2 workers die at Fukushima Daiichi, Daini nuclear plants

2 workers die at Fukushima Daiichi, Daini nuclear plants

NARAHA, Japan - Senior officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co., including Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant chief Akira Ono (C), bow during a press conference on Jan. 20, 2015, in the northeastern Japanese city of Naraha, as two workers died in separate accidents at the Daiichi plant and the nearby Daini complex, despite TEPCO's pledge to improve working conditions at the site of the 2011 nuclear disaster.

All fuel removed from Fukushima Daiichi No. 4 unit pool

All fuel removed from Fukushima Daiichi No. 4 unit pool

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Akira Ono, chief of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, answers questions from reporters on Dec. 20, 2014, after plant workers finished removing all fuel rods from the spent fuel pool of the No. 4 reactor building, a major step in decommissioning efforts. (Pool photo)

TEPCO shows ALPS water treatment system at Fukushima plant

TEPCO shows ALPS water treatment system at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Ono, manager of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, answers reporters' questions on Oct. 16, 2014, as he shows the press parts of a radioactive water treatment system known as an advanced liquid processing system, or ALPS, and other devices at the crippled plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

Fukushima nuclear plant

Fukushima nuclear plant

OKUMA, Japan - Akira Ono, chief of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, answers reporters' questions in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. (Pool photo)

Recreation center opens for Fukushima plant workers

Recreation center opens for Fukushima plant workers

Akira Ono (L), head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, answers reporters' questions at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture, on June 1, 2015, regarding a nine-story recreation center that opened the same day within the plant premises. The facility houses a cafeteria for workers decommissioning the plant and a space where a total of 1,200 workers can rest. About 7,000 workers work daily at the plant struck by nuclear meltdowns triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Fukushima Daiichi workers receive hot meals

Fukushima Daiichi workers receive hot meals

Akira Ono (2nd from L), head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, eats curry and rice with pork cutlet at a cafeteria of the complex on March 31, 2015. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the complex, opened a facility near the plant the same day to prepare hot meals for workers in charge of decommissioning the plant hit by a nuclear crisis stemming from the March 2011 devastating tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

All fuel removed from Fukushima Daiichi No. 4 unit pool

All fuel removed from Fukushima Daiichi No. 4 unit pool

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Akira Ono, chief of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, answers questions from reporters on Dec. 20, 2014, after plant workers finished removing all fuel rods from the spent fuel pool of the No. 4 reactor building, a major step in decommissioning efforts. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

Rugby: 2019 World Cup promotional event

Rugby: 2019 World Cup promotional event

Hitoshi Ono (L), a member of Japan's national rugby team at the 2015 World Cup in England, poses for a photo with the World Cup trophy, together with Rob Abernethy (2nd from L), executive director of the 2019 World Cup in Japan, Akira Shimazu (2nd from R), CEO of the 2019 World Cup organizing committee , and Kensuke Hatakeyama, another member of Japan's 2015 World Cup team, at a promotional event held in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2019, 50 days before the opening of the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo