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Artificial rain

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an artificial rain facility housed in a hut in the town of Okutama, western Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2013. The Tokyo metropolitan government ran the facility to release silver iodide mixed with acetone to up in the air on a trial basis for the first time in 12 years in light of low storage levels in dams in the area.

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Artificial rain

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo metropolitan government runs on a trial basis an artificial rain facility housed in a hut in the town of Okutama, western Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2013. The facility to release silver iodide mixed with acetone to up in the air was operated for the first time in 12 years in light of low storage levels in dams in the area.

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Crown Prince Naruhito atop Mt. Kumotori, Tokyo's highest peak

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R) chats with an employee of Okutama township at the top of Mt. Kumotori, located in the western tip of metropolitan Tokyo, on Oct. 22. Starting from the Okutama mountain trail, Prince Naruhito spent five hours trekking up to the peak, which at 2,017 meters is the highest in Tokyo, marveling at the golden foliage on a crisp autumn day. The crown prince plans to spend the night in a mountain hut and to continue trekking in the mountains of Okutama on Oct. 23. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Crown Prince atop Mt. Kumotori, Tokyo's highest peak

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito poses for a photograph at the top of Mt. Kumotori, located in the western tip of metropolitan Tokyo, on Oct. 22. Starting from the Okutama mountain trail, Prince Naruhito spent five hours trekking up to the peak, which at 2,017 meters is the highest in Tokyo, marveling at the golden foliage on a crisp autumn day. The crown prince plans to spend the night in a mountain hut and to continue trekking in the mountains of Okutama on Oct. 23. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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(2)Deer in Okutama stripping mountains bare

OKUTAMA, Japan - These slopes are stripped of vegetation on Mt. Kawanori in the town of Okutama, western Tokyo.

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Crown Prince Naruhito atop Mt. Kumotori, Tokyo's highest peak

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R) chats with an employee of Okutama township at the top of Mt. Kumotori, located in the western tip of metropolitan Tokyo, on Oct. 22. Starting from the Okutama mountain trail, Prince Naruhito spent five hours trekking up to the peak, which at 2,017 meters is the highest in Tokyo, marveling at the golden foliage on a crisp autumn day. The crown prince plans to spend the night in a mountain hut and to continue trekking in the mountains of Okutama on Oct. 23. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Crown Prince atop Mt. Kumotori, Tokyo's highest peak

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito poses for a photograph at the top of Mt. Kumotori, located in the western tip of metropolitan Tokyo, on Oct. 22. Starting from the Okutama mountain trail, Prince Naruhito spent five hours trekking up to the peak, which at 2,017 meters is the highest in Tokyo, marveling at the golden foliage on a crisp autumn day. The crown prince plans to spend the night in a mountain hut and to continue trekking in the mountains of Okutama on Oct. 23. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Drone mail delivery in Japan

A post office employee attaches mail to a drone in Okutama, western Tokyo, on March 17, 2020, in a trial delivery to a house located more than 2 kilometers away in a mountainous area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drone mail delivery in Japan

A post office employee attaches mail to a drone in Okutama, western Tokyo, on March 17, 2020, in a trial delivery to a house located more than 2 kilometers away in a mountainous area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drone mail delivery in Japan

A drone delivering mail on a trial basis from a post office located more than 2 kilometers away arrives at a house in a mountainous area in Okutama, western Tokyo, on March 17, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drone mail delivery in Japan

A drone takes off from a post office in Okutama, western Tokyo, on March 17, 2020, to deliver mail on a trial basis to a house more than 2 kilometers away in a mountainous area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drone mail delivery in Japan

A drone takes off from a post office in Okutama, western Tokyo, on March 17, 2020, to deliver mail on a trial basis to a house more than 2 kilometers away in a mountainous area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drone mail delivery in Japan

A drone takes off from a post office in Okutama, western Tokyo, on March 17, 2020, to deliver mail on a trial basis to a house more than 2 kilometers away in a mountainous area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drone mail delivery in Japan

A drone takes off from a post office in Okutama, western Tokyo, on March 17, 2020, to deliver mail on a trial basis to a house more than 2 kilometers away in a mountainous area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 die in car crash in western Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The photo shows the car that crashed into a concrete wall next to a road and caught fire in Okutama in western Tokyo on the morning of Jan. 16. Four people were killed in the accident.