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Japan: Meteors Light Up Night Skies as Northern Taurids Meteor Shower Reaches Its Peak

The Northern Taurids meteor shower reached its peak on Wednesday, November 12, with fireballs, bright meteors, lighting up the night skies across Japan.

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Japan: Tokyo Hit by Evening Downpours and Flooding After Extreme Heat

On the evening of August 18, heavy rain hit parts of Tokyo, flooding some roads. Severe rain and flood warnings were issued for eastern Tokyo’s Arakawa Ward and western Tama. Earlier the same day, the Kanto region experienced extreme heat, with temperatures soaring above body temperature in several areas, including 39°C recorded in Fuchu City. The intense heat caused highly unstable atmospheric conditions, leading to the rapid development of thunderstorms across the region by the evening.

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Hammer attack at university in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2025, shows an area near Hosei University's Tama Campus in Machida, western Tokyo, where eight students were injured earlier in the day in a hammer attack by a 22-year-old female student.

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Hammer attack at university in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2025, shows an area near Hosei University's Tama Campus in Machida, western Tokyo, where eight students were injured earlier in the day in a hammer attack by a 22-year-old female student.

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Japan: Annual Geminid Meteor Shower Reaches Its Peak 5

The Geminid meteor shower peaks annually around mid-December, and this year, the best viewing time is expected to be around Friday, December 13.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Tama-no-yu bathing area for men in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of repairs.

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Dogo Onsen bathhouse fully resumes operations

Photo taken on July 9, 2024, shows the Tama-no-yu bathing area for women in the main building of the Dogo Onsen bathhouse in Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The bathhouse, which is listed as a property of national cultural significance, fully resumed operations on July 11 after about five and a half years of renovation work.

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Bigmotor outlet in Tokyo

Photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023, shows a Bigmotor Co. outlet in Tama, western Tokyo. Japan's financial watchdog began searches the same day at offices of the major used car dealer network Bigmotor and casualty insurer Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. as part of a high-profile insurance fraud investigation.

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Bigmotor outlet in Tokyo

Photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023, shows a Bigmotor Co. outlet in Tama, western Tokyo. Japan's financial watchdog began searches the same day at offices of the major used car dealer network Bigmotor and casualty insurer Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. as part of a high-profile insurance fraud investigation.

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FSA searches Bigmotor outlet over insurance fraud case

Officials of Japan's Financial Services Agency enter an outlet of Bigmotor Co. in Tama city, western Tokyo, on Sept. 19, 2023, as part of a high-profile car insurance fraud investigation involving the major used car dealer network.

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FSA searches Bigmotor outlet over insurance fraud case

Officials of Japan's Financial Services Agency enter an outlet of Bigmotor Co. in Tama city, western Tokyo, on Sept. 19, 2023, as part of a high-profile car insurance fraud investigation involving the major used car dealer network.

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US-Nordic Leaders Summit 2023 Helsinki, Finland

The armoured presidential vehicle, The Beast, carrying US President Joe Biden is seen in central Helsinki, Finland, on July 13, 2023. President of Finland Sauli Niinistö hosts a visit of President of the United States Joe Biden to Finland and a US-Nordic Leaders Summit in Helsinki on Thursday. LEHTIKUVA / EELIS BERGLUND - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Eelis Berglund/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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US-Nordic Leaders Summit 2023 Helsinki, Finland

People wait to see the convoy of US President Joe Biden in central Helsinki, Finland, on July 13, 2023. President of Finland Sauli Niinistö hosts a visit of President of the United States Joe Biden to Finland and a US-Nordic Leaders Summit in Helsinki on Thursday. LEHTIKUVA / EELIS BERGLUND - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Eelis Berglund/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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US-Nordic Leaders Summit 2023 Helsinki, Finland

People wait to see the convoy of US President Joe Biden in central Helsinki, Finland, on July 13, 2023. President of Finland Sauli Niinistö hosts a visit of President of the United States Joe Biden to Finland and a US-Nordic Leaders Summit in Helsinki on Thursday. LEHTIKUVA / EELIS BERGLUND - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Eelis Berglund/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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US-Nordic Leaders Summit 2023 Helsinki, Finland

People wait to see the convoy of US President Joe Biden in central Helsinki, Finland, on July 13, 2023. President of Finland Sauli Niinistö hosts a visit of President of the United States Joe Biden to Finland and a US-Nordic Leaders Summit in Helsinki on Thursday. LEHTIKUVA / EELIS BERGLUND - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Eelis Berglund/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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US-Nordic Leaders Summit 2023 Helsinki, Finland

The armoured presidential vehicle, The Beast, carrying US President Joe Biden passes cheering spectators in central Helsinki, Finland, on July 13, 2023. President of Finland Sauli Niinistö hosts a visit of President of the United States Joe Biden to Finland and a US-Nordic Leaders Summit in Helsinki on Thursday. LEHTIKUVA / EELIS BERGLUND - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Eelis Berglund/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Tama Home logo and signage

Tama Home logo and signage=Date:January 23, 2019,Place:Tokyo

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Logo, signage and exterior of Tama Home

Logo, signage and exterior of Tama Home=Date:January 23, 2019,Place:Tokyo

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Logo, signage and exterior of Tama Home

Logo, signage and exterior of Tama Home=Date:January 23, 2019,Place:Tokyo

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Heavy snow in Japan

A station staff member tries to remove snow from a pedestrian bridge in front of Tokyo Tama Intercity Monorail's Tachikawa-Minami Station in western Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2023.

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Cat station master

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, a cat "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co., appears during an event in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Jan. 30, 2014, to promote chocolates featuring her. The products are being sold as St. Valentine's Day presents.

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Typhoon rips through Tokyo metropolitan area

TOKYO, Japan - People put sandbags along the embankment of the swollen Tama River in Tokyo as Typhoon Fitow ripped through the metropolitan area and its vicinity early on Sept. 7. The season's No. 9 typhoon left one person dead and several others missing.

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Tama marks 8 years since becoming "station master"

KINOKAWA, Japan - Tama (R), the calico cat "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, and subordinate Nitama are surrounded by fans at the station in Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 4, 2015, during a ceremony to commemorate the eighth anniversary of Tama's appointment.

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'Station master' Tama lights up Xmas illumination

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, the calico cat "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, attends the station's illumination ceremony on Dec. 7, 2014. The light-up attraction runs through Jan. 9, 2015.

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British consul general in Osaka meets with 'Tama'

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Michael Shearer, British consul general in Osaka, pats "Tama," a popular cat stationmaster of Wakayama Electric Railway's Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 2, 2014.

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British consul general in Osaka meets with 'Tama'

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Michael Shearer (R), British consul general in Osaka, meets "Tama," a popular cat stationmaster of Wakayama Electric Railway's Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 2, 2014.

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Nestle Japan to sell new coffee maker on Oct. 1

TOKYO, Japan - Nestle Japan Ltd. unveils a new coffee maker in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014, for sale from on Oct. 1. The round-shaped "Nescafe Gold Blend Barista TAMA," developed jointly with Tokyo's Tama Art University, boasts a big water-feeding tank despite its small size.

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Dry moat believed part of ancient castle discovered

KYOTO, Japan - A dry moat, newly discovered in the ruins of Shoryuji Castle in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, is opened to the press on July 30, 2014. Feudal Japanese warlord Hosokawa Tadaoki and his wife Tama, known as Garasha in history, spent their newly-married days at the castle, built on the site of what was believed to be Kotari Castle whose location has not been confirmed yet.

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Man arrested over Benesse data theft

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers emerge from an office in Tama, Tokyo, of Synform Co., a customer data management unit of Benesse Holdings Inc., on July 17, 2014, after raiding the firm. The same day, a 39-year-old man was arrested over a massive customer data theft from Benesse, a major correspondence education provider for children, on suspicion of downloading and copying Benesse's customer data onto storage media at the Synform office.

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Cat station masters attend cultural property ceremony

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A bronze registration plate commemorating the designation of Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Idakiso Station inspection ground as a Japanese tangible cultural property is unveiled in Wakayama, western Japan, on July 17, 2014, with the station's feline "station master" Nitama (L) and Kishi's "station master" Tama in attendance.

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Cat station master sees kids prepare for 'Tanabata'

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Cat station master "Tama" of Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station on Kishigawa Line attends an event on July 5, 2014, in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, in which nursery school children adorn bamboo branches with strips of paper before the July 7 "Tanabata" festival.

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Cat station master 'Tama' with children

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Cat station master "Tama" of Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line of Wakayama Electric Railway Co. is seen with nursery school children in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on July 5, 2014.

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Cat station master

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, a feline "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, is pictured with cake presented to her during an event to celebrate her 15th birthday in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on April 29, 2014.

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Cat station master

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Photo shows Tama (R), a feline "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, during an event to celebrate her 15th birthday in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on April 29, 2014. To the left is Nitama, her junior staffer.

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Station cat

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, a cat "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, is held by company President Mitsunobu Kojima during a ceremony at the station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2014, to mark seven years since the feline "took office." Her promotion to become "ultra" station master to head 14 stations on the railway's Kishigawa Line was announced at the ceremony.

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Station cat

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, a cat "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, is presented with a new station master's cap during a ceremony at the station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2014, to mark seven years since the feline "took office," as her promotion to become "ultra" station master to head 14 stations on the railway's Kishigawa Line was announced.

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Japan cultural envoys

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 22, 2013, shows six of eight arts professionals whom Japan has selected as cultural ambassadors to help promote Japanese arts and culture overseas. They are (from L to R) calligrapher Souun Takeda, art unit Maywa Denki member Nobumichi Tosa, plaster artist Shuhei Hasado, Japanese-style gardener Masashi Hirao, dancer and choreographer Kaiji Moriyama, and "taiko" player Leonard Eto. The other two, actor Mirai Moriyama and Tama Art University professor Yuko Hasegawa, are not in the photo.

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Comic chat artist Maki dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Maruko Bridge over Tama River in Tokyo's Ota Ward on April 29, 2013. Ukulele-strumming comic chat artist Shinji Maki died the same day after jumping into the river from the bridge in an apparent suicide, police said. He was 78.

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Comic chat artist Maki dies

TOKYO, Japan - A November 2005 file photo shows ukulele-strumming comic chat artist Shinji Maki during a dinner show in Tokyo. Maki died on April 29, 2013, after jumping into the Tama River bordering Tokyo and Kanagawa Prefecture in an apparent suicide, police said. He was 78.

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Cat railway president writes book

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Wakayama Electric Railway Co. President Mitsunobu Kojima promotes his new book in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012. The book tells the story of efforts to revive a local railway line with the help of Tama (R), a popular calico cat assigned as a ''stationmaster.'' The other calico cat held by Kojima is Nitama, Tama's ''subordinate.''

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LED bulbs to quake-hit railways

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, the famous calico cat also known as ''stationmaster,'' is pictured with light-emitting diode bulbs that features her in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2011. Wakayama Electric Railway Co. said the same day that it will donate 610 ''Tama bulbs'' to 10 northeastern Japan railway operators hit by the March quake and tsunami.

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Feline station master Tama tourism promoter

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, a feline ''station master'' at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, is held by President Mitsunobu Kojima (L) during a ceremony at the station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2011. Wakayama Gov. Yoshinobu Nisaka (R) designated the cat as a special tourism promoter called ''maneki daimyojin'' (a deity beckoning people).

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Railway unveils new 'cat stationmaster' building

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Wakayama Electric Railway Co. President Mitsunobu Kojima holds Tama, the ''stationmaster'' of Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line in Wakayama Prefecture on Aug. 4, 2010. The company unveiled a station building which has a cat-shaped exterior and decorations of Tama, who has attracted tourists from across Japan.

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Railway unveils new 'cat stationmaster' building

WAKAYAMA, Japan - People gather at the newly renovated Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line, famous for its cat ''stationmaster'' Tama, in Wakayama Prefecture on Aug. 4, 2010. Wakayama Electric Railway Co. unveiled the building which has a cat-shaped exterior and an interior with decorations of Tama, who has attracted tourists from across Japan.

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Stationmaster cat Tama presented with own train

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Cat Tama the stationmaster looks pleased when she was presented with a two-car train featuring her likeness and special logos by Wakayama Electric Railway Co. on March 21

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Stationmaster cat Tama presented with own train

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Cat Tama the stationmaster looks out of the window from the driver's room of the ''Tama Densha'' at Idakiso Station of Wakayama Electric Railway Co. on March 21.

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Marijuana making inroads into university campuses

TOKYO, Japan - An aerial view taken Nov. 15 of Hosei University's Tama campus in Tokyo's Machida city. The library, where five students said they smoked and dealt marijuana, can be seen in the center of the photo.

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Tama Zoo celebrates 50th anniversary, opens giant bird cages

TOKYO, Japan - Tama Zoological Park in Hino, western Tokyo, opens two giant bird cages May 1. The bird cages, each about 8 meters high with a total area of 1,870 square meters, enable visitors to walk inside and view about 50 birds of five kinds. The zoo held a ceremony the same day ahead of its 50th anniversary on May 5.

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Princess Aiko visits Tama zoo

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko, daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako, arrives at Tama Zoological Park in Tokyo's Hino on Nov. 16 for an outing of the Gakushuin kindergarten. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko visits Tama zoo

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (R), accompanied by her mother, Princess Masako, arrives at Tama Zoological Park in Tokyo's Hino on Nov. 16 for an outing of the Gakushuin kindergarten. (Pool photo)