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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 2

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 3

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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[Breaking News]Train with liveries for 2025 World Expo in Osaka

OKAYAMA, Japan, Nov. 1 Kyodo - A train with liveries for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is shown at JR Okayama Station in Okayama Prefecture on Nov. 1, 2024, as it will run in a greater area of western Japan from Nov. 10 to promote the event. (Kyodo)

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Train with liveries for 2025 World Expo in Osaka

A train with liveries for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is shown at JR Okayama Station in Okayama Prefecture on Nov. 1, 2024, as it will run in a greater area of western Japan from Nov. 10 to promote the event.

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Train with liveries for 2025 World Expo in Osaka

A train with liveries for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka is shown at JR Okayama Station in Okayama Prefecture on Nov. 1, 2024, as it will run in a greater area of western Japan from Nov. 10 to promote the event.

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[Breaking News]Last run of 381-series JR train

West Japan Railway Co.'s 381-series train for the Yakumo limited express service departs from JR Okayama Station in Okayama, western Japan, on June 15, 2024, for the last run on its regular service between Okayama and Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. The 381-series trains were originally introduced by JR West's predecessor, Japanese National Railway, in 1973.(Kyodo)

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Last run of 381-series JR train

West Japan Railway Co.'s 381-series train for the Yakumo limited express service departs from JR Okayama Station in Okayama, western Japan, on June 15, 2024, for the last run on its regular service between Okayama and Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. The 381-series trains were originally introduced by JR West's predecessor, Japanese National Railway, in 1973.

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Last run of 381-series JR train

West Japan Railway Co.'s 381-series train for the Yakumo limited express service departs from JR Okayama Station in Okayama, western Japan, on June 15, 2024, for the last run on its regular service between Okayama and Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. The 381-series trains were originally introduced by JR West's predecessor, Japanese National Railways, in 1973.

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Typhoon Lan hits western Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2023, at JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka, western Japan, shows an information display notifying of the cancellation of shinkansen bullet train services between Nagoya and Okayama due to Typhoon Lan that hit the region.

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1st-type shinkansen train ends regular run

OKAYAMA, Japan - About 2,000 railway geeks pack Okayama Station on Nov. 30 to see off a round-nose ''0 Series'' shinkansen bullet train, one of Japan's first types of shinkansen bullet train models, as the train leaves for Hakata Station on its last regular run, 44 years after the model made its debut.

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18-yr-old boy arrested for knocking man off train platform

OKAYAMA, Japan - Police officers examine a platform at JR Okayama Station in the city of Okayama on March 26 after an 18-year-old boy allegedly pushed Kuniaki Kariya, an Okayama prefectural government official, onto the railway track from behind. Kariya was hit by an oncoming train and died of hemorrhagic shock.

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New Shinkansen carriages employ new technology

TOKYO, Japan - One of the new coaches called the ''N700 series'' running on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines arrives at JR Okayama Station.

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Koizumi makes street speech in Okayama

OKAYAMA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi makes a speech in front of JR Okayama Station on June 19 ahead of the July 11 House of Councillors election.

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Radar facility to track space debris opens in Okayama Pref.

OKAYAMA, Japan - The Kamisaibara Space Guard Center, which is the world's first radar station dedicated only to the observation of space debris, opens in the village of Kamisaibara, Okayama Prefecture, on April 6. The facility is capable of detecting an object 1 meter in diameter from 600 kilometers away and tracking up to 10 pieces of space debris simultaneously.

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(1)Japan's first electronic voting begins in Niimi, Okayama Pref.

NIIMI, Japan - A voter receives a voting card at a polling station in the city of Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 23 in its mayoral and city assembly elections, the first to be held in Japan under an electronic voting system.

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New Shinkansen unveiled to press

OKAYAMA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) shows off a new high-speed Shinkansen train dubbed the ''Hikari Rail Star'' to the press at JR's Okayama Station on Dec. 20. The train model, officially called the 700 Series, is faster and quieter than its bullet train predecessors. It begins service next March 11.

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110 passengers spend night inside bullet train in western Japan

A passenger is seen resting inside a shinkansen bullet train that arrived at JR Okayama Station in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, in the early hours of Jan. 25, 2016. Around 110 passengers spent the night inside the bullet train after the railroad service was suspended due to technical problems caused by heavy snow. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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110 passengers spend night inside bullet train in western Japan

A shinkansen bullet train arrives at JR Okayama Station in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, in the early hours of Jan. 25, 2016. Around 110 passengers spent the night inside the bullet train after the railroad service was suspended due to technical problems caused by heavy snow. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photos of late stationmaster cat adorn special tram in western Japan

Children from a daycare center in Okayama, western Japan, enjoy a ride on July 22, 2015, on an Okayama Electric Tramway special train featuring photos of the recently deceased Tama, a popular feline stationmaster at a group company's railway station in Wakayama Prefecture. The calico cat died on June 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Art train in western Japan

Photo taken at a station in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, March 21, 2021, shows a train with designs of over 30 paintings owned by the locally based Ohara Museum of Art, known as the first collection of Western art in Japan. The train operated by the public-private Ibara Railway Co. will run between Soja in Okayama Prefecture and Fukuyama in Hiroshima Prefecture from March 22.

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18-yr-old boy arrested for knocking man off train platform

OKAYAMA, Japan - Police officers examine a platform at JR Okayama Station in the city of Okayama on March 26 after an 18-year-old boy allegedly pushed Kuniaki Kariya, an Okayama prefectural government official, onto the railway track from behind. Kariya was hit by an oncoming train and died of hemorrhagic shock. (Kyodo)

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1st-type shinkansen train ends regular run

OKAYAMA, Japan - About 2,000 railway geeks pack Okayama Station on Nov. 30 to see off a round-nose ''0 Series'' shinkansen bullet train, one of Japan's first types of shinkansen bullet train models, as the train leaves for Hakata Station on its last regular run, 44 years after the model made its debut. (Kyodo)

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Photovoltaic power station in western Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a photovoltaic power station in Akaiwa, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 1, 2021.

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Photovoltaic power station in western Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a photovoltaic power station in Akaiwa, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 1, 2021.

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Japan to expand COVID-19 state of emergency to 3 more prefectures

People wearing masks walk in front of JR Okayama Station in the western Japan city on May 14, 2021. The Japanese government is set to add Okayama Prefecture to the ongoing coronavirus state of emergency from May 16, along with Hokkaido and Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Okayama under virus emergency

People wearing masks walk near JR Okayama Station in Okayama on May 16, 2021. The western Japan prefecture came under a coronavirus state of emergency the same day, along with the neighboring prefecture of Hiroshima and northern Japan's Hokkaido.

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Okayama under virus emergency

People wearing masks walk near JR Okayama Station in Okayama on May 16, 2021. The western Japan prefecture came under a coronavirus state of emergency the same day, along with the neighboring prefecture of Hiroshima and northern Japan's Hokkaido.

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Expansion of COVID-19 state of emergency in Japan

People wearing face masks walk in front of JR Okayama Station in Okayama, western Japan, on May 14, 2021. The Japanese government decided the same day to add Hokkaido, as well as Okayama and Hiroshima prefectures to the ongoing coronavirus state of emergency from May 16.

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(1)Japan's first electronic voting begins in Niimi, Okayama Pref

NIIMI, Japan - A voter receives a voting card at a polling station in the city of Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on June 23 in its mayoral and city assembly elections, the first to be held in Japan under an electronic voting system.

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Typhoon Krosa

A ticket office at JR Okayama Station in western Japan is crowded with passengers on Aug. 14, 2019, as Typhoon Krosa affected train schedules. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man held for attempted arson on bullet train

Reporters gather on a platform at JR Okayama Station, western Japan, on May 26, 2017, after a shinkansen bullet train stopped there following a fire on a seat started by an elderly man. The man was arrested and no one was injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Western Japan electric tramway opens museum in depot

Items featuring the recently deceased Tama, a popular feline stationmaster at a Japanese railway station, are displayed at Okayama Electric Tramway Co.'s "Okaden Museum + Mitooka Eiji Design" in Okayama, western Japan, on its opening day on July 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koizumi makes street speech in Okayama

OKAYAMA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi makes a speech in front of JR Okayama Station on June 19 ahead of the July 11 House of Councillors election. (Kyodo)

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Radar facility to track space debris opens in Okayama Pref.

OKAYAMA, Japan - The Kamisaibara Space Guard Center, which is the world's first radar station dedicated only to the observation of space debris, opens in the village of Kamisaibara, Okayama Prefecture, on April 6. The facility is capable of detecting an object 1 meter in diameter from 600 kilometers away and tracking up to 10 pieces of space debris simultaneously. (Kyodo)

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New Shinkansen unveiled to press

OKAYAMA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) shows off a new high-speed Shinkansen train dubbed the ''Hikari Rail Star'' to the press at JR's Okayama Station on Dec. 20. The train model, officially called the 700 Series, is faster and quieter than its bullet train predecessors. It begins service next March 11.

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3 killed in Okayama head-on collision

OKAYAMA, Japan - A man, his mother and aunt are killed Oct. 11 when the station wagon (L) they were riding in collided head-on with a large truck (R) in Niimi, Okayama Prefecture, police said. Killed in the 11 a.m. collision inside the Ohara Tunnel were Hiroshi Saeki, 50, his 78-year-old mother, Haruyo, and his 80-year-old aunt, Tamayo Yumba, police said. Tadataka Suzuki, the truck's 58-year-old driver, suffered minor injuries to his legs, police said.