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Japan sushi chain holds simultaneous tuna-cutting shows

Japanese sushi restaurant chain Choushimaru Co. holds a tuna-cutting show at an outlet in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Nov. 1, 2025. Guiness World Records recognized the chain for the highest number of simultaneous tuna-cutting shows after it held them at all 71 of its outlets in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Japan sushi chain holds simultaneous tuna-cutting shows

Japanese sushi restaurant chain Choushimaru Co. holds a tuna-cutting show at an outlet in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Nov. 1, 2025. Guiness World Records recognized the chain for the highest number of simultaneous tuna-cutting shows after it held them at all 71 of its outlets in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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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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Missile evacuation drill

People huddle and cover their heads during an evacuation drill conducted at a subway station in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Nov. 6, 2023, under the scenario that a J-Alert warning has been issued by the Japanese government in response to the firing of a ballistic missile by a foreign nation.

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Missile evacuation drill

A citizen's group stages a protest in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Nov. 6, 2023, against an evacuation drill at a subway station under the scenario that a J-Alert warning has been issued by the Japanese government in response to a ballistic missile being fired by a foreign nation.

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Missile evacuation drill

People evacuate to a subway station in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Nov. 6, 2023, during a disaster drill under the scenario that a J-Alert warning has been issued by the Japanese government in response to a ballistic missile being fired by a foreign nation.

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Harry Potter theme park opens in Tokyo

STORY: Harry Potter theme park opens in Tokyo DATELINE: June 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo - The Making of Harry Potter opened to the public on Friday, enabling visitors to explore the behind-the-scenes production of the Harry Potter movies as well as delight themselves with interactive magical experiences. The studio, built on the former Toshimaen site in Tokyo's Nerima Ward, is the largest indoor Harry Potter attraction in the world and the first Warner Bros. Studio Tour to open in Asia. At the opening ceremony, British actor Thomas Andrew Felton, who played the role of Draco Malfoy, on behalf of the cast of the series, expressed his appreciation for "how much attention to detail that has gone into making this fabulous new home for the wizarding world." The second attraction of its kind in the world after London features not only iconic film sets, such as Diagon Alley and Forbidden For

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Seibu operate Harry Potter train service from Ikebukuro

Before the opening of the theme park of the popular movie "Harry Potter" in June on the site of the former amusement park "Toshimaen" in Nerima Ward, Seibu Railway announced on the 16th that the full-wrapped train "Studio Tour" featuring the main cast members The Tokyo Express has started operating.

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3 boys attacked by man with knife in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police investigators on a street near Oizumi Daiichi Elementary School in Tokyo's Nerima Ward, shortly after three boys were attacked while on their way home by a man wielding a knife on June 28, 2013. The man fled in a car but was later arrested by police. The boys were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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3 boys attacked by man with knife in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police investigators on a street near Oizumi Daiichi Elementary School in Tokyo's Nerima Ward, shortly after three boys were attacked while on their way home by a man wielding a knife on June 28, 2013. The man fled in a car but was later arrested by police. The boys were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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3 boys attacked by man with knife in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Miyoshi, Saitama Prefecture, on June 28, 2013, shows a car used by a man who fled after attacking three elementary school boys with a knife on a street near their elementary school in Tokyo's Nerima Ward. The man was arrested by police. The boys were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Armed GSDF troops march in Tokyo for drill

TOKYO, Japan - Rifle-carrying Ground Self-Defense Force troops in camouflage march in an urban area of Tokyo's Nerima Ward as part of their training as rangers on June 12, 2012. It was the first time in 42 years for armed GSDF troops to march through urban areas of Tokyo, with the last such occasion taking place in 1970, according to the GSDF.

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Tokyo hit by heavy rain

TOKYO, Japan - Rescue workers transport by boat people who had been stranded in their cars inside a tunnel at Tokyo's Haneda airport due to heavy rain on Aug. 26, 2011. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo saw its heaviest-ever torrential rainfall for the month of August the same day, totaling 90.5 millimeters per hour in Tokyo's Nerima Ward.

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Boy falls from ride at Toshimaen park

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers examine a ride at Toshimaen amusement park in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on May 7, 2010, after a 15-year-old boy fell from it. The boy, a student at a senior high school for disabled children who was on a school excursion, appeared to be uninjured.

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Snow falls in Tokyo, matches 1969 record for season's latest snowfall

TOKYO, Japan - Rooftops of houses in Tokyo's Nerima Ward are lightly dusted with snow, on April 17, 2010, after snow fell in central Tokyo, matching the 1969 record for the season's latest snowfall.

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Cardinal Shirayanagi passes away at age 81

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows a portrait of Cardinal Seiichi Shirayanagi, who was named cardinal in October 1994 by Pope John Paul II. Shirayanagi died of heart failure Dec. 30, 2009, at a monastery in Tokyo's Nerima Ward where he was recuperating. He was 81.

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Legendary 'anime' Galaxy Express 999 mural put up at station

TOKYO, Japan - A 12.7-meter-wide, 2.8-meter-high mural of the legendary ''anime'' film ''Galaxy Express 999'' is put up at Oizumi Gakuen Station of Seibu Railway Co. in Tokyo's Nerima Ward, dubbed the birthplace of Japanese animated films.

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Popular songwriter Endo dies at 76

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Minoru Endo, renowned composer of popular Japanese songs, who died Dec. 6 of an acute heart attack at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 76. The file photo was taken in August 2001 when he was training physically handicapped and elderly people for an operetta performance in Tokyo's Nerima Ward.

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Police question ex-skating chief over embezzlement

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuichiro Hisanaga, former head of the Japan Skating Federation, leaves his home in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Oct. 3 to be questioned by the police over allegedly embezzling federation money.

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1st batch of troops of Japan's 9th contingent back home from Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - The first batch of ground troops of Japan's ninth contingent returned home from the southern Iraqi city of Samawah May 20 after a three-month mission. About 150 Ground Self-Defense Force troops were welcomed by their relatives and colleagues at a garrison in Tokyo's Nerima Ward.

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(1)Voters cast ballots in general election

TOKYO, Japan - Voters cast their ballots in the House of Representatives election in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Nov. 9.

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(2)Tokyo man kidnapped in China returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Eizaburo Yamanaka, a 66-year-old former trading company employee from Tokyo's Nerima Ward, speaks to journalists on returning to Japan from China on Oct. 14. Yamanaka was abducted for ransom in the northern Chinese city of Shenyang two days earlier.

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(3)Tokyo man kidnapped in China returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Eizaburo Yamanaka, a 66-year-old former trading company employee from Tokyo's Nerima Ward, accompanied by his wife, bows in appreciation at a news conference at Nerima Police Station on returning to Japan on Oct. 14 from China. He was abducted for ransom in the northern Chinese city of Shenyang two days earlier.

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177kg of cannabis seized at home of Nepalese man

NARITA, Japan - The police and the customs authorities at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture said Dec. 26 they arrested Gurung Nir Bahadur, a restaurant owner in Tokyo's Nerima Ward, on suspicion of possessing 5.5 kg of cannabis resin in Saitama Prefecture. They seized 177 kg of the drug at his home.

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Political critic Ito dies at age 85

TOKYO, Japan - Masaya Ito (file photo), a noted political critic who was a secretary for the late Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda, died of heart failure Dec. 13 at his home in Tokyo's Nerima Ward, his family said Dec. 16. He was 85.

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(2)Suspected projectile launcher found in Tokyo park

TOKYO, Japan - A photo taken Nov. 21 shows Oizumi-Chuo Park (fore) in Tokyo's Nerima ward and the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) Asaka base (back) which straddles between Tokyo and Saitama prefectures. Police found two metal pipes at the park in what they suspect was a home-made automatic projectile launcher Japanese militants used to attack the base.

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(1)Suspected projectile launcher found in Tokyo park

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers are on guard near the entrance to a park in Nerima Ward in Tokyo at 2 a.m. Nov. 21 following discovery of two metal pipes at the park in what they suspect was a home-made automatic projectile launcher Japanese militants used to attack a nearby Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) base.

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Mizuho Group units open 1st joint branch

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Investors Securities Co. transferred its nearby branch (L side) into Mizuho Bank's Shakujii branch (R side) in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Oct. 7, becoming the first joint outlet by a bank and a brokerage in Japan.

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Tokyo youth heads for U.S. to await new liver

NARITA, Japan - Sachie Ishihara, 19, a resident of Tokyo's Nerima Ward, speaks to the media at Narita airport Sept. 11 prior to departure for the United States, where she hopes to undergo a second liver transplant.

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Voting begins for 1st Diet poll under Koizumi gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese voters start casting ballots for the House of Councillors election on July 29 as the first national judgment of popular Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's structural reform plans. Photo shows voters casting their ballots at a polling station in Hikarigaoka in Tokyo's Nerima Ward in the morning.

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Ishihara links illegal immigrants to guerrillas

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara delivers a speech April 8 in an annual ceremony to mark the anniversary of the launch of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) garrison in Tokyo's Nerima Ward. Ishihara linked illegal immigrants in Japan to potential guerrilla activities and said the GSDF should be deployed in case of any insurgence.

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Ishihara says foreigners could riot after major quake

TOKYO, Japan - Outspoken Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara addresses a Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) garrison April 9, calling on the GSDF to be ready to control rioting by foreigners and foreign residents in Japan in the event of a major earthquake. The ceremony marked the 49th anniversary of the founding of the garrison in Tokyo's Nerima Ward.

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1st batch of troops of Japan's 9th contingent back home from Ira

TOKYO, Japan - The first batch of ground troops of Japan's ninth contingent returned home from the southern Iraqi city of Samawah May 20 after a three-month mission. About 150 Ground Self-Defense Force troops were welcomed by their relatives and colleagues at a garrison in Tokyo's Nerima Ward. (Kyodo)

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Legendary 'anime' Galaxy Express 999 mural put up at station

TOKYO, Japan - A 12.7-meter-wide, 2.8-meter-high mural of the legendary ''anime'' film ''Galaxy Express 999'' is put up at Oizumi Gakuen Station of Seibu Railway Co. in Tokyo's Nerima Ward, dubbed the birthplace of Japanese animated films. (Kyodo)

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177kg of cannabis seized at home of Nepalese man

NARITA, Japan - The police and the customs authorities at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture said Dec. 26 they arrested Gurung Nir Bahadur, a restaurant owner in Tokyo's Nerima Ward, on suspicion of possessing 5.5 kg of cannabis resin in Saitama Prefecture. They seized 177 kg of the drug at his home. (Kyodo)

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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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Popular songwriter Endo dies at 76

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Minoru Endo, renowned composer of popular Japanese songs, who died Dec. 6 of an acute heart attack at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 76. The file photo was taken in August 2001 when he was training physically handicapped and elderly people for an operetta performance in Tokyo's Nerima Ward. (Kyodo)

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Cardinal Shirayanagi passes away at age 81

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows a portrait of Cardinal Seiichi Shirayanagi, who was named cardinal in October 1994 by Pope John Paul II. Shirayanagi died of heart failure Dec. 30, 2009, at a monastery in Tokyo's Nerima Ward where he was recuperating. He was 81. (Kyodo)

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Police question ex-skating chief over embezzlement

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuichiro Hisanaga, former head of the Japan Skating Federation, leaves his home in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Oct. 3 to be questioned by the police over allegedly embezzling federation money. (Kyodo)

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(1)Voters cast ballots in general election

TOKYO, Japan - Voters cast their ballots in the House of Representatives election in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Nov. 9. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo hit by heavy rain

TOKYO, Japan - Rescue workers transport by boat people who had been stranded in their cars inside a tunnel at Tokyo's Haneda airport due to heavy rain on Aug. 26, 2011. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo saw its heaviest-ever torrential rainfall for the month of August the same day, totaling 90.5 millimeters per hour in Tokyo's Nerima Ward. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo hit by heavy rain

TOKYO, Japan - A car is stranded at Haneda airport as heavy rain falls on Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2011. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo saw its heaviest-ever torrential rainfall for the month of August the same day, totaling 90.5 millimeters per hour in Tokyo's Nerima Ward. (Kyodo)

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Boy falls from ride at Toshimaen park

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers examine a ride at Toshimaen amusement park in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on May 7, 2010, after a 15-year-old boy fell from it. The boy, a student at a senior high school for disabled children who was on a school excursion, appeared to be uninjured. (Kyodo)

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Snow falls in Tokyo, matches 1969 record for season's latest snow

TOKYO, Japan - Rooftops of houses in Tokyo's Nerima Ward are lightly dusted with snow, on April 17, 2010, after snow fell in central Tokyo, matching the 1969 record for the season's latest snowfall. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

A sign set up at Hikarigaoka Park in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on April 24, 2020, informs users of a ban on the use of a slide and other facilities amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

A slide and other playground facilities are banned at Hikarigaoka Park in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on April 24, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

A note posted at a supermarket in Tokyo's Nerima Ward requests customers to maintain social distance while shopping on April 22, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Unseasonably cool weather in eastern Japan

Photo shows a shelf of cucumbers at a supermarket store in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on July 16, 2019, as vegetable prices rise after over two weeks of cloudy and rainy days in the Japanese capital and nearby areas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo