Indian calico mixing block print, Japan's dye tech

Indian calico mixing block print, Japan's dye tech

BHUJ, India - Junaid Khatri, owner of a workshop on block printing, shows prototype calico made from India's traditional "Ajrakh" block print art combined with Japan's tie-dyeing technique on the outskirts of Bhuj in the western Indian state of Gujarat in this file photo taken in June 2014.

Calico-dyeing operation in western India

Calico-dyeing operation in western India

BHUJ, India - A craftsman presses a woodblock onto cotton fabric during a dyeing operation to make calico on the outskirts of Bhuj in the western Indian state of Gujarat in this file photo taken in June 2014.

Japanese GSDF members arrive in Bhuj to aid quake survivors

Japanese GSDF members arrive in Bhuj to aid quake survivors

BHUJ, India - Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members aboard a Japanese military cargo plane arrive Feb. 6 in Bhuj, one of the cities hit hardest by the Jan. 26 earthquake in the western state of Gujarat. They will help erect tents and deliver blankets to quake survivors.

SDF team leaves for quake-hit India to erect tents

SDF team leaves for quake-hit India to erect tents

NARITA, Japan - Members of a Japanese Self-Defense Forces team on Feb. 5 load relief goods at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for survivors of last month's powerful earthquake in northwestern India. The 89-member team is expected to set up 450 tents and hand over about 4,500 blankets. The team, which departed Japan later in the day aboard six C-130 cargo planes and a private plane, will arrive in the worst-hit area of Bhuj as early as Tuesday via Delhi.

(4)3 Japanese taken captive by armed Iraqi group

(4)3 Japanese taken captive by armed Iraqi group

TOKYO, Japan - Nahoko Takato (C), 34, one of the three Japanese taken captive by an armed group in Iraq, is pictured at Bhuj, Gujarat where she served as a volunteer after the disastrous earthquake in India. The photo was taken in February 2001. (Kyodo)

Calico-dyeing operation in western India

Calico-dyeing operation in western India

BHUJ, India - A craftsman presses a woodblock onto cotton fabric during a dyeing operation to make calico on the outskirts of Bhuj in the western Indian state of Gujarat in this file photo taken in June 2014. (Kyodo)

Japanese GSDF members arrive in Bhuj to aid quake survivors

Japanese GSDF members arrive in Bhuj to aid quake survivors

BHUJ, India - Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members aboard a Japanese military cargo plane arrive Feb. 6 in Bhuj, one of the cities hit hardest by the Jan. 26 earthquake in the western state of Gujarat. They will help erect tents and deliver blankets to quake survivors.

SDF team leaves for quake-hit India to erect tents

SDF team leaves for quake-hit India to erect tents

NARITA, Japan - Members of a Japanese Self-Defense Forces team on Feb. 5 load relief goods at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for survivors of last month's powerful earthquake in northwestern India. The 89-member team is expected to set up 450 tents and hand over about 4,500 blankets. The team, which departed Japan later in the day aboard six C-130 cargo planes and a private plane, will arrive in the worst-hit area of Bhuj as early as Tuesday via Delhi.