Yuri Kageyama, Author at Valley News

Cars sit submerged in water in the residential area hit by Typhoon Hagibis, in Ise, central Japan Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019. A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast as the worst in six decades approached landfall, with streets and train stations deserted and shops shuttered.(Kyodo News via AP)

Typhoon slams, shuts down Tokyo

by Yuri Kageyama Associated Press, and Jae C. Hong Associated PressOctober 12, 2019

TOKYO — A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast to be Japan’s worst in six decades made landfall and passed over the capital, where streets, nearby beaches and train stations…

NEC Corp.'s machine with propellers hovers at the company's facility in Abiko near Tokyo, Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. The Japanese electronics maker showed a "flying car," a large drone-like machine with four propellers that hovered steadily for about a minute. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

In Japan, ‘flying car’ hovers steadily

by Yuri Kageyama AP Business WriterAugust 5, 2019

A Chinese investor uses his smartphone as he monitors stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, Friday, April 19, 2019. Asian stock indexes rose moderately in quiet holiday trading on Good Friday as some markets were closed. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Asian stocks rise in quiet holiday trading

by Yuri Kageyama AP Business WriterApril 19, 2019

In this Monday, May 29, 2017 photo, Asahi Breweries employee Kiyoshi Sakai checks the production line at an Asahi Breweries factory in Moriya near Tokyo. Sakai, who has worked at Asahi for 29 years, recalls those days the caps for beer cans had to be placed into machines by hand, a repetitive task that was hard not just on the body but the mind. And so he is grateful for the helping hand from automation. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japanese Workers Treasure Automation

by Yuri Kageyama AP Business WriterAugust 20, 2017

Protesters hold placards that read: "Our anger has reached its limit" during a protest rally against the presence of U.S. military bases on the southwestern island of Okinawa in Naha, Okinawa, Sunday, June 19, 2016 as many of them wearing black to mourn the rape and killing of a local woman in which a former U.S. Marine is a suspect. The rally called for a review of the U.S.-Japanese security agreement, which burdens Okinawa with hosting the bulk of American troops in Japan. (Ryosuke Uematsu/Kyodo News via AP) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Massive Protest on Okinawa Against U.S. Military After Killing of Woman

by Yuri Kageyama Associated PressJune 19, 2016

Police officers conduct a search operation near a house destroyed by landslide in Minamiaso, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan Sunday, April 17, 2016. After two nights of earthquakes, flattened houses and triggered major landslides in southern Japan, 91,000 people had evacuated from their homes, according to a Kumamoto prefectural official. (Naoya Otsuka/Kyodo News via AP) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Earthquakes Kill 41 in Japan

by Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press, and Yuri Kageyama Associated PressApril 17, 2016