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World Exposition in Osaka

A giant float from the Iida Toroyama festival of Ishikawa Prefecture's Suzu is carried during an event featuring the central Japan prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 27, 2025.

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World Exposition in Osaka

A giant float from the Iida Toroyama festival of Ishikawa prefecture's Suzu is carried during an event featuring the central Japan prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 27, 2025.

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World Exposition in Osaka

A giant float from the Iida Toroyama festival of Ishikawa prefecture's Suzu is carried during an event featuring the central Japan prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 27, 2025.

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Japan: 1 Dead, Several Missing After Catastrophic Flooding Strikes Quake-Hit Area In Ishikawa 5

Heavy rainfall on Saturday, September 21, triggered flash flooding and mudslides in several areas on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, which was devastated by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on New Year's Day, leaving one person dead and multiple missing as of Sunday.

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Japan's Unit 731: Ongoing cover-up of horrific experiments on humans

STORY: Japan's Unit 731: Ongoing cover-up of horrific experiments on humans DATELINE: Sept. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:47 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MASAKUNI KURUMIZAWA, Former Unit 731 member 2. various of Noboru Kubota 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): NOBORU KUBOTA, Former Chairman of Iida City Peace Material Collection Committee 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): AKIRA YOSHIZAWA, Member of Iida City Peace Material Collection Committee 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Japanese): HIDEO MOTOJIMA, Director of the Social Education Department, Iida City Board of Education 6. various of street views in Japan 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Japanese): FUMIO HARA, Former President, Research Society for 15 years War and Japanese Medical Science and Service 8. SOUNDBITE 6 (Japanese): NOBORU KUBOTA, Former Chairman of Iida City Peace Material Collection Committee STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): MASAKUNI KURUMIZAWA, Former Unit 731 member "'Marutas' were human beings used for human experiments. My vivisection

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JAPAN-WAR CRIMES-EVIDENCE

(230903) -- TOKYO, Sept. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Noboru Kubota, former chairman of the Shinshu War Exhibition for Peace Organizing Committee and the Iida City Peace Material Collection Committee, poses for a photo in front of his home in Iida City, Japan, Jan. 13, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Who's covering up Japan's war crimes with evidence on notorious bacteriology unit kept invisible to public?" (Xinhua/Guo Dan)

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JAPAN-WAR CRIMES-EVIDENCE

(230903) -- TOKYO, Sept. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Noboru Kubota, former chairman of the Shinshu War Exhibition for Peace Organizing Committee and the Iida City Peace Material Collection Committee, receives an interview with Xinhua at home in Iida City, Japan, Jan. 13, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Who's covering up Japan's war crimes with evidence on notorious bacteriology unit kept invisible to public?" (Xinhua/Guo Dan)

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Judo: World championships

Kentaro Iida of Japan reacts after being beaten by Peter Paltchik of Israel by ippon in the second round of the men's 100-kilogram division at the judo world championships in Doha, Qatar, on May 12, 2023.

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Judo: World championships

Japan's Kentaro Iida (blue) is beaten by Peter Paltchik of Israel by ippon in the second round of the men's 100-kilogram division at the judo world championships in Doha, Qatar, on May 12, 2023.

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Judo: World championships

Kentaro Iida of Japan (blue) executes a rear throw for an "ippon" victory over Muzaffarbek Turoboyev of Uzbekistan during a men's 100-kilogram first round match at the judo world championships in Doha, Qatar, on May 12, 2023.

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New Asahi president apologizes over retracted news stories

OSAKA, Japan - Masataka Watanabe (L) and Shinya Iida hold a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 5, 2014, after becoming the new president and chairman, respectively, of Japanese daily The Asahi Shimbun earlier in the day. During the press conference, they apologized for retracted articles on the Fukushima nuclear disaster and for the belated apology for the withdrawal of articles on the comfort women issue.

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New Asahi president apologizes over retracted news stories

OSAKA, Japan - Masataka Watanabe (L) and Shinya Iida hold a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 5, 2014, after becoming the new president and chairman, respectively, of Japanese daily The Asahi Shimbun earlier in the day. During the press conference, they apologized for retracted articles on the Fukushima nuclear disaster and for the belated apology for the withdrawal of articles on the comfort women issue.

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New Asahi president apologizes over retracted news stories

OSAKA, Japan - Masataka Watanabe (L) and Shinya Iida, the new president and chairman of Japanese daily The Asahi Shimbun, apologize during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 5, 2014, for retracted articles on the Fukushima nuclear disaster and for the belated apology for the withdrawal of articles on the comfort women issue. They assumed their posts at the Japanese national newspaper earlier in the day.

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Japan arborist aims to deepen understanding of forestry

IIDA, Japan - Photo taken June 8, 2014, in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, shows Hideharu Matsuoka, a Japanese arborist who has won his second national championship in a row. The competition tests the tree-care techniques and safety consciousness of tree-climbers.

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Japan scientist working on "creature-like" robot

ZURICH, Switzerland - Japanese scientist Fumiya Iida talks about his robotics research during an interview on Feb. 3, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland.

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Meisho Mambo wins Shuka-sho

KYOTO, Japan - Jockey Koshiro Take celebrates his victory on Meisho Mambo after winning the Shuka-sho at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on Oct. 13, 2013. Third choice Meisho Mambo has snatched two of the three jewels in the filly's triple crown, after becoming Japanese Oaks champion in May. To the left is trainer Akihiro Iida.

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Tomorrow Party of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows (from L to R) Tetsunari Iida, acting chief of the Tomorrow Party of Japan, Tomoko Abe, deputy chief of the party, Yukiko Kada, party chief and governor of Shiga Prefecture, and Yuko Mori, deputy chief of the party, during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2012. The party, bidding to become an umbrella force for antinuclear candidates in the Dec. 16 general election, vowed in its campaign platform to phase out atomic power plants in 10 years.

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Antinuclear power party

TOKYO, Japan - Tetsunari Iida, acting leader of Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2012, after submitting an application to formally register a group of Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada, which calls for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power, as a political party, ahead of the Dec. 16, 2012, general election.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (R), announces at a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012, that she will establish a new party, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party). To the left is Tetsunari Iida, a well-known renewable energy proponent, who will assume the post of acting president of the party.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (R), announces at a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012, that she will establish a new party, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party). To the left is Tetsunari Iida, a well-known renewable energy proponent, who will assume the post of acting president of the party.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (R), unveils the name of a new party she will establish, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), during a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012. To the left is Tetsunari Iida, a well-known renewable energy proponent, who will assume the post of acting president of the party.

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Yamamoto wins Yamaguchi gubernatorial race

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Shigetaro Yamamoto raises flowers received after his victory in the Yamaguchi gubernatorial election, in the city of Yamaguchi on the night of July 29, 2012. During campaigning, Yamamoto said he would suspend a plan to build a nuclear plant in the western Japan prefecture, while his main rival Tetsunari Iida called for the plan to be scrapped in the wake of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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Yamamoto wins Yamaguchi gubernatorial race

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Shigetaro Yamamoto (C) and his supporters shout "banzai" after his victory in the Yamaguchi gubernatorial election, in the city of Yamaguchi on the night of July 29, 2012. During campaigning, Yamamoto said he would suspend a plan to build a nuclear plant in the western Japan prefecture, while his main rival Tetsunari Iida called for the plan to be scrapped in the wake of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.

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Nagano man sets new record for calculating value of pi

NAGANO, Japan - Shigeru Kondo (front) holds his Guinness World Record certificate in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2011, awarded for calculating the value of pi to 10 trillion digits using a self-made personal computer, beating the previous record of five trillion digits he set in August 2010. Standing behind him is his wife Yukiko.

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KDDI unveils new mobile phone brand in tie-up with designers

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows one of the new mobile phones KDDI Corp. rolled out on April 7 under its new ''iida'' brand name. The handbag-shaped handset is one of three hand-painted models designed by internationally renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, featuring patterns of her brightly colored polka dot motif. The handset is expected to hit the market this summer for over 40,000 yen.

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(2)Typhoon leaves 42 dead, 37 missing

MATSUMOTO, Japan - A two-car train lies derailed on the Japan Railways Iida Line in Tatsuno, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 21. The train was derailed Oct. 20 after part of the rail embankment was washed away by heavy rain from Typhoon Tokake.

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2 Mitsubishi Fuso trucks subject to recall catches fire

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Officials of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. investigate the company's heavy-duty truck in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on June 18 after it caught fire while running on a highway in Iyo in the prefecture. Another Mitsubishi Fuso truck caught fire in a parking area on an expressway in Iida, Nagano Prefecture on June 15.

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Ex-administrative reform panel chief Iida dies at 82

TOKYO, Japan - Former Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. President Yotaro Iida (file photo), who headed the government's administrative reform commission in the 1990s, died of heart failure on Sept. 9, his family said on Sept. 12. He was 82.

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(1)Voting begins in Nagano gubernatorial poll

IIDA, Japan - Keiko Hasegawa, a candidate in the Nagano gubernatorial election, casts her ballot in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 1. The poll was triggered when former Gov. Yasuo Tanaka lost his job in July after the prefectural assembly passed a no-confidence motion against him.

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Lawyer announces candidacy in Nagano gubernatorial race

NAGANO, Japan - Keiko Hasegawa, a lawyer from Iida, Nagano Prefecture, tells her supporters in a meeting in Matsumoto, Nagano on Aug. 2 that she will run in the Sept. 1 Nagano gubernatorial race.

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Iida advances to women's parallel giant slalom finals

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Ran Idia of Japan competes in the women's snowboarding parallel giant slalom event of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics at Park City Mountain Resort on Feb. 14. Iida clocked 43.06 seconds down the 549-meter slalom course claim the 16th and final place in the finals on Feb. 15.

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Iida hits solo homer

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yakult Swallows outfielder Tetsuya Iida hits a solo homer in the top of the third inning against the Hiroshima Toyo Carp at Hiroshima Stadium on Aug. 7.

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Welfide, Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals to merge

OSAKA, Japan - Shinichiro Iida (L), president of Welfide Corp., and Ryuichi Tomizawa, president of Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals Inc., shake hands at a news conference in Osaka on Nov. 1 after announcing an agreement to start talks on merging on an equal basis Oct. 1 next year, a move which would create the seventh largest pharmaceutical firm in Japan.

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(SP) HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-JUDO-GRAND SLAM 2022

(220711) -- BUDAPEST, July 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Iida Kentaro (top) and Georgia's Varlam Liparteliani compete during the Men's 100kg event at the IJF Grand Slam Hungary 2022 in Budapest, Hungary on July 10, 2022. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

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(SP) HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-JUDO-GRAND SLAM 2022

(220711) -- BUDAPEST, July 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Silver medalist Georgia's Varlam Liparteliani (1st L), gold medalist Japan's Iida Kentaro (2nd L), bronze medalists Spain's Nikoloz Sherazadishvili (2nd R) and Hungary's Zsombor Veg pose during the awarding ceremony for the Men's 100kg event at the IJF Grand Slam Hungary 2022 in Budapest, Hungary on July 10, 2022. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

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(2)Typhoon leaves 42 dead, 37 missing

MATSUMOTO, Japan - A two-car train lies derailed on the Japan Railways Iida Line in Tatsuno, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 21. The train was derailed Oct. 20 after part of the rail embankment was washed away by heavy rain from Typhoon Tokake. (Kyodo)

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2 Mitsubishi Fuso trucks subject to recall catches fire

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Officials of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. investigate the company's heavy-duty truck in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on June 18 after it caught fire while running on a highway in Iyo in the prefecture. Another Mitsubishi Fuso truck caught fire in a parking area on an expressway in Iida, Nagano Prefecture on June 15. (Kyodo)

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The People of Okunoto

The people of Okunoto. Farmers build thousand paddy fields. Fishermen, who do not have a fishing port, make salt in pumping salt fields. There are also migrant workers and peddlers. 　 The people of Okunoto, despite the rough seas of the Sea of Japan and the poverty of their half-farming, half-fishing existence, build Senmaida rice paddies (paddies built on sloping land), people make salt the old-fashioned way, the last of the Agehama salt paddies where salt is pumped with labor, the cutting down of Asunaro forests, a tribe of fishermen turned plasterers, women peddling fish, and women peddling fish and vegetables at the morning market in Iida. Women peddling fish, women peddling fish and vegetables at the morning market in Iida, a general merchandise market held in each village 　before winter preparations, and women leaving for Kansai in search of work before winter. The film was shot on an unknown date, and was released on November 4, 1960.

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Man in news: Advocate of "meaningful life" sells over 2 mil. copies of books

Photo taken in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 9, 2015, shows Fumihiko Iida, a 53-year-old former Fukushima University professor who has provided people with hints over the past 20 years for them to find something worth living for. His books on theory associated with meaningful life have sold more than two million copies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iida advances to women's parallel giant slalom finals

SALT LAKE CITY, United States - Ran Idia of Japan competes in the women's snowboarding parallel giant slalom event of the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics at Park City Mountain Resort on Feb. 14. Iida clocked 43.06 seconds down the 549-meter slalom course claim the 16th and final place in the finals on Feb. 15.

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KDDI unveils new mobile phone brand in tie-up with designers

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows one of the new mobile phones KDDI Corp. rolled out on April 7 under its new ''iida'' brand name. The handbag-shaped handset is one of three hand-painted models designed by internationally renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, featuring patterns of her brightly colored polka dot motif. The handset is expected to hit the market this summer for over 40,000 yen. (Kyodo)

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Elderly love therapeutic seal robot

IIDA, Japan - An aged resident at the Tamayura Day-Care Center in the city of Iida, central Japan, enjoys a harp seal stuffed animal robot ''Paro,''(left) developed by the Tsukuba-based National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. (Kyodo)

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Nagano man sets new record for calculating value of pi

NAGANO, Japan - Shigeru Kondo (front) holds his Guinness World Record certificate in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2011, awarded for calculating the value of pi to 10 trillion digits using a self-made personal computer, beating the previous record of five trillion digits he set in August 2010. Standing behind him is his wife Yukiko. (Kyodo)

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New Asahi president apologizes over retracted news stories

OSAKA, Japan - Masataka Watanabe (L) and Shinya Iida hold a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 5, 2014, after becoming the new president and chairman, respectively, of Japanese daily The Asahi Shimbun earlier in the day. During the press conference, they apologized for retracted articles on the Fukushima nuclear disaster and for the belated apology for the withdrawal of articles on the comfort women issue. (Kyodo)

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New Asahi president apologizes over retracted news stories

OSAKA, Japan - Masataka Watanabe (L) and Shinya Iida hold a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 5, 2014, after becoming the new president and chairman, respectively, of Japanese daily The Asahi Shimbun earlier in the day. During the press conference, they apologized for retracted articles on the Fukushima nuclear disaster and for the belated apology for the withdrawal of articles on the comfort women issue. (Kyodo)

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New Asahi president apologizes over retracted news stories

OSAKA, Japan - Masataka Watanabe (L) and Shinya Iida, the new president and chairman of Japanese daily The Asahi Shimbun, apologize during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 5, 2014, for retracted articles on the Fukushima nuclear disaster and for the belated apology for the withdrawal of articles on the comfort women issue. They assumed their posts at the Japanese national newspaper earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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Japan arborist aims to deepen understanding of forestry

IIDA, Japan - Photo taken June 8, 2014, in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, shows Hideharu Matsuoka, a Japanese arborist who has won his second national championship in a row. The competition tests the tree-care techniques and safety consciousness of tree-climbers. (Kyodo)

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