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IAEA chief visits idle nuclear plant in Niigata Pref.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (front, L) visits the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture northwest of Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2025. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. loaded nuclear fuel into one of the reactors at the idle complex in 2024 as part of preparations to potentially restart the plant that was halted after a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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[Breaking News]Rice-planting dance in disaster-hit Fukushima town

NAGASAKI, Japan, Feb. 18 Kyodo -A traditional rice-planting dance is performed on Feb. 18, 2024, at Kusano shrine in the Ukedo area in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. The shrine was rebuilt after being swept away by tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake.(Kyodo)

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Rice-planting dance in disaster-hit Fukushima town

A traditional rice-planting dance is performed on Feb. 18, 2024, at Kusano shrine in the Ukedo area in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. The shrine was rebuilt after being swept away by tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake.

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Rice-planting dance in disaster-hit Fukushima town

A traditional rice-planting dance is performed on Feb. 18, 2024, at Kusano shrine in the Ukedo area in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. The shrine was rebuilt after being swept away by tsunami triggered by the March 2011 earthquake.

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Fury boils over persistent U.S. sanctions on war-torn, now quake-hit Syria

STORY: Fury boils over persistent U.S. sanctions on war-torn, now quake-hit Syria DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:18 LOCATION: ALEPPO, Syria CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the aftermath 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD HIJAZI, Chairman of the Aleppo Governorate Council 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): KAMAL JAFA, Political expert STORYLINE: Monday's massive earthquakes have killed 3,480 people and injured 3,000 others in Syria, a war monitor reported Wednesday. Syrian experts have denounced U.S. sanctions, which have made it difficult for quake-hit areas in Syria to get much-needed international humanitarian aid. Sanctions have been a main U.S. tactic toward Syria ever since the latter was listed as a state sponsor of terrorism in 1979. Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the U.S. and its Western allies have imposed a number of economic sanctions and restrictions that denied Syrians the means to pursue growth as well as access to daily necessities. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD H

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Students from Japan's disaster-hit areas cheer for ice hockey team

SOCHI, Russia - Junior high school students from northeastern Japan areas hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami watch a consolation game for seventh and eighth places in women's ice hockey at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 18, 2014. Germany defeated Japan 3-2.

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U.S. students visit tsunami-hit city

OFUNATO, Japan - Students (center, R) from Del Norte High School in Crescent City, California, and a student from Takata High School in Japan's Iwate Prefecture, jointly make "hittsumi," a soup dish representative of the local cuisine, at the Japanese school's temporary facility in Ofunato, Iwate, on Feb. 18, 2014. A group of high school students from northern California visited their peers in the tsunami-hit northeastern Japanese city after helping return to the Japanese high school a boat that was washed across the Pacific Ocean after the March 2011 earthquake.

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U.S. students visit tsunami-hit city

OFUNATO, Japan - A student (L) from Del Norte High School in Crescent City, California, and a student from Takata High School in Japan's Iwate Prefecture, eat "hittsumi," a soup dish representative of the local cuisine, that they made together at the Japanese school's temporary facility in Ofunato, Iwate, on Feb. 18, 2014. A group of high school students from northern California visited their peers in the tsunami-hit northeastern Japanese city after helping return to the Japanese high school a boat that was washed across the Pacific Ocean after the March 2011 earthquake.

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Tsunami memorial

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photo on Feb. 18, 2013, shows the former town hall of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, damaged by a tsunami in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Otsuchi Mayor Yutaka Ikarigawa expressed an intention on March 27, 2013, to preserve part of the building as a memorial.

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Nuclear disaster epicenter town being left to ruin

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo, taken Feb. 18, 2013, shows the central part of the deserted town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, designated as a no-entry zone in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Nuclear disaster epicenter town being left to ruin

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo, taken Feb. 18, 2013, shows a classroom at abandoned Kumamachi Elementary School in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, located in the no-entry area. The date of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster remains on the whiteboard.

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Empress chose kimono to support emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko bow to bereaved families of victims of the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, during a government ceremony in Tokyo on March 11, 2012, to mark the first anniversary of the disaster. The empress chose to wear a kimono and Japanese sandals so she could move more easily to support the emperor, who had been discharged from the hospital a week earlier after undergoing heart bypass surgery on Feb. 18, in the event he were to fall, a senior Imperial Household Agency official said on March 15. (Pool photo)

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1 year after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo shows a section of Christchurch, New Zealand, kept off-limits on Feb. 18, 2012, nearly a year after a major quake. Seen in the background is the cathedral damaged in the Feb. 22, 2011, disaster.

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Mayor of nuclear disaster-hit Iitate village

NEW YORK, United States - Norio Kanno, the mayor of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture, a village badly affected by the nuclear crisis following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, addresses an audience in New York on Feb. 18, 2012, about the villagers' efforts to recover from the disaster.

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Half year after New Zealand quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Flowers are offered at the former site of the collapsed Canterbury TV building in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Aug. 18, 2011, about half a year after the Feb. 22 quake.

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Half year after New Zealand quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A building undergoes demolition in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Aug. 18, 2011, about half a year after the Feb. 22 quake.

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Memorial service for quake victims in N.Z.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Families and acquaintances of quake victims pay floral tribute at a memorial ceremony in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 18, 2011. The deadly earthquake struck the area on Feb. 22.

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Scenes from Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A street vendor sells beverages near Pyongyang Station on Feb. 18, 2011.

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Scenes from Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A new taxi passes along a street in Pyongyang on Feb. 18, 2011.

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Scenes from Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Customers look at the menu of a restaurant run by the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, a pro-Pyongyang Korean group known as Chongryon, near Pyongyang Station on Feb. 18, 2011.

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Scenes from Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Customers fill a restaurant run by the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, a pro-Pyongyang Korean group known as Chongryon, near Pyongyang Station on Feb. 18, 2011.

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Chinese revolutionary song

BEIJING, China - Chinese citizens sing a ''revolutionary song'' from the era of Chairman Mao Zedong in a park in Chongqing on Feb. 18, 2011. Authorities in the major southwestern Chinese city have been promoting a campaign to sing old revolutionary songs and read the Analects of Confucius to reappraise China's traditional values and ethics.

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Calling for pro-democracy gathering in China

SHANGHAI, China - A young person at a pro-democracy gathering is removed by police officers in Shanghai on Feb. 20, 2011. Another message on the Internet calling for pro-democracy gatherings in 18 major Chinese cities slated for Feb. 27 was posted on Feb. 23.

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Matsui arrives in Phoenix

PHOENIX, United States - Baseball slugger Hideki Matsui arrives in Phoenix on Feb. 18, 2011, to join the Oakland Athletics spring training. Matsui signed a one-year contract with the major league club.

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Matsui arrives in Phoenix

PHOENIX, United States - Baseball slugger Hideki Matsui speaks to reporters after arriving in Phoenix on Feb. 18, 2011, to join the Oakland Athletics spring training. Matsui signed a one-year contract with the major league club.

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Rangers' Tateyama at spring training

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yoshinori Tateyama takes part in practice during his club's spring training in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 18, 2011.

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G-20 to discuss global imbalances

PARIS, France - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters in a hotel in Paris on Feb. 18, 2011. The Group of 20 financial chiefs are set to hold a two-day meeting in Paris from later that day to discuss ways to reduce global imbalances and address soaring food and energy prices.

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Ichiro at practice

PEORIA, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki practices fielding during practice ahead of the club's spring training in Peoria, Arizona, on Feb. 18, 2011.

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Indonesian foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa speaks in a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2011. He said Cambodia and Thailand must jointly reiterate their commitment not to use force amid ongoing border skirmishes.

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Kan battling pressure to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2011. Kan said he is not in the least bit willing to resign as prime minister in exchange for securing parliamentary passage of the fiscal 2011 budget and related bills.

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Ichiro at practice

PEORIA, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki is pictured during practice ahead of the club's spring training in Peoria, Arizona, on Feb. 18, 2011.

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Rangers' Tateyama at spring training

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers right-hander Yoshinori Tateyama practices pitching during his club's spring training in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 18, 2011.

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Grenoble's Matsui against Istres

GRENOBLE, France - Grenoble (front) midfielder Daisuke Matsui controls the ball during a French second division soccer match against Istres in Grenoble on Feb. 18, 2011. Grenoble lost 2-0.

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Sea Shepherd forces Japan to halt this season's whaling

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Japanese research whaling mother ship Nisshin Maru entering Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture in April 2009. Japan said on Feb. 18, 2011, it had halted its research whaling for the current season in the Antarctic Ocean because of obstructive actions by the Sea Shepherd antiwhaling group.

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Egypt celebrates after ousting of Mubarak

CAIRO, Egypt - People gather to celebrate in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Feb. 18, 2011, a week after former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down.

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TSE seeks merger with OSE

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Saito, president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc., speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2011. Saito said the TSE is willing to tie up or integrate management with the Osaka Securities Exchange amid increasing consolidation of major stock exchanges worldwide.

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1995 police chief shooting

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows police officers investigating at the scene where then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu was shot and seriously injured in front of his home in Tokyo on March 30, 1995. Tokyo police said in a report on Feb. 18, 2011, that they failed to resolve the case due to a shoddy early investigation. The shooting's statute of limitations expired about a year ago and police have blamed the shooting on the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult.

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Indonesian foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (L) shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara ahead of their talks in Tokyo on Feb. 18, 2011.

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Rwandan who survived 1994 genocide bonds with Fukushima evacuees

Marie Louise Towari (L) smiles with Yoshiko Amano, an evacuee from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, on Feb. 18, 2015, during a "Rwanda Cafe" gathering in the northeastern Japan city of Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture. The Rwandan, wearing a garment remade from a second-hand kimono presented by Amano, has been offering constant support to the evacuees. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rwandan who survived 1994 genocide bonds with Fukushima evacuees

Marie Louise Towari (L), holding a cup of Rwandan coffee, walks with an evacuee from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster in a temporary housing complex in the northeastern Japan city of Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 18, 2015. The Rwandan has been offering constant support to the evacuees. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5th anniversary of Japan's March 2011 disaster

Combination photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 13, 2011, (top) and Feb. 18, 2016, shows the urban area of the northeastern Japan city of Ofunato devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. A large commercial building will be built there by March 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5th anniversary of Japan's March 2011 disaster

Combined photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the northeastern Japanese city of Natori hit by tsunami on March 11, 2011, (top) and the city's current state on Feb. 18, 2016. The construction of a coastal levee was completed in August 2015, and a disaster-prevention project is under way. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photos of damage by 2011 disaster on display at Sendai Airport

Sendai Airport in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, displays pictures of devastation caused by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami on Feb. 18, 2015. The U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will be held on March 14-18 in Sendai, the capital of the northeastern Japan prefecture hit by the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima museum curator shows newspapers on 2011 disaster

Mitsuru Takahashi, senior curator at the Fukushima Museum in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows on Feb. 18, 2015, newspapers published the day after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami and recovered from evacuation centers. The prefectural museum has begun a project to collect disaster-related items to hand them down to future generations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima museum curator shows road traffic sign hit by 2011 tsunami

A curator of the Fukushima Museum in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, displays on Feb. 18, 2015, a road traffic sign damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The prefectural museum has begun a project to collect disaster-related items to hand them down to future generations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sendai mayor expresses hopes for March world disaster forum

Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama speaks in an interview on Feb. 5, 2015, expressing hopes to use the March 14-18 U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in the northeastern Japan city to share lessons from the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake

Combined photo shows a deserted commercial street (top) in Okuma, a northeastern Japan town designated as off-limits following the nuclear crisis at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, pictured on Nov. 18, 2011, and the same street (bottom) pictured on Feb. 20, 2021, still deserted with access to the town restricted ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Horse that survived March 2011 tsunami

An 18-year-old horse that was rescued after being engulfed by the earthquake-triggered tsunami in March 2011 trains at a horseback riding ground in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2021, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the disaster.

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Horse that survived March 2011 tsunami

An 18-year-old horse that was rescued after being engulfed by the earthquake-triggered tsunami in March 2011 trains at a horseback riding ground in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2021, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the disaster.

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Families in tsunami-hit town then and now

Combined photo shows Sayaka Sugawara (C) and her daughters Sara (R) and Sena, sitting on what was left of their family-run inn in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan on June 8, 2011 (top), after it was washed away by a massive tsunami three months earlier, and six years later on Feb. 18, 2017, as they stand in front of their rebuilt inn as it marked five years of operation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo