The Kashima Honkan Japanese-style inn is seen in Fukuoka's Hakata Ward before demolition in this provided photo.... FUKUOKA--Local residents are lamenting the demolition of the long-established" machiya" town house inn" Kashima Honkan" in this southwest Japan city's Hakata Ward, after it went out of business due to a sharp drop in visitors blamed in part on the coronavirus pandemic.... The inn's front gate and guest room building became the first structures in the city of Fukuoka to be registe

A large crowd is seen gathered trying to get a taste of the Olympic closing ceremony's atmosphere from outside the National Stadium in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Aug.... Crowds lining the course grow as the race develops.... To no avail, one staff member repeatedly calls out:" Please refrain from watching the race." Areas around the park seem uncontrolled, as spectators' rows double then triple....