Shiba Inu becomes police dog

Shiba Inu becomes police dog

OKAYAMA, Japan - File photo shows Futaba, a 5-year-old female Japanese Shiba Inu dog, being escorted by her trainer Kuniko Kudose in Soja, Okayama Prefecture, in June 2011. The Okayama prefectural police said on July 19, 2011, that Futaba has passed tests to become a police dog, the first time in Japan for a dog of the breed.

Art train in western Japan

Art train in western Japan

Photo taken at a station in Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, March 21, 2021, shows a train with designs of over 30 paintings owned by the locally based Ohara Museum of Art, known as the first collection of Western art in Japan. The train operated by the public-private Ibara Railway Co. will run between Soja in Okayama Prefecture and Fukuyama in Hiroshima Prefecture from March 22.

Shiba Inu becomes police dog

Shiba Inu becomes police dog

OKAYAMA, Japan - File photo shows Futaba, a 5-year-old female Japanese Shiba Inu dog, being escorted by her trainer Kuniko Kudose in Soja, Okayama Prefecture, in June 2011. The Okayama prefectural police said on July 19, 2011, that Futaba has passed tests to become a police dog, the first time in Japan for a dog of the breed. (Kyodo)

2nd anniversary of western Japan rain disaster

2nd anniversary of western Japan rain disaster

Okayama Gov. Ryuta Ibaragi (front) and Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Katsunobu Kato observe a moment of silence in Soja in Okayama Prefecture on July 6, 2020, during a memorial service marking the second anniversary of torrential rain that caused flooding and mudslides in western Japan, claiming 296 lives in 14 prefectures.

2nd anniversary of western Japan rain disaster

2nd anniversary of western Japan rain disaster

People attend a memorial service in Soja in Okayama Prefecture on July 6, 2020, marking the second anniversary of torrential rain that caused flooding and mudslides in western Japan, claiming 296 lives in 14 prefectures.

Temporary housing in Fukushima reused

Temporary housing in Fukushima reused

Photo taken Aug. 9, 2018, shows a construction site for temporary housing in Soja, Okayama Prefecture, for people affected by torrential rains. The wooden homes had been used by those affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Torrential rains in western Japan

Torrential rains in western Japan

Elderly people are seen at a temporary evacuation center set up in Soja in Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 9, 2018, after their nearby nursing home was flooded following torrential rains that hit a wide area of western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Torrential rains

Torrential rains

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 7, 2018 shows a flooded road in Soja, Okayama Prefecture, following torrential rains that hit a wide area of western Japan.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo