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Japan upper house election campaign

Japan upper house election campaign

Mizuho Fukushima, head of the tiny opposition Social Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

Japan upper house election campaign

Japan upper house election campaign

Mizuho Fukushima, head of the tiny opposition Social Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Tokyo on July 3, 2025, as official campaigning begins for the July 20 House of Councillors election.

Lotus flower at northeastern Japan temple

Lotus flower at northeastern Japan temple

Lotus flowers start blooming at Shiramizu Amidado hall, a national treasure located in Ganjoji temple in the city of Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 25, 2025.

Lotus flower at northeastern Japan temple

Lotus flower at northeastern Japan temple

Lotus flowers start blooming at Shiramizu Amidado hall, a national treasure located in Ganjoji temple in the city of Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 25, 2025.

Farm minister Koizumi visits Fukushima Prefecture

Farm minister Koizumi visits Fukushima Prefecture

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (2nd from R) meets with farmers after inspecting their rice fields in Minamisoma in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on June 15, 2025.

Farm minister Koizumi visits Fukushima Prefecture

Farm minister Koizumi visits Fukushima Prefecture

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi talks with farmers after inspecting their rice fields in Minamisoma in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on June 15, 2025.

Farm minister Koizumi visits Fukushima Prefecture

Farm minister Koizumi visits Fukushima Prefecture

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (far R) talks with farmers after inspecting their rice fields in Minamisoma in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on June 15, 2025.

Farm minister Koizumi visits Fukushima Prefecture

Farm minister Koizumi visits Fukushima Prefecture

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) talks with farmers after inspecting their rice fields in Minamisoma in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on June 15, 2025.

Farm minister Koizumi visits Fukushima Prefecture

Farm minister Koizumi visits Fukushima Prefecture

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shinjiro Koizumi talks with farmers after inspecting their rice fields in Minamisoma in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on June 15, 2025.

Court rejects Fukushima crisis damages order against ex-TEPCO execs

Court rejects Fukushima crisis damages order against ex-TEPCO execs

Plaintiffs and their lawyers gather in front of the Tokyo High Court in the Japanese capital on June 6, 2025, in protest over the court's decision earlier in the day to overturn a district court ruling ordering former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay the utility damages for failing to prevent the 2011 crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

China to resume Japanese seafood imports

China to resume Japanese seafood imports

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (C) speaks at a ministerial meeting on exports of farm and fishery products at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 30, 2025, alongside farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R). Hayashi told the meeting that China had agreed to begin procedures to resume imports of Japanese seafood, lifting a ban imposed after the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

China to resume Japanese seafood imports

China to resume Japanese seafood imports

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (C) speaks at a ministerial meeting on exports of farm and fishery products at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 30, 2025, alongside farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R). Hayashi told the meeting that China had agreed to begin procedures to resume imports of Japanese seafood, lifting a ban imposed after the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

China to resume Japanese seafood imports

China to resume Japanese seafood imports

A ministerial meeting on exports of farm and fishery products is held at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 30, 2025. Japan and China have agreed to begin procedures to resume imports of Japanese seafood, lifting a ban imposed after the release of treated radioactive wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

MINAMISOMA, Japan, May 25 Kyodo - People dressed as armored warriors compete in a horse race during the annual "Soma-Nomaoi" traditional horse festival in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Minamisoma, northeastern Japan, on May 25, 2025. (Kyodo)

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

People dressed as armored warriors compete in a horse race during the annual "Soma-Nomaoi" traditional horse festival in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Minamisoma, northeastern Japan, on May 25, 2025.

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

People dressed as armored warriors compete in a horse race during the annual "Soma-Nomaoi" traditional horse festival in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Minamisoma, northeastern Japan, on May 25, 2025.

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

People dressed as armored warriors compete in a horse race during the annual "Soma-Nomaoi" traditional horse festival in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Minamisoma, northeastern Japan, on May 25, 2025.

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

People dressed as armored warriors compete in a horse race during the annual "Soma-Nomaoi" traditional horse festival in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Minamisoma, northeastern Japan, on May 25, 2025.

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

People dressed as armored warriors compete in a horse race during the annual "Soma-Nomaoi" traditional horse festival in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Minamisoma, northeastern Japan, on May 25, 2025.

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

Horsemen dressed in samurai armor take part in the annual "Soma-Nomaoi" traditional horse festival in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 24, 2025.

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

Horsemen dressed in samurai armor take part in the annual "Soma-Nomaoi" traditional horse festival in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 24, 2025.

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

Traditional horse festival in Fukushima Prefecture

Horsemen dressed in samurai armor take part in the annual "Soma-Nomaoi" traditional horse festival in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 24, 2025.

Rice planting in Fukushima

Rice planting in Fukushima

Rice is planted in a paddy on May 23, 2025, in the Nagadoro area of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture, which saw partial lifting in 2023 of the evacuation instruction imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. If the planted rice clears safety tests for radioactive materials when harvested, the Nagadoro area would be able to ship rice to the market for the first time since the nuclear disaster.

Rice planting in Fukushima

Rice planting in Fukushima

Rice is planted in a paddy on May 23, 2025, in the Nagadoro area of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture, which saw partial lifting in 2023 of the evacuation instruction imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. If the planted rice clears safety tests for radioactive materials when harvested, the Nagadoro area would be able to ship rice to the market for the first time since the nuclear disaster.

Rehabilitation of injured racing horse

Rehabilitation of injured racing horse

An injured racing horse swims in a pool at a rehabilitation center for racing horses in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on May 22, 2025, the pool's opening day for the year.

Rehabilitation of injured racing horse

Rehabilitation of injured racing horse

An injured racing horse swims in a pool at a rehabilitation center for racing horses in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on May 22, 2025, the pool's opening day for the year.

Rehabilitation of injured racing horse

Rehabilitation of injured racing horse

An injured racing horse swims in a pool at a rehabilitation center for racing horses in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on May 22, 2025, the pool's opening day for the year.

Rehabilitation of injured racing horse

Rehabilitation of injured racing horse

An injured racing horse swims in a pool at a rehabilitation center for racing horses in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Iwaki, northeastern Japan, on May 22, 2025, the pool's opening day for the year.

Cherry blossom festival near Fukushima plant

Cherry blossom festival near Fukushima plant

Fireworks light up the sky during a cherry blossom festival in Namie, a northeastern Japan town near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 4, 2025. The festival was held for the first time in 15 years following the 2011 nuclear crisis.

Cherry blossom festival near Fukushima plant

Cherry blossom festival near Fukushima plant

Fireworks light up the sky during a cherry blossom festival in Namie, a northeastern Japan town near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 4, 2025. The festival was held for the first time in 15 years following the 2011 nuclear crisis.

Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

A police vehicle patrols after an evacuation order is lifted in a nonresidential area in the village of Katsurao near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 31, 2025. The central government took the step in a 26-hectare area, including a wind power generation site in the village, on the condition that it be used only for business purposes.

Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

An evacuation order is lifted in a nonresidential area in the village of Katsurao near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 31, 2025. The central government took the step in a 26-hectare area, including a wind power generation site in the village, on the condition that it be used only for business purposes.

Suspended bullet trains in Japan restart after incident

FUKUSHIMA, Japan, March 14 Kyodo - Video shows bullet train cars of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line and the Yamagata Shinkansen Line coupling at JR Fukushima Station in northeastern Japan on March 14, 2025, as operations resumed after being suspended following an incident last week in which linked shinkansen trains disconnected while in motion. (Kyodo)

Suspended bullet trains in Japan restart after incident

Suspended bullet trains in Japan restart after incident

Photo shows bullet train cars of the Tohoku Shinkansen Line (L) and the Yamagata Shinkansen Line coupling at JR Fukushima Station in northeastern Japan on March 14, 2025, as operations resumed after being suspended following an incident last week in which linked shinkansen trains disconnected while in motion.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Fireworks are launched in Futaba, a northeastern Japan town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, in memory of the victims and in hope the affected areas can be reconstructed.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (4th from L, front row) offers a silent prayer during a memorial ceremony in the city of Fukushima at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2025, the time a massive earthquake struck northeastern Japan 14 years earlier, triggering a deadly tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba walks to offer a flower at a ceremony in the city of Fukushima on March 11, 2025, marking the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

About 300 yellow handkerchiefs with written messages hang on ropes in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a speech on March 11, 2025, at a ceremony in the city of Fukushima marking the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Police officers search the coastline of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, for clues about the fate of people who went missing after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the disaster.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Police officers search the coastline of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, for clues about the fate of people who went missing after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the disaster.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Police officers search the coastline of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, for clues about the fate of people who went missing after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the disaster.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Work is underway to decommission the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, seen from the shore of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

An off-limits area is seen behind a retractable fence in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

An off-limits area is seen behind a retractable fence in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit during a memorial event held in front of JR Futaba Station in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit during a memorial event held in front of JR Futaba Station in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Futaba, which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Bags containing soil and other waste generated during decontamination work are seen in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Okuma, host to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Bags containing soil and other waste generated during decontamination work are seen in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Okuma, host to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Bags containing soil and other waste generated during decontamination work are seen in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Okuma, host to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.