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UK: Storm Bert Triggers Severe Flooding Across England And Wales

Storm Bert struck England and Wales on Saturday, November 23, bringing heavy rain, power outages, and traffic disruptions, while triggering severe flooding in multiple regions. Over 100 flood warnings were issued across the UK.

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Execs of Nagoya meat group arrested over beef buyback scam

NAGOYA, Japan - Law enforcement authorities arrested Yoshiharu Fujimura, chairman of the Fujichiku group, and six senior executives of the Nagoya-based Fujichiku meat wholesale group Nov. 8 on suspicion of fraudulently receiving state subsidies under the government's beef buyback program launched after the outbreak of mad cow disease in Japan in 2001.

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Tokyo Disneyland, DisneySea welcome 300 millionth visitor

CHIBA, Japan - Yoko Kusunoki (2nd from R) and her husband and children are joined by Disney mascots at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 8 as she became the 300 millionth visitor to Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea. Tokyo Disneyland opened in April 1983 and the number of visitors to it topped 200,000,000 in 1997. Tokyo DisneySea opened in September 2001, with the number of visitors exceeding 10,000,000 in July.

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(6)SDF ships leave for Indian Ocean

SASEBO, Japan - The 3,550-ton destroyer Sawagiri sets sail from Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture on Nov. 25, 2001. The ships joins the 8,100-ton supply ship Towada, which left Kure base in Hiroshima Prefecture, and the 5,650-ton minesweeper tender Uraga, which left Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, earlier in the day to head toward the Indian Ocean to provide logistical support to U.S.-led attacks in Afghanistan and offer relief aid to Afghan refugees.

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(5)SDF ships leave for Indian Ocean

KURE, Japan - Family members wave flags as the 8,100-ton supply ship Towada sets sail from Kure base in Hiroshima Prefecture for Pakistan on Nov. 25, 2001.

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(2)Northern Alliance fighters take Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Anti-Taliban Northern Alliance tank with a full load of soldiers heads toward the Afghan capital Kabul on Nov. 13, 2001. The photo was taken at 8:30 a.m. at a point about 5 kilometers north of Kabul.

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Campaign begins in Mie town ahead of nuclear plebiscite

MIYAMA, Japan - A group of voters shouts opposition as official campaign begins Nov. 13, 2001 for a plebiscite in the town of Miyama in Mie Prefecture on the town's plan to host a nuclear plant. Chubu Electric Power Co. wants to build a nuclear plant in the town. The 8,753 eligible voters in the western Japan town will be asked whether they approve or oppose the plan.

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Marubeni likely to fall into red in fiscal 1st half

TOKYO, Japan - Toru Tsuji (R), president of the major Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp., meets the press in Tokyo on Nov. 8. He said Marubeni's group earnings in the fiscal first half to Sept. 30 will likely fall into the red, leading it to forgo dividend payments in fiscal 2001 for the third year in a row mainly due to restructuring costs and appraisal losses on its stockholdings.

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Police begin questioning ex-Chogin Tokyo execs

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the media swarm outside Chogin Tokyo credit union Nov. 8, 2001 as police began questioning former senior executives of the failed credit union on suspicion they withheld data from Tokyo metropolitan government investigators in 1998.

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Veteran cartoonist Yokoyama dies at 92

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran cartoonist Ryuichi Yokoyama (in photo taken in December 1998) died Nov. 8, 2001 of a stroke at a hospital in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. Yokoyama, 92, collapsed at his home in Kamakura on Nov. 7, 2001 and was rushed to the hospital. He received a Persons of Cultural Merits award in 1994 marking the first time a cartoonist received the honor.

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Tanaka to give up plan to attend U.N.G.A. session

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka answers opposition questions at a House of Representatives committee session Nov. 7, 2001. She indicated she may give up her to plan to attend a U.N. General Assembly session and talks with her Group of Eight (G-8) counterparts following a Diet decision that requires her presence during deliberations on a supplementary budget bill.

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Tanaka to give up plan to attend U.N.G.A. session

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka answers opposition questions at a House of Representatives committee session Nov. 7, 2001. She indicated she may give up her to plan to attend a U.N. General Assembly session and talks with her Group of Eight (G-8) counterparts following a Diet decision that requires her presence during deliberations on a supplementary budget bill.

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Veteran cartoonist Yokoyama dies at 92

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran cartoonist Ryuichi Yokoyama (in photo taken in December 1998) died Nov. 8, 2001 of a stroke at a hospital in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. Yokoyama, 92, collapsed at his home in Kamakura on Nov. 7, 2001 and was rushed to the hospital. He received a Persons of Cultural Merits award in 1994 marking the first time a cartoonist received the honor.

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Marubeni likely to fall into red in fiscal 1st half

TOKYO, Japan - Toru Tsuji (R), president of the major Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp., meets the press in Tokyo on Nov. 8. He said Marubeni's group earnings in the fiscal first half to Sept. 30 will likely fall into the red, leading it to forgo dividend payments in fiscal 2001 for the third year in a row mainly due to restructuring costs and appraisal losses on its stockholdings.

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Police begin questioning ex-Chogin Tokyo execs

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the media swarm outside Chogin Tokyo credit union Nov. 8, 2001 as police began questioning former senior executives of the failed credit union on suspicion they withheld data from Tokyo metropolitan government investigators in 1998.

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Execs of Nagoya meat group arrested over beef buyback scam

NAGOYA, Japan - Law enforcement authorities arrested Yoshiharu Fujimura, chairman of the Fujichiku group, and six senior executives of the Nagoya-based Fujichiku meat wholesale group Nov. 8 on suspicion of fraudulently receiving state subsidies under the government's beef buyback program launched after the outbreak of mad cow disease in Japan in 2001. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Disneyland, DisneySea welcome 300 millionth visitor

CHIBA, Japan - Yoko Kusunoki (2nd from R) and her husband and children are joined by Disney mascots at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 8 as she became the 300 millionth visitor to Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea. Tokyo Disneyland opened in April 1983 and the number of visitors to it topped 200,000,000 in 1997. Tokyo DisneySea opened in September 2001, with the number of visitors exceeding 10,000,000 in July. (Kyodo)