Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

TEPCO reboots 1st nuclear reactor since Fukushima crisis

People protest near the building housing the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2026, after Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. restarted the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power complex's No. 6 reactor in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo earlier in the day, marking the first resumption of a reactor by TEPCO since the 2011 crisis in Fukushima Prefecture.

E

TEPCO reboots 1st nuclear reactor since Fukushima crisis

People protest near the building housing the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2026, after Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. restarted the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power complex's No. 6 reactor in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo earlier in the day, marking the first resumption of a reactor by TEPCO since the 2011 crisis in Fukushima Prefecture.

E

TEPCO reboots 1st nuclear reactor since Fukushima crisis

Photo taken on Jan. 21, 2026, shows the central control room for the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power complex's No. 6 reactor in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. restarted the reactor at the seven-unit complex, the world's largest nuclear power plant by output when fully operational, marking the first resumption of a reactor by TEPCO since the 2011 crisis in Fukushima Prefecture. (Pool photo)

E

TEPCO reboots 1st nuclear reactor since Fukushima crisis

People protest near the building housing the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2026, after Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. restarted the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power complex's No. 6 reactor in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo earlier in the day, marking the first resumption of a reactor by TEPCO since the 2011 crisis in Fukushima Prefecture.

E

TEPCO reboots 1st nuclear reactor since Fukushima crisis

Photo taken on Jan. 21, 2026, shows the central control room for the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power complex's No. 6 reactor in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. restarted the reactor at the seven-unit complex, the world's largest nuclear power plant by output when fully operational, marking the first resumption of a reactor by TEPCO since the 2011 crisis in Fukushima Prefecture. (Pool photo)

E

TEPCO reboots 1st nuclear reactor since Fukushima crisis

Photo taken on Jan. 21, 2026, shows Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power complex's No. 6 reactor in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. restarted the reactor at the seven-unit complex, the world's largest nuclear power plant by output when fully operational, the same day, marking the first resumption of a reactor by TEPCO since the 2011 crisis in Fukushima Prefecture.

E

TEPCO reboots 1st nuclear reactor since Fukushima crisis

Photo taken on Jan. 21, 2026, shows Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power complex in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. restarted the No. 6 reactor at the seven-unit complex, the world's largest nuclear power plant by output when fully operational, the same day, marking the first resumption of a reactor by TEPCO since the 2011 crisis in Fukushima Prefecture.

E

TEPCO reboots 1st nuclear reactor since Fukushima crisis

Photo taken on Jan. 21, 2026, shows Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power complex in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. restarted the No. 6 reactor at the seven-unit complex, the world's largest nuclear power plant by output when fully operational, the same day, marking the first resumption of a reactor by TEPCO since the 2011 crisis in Fukushima Prefecture.

E

TEPCO reboots 1st nuclear reactor since Fukushima crisis

Photo taken on Jan. 21, 2026, shows Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power complex in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. restarted the No. 6 reactor at the seven-unit complex, the world's largest nuclear power plant by output when fully operational, the same day, marking the first resumption of a reactor by TEPCO since the 2011 crisis in Fukushima Prefecture.

E

TEPCO reboots 1st nuclear reactor since Fukushima crisis

Photo taken on Jan. 21, 2026, shows Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power complex in Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. restarted the No. 6 reactor at the seven-unit complex, the world's largest nuclear power plant by output when fully operational, the same day, marking the first resumption of a reactor by TEPCO since the 2011 crisis in Fukushima Prefecture.

E

[Breaking News]TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 25 Kyodo - Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. (Kyodo)

E

TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

E

TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

E

US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

E

Hong Kong restaurant gives disabled youth chance to work

STORY: Hong Kong restaurant gives disabled youth chance to work SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 15, 2024 DATELINE: March 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Holy Cafe 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe 3. various of Holy Cafe 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe 5. various of Holy Cafe 6. various of Holy Cafe distributing lunch boxes to the elderly 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe STORYLINE: A restaurant in Hong Kong's Cheung Sha Wan provides job opportunities and training for people with disabilities, helping them to develop their capacity for self-care and integration into society. The restaurant, named Holy Cafe, was opened in 2011 by Maria Sung Law Man-kwan. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MARIA SUNG LAW MAN-KWAN, Founder of Holy Cafe "I hope the staff members can learn different catering skills here. My restaurant used to serve Western-style food. Some o

E

Zambian family praises Chinese medical team after successful surgery

STORY: Zambian family praises Chinese medical team after successful surgery SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 31, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:51 LOCATION: Lusaka CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mary Mbetwa 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARY MBETWA, Resident in Lusaka 3. various of a Chinese doctor doing medical check-up for Mary Mbetwa 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARY MBETWA, Resident in Lusaka 5. various of Chinese doctors training local doctors 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARY MBETWA, Resident in Lusaka 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MICHAEL MBETWA, Mary Mbetwa's husband 8. various of Mary Mbetwa talking with her Chinese doctor 9. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): MICHAEL MBETWA, Mary Mbetwa's husband STORYLINE: When Mary Mbetwa, a 46-year-old resident of Lusaka, the Zambian capital, started experiencing some discomfort in the right side of her nose in 2011, she did not pay much attention to it and dismissed it as one of those feelings that would go away. As the discomfort persisted, however, she decided to seek

E

French leather craftsman shares life in China's Shenzhen

STORY: French leather craftsman shares life in China's Shenzhen SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 6, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 27, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:39 LOCATION: SHENZHEN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Thomas Maurice (Courtesy of EyeShenzhen) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): THOMAS MAURICE, French leather craftsman 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): THOMAS MAURICE, French leather craftsman 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): THOMAS MAURICE, French leather craftsman STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): THOMAS MAURICE, French leather craftsman "My name is Thomas Maurice. I'm from France. I'm working for DISSONA as a master craftsman. My skills come from (countries) like France and Italy. So most of the brand that I work for come from luxury sector." Around the age of 20, Thomas Maurice started to learn handicraft skills systematically, and served at many well-known European luxury brands for over a decade. In 2011, Maurice moved his career to China and joined the Shenzhen-based fashion brand DISSONA two years later. He then established

E

"Daruma" doll market in Fukushima town

A gigantic red "daruma" doll, a popular talisman of good luck, is displayed during a New Year daruma market in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba -- which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- on Jan. 6, 2024. The market was held for the second time in Futaba since an evacuation order was partially lifted in August 2022 about 11 and a half years after the March 2011 nuclear crisis.

E

"Daruma" doll market in Fukushima town

A gigantic red "daruma" doll, a popular talisman of good luck, is displayed during a New Year daruma market in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba -- which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- on Jan. 6, 2024. The market was held for the second time in Futaba since an evacuation order was partially lifted in August 2022 about 11 and a half years after the March 2011 nuclear crisis.

E

"Daruma" doll market in Fukushima town

People buy red "daruma" dolls, a popular talisman of good luck, during a New Year daruma market in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba -- which co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- on Jan. 6, 2024. The market was held for the second time in Futaba since an evacuation order was partially lifted in August 2022 about 11 and a half years after the March 2011 nuclear crisis.

E

Iwakuma to play for Mariners

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2011, shows free agent right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma before leaving for the United States. The Seattle Mariners said Jan. 5, 2012, that they have signed a one-year contract with the 30-year-old Japanese pitcher.

E

New Year ladder-top stunts by firefighters

TOKYO, Japan - A firefighter holds a scroll bearing a message of encouragement for the Tohoku region, which was hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, while seated atop a 7-meter ladder in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 6, 2012, in a demonstration of ladder-top stunts dating back to Japan's feudal Edo period during the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department.

E

Woodford drops comeback bid as Olympus president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011, shows former Olympus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Woodford. He said on Jan. 6, 2012, that he will give up his bid to regain the presidency of the scandal-mired optical and medical equipment maker.

E

Firefighters' New Year parade

TOKYO, Japan - A firefighter holds a scroll bearing a message wishing for the reconstruction from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Jan. 6, 2013, in a demonstration of ladder-top stunts dating back to Japan's feudal Edo period during the annual New Year parade of fire brigades organized by the Tokyo Fire Department.

E

Japan's Fukushima, partner Kaido ranked in top 100 global thinkers

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Mizuho Fukushima (L), leader of the Japanese minor opposition Social Democratic Party, and her partner, lawyer Yuichi Kaido, in images taken on Dec. 6, 2010, and on Jan. 14, 2009, respectively. The couple were ranked 29th in the U.S. magazine Foreign Policy's top 100 global thinkers of 2011 for their antinuclear activism.

E

Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses for a photo with a waxwork of late movie star Audrey Hepburn (L) on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 6, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

E

Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses for a photo with a waxwork of American actor Johnny Depp on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 6, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

E

Noda registers marriage

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Seiko Noda, former post and telecommunications minister and a House of Representatives member of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party. The 50-year-old lawmaker, who gave birth to a boy on Jan. 6, 2011, after in vitro fertilization, revealed on her blog Feb. 22, 2011, that she and her common-law husband had registered their marriage, with her husband adopting her family name, following the birth. Noda is a vocal advocate of a legal change to allow married couples to bear separate names.

E

Malaysia school for pregnant teens

JASIN, Malaysia - Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2011, shows Sekolah Harapan, a school for unwed pregnant teenagers in rural Jasin district in Malaysia's Malacca State.

E

Japan beat S. Korea in Asian Cup semifinal

DOHA, Qatar - Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima saves a penalty by South Korea midfielder Lee Yong Rae (6) during a penalty shootout in an Asian Cup semifinal match in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011. Japan won the match.

E

2011 Japan Prize winners

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Prize laureates (from L) Toshio Hirano, dean of the Graduate School of Medicine at Osaka University, Tadamitsu Kishimoto, professor emeritus at Osaka University, and Kenneth Thompson, an engineer at Google Inc., pose for a photo in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2011, as the year's winner of the Japan Prize Foundation award. Kishimoto and Hirano discovered interleukin 6, leading to the development of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, while Thompson, together with fellow award recipient Dennis Ritchie, developed the UNIX operating system.

E

Nagoya mayoral election campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Mayoral election candidate Yoshihiro Ishida, a former House of Representatives member, hits the streets as campaigning kicks off in Nagoya, central Japan, on Jan. 23, 2011. Yoshida has received the backing of the Democratic Party of Japan, the Social Democratic Party and the People's New Party for the Feb. 6 poll, which is being seen as a bellwether for unified local elections across the country in the spring.

E

Nagoya mayoral election campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Mayoral election candidate Hitoshi Sugiyama, a former Nagoya city assembly member, attends an election event as campaigning kicks off in the central Japan city on Jan. 23, 2011. The Feb. 6 poll is being seen as a bellwether for unified local elections across the country in the spring.

E

Nagoya mayoral election campaign

NAGOYA, Japan - Former Nagoya mayor Takashi Kawamura, who is running in the city's mayoral election to regain office, addresses voters as campaigning kicks off in the central Japan city on Jan. 23, 2011. Kawamura, who resigned as mayor the previous month to test public opinion on his tax cut and other pledges that were rejected by the city assembly, is running on the ticket of the political organization that he leads, called ''Genzei Nippon,'' meaning ''tax cut Japan.'' The Feb. 6 poll is being seen as a bellwether for unified local elections across the country in the spring.

E

Hakuho wins 6th straight title

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho gives a No. 6 sign with his hands, after capturing his sixth consecutive Emperor's Cup on the penultimate day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 22, 2011.

E

Nissan only delivers 60 of 6,000 orders for electric vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Nissan Motor Co.'s Leaf electric vehicle. Nissan officials said Jan. 17, 2011, the company has only delivered about 60 units of the vehicle in Japan as of Jan. 14 even though it has already taken 6,000 orders due to be sold by March 31. Nissan attributed the slow pace to the need for careful work in the manufacturing process but denied any delay of the delivery of the pre-ordered cars.

E

16th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

OSAKA, Japan - Photo, taken on Jan. 17, 2011, shows Kobe, the western Japanese city devastated by the Great Hanshin Earthquake 16 years ago the same day. The massive quake claimed the lives of 6,434 people. A building (L, below) is lit up to show the figures ''117'' to commemorate the date of the disaster.

E

Recall referendum on Nagoya assembly

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura (L) delivers a speech on a street of Nagoya on Jan. 17, 2011, urging residents to vote in a Feb. 6 referendum on whether to dissolve the city assembly, which is against Kawamura's proposals to cut taxes and salaries of assembly members.

E

16th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - People offer a silent prayer around a clock stopped at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1995, the time the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck the area, in the western Japanese city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on the morning of Jan. 17, 2011, the 16th anniversary of the disaster. The quake claimed the lives of 6,434 and imposed many challenges still remaining in the region.

E

16th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People commemorate the 16th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake by lighting bamboo lanterns in the western Japan port city of Kobe in the early morning on Jan. 17, 2011. The disaster claimed the lives of 6,434 and imposed many challenges still remaining in the region.

E

16th anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People commemorate the 16th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at 5:46 a.m., the time the quake struck the area, by lighting lanterns in the western Japan port city of Kobe on Jan. 17, 2011. The disaster claimed the lives of 6,434 and imposed many challenges still remaining in the region.

E

Kobe quake memorial

ITAMI, Japan - People stand in a circle around a picture made with candles and offer prayers for the victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake at a memorial event in the city of Itami in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2011. The earthquake on Jan. 17, 1995, claimed more than 6,000 lives.

E

Ishikawa, Sonoda at Royal Trophy

HUA HIN, Thailand - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa (L) and Shunsuke Sonoda try to find a putting line on the seventh hole in the Royal Trophy at Black Mountain Golf Club in the Thai resort of Hua Hin on Jan. 8, 2011. The Ishikawa-Sonoda pair won matches for the second straight day, with Asia leading Europe 6-2.

E

Adelie penguins around south pole

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2011, shows Adelie penguins and abandoned eggs near Showa Base, a Japanese station in the Antarctic. Researchers there reported that increasing numbers of penguin parents have been abandoning their eggs recently. (Pool Photo)

E

2010 press photo exhibition in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Visitors take a look at photographs on display at the 2010 press photography exhibition at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama on Jan. 8, 2011. The event organized by the museum and the Tokyo Press Photographers Association runs through March 6.

E

Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Jan. 6, 2011, shows an exterior view of the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.

E

Japanese prime minister's residence

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Jan. 6, 2011, shows an exterior view of the Japanese prime minister's official residence in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.

E

Japanese prime minister's office and residence

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Jan. 6, 2011, shows an exterior view of the Japanese prime minister's official residence (L) and office (R, front) in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.

E

U.S. nuclear envoy leaves China

BEIJING, China - Stephan Bosworth, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, leaves China from Beijing airport Jan. 6, 2011. Bosworth discussed with senior Chinese officials the stalled six-nation talks on North Korea's denuclearization.

E

'Baby deposit box' moves to new location

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2011, shows a ''baby deposit box'' set up in a new building at Jikei Hospital in the city of Kumamoto, which will open Jan. 24. The hospital is relocating its deposit box, which was set up for parents who decide they cannot raise their newborns to anonymously hand over the babies to the hospital, with the new location offering better privacy.