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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

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Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

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Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) BEFORE THE DRAMATIC FIRE OF APRIL 15 2019. EXCLUSIVE REPORT IN THE HEART OF NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL. THE WEST FACADE OF NOTRE DAME IN LATE AFTERNOON, ILE DE LA CITE. ON THE COURT, THE ZERO KILOMETER POINT, WHICH MARKS THE INTERSECTION OF THE ROADS OF FRANCE. IN THE CENTER, THE ARROW (REBUILT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE OLD, SHOT IN THE REVOLUTION) IS 96 METERS AND TOWERS 69 METERS. NARROW AND VERY HIGH BAYS (OVER 16 METERS) GIVE THEM LIGHTNESS. THE FACADE IS 43.5 METERS WIDE. AT THE FOREGROUND, L. TO R., ARCOLA STREET, THE SQUARE OF NOTRE DAME, THE SOUTH ARM OF THE SEINE AND QUAI DE MONTEBELLO. ON THE BACK GROUND L. TO R., THE CHURCH OF SAINT GERVAIS AND THE LATIN QUARTER. ALTITUDE 140 METERS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) BEFORE THE DRAMATIC FIRE OF APRIL 15 2019. EXCLUSIVE REPORT IN THE HEART OF NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL. THE WEST FACADE OF NOTRE DAME IN LATE AFTERNOON, ILE DE LA CITE. ON THE COURT, THE ZERO KILOMETER POINT, WHICH MARKS THE INTERSECTION OF THE ROADS OF FRANCE. IN THE CENTER, THE ARROW (REBUILT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE OLD, SHOT IN THE REVOLUTION) IS 96 METERS AND TOWERS 69 METERS. NARROW AND VERY HIGH BAYS (OVER 16 METERS) GIVE THEM LIGHTNESS. THE FACADE IS 43.5 METERS WIDE. AT THE FOREGROUND, L. TO R., ARCOLA STREET, THE SQUARE OF NOTRE DAME, THE SOUTH ARM OF THE SEINE AND QUAI DE MONTEBELLO. ON THE BACK GROUND L. TO R., THE CHURCH OF SAINT GERVAIS AND THE LATIN QUARTER. ALTITUDE 140 METERS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seeds from atomic bomb-exposed tree

Seeds from atomic bomb-exposed tree

Kunihiko Sakuma (R), head of an association for Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors' groups, hands ginkgo seeds taken from a tree that survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima to an official at the Botanical Garden in Oslo on Dec. 9, 2024, ahead of the award ceremony the following day for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. The seeds from the over 200-year-old tree, located about 1.4 kilometers away from Ground Zero, were donated to the botanical garden administered by the University of Oslo at the request of Oslo city, made after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, won the prize in October. (Pool photo)

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Seeds from atomic bomb-exposed tree planted in Oslo

Seeds from atomic bomb-exposed tree planted in Oslo

Kunihiko Sakuma (C), head of an association for Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors' groups, plants ginkgo seeds taken from a tree that survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Botanical Garden in Oslo on Dec. 9, 2024, ahead of the award ceremony the following day for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize. The seeds from the over 200-year-old tree, located about 1.4 kilometers away from Ground Zero, were donated to the botanical garden administered by the University of Oslo at the request of Oslo city, made after Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, won the prize in October. (Pool photo)

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Prototype of Peace Statue in Nagasaki

Prototype of Peace Statue in Nagasaki

A 15-centimeter-tall prototype of the Peace Statue in Nagasaki's Peace Park goes on public display on Nov. 9, 2024, at a prison in Isahaya in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki. Sculptor Seibo Kitamura, the statue's creator, donated the prototype to the prison in 1959 to mourn the 134 prisoners and prison staff killed when the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki hit as they were at a prison unit located near Ground Zero.

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Prototype of Peace Statue in Nagasaki

Prototype of Peace Statue in Nagasaki

A 15-centimeter-tall prototype of the Peace Statue in Nagasaki's Peace Park goes on public display on Nov. 9, 2024, at a prison in Isahaya in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki. Sculptor Seibo Kitamura, the statue's creator, donated the prototype to the prison in 1959 to mourn the 134 prisoners and prison staff killed when the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki hit as they were at a prison unit located near Ground Zero.

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Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Volunteers of the Fundación Madrina prepare boxes with humanitarian aid for the second convoy heading to Valencia, prepared by the Fundación Madrina, on November 8, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. The Godmother Foundation is mobilizing again with this convoy to provide humanitarian support in the epicenter of the emergency in Valencia. The truck includes food, clothes, hygiene products, blankets, as well as a team of psychologists, focused on the mental health of the people affected by the tragedy. Every day the entity sends humanitarian material and volunteers to ground zero Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Water boots and boxes with humanitarian aid for the second convoy heading to Valencia, prepared by Fundación Madrina, on November 8, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). Fundación Madrina is mobilizing again with this convoy to provide humanitarian support in the epicenter of the emergency in Valencia. The truck includes food, clothes, hygiene products, blankets, as well as a team of psychologists, focused on the mental health of the people affected by the tragedy. Every day the entity sends humanitarian material and volunteers to ground zero Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Volunteers of the Fundación Madrina prepare boxes with humanitarian aid for the second convoy heading to Valencia, prepared by the Fundación Madrina, on November 8, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. The Godmother Foundation is mobilizing again with this convoy to provide humanitarian support in the epicenter of the emergency in Valencia. The truck includes food, clothes, hygiene products, blankets, as well as a team of psychologists, focused on the mental health of the people affected by the tragedy. Every day the entity sends humanitarian material and volunteers to ground zero Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Volunteers of the Fundación Madrina prepare boxes with humanitarian aid for the second convoy heading to Valencia, prepared by the Fundación Madrina, on November 8, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. The Godmother Foundation is mobilizing again with this convoy to provide humanitarian support in the epicenter of the emergency in Valencia. The truck includes food, clothes, hygiene products, blankets, as well as a team of psychologists, focused on the mental health of the people affected by the tragedy. Every day the entity sends humanitarian material and volunteers to ground zero Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

A Godmother Foundation volunteer prepares boxes with humanitarian aid for the second convoy heading to Valencia, prepared by the Godmother Foundation, on November 8, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. Fundación Madrina is mobilizing again with this convoy to provide humanitarian support in the epicenter of the emergency in Valencia. The truck includes food, clothes, hygiene products, blankets, as well as a team of psychologists, focused on the mental health of the people affected by the tragedy. Every day the entity sends humanitarian material and volunteers to ground zero Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

A volunteer from Fundación Madrina prepares boxes with humanitarian aid for the second convoy heading to Valencia, prepared by Fundación Madrina, on November 8, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). The Godmother Foundation is mobilizing again with this convoy to provide humanitarian support in the epicenter of the emergency in Valencia. The truck includes food, clothes, hygiene products, blankets, as well as a team of psychologists, focused on the mental health of the people affected by the tragedy. Every day the entity sends humanitarian material and volunteers to ground zero Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Volunteers of the Fundación Madrina prepare boxes with humanitarian aid for the second convoy heading to Valencia, prepared by the Fundación Madrina, on November 8, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. The Godmother Foundation is mobilizing again with this convoy to provide humanitarian support in the epicenter of the emergency in Valencia. The truck includes food, clothes, hygiene products, blankets, as well as a team of psychologists, focused on the mental health of the people affected by the tragedy. Every day the entity sends humanitarian material and volunteers to ground zero Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Fundación Madrina volunteers prepare boxes with humanitarian aid for the second convoy heading to Valencia, prepared by Fundación Madrina, on November 8, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. The Godmother Foundation is mobilizing again with this convoy to provide humanitarian support in the epicenter of the emergency in Valencia. The truck includes food, clothes, hygiene products, blankets, as well as a team of psychologists, focused on the mental health of the people affected by the tragedy. Every day the entity sends humanitarian material and volunteers to ground zero Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Sweeping brushes and dustpans for the second convoy with humanitarian aid heading to Valencia, prepared by Fundación Madrina, on November 8, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. Fundación Madrina is mobilizing again with this convoy to provide humanitarian support in the epicenter of the emergency in Valencia. The truck includes food, clothes, hygiene products, blankets, as well as a team of psychologists, focused on the mental health of the people affected by the tragedy. Every day the entity sends humanitarian material and volunteers to ground zero Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Volunteers of the Fundación Madrina prepare boxes with humanitarian aid for the second convoy heading to Valencia, prepared by the Fundación Madrina, on November 8, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. The Godmother Foundation is mobilizing again with this convoy to provide humanitarian support in the epicenter of the emergency in Valencia. The truck includes food, clothes, hygiene products, blankets, as well as a team of psychologists, focused on the mental health of the people affected by the tragedy. Every day the entity sends humanitarian material and volunteers to ground zero Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Poster announcing humanitarian aid from Fundación Madrina for V, on November 8, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). The Godmother Foundation mobilizes again with this convoy to provide humanitarian support in the epicenter of the emergency in Valencia. The truck includes food, clothes, hygiene products, blankets, as well as a team of psychologists, focused on the mental health of the people affected by the tragedy. Every day the entity sends humanitarian material and volunteers to ground zero Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

Madrina Fondation Prepares A Second Convoy With Humanitarian Aid For Valencia

A Fundación Madrina volunteer prepares boxes with humanitarian aid for the second convoy heading to Valencia, prepared by Fundación Madrina, on November 8, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. Fundación Madrina is mobilizing again with this convoy to provide humanitarian support in the epicenter of the emergency in Valencia. The truck includes food, clothes, hygiene products, blankets, as well as a team of psychologists, focused on the mental health of the people affected by the tragedy. Every day the entity sends humanitarian material and volunteers to ground zero Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration For US Election Day

Illustration For US Election Day

File photo dated September 10, 2002 - American flags are all over the 2 World Financial Plaza, near Ground Zero, a few hours prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks one year anniversary ceremonies. - American voters go to the polls on Tuesday to choose their next president. US election results are sometimes declared within hours of the polls closing, but this year's tight contest could mean a longer wait. Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, the former president, have been running neck-and-neck for weeks. Photo by Hahn-Khayat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration For US Election Day

Illustration For US Election Day

File photo dated September 9, 2002 - Various stock pictures of New York. Pictured here American flags invaded Battery Park City's port, adjacent to Ground Zero. - American voters go to the polls on Tuesday to choose their next president. US election results are sometimes declared within hours of the polls closing, but this year's tight contest could mean a longer wait. Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, the former president, have been running neck-and-neck for weeks. Photo by Nicolas Khayat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kamala Harris Thrust Into Spotlight As Biden Bows Out

Kamala Harris Thrust Into Spotlight As Biden Bows Out

File photo - Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during a commemoration ceremony at the National September 11th Memorial in New York City on Sunday, September 11, 2022. President Biden announced he was suspending his re-election campaign and putting his faith in Harris. Within hours, the vice-president confirmed her own bid for the White House. “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic party, and unite our nation, to defeat Donald Trump,” Harris said. “We have 107 days until Election Day. Together, we will fight. And together, we will win." Photo by Bonnie Cash/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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N China's Tianjin Port records successful unloading of 700 Airbus aircraft's large parts

STORY: N China's Tianjin Port records successful unloading of 700 Airbus aircraft's large parts SHOOTING TIME: March 6, 2024 DATELINE: March 7, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of unloading of Airbus aircraft large parts at the Tianjin Port STORYLINE: Ten large parts of Airbus aircraft, including the nose, fuselage, and horizontal tail, carried by the "COSCO Shipping Libra" container ship, were safely unloaded at the Pacific International Container Terminal at north China's Tianjin Port on Wednesday. The latest delivery marks a milestone with 700 Airbus aircraft's large parts unloaded with zero defect. Airbus' first final assembly line outside Europe was put into operation in Tianjin in 2008. In September 2023, Airbus broke ground on its second final assembly line in Tianjin to manufacture both A320 and A321neo aircraft, the newest single-aisle aircraft of Airbus, to meet surging demands. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tianjin, Chin

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Memorial ceremony for victims of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

Memorial ceremony for victims of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

A memorial ceremony is held at ground zero in New York on Sept. 11, 2023, the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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Xi inspects Xiong'an New Area, urges new progress for "city of future"

STORY: Xi inspects Xiong'an New Area, urges new progress for "city of future" DATELINE: May 11, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:37 LOCATION: XIONG'AN, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xiong'an New Area STORYLINE: On May 10, 2023, Chinese President Xi Jinping inspected Xiong'an New Area in north China's Hebei Province and presided over a meeting on promoting its development. During the inspection, Xi said Xiong'an has entered a phase of advancing large-scale construction and at the same time taking on functions nonessential to Beijing's role as China's capital. He said the focus has now shifted to high-quality construction, high-level management and high-quality development of the area. Xi said that the transformation of the Xiong'an New Area from ground zero to an emerging sophisticated modern city within a mere six years is miraculous. Xi stressed efforts to fully, faithfully and comprehensively carry out the CPC Central Committee's strategic plans for building the Xiong'an New Area. He ca

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Two-seater water electric aircraft delivered in NW China

STORY: Two-seater water electric aircraft delivered in NW China DATELINE: March 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XUE JIJIA, General Manager, Liaoning Rhyxeon General Aircraft Co., Ltd. 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI RUNDONG, Vice president, Shenyang Aerospace University STORYLINE: A two-seat electric aircraft RX1E-S has been delivered in northwest China's Gansu Province. The aircraft, designed by Shenyang Aerospace University, uses pure lithium batteries as the power source. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XUE JIJIA, General Manager, Liaoning Rhyxeon General Aircraft Co., Ltd. "The Rhyxeon electric aircraft has zero carbon emissions with low noise and low operation and maintenance costs. It doesn't need ground runways but only suitable water areas. It is very suitable for flying in regions with abundant waters including rivers, lakes, reservoirs and long coastlines."     SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI RUNDONG, Vice president, Shenyang Aerospace

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Hiroshima marks A-bomb anniversary, lanterns floated in memory

Hiroshima marks A-bomb anniversary, lanterns floated in memory

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Lanterns being released into Motoyasu River in the evening of Aug. 6 in memory of the people who died from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in World War II. At the background is the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome, ground zero of the atomic bomb which exploded over the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.

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Britain's former nuke test site in Australia remains "devil's land"

Britain's former nuke test site in Australia remains "devil's land"

MARALINGA, Australia, July 23 Kyodo - A monument marks ground zero at Britain's former nuclear test site in Maralinga, southern Australia, as seen on April 21, 2015. Aborigines call the site, used by Britain for nuclear tests in the 1950s to 1960s, the "devil's land."

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Nagasaki marks 69th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing

Nagasaki marks 69th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - Candle-lit lanterns are placed in front of a plaque at Ground Zero Hypocenter at the Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2014, following a ceremony that day to mark the 69th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city.

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Photos taken 16 months after Nagasaki A-bombing exhibited

Photos taken 16 months after Nagasaki A-bombing exhibited

NAGASAKI, Japan - A total of 26 photos of the surroundings of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, including the ground zero location, taken some 16 months after the Aug. 9, 1945, blast and kept by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, are exhibited at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, from July 23, 2014, for a two-month run.

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Nagasaki's symbolic camphor trees

Nagasaki's symbolic camphor trees

NAGASAKI, Japan - One of two big camphor trees at the Sanno Shrine in Nagasaki City which withstood the 1945 atomic bombing is photographed on May 24, 2014. There are fears the trees, located about 1 kilometer from ground zero, will collapse as their insides are becoming hollowed out due to the aftereffects of the bombing as well as overgrown branches and leaves.

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9/11 museum in New York

9/11 museum in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows the 9/11 Memorial Museum, dedicated to memorializing the 2001 attacks on the United States, at Ground Zero in New York on May 14, 2014.

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9/11 museum in New York

9/11 museum in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows inside of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, dedicated to memorializing the 2001 attacks on the United States, at Ground Zero in New York on May 14, 2014.

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9/11 museum in New York

9/11 museum in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows displays on the 2001 attacks on the United States in the 9/11 Memorial Museum at Ground Zero in New York on May 14, 2014.

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Kosovo donates crystal to Hiroshima

Kosovo donates crystal to Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - (From L) Kosovo's Education, Science and Technology Minister Rame Buja, Kosovo's Ambassador to Japan Ahmet Shala and Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui stand by a crystal in the city of Hiroshima on Oct. 7, 2013. The Balkan country donated the crystal as a token of appreciation for a gift Kosovo received from a Hiroshima civic group of one of the paving stones near ground zero of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

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Japan prime minister in New York

Japan prime minister in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) visits Ground Zero at the World Trade Center site in New York on Sept. 25, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan prime minister in New York

Japan prime minister in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers a wreath at Ground Zero at the World Trade Center site in New York on Sept. 25, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Prince Akishino, Princess Mako in Nagasaki

Prince Akishino, Princess Mako in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Prince Akishino and his eldest daughter Princess Mako offer flowers at the monument marking ground zero in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki at Peace Park in Nagasaki City on July 30, 2013.

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Students from quake-hit Tohoku visit Ground Zero in N.Y.

Students from quake-hit Tohoku visit Ground Zero in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Tsubasa Sugeno (L), a university student hailing from Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, and Lee Ielpi, president of the September 11th Families' Association, trace together names of Japanese victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks engraved on the stone monument at the World Trade Center site in New York on Aug. 13, 2012. Students hailing from the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, which were severely hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, visited the site and met the bereaved families of the 9/11 victims.

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Students from quake-hit Tohoku visit Ground Zero in N.Y.

Students from quake-hit Tohoku visit Ground Zero in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Ayaka Ogawa (L), who graduated from a senior high school in Iwate Prefecture, and Lee Ielpi, president of the September 11th Families' Association, trace together names of Japanese victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks engraved on the stone monument at the World Trade Center site in New York on Aug. 13, 2012. Students hailing from the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, which were severely hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, visited the site and met the bereaved families of the 9/11 victims.

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67th anniv. of atomic bombing of Nagasaki

67th anniv. of atomic bombing of Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - High school students form a human chain by holding hands at the park marking ground zero of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki city on Aug. 9, 2012, its 67th anniversary.

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67th anniv. of atomic bombing of Nagasaki

67th anniv. of atomic bombing of Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows hands of high school students who formed a human chain at the park marking ground zero of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki city on Aug. 9, 2012, its 67th anniversary.

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Truman's grandson in Nagasaki

Truman's grandson in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Clifton Truman Daniel, a grandson of former U.S. President Harry Truman who ordered the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, offers flowers at the cenotaph marking ground zero at Nagasaki Peace Park on Aug. 7, 2012. Daniel is visiting Japan for the first time to take part in the annual peace ceremonies in the two cities.

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Old bomb shelter in Nagasaki

Old bomb shelter in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - A man examines an air-raid shelter in Nagasaki on July 30, 2012. The city of Nagasaki opened to a local civic group four air-raid shelters discovered the previous year near ground zero of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city during World War II.

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