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IAEA team visits Fukushima Pref.

DATE, Japan - A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency inspects the swimming school of an elementary school in the city of Date, Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 10, 2011. Decontamination work has been done at the school to remove radioactive substances in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Fujitsu resumes Fukushima PC plant

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu Ltd. shows to reporters a computer plant of its subsidiary Fujitsu Isotec Ltd. in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 14, 2011, as the facility has mostly resumed operation after suspension over the March 11 quake.

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Olympic medalist Takahashi takes up farming

DATE, Japan - Olympic marathon gold medalist Naoko Takahashi plants broccoli seeds at a farm in Date, Hokkaido, on May 11, 2010. Takahashi will visit the farm once or twice a month under a sponsorship contract with an agricultural group, which will provide the vegetables to hotel guests.

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Canadian PM Harper attends Canada-Japan youth environment summit

SAPPORO, Japan - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen are greeted by flag-waving kindergarten children in Date, Hokkaido, on July 7 as they attend the Canada-Japan Youth Environment Summit before the start of the three-day Group of Eight summit at Lake Toya resort. (Pool photo)

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Evacuees forced to move to another shelter

DATE, Japan - Two women and a baby move April 17 to a new shelter in Date, southwestern Hokkaido, for people evacuated from the area around the Mt. Usu volcano. Some 400 people staying at nine schools and other emergency shelters in the city were integrated to three locations to allow schools to resume classes. The volcano, in the background, erupted March 31 and again April 17.

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Family enjoy dinner at home near Mt. Usu

DATE, Japan - A family in Date, a city close to the Mt. Usu volcano in southwestern Hokkaido, enjoy dinner at home April 13 after returning there from a shelter they had evacuated to after the mountain erupted March 31. Residents of the three municipalities closest to the volcano were allowed to return home on the day following a partial lifting of evacuation orders.

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Evacuees alloed to return home

DATE, Japan - A road leading to the town of Date in Hokkaido is crowded with cars April 13 as residents of the three municipalities closest to Mt. Usu start returning home following a partial lifting of evacuation orders.

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Hokkaido school gives makeshift ceremony to welcome newcomers

DATE, Japan - Newcomers to an elementary school in Date, southwestern Hokkaido, look undisturbed April 7 as teachers are forced to hold an entrance ceremony to welcome them in a hallway because the school's gymnasium is used as a shelter for evacuees from Mt. Usu.

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Hokkaido development chief encourages evacuees

DATE, Japan - Hokkaido Development Agency chief Toshihiro Nikai (R) encourages people who evacuated to a shelter in Date, Hokkaido, on March 31 after Mt. Usu erupted earlier in the day. No casualties or damage have been reported so far, but mud flows threaten a port near the foot of the volcano.