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2 more bodies found after tour boat accident

NAGOYA, Japan - Police officers recover a tour boat on the Tenryu River in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2011, three days after it sank in an accident. Authorities the same day found the bodies of two more people involved in the accident, bringing the death toll to four while a 2-year-old boy remained missing.

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Fatal boat accident in Shizuoka Pref.

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Personnel search for missing people and accident victims on Aug. 17, 2011, after a tour boat with about two dozen passengers aboard capsized on the Tenryu River in Shizuoka Prefecture earlier in the day.

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Fatal boat accident in Shizuoka Pref.

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Personnel search for missing people and accident victims on Aug. 17, 2011, after a tour boat with about two dozen passengers aboard capsized on the Tenryu River in Shizuoka Prefecture earlier in the day.

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Tenryu voices opposition to Steel Partners' takeover bid

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Hiroyoshi Suzuki, president of Tenryu Saw Mfg., speaks about a takeover bid by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners at a news conference in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecuture, on June 13.

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8 die, 12 missing in rain-triggered floods, mudslides

MINOWA, Japan - The embankment of River Tenryu stands broken in part in the town of Minowa, Nagano Prefecture, after heavy rainfas on July 19. Eight people died and at least 12 went missing across Japan in floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rain, authorities said.

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Tenryu voices opposition to Steel Partners' takeover bid

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Hiroyoshi Suzuki, president of Tenryu Saw Mfg., speaks about a takeover bid by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners at a news conference in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecuture, on June 13. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 29

29 Mitsuke - A large sand-bank in the centre of the "Heaven-dragon" River, and people crossing the further arm in boats; two other boats in foreground, moored to the sand-bank, and the distant shore enveloped in mist. The name of this station was derived from the fact that people travelling from Kyoto to Edo were able to get their first glimpse of Mount Fuji from here. The rapidly flowing river "Tenryu" flowed west of the station and travellers had to cross the river by ferryboat. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

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8 die, 12 missing in rain-triggered floods, mudslides

MINOWA, Japan - The embankment of River Tenryu stands broken in part in the town of Minowa, Nagano Prefecture, after heavy rainfas on July 19. Eight people died and at least 12 went missing across Japan in floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rain, authorities said. (Kyodo)

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Kamaguchi Bridge over Tenryu River

The Tenryu River originates from Lake Suwa, and is a large river flowing into the Enshu nada coming down south from the Akashi and Kiso mountains. Flooding concentrates in the summer, so it was called Abare Tenryu (Fervent Tenryu) from the early days.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐37‐0]

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2 more bodies found after tour boat accident

NAGOYA, Japan - Police officers recover a tour boat on the Tenryu River in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2011, three days after it sank in an accident. Authorities the same day found the bodies of two more people involved in the accident, bringing the death toll to four while a 2-year-old boy remained missing. (Kyodo)

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Fatal boat accident in Shizuoka Pref.

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Personnel search for missing people and accident victims on Aug. 17, 2011, after a tour boat with about two dozen passengers aboard capsized on the Tenryu River in Shizuoka Prefecture earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Fatal boat accident in Shizuoka Pref.

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Personnel search for missing people and accident victims on Aug. 17, 2011, after a tour boat with about two dozen passengers aboard capsized on the Tenryu River in Shizuoka Prefecture earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Train damaged by falling rocks in Nagano tunnel

TENRYU, Japan - Photo shows the site where a moving train was damaged by rocks that fell from the wall of a decades-old tunnel on the JR Iida Line in Nagano Prefecture on Oct. 17. No one was injured. The photo was provided by Central Japan Railway Co.