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Japan: Crane Collapses at Tokyo Demolition Site, Causes Power Outage

A crane collapsed at a demolition site in Koishikawa, Bunkyo Ward, central Tokyo, on Saturday, September 20, falling onto a neighboring building. While no one was injured, the accident caused damage to the building and cut power lines, leaving about 1,300 homes in the area without power.

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Saori Minami

Saori Minami

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

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Ken Takakura

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

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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Japan: Two Men Injured After Man Wields Knife at Tokyo Subway Station

A man reportedly wielded a knife inside Tokyo Metro Namboku Line's Todaimae Station in Bunkyo Ward on Wednesday, May 7. Two men, in their 20s and 30s respectively, were injured after being attacked inside a train car. The 43-year-old man was arrested at the scene. This video, filmed at one of the station exits after the incident, shows a station staff member asking people not to enter the station and apologizing.

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Japan: Two Men Injured After Man Wields Knife at Tokyo Subway Station 2

A man reportedly wielded a knife inside Tokyo Metro Namboku Line's Todaimae Station in Bunkyo Ward on Wednesday, May 7. Two men, in their 20s and 30s respectively, were injured after being attacked inside a train car. The 43-year-old man was arrested at the scene. This video shows the outside of the station after the incident with media, onlookers, police, and emergency vehicles.

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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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Japan: Two Dead After Fire Breaks Out At Lawmaker’s Home In Tokyo 2

Two bodies were found after a fire broke out at the apartment building of Democratic Party lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi in Tokyo on Wednesday, November 27. The building is located in the Koishikawa neighborhood of Bunkyo Ward. Inoguchi's husband and one of their daughters are still unaccounted for.

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Japan: Two Dead After Fire Breaks Out At Lawmaker’s Home In Tokyo

Two bodies were found after a fire broke out at the apartment building of Democratic Party lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi in Tokyo on Wednesday, November 27. The building is located in the Koishikawa neighborhood of Bunkyo Ward. Inoguchi's husband and one of their daughters are still unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire breaks out on Nov. 27, 2024, at a condominium building in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire breaks out on Nov. 27, 2024, at a condominium building in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire breaks out on Nov. 27, 2024, at a condominium building in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire breaks out at a condominium building in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives on Nov. 27, 2024. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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[Breaking News] Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the gutted residence of the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka on Jan. 9, 2024, a day after a fire consumed the two-story house in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News] Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Video taken on Jan. 8, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows smoke rising from what was the residence of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka after a fire broke out in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. (Kyodo)

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Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the gutted residence of the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka on Jan. 9, 2024, a day after a fire consumed the two-story house in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

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Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the gutted residence of the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka on Jan. 9, 2024, a day after a fire consumed the two-story house in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

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Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the gutted residence of the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka on Jan. 9, 2024, a day after a fire consumed the two-story house in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

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Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the gutted residence of the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka on Jan. 9, 2024, a day after a fire consumed the two-story house in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

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Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows police investigators inspecting the compound of the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's residence on Jan. 9, 2024, a day after a fire gutted the two-story house in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

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Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Police investigators enter the compound of the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's residence on Jan. 9, 2024, a day after a fire gutted the two-story house in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

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Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at late Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Police investigators enter the compound of the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's residence on Jan. 9, 2024, a day after a fire gutted the two-story house in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

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Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows smoke rising from what was the residence of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka after a fire broke out in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

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Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows smoke rising from what was the residence of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka after a fire broke out in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

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Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows smoke rising from what was the residence of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka after a fire broke out in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

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Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows smoke rising from what was the residence of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka after a fire broke out in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

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Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Fire at ex-Japan PM Tanaka's residence

Photo taken on Jan. 8, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows smoke rising from what was the residence of the late former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka after a fire broke out in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward.

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University of Tokyo graduation ceremony

University of Tokyo graduation ceremony

Students of the University of Tokyo attend their graduation ceremony in the capital's Bunkyo Ward on March 24, 2023. (Pool photo)

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University of Tokyo graduation ceremony

University of Tokyo graduation ceremony

Students of the University of Tokyo attend their graduation ceremony in the capital's Bunkyo Ward on March 24, 2023. (Pool photo)

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(5)Funeral for Princess Takamatsu held in Tokyo

(5)Funeral for Princess Takamatsu held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako arrive at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on to attend the funeral for Princess Takamatsu, an aunt of Emperor Akihito who died at age 92 earlier this month.

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(6)Funeral for Princess Takamatsu held in Tokyo

(6)Funeral for Princess Takamatsu held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, House of Representatives Speaker Yohei Kono and House of Councillors President Chikage Ogi attend the funeral for Princess Takamatsu, an aunt of Emperor Akihito who died at age 92 earlier this month, held at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Dec. 26.

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(4)Funeral for Princess Takamatsu held in Tokyo

(4)Funeral for Princess Takamatsu held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the public stand in lines to bid their farewell to Princess Takamatsu, an aunt of Emperor Akihito who died at age 92, during her funeral held at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Dec. 26.

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(3) Funeral for Princess Takamatsu held in Tokyo

(3) Funeral for Princess Takamatsu held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Sayako bids her farewell to Princess Takamatsu, an aunt of Emperor Akihito who died at age 92, during her funeral held at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Dec. 26.

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(2)Funeral for Princess Takamatsu held in Tokyo

(2)Funeral for Princess Takamatsu held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R) and Crown Princess Masako bid there farewell to Princess Takamatsu, an aunt of Emperor Akihito who died at age 92, during her funeral held at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Dec. 26.

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(1)Funeral for Princess Takamatsu held in Tokyo

(1)Funeral for Princess Takamatsu held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Princess Sayako, Princess Kiko, Prince Akishino, Crown Princess Masako, Crown Prince Naruhito and Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, the chief mourner, attend a funeral for Princess Takamatsu, an aunt of Emperor Akihito who died at age 92, which was held at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Dec. 26.

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Works of literary giant Ogai Mori's son to be exhibited

Works of literary giant Ogai Mori's son to be exhibited

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsutaro Mori (R), a son of the late essayist Rui Mori, hands a list of some 6,000 works Rui wrote on the life of his father Ogai Mori, a literary great in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, to Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward Mayor Hironobu Narisawa on Dec. 22, 2014, ahead of their exhibition in March 2015 in the ward.

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JFA braces as Aguirre named in Spanish match-fixing complaint

JFA braces as Aguirre named in Spanish match-fixing complaint

TOKYO, Japan - Japan men's national soccer team manager Javier Aguirre attends a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Dec. 15, 2014, to announce his 23-man squad for the Asian Cup to be held in Australia in January. Aguirre was named by Spain's anticorruption prosecutor the same day for alleged match fixing in a 2011 game in the country's top-flight soccer league.

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JFA braces as Aguirre named in Spanish match-fixing complaint

JFA braces as Aguirre named in Spanish match-fixing complaint

TOKYO, Japan - Japan men's national soccer team manager Javier Aguirre poses for photos on Dec. 15, 2014, in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward with team uniforms for the Asian Cup to be held in Australia in January. Aguirre was named by Spain's anticorruption prosecutor the same day for alleged match fixing in a 2011 game in the country's top-flight soccer league.

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JFA braces as Aguirre named in Spanish match-fixing complaint

JFA braces as Aguirre named in Spanish match-fixing complaint

TOKYO, Japan - Kazutake Nishizawa, media officer of the Japan Football Association, meets the press in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Dec. 16, 2014, after Japan manager Javier Aguirre was named by Spain's anticorruption prosecutor for alleged match fixing in a 2011 game in the country's top-flight soccer league. Nishizawa said the JFA will undertake information gathering on its own.

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Snow-capped Mt. Fuji in back of Tokyo skyscrapers

Snow-capped Mt. Fuji in back of Tokyo skyscrapers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from Bunkyo Ward in central Tokyo shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, covered with a layer of snow, seen in the back of skyscrapers towering over Tokyo's Shinjuku district in the morning on Nov. 27, 2014.

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Snow-capped Mt. Fuji in back of Tokyo skyscrapers

Snow-capped Mt. Fuji in back of Tokyo skyscrapers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from Bunkyo Ward in central Tokyo shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, covered with a layer of snow, seen in the back of skyscrapers towering over Tokyo's Shinjuku district in the morning on Nov. 27, 2014.

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Aguirre turns to veterans for Honduras, Australia games

Aguirre turns to veterans for Honduras, Australia games

TOKYO, Japan - Japan men's national soccer team manager Javier Aguirre announces the lineup of players for upcoming friendlies against Honduras and Australia, at a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 5, 2014. Aguirre recalled two-time World Cup captain Makoto Hasebe, Gamba Osaka midfielders Yasuhito Endo and Yasuyuki Konno, and Schalke defender Atsuto Uchida for the final matches of the World Cup year.

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Aguirre turns to veterans for Honduras, Australia games

Aguirre turns to veterans for Honduras, Australia games

TOKYO, Japan - Japan men's national soccer team manager Javier Aguirre announces the lineup of players for upcoming friendlies against Honduras and Australia, at a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 5, 2014. Aguirre recalled two-time World Cup captain Makoto Hasebe, Gamba Osaka midfielders Yasuhito Endo and Yasuyuki Konno, and Schalke defender Atsuto Uchida for the final matches of the World Cup year.

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Aguirre turns to veterans for Honduras, Australia games

Aguirre turns to veterans for Honduras, Australia games

TOKYO, Japan - Japan men's national soccer team manager Javier Aguirre leaves after announcing the lineup of players for upcoming friendlies against Honduras and Australia, at a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 5, 2014. Aguirre recalled two-time World Cup captain Makoto Hasebe, Gamba Osaka midfielders Yasuhito Endo and Yasuyuki Konno, and Schalke defender Atsuto Uchida for the final matches of the World Cup year.

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Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyori Kodaira (C), executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., smiles as he is surrounded by reporters after a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 5, 2014, on the automaker's earnings for the first half of fiscal 2014. Toyota posted a record group operating profit of 1.35 trillion yen for the six months to Sept. 30, up 7.7 percent from a year earlier. Net profit rose 12.6 percent to a record 1.13 trillion yen.

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Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyori Kodaira, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 5, 2014, on the automaker's earnings for the first half of fiscal 2014. Toyota posted a record group operating profit of 1.35 trillion yen for the six months to Sept. 30, up 7.7 percent from a year earlier. Net profit rose 12.6 percent to a record 1.13 trillion yen.

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Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

Toyota posts record 1st-half profits

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyori Kodaira, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 5, 2014, on the automaker's earnings for the first half of fiscal 2014. Toyota posted a record group operating profit of 1.35 trillion yen for the six months to Sept. 30, up 7.7 percent from a year earlier. Net profit rose 12.6 percent to a record 1.13 trillion yen.

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Grave marker of Prince Katsura

Grave marker of Prince Katsura

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the grave marker of Prince Katsura, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on June 17, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Princess Akiko at Prince Katsura's funeral

Princess Akiko at Prince Katsura's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Akiko, the eldest daughter of the late Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, attends the main funeral service for Prince Katsura, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on June 17, 2014.

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