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Mt. Mitake to open to hikers with dogs

TOKYO, Japan - Hikers and their dogs receive blessings for the health of the dogs at the Musashi Mitake Shrine on the summit of Mt. Mitake in Ome, Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2012.

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Mt. Mitake to open to hikers with dogs

TOKYO, Japan - Hikers walk their dogs during a trial climb at Mt. Mitake in Ome, Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2012.

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Disaster drills in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the congested Ome Kaido street in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2011. The Tokyo police held a large-scale drill that blocked about 100 major roads in Tokyo to practice monitoring traffic and ensuring the passage of emergency vehicles on the same day under a scenario of a major earthquake having occurred.

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Disaster drills in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the congested Ome Kaido street in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2011. The Tokyo police held a large-scale drill that blocked about 100 major roads in Tokyo to practice monitoring traffic and ensuring the passage of emergency vehicles on the same day under a scenario of a major earthquake having occurred.

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Tourists enjoy Japanese plum blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tourists enjoy Japanese plum blossoms in full bloom on March 15 at a park in Ome in the suburbs of Tokyo, where some 1,500 plum trees of 120 kinds are growing.

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Noguchi sets Japan record in 30-km Ome Marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuki Noguchi, silver medalist at the World Athletics Championships in Paris last summer, hits the tape to win the women's 30-kilometer Ome Marathon and sets a national record on Feb. 15.

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Runaway truck kills boy, seriously hurts another

TOKYO, Japan - Residents in Ome, a northwestern suburb of Tokyo, pray on Nov. 12 for a 5-year-old boy who died and a 6-year-old boy who was seriously injured earlier in the day at the accident site. They were crushed against a wall by a runaway truck while waiting for their kindergarten bus.

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Olympic champ Takahashi sets record in Ome road race

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi breaks another record Feb. 18, when she set a new Japanese best in the women's 30-kilometer road race at the annual Ome ''marathon'' races in western Tokyo. Takahashi clocked 1 hour, 41 minutes, 57 seconds in her second official race since setting an Olympic record at the Sydney Games last September as she negotiated a field of some 15,000 ''fun'' runners. Takahashi shaved 1.29 minutes off the previous national 30-km mark, set by Eriko Asai in 1991.

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Formont Holdings' Guidance Robot No. 1

On August 18, Formont Holdings (Ome City, Tokyo) announced the development of "Guidance Robot No. 1" (photo), a pedestrian guidance assistance system that can identify vulnerable people in traffic. After conducting demonstration tests at traffic guidance sites from August onward, the company aims to put the system into practical use by 2020, taking into account the actual shortage of security guards. Induction Robot 1 can be used 24 hours a day as long as there is a power source. In addition to a network camera with image sensors, it is also equipped with motion sensors to prevent guards from missing passersby. Photo taken on July 18, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Tourists enjoy Japanese plum blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tourists enjoy Japanese plum blossoms in full bloom on March 15 at a park in Ome in the suburbs of Tokyo, where some 1,500 plum trees of 120 kinds are growing. (Kyodo)

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Tourists enjoy Japanese plum blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tourists enjoy Japanese plum blossoms in full bloom on March 15 at a park in Ome in the suburbs of Tokyo, where some 1,500 plum trees of 120 kinds are growing. (Kyodo)

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Runaway truck kills boy, seriously hurts another

TOKYO, Japan - Residents in Ome, a northwestern suburb of Tokyo, pray on Nov. 12 for a 5-year-old boy who died and a 6-year-old boy who was seriously injured earlier in the day at the accident site. They were crushed against a wall by a runaway truck while waiting for their kindergarten bus.

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Disaster drills in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the congested Ome Kaido street in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2011. The Tokyo police held a large-scale drill that blocked about 100 major roads in Tokyo to practice monitoring traffic and ensuring the passage of emergency vehicles on the same day under a scenario of a major earthquake having occurred. (Kyodo)

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Disaster drills in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the congested Ome Kaido street in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2011. The Tokyo police held a large-scale drill that blocked about 100 major roads in Tokyo to practice monitoring traffic and ensuring the passage of emergency vehicles on the same day under a scenario of a major earthquake having occurred. (Kyodo)

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Project to reopen cinema for 1st time in half century

Photo taken on June 4, 2021, in Ome shows a small movie theater converted from a historical wooden building under the project to reopen a cinema in the western Tokyo city for the first time in half a century. The 63-seat cinema, renovated from the former textile industry-related laboratory now designated as state tangible cultural assets, opened the same day although behind schedule due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Noguchi sets Japan record in 30-km Ome Marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuki Noguchi, silver medalist at the World Athletics Championships in Paris last summer, hits the tape to win the women's 30-kilometer Ome Marathon and sets a national record on Feb. 15. (Kyodo)

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Olympic champ Takahashi sets record in Ome road race

TOKYO, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi breaks another record Feb. 18, when she set a new Japanese best in the women's 30-kilometer road race at the annual Ome ''marathon'' races in western Tokyo. Takahashi clocked 1 hour, 41 minutes, 57 seconds in her second official race since setting an Olympic record at the Sydney Games last September as she negotiated a field of some 15,000 ''fun'' runners. Takahashi shaved 1.29 minutes off the previous national 30-km mark, set by Eriko Asai in 1991.