Japan: Tropical Storm Shanshan Brings Widespread Heavy Rains 11

Tropical Storm Shanshan brought days of torrential rains, causing widespread flooding across Japan. The storm also caused downed trees, power outages, and mudslides across the country, leaving at least seven dead and more than 120 people injured. Shanshan was downgraded to a tropical depression at noon Sunday.

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

Tao Tsuchiya and Ryota Katayose attending the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 25, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

Tao Tsuchiya and Ryota Katayose attending the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 25, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

Tao Tsuchiya and Ryota Katayose attending the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 25, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

Tao Tsuchiya attending the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 25, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

Tao Tsuchiya attending the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 25, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

Tao Tsuchiya attending the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 25, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

Tao Tsuchiya attending the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 25, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

Tao Tsuchiya attending the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 25, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

Tao Tsuchiya attending the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 25, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

Tao Tsuchiya attending the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 25, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

Tao Tsuchiya attending the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 25, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

Tao Tsuchiya attending the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 25, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

Tao Tsuchiya attending the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 25, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

PFW Giorgio Armani Prive Front Row

Tao Tsuchiya attending the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2024-2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on June 25, 2024. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

MFW - Giorgio Armani Arrivals

MFW - Giorgio Armani Arrivals

Ryota Katayose and Tao Tsuchiya arriving at the Giorgio Armani fashion show during the Milan Menswear Spring/Summer 2025, in Milan, Italy, on June 17, 2024. Photo by Simona Chioccia/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

MFW - Giorgio Armani Arrivals

MFW - Giorgio Armani Arrivals

Ryota Katayose and Tao Tsuchiya arriving at the Giorgio Armani fashion show during the Milan Menswear Spring/Summer 2025, in Milan, Italy, on June 17, 2024. Photo by Simona Chioccia/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

(SP)INDONESIA-BANDUNG-FIFA-WORLD CUP-U17-GROUP D-JPN VS ARG

(SP)INDONESIA-BANDUNG-FIFA-WORLD CUP-U17-GROUP D-JPN VS ARG

(231115) -- BANDUNG, Nov. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tsuchiya Kaito (L) of Japan vies with Valentino Acuna of Argentina during the group D match between Japan and Argentina at the FIFA U17 World Cup in Bandung, Indonesia, on Nov. 14, 2023. (Photo by Septianjar Muharam/Xinhua)

Japan PM Kishida's Cabinet reshuffle

Japan PM Kishida's Cabinet reshuffle

New Japanese Reconstruction Minister Shinako Tsuchiya (R) attends an attestation ceremony with Emperor Naruhito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2023. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from L) reshuffled his Cabinet the same day. (Pool photo)

Japan Optimized Nutritional Dietetics Association Founding Presentation

Japan Optimized Nutritional Dietetics Association Founding Presentation

Japan Optimized Nutrition and Dietetics Association establishment presentation. (Photo from right to left: Noritaka Ando, Director; Fumihiko Nagamatsu, Director; Hidenori Murakami, Director; Hiroshi Ito, President; Mitsuko Tsuchiya, Director; Kashiwa Sato, Director.=Date:July 3, 2023,Place:Japan

Japan Optimized Nutritional Dietetics Association Founding Presentation

Japan Optimized Nutritional Dietetics Association Founding Presentation

Japan Optimized Nutrition and Dietetics Association establishment presentation. (Photo from right to left: Noritaka Ando, Director; Fumihiko Nagamatsu, Director; Hidenori Murakami, Director; Hiroshi Ito, President; Mitsuko Tsuchiya, Director; Kashiwa Sato, Director.=Date:July 3, 2023,Place:Japan

TV personalities Fukawa, Tsuchiya announce divorce

TV personalities Fukawa, Tsuchiya announce divorce

TOKYO, Japan - TV personality Kaori Tsuchiya announces her divorce from Toshikazu Fukawa, also a TV personality, in Tokyo on June 23, 2014. Fukawa held a separate press conference the same day to announce the divorce.

TV personalities Fukawa, Tsuchiya announce divorce

TV personalities Fukawa, Tsuchiya announce divorce

TOKYO, Japan - TV personality Toshikazu Fukawa announces his divorce from Kaori Tsuchiya, also a TV personality, in Tokyo on June 23, 2014. Tsuchiya held a separate press conference the same day to announce the divorce.

TV personalities Fukawa, Tsuchiya announce divorce

TV personalities Fukawa, Tsuchiya announce divorce

TOKYO, Japan - TV personality Toshikazu Fukawa announces his divorce from Kaori Tsuchiya, also a TV personality, in Tokyo on June 23, 2014. Tsuchiya held a separate press conference the same day to announce the divorce.

Sochi medalist Kasai oversees house project

Sochi medalist Kasai oversees house project

TOKYO, Japan - Sochi Olympic ski jump medalist Noriaki Kasai holds a promotional panel for a residential house project that he oversaw in Tokyo on June 17, 2014. Tsuchiya Co. will sell "Tsuchiya Legend Kasai Model 2014."

A-bomb-exposed poet's documents donated to Hiroshima univ.

A-bomb-exposed poet's documents donated to Hiroshima univ.

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Tokiko Tsuchiya (R), head of a citizens' group seeking to preserve Hiroshima-related literary materials, looks at articles of the late poet Sadako Kurihara, who survived the 1945 atomic bombing, donated to Hiroshima Jogakuin University in Hiroshima, western Japan, on May 10, 2014.

Ski jumper Kasai speaks before co-workers

Ski jumper Kasai speaks before co-workers

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese ski jumper Noriaki Kasai, winner of the silver medal in the men's individual large hill and the bronze medal in the team large hill at the Sochi Winter Olympics, speaks before colleagues at his employer Tsuchiya Home in Sapporo on Feb. 21, 2014.

Tokyo couple tie knot on train

Tokyo couple tie knot on train

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiko Suzuki (L) and Sayaka Tsuchiya pose for photos on a platform at JR Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013, ahead of getting aboard a Yamanote Line train entirely reserved for their wedding ceremony while making a circuit on the loop line. Suzuki, 27, and Tsuchiya, 28, were chosen from among couples who applied for a train wedding offered by East Japan Railway Co. About 150 guests took part in the ceremony on the running train.

Tokyo couple tie knot on train

Tokyo couple tie knot on train

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiko Suzuki (L) and Sayaka Tsuchiya pose for photos after their wedding ceremony on a running Yamanote Line train in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013. Suzuki, 27, and Tsuchiya, 28, were chosen from among couples who applied for a train wedding offered by East Japan Railway Co. About 150 guests took part in the ceremony conducted while the train, entirely reserved for the event, made a circuit on the loop line. (Pool photo)

Tokyo couple tie knot on train

Tokyo couple tie knot on train

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiko Suzuki (L) and Sayaka Tsuchiya are pictured after their wedding ceremony on a running Yamanote Line train in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013. Suzuki, 27, and Tsuchiya, 28, were chosen from among couples who applied for a train wedding offered by East Japan Railway Co. About 150 guests took part in the ceremony conducted while the train, entirely reserved for the event, made a circuit on the loop line. (Pool photo)

Mitsubishi Tanabe recalls drugs

Mitsubishi Tanabe recalls drugs

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. President Michihiro Tsuchiya (2nd from L) bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2011. The drugmaker initiated a voluntary recall of three injection solution products that one of its subsidiaries may have shipped without conducting quality tests.

Mitsubishi Tanabe recalls drugs

Mitsubishi Tanabe recalls drugs

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. President Michihiro Tsuchiya (front) bows in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2011. The drugmaker initiated a voluntary recall of three injection solution products that one of its subsidiaries may have shipped without conducting quality tests.

4 Japanese held in China military zone

4 Japanese held in China military zone

TOKYO, Japan - Fujita Corp. executive Tatsuro Tsuchiya speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2010. China detained four employees of the Japanese construction company, for allegedly trespassing on a military zone in Habei Province and videotaping its premises.

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma ordered to suspend some operations

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma ordered to suspend some operations

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. President Michihiro Tsuchiya (L) and Takehiko Fujii (C), president of subsidiary Bipha Corp., apologize in Tokyo on April 13, 2010, after the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry ordered Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma to suspend some of its pharmaceutical manufacturing and sales operations for 25 days over the alleged falsification of blood product test data. The subsidiary, which manufactured the product and falsified the data, was ordered to suspend its drug manufacturing business for 30 days.

Ex-head of bar associations Tsuchiya dies at 86

Ex-head of bar associations Tsuchiya dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows Koken Tsuchiya, a former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations. Tsuchiya died of kidney cancer aged 86 at a Tokyo hospital on Sept. 25, 2009, a bar association to which he belonged said.

Lavender in full bloom in Hokkaido

Lavender in full bloom in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - People stroll through a field of lavender in full bloom at Farm Tomita in Nakafurano in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 17. Around 60,000 lavender seedlings were planted in a 6-hectare field along with poppies and baby's breath, attracting tourists from across Japan. Asami Tsuchiya, 25, from Tokyo, said, ''It's the first time I've seen such a huge field of flowers and it's more beautiful than I imagined.''

Ex-Saitama governor and ex-upper house president Tsuchiya dies

Ex-Saitama governor and ex-upper house president Tsuchiya dies

SAITAMA, Japan - File photo taken in July 2003 shows former Saitama Gov. and House of Councillors President Yoshihiko Tsuchiya. Tsuchiya died of multiple organ failure Oct. 5 at his home in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, his family said Oct. 6. He was 82.

Plan to sell N. Korea group's head office abandoned

Plan to sell N. Korea group's head office abandoned

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Koken Tsuchiya speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 18. He said he has taken procedures to revert the ownership of the properties of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, on an official registry from a company headed by Shigetake Ogata, a former chief of the government's intelligence agency, indicating that a plan to sell the properties to the company has been abandoned.

Prosecutors raid office of lawyer for N. Korea group

Prosecutors raid office of lawyer for N. Korea group

TOKYO, Japan - Koken Tsuchiya, a former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on June 14 after Tokyo prosecutors raided his home and office in search of incriminating evidence over the sale of the Tokyo head office building of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan to an investment advisory group linked to a former head of the Public Security Intelligence Agency. Tsuchiya, 84, represents the pro-Pyongyang group.

Chongryon lawyer denies criminal nature of sale to ex-intel chief

Chongryon lawyer denies criminal nature of sale to ex-intel chief

TOKYO, Japan - Koken Tsuchiya, a lawyer representing the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, tells reporters in Tokyo on June 14 that no crime was involved in a deal to sell its head office in Tokyo to an investment advisory firm headed by a former chief of the Public Security Intelligence Agency.

18-year-old becomes Japan's permanent champ

18-year-old becomes Japan's permanent champ

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroaki Tsuchiya, 18, becomes Japan's permanent champion under sponsorship of the League of Japan Abacus Associations.

Japan, U.S. hold panel meeting over Marine chopper crash

Japan, U.S. hold panel meeting over Marine chopper crash

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese officials, led by Ryuji Tsuchiya of the Defense Facilities Administration Agency (L), faces officials from the headquarters of the U.S. forces in Japan, headed by Lt. Col. Andrew Mueller (R) in the first meeting of a bilateral panel on Aug. 26 at the Defense Facilities Administration Agency to look into the cause of the Aug. 13 U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crash at a university in Okinawa Prefecture.

(2)Takenaka speaks at open forum

(2)Takenaka speaks at open forum

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka (L in the screen) speaks as Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Tsuchiya listens at the first open panel discussion sponsored by his agency in Tokyo on Jan. 31.

(2)Campaigning for Saitama gubernatorial race kicks off

(2)Campaigning for Saitama gubernatorial race kicks off

SAITAMA, Japan - Citizens listen to a candidate speak in Saitama City on Aug. 14 as official campaigning for the Saitama gubernatorial election begins. The Aug. 31 election is to fill the post vacated by Yoshihiko Tsuchiya, who resigned in July over a political funds scandal involving his daughter.

(1)Campaigning for Saitama gubernatorial race kicks off

(1)Campaigning for Saitama gubernatorial race kicks off

SAITAMA, Japan - A candidate addresses voters in Saitama City on Aug. 14 as official campaigning for the Saitama gubernatorial election begins. The Aug. 31 election is to fill the post vacated by Yoshihiko Tsuchiya, who resigned in July over a political funds scandal involving his daughter. The race is widely considered to be a dry run for the House of Representatives general election that could take place as early as this fall.

Prosecutors question ex-Saitama governor, may shelve case

Prosecutors question ex-Saitama governor, may shelve case

TOKYO, Japan - Prosecutors have questioned former Saitama Gov. Yoshihiko Tsuchiya (in file photo) over a political funds scandal involving his eldest daughter and are leaning toward giving up trying to establish a case against him, sources close to the case said July 31.

Saitama Gov. Tsuchiya resigns

Saitama Gov. Tsuchiya resigns

SAITAMA, Japan - Saitama Gov. Yoshihiko Tsuchiya addresses a special prefectural assembly session July 18, stepping down over a political funds scandal.

Saitama gov.'s office raided over alleged funds cover-up

Saitama gov.'s office raided over alleged funds cover-up

SAITAMA, Japan - Saitama Gov. Yoshihiko Tsuchiya walks back to his office after attending a Prefectural Assembly session on July 11. Earlier in the day, prosecutors raided his office, official residence and home in connection with his daughter's alleged violation of the Political Funds Control Law.

(2)Daughter of Saitama governor held over donation cover-up

(2)Daughter of Saitama governor held over donation cover-up

SAITAMA, Japan - Saitama Gov. Yoshihiko Tsuchiya speaks at his official residence in Saitama on July 10 about his daughter Momoko Ichikawa after she was reported to have been questioned by Tokyo prosecutors. Ichikawa was later arrested for allegedly hiding some donations given to her father's political fund-management body.

U.S. Cherry Blossom Queen Krabill visits Saitama Gov. Tsuchiya

U.S. Cherry Blossom Queen Krabill visits Saitama Gov. Tsuchiya

SAITAMA, Japan - U.S. Cherry Blossom Queen Elizabeth Krabill meets with Saitama Gov. Yoshihiko Tsuchiya at his official residence in Saitama on May 8. Saitama Prefecture is known for its production of cherry blossom seedlings.