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New Zealand: Fire Breaks Out at Abilities Group Recycling Depot in Auckland 2

A large fire erupted at the Abilities Group Recycling Depot in Auckland's Wairau Valley on Thursday, April 23, around 5:24 p.m., sending dark smoke across the suburbs. According to reports, batteries burning inside the facility fueled the fire, prompting authorities to issue a "stay inside" warning.

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Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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Maglev train

TSURU, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027.

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JSDF plane heads for W. Africa with 20,000 sets of Ebola gear

NAGOYA, Japan - A Japan Air Self-Defense Force transport plane carrying 20,000 sets of anti-Ebola protective gear leaves from the ASDF's Komaki Air Base in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, for West Africa on Dec. 6, 2014.

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JSDF plane heads for W. Africa with 20,000 sets of Ebola gear

NAGOYA, Japan - Containers with 20,000 sets of anti-Ebola protective gear are loaded onto a Japan Air Self-Defense Force transport plane before its departure from the ASDF's Komaki Air Base in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, for West Africa on Dec. 6, 2014.

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JSDF plane heads for W. Africa with 20,000 sets of Ebola gear

NAGOYA, Japan - Containers with 20,000 sets of anti-Ebola protective gear are loaded onto a Japan Air Self-Defense Force transport plane before its departure from the ASDF's Komaki Air Base in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, for West Africa on Dec. 6, 2014.

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Refurbishing West Nagoya power plant

NAGOYA, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. shows the construction site to refurbish the West Nagoya thermal power plant in Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, on July 15, 2014, to the press.

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Professor merges East, West in new theatrical style

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken in Nagoya on Feb. 2, 2014, shows Masaru Sekine, a professor at Waseda University's Faculty of International Research and Education who is pursuing an experimental project that fuses European opera with Kyogen Japanese comic theater.

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Hakuho joins Asa at the top in Nagoya rankings

NAGOYA, Japan - Newly promoted yokozuna Hakuho points to his name on the new rankings list released June 25 for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. With Hakuho joining Asashoryu at yokozuna, Mongolians occupy both the east and west sides on top of the rankings for the first time in sumo history.

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Hokutoriki promoted to sekiwake

NAGOYA, Japan - Elite makuuchi division sumo wrestler Hokutoriki points to his name in Nagoya on June 21 after being promoted to sekiwake for the first time. He will occupy the west slot at the upcoming 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. At right is his stable master Hakkaku.

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Justice Ministry releases 3 Afghan asylum seekers temporarily

OSAKA, Japan - The Justice Ministry's West Japan Immigration Bureau on Oct. 29 temporarily released Abdul Aziz (R) and two other Afghan asylum seekers who have been detained at a facility in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, for violations of the immigration law. In September, Aziz had his refugee status recognized by the Hiroshima High Court. The two others have been denied refugee status by the ministry and are appealing their cases at district courts in Hiroshima and Nagoya.

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Hakuho joins Asa at the top in Nagoya rankings

NAGOYA, Japan - Newly promoted yokozuna Hakuho points to his name on the new rankings list released June 25 for the upcoming Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. With Hakuho joining Asashoryu at yokozuna, Mongolians occupy both the east and west sides on top of the rankings for the first time in sumo history. (Kyodo)

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Maglev train

Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maglev train

Photo shows a magnetically levitated train that set a world speed record of 603 kilometers per hour in a test run conducted by Central Japan Railway Co. on April 21, 2015. The test was conducted using new LO-series cars on the track between Uenohara and Fuefuki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. A maglev train service will start between Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Nagoya in 2027. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hospitals, doctors adopting Toyota's quality control methods

Photo taken July 1, 2016, at Nagoya City West Medical Center, shows Yoshiyuki Kuwabara, deputy director of the hospital (2nd from L). He implemented measures to avoid mistakes in the pharmacy department after taking a course that teaches doctors how to adopt Toyota Motor Corp.'s product quality control methods. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osu Kannon Temple and the five-story pagoda

Honmachi Dori, which connects Nagoya Castle and Atsuta, was the main street in Nagoya during the Edo Period. Osu Kannon is located on the west side of Honmachi Dori. This photograph was taken from south of Osu Kannon. The buildings are (from the left) the main hall, five-story pagoda, and study. The kuri (priests' quarters) is in the background to the right. The theatre is in the right foreground. The Nio Gate is on the far right. Nagoya Castle is visible in the distance to the north between the main hall and the pagoda. A picture postcard using a similar photograph is entitled, View of Osu Kannon taken on May 12, 1880 and published by Zentokuji Temple. This photograph was probably taken around the same time. It is the same photograph #4145.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagoya, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐121‐0]

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Nagoya Castle

The construction of Nagoya Castle, famous for the Golden Dolphins on the castle tower, began in 1610 and reached completion in 1619. A strong and huge castle, it became an important crossroad for transport and a fortress guarding the west of Japan.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagoya, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number31‐32‐0]

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Distant view of nagoya castle

A view of the Nagoya castle tower. The west and north corner turrets can be seen in the background. The castle tower is five stories from the outside, one interior story of stone construction, and five stories above the stone wall in shokisoto (layered tower) style. Several ships float in the moat.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagoya, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number1‐41‐0]

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JSDF plane heads for W. Africa with 20,000 sets of Ebola gear

NAGOYA, Japan - Containers with 20,000 sets of anti-Ebola protective gear are loaded onto a Japan Air Self-Defense Force transport plane before its departure from the ASDF's Komaki Air Base in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, for West Africa on Dec. 6, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Envisaged "anime road" in Nagoya

People pass by a Japanese animation goods shop on the west side of JR Nagoya Station in central Japan on Jan. 3, 2020. The Nagoya city government, which has hosted the World Cosplay Summit since 2003, is planning to erect bronze statues of anime characters in the area, famous for many anime shops and schools, under what it calls an "anime and subculture road" scheme. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Envisaged "anime road" in Nagoya

Photo taken on the west side of JR Nagoya Station in central Japan on Jan. 3, 2020, shows a street lined with an anime goods shop and anime school. The Nagoya city government, which has hosted the World Cosplay Summit since 2003, is planning to erect bronze statues of anime characters in the area under what it calls an "anime and subculture road" scheme. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokutoriki promoted to sekiwake

NAGOYA, Japan - Elite makuuchi division sumo wrestler Hokutoriki points to his name in Nagoya on June 21 after being promoted to sekiwake for the first time. He will occupy the west slot at the upcoming 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. At right is his stable master Hakkaku. (Kyodo)

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Justice Ministry releases 3 Afghan asylum seekers temporarily

OSAKA, Japan - The Justice Ministry's West Japan Immigration Bureau on Oct. 29 temporarily released Abdul Aziz (R) and two other Afghan asylum seekers who have been detained at a facility in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, for violations of the immigration law. In September, Aziz had his refugee status recognized by the Hiroshima High Court. The two others have been denied refugee status by the ministry and are appealing their cases at district courts in Hiroshima and Nagoya. (Kyodo)