of Representatives election to be held by this fall.

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Tokyo assembly election

Voters cast their ballots for the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election at a polling station in Nakano Ward on July 4, 2021. The outcome of the election is seen as possibly affecting the House of Representatives election to be held by this fall.

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Emperor, empress visit nursing home in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L, back) and Empress Michiko (C), front) talk to elderly people in their nursing home in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Sept. 22. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit nursing home in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit a nursing home in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Sept. 22. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Tokyo restaurant a place for Ainu to meet

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Hasegawa, 56, stands in front of his restaurant, ''Rera-Cise,'' in Tokyo's Nakano Ward. (Kyodo)

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Bloody footprints found near homes of ex-vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Bloody footprints are found on the street in front of the home of Kenji Yoshihara, former vice welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Nov. 19. Police also found bloody footprints at the home of Takehiko Yamaguchi, another former vice welfare minister, in Saitama. (Kyodo)

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Wife of ex-vice health minister stabbed at home in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers examine the scene near the house of Kenji Yoshihara, a former vice health and welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward after Yoshihara's wife Yasuko was stabbed in the entrance of their house by a man pretending to be from a parcel delivery service. (Kyodo)

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Bloody footprints found near homes of ex-vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 19 shows the home of Kenji Yoshihara, former vice welfare minister, in Tokyo's Nakano Ward, where his wife Yasuko was stabbed by a man on the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Singer Noriko Awaya dies at 92

TOKYO, Japan - The photo shows singer Noriko Awaya, called Japan's queen of the blues, singing on Sept. 25, 1991 at the 14th Japan Singers Association festival in Tokyo's Nakano Ward. Awaya died on Sept. 22 at her home in Tokyo's Ota Ward, her family says on Sept. 25. She was 92.

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Ebola outbreak in Liberia

MONROVIA, Liberia - A doctor (back) is sprayed with disinfectant solution after finishing treatment for Ebola-infected patients on Sept. 4, 2014, at an isolation ward of a hospital in Liberia, West Africa. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)(Kyodo)

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Commuters in Tokyo after Golden Week holiday period

People wearing face masks head to a station in Tokyo's Nakano Ward amid the coronavirus pandemic during the morning commute on May 6, 2021, the first weekday after the end of the Golden Week holiday period in Japan.

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Commuters in Tokyo after Golden Week holiday period

People wearing face masks head to a station in Tokyo's Nakano Ward amid the coronavirus pandemic during the morning commute on May 6, 2021, the first weekday after the end of the Golden Week holiday period in Japan.

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Commuters in Tokyo after Golden Week holiday period

People wearing face masks commute by train in Tokyo's Nakano Ward amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 6, 2021, the first weekday after the end of the Golden Week holiday period in Japan.

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Commuters in Tokyo after Golden Week holiday period

People wearing face masks commute by train in Tokyo's Nakano Ward amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 6, 2021, the first weekday after the end of the Golden Week holiday period in Japan.

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Commuters in Tokyo after Golden Week holiday period

People wearing face masks commute by train in Tokyo's Nakano Ward amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 6, 2021, the first weekday after the end of the Golden Week holiday period in Japan.

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Campaigning begins for Tokyo governor race

Taisuke Ono, former vice governor of Kumamoto Prefecture, speaks to people on a shopping street in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on June 18, 2020, as campaigning officially kicked off for the July 5 Tokyo gubernatorial election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

A shopping arcade in Tokyo's Nakano Ward is crowded with shoppers on April 19, 2020, despite government requests to avoid crowds amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

A shopping arcade in Tokyo's Nakano Ward is crowded with shoppers on April 19, 2020, despite government requests to avoid crowds amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn

Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn, facing financial misconduct charges and released on bail, poses for a photo at a park in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on March 31, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo