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Japan crown prince attends tree-pruning event

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (back, 2nd from L) and his wife Crown Princess Kiko (back, 2nd from R) attend a tree-pruning event in Itako in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince attends tree-pruning event

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (L) trims a branch during a tree-pruning event in Itako in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Nov. 11, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) puts on an "ayamegasa" rush hat at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 29, 2023, as he meets young women serving as "ayame musume (iris girls)" while they promote an ongoing iris flower festival in the eastern Japanese city of Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from L) poses for a photo at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 29, 2023, with an "ayamegasa" rush hat on his head as he meets young women serving as "ayame musume (iris girls)" while they promote an ongoing iris flower festival in the eastern Japanese city of Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture.

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'Ayame musume' visit Prime Minister Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe receives a bouquet of flowers from young women serving as "ayame musume," daughters of the irises, from Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, during their visit to the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 27, 2014.

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Construction of wooden school buildings increasing

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2013 shows a corridor at Itako Elementary School, a municipal grade school in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture. Previously a reinforced concrete structure, it was rebuilt in wood in April 2013.

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Land liquefaction

MITO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 22, 2012, shows an electric pole leaning in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, due to a major quake nearly a year ago.

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PM Aso receives courtesy call from 'iris' women

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is presented with a bouquet of irises by women working for an iris festival in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecure, northeast of Tokyo, on June 3 when they paid a courtesy call on the prime minister at his office.

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Traditional bride-on-the-boat wedding ceremony

MITO, Japan - A bride wearing a pure white wedding costume is taken by boat to her bridegroom in a traditional wedding ceremony reenacted during the annual Iris Festival in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24.

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Jeon wins Philanthropy C'ship for 2nd career title

ITAKO, Japan - South Korea's Jeon Mi Jung holds up the trophy she captured for her second career title in Japan at the Philanthropy LPGA Players Championship at Itako Country Club in Ibaraki Prefecture on July 23.

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Yokomine moves 2 shots clear at Philanthropy C'ship

ITAKO, Japan - Sakura Yokomine shot a 3-under-par 69 to move into a two-stroke lead over South Korea's Jeon Mi Jung after two rounds of the Philanthropy LPGA Players Championship at Itako Country Club in Ibaraki Prefecture on July 21.

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Shinsakaue takes 1st-round lead at Philanthropy Championship

ITAKO, Japan - Unheralded Yuko Shinsakaue shot a 5-under-par 67 to take the lead after the first round of the Philanthropy LPGA Players Championship at Itako Country Club in Ibaraki Prefecture on July 20.

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Emperor, empress attend national tree-planting event

ITAKO, Japan - Emperor Akihito plants a tree during a national tree-planting event in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 5.

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Typhoon damages power transmission towers

ITAKO, Japan - A power transmission tower is seen damaged Oct. 2 in Ibaraki Prefecure. Nine such towers fell down or were damaged the previous day due to strong wind from a powerful typhoon that hit areas around Tokyo and northern Japan.

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Koizumi given iris

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (3rd from R) poses with ''iris ladies'' from Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, behind a pot of white iris presented by them at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 28.

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Shinsakaue takes 1st-round lead at Philanthropy Championship

ITAKO, Japan - Unheralded Yuko Shinsakaue shot a 5-under-par 67 to take the lead after the first round of the Philanthropy LPGA Players Championship at Itako Country Club in Ibaraki Prefecture on July 20. (Kyodo)

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Yokomine moves 2 shots clear at Philanthropy C'ship

ITAKO, Japan - Sakura Yokomine shot a 3-under-par 69 to move into a two-stroke lead over South Korea's Jeon Mi Jung after two rounds of the Philanthropy LPGA Players Championship at Itako Country Club in Ibaraki Prefecture on July 21. (Kyodo)

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Jeon wins Philanthropy C'ship for 2nd career title

ITAKO, Japan - South Korea's Jeon Mi Jung holds up the trophy she captured for her second career title in Japan at the Philanthropy LPGA Players Championship at Itako Country Club in Ibaraki Prefecture on July 23. (Kyodo)

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PM Aso receives courtesy call from 'iris' women

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso is presented with a bouquet of irises by women working for an iris festival in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecure, northeast of Tokyo, on June 3 when they paid a courtesy call on the prime minister at his office. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress attend national tree-planting event

ITAKO, Japan - Emperor Akihito plants a tree during a national tree-planting event in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 5. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon damages power transmission towers

ITAKO, Japan - A power transmission tower is seen damaged Oct. 2 in Ibaraki Prefecure. Nine such towers fell down or were damaged the previous day due to strong wind from a powerful typhoon that hit areas around Tokyo and northern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Bride on boat congratulated by onlookers in Itako, east of Tokyo

A bride and her parents riding on a traditional "yomeiri-bune" (bridal boat) are congratulated by tourists and other onlookers in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, east of Tokyo, as part of the Ayame Matsuri (Iris Festival) on June 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional bride-on-the-boat wedding ceremony

MITO, Japan - A bride wearing a pure white wedding costume is taken by boat to her bridegroom in a traditional wedding ceremony reenacted during the annual Iris Festival in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24. (Kyodo)

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Labor office set to recognize overwork death of foreign intern

ITAKO, Japan - This photo taken on July 2, 2010, shows a metal processing firm called Fuji Denka Kogyo in the city of Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, where Jiang Xiaodong, a Chinese national, worked as an intern under a government-authorized training program and died in June 2008. The Kashima labor standards inspection office decided to recognize his death as a result of working long hours illegally. (Kyodo)

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Land liquefaction

MITO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 22, 2012, shows an electric pole leaning in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, due to a major quake nearly a year ago. (Kyodo)

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Japanese family in 1960s

File photo taken Dec. 18, 1960, shows a three-generation farm family in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan. Children play the "fukuwarai" make-a-face game while adults drink sake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boat carries bride to the groom in traditional wedding custom

A boat carries a bride in a white wedding kimono to her groom as a re-enactment of a traditional Japanese wedding custom in Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 27, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koizumi given iris

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (3rd from R) poses with ''iris ladies'' from Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, behind a pot of white iris presented by them at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 28.