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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (C) walks through a torii gate after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura speaks to reporters after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura speaks to reporters after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front, C) and members of his support team are pictured at the top of Mt. Fuji which straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Photo taken with a fisheye lens shows 90-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front, C) and members of his support team at the top of Mt. Fuji which straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front) and his son Gota are pictured after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (C), seated on an all-terrain wheelchair, raises his arms in a "banzai" gesture after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (C), seated on an all-terrain wheelchair, raises his arms in a "banzai" gesture after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura watches the sunrise from the ninth station of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front) watches the sunrise from the ninth station of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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Miyagi student thanks for "Operation Tomodachi"

PASADENA, United Sates - A high school student from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, shakes hands with a U.S. Navy vice admiral, who participated in the "Operation Tomodachi" relief effort, in Pasadena, California, on Dec. 31, 2014. The U.S. armed forces conducted the operation following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Miyagi and other prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

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Miyagi high school students practice for Rose Parade

PASADENA, United States - High school students from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, practice music on Dec. 31, 2014, before participating in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, to show their gratitude for the "Operation Tomodachi" relief effort. The U.S. armed forces conducted the operation following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Miyagi and other prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

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Japanese student thanks for "Operation Tomodachi"

PASADENA, United States - Satsuki Koizumi (R), a high school student from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, gives thanks to U.S. military members on Dec. 31, 2014, in Pasadena, California, for their participation in the "Operation Tomodachi" relief effort. The U.S. armed forces conducted the operation following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Miyagi and other prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

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Tohoku students to participate in Paris event

TOKYO, Japan - Students including Yurika Kishi (R), a sophomore at Fukushima National College of Technology, give a press conference on an promotional event in Paris for the 2011 disaster-hit Tohoku region at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Tokyo on July 11, 2014. Some 100 junior and senior high school students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures will take part in the Aug. 30-31 event.

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Bird-shaped snow on Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows snow shaped like a bird on Mt. Fuji on Jan. 31, 2012. The shape called ''nodori'' (agricultural bird) usually appears in the spring, not in the middle of winter as in this case. The 3,776-meter mountain straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, west of Tokyo.

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Bird-shaped snow on Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows snow shaped like a bird (marked by circle) on Mt. Fuji on Jan. 31, 2012. The shape called ''nodori'' (agricultural bird) usually appears in the spring, not in the middle of winter as in this case. The 3,776-meter mountain straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, west of Tokyo.

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Only 6 of 82 quake-hit schools restored in Iwate, Miyagi

SENDAI, Japan - Kesennuma Koyo High School in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, is still damaged on Aug. 28, 2011, more than five months after the March quake and tsunami. The local education board said on Aug. 31, 2011, rebuilding is complete or will soon be finished for only six out of a total of 82 public schools in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, which were severely damaged by the disaster.

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Volcano eruptions in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Combined photo taken from a helicopter on Jan. 27, 2011 (top), Jan. 31 (middle) and Feb. 2 shows the growth of a lava dome on Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.

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Volcanic eruptions in southwestern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A lava dome can be seen inside the crater of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2011. The Miyazaki Local Meteorological Observatory said the lava dome on the 1,421-meter volcano has been rising.

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Volcanic eruptions in southwestern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A lava dome can be seen inside the crater of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2011. The Miyazaki Local Meteorological Observatory said the lava dome on the 1,421-meter volcano has been rising.

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Volcanic eruptions continue in southwestern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a continuing volcanic eruption of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, running through the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, on Jan. 31, 2011. Local officials in Takaharu in Miyazaki Prefecture recommended the previous day that about 500 households evacuate, citing the danger of avalanches of earth and rocks occurring around the mountain.

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Truck operators demand gov't action on high fuel prices

TOKYO, Japan - Truck operators march near government offices in central Tokyo on Aug. 26 to demand that the government take action to help them cope with rising fuel costs. The Japan Trucking Association held rallies and street protests in 31 prefectures across Japan.

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Truck operators demand gov't action on high fuel prices

OKAYAMA, Japan - Trucks march in demonstrations in the city of Okayama on Aug. 26 to demand the central and prefectural governments take measures to help them cope with rising fuel costs. The Japan Trucking Association held rallies and street protests in 31 prefectures including Tokyo and Okayama.

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Over 450 feel ill, gov't to do its utmost over food poisoning

SAITAMA, Japan - Two men at a cooperative association in Saitama, north of Tokyo, talk with member consumers over the phone on Jan. 31 about food poisoning involving gyoza deumplings imported from China. The number of people who have complained of illness after eating dumplings or other products made by a Chinese producer has reached 457 in 35 prefectures in Japan, while the government vowed utmost efforts to deal with the food poisoning.

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Over 450 feel ill, gov't to do its utmost over food poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - A notice put up at a restaurant in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Jan. 31 tells customers it has stopped offering food products imported from China. The number of people who have complained of illness after eating gyoza dumplings or other products made by a Chinese producer has reached 457 in 35 prefectures in Japan, while the government vowed utmost efforts to deal with the food poisoning.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee visits Basho museum in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (R) is presented with a walking stick as he visits Japanese haiku master Matsuo Basho's museum in Tokyo on May 31. Lee arrived in Japan on May 30 for an 11-day stay during which he is scheduled to make his first speech in Tokyo and to visit five Japanese prefectures following in the footsteps of 17th century haiku poet Matsuo Basho.

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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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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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Volcanic Alert Raised for Mt. Zao in Northeastern Japan

Miyagi and Yamagata, Japan -Jan. 30: Japan's weather agency raised Tuesday the alert level for Mt. Zao, a volcano near a popular ski area in northeastern Japan, citing the detection of volcanic tremors and warning of the possibility of a small eruption. The alert on a scale of five has been raised from 1, which only indicates the "potential" for increased activity, to 2, a level advising　People to refrain from approaching the crater, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The agency warned that an area within an approximately 1.2-kilometer radius of the crater could see rocks raining down from　above if a small eruption occurs. Mt. Zao straddles the border between prefectures of Miyagi and　Yamagata. According to the weather agency, volcanic tremors, caused by　movements of hot subterranean water and volcanic gas, were observed over a period of 31 minutes from 2:18 p.m. on Tuesday and were larger than those recorded on Sunday and early Tuesday morning.

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COVID quasi-emergency to cover 34 of Japan's 47 prefs. amid Omicron

Japan will decide Tuesday to expand a COVID-19 quasi-state of emergency to 34 of the nation's 47 prefectures with the addition of 18 more areas to stem the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. Effective from Thursday to Feb. 20, the quasi-emergency is intended to reduce the strain on the health care system and prevent a shortage of essential workers that could result from a surge in infections and close contacts. The governors of the 18 prefectures, including Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo in the Kansai region in western Japan, will be able to request restaurants and bars to shorten their business hours and stop or limit the serving of alcohol. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is expected to make a final decision later in the day on the addition as well as on extending the quasi-emergency curbs that have been in place since Jan. 9 in Okinawa, Yamaguchi and Hiroshima prefectures beyond Jan. 31 to Feb. 20.

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Japan decides to place 3 prefs. under COVID quasi-emergency

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) says during a government task force meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2022, that Okinawa, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures will be placed under a quasi-state of emergency, from Jan. 9 to Jan. 31, after being hit by surging COVID-19 cases.

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Japan decides to place 3 prefs. under COVID quasi-emergency

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says during a government task force meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 7, 2022, that Okinawa, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures will be placed under a quasi-state of emergency, from Jan. 9 to Jan. 31, after being hit by surging COVID-19 cases.

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Japan decides to add Osaka, areas near Tokyo to COVID emergency

Japan decided Friday to expand its COVID-19 state of emergency to Osaka and three prefectures near Tokyo as a recent spike in coronavirus cases to record levels has raised fears that the country's medical system could collapse amid the Tokyo Olympics. Facing the urgent need to take stronger anti-virus measures, the government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will add Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Osaka prefectures to areas under the emergency, which already covers Tokyo and Okinawa, from next Monday through Aug. 31. The COVID-19 emergency initially declared for Tokyo and Okinawa through Aug. 22 will also be extended until the end of the month. The new period overlaps with the Olympics, which started last week and will run through Aug. 8, and also partly covers the Paralympics period starting Aug. 24.

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Truck operators demand gov't action on high fuel prices

TOKYO, Japan - Truck operators march near government offices in central Tokyo on Aug. 26 to demand that the government take action to help them cope with rising fuel costs. The Japan Trucking Association held rallies and street protests in 31 prefectures across Japan. (Kyodo)

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Truck operators demand gov't action on high fuel prices

OKAYAMA, Japan - Trucks march in demonstrations in the city of Okayama on Aug. 26 to demand the central and prefectural governments take measures to help them cope with rising fuel costs. The Japan Trucking Association held rallies and street protests in 31 prefectures including Tokyo and Okayama. (Kyodo)

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Akita chosen as rotating host city for 2015 Tohoku festival

The mayors of the capital cities of six prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku announce at a press conference in Akita on Jan. 20, 2015, that the annual Tohoku Rokkon Festival featuring six major festivals in the region will be held in the city on May 30 and 31. They expect about 225,000 visitors to the two-day event, which was launched in 2011 to help promote reconstruction following the Great East Japan Earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Students, young scholars discuss peace activities

Students, young scholars and professionals from around the world who are participating in the 9th International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) Conference in Nagasaki exchange opinions on peace activities with university students from eight Japanese prefectures on Oct. 31, 2015, a day before the opening of the 61st Pugwash Conference in the southwestern Japanese city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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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Ex-Taiwan President Lee visits Basho museum in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (R) is presented with a walking stick as he visits Japanese haiku master Matsuo Basho's museum in Tokyo on May 31. Lee arrived in Japan on May 30 for an 11-day stay during which he is scheduled to make his first speech in Tokyo and to visit five Japanese prefectures following in the footsteps of 17th century haiku poet Matsuo Basho. (Kyodo)

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Bird-shaped snow on Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows snow shaped like a bird on Mt. Fuji on Jan. 31, 2012. The shape called ''nodori'' (agricultural bird) usually appears in the spring, not in the middle of winter as in this case. The 3,776-meter mountain straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, west of Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Bird-shaped snow on Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo shows snow shaped like a bird (marked by circle) on Mt. Fuji on Jan. 31, 2012. The shape called ''nodori'' (agricultural bird) usually appears in the spring, not in the middle of winter as in this case. The 3,776-meter mountain straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, west of Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Over 450 feel ill, gov't to do its utmost over food poisoning

SAITAMA, Japan - Two men at a cooperative association in Saitama, north of Tokyo, talk with member consumers over the phone on Jan. 31 about food poisoning involving gyoza deumplings imported from China. The number of people who have complained of illness after eating dumplings or other products made by a Chinese producer has reached 457 in 35 prefectures in Japan, while the government vowed utmost efforts to deal with the food poisoning. (Kyodo)

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Over 450 feel ill, gov't to do its utmost over food poisoning

TOKYO, Japan - A notice put up at a restaurant in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Jan. 31 tells customers it has stopped offering food products imported from China. The number of people who have complained of illness after eating gyoza dumplings or other products made by a Chinese producer has reached 457 in 35 prefectures in Japan, while the government vowed utmost efforts to deal with the food poisoning. (Kyodo)

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Volcanic eruptions in southwestern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A lava dome can be seen inside the crater of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2011. The Miyazaki Local Meteorological Observatory said the lava dome on the 1,421-meter volcano has been rising. (Kyodo)

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Only 6 of 82 quake-hit schools restored in Iwate, Miyagi

SENDAI, Japan - Kesennuma Koyo High School in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, is still damaged on Aug. 28, 2011, more than five months after the March quake and tsunami. The local education board said on Aug. 31, 2011, rebuilding is complete or will soon be finished for only six out of a total of 82 public schools in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, which were severely damaged by the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Volcano eruptions in southwestern Japan

KIRISHIMA, Japan - Combined photo taken from a helicopter on Jan. 27, 2011 (top), Jan. 31 (middle) and Feb. 2 shows the growth of a lava dome on Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima volcanic group on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures. (Kyodo)

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Japanese student thanks for "Operation Tomodachi"

PASADENA, United States - Satsuki Koizumi (R), a high school student from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, gives thanks to U.S. military members on Dec. 31, 2014, in Pasadena, California, for their participation in the "Operation Tomodachi" relief effort. The U.S. armed forces conducted the operation following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Miyagi and other prefectures in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. (Kyodo)

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Tohoku students to participate in Paris event

TOKYO, Japan - Students including Yurika Kishi (R), a sophomore at Fukushima National College of Technology, give a press conference on an promotional event in Paris for the 2011 disaster-hit Tohoku region at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Tokyo on July 11, 2014. Some 100 junior and senior high school students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures will take part in the Aug. 30-31 event. (Kyodo)

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Volcanic eruptions in southwestern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A lava dome can be seen inside the crater of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures in southwestern Japan in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 31, 2011. The Miyazaki Local Meteorological Observatory said the lava dome on the 1,421-meter volcano has been rising. (Kyodo)

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Volcanic eruptions continue in southwestern Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a continuing volcanic eruption of Mt. Shinmoe in the Kirishima mountain range, running through the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, on Jan. 31, 2011. Local officials in Takaharu in Miyazaki Prefecture recommended the previous day that about 500 households evacuate, citing the danger of avalanches of earth and rocks occurring around the mountain. (Kyodo)