TIME-LAPSE: Tokyo Olympic Stadium 1

TIME-LAPSE: Tokyo Olympic Stadium 1

Time-lapse photography of constructing the Tokyo Olympic Stadium (2015-2019). Camera position: NTT Docomo Yoyogi Buildin...

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TIME-LAPSE: Tokyo Olympic Stadium 2

TIME-LAPSE: Tokyo Olympic Stadium 2

Time-lapse photography of constructing the Tokyo Olympic Stadium (2015-2019). Camera position: Watanabe Building in Jing...

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Ex-UNHCR Sadako Ogata dies at 92

Ex-UNHCR Sadako Ogata dies at 92

Ex-United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata has died at age 92.

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Drone delivers relief goods to isolated Tokyo area

Drone delivers relief goods to isolated Tokyo area

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government uses a drone to deliver relief goods to an area isolated following Typhoon Hagibis.

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5th "comfort women" statue set up in US

A statue dedicated to Korean "comfort women" is unveiled on the outskirts of Washington.

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Restoration in progress in flood hit Chiba Prefecture

Restoration in progress in flood hit Chiba Prefecture

Restoration is in progress in flood-hit Chiba Prefecture east of Tokyo.

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Eruption alert raised for Kuchinoerabu

Eruption alert raised for Kuchinoerabu

Weather officials raise the eruption alert level for Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Enthronement stamps on sale

Enthronement stamps on sale

Postage stamps commemorating Emperor Naruhito's enthronement are on sale.

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Heavy rain lashes Tokyo area

Heavy rain lashes Tokyo area

Record heavy rain lashes the Tokyo area due to combined effects of low pressure and Typhoon Bualoi.

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Halloween drinking banned on Shibuya streets

Halloween drinking banned on Shibuya streets

Public drinking in parts of Tokyo's Shibuya Ward will be banned for Halloween.

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