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Nakayama Steel to ask creditor banks to waive loans

Nakayama Steel to ask creditor banks to waive loans

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 29, 2012, shows Nakayama Steel Works Ltd. in Osaka's Taisho Ward. The electric furnace steelmaker plans to ask its main creditor banks to waive a total of around 60 billion yen in loans due to slumping demand, sources close to the matter said the same day.

Nakayama Steel to ask creditor banks to waive loans

Nakayama Steel to ask creditor banks to waive loans

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 29, 2012, shows Nakayama Steel Works Ltd. in Osaka's Taisho Ward. The electric furnace steelmaker plans to ask its main creditor banks to waive a total of around 60 billion yen in loans due to slumping demand, sources close to the matter said the same day.

Firemen bring Osaka oil truck blaze under control

Firemen bring Osaka oil truck blaze under control

OSAKA, Japan - Firefighters struggle to extinguish a fire engulfing two trucks and two containers at a parking lot in Osaka's Taisho Ward on Dec. 13. The fire caused at least one injury and forced about 450 to evacuate.

Sanskrit copy of legendary Buddhist sutra found in Tibet

Sanskrit copy of legendary Buddhist sutra found in Tibet

TOKYO, Japan - A researcher at Taisho University looks at a duplicate of an original Sanskrit text of the scripture called ''Yuima-kyo'' in Japanese and the ''Vimalakirti'' sutra in Sanskrit, at the university in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Dec. 14. Taisho University researchers discovered the copy, which dates to the eighth century, in July 1999 at the Potala Palace in Lhasa.

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Kimono for the coming of age ceremony

Dressed in kimono for the coming of age ceremony in Shibuya Ward Miyano. Visitors to the ceremony enjoy kimono with their favorite accessories. Many pf them wear kimono with retro styling. For the past few years, it has been popular for kimono and used kimono from the Taisho era to the early Showa era. It seems that this trend is still continuing . January 13, 2020, Tokyo, Japan.(Credit:style-arena.jp/Kyodo News Images)

Sanskrit copy of legendary Buddhist sutra found in Tibet

Sanskrit copy of legendary Buddhist sutra found in Tibet

TOKYO, Japan - A researcher at Taisho University looks at a duplicate of an original Sanskrit text of the scripture called ''Yuima-kyo'' in Japanese and the ''Vimalakirti'' sutra in Sanskrit, at the university in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Dec. 14. Taisho University researchers discovered the copy, which dates to the eighth century, in July 1999 at the Potala Palace in Lhasa.

Firemen bring Osaka oil truck blaze under control

Firemen bring Osaka oil truck blaze under control

OSAKA, Japan - Firefighters struggle to extinguish a fire engulfing two trucks and two containers at a parking lot in Osaka's Taisho Ward on Dec. 13. The fire caused at least one injury and forced about 450 to evacuate. (Kyodo)

Satake Garden,Mukojima

Satake Garden,Mukojima

Called Koyoen, the garden of the Akita Clan Satake family opened to the public in the mid-Meiji Period and gained fame as one of the most beautiful gardens of the former Edo. However, in 1903 it became the possession of Sapporo Brewery Company, which established its Azuma-bashi factory nearby and used the remainder of the garden as a beer garden where customers could enjoy the product of the brewery. In 1906, the facility became the Dai Nippon Brewery Company Azuma Factory, and the garden disappeared in the wake of factory expansions during the Taisho Period (1912-1926) and the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. Today, a few trees and an explanation panel next to the Sumida Ward Hall are the only reminders of the former garden.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number85‐9‐0]