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Debris extraction work restarts at Fukushima plant

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2024, shows Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima. The plant's operator restarted on Sept. 10, 2024, work to retrieve a small amount of melted fuel from one of its stricken reactors after its first attempt was suspended in August due to setup complications.

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Debris extraction work restarts at Fukushima plant

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2024, shows Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima. The plant's operator restarted on Sept. 10, 2024, work to retrieve a small amount of melted fuel from one of its stricken reactors after its first attempt was suspended in August due to setup complications.

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Cambodia's Hun Sen resigns, son Hun Manet endorsed as PM

Former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen reacts during a press conference at the National Assembly after his eldest son, Hun Manet, was endorsed as the country's new prime minister in Phnom Penh on August 22, 2023. Hun Sen, having served as the premier for 38 years, stepped down earlier in the day.

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Industrial complex in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima town

Photo taken on April 22, 2023, shows a towel shop housed in an industrial complex that opened the same day in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, following the partial lifting of an evacuation order in August 2022.

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Industrial complex in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima town

Photo taken on April 22, 2023, shows a cafe housed in an industrial complex that opened the same day in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, following the partial lifting of an evacuation order in August 2022.

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Industrial complex in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima town

An industrial complex housing a twisted yarn factory, a towel shop and a cafe opens in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on April 22, 2023, following the partial lifting of an evacuation order in August 2022.

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Boxing: Former Olympic, WBA middleweight champ Murata

Photo taken in August 2012 shows Japanese boxer Ryota Murata (L) punching Brazil's Esquiva Falcao Florentino en route to winning the men's middleweight final at the London Olympics. On Feb. 22, 2023, Murata, who became the first Japanese boxer to win both an Olympic gold medal and a professional world championship, said he has effectively retired.

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Boxing: Former Olympic, WBA middleweight champ Murata

File photo taken in August 2012 shows Japanese boxer Ryota Murata posing for a photo with the gold medal following his victory in the men's middleweight final at the London Olympics. Murata, the first Japanese boxer to win both an Olympic gold medal and a professional world title, said on Feb. 22, 2023, he has effectively retired.

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Wooden model for Taiho's statue

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows sculptor Toshio Kamada unveiling a wooden model he has carved for a statue of the late sumo great Taiho (1940-2013), whose real name was Koki Naya, in the village of Ogata in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 22, 2014. After being cast by Kamada, the bronze statue of Taiho, who held sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, is expected to be donated around August 2014 to Poronaysk on the Russian Far Eastern island of Sakhalin, Taiho's birthplace.

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Wooden model for Taiho's statue

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows sculptor Toshio Kamada unveiling a wooden model he has carved for a statue of the late sumo great Taiho (1940-2013), whose real name was Koki Naya, in the village of Ogata in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 22, 2014. After being cast by Kamada, the bronze statue of Taiho, who held sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, is expected to be donated around August 2014 to Poronaysk on the Russian Far Eastern island of Sakhalin, Taiho's birthplace.

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Fishing off Fukushima to be suspended

SOMA, Japan - Members of a local fisheries cooperative listen to an explanation of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2013 about the leakage of radioactive water into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The Soma Futaba fisheries cooperative said it will stop its trial operation at the end of August due to the leakage, which means all fishing operations off the coast of Fukushima will be suspended for an indefinite period.

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Fishing off Fukushima to be suspended

SOMA, Japan - Members of a local fisheries cooperative listen to an explanation of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2013 about the leakage of radioactive water into the sea from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The Soma Futaba fisheries cooperative said it will stop its trial operation at the end of August due to the leakage, which means all fishing operations off the coast of Fukushima will be suspended for an indefinite period.

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Japan's envoy back in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto answers reporters' questions at Seoul's Kimpo airport after returning from Japan on Aug. 22, 2012. Japan decided to send the envoy back to Seoul following his temporary withdrawal earlier in August in protest over South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's visit to a disputed isle in the Sea of Japan.

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Containing device fallen in Monju reactor

TSURUGA, Japan - Workers prepare to install a large container to be used to hold a cylindrical device that fell in August 2010 inside the vessel of prototype fast-breeder reactor Monju in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on June 22, 2011.

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Antitank missile fired accidentally in Japan

MAEBASHI, Japan - This August 2008 photo shows an antitank missile being fired during a review of the Ground Self-Defense Force in Shizuoka Prefecture. A weapon of the same model was erroneously fired during a check April 22, 2010, at the GSDF's Yoshii ammunition depot in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, but no one was injured.