Japan: Intense Rain Hits Evening Rush Hour In Tokyo, Trains Suspended 8

Heavy rainfall hit the Tokyo metropolitan area on Wednesday, August 21 disrupting some train services during evening rush hour. Videos posted on social media shows water falling from ceilings like a waterfall inside stations and streets flooded like a river across the city.

(3)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

(3)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Photos of some of the 44 missing people disclosed Feb. 10 by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN), a group formed to look into cases of possible abductions of Japanese by North Korea. (From L to R, top) Seiko Inoue, Teruko Kase, Yoko Mori, Susumu Nagaga, (from L to R, bottom) Yoshiaki Maruyama, Yukie Yoshida, Nobuo Hidaka and Hideaki Sakamoto.

Members of Japan PM Suga's Cabinet

Members of Japan PM Suga's Cabinet

Combined file photo shows (from L) Japanese Olympic and Paralympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto, who is also in charge of women's empowerment and gender equality, Shinji Inoue, minister for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka and in charge of consumer administration, and Takuya Hirai, minister in charge of digital reform, social security and tax number system. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga formed his Cabinet in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2020.

(3)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

(3)Abduction investigation group releases list of 44 people

TOKYO, Japan - Photos of some of the 44 missing people disclosed Feb. 10 by the Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN), a group formed to look into cases of possible abductions of Japanese by North Korea. (From L to R, top) Seiko Inoue, Teruko Kase, Yoko Mori, Susumu Nagaga, (from L to R, bottom) Yoshiaki Maruyama, Yukie Yoshida, Nobuo Hidaka and Hideaki Sakamoto. (Kyodo)