Recuers try to save a truck driver trapped inside a sinkhole in Yashio city of Japan on January Rescuers work to save a driver after his truck was swallowed by a sinkhole in Yashio city, Japan, on 29 January This photo shows a general view of a collapsed road at a prefectural road intersection, in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture on 30 January Firefighters work to rescue a truck driver after his vehicle was swallowed up by a sinkhole in the city of Yashio, Japan, on 28 January Police officers at the scene of the stabbing attack in front of the JR Nagano Station in central Japan.
An aerial view shows smoke rising from a fire site at a commercial building near a famous tourist landmark Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka, Japan January 21, The scandal is linked to popular TV host Masahiro Nakai. People light bamboo candles at a memorial altar for the victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake during a memorial ceremony on 17 January in Kobe, Japan. People gathered early in the morning to pay their respects and light bamboo lanterns in the park for more 6, people who lost their lives in the 7.
Tourists walk down a street near Yasaka Pagoda during a visit to the city of Kyoto on 13 January Japan on January 15 announced tourist figures for the year A conceptual clock developed by an expert on demographic trends and ageing society at Tohoku University in Japan predicts that in years there will only be one child below the age of 14 left in the country. A worker installs a barrier to block the sight of Mount Fuji emerging from behind a convenience store to deter badly behaved tourists, in the town of Fujikawaguchiko.
A kg bluefin tuna that was auctioned for million Japanese yen about 1. A worker looks at radioactive water tanks under construction at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Japan. A protestor holds a sign displaying a portrait of Paul Watson during a demonstration in his support in Paris on 4 September This picture taken on 28 November shows a general view of Tsuchiyu Onsen, a hot spring town in Fukushima prefecture.
Lawmakers applaud as prime minister Shigeru Ishiba, standing, is re-elected in a special parliamentary session in the lower house, Monday, 11 November in Tokyo. A trial system is due to start test runs in or early , aiming for full operations by the mids.
