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U.S. ambassador to Japan visits Yonaguni Island

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (R) chats with a fisherman on Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture on May 17, 2024.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

A fisherman looks at an elevated seabed off a fishing port in Suzu in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 18, 2024, following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Week after start of Fukushima water release

A fisherman maintains fishing gear at a port in Soma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 31, 2023, a week after Japan began releasing treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, located in the vicinity, into the sea.

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Release of Fukushima water into sea

A fisherman maintains fishing gear at a port in Soma in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2023, as Japan begins releasing treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, located in the vicinity, into the sea.

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Japan's discharge of radioactive wastewater is a matter of survival: Fukushima fisherman

STORY: Japan's discharge of radioactive wastewater is a matter of survival: Fukushima fisherman DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: SHINCHI, Japan CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant 2. various of the fisherman fishing 3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): ONO HARUO, Fisherman in Shinchi town, Fukushima County STORYLINE: Japan started releasing the first batch of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. This extremely selfish and irresponsible disposal of the radioactive water has aroused strong opposition from neighboring countries, Pacific island countries and local fishermen. The 71-year-old fisherman Ono Haruo lives in Shinchi town, Fukushima Prefecture. He started fishing since he was 15 years old. He has expressed deep concern over his livelihood in the future. SOUNDBITE (Japanese): ONO HARUO, Fisherman in Shinchi town, Fukushima Prefecture "The fishery

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JAPAN-FUKUSHIMA-NUKE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE-FISHERY

(230824) -- FUKUSHIMA, Aug. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fisherman Ono Haruo arranges fishes at Tsurishihama Fishing Port in Shinchi Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Aug. 23, 2023. Japan started releasing nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, despite raging opposition from both at home and abroad. Japan's Fisheries Agency said it will monitor concentration levels of radioactive materials in fish caught within a 10-km radius of the power plant. The first results are expected to be released on the agency's website no sooner than Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-FUKUSHIMA-NUKE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE-FISHERY

(230824) -- FUKUSHIMA, Aug. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fisherman Ono Haruo sits at Tsurishihama Fishing Port after fishing in Shinchi Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Aug. 23, 2023. Japan started releasing nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, despite raging opposition from both at home and abroad. Japan's Fisheries Agency said it will monitor concentration levels of radioactive materials in fish caught within a 10-km radius of the power plant. The first results are expected to be released on the agency's website no sooner than Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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JAPAN-FUKUSHIMA-NUKE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE-FISHERY

(230824) -- FUKUSHIMA, Aug. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A fisherman cleans at Tsurishihama Fishing Port after fishing in Shinchi Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Aug. 23, 2023. Japan started releasing nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, despite raging opposition from both at home and abroad. Japan's Fisheries Agency said it will monitor concentration levels of radioactive materials in fish caught within a 10-km radius of the power plant. The first results are expected to be released on the agency's website no sooner than Saturday. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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SOUTH KOREA-GOHEUNG-JAPAN-RADIOACTIVE WASTEWATER-DISCHARGE-PROTEST

(230816) -- GOHEUNG, Aug. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A South Korean fisherman attends a rally to oppose Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater into the ocean in the southern coastal county of Goheung, South Korea, Aug. 16, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhou Siyu)

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S. Korean fishermen stage rally against Japan's planned release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater

STORY: S. Korean fishermen stage rally against Japan's planned release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater DATELINE: July 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: BOSEONG, South Korea CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): LU RUI, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the rally 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): KIM YOUNG-CHUL, Executive chief, Federation of Korean Fishermen's Associations 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Korean): CHANG DONG-BEOM, Fisherman STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): LU RUI, Xinhua correspondent "The Federation of South Korean Fishermen's Associations holds a maritime protest rally here against Japan's planned discharge of contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean. A group of local fishermen gathered here on the seashore of the southwestern coastal county of Boseong, holding placards that read 'oppose discharging Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into the sea.' Similar banners are also put up on the sides of dozens of fishing boats that stage a maritime de

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S. Koreans oppose IAEA report on Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge plan

STORY: S. Koreans oppose IAEA report on Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge plan DATELINE: July 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:31 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the demonstration 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Korean): YONG HYE-IN, Lawmaker of the minor progressive Basic Income Party 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Korean): PARK GWANG-HOON, Resident in Seoul 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Korean): KIM CHOONY, Secretary general of the Korea Federation for Environmental Movements (KFEM) 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Korean): LEE KI-SAM, Fisherman from South Jeolla province STORYLINE: A group of South Korean citizens gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to voice opposition against the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) final report on Japan's planned discharge of nuclear wastewater into the Pacific. The protesters include civic activists, politicians, and fishermen. They demonstrated near the South Korean foreign ministry building, where the visiting IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi was scheduled to meet with the South Korean foreign m

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S. Korean fishermen clamor against Japan's radioactive wastewater discharge

STORY: S. Korean fishermen clamor against Japan's radioactive wastewater discharge DATELINE: June 13, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:47 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of protest rally conducted by South Korean fishermen 2. SOUNDBITE (Korean): KIM KWANG-SHIK, Protester 3. various of protest rally STORYLINE: About 2,000 South Korean fishermen and civic activists gathered on Monday near the parliamentary building in Seoul to clamor against Japan's planned discharge of radioactive wastewater from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. SOUNDBITE (Korean): KIM KWANG-SHIK, Protester "I am a fisherman from Yeosu, (Jeollanam-do). This is a bad thing, I know, and I think all people in the country also know it. If the Fukushima contaminated water is safe (as Japan claimed), it can be left in Japan's soil rather than be released into the ocean, I think. If the South Korean government is concerned about fishermen, it should prevent Fukushima contaminated w

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Museum in memory of John Manjiro to open in U.S. on May 7

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows a house in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, where John Manjiro, the first Japanese to live in America, resided in the mid-19th century. The house, owned by William Whitfield, captain of a whaling ship and who rescued fisherman Manjiro in 1841 in the Pacific, has been rebuilt into a museum, the Captain Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship Memorial House. The museum will open to the public on May 7.

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Fisherman gathers 'kombu' off Rausu, Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - A fisherman gathers "kombu" sea tangle off the coast of Rausu Town on the Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan, on Aug. 14, 2014. Tours to learn about "kombu," a specialty of Rausu, started in August before the 10th anniversary next year of Shiretoko's addition to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites.

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Kirin funds disaster-hit fishery business in Miyagi Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Shota Abe (2nd from L), head of Fisherman Japan that groups fishermen in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, poses with other group members in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2014, after receiving a grant of 20 million yen from Kirin Beer Marketing Co. to finance fishery business. The group aims to conquer the impact of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and boost the local fishery industry.

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Ex-fisherman teaches knitting workshop

MORIOKA, Japan - Former fisherman Katsumasa Sasaki (L) teaches how to knit bags and hammocks, among other things, based on his skills and experience making fishnets, at a workshop in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, in June 2014. Sasaki moved to the inland city from the town of Yamada on the prefecture's coast after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Ex-fisherman teaches knitting workshop

MORIOKA, Japan - Former fisherman Katsumasa Sasaki (2nd from L) teaches how to knit bags and hammocks, among other things, based on his skills and experience making fishnets, at a workshop in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, in June 2014. Sasaki moved to the inland city from the town of Yamada on the prefecture's coast after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Fisherman sorts Hokkai shrimp in Bekkai

BEKKAI, Japan - Yukio Toyoda, a fisherman in Bekkai, Hokkaido, sorts Hokkai shrimp at Notsuke Bay on June 19. 2014.

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Tsunami-hit fishing boat found in Hawaii

SENDAI, Japan - Former fisherman Tomio Endo in the town of Shichigahama in Miyagi Prefecture on May 23, 2014, holds a picture of his fishing boat No. 2 Sachi-Maru, which was found upside down on a beach of Hawaii's Kauai Island. The boat was swept away by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that severely hit northeastern Japan.

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Fishermen sell seafood at fair in Ibaraki Pref.

TSUKUBA, Japan - A fisherman directly sells seafood to customers at a fair for Ibaraki Prefecture's marine products held in Tsukuba in the prefecture on March 15, 2014. Fishermen are promoting local marine products to allay consumers' concerns about their safety in the wake of the nuclear accident in the neighboring prefecture following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan fisherman exposed to Bikini nuke fallout recalls ordeal

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Former Japanese fisherman Matashichi Oishi speaks of his exposure to nuclear fallout from the 1954 U.S. H-bomb test on Bikini Atoll at a school in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands republic, on Feb. 27, 2014. He was aboard the Fukuryu Maru No.5 near the atoll at that time.

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Japanese chef in Britain

LONDON, Britain - Yoshinori Ishii (front) from Japan, head chef at UMU in London, goes fishing for mackerel with a local fisherman in a boat off Cornwall, southwestern Britain, in May 2012. (Photo by Sohei Ide)

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Boat capsizes in East China Sea

AMAMI, Japan - At Naze port on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of March 24, 2012, officials of the Japan Coast Guard carry a fisherman who was rescued the previous night with another crew member after their boat capsized off the island in the East China Sea. Two more fishermen were saved on the following morning, but two others remain missing.

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Boat capsizes in East China Sea

AMAMI, Japan - At Naze port on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of March 24, 2012, officials of the Japan Coast Guard carry a fisherman who was rescued the previous night with another crew member after their boat capsized off the island in the East China Sea. Two more fishermen were saved on the following morning, but two others remain missing.

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U.N. forest hero

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's fisherman-turned-environmentalist Shigeatsu Hatakeyama holds the English version of his book before a ceremony for six recipients including him of the United Nations Forum on Forests' Forest Hero award at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Feb. 9, 2012. Hatakeyama, from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, is founder and chairman of Mori wa Umi no Koibito (Forests are Lovers of the Sea), a nonprofit environmental conservation organization. Kesennuma is one of the areas hardest-hit by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Ancient relics in disaster area

YAMAGATA, Japan - Fisherman Katsunori Takayashiki looks at the site of ancient remains in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in November 2011. His plan to build his home on higher ground after his original home was destroyed by the March 2011 tsunami hit a snag after the remains of ancient dwellings at the site were discovered.

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Typhoon forces whalers to forgo 1st day of dolphin hunt

TAIJI, Japan - A fisherman checks fishing gear in the traditional whaling town of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2011, after local fishermen postponed the start of their annual hunt for dolphins, whales and other cetaceans due to an approaching typhoon over waters off Japan's Pacific coast.

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Miyagi residents thank U.S. forces for relief efforts

TOKYO, Japan - Lt. Gen. Burton Field (2nd from L), the commander of U.S. forces in Japan, receives a fisherman's flag bearing messages from residents of Miyagi Prefecture and happi coats at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 25, 2011, to thank U.S. forces for their support following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Fisherman found safe after 20 days adrift

KOCHI, Japan - Ryoko Shimabukuro (R), a 70-year-old fisherman from the village of Ie in Okinawa Prefecture, arrives at Kochi Port in Kochi Prefecture, on June 30, 2011, escorted by the Japan Coast Guard personnel. Shimabukuro was found drifting off Kochi Prefecture aboard his fishing boat after he went missing in early June.

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SDF sailors acquitted over fatal destroyer collision

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mitsuo Kichisei, a younger brother of a fisherman who died in a maritime collision, weeps at a press conference in Yokohama on May 11, 2011. The Yokohama District Court in Kanagawa Prefecture on the same day acquitted two Maritime Self-Defense Force members of charges including professional negligence resulting in death over the 2008 collision between an MSDF destroyer and a fishing boat off Chiba Prefecture that killed two fishermen.

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Fishermen worried about sea contamination

IWAKI, Japan - Photo shows fisherman in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 5, 2011, at an emergency meeting of a local fisheries cooperatives confederation to discuss the release of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from a crisis-hit nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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Tsunami aftermath in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A fisherman's flag for giving notice of a good catch stands at a tsunami-hit port in the Ogatsucho area of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 1, 2011, against the backdrop of the setting sun.

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Fisherman changes routes

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Photo shows rows of tuna at the Katsuura port in Wakayama Prefecture on March 18, 2011. Many fishing boats have shifted their destinations from ports on the northeastern coasts to those on the western coast, following the March 11 massive tsunami that devastated the coastal areas in northeastern Japan.

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Dolphin hunt in Taiji

TAIJI, Japan - Masayuki Miyoshi, a fisherman from Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, holds binoculars used for the traditional dolphin hunt on Jan. 29, 2011. He said he uses bigger binoculars to compete better with younger fishermen.

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Fishermen on Myanmar's Inle Lake

TOKYO, Japan - A fisherman of the Intha ethnic minority group, standing at the stern of a boat, uses woven bamboo to catch schools of fish on Inle Lake in northeastern Myanmar in October 2010.

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Fishermen on Myanmar's Inle Lake

TOKYO, Japan - A fisherman of the Intha ethnic minority group, standing on the stern of a boat, uses his leg to row the boat on Inle Lake in northeastern Myanmar in October 2010.

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Diary of fisherman affected by 1954 H-bomb test

KOCHI, Japan - Japanese fisherman Takeshi Yamanaka reads from his diary at his home in Tosashimizu, Kochi Prefecture, on Dec. 25, 2010. In the diary kept by the crew member of the Kaifuku Maru No. 5, he records his likely exposure to radiation following a 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific, and notes symptoms including headaches and diarrhea.

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Cormorant fishing begins on Nagara River in Gifu Pref.

GIFU, Japan - A fisherman (L) manages his trained cormorants on leashes from a wooden boat on the Nagara River in Gifu Prefecture on May 11, 2010, the opening day of this year's cormorant fishing season. The 1,300-year-old cormorant fishing will be conducted every day until Oct. 15.

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Cormorant fishing begins on Nagara River in Gifu Pref.

GIFU, Japan - A fisherman (R) manages his trained cormorants on leashes from a wooden boat on the Nagara River in Gifu Prefecture on May 11, 2010, the opening day of this year's cormorant fishing season. The 1,300-year-old cormorant fishing will be conducted every day until Oct. 15.

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Chile quake tsunamis damage Japan's fisheries industry

OTSUCHI, Japan - A fisherman in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, carries fishing gear on March 24, 2010, that was damaged by tsunamis triggered by a magnitude-8.8 earthquake in Chile on Feb. 27. Fisheries businesses in Japan have reported damage of about 6.26 billion yen from the tsunamis.

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Sea accident survivor reunited with family

SHIMODA, Japan - Fisherman Takamitsu Nyubara, a survivor of a sea accident, hugs his children in a family reunion in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 31, 2009. Nyubara was among three fishermen who survived for nearly four days in the Pacific in a small pocket of air inside the cabin of their capsized boat, the Kofuku Maru No. 1.

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Sea accident survivor reunited with family

SHIMODA, Japan - Fisherman Takamitsu Nyubara, a survivor of a sea accident, hugs his children in a family reunion in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 31, 2009. Nyubara was among three fishermen who survived for nearly four days in the Pacific in a small pocket of air inside the cabin of their capsized boat, the Kofuku Maru No. 1.

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Fisherman processes sea urchins

FUKUOKA, Japan - Veteran fisherman Katsumi Hamasaki separates the shell of a sea urchin from its flesh on July 11, 2009. The shells of sea urchins, caught in the sea off the coast of Akune in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, are sent to a research institution for reuse of ingredients such as calcium.

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Ex-fisherman seeks antinuclear stone monument at Tsukiji Market

TOKYO, Japan - Matashichi Oishi, a former crewman of the Japanese trawler Fukuryu Maru No. 5, visits a section of Tokyo's Tsukiji Market where ''A-bomb maguro'' (tuna) is said to have been buried.

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Cormorant fishing begins on Nagara River in Gifu Pref.

GIFU, Japan - A fisherman manages his trained cormorants on leashes from a wooden boat on Gifu City's Nagara River May 11, the opening day of this year's cormorant fishing season. Cormorant fishing will be performed every day until Oct. 15.

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Storm whips up sea, killing fisherman, inundating scores of homes

NYUZEN, Japan - High surf washes the residential area in the seaside town of Nyuzen, Toyama Prefecture, on Feb. 24. Violent winds and heavy snow hit the Sea of Japan coastal regions in northern and western Japan, killing a fisherman who was thrown out of his boat off Toyama Prefecture and leaving another person missing in the same prefecture. High surf inundated and damaged scores of houses in Nyuzen.

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Storm whips up sea, killing fisherman, inundating scores of homes

NYUZEN, Japan - People check the debris of houses shattered by high surf in the seaside town of Nyuzen, Toyama Prefecture, on Feb. 24. Violent winds and heavy snow hit the Sea of Japan coastal regions in northern and western Japan, killing a fisherman who was thrown out of his boat off Toyama Prefecture and leaving another person missing in the same prefecture. High surf inundated and damaged scores of houses in Nyuzen.

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Aegis destroyer collides with small boat

KATSUURA, Japan - A fisherman (L) hands a jacket worn by missing fisherman Haruo Kichisei to one of Kichisei's relatives (R) after it was found at a marine accident site. Kichisei and his son remain missing after a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer equipped with the advanced Aegis radar system collided with a small fishing boat they were working on in the Pacific off the coast of Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19. The boat capsized.

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Oita fishermen resume traditional method of catching clams by hand

OITA, Japan - A fisherman shows clams caught by hands in the tideland in the Buzen Sea in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture.

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Hiroshima fishermen aim to turn oysters into summer delicacy

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A fisherman in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, shows off a summer oyster.