ILEA000028546: (8)Scenes from Indonesia's Nias and Simeuleu islands after quake

[Breaking News]Steam locomotive in Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan, Jan. 15 Kyodo - JR Hokkaido's "Fuyu-no-Shitsugen" (Winter Wetland) steam locomotive runs in Kushiro on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 14, 2026, for a press preview three days before going into service for the general public. The sightseeing train will operate in the Kushiro Marsh, a Ramsar site, mainly on weekends until March 15. (Kyodo)

Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

OSAKA, Japan, May 20 Kyodo - Turin Olympics figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa (far R) pitches fishery foods at a just-opened exhibition at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, highlighting the recovery of three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

[Breaking News]World Exposition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan, March 26 Kyodo - Video taken on March 25, 2025, shows a ferry that will transport people to the venue of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka from central Osaka and other areas during the event starting in April. The ship, adorned with the expo's official mascot Myaku-Myaku, sailed its route the same day for a test. (Kyodo)

[Breaking News] Japan provides 1st air-to-sea monitoring drill for S.E. Asian nations

BATAM, Indonesia, Dec. 6 Kyodo - Japan began training three Southeast Asian countries in sea monitoring from the air, in the latest effort to help enhance their maritime surveillance capabilities amid China's growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region. Indonesian, Philippine and Malaysian coast guard officials boarded an airplane from Batam Island, western Indonesia, near Singapore, to get briefed on high-tech surveillance equipment, according to the Japan Coast Guard. (Kyodo)

Powerful quake rocks northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on March 17, 2022. Japan's nuclear regulator said data shows no abnormalities with reactors and facilities at the complex after a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit off northeastern Japan late March 16.

Tohoku University and TEPCO to conduct joint research on decommissioning

The term is five years. The division will conductresearch in a wide range of fields to solve various technical problems at the decommissioning site, including evaluation technology to detect the aging deterioration of structures. With the aim of fostering human resources, a CFReND branch office will be established at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant site this summer. On-site exchanges of opinions between engineers at the decommissioning site and Tohoku University faculty and graduate students will be promoted. Nobuyoshi Hara, vice president of Tohoku University (photo at right), says, "We will continue our efforts to promote decommissioning. (Photo taken on March 24, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Olympic torch in Japan

MIYAKO, Japan, March 22 Kyodo - Photo taken in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 22, 2020, shows the flame for the Tokyo Olympics being carried by Sanriku Railway's Rias Line. The flame is touring through northeastern Japan towns hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, ahead of the start of the torch relay from Fukushima Prefecture on March 26.

Chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) Toyoda at a regular press conference

Toyoda compared the economic impact of the new Corona to the 2008 Lehman shock, saying, "This time, the financial system is relatively sound. But in the Lehman Shock, China was the driving force, supporting the global car market. This time, the impact has spread to the whole world and we cannot expect it to support the market. On the other hand, regarding the current state of the supply chain (parts supply network), he said, "The Great East Japan Earthquake has made us realize how the supply chain is designed to meet Chinese demand, rather than bringing (parts) from China. In general, since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the Great East Japan Earthquake, production and procurement of parts where they can be sold has progressed one step further than at that time," he said. Regarding the impact on domestic production and sales. (March 19, 2020, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

Oita Prefecture's experiment in using drones to deliver packages to remote islands

With the participation of local companies, the project aims to be put to practical use as a mechanism for dealing with the logistics and shopping needs of the aging population in remote island areas. A single-rotor drone provided by ciRobotics (Oita City) was used in the experiment. S.T.K. Technology (same) installed a luggage storage box equipped with a drone port on a solid island. Oita Prefecture has been conducting drone verification experiments in mountainous areas and other areas, but this is the first time the maritime route has been used. There are no shops or clinics on Mukujima, and the island is served by a regular service that makes one or two round trips a day, six days a week, but the annual cost of the service exceeds 10 million yen. (March 19, 2020, Tsukumi City, Oita Prefecture; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

G-20 summit in Osaka

Photo taken in Osaka on June 29, 2019, shows sake made in the three northeastern Japan prefectures hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. The same brands of sake were served to journalists at the international media center at the Intex Osaka convention center, the venue for the two-day Group of 20 summit that concluded in the western Japan city earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

(8)Scenes from Indonesia's Nias and Simeuleu islands after quake

NIAS ISLAND, Indonesia - Two boys injured in the powerful March 28 earthquake on Indonesia's Nias Island are transferred to Medan on March 31. (Kyodo)

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