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Overseas tourists at Japanese ski resort

A local police official (R) hands out safety brochures to foreign visitors at a ski resort in the village of Hakuba in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, in January 2026, amid a surge of incidents involving foreign skiers getting stranded while backcountry skiing.

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Japan: 20 Trapped in Elevator at Tokyo Skytree, 1,200 Stranded on Observation Deck

Twenty people, including two children, were trapped in an elevator at Tokyo Skytree on Sunday night, February 22. About 1,200 visitors were also temporarily stranded on the observation deck. Those trapped were safely rescued early Monday after about five hours. The facility closed Monday for inspections. This video shows visitors stranded in the observatory tower following the incident.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Executives of the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition apologize during a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 14, 2025. Some visitors were left stranded at the expo site throughout the previous night due to a service disruption on Osaka Metro's Chuo Line, which offers sole access to the venue.

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Osaka expo after subway disruption

Motoharu Hori (R), head of operations at Osaka Metro, bows in apology during a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 14, 2025. The metro's Chuo Line, which offers sole access to the site of the World Exposition in Osaka and the city center, suspended its service the previous night due to a power failure, leaving some visitors stranded at the expo site all night.

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Remnants of March tsunami

KAMAISHI, Japan - People look at a 100-meter-long cargo ship stranded on the quay in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on August 13, 2011. Reminders of the March 11 tsunami, such as this cargo ship, are drawing visitors during the summer vacation season.

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CHINA-HAINAN-STRANDED TOURISTS-RETURN (CN)

(220814) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Stranded tourists take a coach to Haikou Meilan International Airport in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 14, 2022. As of Saturday, Hainan Province registered 3,809 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 3,927 asymptomatic ones between Aug. 1 and 13, local authorities said at a press briefing on Sunday. Hainan has helped visitors stranded in the province return home. By 6 a.m. Sunday, 14,247 stranded visitors had left Sanya and the provincial capital Haikou in 92 flights. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)

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CHINA-HAINAN-STRANDED TOURISTS-RETURN (CN)

(220814) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A stranded tourist checks in at Haikou Meilan International Airport in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 14, 2022. As of Saturday, Hainan Province registered 3,809 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 3,927 asymptomatic ones between Aug. 1 and 13, local authorities said at a press briefing on Sunday. Hainan has helped visitors stranded in the province return home. By 6 a.m. Sunday, 14,247 stranded visitors had left Sanya and the provincial capital Haikou in 92 flights. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)

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CHINA-HAINAN-STRANDED TOURISTS-RETURN (CN)

(220814) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members check a tourist's nucleic acid test result at Haikou Meilan International Airport in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 14, 2022. As of Saturday, Hainan Province registered 3,809 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 3,927 asymptomatic ones between Aug. 1 and 13, local authorities said at a press briefing on Sunday. Hainan has helped visitors stranded in the province return home. By 6 a.m. Sunday, 14,247 stranded visitors had left Sanya and the provincial capital Haikou in 92 flights. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)

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CHINA-HAINAN-STRANDED TOURISTS-RETURN (CN)

(220814) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Stranded tourists queue for security check at Haikou Meilan International Airport in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 14, 2022. As of Saturday, Hainan Province registered 3,809 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 3,927 asymptomatic ones between Aug. 1 and 13, local authorities said at a press briefing on Sunday. Hainan has helped visitors stranded in the province return home. By 6 a.m. Sunday, 14,247 stranded visitors had left Sanya and the provincial capital Haikou in 92 flights. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)

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CHINA-HAINAN-STRANDED TOURISTS-RETURN (CN)

(220814) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Stranded tourists take a coach to Haikou Meilan International Airport in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 14, 2022. As of Saturday, Hainan Province registered 3,809 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 3,927 asymptomatic ones between Aug. 1 and 13, local authorities said at a press briefing on Sunday. Hainan has helped visitors stranded in the province return home. By 6 a.m. Sunday, 14,247 stranded visitors had left Sanya and the provincial capital Haikou in 92 flights. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)

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CHINA-HAINAN-STRANDED TOURISTS-RETURN (CN)

(220814) -- HAIKOU, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Stranded tourists take a coach to Haikou Meilan International Airport in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 14, 2022. As of Saturday, Hainan Province registered 3,809 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 3,927 asymptomatic ones between Aug. 1 and 13, local authorities said at a press briefing on Sunday. Hainan has helped visitors stranded in the province return home. By 6 a.m. Sunday, 14,247 stranded visitors had left Sanya and the provincial capital Haikou in 92 flights. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)

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Remnants of March tsunami

KAMAISHI, Japan - People look at a 100-meter-long cargo ship stranded on the quay in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on August 13, 2011. Reminders of the March 11 tsunami, such as this cargo ship, are drawing visitors during the summer vacation season. (Kyodo)