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Tsunami-hit city makes DVD to pass on lessons to future

SENDAI, Japan - Shuichi Atsumi, head of a municipal library in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, shows on Dec. 3, 2014, two DVDs produced by the northeastern Japan city aimed at passing on to future generations the lessons from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, which killed about 1,100 people in the city. The not-for-sale DVDs -- 3,000 copies in Japanese and 1,000 copies in English -- have been donated to public libraries nationwide as well as to local and overseas support groups.

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Rescued Japanese divers return home

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - (From R) Nahomi Tomita, Aya Morizono and Atsumi Yoshidome arrive at Kansai International Airport near Osaka, western Japan, from Indonesia on Feb. 21, 2014. Five Japanese women, including the three, were found and rescued Feb. 17 on the shore of an island near the Indonesian resort island of Bali after their group of seven Japanese women went missing while scuba diving off the island on Feb. 14. Of the two remaining women, one was found dead and the other remains unaccounted for.

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Rescued Japanese divers leave Bali hospital

BALI, Indonesia - (From R) Nahomi Tomita, Atsumi Yoshidome, Emi Yamamoto and Aya Morizono are pictured during a press conference after being discharged from hospital on the Indonesian island of Bali on Feb. 20, 2014. The four and another Japanese woman were found and rescued Feb. 17 on the shore of an island near Bali after their group of seven Japanese women disappeared while scuba diving off the island on Feb. 14. Of the two remaining women, one was found dead and the other remains unaccounted for.

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Rescued Japanese divers leave Bali hospital

BALI, Indonesia - (From R) Nahomi Tomita, Atsumi Yoshidome, Emi Yamamoto and Aya Morizono end a press conference after being discharged from hospital on the Indonesian island of Bali on Feb. 20, 2014. The four and another Japanese woman were found and rescued Feb. 17 on the shore of an island near Bali after their group of seven Japanese women disappeared while scuba diving off the island on Feb. 14. Of the two remaining women, one was found dead and the other remains unaccounted for.

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Rescued Japanese divers leave Bali hospital

BALI, Indonesia - Photo shows Atsumi Yoshidome during a press conference with three other Japanese women after being discharged from hospital on the Indonesian island of Bali on Feb. 20, 2014. The four and another Japanese woman were found and rescued Feb. 17 on the shore of an island near Bali after their group of seven Japanese women disappeared while scuba diving off the island on Feb. 14. Of the two remaining women, one was found dead and the other remains unaccounted for.

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Rscued Japanese divers leave Bali hospital

BALI, Indonesia - (From R) Nahomi Tomita, Atsumi Yoshidome, Emi Yamamoto and Aya Morizono bow during a press conference after being discharged from hospital on the Indonesian island of Bali on Feb. 20, 2014. The four and another Japanese woman were found and rescued Feb. 17 on the shore of an island near Bali after their group of seven Japanese women disappeared while scuba diving off the island on Feb. 14. Of the two remaining women, one was found dead and the other remains unaccounted for.

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Rescued Japanese divers leave Bali hospital

BALI, Indonesia - (From R) Nahomi Tomita, Atsumi Yoshidome, Emi Yamamoto and Aya Morizono are pictured during a press conference after being discharged from hospital on the Indonesian island of Bali on Feb. 20, 2014. The four and another Japanese woman were found and rescued Feb. 17 on the shore of an island near Bali after their group of seven Japanese women disappeared while scuba diving off the island on Feb. 14. Of the two remaining women, one was found dead and the other remains unaccounted for.

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5 missing Japanese divers rescued off Bali

DENPASAR, Indonesia - Photo taken Feb. 17, 2014, shows a hospital in Bali, Indonesia, to which Japanese divers Aya Morizono, Emi Yamamoto, Nahomi Tomita and Atsumi Yoshidome were transferred after being rescued off the island. Rescuers found and rescued five of seven Japanese women the same day, four days after they went missing while scuba diving off the island.

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Japan's construction industry

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 2013 in Sendai, Japan, shows Kazuki Kosaka, a 22-year-old employee of construction contractor Atsumi Kensetsu. The construction industry in Japan faces a lack of young workers like Kosaka.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu beginning preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific off the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu beginning preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific off the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012.

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Pakistan premier offers condolences

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani (R) shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador in Pakistan Chihiro Atsumi in the Japanese Embassy in Islamabad on March 14, 2011. The prime minister visited the embassy to offer condolences over the loss of lives in the March 11 catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan.

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Artificially raised sea turtle released to open sea

NAGOYA, Japan - Researchers at an aquarium in Aichi Prefecture on Oct. 17 release a 17-year-old green sea turtle raised in captivity to see how it adapts to living in the ocean. The researchers at Minamichita Beachland Aquarium in the town of Mihama attached an electronic transmitter on the carapace of the female turtle before releasing it into the sea at a beach in the town of Atsumi on the Pacific Ocean coast.

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Tokyo Olympics: Softball

Japanese shortstop Mana Atsumi (top) turns a double play against the United States in the second inning of the Tokyo Olympic softball gold medal game on July 27, 2021, at Yokohama baseball stadium near Tokyo. (Kyodo)(SELECTION) ==Kyodo

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Director Yamada attends event featuring movie icon "Tora-san"

Yoji Yamada (5th from L), a Japanese film director known for his "Otoko wa Tsuraiyo" (It's Tough Being a Man) series, attends an opening ceremony for the first "Tora-san summit" event at the Shibamata Taishakuten temple in downtown Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2015. The area is where the film's main character "Tora-san," played by the late actor Kiyoshi Atsumi, had his home. The two-day event brought together food and alcoholic beverages from locations across Japan where the 48-episode series was shot. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Men in costume of film icon "Tora-san" pose before Tokyo temple

Wearing the signature costume of movie icon "Tora-san," men strike a pose in front of the famed Shibamata Taishakuten Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2015. Tora-san is a kind-hearted vagabond in the popular Japanese movie series "Otoko wa Tsuraiyo" (It's Tough Being a Man), starring the late Kiyoshi Atsumi, and a two-day "Tora-san summit" event was held through the following day in an area around the temple where Tora-san had his home. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Director Yamada speaks at event featuring movie icon "Tora-san"

Yoji Yamada, a Japanese film director known for his "Otoko wa Tsuraiyo" (It's Tough Being a Man) series, delivers a speech at a ceremony opening the first "Tora-san summit" event at the Shibamata Taishakuten temple in downtown Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2015. The area is where the film's main character "Tora-san," played by the late actor Kiyoshi Atsumi, had his home. The two-day event brought together food and alcoholic beverages from locations across Japan where the 48-episode series was shot. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pakistan premier offers condolences

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani (R) shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador in Pakistan Chihiro Atsumi in the Japanese Embassy in Islamabad on March 14, 2011. The prime minister visited the embassy to offer condolences over the loss of lives in the March 11 catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. (Kyodo)

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu beginning preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific off the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu beginning preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific off the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 15, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Tsunami-hit city makes DVD to pass on lessons to future

SENDAI, Japan - Shuichi Atsumi, head of a municipal library in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, shows on Dec. 3, 2014, two DVDs produced by the northeastern Japan city aimed at passing on to future generations the lessons from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, which killed about 1,100 people in the city. The not-for-sale DVDs -- 3,000 copies in Japanese and 1,000 copies in English -- have been donated to public libraries nationwide as well as to local and overseas support groups. (Kyodo)

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Kindai Univ. apologizes for cannabis use by soccer club members

Kindai University vice president Hisao Atsumi (C) speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 5, 2020. The university said at least five members of its soccer club were found to have used cannabis.

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Kindai Univ. apologizes for cannabis use by soccer club members

Kindai University vice president Hisao Atsumi (L) speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 5, 2020. The university said at least five members of its soccer club were found to have used cannabis.

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Kindai Univ. apologizes for cannabis use by soccer club members

Kindai University vice president Hisao Atsumi (C) bows at a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 5, 2020. University officials apologized after at least five members of its soccer club were found to have used cannabis.

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Kindai Univ. apologizes for cannabis use by soccer club members

Kindai University vice president Hisao Atsumi (L) speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 5, 2020. The university said at least five members of its soccer club were found to have used cannabis.

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Masks made of bra material

Photo taken in Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on April 3, 2020, shows face masks produced by women's underwear manufacturer Atsumi Fashion Co. using bra cup fabric. Atsumi Fashion is one of many companies that started mask production in response to shortages amid the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese actress Machiko Kyo

File photo taken in November 1976 shows Japanese actress Machiko Kyo (L) and actor Kiyoshi Atsumi. Kyo, who starred in Akira Kurosawa's award-winning 1950 film "Rashomon," died on May 12, 2019, aged 95. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese city sets fresh "flowing noodle" record

Atsumi Kitatani (L), who organized an event to challenge the Guinness World Record for flowing noodles in water down a line of bamboo gutters, holds up a Guinness World Record certificate in Gose, western Japan, on Aug. 27, 2016. The city in Nara Prefecture succeeded in setting a new world record of 3,317 meters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Artificially raised sea turtle released to open sea

NAGOYA, Japan - Researchers at an aquarium in Aichi Prefecture on Oct. 17 release a 17-year-old green sea turtle raised in captivity to see how it adapts to living in the ocean. The researchers at Minamichita Beachland Aquarium in the town of Mihama attached an electronic transmitter on the carapace of the female turtle before releasing it into the sea at a beach in the town of Atsumi on the Pacific Ocean coast.

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Japanese challengers for America's Cup unveiled

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese challengers for the America's Cup race in New Zealand this fall, Ashura (L) and Idaten (R), on a demonstration run in Atsumi Bay on July 20 after being launched in ceremonies at Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture

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Japanese challengers for America's Cup unveiled

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese challengers for the America's Cup race in New Zealand this fall, Ashura (L) and Idaten (R), on a demonstration run in Atsumi Bay on July 20 after being launched in ceremonies at Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture