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Solar power plant in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Photo taken on June 29, 2012, shows a solar power plant in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, set up by Niigata prefectural government.

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Mega solar power station in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida (L) visits a mega solar power station in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, on Sept. 23, 2011. The Niigata prefectural government hopes to begin operation of the power plant in late October. Attention to solar power has increased in Japan due to power supply constraints stemming from the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Downpour hits Niigata

AGA, Japan - The Agano River is swollen due to downpour in the town of Aga, Niigata Prefecture, on July 29, 2011.

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Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Downpour leaves houses inundated in Aga, Niigata Prefecture, in a photo from a Kyoto News helicopter on July 30, 2011. Seen on top R is the Agano River.

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Swan sanctuary in Niigata

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2022, which is ritto, or beginning of winter in the lunar calendar, shows swans spreading their wings and creating a splash at Lake Hyo in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. The lake is now home to more than 6,000 migrating swans that started arriving from Siberia in early October.

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Swan sanctuary in Niigata

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2022, which is ritto, or beginning of winter in the lunar calendar, shows swans flying over Lake Hyo in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. The lake is now home to more than 6,000 migrating swans that started arriving from Siberia in early October.

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Swan sanctuary in Niigata

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2022, which is ritto, or beginning of winter in the lunar calendar, shows swans spreading their wings and creating a splash at Lake Hyo in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. The lake is now home to more than 6,000 migrating swans that started arriving from Siberia in early October.

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Swan sanctuary in Niigata

Photo taken on Nov. 7, 2022, which is ritto, or beginning of winter in the lunar calendar, shows swans flying over Lake Hyo in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. The lake is now home to more than 6,000 migrating swans that started arriving from Siberia in early October.

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KENYA-GENERAL ELECTIONS-VOTING

(220809) -- NAIROBI, Aug. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- David Mwaure Waihiga, a seasoned political activist representing the Agano party, casts his ballot at a polling station in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 9, 2022. Millions of Kenyan citizens on Tuesday morning cast their ballots at about 46,229 polling stations across the country to elect their fifth president as well as members of the National Assembly, senators, and county governors. (Photo by Fred Mutune/Xinhua)

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Yamaki Kanko's land-based rainbow trout farming system

Yamaki Kanko (Agano City, Niigata Prefecture) has started rainbow trout farming on the premises of its own hotel, Yasuda Onsen Hotel Yasuragi, in the same city. A completely enclosed land-based aquaculture system was installed in a former tile factory building, and the trout are raised using hot spring water. The salmon farmed by the hotel will be served to guests under the name "Yutaka Salmon. The aquaculture system was developed by Kasai (Akiba Ward, Niigata City), a company that deals with drainage systems, etc. Using the Internet of Things (IoT), the hydrogen ion concentration (pH) and dissolved oxygen concentration in the tank can be remotely controlled by Kasai staff. The decision to build the aquaculture system was made after a Yamaki Kanko representative visited the company's booth at an exhibition held in 2018, where the company exhibited a system for aquaculture farms. The Yasuda Onsen Hotel Yasuragi in Agano City, Niigata Prefecture, on November 8, 2019.

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SNAPSHOT: 50 yrs since confirmation of Niigata Minamata Disease

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on May 22, 2015, shows the mouth of the Agano River in the central Japan city of Niigata. Mercury-tainted wastewater discharged by a Showa Denko K.K. plant into the river caused Niigata Minamata Disease, which was officially confirmed a half century ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SNAPSHOT: 50 yrs since confirmation of Niigata Minamata Disease

Photo taken May 6, 2015, in the central Japan town of Aga shows a drain outlet from which mercury-tainted wastewater entered the Agano River, causing Niigata Minamata Disease. While a half century has passed since "the second Minamata disease" was officially confirmed, the whole picture of the tragedy has not yet been clarified. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mega solar power station in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Gov. Hirohiko Izumida (L) visits a mega solar power station in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, on Sept. 23, 2011. The Niigata prefectural government hopes to begin operation of the power plant in late October. Attention to solar power has increased in Japan due to power supply constraints stemming from the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Downpour leaves houses inundated in Aga, Niigata Prefecture, in a photo from a Kyoto News helicopter on July 30, 2011. Seen on top R is the Agano River. (Kyodo)

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Downpour hits Niigata

AGA, Japan - The Agano River is swollen due to downpour in the town of Aga, Niigata Prefecture, on July 29, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Election under coronavirus pandemic

Disinfectant is placed at a polling station in Agano, Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, for a municipal election on April 19, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo