Moss phlox blossoms make colorful carpet

Moss phlox blossoms make colorful carpet

SHINKIBA, Japan - Moss phlox blossoms, popularly known as lawn cherry blossoms, form a huge colorful carpet at a park near Chichibu, Saitama Prefecvture, on April 17.

Man arrested over using spray in Tokyo train

Man arrested over using spray in Tokyo train

TOKYO, Japan - Paramedics attend passengers suffering from sore eyes and throats at Shinkiba Station on the East Japan Railway Keiyo Line in Koto Ward on May 9. The police arrested Toshihiro Ono who used a self-defense spray in a train car packed with some 180 passengers during the morning rush hour.

Tornado forms in Tokyo Bay near Haneda airport

Tornado forms in Tokyo Bay near Haneda airport

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken at 6:05 p.m. Aug. 7 at Tokyo Heliport in the Shinkiba district, Koto Ward, shows a tornado forming in Tokyo Bay near Haneda airport. The tornado disappeared soon after with no casualties or damage reported, the Meteorological Agency said. The tornado, quite rare for Tokyo Bay, formed above the water about 25 kilometers east of Haneda airport, off Ichihara in Chiba Prefecture, around 5:50 p.m.

Tornado forms in Tokyo Bay near Haneda airport

Tornado forms in Tokyo Bay near Haneda airport

TOKYO, Japan - Photo, taken at 6:05 p.m. Aug. 7 at Tokyo Heliport in the Shinkiba district, Koto Ward, shows a tornado forming in Tokyo Bay near Haneda airport. The tornado disappeared soon after with no casualties or damage reported, the Meteorological Agency said. The tornado, quite rare for Tokyo Bay, formed above the water about 25 kilometers east of Haneda airport, off Ichihara in Chiba Prefecture, around 5:50 p.m.

Moss phlox blossoms make colorful carpet

Moss phlox blossoms make colorful carpet

SHINKIBA, Japan - Moss phlox blossoms, popularly known as lawn cherry blossoms, form a huge colorful carpet at a park near Chichibu, Saitama Prefecvture, on April 17. (Kyodo)