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Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Yusei Kikuchi gives an interview at the King of the Hill indoor baseball training gym built by him near his alma mater Hanamaki Higashi High School in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. Kikuchi plans to play for Japan's 2026 World Baseball Classic team.

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Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Yusei Kikuchi gives an interview at the King of the Hill indoor baseball training gym built by him near his alma mater Hanamaki Higashi High School in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. Kikuchi plans to play for Japan's 2026 World Baseball Classic team.

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Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Yusei Kikuchi gives an interview at the King of the Hill indoor baseball training gym built by him near his alma mater Hanamaki Higashi High School in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. Kikuchi plans to play for Japan's 2026 World Baseball Classic team.

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Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Yusei Kikuchi gives an interview at the King of the Hill indoor baseball training gym built by him near his alma mater Hanamaki Higashi High School in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. Kikuchi plans to play for Japan's 2026 World Baseball Classic team.

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Interview with Angels pitcher Kikuchi

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Yusei Kikuchi gives an interview at the King of the Hill indoor baseball training gym built by him near his alma mater Hanamaki Higashi High School in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. Kikuchi plans to play for Japan's 2026 World Baseball Classic team.

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U.S. Osprey makes emergency landing in northeastern Japan

A U.S. military Osprey transport aircraft is pictured on July 24, 2025, following an emergency landing at Hanamaki airport in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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U.S. Osprey makes emergency landing in northeastern Japan

A U.S. military Osprey transport aircraft is pictured on July 24, 2025, following an emergency landing at Hanamaki airport in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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U.S. Osprey makes emergency landing in northeastern Japan

A U.S. military Osprey transport aircraft is pictured on July 24, 2025, following an emergency landing at Hanamaki airport in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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U.S. Osprey makes emergency landing in northeastern Japan

A U.S. military Osprey transport aircraft is pictured on July 24, 2025, following an emergency landing at Hanamaki airport in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Japan: Intense Snowfall Causes Significant Snow Accumulation In Northern Prefectures

Snowfall intensified across northern Japan on Friday, January 17, rapidly increasing snow accumulation. Snow clouds affected not only the Japan Sea side, including Aomori and Akita Prefectures, but also the Pacific side, reaching areas like Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures, where some cities recorded the heaviest snowfall of the season.

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[Breaking News]Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

HANAMAKI, Japan, Nov. 19 Kyodo - Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi throws in an indoor baseball facility built by him in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate on Nov. 17, 2024. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic for children scheduled to open in December. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Ohtani wins NL MVP

A special edition of a local newspaper is handed out in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture on Nov. 22, 2024, reporting on Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers winning Major League Baseball's National League MVP award. Ohtani is from the northeastern Japan prefecture.

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Baseball: Ohtani wins NL MVP

A special edition of a local newspaper is handed out in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture on Nov. 22, 2024, reporting on Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers winning Major League Baseball's National League MVP award. Ohtani is from the northeastern Japan prefecture.

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Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi (C) attends a tape-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of an indoor baseball facility built by him in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate on Nov. 17, 2024. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic for children scheduled to open in December.

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Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi holds a press conference following a ceremony to mark the opening of an indoor baseball facility built by him in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate on Nov. 17, 2024. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic for children scheduled to open in December.

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Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi throws in an indoor baseball facility built by him in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate on Nov. 17, 2024. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic for children scheduled to open in December.

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Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi throws in an indoor baseball facility built by him in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate on Nov. 17, 2024. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic for children scheduled to open in December.

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Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

Photo taken on Nov. 17, 2024, shows an indoor baseball facility built by Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic scheduled to open in December.

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Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

Photo taken on Nov. 17, 2024, shows an indoor baseball facility built by Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic scheduled to open in December.

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Baseball: Teenage slugger Sasaki

Japanese teenage slugger Rintaro Sasaki poses for a photo in front of journalists at Hanamaki Higashi High School -- which Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani also attended -- in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 20, 2024. Stanford University announced a week before that Sasaki, who hit 140 home runs in his high school career, will enroll at the school in April before joining its baseball team for the 2025 season.

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Baseball: Teenage slugger Sasaki

Japanese teenage slugger Rintaro Sasaki poses in front of journalists at Hanamaki Higashi High School -- which Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani also attended -- in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 20, 2024. Stanford University announced a week before that Sasaki, who hit 140 home runs in his high school career, will enroll at the school in April before joining its baseball team for the 2025 season.

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Baseball: Teenage slugger Sasaki

Japanese teenage slugger Rintaro Sasaki meets the press at Hanamaki Higashi High School -- which Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani also attended -- in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 20, 2024. Stanford University announced a week before that Sasaki, who hit 140 home runs in his high school career, will enroll at the school in April before joining its baseball team for the 2025 season.

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Baseball: High school slugger Rintaro Sasaki

Rintaro Sasaki, a baseball slugger who plays for MLB star Shohei Ohtani's alma mater Hanamaki Higashi High School, is pictured during a game in the southwestern Japan city of Kagoshima on Oct. 10, 2023. Sasaki revealed the same day his plan to forgo the upcoming Nippon Professional Baseball draft and pursue a college education in the United States.

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Baseball: High school slugger Rintaro Sasaki

Rintaro Sasaki, a baseball slugger who plays for MLB star Shohei Ohtani's alma mater Hanamaki Higashi High School, leaves the park after a game in the southwestern Japan city of Kagoshima on Oct. 10, 2023. Sasaki revealed the same day his plan to forgo the upcoming Nippon Professional Baseball draft and pursue a college education in the United States.

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Japanese emperor, empress in Iwate

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at Iwate Hanamaki Airport in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 3, 2023.

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Japanese emperor, empress in Iwate

People gather at Iwate Hanamaki Airport in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 3, 2023, to welcome the arrival of Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako.

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Japanese emperor, empress in Iwate

People wait for the arrival of Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at Iwate Hanamaki Airport in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 3, 2023.

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Japanese emperor, empress in Iwate

People wait for the arrival of Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako at Iwate Hanamaki Airport in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 3, 2023.

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Japanese emperor, empress in Iwate

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave after arriving at Iwate Hanamaki Airport in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 3, 2023.

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Japanese emperor, empress in Iwate

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave after arriving at Iwate Hanamaki Airport in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 3, 2023.

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Final season of steam locomotive Ginga

Fans take photos of steam locomotive "SL Ginga" as it leaves JR Hanamaki Station in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 25, 2023, in its final season of operation.

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World Baseball Classic

Japan supporters celebrate at a public viewing site in Hanamaki in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 22, 2023, after Japan defeated the United States 3-2 in the World Baseball Classic final in Miami, Florida.

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World Baseball Classic

Japan supporters cheer at a public viewing site in the Iwate Prefecture city of Hanamaki, northeastern Japan, on March 22, 2023, while watching the Japan-U.S. World Baseball Classic final in Miami, Florida.

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A-bomb survivor to visit NY for nuke-free appeal

OSAKA, Japan - Masakazu Saito, 90, tells of his experience in surviving the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at his home in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in October 2014, hoping to visit New York next spring to appeal for an end to nuclear arms. Saito, then an Imperial Japanese Army second lieutenant, was severely injured at a military barracks some 1.8 kilometers from the epicenter in downtown Hiroshima.

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A-bomb survivor to visit NY for nuke-free appeal

OSAKA, Japan - Masakazu Saito, a 90-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, stands at his home in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in October 2014, speaking of his decision to visit New York next spring during the U.N. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons. In the background is his collection of antique clocks, all with their handles stopped at 8:15, the time when the bomb was dropped on the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI, Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" passes through the city of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI, Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" passes through the city of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI, Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" passes through the city of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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SL Milky Way runs in Iwate Pref.

HANAMAKI,Japan - The steam locomotive "SL Ginga (SL Milky Way)" departs from JR Hanamaki Station in Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, on April 12, 2014, as East Japan Railway Co. started operating the train between Hanamaki and Kamaishi Stations on the Kamaishi Line as part of efforts to help restoration in areas affected by the 2011 disastrous quake and tsunami. The train, named after "Gingatetsudo no Yoru (Night On The Milky Way Train)" written by Kenji Miyazawa, runs on weekends and holidays. Miyazawa, the late poet and author of children's literature, was born in Hanamaki in 1896.

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Plane skids on runway

HANAMAKI, Japan - An aircraft operated by J-Air Corp., a Japan Airlines Co. group firm, is towed from the grass verge at Hanamaki Airport in Iwate Prefecture on Dec. 26, 2012, after it skidded off the runway and finished up in the grass verge shortly after landing the previous day.

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Otani to play for Fighters

OSHU, Japan - Hanamaki Higashi High School phenomenon Shohei Otani (R) speaks during a press conference in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, on Dec. 9, 2012. Otani said he has decided to join the Nippon Ham Fighters, doing an about-face after declaring he wished to join a major league club. At left is Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama.

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Otani to play for Fighters

OSHU, Japan - Hanamaki Higashi High School phenomenon Shohei Otani speaks during a press conference in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, on Dec. 9, 2012. Otani said he has decided to join the Nippon Ham Fighters, doing an about-face after declaring he wished to join a major league club.

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Otani to play for Fighters

OSHU, Japan - Hanamaki Higashi High School phenomenon Shohei Otani (R) speaks during a press conference in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, on Dec. 9, 2012. Otani said he has decided to join the Nippon Ham Fighters, doing an about-face after declaring he wished to join a major league club. At left is Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama.

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Otani to play for Fighters

OSHU, Japan - Hanamaki Higashi High School phenomenon Shohei Otani speaks during a press conference in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, on Dec. 9, 2012. Otani said he has decided to join the Nippon Ham Fighters, doing an about-face after declaring he wished to join a major league club.

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High school flamethrower Otani

HANAMAKI, Japan - Hanamaki Higashi High School pitcher Shohei Otani (L) speaks during a press conference in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2012. Otani, an 18-year-old armed with a fastball clocked at 160 kilometers per hour, will become the first potential top draft pick to make the direct jump from a Japanese high school to the major leagues after the right-hander announced his decision to play in the United States.

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High school flamethrower Otani

HANAMAKI, Japan - Hanamaki Higashi High School pitcher Shohei Otani speaks during a press conference in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2012. Otani, an 18-year-old armed with a fastball clocked at 160 kilometers per hour, will become the first potential top draft pick to make the direct jump from a Japanese high school to the major leagues after the right-hander announced his decision to play in the United States.

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High school flamethrower Otani

HANAMAKI, Japan - Hanamaki Higashi High School pitcher Shohei Otani speaks during a press conference in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2012. Otani, an 18-year-old armed with a fastball clocked at 160 kilometers per hour, will become the first potential top draft pick to make the direct jump from a Japanese high school to the major leagues after the right-hander announced his decision to play in the United States.

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High school flamethrower Otani

HANAMAKI, Japan - Hanamaki Higashi High School pitcher Shohei Otani speaks during a press conference in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2012. Otani, an 18-year-old armed with a fastball clocked at 160 kilometers per hour, will become the first potential top draft pick to make the direct jump from a Japanese high school to the major leagues after the right-hander announced his decision to play in the United States.

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High school flamethrower Otani

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Shohei Otani of Hanamaki Higashi High School pitching during the final game of the Iwate prefectural high school baseball tournament in the northeastern Japan prefecture in July 2012. Otani, an 18-year-old armed with a fastball clocked at 160 kilometers per hour, will become the first potential top draft pick to make the direct jump from a Japanese high school to the major leagues after the right-hander announced his decision to play in the United States on Oct. 21, 2012.

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'Night Train to the Stars' on paddy field

HANAMAKI, Japan - Images of a locomotive and stars created with rice varieties having different colors are shown in a paddy field in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 16, 2011, along with a message of encouragement for the prefecture still suffering from damage caused by the March quake-tsunami disaster. Hanamaki is the birthplace of reputed Japanese poet and children's author Kenji Miyazawa, known for such pieces as the children's story, ''Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru''(Night Train to the Stars). The paddy image can be viewed in its finest colors through late September, according to local citizens.