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Japanese food fair in Singapore

A food fair promoting Japanese food is held in Singapore on Oct. 16, 2025, with about 150 companies and organizations from 35 Japanese prefectures taking part.

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Japan: Typhoon Peipah Leaves Widespread Damage Across Prefectures

Typhoon Peipah made landfall early Friday, September 5, bringing heavy rain and flooding across a wide area from western to eastern Japan. The typhoon first came ashore near Sukumo City in Kochi Prefecture before dawn, then made a second landfall in northern Wakayama Prefecture around 9:00 a.m. Fallen trees, landslides, and roof damage, among other destruction, were reported across multiple prefectures.

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8th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

Hironori Nishimura, mayor of the Kumamoto Prefecture town of Mashiki, offers flowers at an altar set up at a park near the town hall on April 14, 2024, the eighth anniversary of two devastating earthquakes in the southwestern Japan prefecture. A total of 276 people were killed in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures in the quakes on April 14 and April 16, 2016.

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7th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

A memorial ceremony commemorating the seventh anniversary of two devastating earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is held at the prefectural government office in the city of Kumamoto on April 14, 2023. A total of 276 people were killed in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures in the quakes on April 14 and 16, 2016.

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7th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

A memorial ceremony commemorating the seventh anniversary of two devastating earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is held at the prefectural government office in the city of Kumamoto on April 14, 2023. A total of 276 people were killed in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures in the quakes on April 14 and 16, 2016.

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CHINA-CHENGDU-KUNMING RAILWAY-OPENING (CN)

(221226) -- CHENGDU, Dec. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 16, 2022 shows a trial train crossing tunnels on the new Chengdu-Kunming Railway in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A railway linking Chengdu and Kunming, two major cities in southwest China, is now fully operational with the opening of its last section on Monday. With a designed speed of 160 km per hour, the new 915-km line, which runs almost parallel to an existing railway link between Chengdu and Kunming, cuts the travel time from 19 hours to 7.5 hours. The new line runs through a number of cities and prefectures, such as Chengdu, Meishan, Leshan, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, and Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Kunming in Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

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CHINA-CHENGDU-KUNMING RAILWAY-OPENING (CN)

(221226) -- CHENGDU, Dec. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 16, 2022 shows the Jinkouhe South Railway Station along the new Chengdu-Kunming Railway in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A railway linking Chengdu and Kunming, two major cities in southwest China, is now fully operational with the opening of its last section on Monday. With a designed speed of 160 km per hour, the new 915-km line, which runs almost parallel to an existing railway link between Chengdu and Kunming, cuts the travel time from 19 hours to 7.5 hours. The new line runs through a number of cities and prefectures, such as Chengdu, Meishan, Leshan, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, and Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture and Kunming in Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

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Kids from disaster-hit region visit 1995 quake memorial in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - Pupils from Hashikami Elementary School in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, visit the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution, a memorial facility for the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, in Kobe, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2015. Miyagi is one of the prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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M5.6 quake hits north of Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Yohei Hasegawa, director of the Earthquake and Tsunami Observation Division of the Japan Meteorological Agency, holds a press conference on Sept. 16, 2014, at the agency in Tokyo, on a magnitude 5.6 quake that hit parts of the Kanto region north of Tokyo earlier in the day. The 12:28 p.m. quake registered lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in parts of Tochigi, Gunma and Saitama prefectures, and 4 in Tokyo. There was no tsunami alert following the quake.

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Natural energy council meeting in Saga Pref.

KARATSU, Japan - The natural energy council formed by Softbank Corp. and Japanese prefectures holds a general meeting in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, on July 16, 2014.

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National Opera of Ukraine in Japan

Ballet dancers of the National Opera of Ukraine rehearse a performance in Yokohama, eastern Japan, on Dec. 16, 2022. About 200 dancers will perform in 13 prefectures for about one month from Dec. 17.

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National Opera of Ukraine in Japan

Ballet dancers of the National Opera of Ukraine rehearse a performance in Yokohama, eastern Japan, on Dec. 16, 2022. About 200 dancers will perform in 13 prefectures for about one month from Dec. 17.

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National Opera of Ukraine in Japan

Ballet dancers of the National Opera of Ukraine rehearse a performance in Yokohama, eastern Japan, on Dec. 16, 2022. About 200 dancers will perform in 13 prefectures for about one month from Dec. 17.

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S. Korean import ban on Japanese fisheries products

OSONG, South Korea - Kenji Kagawa (R front), director general of the Japanese Fisheries Agency's Resources Enhancement Promotion Department, meets officials at South Korea's Food and Drug Safety Ministry in Osong on Sept. 16, 2013. Japan asked South Korea to lift its latest import ban on fisheries products from Japanese prefectures imposed amid concern over leaks of radiation-contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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S. Korean import ban on Japanese fisheries products

OSONG, South Korea - Kenji Kagawa, director general of the Japanese Fisheries Agency's Resources Enhancement Promotion Department, visits South Korea's Food and Drug Safety Ministry in Osong on Sept. 16, 2013. Japan asked South Korea to lift its latest import ban on fisheries products from Japanese prefectures imposed amid concern over leaks of radiation-contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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U.S. children make drawings for kids in quake-hit areas

WASHINGTON, United States - Fifth-grade students from Thomson Elementary School draw pictures at the Japanese Information and Culture Center in Washington on Feb. 16, 2012, for elementary school students in the earthquake-hit areas of Japan. The drawings will be sent to elementary schools in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures through the Japanese Foreign Ministry.

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U.S. children make drawings for kids in quake-hit areas

WASHINGTON, United States - Fifth-grade students from Thomson Elementary School draw pictures at the Japanese Information and Culture Center in Washington on Feb. 16, 2012, for elementary school students in the earthquake-hit areas of Japan. The drawings will be sent to elementary schools in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures through the Japanese Foreign Ministry.

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Nuclear disaster drills

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Local residents in wheelchairs are taken aboard a Self-Defense Force helicopter for evacuation during a disaster drill based on an assumed nuclear accident in Yawatahama, Ehime Prefecture, on Feb. 16, 2012. Such drills were held by local governments around the plants of Chugoku Electric Power Co. and Shikoku Electric Power Co. in Shimane and Ehime prefectures.

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Nuclear disaster drills

MATSUE, Japan - Members of a local voluntary organization for disaster management participate in a nuclear disaster drill to confirm initial responses in the event of a nuclear accident in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, on Feb. 16, 2012. Such drills were held by local governments around plants of Chugoku Electric Power Co. and Shikoku Electric Power Co. in Shimane and Ehime prefectures.

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N.Y. trade fair features textile makers from quake-hit area

NEW YORK, United States - A buyer examines a product at a trade fair opened in New York on Jan. 18, 2012, featuring 16 textile and knitting firms from three Japanese prefectures hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Ex-PM Kan in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2011. Kan said he learned shortly after the nuclear crisis erupted at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant that around 30 million people in Tokyo and surrounding prefectures may have to be evacuated in a worst-case scenario.

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - People perform ''Suzume Odori'' (sparrow dance) of the Sendai area during Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day festival. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - Dancers perform the Sansa Dance of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, during Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day festival. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - Dancers of the Hanagasa Festival of Yamagata Prefecture leave an area at Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day festival, as they were not able to finish their scheduled performance because of the overflowing crowd. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - Drummers and dancers perform the Sansa Dance of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, during Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day festival. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Cattle straw

MIHARU, Japan - Cattle are fed on straw declared safe by the Fukushima prefectural government at a farm in the town of Miharu on July 16, 2011. Cattle in the prefecture fed with straw contaminated with radioactive cesium have been shipped to other prefectures.

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Tohoku Rokkon Festival

SENDAI, Japan - Nebuta float (front) from Aomori Prefecture and ''Kanto'' lanterns (back) from Akita Prefecture are exhibited at the Sendai city office in Miyagi Prefecture on July 16, 2011, the first day of the two-day Tohoku Rokkon (six souls) Festival. The major festivals of the six prefectures in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, are jointly held in the hope of recovering from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Memorial coins for 3 prefectures

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows three pairs of memorial coins depicting (from top) Toyama, Tottori and Kumamoto prefectures -- 1,000 yen (L) and 500 yen (R) -- which are scheduled to be sold from late May 2011, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the implementation of the local autonomy law. Japan Mint held a commencement ceremony at its head office in Osaka on May 16, 2011, as the agency began producing the coins the same day.

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Niigata marks 1st anniversary of major offshore quake

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A memorial ceremony is held July 16 in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on the first anniversary of a magnitude 6.8 offshore earthquake that killed 15 people and injured 2,346 in Niigata, Nagano and Toyama prefectures. Attendees of the ceremony prayed for the dead.

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(3)2 die, 2 missing as Niigata, Fukushima caught in heavy rain

SANJO, Japan - A woman comes out of a rubber boat after being rescued from her stranded house in Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, on July 13. Heavy rain hit Niigata and Fukushima prefectures, leaving two people dead, one injured and two missing. About 16,700 households were ordered or advised to evacuate in Niigata, while ground troops were sent in for disaster prevention efforts.

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(2)2 die, 2 missing as Niigata, Fukushima caught in heavy rains

SANJO, Japan - Firefighters patrol in a rubber boat in the city of Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, on July 13. Heavy rain hit Niigata and Fukushima prefectures Tuesday, leaving two people dead, one injured and two others missing. About 16,700 households were ordered or advised to evacuate in Niigata, while ground troops were sent for disaster prevention.

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Japan ready for possible terrorist attack on World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese Self-Defense Forces officer, clad in protective gear, appears at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on May 16 during a meeting of officials from 10 prefectures where the World Cup soccer matches will be held. The Defense Agency called the meeting to prepare for possible terrorist attacks on the May 31-June 30 World Cup finals to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea.

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Traffic jams cost Japan a lot

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows traffic jams on Tokyo's No. 7 Circle Road. The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry released a report June 16, estimating annual economic losses stemming from daily traffic jams throughout Japan at 12 trillion yen, or 95,000 yen per capita. Tokyo suffered the highest annual loss among Japan's 47 prefectures at 1.55 trillion yen.

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16 prefectures have troubles with AUM Shinrikyo cult

OTAWARA, Japan - A total of 16 prefectures have experienced troubles in the past year resulting from attempts by the AUM Shinrikyo religious cult to establish local offices there, a survey conducted by Kyodo News revealed July 31. The photo shows residents in the city of Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, demanding on July 11 that AUM followers leave the Japanese-style inn where they live.

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6th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

Photo shows Kumamoto Castle in Kumamoto on April 14, 2022, the sixth anniversary of two devastating earthquakes in the southwestern Japan prefecture. A total of 276 people were killed in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures in the quakes on April 14 and 16, 2016.

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6th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

Photo shows temporary housing in the Kumamoto Prefecture town of Mashiki on April 14, 2022, the sixth anniversary of two devastating earthquakes in the southwestern Japan prefecture. A total of 276 people were killed in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures in the quakes on April 14 and 16, 2016.

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6th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

Photo shows temporary housing in the Kumamoto Prefecture town of Mashiki on April 14, 2022, the sixth anniversary of two devastating earthquakes in the southwestern Japan prefecture. A total of 276 people were killed in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures in the quakes on April 14 and 16, 2016.

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6th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

People pray in front of lanterns at temporary housing in the Kumamoto Prefecture town of Mashiki on April 14, 2022, the sixth anniversary of two devastating earthquakes in the southwestern Japan prefecture. A total of 276 people were killed in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures in the quakes on April 14 and 16, 2016.

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6th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

A woman lights a lantern at temporary housing in the Kumamoto Prefecture town of Mashiki on April 14, 2022, the sixth anniversary of two devastating earthquakes in the southwestern Japan prefecture. A total of 276 people were killed in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures in the quakes on April 14 and 16, 2016.

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6th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

A memorial ceremony commemorating the sixth anniversary of two devastating earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is held at the prefectural government office in the city of Kumamoto on April 14, 2022. A total of 276 people were killed in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures in the quakes on April 14 and 16, 2016.

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6th anniversary of Kumamoto quakes

A memorial ceremony commemorating the sixth anniversary of two devastating earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is held at the prefectural government office in the city of Kumamoto on April 14, 2022. A total of 276 people were killed in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures in the quakes on April 14 and 16, 2016.

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JAPAN-TOKYO-EARTHQUAKE

(220316) -- TOKYO, March 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken with a mobile phone shows passengers stranded in a JR Yokosuka Line train following an earthquake, Japan, March 16, 2022. A 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit northeastern Japan on Wednesday night, and tsunami waves were observed after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning. Strong shaking was felt in the country's northeastern and eastern areas, especially in Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures where the quake logged six upper on the Japanese seismic intensity scale which peaks at seven. The capital city of Tokyo also detected strong tremors, and power outage has been reported in parts of Tokyo and nearby areas after the quake. (Photo by Sun Jialin/Xinhua)

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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on March 16, 2022. Kishida talked about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the planned lifting of Japan's COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency in all 18 prefectures currently under the measure.

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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (top C) meets the press at his office in Tokyo on March 16, 2022. Kishida talked about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the planned lifting of Japan's COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency in all 18 prefectures currently under the measure.

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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on March 16, 2022. Kishida talked about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the planned lifting of Japan's COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency in all 18 prefectures currently under the measure.

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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on March 16, 2022. Japan will end its COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency as scheduled the following week in all 18 prefectures currently under the measure, including Tokyo and Osaka, as the number of new infections has been trending downward, Kishida said.

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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on March 16, 2022. Japan will end its COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency as scheduled the following week in all 18 prefectures currently under the measure, including Tokyo and Osaka, as the number of new infections has been trending downward, Kishida said.

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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on March 16, 2022. Japan will end its COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency as scheduled the following week in all 18 prefectures currently under the measure, including Tokyo and Osaka, as the number of new infections has been trending downward, Kishida said.

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Japanese Prime Minister Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on March 16, 2022. Japan will end its COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency as scheduled the following week in all 18 prefectures currently under the measure, including Tokyo and Osaka, as the number of new infections has been trending downward, Kishida said.

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Japan halts use of 1.63 mil. Moderna vaccine doses over contamination

Japan's health ministry said Thursday foreign materials were found in some portions of unused doses of Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine and the use of around 1.63 million doses manufactured in the same production line has been suspended as a precaution. Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., which is in charge of sales and distribution of the vaccine in the country, said it has yet to see any reports of safety issues. Some of the 1.63 million doses distributed to 863 vaccination centers have already been used. The size of foreign substances confirmed in 39 vials is believed to be a few millimeters, with their elements being unknown. Moderna is conducting an investigation into the materials, according to the ministry and Takeda. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said foreign substances have been confirmed since Aug. 16 at eight vaccination sites in the prefectures of Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Gifu and Aichi. Takeda reported them to the ministry on Wednesday.