Seto Ohashi Bridge 25th anniversary

Seto Ohashi Bridge 25th anniversary

HIROSHIMA, Japan - An April 9, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Seto Ohashi Bridge, linking Japan's Honshu and Shikoku islands, which on April 10, 2013 marked the 25th anniversary of its opening.

15-km commemorative marathon held on Seto Ohashi Bridge

15-km commemorative marathon held on Seto Ohashi Bridge

TAKAMATSU, Japan - About 4,500 people from across Japan join a 15-kilometer marathon event on the Seto Ohashi Bridge on April 13 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the opening of the bridge linking Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, with Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture.

15-km commemorative marathon held on Seto Ohashi Bridge

15-km commemorative marathon held on Seto Ohashi Bridge

TAKAMATSU, Japan - About 4,500 people from across Japan join a 15-kilometer marathon event on the Seto Ohashi Bridge on April 13 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the opening of the bridge linking Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, with Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. (Kyodo)

Seto Ohashi bridge in western Japan

Seto Ohashi bridge in western Japan

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in March 2018 shows the Seto Ohashi bridge, linking Okayama and Kagawa prefectures in western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New Honshu-Shikoku speedway to open in a month

New Honshu-Shikoku speedway to open in a month

A new speedway linking Japan's main islands of Honshu and Shikoku will open May 1, after 25 years under construction. The 60-kilometer speedway between Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, and Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, is the 3rd and last one linking the two main islands over the Seto Inland Sea in western Japan. The photo, taken from a helicopter over Ikuchishima Island, Hiroshima Pref., on March 28, shows the new speedway's Tatara-Ohashi Bridge.