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Snow in greater Tokyo area

People wait in a line for a bus on a snow-covered street near JR Okegawa Station in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on March 19, 2025.

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Japan: Intense Rainfall Batters Parts Of Kanto Region 2

Intense rainfall battered parts of Kanto region Wednesday evening, August 7 causing flash flooding across the region.

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Japan crown prince

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (L), patron of the Agricultural Society of Japan, visits a cowshed on a dairy farm in Okegawa, Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Oct. 23, 2023.

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Saitama ordered to redress parents of slain student

SAITAMA, Japan - Kenichi and Kyoko Ino, whose daughter Shiori (pictured in the frame) was stalked and murdered in 1999 in Okegawa, Saitama Prefecture, despite filing a complaint with prefectural police, walk to the Saitama District Court on Feb. 26. The court ordered Saitama Prefecture to pay 5.5 million yen in damages to the parents because it had ''betrayed'' the girl's trust in the incident.

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Concrete falls from bridge on Joetsu Shinkansen Line

KUMAGAYA, Japan - A piece of concrete that fell from a bridge on the Joetsu Shinkansen Line in Okegawa, Saitama Prefecture, is shown to reporters at East Japan Railway Co.'s Kumagaya Station on Oct. 18. The railroad operator said a local found the fallen concrete Oct. 17.

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2 men handed prison terms for slaying of Saitama student

SAITAMA, Japan - File photo shows Yoshifumi Kubota, 36, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison July 17 for stabbing a female college student to death in front of JR Okegawa Station in Saitama Prefecture in 1999. Yoshitaka Ito, 34, was also sentenced to 15 years for killing Shiori Ino, then 21.

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Actor Hideo Takamatsu dies at 77

TOKYO, Japan - Movie and TV actor Hideo Takamatsu died of a heart attack on Feb. 26, his family said Feb. 27. He was 77. This photo was taken in February 1976 in Okegawa, Saitama Prefecture where Takamatsu was playing in the NHK TV drama ''Kumori no Jutan'' (The Cloud Carpet). (Kyodo)

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Concrete falls from bridge on Joetsu Shinkansen Line

KUMAGAYA, Japan - A piece of concrete that fell from a bridge on the Joetsu Shinkansen Line in Okegawa, Saitama Prefecture, is shown to reporters at East Japan Railway Co.'s Kumagaya Station on Oct. 18. The railroad operator said a local found the fallen concrete Oct. 17.