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Tanabata festival in Sendai

Paper cranes folded by people wishing for the early reconstruction from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in eastern Japan are hung in front of a department store in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2025, as the annual Sendai Tanabata Festival begins for a three-day run.

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Tanabata festival in Sendai

Paper cranes folded by people wishing for the early reconstruction from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in eastern Japan are hung in front of a department store in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2025, as the annual Sendai Tanabata Festival begins for a three-day run.

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'Barefoot Gen' marks 40th anniversary of publication

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken July 6, 2011, shows the late Keiji Nakazawa, author of "Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen)," a Japanese manga series describing the life of a 6-year-old boy called Gen before and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. The series marked the 40th anniversary of its publication in 2013. Nakazawa died in December 2012.

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Tsunami debris on U.S. shores

PORTLAND, United States - Azusa Kojima (L) and Hiroshi Kaneko of the Japan Environmental Action Network meet with U.S. groups on how to collaborate over the problem of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami landing on North American shores in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 6, 2012.

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Air guitar competition in tsunami-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An air guitar competition is held in Sendai, one of the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012. The winner will represent Japan at the Aug. 22-24 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.

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Air guitar competition in tsunami-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An air guitar competition is held in Sendai, one of the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012. The winner will represent Japan at the Aug. 22-24 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.

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Air guitar competition in tsunami-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An air guitar competition is held in Sendai, one of the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012. The winner will represent Japan at the Aug. 22-24 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.

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A-bomb surviving bonsai from Hiroshima

KYOTO, Japan - A man marvels at a bonsai tree which survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, at an exhibition in Kyoto on Nov. 25, 2011. It was the public debut of the black pine tree, estimated to be 300-400 years old, which was placed at about 2.5 kilometers from the hypocenter of the atomic blast on Aug. 6, 1945.

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Boeing 787 'Dreamliner'

EVERETT, United States - Photo taken Aug. 6, 2011, shows Boeing Co.'s advanced B-787 aircraft called the ''Dreamliner'' in Everett in the state of Washington. All Nippon Airways Co. is scheduled to receive contractual delivery of the first 787 at the Boeing plant in the U.S. city on Sept. 25, 2011, Pacific Daylight Time, followed by a commemoration ceremony the next day. The aircraft is scheduled to arrive at Haneda international airport in Tokyo on Sept. 28, Japan time. ANA plans to launch domestic flight services with the Dreamliner from November.

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Japan's Ito defeated in 1st round of U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Tatsuma Ito returns the ball to Feliciano Lopez of Spain in a men's singles first-round match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 31, 2011. Ito was defeated by Lopez 2-6, 4-6, 4-6.

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Cirstea-Morita advance to 2nd round of U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Ayumi Morita of Japan (L) and Sorana Cirstea of Russia celebrate after defeating Australian pair Casey Dellacqua and Rennae Stubbs 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in a women's doubles first-round match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 31, 2011. Morita and Cirstea will meet Spanish pair Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the second round.

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Ichiro hits in 13th consecutive game

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki doubles to right in the seventh inning with the bases loaded and two outs in a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on Aug. 30, 2011, extending his hitting streak to a 13th consecutive game. The Angels won the game 13-6.

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Indians' Fukudome gets 2 RBIs against Athletics

CLEVELAND, United States - Kosuke Fukudome of the Cleveland Indians doubles to right-center in the third inning of a game against the Oakland Athletics at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 30, 2011. Fukudome went 1-for-4 with two RBIs as the Indians won 6-2.

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Date Krumm loses in 1st round of U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm plays against Silvia Soler-Espinosa of Spain in her first-round match in the women's singles at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 30, 2011. Soler-Espinosa won the match 7-6(5), 7-6(2).

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Athletics' Matsui vs. Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Oakland Athletics singles to right in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 30, 2011. Matsui went 2-for-4, extending his hitting streak to a 5th consecutive game. The Indians won 6-2.

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Chernova wins heptathlon at world c'ships

DAEGU, South Korea - Russia's Tatyana Chernova waves to spectators as they applaud her for winning the women's heptathlon at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 30, 2011. Chernova finished with 6,880 points.

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Sharapova advances to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Heather Watson of Britain in her first round match of the women's singles at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 29, 2011. Sharapova advanced to the second round by beating Watson 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

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Japan's Soeda at U.S. Open tennis

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Go Soeda plays against Kevin Anderson of South Africa in a men's singles first round match of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 29, 2011. Anderson defeated Soeda 6-1, 6-3, 6-0.

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Sharapova advances to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Heather Watson of Britain in her first round match of the women's singles at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 29, 2011. Sharapova advanced to the second round by beating Watson 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki (L) steals second base in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Aug. 24, 2011. Ichiro went 2-for-6 with an RBI in a 9-2 victory.

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Niigata reactor to be suspended for checkup

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2009 shows (from front L) the No. 5, 6 and 7 reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Aug. 22, 2011, that the No. 7 reactor at the plant will be suspended the following morning for an 83-day scheduled checkup.

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Flood-hit N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2011 shows a railroad, which were partially swept away by heavy rain and flooding in late July, near a farm in Hwanghaenam Province, North Korea.

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Flood-hit N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People work to reconstruct an area near a farm in Hwanghaenam Province, North Korea on Aug. 6, 2011. The area was hit by heavy rain and flooding in late July.

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Engagement, wedding ring sales rise

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a jewelry shop inside a department store in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2011. Sales of engagement and wedding rings have increased sharply at major department stores in Sendai in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, with many couples apparently buying them as a proof of ties deepened by the disaster.

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Fukushima at NEC Karuizawa 72

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Akiko Fukushima takes her second shot on the 11th hole during the first round of the NEC Karuizawa 72 in Nagano Prefecture on Aug. 12, 2011. Fukushima shot a 6-under 66 to hold a two-stroke lead after the first round.

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Ex-DPJ chief Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa speaks during a meeting of some House of Councillors members at a Diet building in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2011. The Tokyo District Court decided the same day to hold the first hearing of Ozawa's trial over alleged false reporting by his political fund management body on Oct. 6.

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China's 1st aircraft carrier on sea trials

BEIJING, China - China's first aircraft carrier Varyag is seen anchored at a dock at Dalian port on Aug. 6, 2011. The Soviet-built conventional-power warship left for sea trials on Aug. 10, after having been under repair and refitting at the port since 2002.

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Ex-Japanese Foreign Minister Maehara on Etorofu

NEMURO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (2nd from R) speaks with a local reporter on Etorofu Island, one of four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido, on Aug. 6, 2011. He was visiting the island under a bilateral visa-free exchange program.

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U.N. chief Ban in interview

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at Kennedy international airport in New York on Aug. 6, 2011. Ban said in the interview that Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan is eager to attend the United Nations' high-level meeting on nuclear safety and security on Sept. 22, indicating the premier's ambition to stay in office longer than he has indicated.

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Boeing unveils Dreamliner for delivery to ANA

EVERETT, United States - U.S. aircraft maker Boeing and Japanese airline All Nippon Airways unveil the first 787 Dreamliner to be delivered to ANA, at Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington on Aug. 6, 2011. ANA will be the first airline in the world to begin commercial flights using the state-of-the-art aircraft.

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Boeing unveils Dreamliner for delivery to ANA

EVERETT, United States - U.S. aircraft maker Boeing and Japanese airline All Nippon Airways unveil the first 787 Dreamliner to be delivered to ANA, at Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington on Aug. 6, 2011. ANA will be the first airline in the world to begin commercial flights using the state-of-the-art aircraft.

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Boeing unveils Dreamliner for delivery to ANA

EVERETT, United States - U.S. aircraft maker Boeing produces 787 Dreamliners at its factory in Everett, Washington on Aug. 6, 2011. The Japanese airline All Nippon Airways will be the first airline in the world to begin commercial flights of the state-of-the-art aircraft.

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Bruce Lee's coat auctioned off

HONG KONG, China - Greg Manning (R), a memorabilia trader from the United States, poses for photos with his wife in Hong Kong on Aug. 6, 2011, shortly after successfully bidding for a fur-lined blue costume coat (worn by his wife) that belonged to kung fu legend Bruce Lee for HK$600,000. Manning said the price was a lot less than he had expected to pay.

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Piano that survived atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese pianist Mami Hagiwara is pictured with a piano that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in Mazda Stadium in the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack. To mark the anniversary, a concert was held before a night game between the Hiroshima Carp and the Yomiuri Giants at the stadium, with Hagiwara, a 24-year-old Hiroshima native who won first prize in the piano division of the Geneva International Music Competition in 2010, playing the piano.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People float lanterns carrying peace messages on the Motoyasu River near the Atomic Bomb Dome (in the background) in Hiroshima on the night of Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city, to console the souls of those who died in the river after rushing there for water following the attack.

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Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

NAHA, Japan - Pacita Okuma (R), a 69-year-old second-generation Japanese-Filipino, lays her hand on the shoulder of Manzo Okuma, her 95-year-old Japanese father, at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 6, 2011. The father, who immigrated to the Philippines before World War II and married a local woman, was reunited with his daughter for the first time in 66 years after he was deported to Japan after the war.

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Japanese film director Shindo's new work

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese movie director Kaneto Shindo, holding flowers, gives a speech on the stage at a theater in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 2011, when his latest work ''Ichimai no Hagaki'' (A Postcard) premiered.

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Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

NAHA, Japan - Pacita Okuma (R), a 69-year-old second-generation Japanese-Filipino, smiles at Manzo Okuma, her 95-year-old Japanese father, at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 6, 2011. The father, who immigrated to the Philippines before World War II and married a local woman, was reunited with his daughter for the first time in 66 years after he was deported to Japan after the war.

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Japanese film director Shindo's new work

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese movie director Kaneto Shindo receives applause as he heads for the stage at a theater in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 2011, when his latest work ''Ichimai no Hagaki'' (A Postcard) premiered.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman participating in a ceremony in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to commemorate the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city, offers a prayer at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the exact moment of the attack 66 years ago.

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Culture festival starts in Brazil to support Japan

PETROPOLIS, Brazil - Brazilian children wave Japanese national flags in a square where a Japanese Shinto shrine gate stands in Petropolis, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, on Aug. 6, 2011. They were attending the opening ceremony of a festival of Japanese culture to support Japan's efforts to rebuild after the March 11 disaster. The festival will run through Aug. 28.

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Japanese film director Shindo's new work

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese movie director Kaneto Shindo gives a speech on the stage at a theater in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 2011, when his latest work ''Ichimai no Hagaki'' (A Postcard) premiered.

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World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Participants of the World Cosplay Summit 2011 strike poses at the Osu Kannon temple in Nagoya, central Japan, on Aug. 6, 2011. Around 500 cosplayers from Japan and 16 other countries are taking part in the three-day event that began the same day.

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World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Participants of the World Cosplay Summit 2011 strike poses at the Osu Kannon temple in Nagoya, central Japan, on Aug. 6, 2011. Around 500 cosplayers from Japan and 16 other countries are taking part in the three-day event that began the same day.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R, front) and other people participating in a ceremony in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to commemorate the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city, offer prayers at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the exact moment of the attack 66 years ago.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman prays in front of the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city at 3:55 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at a press conference in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman prays in front of the Children's Peace Monument, dedicated to the child victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city at 4:30 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack.

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Demonstration against nuclear power plants in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Demonstrators take to the streets in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, calling for the closure of nuclear power plants.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People pray in front of the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city at 6:24 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack.