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[Breaking News]Return rush of New Year travelers in Japan

EBINA, Japan, Jan. 3 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 3, 2026, as the New Year's holiday season nears its end. (Kyodo)

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Return rush of New Year travelers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 3, 2026, as the New Year's holiday season nears its end.

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Return rush of New Year travelers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 3, 2026, as the New Year's holiday season nears its end.

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Return rush of New Year travelers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 3, 2026, as the New Year's holiday season nears its end.

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[Breaking News]Return rush of "bon" summer holidaymakers in Japan

ATSUGI, Japan, Aug. 17 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars in Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 17, 2025, as the "bon" summer holiday season nears its end. (Kyodo)

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Return rush of "bon" summer holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes (L) on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars in Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 17, 2025, as the "bon" summer holiday season nears its end.

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Return rush of "bon" summer holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes (L) on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars in Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 17, 2025, as the "bon" summer holiday season nears its end.

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Return rush of "bon" summer holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes (R) on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars near the Ebina junction in Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 17, 2025, as the "bon" summer holiday season nears its end.

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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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Return rush of New Year holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars in Ayase, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 4, 2025, as the New Year's holiday season nears its end.

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Return rush of New Year holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 4, 2025, as the New Year's holiday season nears its end.

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Return rush of New Year holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 4, 2025, as the New Year's holiday season nears its end.

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Return rush of New Year holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 4, 2025, as the New Year's holiday season nears its end.

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Golden Week holiday rush in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tomei Expressway's Ebina service area in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, with Tomei's Tokyo-bound lanes (L) packed with cars on May 6, 2024, the final day of the Golden Week holiday season.

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Golden Week holiday rush in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tomei Expressway's Tokyo-bound lanes (L) in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, packed with cars on May 6, 2024, the final day of the Golden Week holiday season.

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Golden Week holiday rush in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Chuo Expressway's Tokyo-bound lanes (L) in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, packed with cars on May 6, 2024, the final day of the Golden Week holiday season.

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Home-bound holidaymakers' rush

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 3, 2013, shows congestion on Tokyo-bound lanes (left side) of the Tomei Expressway near the Atsugi interchange in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture. The rush of holidaymakers returning to the Tokyo metropolitan region after spending the year-end and New Year holidays in hometowns and other destinations peaked the same day, crowding trains, airplanes and expressways.

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Travelers' return rush

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows heavy congestion on Tokyo-bound lanes of the Tomei Expressway in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 2, 2011, with automobiles carrying people returning from their hometowns or resorts after the year-end and New Year holidays.

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Congestion on roads continues during Golden Week holidays

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo-bound lanes of the Chuo Expressway are congested in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as people return to urban areas after spending the Golden Week holidays in hometowns and resorts.

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Expressway closed after road collapse

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo-bound lanes on the Joshinetsu Expressway collapses Aug. 15 after heavy rains lashed out eastern Japan the previous day. The expressway linking Tokyo with Nagano via Gunma Prefecture is closed between Shimonita and Tomioka interchanges in Gunma Prefecture.

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Congestion on roads continues during Golden Week holidays

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo-bound lanes of the Chuo Expressway are congested in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on May 3, 2010, as people return to urban areas after spending the Golden Week holidays in hometowns and resorts. (Kyodo)

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Travelers' return rush

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows heavy congestion on Tokyo-bound lanes of the Tomei Expressway in Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 2, 2011, with automobiles carrying people returning from their hometowns or resorts after the year-end and New Year holidays. (Kyodo)

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Expressway closed after road collapse

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo-bound lanes on the Joshinetsu Expressway collapses Aug. 15 after heavy rains lashed out eastern Japan the previous day. The expressway linking Tokyo with Nagano via Gunma Prefecture is closed between Shimonita and Tomioka interchanges in Gunma Prefecture.