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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 2

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 3

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

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Bullet train autonomous driving test

A Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train arrives at JR Kanazawa Station in the Ishikawa Prefecture capital of Kanazawa on Dec. 19, 2024, after a test-run between Toyama city, Toyama Prefecture, and Kanazawa, using its autonomous driving system.

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(FOCUS)JAPAN-TOYAMA PREFECTURE-EARTHQUAKES

(240101) -- TOKYO, Jan. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A timetable shows train delays caused by earthquakes at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 1, 2024. Central Japan may experience earthquakes with maximum intensity on its seven-tier scale system in the coming week, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said on Monday. The remarks were made during a briefing after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast on Monday afternoon, with a large tsunami warning issued for the central prefecture of Ishikawa. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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New tram starts operating north of Tokyo

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan, Aug. 26 Kyodo - A light rail transit train carrying children and others runs through Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, after a ceremony commemorating the start of the service is held at JR Utsunomiya Station on Aug. 26, 2023. Japan's first new tram system in 75 years covers the 14.6-kilometer route between the station and the nearby town of Haga in 48 minutes.

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Anti-terror drill in Kanazawa

Firefighters practice attending to victims during a simulated sarin gas attack at Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2023, ahead of a Group of Seven education ministers meeting in Toyama and Ishikawa prefectures in May.

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Anti-terror drill in Kanazawa

Police officers practice subduing a suspect during an anti-terrorism drill at Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2023, ahead of a Group of Seven education ministers meeting in Toyama and Ishikawa prefectures in May.

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Mascots promote tourism to Hokuriku region in Osaka blitz

OSAKA, Japan - Children pose for photos with one of the mascot characters at the "Hokuriku Destination Campaign" at JR Osaka station on Sept. 20, 2014. The event promotes tourism to Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures in the Hokuriku region in central Japan ahead of the launch next March of the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line.

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Toyama Pref. targets women for souvenir biz

TOYOAMA, Japan - A group of women look for souvenirs at Toyama Prefecture's booth targeting female customers near JR Toyama station in Toyama City on June 30, 2014.

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Late actor Yujiro Ishihara's message plate unveiled

NAGANO, Japan - Actor Satoshi Tokushige holds a helmet said to have been used by late actor Yujiro Ishihara in a popular movie "Kurobe no Taiyo" beside a framed handwritten message by Ishihara on June 5, 2014 at the Kurobe Dam Station, a trolleybus station in Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture.

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Rails of new Shinkansen bullet train line connected

TOYAMA, Japan - Rails of the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line are finally connected in a ceremony held at West Japan Railway Co.'s Toyama Station on May 24, 2014, marking the completion of a 454-km railway link between Tokyo and Kanazawa via Toyama. The new Shinkansen line is set to open in March 2015.

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'Floor Chandelier' eyed at new bullet train gate

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 16, 2013 shows a trial piece of a "Floor Chandelier" in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture. With the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line in the spring of 2015, Toyama City plans to build the floor chandelier -- 800 glass blocks embedded in the floor that will reflect red and blue lights on the ceiling -- in front of the bullet train ticket gate of JR Toyama Station.

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'Floor Chandelier' eyed at new bullet train gate

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 15, 2013 shows Takeyoshi Mitsui making a glass block to be used for a "Floor Chandelier" at Toyama Glass Studio in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture. Toyama City plans to build the floor chandelier -- 800 glass blocks embedded in the floor that will reflect red and blue lights on the ceiling -- in front of the bullet train ticket gate of JR Toyama Station.

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Heat wave in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Pedestrians walk amid high temperatures in front of JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital on July 12, 2013. A heat wave continued in the Japanese archipelago, with temperature hitting more than 35 C before noon the same day in parts of Shizuoka, Mie, Hyogo, and Toyama prefectures.

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Heat wave in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Pedestrians walk amid high temperatures in front of JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital on July 12, 2013. A heat wave continued in the Japanese archipelago, with temperature hitting more than 35 C before noon the same day in parts of Shizuoka, Mie, Hyogo, and Toyama prefectures.

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Pakistanis in Toyama Pref. call for donations for quake victims

TAKAOKA, Japan - A Japanese woman makes a contribution on Oct. 15 in front of JR Takaoka station in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast as Pakistanis living in the prefecture call for donations to help victims in their quake-hit country.

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Party leaders make campaign speech

TOYAMA, Japan - New People's Party leader Tamisuke Watanuki makes an election speech outside JR Toyama Station on Sept. 4.

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(2) Heavy snowfall causes accidents across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People walk in heavy snow Jan. 5 in front of JR Toyama Station in Toyama city, central Japan. In Toyama Prefecture, a 65-year-old woman mistakenly drove her car onto snow-covered railway tracks and was hit by an Osaka-bound express train from Sapporo, but no one was injured.

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Kidnap victim rescued unhurt

TOYAMA, Japan - Masashi Nagahara, 24, is seen through the window at the Toyama Police Station in Toyama Prefecture on the night of Jan. 22. Nagahara was rescued about 22 hours after he was kidnapped for ransom money by a knife-wielding man, who still remains at large.

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Record snowfall for this winter along Sea of Japan coast

TOYAMA, Japan - As snow falls, commuters coming out of JR Toyama Station walk to their work place Dec. 26. The coast of the Sea of Japan saw a record snowfall for this winter early on the morning of Dec. 26.

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Snow-covered central Japan city

People walk in the snow in front of Toyama Station in central Japan on Feb. 17, 2022.

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(2) Heavy snowfall causes accidents across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People walk in heavy snow Jan. 5 in front of JR Toyama Station in Toyama city, central Japan. In Toyama Prefecture, a 65-year-old woman mistakenly drove her car onto snow-covered railway tracks and was hit by an Osaka-bound express train from Sapporo, but no one was injured. (Kyodo)

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Record snowfall for this winter along Sea of Japan coast

TOYAMA, Japan - As snow falls, commuters coming out of JR Toyama Station walk to their work place Dec. 26. The coast of the Sea of Japan saw a record snowfall for this winter early on the morning of Dec. 26.

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1 month before launch of new bullet train line

File photo taken Jan. 29, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows JR Toyama Station in central Japan, where the new bullet trains on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line will stop after operations begin on March 14, 2015. The new service connecting Nagano, central Japan, and Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast, is an extension of the existing route between Tokyo and Nagano. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 month before launch of new bullet train line

This Feb. 6, 2015, photo shows a board for counting down the days left before the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line begins operation, set up at JR Toyama Station, central Japan, one of the stops of the new bullet train service. The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, which is scheduled to begin operations on March 14, 2015, connects Nagano, central Japan, and Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train sees over 10 mil. passengers

West Japan Railway Co. holds a ceremony at JR Toyama Station in the central Japan prefecture of Toyama on April 13, 2016, after the number of passengers using the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line linking Tokyo with the Hokuriku region on the Sea of Japan coast topped 10 million since its opening in March 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train sees over 10 mil. passengers

A shinkansen bullet train arrives at JR Toyama Station in the central Japan city of Toyama on April 13, 2016. West Japan Railway Co. said the same day that the number of passengers using the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line linking Tokyo with the Hokuriku region on the Sea of Japan coast has topped 10 million since its opening in March 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsuoka Motor's new station wagon with classic-car looks

Photo shows the Ryugi Wagon, a station wagon that looks like a classic car, made by Mitsuoka Motor Co. The vehicle from the automaker based in Toyama, central Japan, comes in gasoline-powered and gasoline-electric hybrid versions. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Special train in operation for tourism campaign

A specially decorated train leaves JR Kanazawa Station in Kanazawa, central Japan, on Oct. 3, 2015, as part of the Hokuriku Destination Campaign to attract tourists to Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures to which the Hokuriku shinkansen bullet train service was extended earlier this year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train service starts

A bullet train on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line departs JR Toyama Station, with the Tateyama Mountain Range towering in the back, on March 14, 2015, the day of the launch of the new bullet train service directly linking Tokyo with the Hokuriku region on the Sea of Japan coast. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hotels in Kanazawa

Photo taken March 2, 2015, shows hotels near Kanazawa Station, Ishikawa Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast. The hotel industries in Ishikawa and neighboring Toyama Prefecture are expected to face a lack of accommodations after the launch on March 14 of a bullet train service connecting Ishikawa and Toyama with Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo, Toyama to become much nearer with new Shinkansen launch

Panels of a Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train and Tokyo Skytree are exhibited at JR Toyama Station, central Japan, on Jan. 29, 2015. The new train service, set to be launched on March 14, will connect Toyama and Tokyo via Nagano. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Party leaders make campaign speech

TOYAMA, Japan - New People's Party leader Tamisuke Watanuki makes an election speech outside JR Toyama Station on Sept. 4. (Kyodo)

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Pakistanis in Toyama Pref. call for donations for quake victims

TAKAOKA, Japan - A Japanese woman makes a contribution on Oct. 15 in front of JR Takaoka station in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast as Pakistanis living in the prefecture call for donations to help victims in their quake-hit country. (Kyodo)

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Toyama Pref. targets women for souvenir biz

TOYOAMA, Japan - A group of women look for souvenirs at Toyama Prefecture's booth targeting female customers near JR Toyama station in Toyama City on June 30, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Heavy snow in central Japan

A man is pictured in front of the snow-covered JR Toyama Station in central Japan on Jan. 11, 2021, as heavy snowfall continued to hit the region.

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Heavy snow in central Japan

People walk near JR Toyama Station in central Japan, on Jan. 11, 2021, as heavy snowfall continued to hit the region.

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Heavy snow in central Japan

People shovel snow in front of Toyama Station in the central Japan prefecture of Toyama on Jan. 10, 2021.

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Heavy snow in central Japan

People shovel snow in front of Toyama Station in the central Japan prefecture of Toyama on Jan. 10, 2021.

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Award for cat that saved man

Tomoko Nitta (C) and her cat Koko, along with four neighbors, receive an award at a police station in Toyama on June 27, 2020. Koko discovered an elderly man had fallen in an irrigation channel in the central Japan city on June 16, leading to the rescue of the man by Nitta and the neighbors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Award for cat that saved man

Tomoko Nitta and her cat Koko receive an award at a police station in Toyama on June 27, 2020. Koko discovered an elderly man had fallen in an irrigation channel in the central Japan city on June 16, leading to the rescue of the man by Nitta and four neighbors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Award for cat that saved man

Tomoko Nitta and her cat Koko receive an award at a police station in Toyama on June 27, 2020. Koko discovered an elderly man had fallen in an irrigation channel in the central Japan city on June 16, leading to the rescue of the man by Nitta and four neighbors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dog barks to warn of burglar, receives gratitude letter from police

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2017, shows Lucy, a 17-year-old pet miniature dachshund after receiving a certificate of appreciation from the Namerikawa Police Station, at the station in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan. On the night of May 4, Lucy, who is in her late 80s in human age, barked and banged her body against her cage to wake her owner, a woman in her 40s, when a man broke into her house in Namerikawa and attempted to get away with money. The alarm raised by the dog led to the arrest of the intruder. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dog barks to warn of burglar, receives gratitude letter from police

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2017, shows Lucy, a 17-year-old pet miniature dachshund after receiving a certificate of appreciation from the Namerikawa Police Station, at the station in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan. On the night of May 4, Lucy, who is in her late 80s in human age, barked and banged her body against her cage to wake her owner, a woman in her 40s, when a man broke into her house in Namerikawa and attempted to get away with money. The alarm raised by the dog led to the arrest of the intruder. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kidnap victim rescued unhurt

TOYAMA, Japan - Masashi Nagahara, 24, is seen through the window at the Toyama Police Station in Toyama Prefecture on the night of Jan. 22. Nagahara was rescued about 22 hours after he was kidnapped for ransom money by a knife-wielding man, who still remains at large.