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Central Japan's snow-walled mountain road fully reopens

TOYAMA, Japan - The entire Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route reopens to traffic on April 16, 2014, after wintertime closure, with a large number of tourists visiting the snow-walled mountainous sightseeing stretch between Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, and Omachi, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan.

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Team examines Koreans' remains

NAGANO, Japan - Members of a research team examine remains in wooden boxes on July 20, 2011, in Omachi, Nagano Prefecture. The team from the Japanese and South Korean governments is researching the remains of Koreans who were taken to Japan for forced labor during World War II. After the examination, remains of four people, including that of four-year-old who died in 1944, were confirmed in the probe aimed at returning them to their families.

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1 saved after avalanche sweeps away climbers in Nagano

OMACHI, Japan - A police helicopter searches the site of an avalanche on the 2,821-meter Mt. Harinokidake in Nagano Prefecture, where four mountaineers went missing on May 1. One climber has been rescued but the three others remain to be accounted for, police said.

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Snow being removed on highland bus route in Northern Alps

TOYAMA, Japan - A long line is seen in the Northern Alps in central Japan on March 24 as heavy snow on a highland bus route through the mountain area is being removed to make a bus route. The 23-kilometer route, connecting Toyama in Toyama Prefecture and Omachi in Nagano Prefecture, will be completed in the middle of April.

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Flooding in southwestern Japan

Japanese Self-Defense Force personnel rescue people from a flooded general hospital (background) in the Saga Prefecture town of Omachi in southwestern Japan on Aug. 15, 2021, following torrential rain.

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Flooding in southwestern Japan

Japanese Self-Defense Force personnel rescue people from a flooded general hospital (background) in the Saga Prefecture town of Omachi in southwestern Japan on Aug. 15, 2021, following torrential rain.

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Australian model Miranda Kerr promotes fermented food

Australian model Miranda Kerr holds up a cup of miso soup during an event to promote fermented food in the city of Omachi, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 21, 2016. Japanese miso maker Marukome Co. appointed her as a "fermented food ambassador" to help promote miso and other fermented food products. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Australian model Miranda Kerr promotes fermented food

Australian model Miranda Kerr poses during an event to promote fermented food in the city of Omachi, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on June 21, 2016. Japanese miso maker Marukome Co. appointed her as a "fermented food ambassador" to help promote miso and other fermented food products. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Central Japan's snow-walled mountain road fully reopens

Tourists walk on a snow-walled mountain road in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, on April 16, 2016, as the entire Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route reopens to traffic that day after wintertime closure. The sightseeing road connects Tateyama and Omachi, Nagano Prefecture, in central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwanese tourists visit Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route

Photo taken in April 2014 in Tateyama shows Taiwanese tourists visiting the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, a famous mountain sightseeing route between the town in Toyama Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast and Omachi in Nagano Prefecture in central Japan. The hotel industries in Toyama and neighboring Ishikawa Prefecture are expected to face a lack of accommodations after the launch on March 14, 2015, of a bullet train service connecting Ishikawa and Toyama with Tokyo via Nagano. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Houses and farmland in Omachi, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, seen from a Kyodo News helicopter, are flooded on Aug. 28, 2019, following torrential rains that hit Fukuoka, Saga and Nagasaki prefectures in the northern Kyushu region. About 114,000 liters of petroleum that was contained in 57 bottles at an ironworks were discharged into a river in the town due to the flooding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 saved after avalanche sweeps away climbers in Nagano

OMACHI, Japan - A police helicopter searches the site of an avalanche on the 2,821-meter Mt. Harinokidake in Nagano Prefecture, where four mountaineers went missing on May 1. One climber has been rescued but the three others remain to be accounted for, police said. (Kyodo)

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1 saved after avalanche sweeps away climbers in Nagano

OMACHI, Japan - A police helicopter searches the site of an avalanche on the 2,821-meter Mt. Harinokidake in Nagano Prefecture, where four mountaineers went missing on May 1. One climber has been rescued but the three others remain to be accounted for, police said. (Kyodo)

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Snow being removed on highland bus route in Northern Alps

TOYAMA, Japan - A long line is seen in the Northern Alps in central Japan on March 24 as heavy snow on a highland bus route through the mountain area is being removed to make a bus route. The 23-kilometer route, connecting Toyama in Toyama Prefecture and Omachi in Nagano Prefecture, will be completed in the middle of April. (Kyodo)

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Team examines Koreans' remains

NAGANO, Japan - Members of a research team examine remains in wooden boxes on July 20, 2011, in Omachi, Nagano Prefecture. The team from the Japanese and South Korean governments is researching the remains of Koreans who were taken to Japan for forced labor during World War II. After the examination, remains of four people, including that of four-year-old who died in 1944, were confirmed in the probe aimed at returning them to their families. (Kyodo)

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Specially trained dog to chase away monkeys

Photo taken in Omachi in Nagano Prefecture on Aug. 11, 2020, shows Hiroaki Nakayama and his dog Momo, trained to chase away wild monkeys that have ventured from nearby mountains to ruin crops and damage properties. The central Japan city is combining a global positioning system and specially trained canines, known as "monkey dogs," to deter the unwanted raiders.

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Specially trained dog to chase away monkeys

Photo taken in Omachi in Nagano Prefecture on Aug. 11, 2020, shows Hiroaki Nakayama and his dog Momo, trained to chase away wild monkeys that have ventured from nearby mountains to ruin crops and damage properties. The central Japan city is combining a global positioning system and specially trained canines, known as "monkey dogs," to deter the unwanted raiders.

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Houses and farmland in Omachi, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, seen in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter, are flooded following torrential rain on Aug. 28, 2019. Petroleum that leaked from a nearby factory is seen on the water. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Aug. 29, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Juntendo Hospital in Omachi in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, surrounded by floodwater following torrential rains the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aftermath of downpours in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Sept. 3, 2019, in Omachi, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows a frog in a rice paddy after petroleum leaked from a nearby factory following torrential rains that hit the area on Aug. 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Aug. 30, 2019, shows Juntendo Hospital in Omachi, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, surrounded by floodwater following torrential rains on Aug. 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Aug. 30, 2019, shows Juntendo Hospital in Omachi, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, surrounded by floodwater following torrential rains on Aug. 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Aug. 30, 2019, shows Juntendo Hospital in Omachi, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, surrounded by floodwater following torrential rains on Aug. 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Rescue operations by Self-Defense Force personnel are under way on Aug. 30, 2019, in Omachi, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after several days of flooding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Aug. 29, 2019, shows Juntendo Hospital in Omachi in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, surrounded by floodwater following torrential rains the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Aug. 29, 2019, shows Juntendo Hospital in Omachi in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, surrounded by floodwater following torrential rains the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Aug. 29, 2019, shows Juntendo Hospital in Omachi in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, surrounded by floodwater following torrential rains the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Aug. 29, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Juntendo Hospital in Omachi in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, surrounded by floodwater following torrential rains the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Aug. 29, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Juntendo Hospital in Omachi in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, surrounded by floodwater following torrential rains the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

People take refuge in an evacuation center in Omachi in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 29, 2019, following torrential rains the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Aug. 29, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a flooded area in Omachi in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, with drainage work (bottom) under way following torrential rains the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Aug. 29, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Juntendo Hospital in Omachi in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, surrounded by floodwater following torrential rains the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Aug. 29, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Juntendo Hospital in Omachi in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, surrounded by floodwater following torrential rains the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Aug. 28, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Juntendo Hospital in Omachi in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, surrounded by floodwater and petroleum that leaked from a nearby factory following torrential rain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Houses and farmland in Omachi, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, seen in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter, are flooded following torrential rain on Aug. 28, 2019. Petroleum that leaked from a nearby factory is seen on the water. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Houses and farmland in Omachi, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, seen in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter, are flooded following torrential rain on Aug. 28, 2019. Petroleum that leaked from a nearby factory is seen on the water. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Houses and farmland in Omachi, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, seen from a Kyodo News helicopter, are flooded on Aug. 28, 2019, following torrential rains that hit Fukuoka, Saga and Nagasaki prefectures in the northern Kyushu region. About 114,000 liters of petroleum that was contained in 57 bottles at an ironworks were discharged into a river in the town due to the flooding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downpours in southwestern Japan

Houses and farmland in Omachi, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, seen from a Kyodo News helicopter, are flooded on Aug. 28, 2019, following torrential rains that hit Fukuoka, Saga and Nagasaki prefectures in the northern Kyushu region. About 114,000 liters of petroleum that was contained in 57 bottles at an ironworks were discharged into a river in the town due to the flooding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo