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Flying vehicle test in Ishikawa Pref.

Flying vehicle test in Ishikawa Pref.

A flight test is conducted for a flying vehicle designed to airlift aid supplies to disaster-hit isolated areas on Aug. 15, 2025, in Suzu, an Ishikawa Prefecture city devastated by an earthquake on Jan. 1, 2024.

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Flying vehicle test in Ishikawa Pref.

Flying vehicle test in Ishikawa Pref.

A flight test is conducted for a flying vehicle designed to airlift aid supplies to disaster-hit isolated areas on Aug. 15, 2025, in Suzu, an Ishikawa Prefecture city devastated by an earthquake on Jan. 1, 2024.

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Flying vehicle test in Ishikawa Pref.

Flying vehicle test in Ishikawa Pref.

A flight test is conducted for a flying vehicle designed to airlift aid supplies to disaster-hit isolated areas on Aug. 15, 2025, in Suzu, an Ishikawa Prefecture city devastated by an earthquake on Jan. 1, 2024.

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A-bomb survivor Sasamori

A-bomb survivor Sasamori

Photo taken on July 29, 2022, shows a portrait of Shigeko Sasamori, a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima who underwent reconstructive surgery for her scars in the United States. The New York Times reported on Jan. 2, 2025, that she died on Dec. 15, 2024, at her home in Marina del Rey, California. She was 92.

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Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in Ishikawa Pref.

Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in Ishikawa Pref.

A damaged home remains unattended in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, almost one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula region on Jan. 1.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

People gather around a bonfire as a junior high school building (back) is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary on Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in Ishikawa Pref.

Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in Ishikawa Pref.

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2024, shows a temporary bathing facility set up by the Japan Self-Defense Forces for people affected by a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1 in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan. The facility will be closed the following day ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster that hit Suzu and other Noto Peninsula cities and towns.

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Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in Ishikawa Pref.

Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in Ishikawa Pref.

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2024, shows a temporary bathing facility set up by the Japan Self-Defense Forces for people affected by a powerful earthquake on Jan. 1 in Suzu in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan. The facility will be closed the following day ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster that hit Suzu and other Noto Peninsula cities and towns.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

A junior high school building is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary next Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

A junior high school building is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary next Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

A junior high school building is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary next Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

A junior high school building is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary next Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

A junior high school building is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary next Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Japanese Princess Yuriko

Japanese Princess Yuriko

Japan's Princess Yuriko waves to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New Year greeting event on Jan. 2, 2023. Emperor Naruhito's great-aunt, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 15, 2024, at the age of 101.

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Crown Princess Kiko visits quake-hit city in central Japan

Crown Princess Kiko visits quake-hit city in central Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far R) visits on Sept. 15, 2024, a medical checkup room at a health promotion center in Suzu, an Ishikawa Prefecture city devastated by a strong earthquake that hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

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Crown Princess Kiko visits quake-hit city in central Japan

Crown Princess Kiko visits quake-hit city in central Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (2nd from R) visits a health promotion center in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 15, 2024. She was briefed about meal-cooking activity undertaken at the center until August for local people affected by a strong earthquake that hit the central Japan city on Jan. 1.

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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.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

People walk on the site of a gutted market in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 15, 2024, after a blaze following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1 burned out the area.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

A rainbow is seen from a gutted market in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 15, 2024, after a blaze following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1 burned out the area.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

A rainbow is seen from a gutted market in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 15, 2024, after a blaze following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1 burned out the area.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

A rainbow is seen from a gutted market in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 15, 2024, after a blaze following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1 burned out the area.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

A woman bows at the site of a gutted market in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 15, 2024, after a blaze following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1 burned out the area.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

High school students in quake-hit Hakui city in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture resume attending classes on Jan. 15, 2024, at a temporary facility in the city after their school was severely damaged by a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Japan PM Kishida

Japan PM Kishida

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Safety test at Daihatsu factory

Safety test at Daihatsu factory

Japanese transport ministry officials test the safety of a Daihatsu Motor Co. vehicle at its factory in Ryuo in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2024, after a certification scandal surfaced at the carmaker in 2023.

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Safety test at Daihatsu factory

Safety test at Daihatsu factory

Japanese transport ministry officials test the safety of Daihatsu Motor Co. vehicles at its factory in Ryuo in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2024, after a certification scandal surfaced at the carmaker in 2023.

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Safety test at Daihatsu factory

Safety test at Daihatsu factory

Japanese transport ministry officials test the safety of a Daihatsu Motor Co. vehicle at its factory in Ryuo in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2024, after a certification scandal surfaced at the carmaker in 2023.

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Maglev train tunnel work site shown to media

Maglev train tunnel work site shown to media

Photo taken on Jan. 15, 2024, shows a maglev train tunnel work site in Kawasaki near Tokyo, shown to the media ahead of full-fledged drilling beginning around September. Central Japan Railway Co.'s Linear Chuo Shinkansen bullet train service will link between Tokyo and Osaka for about one hour.

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Maglev train tunnel work site shown to media

Maglev train tunnel work site shown to media

Photo taken on Jan. 15, 2024, shows a maglev train tunnel work site in Kawasaki near Tokyo, shown to the media ahead of full-fledged drilling beginning around September. Central Japan Railway Co.'s Linear Chuo Shinkansen bullet train service will link between Tokyo and Osaka for about one hour.

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Maglev train tunnel work site shown to media

Maglev train tunnel work site shown to media

Photo taken on Jan. 15, 2024, shows a maglev train tunnel work site in Kawasaki near Tokyo, shown to the media ahead of full-fledged drilling beginning around September. Central Japan Railway Co.'s Linear Chuo Shinkansen bullet train service will link between Tokyo and Osaka for about one hour.

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Maglev train tunnel work site shown to media

Maglev train tunnel work site shown to media

Photo taken on Jan. 15, 2024, shows a maglev train tunnel work site in Kawasaki near Tokyo, shown to the media ahead of full-fledged drilling beginning around September. Central Japan Railway Co.'s Linear Chuo Shinkansen bullet train service will link between Tokyo and Osaka for about one hour.

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Rugby: Eddie Jones

Rugby: Eddie Jones

Eddie Jones, head coach of the Japan rugby team, waves during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Rugby: Eddie Jones

Rugby: Eddie Jones

Eddie Jones, head coach of the Japan rugby team, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Davos meeting in Switzerland

Davos meeting in Switzerland

Members of a group that advocates providing support to people in poverty are pictured inside their tent set up in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 15, 2024, as an annual meeting of the World Economic Forum kicks off in the Alpine resort town.

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Davos meeting in Switzerland

Davos meeting in Switzerland

Members of a group that advocate giving support to people in poverty pose in front of their tent set up in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 15, 2024, as an annual meeting of the World Economic Forum kicks off in the Alpine resort town.

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Ukraine House in Davos

Ukraine House in Davos

Photo taken on Jan. 15, 2024, shows a facility called Ukraine House, set up in Davos, Switzerland, to promote a free and democratic Ukraine in the face of Russia's invasion of the country, as an annual meeting of the World Economic Forum kicks off in the Alpine resort town.

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U.S. presidential election season begins in Iowa

U.S. presidential election season begins in Iowa

Photo taken on Jan. 15, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa, shows a signboard appealing for voters to support former U.S. President Donald Trump as the nomination process for the presidential election in November formally begins the same day, with Republicans in the Midwest rural state expressing their preferences at precinct meetings.

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Davos meeting in Switzerland

Davos meeting in Switzerland

Photo taken on Jan. 15, 2024, shows a street in Davos, Switzerland, as an annual meeting of the World Economic Forum kicks off in the Alpine resort town.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Naomi Osaka looks down after losing to Caroline Garcia of France in the women's singles first round of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Naomi Osaka looks down after losing to Caroline Garcia of France in the women's singles first round of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Naomi Osaka plays against Caroline Garcia of France in the women's singles first round of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Naomi Osaka plays against Caroline Garcia of France in the women's singles first round of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Naomi Osaka plays against Caroline Garcia of France in the women's singles first round of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Naomi Osaka plays against Caroline Garcia of France in the women's singles first round of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Naomi Osaka plays against Caroline Garcia of France in the women's singles first round of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Tennis: Australian Open

Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Naomi Osaka plays against Caroline Garcia of France in the women's singles first round of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 15, 2024.

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Tokyo police mark 150th anniversary

Tokyo police mark 150th anniversary

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks at a ceremony to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki area on Jan. 15, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Tennis: Australian Open

Tennis: Australian Open

Japan's Naomi Osaka plays against Caroline Garcia of France in the women's singles first round of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 15, 2024.

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