M6.6 earthquake hits western Japan

M6.6 earthquake hits western Japan

Photo taken April 18, 2024, shows collapsed tombstones in Ainan in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit a wide area of western Japan the previous night.

M6.6 earthquake hits western Japan

M6.6 earthquake hits western Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a partially collapsed stone wall in Ainan in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on April 18, 2024, after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit a wide area of western Japan the previous night.

M6.6 earthquake hits western Japan

M6.6 earthquake hits western Japan

Photo shows a partially collapsed stone wall in Ainan in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on April 18, 2024, after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit a wide area of western Japan the previous night.

M6.6 earthquake hits western Japan

M6.6 earthquake hits western Japan

Photo taken April 18, 2024, shows a fallen glass window at an elementary school in Ainan in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit a wide area of western Japan the previous night.

Ehime fish breeder successfully farms prized 'fugu' blowfish

Ehime fish breeder successfully farms prized 'fugu' blowfish

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Toshiyasu Yoshimura, president of Optima Foods Corp., holds a cultured ''torafugu'' blowfish at his firm in Ainan, Ehime Prefecture, on July 12, 2009.

Scholar seeking to farm substitute for bluefin tuna

Scholar seeking to farm substitute for bluefin tuna

Rie Goto, an associate professor at Ehime University, holds an eastern little tuna on Feb. 25, 2015. She has been engaged in a project at the Japanese national university's fisheries research center in Ainan Town, Ehime Prefecture, to farm the fish as a substitute for bluefin tuna. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo