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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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Sinkhole at intersection near Tokyo

YASHIO, Japan, Jan. 30 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 30, 2025, shows a large sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo. A sinkhole opened up on Jan. 28, swallowing a truck and a man believed to be its driver. Another sinkhole appeared during work to rescue him and the two holes later joined to become one large hole. (Kyodo)

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Bank of Japan keeps interest rate unchanged, yen sinks below 156

STORY: Bank of Japan keeps interest rate unchanged, yen sinks below 156 SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: April 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Bank of Japan 2. various of city view in Tokyo 3. various of fresh food in supermarkets 4. various of city view in Tokyo STORYLINE: The Japanese central bank on Friday maintained its policy rate unchanged after wrapping up its two-day policy meeting, which sent the Japanese yen to its fresh 34-year low past the 156 line. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) decided to guide short-term interest rates in a range of zero and 0.1 percent, a month after it ended the negative interest rate policy in its first rate hike in 17 years. The announcement weakened the country's currency against the U.S. dollar to the lowest level since May 1990, raising the risk of forex intervention by Japanese authorities. The BOJ, which also maintained its policy regarding government bond buying, said the country's core inflation, which excludes volatile

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Storm Kathleen Brings Strong Winds, High Waves To Ireland, UK Coasts 2

Storm Kathleen brought strong winds to Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and parts of western England on Saturday, April 6. Videos posted on social media show big waves hitting the coasts across the regions.

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JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(240108) -- TOKYO, Jan. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024 shows a street view in Suzu city, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. The death toll has climbed to 168 in Japan's Ishikawa on Monday after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the central prefecture and its vicinity last week, as heavy snow and rain have hampered rescue operations. The number of people currently unaccounted for surged to 323 in the hardest-hit prefecture as of 2 p.m. local time, while at least 565 people suffered injuries due to the quakes, according to local authorities. (Xinhua)

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JAPAN-ISHIKAWA-EARTHQUAKES-AFTERMATH

(240108) -- TOKYO, Jan. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024 shows a street view in Suzu city, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan. The death toll has climbed to 168 in Japan's Ishikawa on Monday after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the central prefecture and its vicinity last week, as heavy snow and rain have hampered rescue operations. The number of people currently unaccounted for surged to 323 in the hardest-hit prefecture as of 2 p.m. local time, while at least 565 people suffered injuries due to the quakes, according to local authorities. (Xinhua)

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Street view of Wonsang city, N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A street view of Wonsan, western North Korea, is seen in this photo taken on July 3, 2014. Wonsan is a port city where the Mangyongbong-92 has mostly been anchored after Tokyo barred the passenger-cargo ferry from Japanese waters in 2006 as part of travel restrictions on Pyongyang.

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2020 Olympic host city Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a night view of Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2013. At front is the National Olympic Stadium, which will be demolished and replaced by a new space-age stadium that will be the centerpiece of the 2020 Summer Olympics to be hosted by the Japanese capital.

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2020 Olympic host city Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a night view of Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2013. At center Tokyo Tower (C) is illuminated in Olympic colors after the Japanese capital was selected as the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Seen in left back is the Tokyo Skytree tower.

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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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Roppongi Hills' observation platform unveiled to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - An observation platform on the 52nd floor of the newly constructed Roppongi Hills in Tokyo's Minato Ward was opened to reporters prior to the official opening on April 25. The Tokyo City View will be open throughout the year until 1 a.m.

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HIGHTECH SEIKO's newly installed vacuum furnace.

Hitec Seiko (Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba City) has introduced a new type of vacuum heat treatment furnace. The new furnace reduces the processing time to about 10 hours, 30% less than the previous model. By increasing the utilization rate and providing more space in the furnace, the company aims to stabilize the quality. We will increase the sales of the heat treatment business to 270 million yen in the fiscal year ending March 2020, up 12.5% from the previous fiscal year. The company has newly introduced the PQ-65 pressure-cooled horizontal vacuum furnace manufactured by IHI Mechanical Systems (Koto-ku, Tokyo), with a view to entering the aerospace field in the future. The maximum processing capacity of the vacuum furnace is 400 kilograms, which is the same as the conventional furnace, but the processing time can be reduced from 15 hours with the conventional furnace. HIGHTECH SEIKO, Hanamigawa-ku, Chiba City, July 19, 2019. Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Roppongi Hills' observation platform unveiled to reporters

TOKYO, Japan - An observation platform on the 52nd floor of the newly constructed Roppongi Hills in Tokyo's Minato Ward was opened to reporters prior to the official opening on April 25. The Tokyo City View will be open throughout the year until 1 a.m. (Kyodo)

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Cosmoclock21 Ferris wheel

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The cityfs gCosmoclock 21h ferris wheel hoists its patrons 112.5 meters in the air for a spectacular nighttime view of the Tokyo/Yokohama metropolitan area. The giant wheel holds 60 passenger gondolas corresponding to the second-hand on a clock and makes one complete revolution every 15 minutes. Photo taken March, 16, 1999. (Kyodo)

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Japan extends virus emergency for Tokyo and other regions

Fewer people than usual are seen in central Nagoya on Feb. 2, 2021. On the same day, Japan extended the coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo and other regions, including the central Japan city, by one month to March 7 in view of alleviating the load on the nation's manpower-strapped hospitals.

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Japan extends virus emergency for Tokyo and other regions

People wearing face masks walk in Nagoya on Feb. 2, 2021. On the same day, Japan extended the coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo and other regions, including the central Japan city, by one month to March 7 in view of alleviating the load on the nation's manpower-strapped hospitals.

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Japan extends virus emergency for Tokyo and other regions

People wearing face masks walk in Nagoya on Feb. 2, 2021. On the same day, Japan extended the coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo and other regions, including the central Japan city, by one month to March 7 in view of alleviating the load on the nation's manpower-strapped hospitals.

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Japan extends virus emergency for Tokyo and other regions

People wearing face masks walk in Nagoya on Feb. 2, 2021. On the same day, Japan extended the coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo and other regions, including the central Japan city, by one month to March 7 in view of alleviating the load on the nation's manpower-strapped hospitals.

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Japan extends virus emergency for Tokyo and other regions

A roadside screen in Nagoya shows news about the extension of the coronavirus state of emergency covering Tokyo and other regions, including the central Japan city, by one month to March 7 in view of manpower-strapped hospitals on Feb. 2, 2021.

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Japan extends virus emergency for Tokyo and other regions

An area near Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto is deserted on Feb. 2, 2021, as Japan extends the coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo and other regions, including the western Japan city, by one month to March 7 in view of manpower-strapped hospitals.

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Japan extends virus emergency for Tokyo and other regions

An area near Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto is deserted on Feb. 2, 2021, as Japan extends the coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo and other regions, including the western Japan city, by one month to March 7 in view of manpower-strapped hospitals.

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Japan extends virus emergency for Tokyo and other regions

An area near Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto is deserted on Feb. 2, 2021, as Japan extends the coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo and other regions, including the western Japan city, by one month to March 7 in view of manpower-strapped hospitals.

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Japan extends virus emergency for Tokyo and other regions

A sign asking people to take anti-coronavirus measures is pictured on Feb. 2, 2021, at a shopping arcade in Gifu, which is almost empty as Japan extends the coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and other regions, including the central Japan city, by one month to March 7 in view of a surge in serious patients at manpower-strapped hospitals.

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Japan extends virus emergency for Tokyo and other regions

A shopping arcade in Gifu is deserted on Feb. 2, 2021, as Japan extends the coronavirus state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and other regions, including the central Japan city, by one month to March 7 in view of a surge in serious patients at manpower-strapped hospitals.

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Air raid capital Tokyo

Keywords: big city on the coastline being bombed, burning capital city Tokyo, overhead view of burned out buildings at a slightly lower altitude, parliament building in ground shot, daughter and baby coming out of barracks, long of parliament building *date of shooting unknown, release date: December 31, 1944.

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The Hakone Road

This is the view from the present-day Iriuda in Odawara City and Yamasaki in Hakone-machi when facing Yumoto. The road is Tokaido Highway (present-day National Route 1) and a cart, rickshaw, and pails are visible. Three children, possibly brothers and sister, are standing. The telegraph pole is on the right. Thus, this photo was taken after 1873 when the line was placed between Tokyo and Nagasaki.==Date:1904, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐8‐0]

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'Megafloat' artificial island

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Undated photo shows an aerial view of a ''megafloat'' artificial island. Tokyo Electric Power Co. is considering using a ''megafloat'' to store contaminated water with high levels of radiation found at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. (Photo courtesy of Shizuoka City)(Kyodo)

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Street view of Wonsang city, N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A street view of Wonsan, western North Korea, is seen in this photo taken on July 3, 2014. Wonsan is a port city where the Mangyongbong-92 has mostly been anchored after Tokyo barred the passenger-cargo ferry from Japanese waters in 2006 as part of travel restrictions on Pyongyang. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an aerial view of the city of Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on April 8, 2020, a day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and six other prefectures including Hyogo in response to a recent surge in coronavirus infections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an aerial view of Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest building, and the city of Osaka on April 8, 2020, a day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a state of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka and five other prefectures in response to a recent surge in coronavirus infections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Premier Obuchi leaves for Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan, - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) leaves Haneda airport for Okinawa Prefecture on March 25 to inspect the venues of the Group of Eight (G-8) major nations' summit, to be held in the northern Okinawa Island city of Nago in July 21-23. The premier, who visits the southernmost island prefecture for the first time since he assumed the post, is to hold a press conference at Okinawa Harbor View Hotel in Naha in the prefecture on March 26.