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Battling the heat

Battling the heat

OSAKA, Japan - Children cool themselves in a fountain in Osaka's Tsurumi Ward on Aug 18, 2010, as the heat wave continues in western Japan.

Some 6,000 walk along tracks after Yokosuka Line service suspended

Some 6,000 walk along tracks after Yokosuka Line service suspended

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers walk along railway tracks in Yokohama's Tsurumi Ward on May 7 after a train on the Shonan-Shinjuku Line was stranded between Yokohama and Shin-Kawasaki stations. Services on the line, which uses part of the tracks on the Yokosuka Line, were suspended after a Yokosuka Line train had brake trouble in Yokohama.

'Tama-chan' seal registered as Yokohama 'resident'

'Tama-chan' seal registered as Yokohama 'resident'

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A kindergartner in Yokohama's Nishi Ward hands ward chief Michinosuke Kimizuka a registry application for ''Tama-chan,'' the seal that has been showing up along the banks of the Katabira River in the city. The seal, first sighted last August in the Tama River, which borders Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures, was later seen in the Tsurumi River and then in the Katabira River in Kanagawa Prefecture in September.

External view of Samsung Japan Research Institute

External view of Samsung Japan Research Institute

The Japanese government has decided to amend its Cabinet order to exclude South Korea from "white countries. Samsung Japan Research Institute, which is concerned about the impact of tighter Japanese government restrictions on exports to South Korea on its main products, in Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama City, Aug. 2, 2019.

Exterior view of the Yokohama Super Factory building

Exterior view of the Yokohama Super Factory building

Exterior view of the building, November 21, 2018, Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

External view of the Yokohama Industry-Academia Joint Research Center

External view of the Yokohama Industry-Academia Joint Research Center

Exterior view of the building, November 21, 2018, Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

External view of the Yokohama Industry-Academia Joint Research Center

External view of the Yokohama Industry-Academia Joint Research Center

Exterior view of the building, November 21, 2018, Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Exterior view of the Yokohama Super Factory building

Exterior view of the Yokohama Super Factory building

Exterior view of the building, November 21, 2018, Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Exterior view of the Yokohama Super Factory building

Exterior view of the Yokohama Super Factory building

Exterior view of the building, November 21, 2018, Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Exterior view of the Yokohama Super Factory building

Exterior view of the Yokohama Super Factory building

Exterior view of the building, November 21, 2018, Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Man wields kitchen knife on train

Man wields kitchen knife on train

Photo shows investigators standing next to a JR Keihin-Tohoku Line train that came to a halt in Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 9, 2015, after a passenger, prompted by a kitchen knife-wielding man, opened an emergency exit door. No one was hurt in the incident and the 71-year-old man was immediately arrested on suspicion of illegally carrying a knife by an off-duty police officer who happened to be on the spot. The man allegedly took the kitchen knife out of his bag after complaining about a passenger's use of a tablet and exchanging words with him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Some 6,000 walk along tracks after Yokosuka Line service suspende

Some 6,000 walk along tracks after Yokosuka Line service suspende

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers walk along railway tracks in Yokohama's Tsurumi Ward on May 7 after a train on the Shonan-Shinjuku Line was stranded between Yokohama and Shin-Kawasaki stations. Services on the line, which uses part of the tracks on the Yokosuka Line, were suspended after a Yokosuka Line train had brake trouble in Yokohama. (Kyodo)

Battling the heat

Battling the heat

OSAKA, Japan - Children cool themselves in a fountain in Osaka's Tsurumi Ward on Aug 18, 2010, as the heat wave continues in western Japan. (Kyodo)

'Tama-chan' seal registered as Yokohama 'resident'

'Tama-chan' seal registered as Yokohama 'resident'

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A kindergartner in Yokohama's Nishi Ward hands ward chief Michinosuke Kimizuka a registry application for ''Tama-chan,'' the seal that has been showing up along the banks of the Katabira River in the city. The seal, first sighted last August in the Tama River, which borders Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures, was later seen in the Tsurumi River and then in the Katabira River in Kanagawa Prefecture in September. (Kyodo)