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Japanese H3 rocket fails to put satellite into orbit

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency project manager Makoto Arita attends a press conference at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 22, 2025, after a Japanese H3 rocket failed to deliver the Michibiki No. 5 satellite into the target orbit.

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Japanese H3 rocket fails to put satellite into orbit

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency project manager Makoto Arita attends a press conference at the Tanegashima Space Center in Minamitane, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 22, 2025, after a Japanese H3 rocket failed to deliver the Michibiki No. 5 satellite into the target orbit.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Saga

Japan's Princess Kako visits the Kyushu Ceramic Museum in the town of Arita in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Saga

Japan's Princess Kako visits the Kyushu Ceramic Museum in the town of Arita in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Saga

Japan's Princess Kako visits the Kyushu Ceramic Museum in the town of Arita in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Saga

Japan's Princess Kako visits the Kyushu Ceramic Museum in the town of Arita in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Paris Paralympics: Boccia

Grigorios Polychronidis of Greece releases a ball from a ramp during a men's boccia BC3 individual preliminary round Pool D match against Japan's Masayuki Arita at the Paris Paralympics on Aug. 30, 2024, at South Paris Arena in the French capital.

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Princess Kako visits Arita pottery

Japanese Princess Kako visits an Arita ware pottery in Arita in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 8, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako visits Arita pottery

Japanese Princess Kako visits an Arita ware pottery in Arita in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 8, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako visits Arita pottery shop

Japanese Princess Kako gets a briefing about Arita ware from living national treasure Imaizumi Imaemon during a visit to his pottery shop in Arita in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 8, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako visits Arita pottery shop

Japanese Princess Kako gets a briefing about Arita ware from living national treasure Imaizumi Imaemon during a visit to his pottery shop in Arita in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 8, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako visits Arita pottery

Japanese Princess Kako visits an Arita ware pottery in Arita in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 8, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Japanese Novelist Yukio Mishima (C) attends a press conference, alongside Japanese novelist Sei Ito (R) and a lawyer, on Sept. 28, 1964, following a Tokyo District Court ruling ordering Mishima to pay 800,000 yen to Japan's former Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita. The court said the 1960 publication of Mishima's book "After the Banquet" so closely followed the events surrounding Arita's campaign to become governor of Tokyo that it violated the politician's privacy. The case is renowned as Japan's landmark judicial recognition of the right to privacy versus freedom of expression. The photo is taken from the book "The Chronicle: 70 years of postwar Japan (4) -- 1960-64 In the heat of the moment --," compiled by Kyodo News.(Kyodo)

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Saga begins culling of 73,000 chickens after detecting bird flu

SAGA, Japan - Wearing white protective gear, workers cull chickens on Jan. 18, 2015, at a poultry farm in Arita, Saga Prefecture, where the prefectural government confirmed a bird flu outbreak. The government began culling about 72,900 chickens at two farms in the town.

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Saga begins culling of 73,000 chickens after detecting bird flu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Workers wearing white protective gear carry chickens on Jan. 18, 2015, outside a poultry farm in Arita, Saga Prefecture, where the prefectural government confirmed a bird flu outbreak. The government began culling about 72,900 chickens at two farms in the town.

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Saga begins culling of 73,000 chickens after detecting bird flu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Workers wearing white protective gear carry chickens on Jan. 18, 2015, outside a poultry farm in Arita, Saga Prefecture, where the prefectural government confirmed a bird flu outbreak. The government began culling about 72,900 chickens at two farms in the town.

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Inn in Dogo Onsen with sliding doors of water plant design

MATSUYAMA, Japan - An inn in the Dogo Onsen hot springs resort in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, unveils a room with sliding doors of a water plant design used for Arita-yaki porcelain on April 8, 2014, before the opening of the Dogo Onsenart 2014 art festival on April 10.

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Arita pottery tradition

SAGA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 7, 2014, shows Sakaida Kakiemon XV, who assumed the title for Arita pottery in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in February 2014.

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Japanese lawmaker visits N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Yoshifu Arita speaks to reporters at Beijing airport en route back to Tokyo from North Korea on Oct. 27, 2012. Arita made a five-day visit to North Korea that included a visit to two sites in Pyongyang believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula around the end of World War II.

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Porcelain bullet train

SAGA, Japan - An Arita-ware miniature model of a bullet train is unveiled to the media on March 8, 2011, in Saga City in the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan. The porcelain model is one-87th the size of the actual bullet train to be used on the new ''Sakura'' (cherry blossom) train service which will connect Kyushu and western Japan when it starts on March 12. The model will be displayed at Shintosu Station in Saga Prefecture.

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Porcelain bullet train

SAGA, Japan - An Arita-ware miniature model of a bullet train is unveiled to the media on March 8, 2011, in Saga City in the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan. The porcelain model is one-87th the size of the actual bullet train to be used on the new ''Sakura'' (cherry blossom) train service which will connect Kyushu and western Japan when it starts on March 12. The model will be displayed at Shintosu Station in Saga Prefecture.

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Ex-Nagano Gov. Tanaka declares candidacy for upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Nagano Gov. and New Party Nippon leader Yasuo Tanaka (R) officially declares his candidacy for July's House of Councillors election as his party's proportional-representation candidate at a press conference in Tokyo on June 4. Tanaka also announced the party's decision to field journalist Yoshifu Arita (L) as another proportional-representation candidate.

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'Way-out' designs re-ignite Arita ware industry

ARITA, Japan - Grand prizewinning ''reversible'' dishes, marketed under the brand name ''bloom'' in February 2007, are produced in the town of Arita, Saga Prefecture.

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Shipment of quality oranges in peak in Wakayama Pref.

ARITA, Japan - Women workers are busy packing high-quality oranges in Arita, Wakayama Prefecture, on Dec. 3 with shipment reaching its peak.

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Living national treasure, ceramic artist Imaizumi dies

SAGA, Japan - Photo taken in April 1999 shows ceramic artist Imaizumi Imaemon XIII putting color on a piece of pottery at his workroom in Arita, Saga Prefecture. He died Oct. 13 at age 75 of a heart attack at his home in Arita, one of the largest ceramic production centers in Japan. He was awarded the title of Living National Treasure in 1989 for his Nabeshima ware.

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Arita claims gold in East Asian Games taekwondo final

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mitsushige Arita (L) battles with Australia's Adam Wright in the men's taekwondo 80-kilogram final at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on May 21, the third day of competition at the East Asian Games. Arita downed Wright 3-1 to clinch the gold medal.

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Ex-Nagano Gov. Tanaka declares candidacy for upper house electio

TOKYO, Japan - Former Nagano Gov. and New Party Nippon leader Yasuo Tanaka (R) officially declares his candidacy for July's House of Councillors election as his party's proportional-representation candidate at a press conference in Tokyo on June 4. Tanaka also announced the party's decision to field journalist Yoshifu Arita (L) as another proportional-representation candidate. (Kyodo)

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Coffee-serving taxi gains popularity in southwestern Japan

Arita Taxi President Shigetoshi Mieda sits inside the "Barista Taxi" in Arita, in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Saga on Feb. 8, 2016. The nine-seat taxi has gained popularity among passengers as the driver serves coffee, freshly brewed inside the vehicle, in local specialty Arita porcelain cups for free. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Coffee-serving taxi gains popularity in southwestern Japan

Shigetoshi Mieda, president of Arita Taxi, stands in front of the "Barista Taxi" in Arita, in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Saga, on Feb. 8, 2016. The nine-seat taxi has gained popularity among passengers as the driver serves coffee, freshly brewed inside the vehicle, in local specialty Arita porcelain cups for free. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional art attracts visitors at Expo Milano 2015

A boy visiting the Japan Pavilion of Expo Milano 2015 on May 31, 2015, holds toys made of Arita ware in capsules. The traditional art and beauty of the ceramic art produced in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Saga was well received. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional art attracts visitors at Expo Milano 2015

Children visiting the Japan Pavilion of Expo Milano 2015 on May 31, 2015, pay attention to a demonstration of making Arita ware on a potter's wheel. The traditional art and beauty of the ceramic art produced in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Saga was well received. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire under control at oil plant in Wakayama Pref.

Work continues to extinguish a fire at a TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. oil refinery in Arita, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, in this photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on the morning of Jan. 23, 2017, after it broke out around 3:50 p.m. the previous day. About 3,000 residents who were told to evacuate the neighborhood were allowed to return to their homes in the early hours. No one was injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fire at oil plant in Wakayama Pref., 3,000 people urged to evacuate

Waters is sprayed on a TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. refinery in the city of Arita, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan after a fire broke out on Jan. 22, 2017. Local authorities urged nearly 3,000 local residents to evacuate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Saga stresses unknown attractions as it tackles low tourist appeal

Potter Yoshie Urakawa holds an Arita porcelain plate made by her at her shop in the town of Arita, Saga Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cool Japan Fund to invest 100 million yen in Paris-based firm

Traditional craft products from various regions in Japan, such as "Arita-yaki" porcelain (R) from southwestern Japan's Saga Prefecture and "Boshu uchiwa" paper fans (upper C) from eastern Japan's Chiba Prefecture, that are promoted and sold by Paris-based company SAS ENIS in the French capital are shown on Nov. 12, 2015, in Tokyo. Cool Japan Fund Inc., a public-private fund aimed at boosting overseas demand for Japanese products and services, announced the same day it will invest about 100 million yen in the company to establish a platform for regional Japanese companies to take on the European market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gorgeous Arita porcelain fountain pens

Photo taken in the town of Arita in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 15, 2015, shows colorful Arita porcelain fountain pens made developed in collaboration with Sailor Pen Co., kilns Koransha Co. and Gen-emon Co., and Saga Cardboard Firm. The year 2016 will mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of Arita porcelain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Arita porcelain fountain pens developed

Keizo Ishikawa, president of Saga Cardboard Firm, holds Arita porcelain fountain pens in the town of Arita in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 15, 2015. The pens were developed in collaboration with Sailor Pen Co., kilns Koransha Co. and Gen-emon Co., and the cardboard firm. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese porcelain cases displayed at cosmetics trade fair in Paris

Visitors view Japanese porcelain cases for cosmetics, including famed Arita-yaki pottery products, on display at a cosmetics trade fair in Paris on Oct. 15, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shipment of quality oranges in peak in Wakayama Pref.

ARITA, Japan - Women workers are busy packing high-quality oranges in Arita, Wakayama Prefecture, on Dec. 3 with shipment reaching its peak. (Kyodo)

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Reporter visits world's coldest place

YAKUTSK, Russia - A Landscape of snow and ice on the outskirts of Oymyakon village in Russia's Sakha Republic in Eastern Siberia. This photo was taken by Tsukasa Arita. (Kyodo)

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Porcelain bullet train

SAGA, Japan - An Arita-ware miniature model of a bullet train is unveiled to the media on March 8, 2011, in Saga City in the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan. The porcelain model is one-87th the size of the actual bullet train to be used on the new ''Sakura'' (cherry blossom) train service which will connect Kyushu and western Japan when it starts on March 12. The model will be displayed at Shintosu Station in Saga Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Porcelain bullet train

SAGA, Japan - An Arita-ware miniature model of a bullet train is unveiled to the media on March 8, 2011, in Saga City in the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan. The porcelain model is one-87th the size of the actual bullet train to be used on the new ''Sakura'' (cherry blossom) train service which will connect Kyushu and western Japan when it starts on March 12. The model will be displayed at Shintosu Station in Saga Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Saga begins culling of 73,000 chickens after detecting bird flu

SAGA, Japan - Wearing white protective gear, workers cull chickens on Jan. 18, 2015, at a poultry farm in Arita, Saga Prefecture, where the prefectural government confirmed a bird flu outbreak. The government began culling about 72,900 chickens at two farms in the town. (Kyodo)

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Living national treasure, ceramic artist Imaizumi dies

SAGA, Japan - Photo taken in April 1999 shows ceramic artist Imaizumi Imaemon XIII putting color on a piece of pottery at his workroom in Arita, Saga Prefecture. He died Oct. 13 at age 75 of a heart attack at his home in Arita, one of the largest ceramic production centers in Japan. He was awarded the title of Living National Treasure in 1989 for his Nabeshima ware.

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Arita claims gold in East Asian Games taekwondo final

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mitsushige Arita (L) battles with Australia's Adam Wright in the men's taekwondo 80-kilogram final at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on May 21, the third day of competition at the East Asian Games. Arita downed Wright 3-1 to clinch the gold medal.