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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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Return rush of Golden Week holidaymakers in Japan

EBINA, Japan, May 5 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with vehicles near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the night of May 5, 2025, as the Golden Week holiday season nears its end in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Return rush of Golden Week holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with vehicles near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the night of May 5, 2025, as the Golden Week holiday season nears its end in Japan.

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Return rush of Golden Week holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with vehicles near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the night of May 5, 2025, as the Golden Week holiday season nears its end in Japan.

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Return rush of Golden Week holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with vehicles near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the night of May 5, 2025, as the Golden Week holiday season nears its end in Japan.

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Actor Hirosue arrested over alleged assault in hospital

Journalists gather near a police station in Hamamatsu in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on April 8, 2025, after Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of injuring a nurse at a hospital in a neighboring city by kicking her following a car accident on the Shin-Tomei Expressway on April 7.

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Actor Hirosue arrested over alleged assault in hospital

Photo taken on April 8, 2025, shows Shimada General Medical Center in Shimada in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka. Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of injuring a nurse at the hospital by kicking her following a car accident on the Shin-Tomei Expressway on April 7.

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Self-driving truck test

Photo taken on March 3, 2025, at a Tomei Expressway service area in Numazu in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka shows a truck that was used the same day for a self-driving test. The truck ran for about 115 kilometers between Numazu and Hamamatsu, also in Shizuoka Prefecture, using a special priority lane earmarked for the test conducted by the transport ministry amid a serious truck driver shortage in Japan.

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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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Summer holiday traffic congestion in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tomei Expressway's outbound lanes (R) packed with cars headed to holiday destinations on Aug. 10, 2024, in Ayase in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Summer holiday traffic congestion in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tomei Expressway's outbound lanes (R) packed with cars headed to holiday destinations on Aug. 10, 2024, near Ebina Junction in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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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 return rush

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Tokyo-bound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the evening of May 5, 2023, as many travelers head home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Tokyo-bound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Ayase, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the evening of May 5, 2023, as many travelers head home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Tokyo-bound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the evening of May 5, 2023, as many travelers head home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Summer holiday rush in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tomei Expressway's outbound lanes in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, packed with cars headed to rural holiday destinations on Aug. 11, 2023.

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Bridge girder falls, kills 2 at construction site in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 6, 2023, shows the construction site of a multi-level bypass in the central Japan city of Shizuoka where a bridge girder slipped off a raised platform near Shimizu junction on the Tomei Expressway earlier in the day. The incident left two workers dead.

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Bridge girder falls, kills 2 at construction site in Japan

Photo taken July 6, 2023, shows the construction site of a multi-level bypass in the central Japan city of Shizuoka where a bridge girder slipped off a raised platform near Shimizu junction on the Tomei Expressway earlier in the day. The incident left two workers dead.

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Bridge girder falls, kills 2 at construction site in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 6, 2023, shows the construction site of a multi-level bypass in the central Japan city of Shizuoka where a bridge girder slipped off a raised platform near Shimizu junction on the Tomei Expressway earlier in the day. The incident left two workers dead.

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Bridge girder falls, kills 2 at construction site in Japan

Photo taken July 6, 2023, shows the construction site of a multi-level bypass in the central Japan city of Shizuoka where a bridge girder slipped off a raised platform near Shimizu junction on the Tomei Expressway earlier in the day. The incident left two workers dead.

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Bridge girder falls, kills 2 at construction site in Japan

Photo taken July 6, 2023, shows the construction site of a multi-level bypass in the central Japan city of Shizuoka where a bridge girder slipped off a raised platform near Shimizu junction on the Tomei Expressway earlier in the day. The incident left two workers dead.

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Bridge girder falls, kills 2 at construction site in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 6, 2023, shows the construction site of a multi-level bypass in the central Japan city of Shizuoka where a bridge girder slipped off a raised platform near Shimizu junction on the Tomei Expressway earlier in the day. The incident left two workers dead.

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Golden Week return rush

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Tokyo-bound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Ayase, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the evening of May 5, 2023, as many travelers head home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Tokyo-bound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the evening of May 5, 2023, as many travelers head home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week return rush

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles stuck in a traffic jam on the Tokyo-bound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the evening of May 5, 2023, as many travelers head home toward the end of the Golden Week holidays.

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Woman, baby daughter die in 7-vehicle Tomei Expressway pileup

NAGOYA, Japan - Police officers examine vehicles damaged by a pileup on the Tomei Expressway in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, on Aug. 12. Mayumi Nakata, 31, and her 6-month-old daughter Mika were killed in the seven-car pileup.

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New Year vacationers returning to metropolitan area

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 3, 2015, near Tokyo shows the Tomei Expressway, whose Tokyo-bound lane was crowded with cars of New Year holiday vacationers returning to the metropolitan area.

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Expressway operator to seek early completion of new road

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., pledges redoubled efforts for early completion of work to connect the Hamamatsu Inasa and Toyoda Higashi junctions in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and Toyoda, Aichi Prefecture, respectively, on the New Tomei Expressway during a ceremony in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 1, 2014, to mark the ninth anniversary of the firm's foundation.

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Opening of Shin-Tomei Expressway stretch to be delayed

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., meets the press in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on July 23, 2014, to announce a one-year delay to early 2015 in the completion of a 55-km stretch of the Shin-Tomei Expressway connecting the Hamamatsu Inasa junction in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Toyota Higashi junction in Toyota due to difficulties such as landslides.

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Return rush peaks following 'Bon' holidays

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a many-kilometers-long traffic jam on the inbound lane of the Tomei Expressway in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Aug. 17, 2013, as many people headed home from their summer holidays. Mt. Fuji is visible in the background.

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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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Rush of Golden Week returning travelers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a long queue of vehicles heading for Tokyo on the Tomei Expressway in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, on the evening of May 6, 2012, the last day of Japan's ''Golden Week'' holiday period.

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Golden Week holiday exodus peaks

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 28, 2012, shows the Tomei Expressway in Yokohama, with the lane outbound from Tokyo (right side) jammed. Major airports, highways and railway stations in Japan were crowded with vacationers the same day as the Golden Week spring holiday season began.

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New Tokyo-Aichi expressway

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 14, 2012, shows the Gotemba junction of the new Tomei Expressway in Shizuoka Prefecture. The existing Tomei Expressway is shown on the left.

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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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CORRECTED 27 injured in bus accident on express way

SHIZUOKA, Japan - INSERTING POOL PHOTO CREDIT A crashed bus shows damage after hitting a trailer truck on the Tomei Expressway in Shizuoka Prefecture on Aug. 23, 2010, injuring 26 passengers and the driver of the bus. (Pool Photo)

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Long way home

TOKYO, Japan - Heavy traffic is seen on the outbound lane of the Tomei Expressway near the Isehara bus stop in Kanagawa Prefecture, as holidaymakers headed for their hometowns and resorts during the Japanese ''Bon'' summer holidays.

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New Year's vacationers' 'return rush' to Tokyo peaks

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo-bound lane on the Tomei Expressway (L) in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, is jammed on Jan. 3, 2010, with vehicles carrying travelers returning home after spending the New Year's holidays at their hometowns and resorts.

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New Year vacationers' 'return rush' to Tokyo peaks

TOKYO, Japan - The Tomei Expressway, one of Japan's key highways, is crowded in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Jan. 3, 2010 with vehicles carrying travelers returning home to the metropolitan area after spending the New Year's holidays in their hometowns or resorts.