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Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2025, shows temporary housing in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa for people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2025, shows temporary housing in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa for people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Photo taken on Dec. 12, 2025, shows temporary housing in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa for people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Photo taken on Dec. 12, 2025, shows temporary housing in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa for people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Photo shows temporary housing in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2025, for people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Photo shows temporary housing in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 12, 2025, for people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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2nd anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

Rubble remains in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 31, 2025, the eve of the second anniversary of a powerful earthquake that hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1, 2024.

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2nd anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

A house remains tilted in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 31, 2025, the eve of the second anniversary of a powerful earthquake that hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1, 2024.

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2nd anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

Photo shows a collapsed road in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 31, 2025, the eve of the second anniversary of a powerful earthquake that hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1, 2024.

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2nd anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

Photo shows the site of a landslide (back) in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 31, 2025, the eve of the second anniversary of a powerful earthquake that hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1, 2024.

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Temporary housing for Noto Peninsula quake victims

Photo taken on Dec. 12, 2025, shows temporary housing built in a coastal area of Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa for people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Topples Archway of Tainan’s Nankunshen Daitian Temple

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Budai Township, Chiayi County around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday. The storm toppled Tainan's iconic archway of Nankunshen Daitian Temple, causing widespread flooding across the neighborhood.

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Japanese monkeys in hot spring

HAKODATE, Japan, Dec. 1 Kyodo - Japanese monkeys soak in an open-air hot spring at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden in Hakodate in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 1, 2024. Visitors can watch monkeys dipping in the bath until early May -- an annual event that started in 1971. (Kyodo)

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

SUZU, Japan, Dec. 27 Kyodo - A vehicle drives on a Detour built on the north shore of Noto Peninsula in Suzu in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27, 2024, marking full resumption of National Route 249 following its partial closure in the wake of a powerful earthquake in the region on Jan. 1. (Kyodo)

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Year-end Jumbo lottery draw in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 31 Kyodo - Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attends the year-end Jumbo lottery draw in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2024, with top prize winners set to win up to 1 billion yen ($6.4 million). (Kyodo)

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1st anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

SUZU, Japan, Dec. 30 Kyodo - A lantern remains collapsed at a shrine in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 30, 2024, almost one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1. (Kyodo)

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700-year-old festival in Aichi Pref.

A man posing as a demon brandishes a hatchet during a traditional "hana" festival, recognized as a significant intangible folk cultural property, with origins dating back over 700 years, in Toei in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi, in the small hours of Dec. 1, 2024.

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700-year-old festival in Aichi Pref.

A man posing as a demon brandishes a hatchet during a traditional "hana" festival, recognized as a significant intangible folk cultural property, with origins dating back over 700 years, in Toei in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi, in the small hours of Dec. 1, 2024.

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Year-end Jumbo lottery draw in Tokyo

The year-end Jumbo lottery draw is held in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2024, with top prize winners set to win up to 1 billion yen ($6.4 million).

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Year-end Jumbo lottery draw in Tokyo

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attends the year-end Jumbo lottery draw in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2024, with top prize winners set to win up to 1 billion yen ($6.4 million).

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1st anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

Photo taken on Dec. 8, 2024, shows wreckage piled up at a temporary site for waste and debris in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, created after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

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1st anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2024, shows newly opened Route 249 in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, almost one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1. The old road (L) collapsed and has not been repaired after the quake.

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1st anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

Gravestones remain broken in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2024, almost one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

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1st anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2024, shows an elevated seabed in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, almost one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

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1st anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

Gravestones remain collapsed in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2024, almost one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

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1st anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

Gravestones remain collapsed in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2024, almost one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

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1st anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

Gravestones remain collapsed in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2024, almost one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

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1st anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

A lantern remains collapsed at a shrine in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 30, 2024, almost one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

A vehicle drives on a Detour built on the north shore of Noto Peninsula in Suzu in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27, 2024, marking full resumption of National Route 249 following its partial closure in the wake of a powerful earthquake in the region on Jan. 1.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

A vehicle drives on a Detour built on the north shore of Noto Peninsula in Suzu in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27, 2024, marking full resumption of National Route 249 following its partial closure in the wake of a powerful earthquake in the region on Jan. 1.

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Tsunami-hit post office to be preserved

Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2024, in Noto in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture shows a post office severely damaged by tsunami following a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1. It has been decided that the facility, facing the Sea of Japan, will be preserved as a reminder of the disaster for future generations.

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Tsunami-hit post office to be preserved

Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2024, in Noto in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture shows a post office severely damaged by tsunami following a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1. It has been decided that the facility, facing the Sea of Japan, will be preserved as a reminder of the disaster for future generations.

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Tsunami-hit post office to be preserved

Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2024, in Noto in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture shows a post office severely damaged by tsunami following a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1. It has been decided that the facility, facing the Sea of Japan, will be preserved as a reminder of the disaster for future generations.

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Tsunami-hit post office to be preserved

Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2024, in Noto in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture shows a post office severely damaged by tsunami following a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1. It has been decided that the facility, facing the Sea of Japan, will be preserved as a reminder of the disaster for future generations.

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Tsunami-hit post office to be preserved

Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2024, in Noto in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture shows a post office severely damaged by tsunami following a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1. It has been decided that the facility, facing the Sea of Japan, will be preserved as a reminder of the disaster for future generations.

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1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Combined photo shows a wavy road in Uchinada in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 29, 2024 (top), following soil liquefaction caused by a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1, and the same site on Dec. 21, ahead of the disaster's first anniversary.

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1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Combined photo shows police officers searching for missing people at a gutted morning market in Wajima in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 9, 2024 (top), following a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1, and the same site on Dec. 20, ahead of the disaster's first anniversary.

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1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Combined photo shows a gutted morning market in Wajima in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 6, 2024 (top), following a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1, and the same site on Dec. 14, ahead of the disaster's first anniversary.

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1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Combined photo shows rubble (top) covered with snow in Suzu in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 13, 2024, following a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1, and the same site on Dec. 19, ahead of the disaster's first anniversary.

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1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Combined photo shows collapsed houses and rubble in Suzu in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 4, 2024 (top), following a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1, and the same site on June 19 (middle) and Dec. 19, ahead of the disaster's first anniversary.

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1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Combined photo taken from a drone shows a toppled building (top) in Wajima in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 19, 2024, following a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1, and the partially cleared site on Dec. 9, ahead of the disaster's first anniversary.

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1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Combined photo taken from a drone shows a morning market in Wajima in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 19, 2024 (L), shortly after a powerful earthquake and fire on Jan. 1, and the same site under demolition on Dec. 9, ahead of the disaster's first anniversary.

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1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

A house remains partially buried in Uchinada, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary on Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula area, triggering soil liquefaction in the central Japan town.

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1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Utility poles remain tilted in Uchinada, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 22, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary on Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula area, triggering soil liquefaction in the central Japan town.

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Ice-Snow World in Harbin - China

An aerial drone photo shows a view of the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2024. The world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, the 26th edition of the Harbin Ice-Snow World, officially opened at 10 a.m. in Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province also known as the "city of ice." Themed "Dream of Winter, Love among Asia," the park was built using 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow, incorporating elements inspired by the upcoming 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games, which will open next February, right after China's Spring Festival holiday. It is also the first major international ice and snow event hosted by China since the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. With an overall planned area of 1 million square meters, up from last year's 800,000 square meters, the park is the largest in its 26-year history. Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ice-Snow World in Harbin - China

Tourists visit the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2024. The world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, the 26th edition of the Harbin Ice-Snow World, officially opened at 10 a.m. in Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province also known as the "city of ice." Themed "Dream of Winter, Love among Asia," the park was built using 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow, incorporating elements inspired by the upcoming 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games, which will open next February, right after China's Spring Festival holiday. It is also the first major international ice and snow event hosted by China since the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. With an overall planned area of 1 million square meters, up from last year's 800,000 square meters, the park is the largest in its 26-year history. Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ice-Snow World in Harbin - China

A drone photo shows a view of the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2024. The world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, the 26th edition of the Harbin Ice-Snow World, officially opened at 10 a.m. in Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province also known as the "city of ice." Themed "Dream of Winter, Love among Asia," the park was built using 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow, incorporating elements inspired by the upcoming 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games, which will open next February, right after China's Spring Festival holiday. It is also the first major international ice and snow event hosted by China since the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. With an overall planned area of 1 million square meters, up from last year's 800,000 square meters, the park is the largest in its 26-year history. Photo by Wang Jianwei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ice-Snow World in Harbin - China

An aerial drone photo shows a view of the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2024. The world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, the 26th edition of the Harbin Ice-Snow World, officially opened at 10 a.m. in Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province also known as the "city of ice." Themed "Dream of Winter, Love among Asia," the park was built using 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow, incorporating elements inspired by the upcoming 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games, which will open next February, right after China's Spring Festival holiday. It is also the first major international ice and snow event hosted by China since the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. With an overall planned area of 1 million square meters, up from last year's 800,000 square meters, the park is the largest in its 26-year history. Photo by Wang Jianwei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ice-Snow World in Harbin - China

Children play at the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2024. The world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, the 26th edition of the Harbin Ice-Snow World, officially opened at 10 a.m. in Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province also known as the "city of ice." Themed "Dream of Winter, Love among Asia," the park was built using 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow, incorporating elements inspired by the upcoming 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games, which will open next February, right after China's Spring Festival holiday. It is also the first major international ice and snow event hosted by China since the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. With an overall planned area of 1 million square meters, up from last year's 800,000 square meters, the park is the largest in its 26-year history. Photo by Wang Jianwei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ice-Snow World in Harbin - China

Tourists visit the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 21, 2024. The world's largest ice-and-snow theme park, the 26th edition of the Harbin Ice-Snow World, officially opened at 10 a.m. in Harbin, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province also known as the "city of ice." Themed "Dream of Winter, Love among Asia," the park was built using 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow, incorporating elements inspired by the upcoming 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games, which will open next February, right after China's Spring Festival holiday. It is also the first major international ice and snow event hosted by China since the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. With an overall planned area of 1 million square meters, up from last year's 800,000 square meters, the park is the largest in its 26-year history. Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM