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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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Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

TOKYO, Japan - Striking workers represented by a labor union at Japanese department store operator Sogo & Seibu Co. march in the streets of Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Aug. 31, 2023. Store workers are opposing plans by parent Seven & i Holdings Co. to sell the 10-store chain to a U.S.-based investment fund.

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Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

Sogo & Seibu labor union chief Yasuhiro Teraoka (C) is surrounded by reporters during a union rally in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Aug. 31, 2023. Workers at the Seibu Ikebukuro department store went on strike the same day protesting a planned sale of their company, a first for a Japanese department store in around 60 years.

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Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

Striking workers represented by a labor union at Japanese department store operator Sogo & Seibu Co. march in the streets of Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Aug. 31, 2023. Store workers are opposing plans by parent Seven & i Holdings Co. to sell the 10-store chain to a U.S.-based investment fund.

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Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2023, shows a notice placed at Seibu department store's flagship Ikebukuro location in Tokyo's Toshima Ward, announcing its forced closure due to a labor strike.

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Seibu Ikebukuro workers strike

Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2023, shows the Seibu Ikebukuro department store in Tokyo's Toshima Ward. Store workers staged a strike the same day, opposing plans by parent Seven & i Holdings Co. to sell the 10-store Sogo & Seibu chain to a U.S.-based investment fund.

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Anti-terrorism drill in Tokyo

Police officers take part in a joint security exercise led by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Tokyo's Toshima Ward simulating a knife attack on a bus on May 9, 2023, ahead of a Group of Seven summit later this month in the western Japan city of Hiroshima.

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Anti-terrorism drill in Tokyo

Police officers take part in a joint security exercise led by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Tokyo's Toshima Ward simulating a knife attack on a bus on May 9, 2023, ahead of a Group of Seven summit later this month in the western Japan city of Hiroshima.

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SDP picks new leader

TOKYO, Japan - Tadatomo Yoshida (L), a House of Councillors member, shakes hands with Taiga Ishikawa, an assemblyman in Tokyo's Toshima Ward, after Yoshida beat Ishikawa in a two-candidate race to choose the leader of the small opposition Social Democratic Party in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013.

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Bic Camera to acquire Kojima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 11, 2012, shows the headquarters of home electronics discount chain operator Bic Camera Inc. in Tokyo's Toshima Ward. Bic Camera decided the same day to acquire its competitor Kojima Co.

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KDDI, Softbank face off over iPhone 4S sales

TOKYO, Japan - People form a line outside KDDI Corp.'s outlet in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Oct. 7, 2011, to make reservations for Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S smartphone. KDDI and Softbank Mobile Corp. unveiled retail handset prices and subscription plans the same day for the iPhone 4S a week before it goes on sale, both offering plans that require no payment at the time the device is purchased.

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Tokyo starts radiation checks at 100 locations

TOKYO, Japan - An employee of the Tokyo metropolitan government (front) measures radiation levels at a park in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on June 15, 2011. The local government on the same day kicked off a weeklong program to measure radiation levels in the air at 100 locations in the metropolis in a bid to address fears over the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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LDP's Koike narrowly secures reelection

TOKYO, Japan - Former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike of the Liberal Democratic Party bows in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Aug. 31 after narrowly securing reelection to the House of Representatives in the general election the previous day. Koike lost in the capital's No. 10 single-seat constituency but regained a seat in the proportional representation block.

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LDP's Koike narrowly secures reelection

TOKYO, Japan - Former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike of the Liberal Democratic Party bows in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Aug. 31 after narrowly securing reelection to the House of Representatives in the general election the previous day. Koike lost in the capital's No. 10 single-seat constituency but regained a seat in the proportional representation block.

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Japan's jobless rate hits 6-year high of 5.4% in June

TOKYO, Japan - Job seekers sit in front of computer screens as they look for jobs at a job center in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on July 31. The government announced the same day that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate reached a six-year high of 5.4 percent in June.

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Monument to manga artists' apartments draws fans

TOKYO, Japan - Women look at a monument to the Tokiwa So apartment building which was unveiled in a park in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on April 4. The local government set up the monument to commemorate the now-demolished apartments which provided a home for many Japanese manga greats in the 1950s.

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Idea for Chinatown in Ikebukuro draws negative reaction

TOKYO, Japan - A number of Chinese shops and restaurants are located around JR Ikebukuro station in Tokyo's Toshima Ward.

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Princess Aiko finishes kindergarten

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (C) poses for photos with her parents, Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and Princess Masako (R), after a ceremony to finish Gakushuin Kindergarten in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on March 15. The 6-year-old princess will enter Gakushuin Primary School in the capital's Shinjuku Ward in April, according to the Imperial Household Agency. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko finishes kindergarten

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (R) poses for photos with her parents, Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and Princess Masako (C), after a ceremony to finish Gakushuin Kindergarten in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on March 15. The 6-year-old princess will enter Gakushuin Primary School in the capital's Shinjuku Ward in April, according to the Imperial Household Agency. (Pool photo)

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Baby Russian sea otter shown off at Tokyo aquarium

TOKYO, Japan - A baby Russian sea otter, born June 2, makes its public debut at an aquarium in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on June 13. The pup is the first Russian sea otter to be born in Japan.

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Baby Russian sea otter shown off at Tokyo aquarium

TOKYO, Japan - A baby Russian sea otter (at L, with mother at R) is shown to visitors for the first time at an aquarium in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on June 13. The pup, born June 2, is the first Russian sea otter to be born in Japan.

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Princess Aiko attends concert at Gakushuin School

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (C), accompanied by her father Crown Prince Naruhito and mother Crown Princess Masakao, attends a concert at Gakushuin school hall in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on April 16. Princess Aiko, 4, entered Gakushuin kindergarten on April 11. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko enters kindergarten

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (C), accompanied by her father Crown Prince Naruhito and mother Crown Princess Masako, arrives at the Gakushuin Kindergarten in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on April 11 to attend an entrance ceremony. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko enters kindergarten

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (R), accompanied by her father Crown Prince Naruhito and mother Crown Princess Masako, arrives at the Gakushuin Kindergarten in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on April 11 to attend the entrance ceremony. (Pool photo)

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Crown Princess Masako attends dolls festival with her daughter

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako and her daughter Princess Aiko arrive at Gakushuin Kindergarten in Tokyo's Toshima Ward to attend an annual dolls festival there on March 3. (Pool photo)

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Party leaders make campaign speech

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada addresses voters in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Sept. 4.

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Folk songs regaining popularity among baby boomers

TOKYO, Japan - The group ''Folk Dreamers'' created by Testuo Wakasugi (far left), 57, are in live performance in Tokyo's Toshima Ward.

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(1)New steps developed against bikes left around stations

TOKYO, Japan - A ward official removes a bicycle from in front of the west exit of JR Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on May 26.

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Police suspect bullets fired at home of Aso's secretary

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators examine March 1 holes in the front door of the house of Ichiro Muramatsu, a secretary of public management minister Taro Aso in Tokyo's Toshima Ward. Police suspect bullets were fired at the house.

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Crown prince plays viola

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (C) plays the viola at a regular concert by Gakushuin OB Orchestra at a hall in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on June 15. (Pool photo)

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Emperor recalls years as student at Gakushuin

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L at back) and Empress Michiko attend a ceremony commemorating the 125th anniversary of Gakushuin in Mejiro in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Dec. 13. In his speech, the emperor recalled being an elementary student at Gakushuin in 1940. Gakushuin was founded in 1877 as a peer school for the imperial family and related nobility. It became a private school after World War II.

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Political thought historian Sakamoto dies

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Sakamoto (file photo), a historian of modern political thought and conservative critic, died of stomach cancer on Oct. 29 at a hospital in Tokyo's Toshima Ward, his family said. He was 52. Sakamoto, a professor at Gakushuin University, also served as a board member of the Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform, which in 2000 compiled a controversial history textbook for use in junior high schools.

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Gunman kills gangster in Tokyo hospital bed

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers stand at the entrance of the intensive care center at Nippon Medical School Hospital in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Feb. 25, where a gunman shot and killed Takashi Ishizuka, a high-ranking member of the Yano-gumi gang. Ishizuka was hospitalized after being shot in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Feb. 24.

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Sanskrit copy of legendary Buddhist sutra found in Tibet

TOKYO, Japan - A researcher at Taisho University looks at a duplicate of an original Sanskrit text of the scripture called ''Yuima-kyo'' in Japanese and the ''Vimalakirti'' sutra in Sanskrit, at the university in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Dec. 14. Taisho University researchers discovered the copy, which dates to the eighth century, in July 1999 at the Potala Palace in Lhasa.

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Princess Kako graduates from kindergarten

TOKYO, Japan - Flanked by her parents Prince Akishino (L) and Princess Kiko (R), Princess Kako (C) arrives at Gakushuin Kindergarten in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on March 15 to attend a commencement ceremony. Kako, the younger of the couple's two daughters, is scheduled to enroll in the primary level of the same school this spring. (Pool photo)

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4 Greenpeace members arrested for scaling Tokyo building

TOKYO, Japan - Four members of the environmentalist group Greenpeace drop a large banner proclaiming Tokyo the world's ''dioxin capital'' from this elevator tower near an incinerator plant in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on May 9, which they scaled to protest Japan's waste-incineration policies. The banner reads: ''Incineration First. Safety Second.'' After they descended, they were arrested on suspicion of trespassing.

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Time capsule buried 105 years ago found

TOKYO, Japan - A metal box filled with students' theses, letters and lists of academic records, which was buried 105 years ago by students, is made public Sept. 18. The box was found in the yard of St. Paul's Junior High School in Tokyo's Toshima Ward in July.

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AUM follower sought in embezzlement case

Tokyo police place on a wanted list on Jan. 11 an AUM Shinrikyo follower who is suspected of embezzling money from the Japan branch of the U.S. direct-marketing company Amway. A 35-year-old saleswoman is being sought on suspicion that she pocketed 1.86 million yen over more than 20 occasions. This photo is of the headquarters of the religious cult (1st floor) in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, which police searched that day.

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Tokyo Governor Koike inspects a medical facility responding to the new corona.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike inspected the Ikebukuro Public Health Center, Komagome Hospital, and other institutions and organizations that are responding to the new coronavirus (COVID-19). The photo shows the inspection of the Ikebukuro Public Health Center. The governor is on the far left in the middle of the photo. (May 14, 2020, Toshima Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Tokyo Governor Koike inspects a medical facility responding to the new corona.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike inspected the Ikebukuro Public Health Center, Komagome Hospital, and other institutions and organizations that are responding to the new coronavirus (COVID-19). The photo shows the inspection at the Ikebukuro Public Health Center. The governor is on the left. (May 14, 2020, Toshima Ward, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Sanskrit copy of legendary Buddhist sutra found in Tibet

TOKYO, Japan - A researcher at Taisho University looks at a duplicate of an original Sanskrit text of the scripture called ''Yuima-kyo'' in Japanese and the ''Vimalakirti'' sutra in Sanskrit, at the university in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Dec. 14. Taisho University researchers discovered the copy, which dates to the eighth century, in July 1999 at the Potala Palace in Lhasa.

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Monument to manga artists' apartments draws fans

TOKYO, Japan - Women look at a monument to the Tokiwa So apartment building which was unveiled in a park in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on April 4. The local government set up the monument to commemorate the now-demolished apartments which provided a home for many Japanese manga greats in the 1950s. (Kyodo)

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Crown prince plays viola

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (C) plays the viola at a regular concert by Gakushuin OB Orchestra at a hall in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on June 15. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Emperor recalls years as student at Gakushuin

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L at back) and Empress Michiko attend a ceremony commemorating the 125th anniversary of Gakushuin in Mejiro in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Dec. 13. In his speech, the emperor recalled being an elementary student at Gakushuin in 1940. Gakushuin was founded in 1877 as a peer school for the imperial family and related nobility. It became a private school after World War II. (Kyodo)

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Michelin star awarded to ramen restaurant for 1st time

Photo taken Dec. 1, 2015, shows a page dedicated to Japanese Soba Noodles Tsuta from "The Michelin Guide Tokyo 2016" that will go on sale Dec. 4. The restaurant in Tokyo's Toshima Ward has been awarded a single star, becoming the world's first ramen restaurant with a Michelin star. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Radiation level sharply falls after soil removed at Tokyo park

Officials of Tokyo's Toshima Ward check a playground in a park in the ward on April 24, 2014, after a radiation up to 480 microsieverts per hour was measured at ground level there. The radiation level sharply fell after some soil was removed from the park. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Unusually high level of radiation detected at Tokyo park

Photo taken April 23, 2015 shows a park in Tokyo's Toshima Ward where an unusually high level of radiation has been detected. The ward office banned the public from entering the municipal park amid speculation that some kind of material has been buried there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Muslims in Japan harassed in wake of hostage crisis

File photo taken Feb. 1, 2015, shows Muslims from across Japan praying for Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist believed to have been killed by the Islamic State militant group, at Otsuka Mosque in Tokyo's Toshima Ward. At least six mosques and a Muslim organization in Japan have received threats since a hostage crisis that saw Goto and another Japanese man killed by the group, a Kyodo News survey showed Feb. 23, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Muslims in Japan pray for Goto

About 20 Muslims gather at Masjid Otsuka in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Feb. 1, 2015, to pray for Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist, following the online release of a video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Goto, who was taken hostage by Islamic State militants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Muslims in Japan pray for Goto

About 20 Muslims gather at Masjid Otsuka in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Feb. 1, 2015, to pray for Kenji Goto, a Japanese journalist, following the online release of a video image purportedly showing the beheaded body of Goto, who was taken hostage by Islamic State militants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo