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Moment of Eruption at Mount Aso

Moment of Eruption at Mount Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture. Smoke billowed out of the peak, starting at 11:43 a.m. on Wednesday October 20th 2021.The agency confirmed pyroclastic flows reached more than one...

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Time Lapse

Time lapse: Greater Tokyo

Time lapse of downtown Senju, the sacred anime and "otaku" culture site, Akihabara and the harbor city of Yokohama. Broadcasted:May-July, 2015 ID number:NVBYT069 Please contact us for any other reques...

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The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is coming soon.

The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is coming soon.The New National Stadium is under construction for upcoming the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Filmed: July 3, 2019NVBYT138 Please contact us for any other reque...

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Tokyo to host 2020 Olympics

Tokyo to host 2020 OlympicsOn September 7, 2013, Tokyo was selected to be the host city for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Tokyo Tower was illuminated to celebrate the bids for Olympic Games. ...

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Japanese new era 'REIWA' has come!

Japanese government chose 'REIWA' as new era name.The new era started when Crown Prince Naruhito became the new Emperor on May 1, 2019. NVBYT134 Please contact us for any other requests. Footage Reque...

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Resumption of production - Train Factory (1946)

Japan National Railways lost approximately 20% of its train cars during WWII. Production resumes at the JNR’s factory in Osaka after a long interval. Their operating speed is still slow, but the worke...

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Navy Parachuters (1943)

The Imperial Navy’s elite paratroopers conducting hard training, jumping off the aircraft one by one and flying in formation. Their white parachutes inflating against the blue sky. Broadcasted:1943/7/...

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Aerial

Eruptions at Mount Shinmoe volcano

A volcano in southwestern Japan has had its first major eruption in 7 years. The first blast at Mount Shinmoe (Kirishima mountain range) occurred around 2:30 PM on March 10, 2018. Twenty minutes later...

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Food Crisis Measures in Tokyo - purchasing sardines using the Link System (1946)

Workers transfer sardine from the train cargo to trucks and oil cans.Tokyoites form a line to buy sardines at 13 yen per “kan” (Japanese weight unit of 3.75 kg). Broadcasted:1946/2/7 ID number:NVBYT08...

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The Imperial Japanese Navy’s Combined Fleet (1944)

The torpedo-boat flotilla advances at full speed, kicking the crest of a wave in the Pacific Ocean. Next comes the Battle Cruiser Squadron, followed by the Navy Air Fleet. Finally comes the main fleet...

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Time Lapse

Time Lapse: how TOKYO SKYTREE became the world's tallest free-standing broadcasting tower

Tokyo Skytree from the start of its construction to its final 634m point, captured by a fixed point camera. The construction commenced on July 8, 2008, and reached its final height of 634 meters in Ma...

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Time Lapse

The sudden opening of a massive sinkhole in Fukuoka...and how it got fixed

On November 8th, 2016, a giant sinkhole appeared near Hakata station, swallowing big sections of the five-lane road. After a week of intense construction, the road reopened on November 15th.NHK captur...

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History

Success in taking a picture of the total eclipse of the Sun (1941)

On September 21 1941, the Kyoto Imperial University observational group for terrestrial magnetism in North Taiwan and many from observatories started a mission to capture the sun. The observation at T...

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Nature

Underwater: a rare megamouth shark captured

Japanese fishermen found a rare megamouth shark caught alive in fishing nets in the Pacific near Tokyo. It was 5-meter shark, spotted about one kilometer off the coast of Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture. T...

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News

The Dengue Fever Outbreak

More than a hundred people were reported to have been infected by dengue fever in August 2014, the first seen in Japan in almost 70 years.Workers spray pesticides at Yoyogi park, where dengue-carrying...

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History

Train heading for Tokyo overflow with passengers (1945)

A train bound for Tokyo, overcrowded with passengers. These passengers are returning from rural farms where they purchased potatoes and other agricultural produce for their family. People climbing on ...

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Rationing of white bread made from imported flour (1946)

Wheat flour imported with the permission of the American troops has been used to make bread. The daily ration is three loaves of bread a day. When Japan faces an acute shortage of rice, white bread wi...

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Scenes of the Occupation Army, Tokyo (1945)

Actor Tyrone Power, who came to Japan as a lieutenant of the U.S. Marine Corps in the Occupation Army, appears in front of Nichigeki Theater; Japanese policemen control traffic with an MP; U.S. soldie...

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Celebration of the Empire's 2600th Anniversary (1940)

A naval band performs in a parade and then gives a concert at Tsuruma Park, Nagoya, to celebrate Japan's 2600th anniversary; the crowd gives three banzai cheers for Emperor Hirohito. Broadcasted:1940/...

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Ceremonial launching of a USS Washington BB56 (1940)

Ceremony marking the launch of battleship USS Washington BB56 at the Philadelphia Navy yard. Broadcasted:1940/7/2 ID number:NVBYT016 Please contact us for any other requests. Footage Request