Cannes - Motel Destino Photocall

Cannes - Motel Destino Photocall

Viola Fugen, guest, Caio Gullane, Fabiano Gullane, Iago Xavier, Director Karim Aïnouz, Nataly Rocha, Janaina Bernardes and Producer Didar Domehri attend the "Motel Destino" Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 23, 2024 in Cannes, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes - Motel Destino Photocall

Cannes - Motel Destino Photocall

Viola Fugen, guest, Caio Gullane, Fabiano Gullane, Iago Xavier, Director Karim Aïnouz, Nataly Rocha, Janaina Bernardes and Producer Didar Domehri attend the "Motel Destino" Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 23, 2024 in Cannes, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes - Grand Tour Photocall

Cannes - Grand Tour Photocall

Thomas Ordonneau, Viola Fugen, Gregorio Paonessa, Marta Donzelli, Producer Meng Xie, Lang Khê Tran, Gonçalo Waddington, Miguel Gomes, Crista Alfaiate, Filipa Reis, Cláudio da Silva, Maureen Fazendeiro, Mariana Ricardo and Telmo Churro attend the "Grand Tour" Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 23, 2024 in Cannes, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes - Grand Tour Photocall

Cannes - Grand Tour Photocall

Thomas Ordonneau, Viola Fugen, Gregorio Paonessa, Marta Donzelli, Producer Meng Xie, Lang Khê Tran, Gonçalo Waddington, Miguel Gomes, Crista Alfaiate, Filipa Reis, Cláudio da Silva, Maureen Fazendeiro, Mariana Ricardo and Telmo Churro attend the "Grand Tour" Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 23, 2024 in Cannes, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes - Grand Tour Photocall

Cannes - Grand Tour Photocall

Thomas Ordonneau, Viola Fugen, Gregorio Paonessa, Marta Donzelli, Producer Meng Xie, Lang Khê Tran, Gonçalo Waddington, Miguel Gomes, Crista Alfaiate, Filipa Reis, Cláudio da Silva, Maureen Fazendeiro, Mariana Ricardo and Telmo Churro attend the "Grand Tour" Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 23, 2024 in Cannes, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes - Grand Tour Photocall

Cannes - Grand Tour Photocall

Thomas Ordonneau, Viola Fugen, Gregorio Paonessa, Marta Donzelli, Producer Meng Xie, Lang Khê Tran, Gonçalo Waddington, Miguel Gomes, Crista Alfaiate, Filipa Reis, Cláudio da Silva, Maureen Fazendeiro, Mariana Ricardo and Telmo Churro attend the "Grand Tour" Photocall at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 23, 2024 in Cannes, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes - Rapito Screening

Cannes - Rapito Screening

Beppe Caschetto, Paolo Del Brocco, Viola Fügen, Fabrizio Gifuni, Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala, director Marco Bellocchio, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes - Rapito Screening

Cannes - Rapito Screening

Beppe Caschetto, Paolo Del Brocco, Viola Fügen, Fabrizio Gifuni, Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala, director Marco Bellocchio, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes - Rapito Screening

Cannes - Rapito Screening

Beppe Caschetto, Paolo Del Brocco, Viola Fügen, Fabrizio Gifuni, Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala, director Marco Bellocchio, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes - Rapito Screening

Cannes - Rapito Screening

Beppe Caschetto, Paolo Del Brocco, Viola Fügen, Fabrizio Gifuni, Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala, director Marco Bellocchio, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes - Rapito Screening

Cannes - Rapito Screening

Beppe Caschetto, Paolo Del Brocco, Viola Fügen, Fabrizio Gifuni, Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala, director Marco Bellocchio, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes - Rapito Screening

Cannes - Rapito Screening

Beppe Caschetto, Paolo Del Brocco, Viola Fügen, Fabrizio Gifuni, Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala, director Marco Bellocchio, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cannes - Rapito Screening

Cannes - Rapito Screening

Beppe Caschetto, Paolo Del Brocco, Viola Fügen, Fabrizio Gifuni, Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala, director Marco Bellocchio, France. Photo by Shootpix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Mt. Unzen disaster victims commemorated

Mt. Unzen disaster victims commemorated

SHIMABARA, Japan - Children offer prayers for the victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak at Mt. Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3, 2014, the 23rd anniversary of the disaster.

Memorial for victims of eruption from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak

Memorial for victims of eruption from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak

SHIMABARA, Japan - People light candles on June 3, 2014, at Mt. Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall in Shimabara to pray for the victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak in Nagasaki Prefecture on the same day in 1991.

23rd anniv. of Mt. Unzen disaster

23rd anniv. of Mt. Unzen disaster

SHIMABARA, Japan - Family members of media workers killed in the Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak pyroclastic flow disaster in Nagasaki Prefecture in 1991 pray in Shimabara on June 3, 2014.

Fugen reactor decommissioning to be postponed 5 yrs

Fugen reactor decommissioning to be postponed 5 yrs

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows the prototype advanced converter reactor Fugen in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said March 22, 2012 that it will postpone the planned decommissioning of Fugen for five years and until fiscal 2033.

Dismantling Fugen nuclear reactor

Dismantling Fugen nuclear reactor

TSURUGA, Japan - A worker engages in work to dismantle the Fugen prototype nuclear reactor, shut down permanently in 2003, in a shielded area to prevent radiation leakage in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Feb. 10, 2012. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency disclosed part of the dismantling procedures to the media the same day. The decommissioning process, which started in 2008, is expected to be completed in fiscal 2028.

20th anniv. of Fugen Peak eruption

20th anniv. of Fugen Peak eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - Girls watch lighted candles during an event to commemorate the victims of a pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak on Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture on June 3, 2011, the 20th anniversary of the disaster that claimed the lives of 43 people. The mountain is seen in the background.

20 years after fatal volcanic disaster

20 years after fatal volcanic disaster

SHIMABARA, Japan - Shimabara Mayor Shuichiro Yokota (front L) offers flowers at a cenotaph during a ceremony in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3, 2011, to commemorate the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 20th anniversary of the disaster.

Explosion heard, smoke seen at nuke plant

Explosion heard, smoke seen at nuke plant

FUKUI, Japan - File photo shows an overview of the Fugen converter-type reactor of the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, where an explosion was heard and smoke detected July 4 at a nuclear reactor waste disposal facility in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. No one was injured in the incident and there was no radiation leak, authorities said.

Scientists begin drilling Mt. Unzen volcano for magma

Scientists begin drilling Mt. Unzen volcano for magma

SHIMABARA, Japan - Researchers gather Feb. 13 at a tower that has been set up near the lava dome of Fugen, the main peak of Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture. Japanese and foreign researchers began the world's first volcano-drilling experiment on the day to extract magma samples in an effort to clarify the mechanism of volcanic eruption.

China's Li visits volcanic eruption-hit area in Nagasaki

China's Li visits volcanic eruption-hit area in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - China's senior Communist Party leader Li Ruihuan (fourth from left, wearing glasses) visits a memorial park which shows houses and facilities damaged by a 1991 volcanic eruption of Mt. Fugen in Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 16. Li, ranked fourth in the Chinese Communist Party, was winding up his nine-day tour of Japan with the visit to the foot of Mt. Fugen.

Cannes - Evolution Photocall

Cannes - Evolution Photocall

Producer Viktoria Petranyi, Producer Michael Weber, Padme Hamdemir, Goya Rego, Lili Monori, Scriptwriter Kata Weber, Director Kornel Mundruczo, Annamaria Lang and Producer Viola Fugen attend the "Evolution" photocall during the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival on July 12, 2021 in Cannes, France. Photo by ShootPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

Explosion heard, smoke seen at nuke plant

Explosion heard, smoke seen at nuke plant

FUKUI, Japan - File photo shows an overview of the Fugen converter-type reactor of the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, where an explosion was heard and smoke detected July 4 at a nuclear reactor waste disposal facility in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. No one was injured in the incident and there was no radiation leak, authorities said. (Kyodo)

Shimabara city marks 25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

Shimabara city marks 25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

A woman and her children look at candles in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2016, the 25th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that claimed 43 lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

Photo taken June 3, 2016, in the southwestern Japan city of Shimabara shows a commemoration ceremony for the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 25th anniversary of the disaster. The victims of the fast-moving current of superheated gas and rock included firefighters and reporters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

Photo taken June 3, 2016, in the southwestern Japan city of Shimabara shows a commemoration ceremony for the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 25th anniversary of the disaster. The victims of the fast-moving current of superheated gas and rock included firefighters and reporters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

25th anniv. of Fugen Peak disaster

Photo taken June 3, 2016, in the southwestern Japan city of Shimabara shows a commemoration ceremony for the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 25th anniversary of the disaster. The victims of the fast-moving current of superheated gas and rock included firefighters and reporters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nuclear plant in Fukui

Nuclear plant in Fukui

Photo taken on Jan. 19, 2018, in Trusuga, Fukui Prefecture, shows the No. 1 (front) and No. 2 (C) reactors of the Tsuruga nuclear power plant operated by Japan Atomic Power Co., and the Fugen prototype advanced thermal converter reactor (back) operated by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

The Jogyo-do and the Hokke-do,Rinnoji Temple

The Jogyo-do and the Hokke-do,Rinnoji Temple

Hokkedo (foreground) and Jogyodo are viewed from in front of Niomon Gate at Taiyuin. The buildings connected by outside corridor, called Futatsudo (the two shrines), are examples of a rare style seen only at Rinoji Temple and Mt. Hiei. Amida-nyorai and Madarajin are enshrined at Jogyodo, while Fugen-bosatsu, Kishimojin and Jurasetsu-nyo are enshrined at Hokkedo.==Date:unknown, Place:Nikko, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number92‐11‐0]

20th anniv. of Fugen Peak eruption

20th anniv. of Fugen Peak eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - Girls watch lighted candles during an event to commemorate the victims of a pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak on Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture on June 3, 2011, the 20th anniversary of the disaster that claimed the lives of 43 people. The mountain is seen in the background. (Kyodo)

20 years after fatal volcanic disaster

20 years after fatal volcanic disaster

SHIMABARA, Japan - Shimabara Mayor Shuichiro Yokota (front L) offers flowers at a cenotaph during a ceremony in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3, 2011, to commemorate the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 20th anniversary of the disaster. (Kyodo)

Fugen reactor decommissioning to be postponed 5 yrs

Fugen reactor decommissioning to be postponed 5 yrs

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows the prototype advanced converter reactor Fugen in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said March 22, 2012 that it will postpone the planned decommissioning of Fugen for five years and until fiscal 2033. (Kyodo)

Dismantling Fugen nuclear reactor

Dismantling Fugen nuclear reactor

TSURUGA, Japan - A worker engages in work to dismantle the Fugen prototype nuclear reactor, shut down permanently in 2003, in a shielded area to prevent radiation leakage in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Feb. 10, 2012. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency disclosed part of the dismantling procedures to the media the same day. The decommissioning process, which started in 2008, is expected to be completed in fiscal 2028. (Kyodo)

30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

Firefighters offer flowers in Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2021, for 43 victims of a massive pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that occurred the same day 30 years ago. The victims included firefighters, police officers and reporters.

30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

People offer flowers in Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2021, for 43 victims of a massive pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that occurred the same day 30 years ago.

30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

A firefighter offers a flower in Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2021, for 43 victims of a massive pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that occurred the same day 30 years ago. The victims included firefighters, police officers and reporters.

30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

People pray during a memorial service in Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2021, for 43 victims of a massive pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that occurred the same day 30 years ago.

30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

30th anniversary of volcanic disaster in southwestern Japan

People pray during a memorial service in Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2021, for 43 victims of a massive pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak that occurred the same day 30 years ago.

Volcanic disaster at Mt. Unzen in Japan

Volcanic disaster at Mt. Unzen in Japan

File photo taken June 3, 1991, in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows a massive pyroclastic flow spewing from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak. The volcanic disaster killed 43 people.

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Bereaved family members pray in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Bereaved family members pray in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Bereaved family members pray in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Bereaved family members pray in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Candles are lit in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Candles are lit in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

Candles are lit in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People lay flowers at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

29th anniversary of Japan mountain disaster

People lay flowers at a monument in Shimabara, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2020, as the city in Nagasaki Prefecture marks the 29th anniversary of a huge pyroclastic flow from Mt. Unzen's Fugen Peak which caused the deaths of 43 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo