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AKB48 pop group member sings 'enka' song in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Misaki Iwasa, a member of the popular pop group AKB48, performs a Japanese "enka" ballad, "Tomonoura Elegy," outside the city hall of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Feb. 18, 2014. Tomonoura, a scenic spot in the Seto Insland Sea of Japan, is famous for being the setting for Hayao Miyazaki's animated film "Ponyo."

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6 dead, 4 injured in Hiroshima hotel fire

FUKUYAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the fire-gutted remains of the Hotel Prince in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 13, 2012. Six people were killed and four others were injured in the fire that occurred in the morning.

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6 dead, 4 injured in Hiroshima hotel fire

FUKUYAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the fire-gutted remains of the Hotel Prince in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 13, 2012. Six people were killed and four others were injured in the fire that occurred in the morning.

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6 dead, 4 injured in Hiroshima hotel fire

FUKUYAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the fire-gutted remains of the Hotel Prince in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 13, 2012. Six people were killed and four others were injured in the fire that occurred in the morning.

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Screens depicting 19th century Korean delegation unveiled

FUKUYAMA, Japan - A pair of screens depicting the scenic Tomonoura area of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, and a visiting Korean delegation in the early 19th century is unveiled to the media at the former Taichoro reception hall, which used to accommodate senior members of Korean delegations, in Fukuyama, on Sept. 15, 2010. The screen is believed to have been made during the Bunka period (1804-1818).

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Screens depicting 19th century Korean delegation unveiled

FUKUYAMA, Japan - A screen depicting the scenic Tomonoura area of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, near the Seto Inland Sea, believed to have been made during the Bunka period (1804-1818), is unveiled to the media in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Sept. 15, 2010. The screen, discovered in a private home, is paired with one depicting a visiting Korean delegation.

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Court ruling favors preservation of landmark scenery

TOKYO, Japan - Academy Award-winning animation movie director Hayao Miyazaki speaks to reporters on Oct. 1, 2009 after a Hiroshima District Court ruling in favor of residents in western Japan seeking to block a public works project they fear will spoil the scenery in a fishing district with old historical buildings and facilities. At a press conference at his studio in Tokyo, Miyazaki, whose latest animated film ''Gake no Ue no Ponyo'' (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) was inspired by the area in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, welcomed the ruling, saying he admires the ''courage'' the judges have shown.

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Court ruling favors preservation of landmark scenery

TOKYO, Japan - Academy Award-winning animation movie director Hayao Miyazaki welcomes a Hiroshima District Court ruling on Oct. 1, 2009 in favor of residents in western Japan seeking to block a public works project they fear will spoil the scenery in a fishing district with old historical buildings and facilities. At a press conference at his studio in Tokyo, Miyazaki, whose latest animated film ''Gake no Ue no Ponyo'' (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) was inspired by the area in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, said he admires the ''courage'' the judges have shown.

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Firm allegedly exports machinery for use in making nuke weapons

FUKUYAMA, Japan - Japanese police raid Horkos Corp., a machine tool manufacturing company in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 31 on suspicion that the company exported machine tools convertible for use in the development of nuclear weapons without authorization of the trade ministry.

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Fire rages in JFE Steel plant in Hiroshima for 4 hours, no injuries

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A fire engine tries to put out a fire at a steel plant of JFE Steel Corp. in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Aug. 20. The fire was apparently triggered by the leakage of coke gas in a 1-meter-diameter pipe while workers were reinforcing parts to support another gas pipe, firefighters said. No casualties were reported.