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Tokyo, Suginami Ward: House Collapse

A private home collapsed in Suginami Ward, Tokyo. The house in 1-chome, Horinouchi, Suginami Ward, Tokyo collapsed and slid into the grounds of an adjacent luxury condominium.=September 30,2025,Tokyo

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Tokyo, Suginami Ward: House Collapse

A private home collapsed in Suginami Ward, Tokyo. The house in 1-chome, Horinouchi, Suginami Ward, Tokyo collapsed and slid into the grounds of an adjacent luxury condominium.=September 30,2025,Tokyo

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Tokyo, Suginami Ward: House Collapse

A private home collapsed in Suginami Ward, Tokyo. The house in 1-chome, Horinouchi, Suginami Ward, Tokyo collapsed and slid into the grounds of an adjacent luxury condominium.=September 30,2025,Tokyo

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UK: Widespread Flooding Hits Greater Manchester Forcing Hundreds To Evacuate 4

Heavy rain caused severe flooding across Greater Manchester on New Year's Day forcing at least 13,000 people to evacuate. Emergency services declared a major incident.

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Outbreak of influenza in 1957

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 27 Kyodo - Photo taken in 1957 shows a sign announcing the closure of an elementary school in Tokyo's Suginami Ward from Nov. 8 to 15 due to an influenza outbreak.

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Donation from Anne Frank House to Japan libraries

TOKYO, Japan - Jan Erik Dubbelman (L), a senior official in charge of educational projects at Anne Frank House, hands a copy of the Amsterdam-based museum's catalog to Ryo Tanaka, mayor of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, at the ward office on March 8, 2014. The museum will donate 3,400 copies of the catalog, along with 300 miniature model sets of the house where Anne Frank went into hiding during World War II, to libraries across Japan after books related to Anne Frank were recently vandalized at some libraries.

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Donation from Anne Frank House to Japan libraries

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a miniature model of the house where Anne Frank went into hiding during World War II, donated to Tokyo's Suginami Ward from Anne Frank House, an Amsterdam-based museum, on March 8, 2014.

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Donation from Anne Frank House to Japan libraries

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a catalog of the Anne Frank House, an Amsterdam-based museum, donated to Tokyo's Suginami Ward from the museum on March 8, 2014.

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Donation from Anne Frank House to Japan libraries

TOKYO, Japan - Jan Erik Dubbelman (L), a senior official in charge of educational projects at Anne Frank House, hands a miniature model of the house where Anne Frank went into hiding during World War II, to Ryo Tanaka, mayor of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, at the ward office on March 8, 2014. The Amsterdam-based museum will donate 300 miniature models of the house, along with 3,400 copies of the museum's catalog, to libraries across Japan after books related to Anne Frank were recently vandalized at some libraries.

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Israeli Embassy donates Anne Frank books

TOKYO, Japan - Peleg Lewi (L), deputy chief of mission at the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo, hands Anne Frank-related books to Ryo Tanaka, mayor of the ward of Suginami, Tokyo, at the Suginami municipal hall in the Japanese capital on Feb. 27, 2014. The embassy and the Jewish community of Japan plan to donate 300 Anne Frank books to Tokyo libraries after hundreds of such books were vandalized.

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Line smartphone app users top 100 mil. worldwide

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Morikawa (L), president of NHN Japan Corp., a subsidiary of South Korea's NHN Corp. and developer of the Line smartphone application for free Internet calling and messaging, stands in front of a counter showing the total number of users worldwide has topped 100 million, at an event in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Jan. 18, 2013.

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Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actor and antinuclear activist Taro Yamamoto speaks to a reporter in Tokyo's Suginami Ward at 0:37 a.m. on Dec. 17, 2012, after losing in a general election the previous day.

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Murakami fans disappointed at Nobel announcement

TOKYO, Japan - Fans of Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, who had awaited the announcement by the Swedish Academy on the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature while holding a joint reading session at a coffee house in Tokyo's Suginami Ward, look disappointed after learning on Oct. 11, 2012 that Murakami had not been chosen for the prestigious award.

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Rallies against nuclear plants

TOKYO, Japan - People demonstrate against nuclear power plants around JR Koenji Station in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on April 10, 2011, amid the prolonged crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station some 220 kilometers to the northeast. An estimated 15,000 people took part in the demonstration march organized by local shop owners and reported online as a call for joining the event had spread on Twitter, organizers said.

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Anime museum in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Life-size figures of characters from the ''Brave Story'' animated movie are displayed at Suginami Animation Museum in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Nov. 9, 2010. The museum offers workshops and exhibits for young visitors aspiring to work in the anime industry.

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Plan announced to launch new party involving local gov't heads

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada (C), the mayor of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, speaks about a plan to launch a new party at a news conference in Tokyo on April 18, 2010, with former Yokohama Mayor Hiroshi Nakada (L) and Yamagata Gov. Hiroshi Saito standing by him. Yamada will head the new party, Nippon Soshinto, while Nakada will serve as secretary general and Saito will become policy chief.

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Plan announced to launch new party involving local gov't heads

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada (C), the mayor of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, poses with other former or current heads of local governments at a press conference in Tokyo on April 18, 2010, during which they announced a plan to launch a new party, Nippon Soshinto. Yamada, who will head the party, said the party hopes to field more than 10 candidates in this summer's House of Councillors election.

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Local government heads plan to launch party soon

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada, mayor of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, speaks to reporters about a plan to launch a new political party with some other current and former heads of local governments in Tokyo on April 8, 2010. Yamada said the party will announce its formal name and candidates for this summer's House of Councillors election by the end of April.

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New pension service body begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma addresses an inaugural ceremony for Japan Pension Service in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Jan. 4, 2010. Japan Pension Service began full operations the same day to succeed the Social Insurance Agency, which was shut down at the end of last month after a pension records mishandling scandal.

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New pension service body begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Akira Nagatsuma (R) and Takashi Kiriku, head of Japan Pension Service, shake hands after an inaugural ceremony for the organization in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Jan. 3, 2010. Japan Pension Service began full operations the same day to succeed the Social Insurance Agency, which was shut down at the end of last month after a pension records mishandling scandal.

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New pension service body begins operations

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Kiriku (standing R), head of Japan Pension Service, addresses an inaugural ceremony of the organization in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Jan. 4, 2010. Japan Pension Service began full operations the same day to succeed the Social Insurance Agency, which was shut down at the end of last month after a pension records mishandling scandal.

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Indonesian nurses, caregivers strive to adapt to workplace

TOKYO, Japan - Indonesian nurses Mohamad Yusup, 27, (C) and Erli Ridwan, 35, (L) carry equipment to wash patients at the Kawakita General Hospital in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on March 4.

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69 mil. yen believed to be stolen from cash van

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers check the scene near a cash van from which 69 million yen disappeared on Dec. 13 while it was parked in Tokyo's Suginami Ward. The cash disappeared while the van was left unattended by two security guards who went to collect cash from a nearby automated teller machine.

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Boy falls to death through skylight window on school roof

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers check a broken rooftop skylight window at an elementary school in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on June 18 after Kiyomasa Nakamura, a sixth grader at the school, broke it and fell to his death.

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Tokyo junior high school starts classes offered by cram school

TOKYO, Japan - Eleven second-grade students at Wada Junior High School in Suginami Ward attended the English class on Jan. 26 as the public school started offering paid after-school classes taught by cram school teachers amid a controversy over the appropriateness of classes targeting elite students and charging them extra fees.

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Smoking at public baths gradually disappearing

TOKYO, Japan - This public bath in Suginami Ward is among a growing number of public baths across Japan removing ashtrays and banning smoking in dressing rooms.

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Abe visits youth center in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) is given homemade Valentine's Day chocolates by female students on Feb. 12 while he visits a youth center in Tokyo's Suginami Ward which supports high school students' independent activities.

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Isuzu Motors unit raided for allegedly tampering with buses

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers arrive at the office of an Isuzu Motors Ltd. subsidiary in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on March 15 for investigation on suspicion that it illegally obtained vehicle inspection certificates for 10 tour buses after tampering with the vehicles.

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Empeor, empress visit obstetric training center in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C, back) and Empress Michiko (L, back) visit an obstetric training center in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Dec. 9. (Pool photo)

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(1)Tokyo, vicinity crack down on violating diesel vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo metropolitan government staff check for diesel-powered vehicles that fail to meet government standards on emissions of particulate matter in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Oct. 1. The Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectural governments began implementing a ban on such vehicles the same day.

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Suginami residents may join resident registry if they want

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada, head of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, announces at a news conference June 4 his decision to allow residents to join the national resident registry network, to be launched on a full-fledtged basis in August, if they want to.

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Nobel laureate Koshiba named honorary Suginami resident

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Yamada (L), head of Tokyo's Suginami Ward, presents an honorary resident certificate to Masatoshi Koshiba, co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in physics, on Jan. 7. Koshiba, the first to receive such a certificate, lives in the ward with his wife Keiko.

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(2)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Physicist Masatoshi Koshiba (L) and his wife Kyoko watch a TV news program on his winning of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics at his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Oct. 8. Koshiba, a 76-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, and two others have won the physics prize for their contributions to astrophysics.

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(1)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba, a 76-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, speaks to reporters at his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Oct. 8 after being informed that he was chosen as recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Suginami Ward not to join resident registry network

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo's Suginami Ward Mayor Hiroshi Yamada, announcing results of a residents survey, tells reporters Aug. 1 that the ward will not participate in a national resident registry network to be launched Aug. 5. He cited the lack of measures to protect privacy.

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Pro-Pyongyang group's ex-exec held on breach of trust

TOKYO, Japan - Li Bom Rak (R), former chairman of the Korean Credit Unions' Association in Japan, leaves his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Dec. 5 with investigators for questioning. Li was arrested later in the day on suspicion of financially damaging Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative, which collapsed in December last year.

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Woman stabs teacher at Tokyo kindergarten

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Takachiho Kindergarten in Tokyo's Suginami Ward where a knife-wielding woman stabbed a young female teacher June 19. The woman fled after the attack, police said.

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AUM opens cult facilities to media

TOKYO, Japan - The AUM Shinrikyo cult on June opened to the public three of its facilities, including a training center (shown in photo) in Tokyo's Suginami Ward. The cult said it opened the facilities to provide information on their activities as well as facilities in the hope of reducing anxiety lingering among locals and society.

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Pro-Pyongyang group's ex-exec held on breach of trust

TOKYO, Japan - Li Bom Rak (R), former chairman of the Korean Credit Unions' Association in Japan, leaves his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Dec. 5 with investigators for questioning. Li was arrested later in the day on suspicion of financially damaging Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative, which collapsed in December last year.

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Abe visits youth center in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) is given homemade Valentine's Day chocolates by female students on Feb. 12 while he visits a youth center in Tokyo's Suginami Ward which supports high school students' independent activities. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Physicist Masatoshi Koshiba (L) and his wife Keiko watch a TV news program on his winning of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics at his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Oct. 8. Koshiba, a 76-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, and two others have won the physics prize for their contributions to astrophysics. (Kyodo)

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Ex-PM Konoe stands in Tekigaiso garden

Fumimaro Konoe, a former prime minister of Japan, stands in the garden of Tekigaiso in Tokyo in 1945. The garden in Suginami Ward has been partially opened to the public since March 14, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Garden of Tekigaiso in Tokyo partially opened to public

This is a view of the garden of Tekigaiso on March 26, 2015, in Tokyo's Suginami Ward, which has been partially opened to the public. Tekigaiso was a residence of Fumimaro Konoe (1891-1945), a former prime minister of Japan. His tenure included the turbulent period during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Part of Tekigaiso garden opened to public

The exterior of Tekigaiso in Tokyo, home to Fumimaro Konoe (1891-1945), the 34th, 38th and 39th prime minister of Japan, is shown in this photo taken in 1945. About one-third of the compound in Suginami Ward has been opened to the public since March 14, 2015, and the municipality envisages eventually making the entire compound a park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(9)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba (R), a 76-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, speaks to reporters at his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Oct. 8 after being informed that he was chosen as recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics. (Kyodo)

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(9)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba (R), a 76-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, speaks to reporters at his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Oct. 8 after being informed that he was chosen as recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics. (Kyodo)

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(7)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba, a 76-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, speaks to reporters at his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Oct. 8 after being informed that he was chosen as recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics. (Kyodo)

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(8)Japan's Koshiba wins Nobel Prize in Physics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese physicist Masatoshi Koshiba, a 76-year-old professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, speaks to reporters at his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Oct. 8 before being informed that he was chosen as recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics. (Kyodo)

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Dazai's house to move in southwestern hot-spring resort

Photo taken in September 2015 shows "Hekiun-Sou," an apartment house in Tokyo's Suginami Ward, where deceased Japanese novelist Osamu Dazai lived. It was reported on Feb. 17, 2016, that the house will be rebuilt in Yufuin, a hot-spring resort in southwestern Japan. A hotel owner will pay the costs for the transfer, which will be completed in the fall of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Expectations high for new Olympic sports to be added for Tokyo Games

Composite picture of successive shots shows Miwa Oba, a high school student, doing "speed" sport climbing on Meiji University's campus in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Nov. 28, 2015. Sport climbing is among the sports Tokyo 2020 organizers have proposed to the International Olympic Committee for addition for the Olympics in the Japanese capital in five years' time. The IOC will announce the additional sports for the Tokyo Games in August 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo