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104-year-old Japanese sprinter gets sports award

NAGASAKI, Japan - Hidekichi Miyazaki, the 104-year-old Guinness World Record holder for the oldest competitive sprinter, meets the press in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 12, 2014, after receiving the ninth Japan Sports Grand Prix award from the Japan Sports Association for his distinguished accomplishments.

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State orderd to pay penalty if Isahaya Bay dike is opened

FUKUOKA, Japan - The photo taken on March 24, 2014, shows the floodgates of the Isahaya Bay dike in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture. The Nagasaki District Court ordered the state on June 4, 2014, to start paying a penalty to farmers if it opens the gates.

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LDP veteran Kyuma loses Diet seat

ISAHAYA, Japan - Veteran Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Fumio Kyuma bows to his supporters in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Aug. 30. Kyuma, a former defense minister, lost his seat in the House of Representatives.

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Nagasaki rookie Fukuda wins Diet seat

ISAHAYA, Japan - Eriko Fukuda, a rookie candidate of the Democratic Party of Japan, celebrates in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Aug. 30 after winning a House of Representatives seat in the No. 2 single-seat constituency in the prefecture.

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Nagasaki rookie Fukuda wins Diet seat

ISAHAYA, Japan - Eriko Fukuda, a rookie candidate of the Democratic Party of Japan, celebrates in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Aug. 30 after winning a House of Representatives seat in the No. 2 single-seat constituency in the prefecture.

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Rock on tracks may have caused Nagasaki derailment

NAGASAKI, Japan - A rock weighing 130 kilograms is removed from the scene of a train derailment in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture on July 20. Investigators suspect the front car of a super-express train derailed and plunged into a rice field overnight after hitting the fallen rock.

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Super-express train derails in Nagasaki, 36 people injured

NAGASAKI, Japan - A super-express train on the JR Nagasaki Line lies derailed in the rice field in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture on July 19. The six-car train bound for Fukuoka from Nagasaki hit fallen rocks late July 18, injuring the driver and 35 passengers.

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Fishermen's protest scuttles Isahaya reclamation restart

ISAHAYA, Japan - A group of fishermen blockad the entrance to the reclamation site of Isahaya Bay in Nagasaki Prefecture on Jan. 8, forcing the farm ministry and construction workers to abandon their attempt to restart work for the day. The producers of ''nori'' seaweed in the Ariake Sea prevented the trucks carrying workers hired by the ministry from entering the 700-hectare site of reclaimed land.

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Opponents of opening Isahaya floodgates stage protest

ISAHAYA, Japan - Some 700 people, living near Isahaya Bay on the western part of the Ariake Sea in southwestern Japan, stage protest rallies March 28 over the government's decision to suspend a land reclamation project in Isahaya, Nagasaki Prefecture, and open the floodgates in a dike holding back tons of seawater. The government made the decision in part from strong requests from ''nori'' seaweed farmers working in the Ariake Sea.

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Fishermen blockade gates to Isahaya Bay land reclamation site

ISAHAYA, Japan - About 200 fishermen wearing headbands blockade several gates to the Isahaya Bay land reclamation site in Nagasaki Prefecture on Feb. 24 to protest at the state-run project, which they believe is the cause of the season's poor ''nori'' seaweed crop in the Ariake Sea.