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Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Toyama Pref.

Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Toyama Pref.

People watch the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team fly over Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 2, 2025, cheering up those affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Toyama Pref.

Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Toyama Pref.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 2, 2025, to cheer up people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Toyama Pref.

Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Toyama Pref.

People watch the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team fly over Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 2, 2025, cheering up those affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Toyama Pref.

Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Toyama Pref.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 2, 2025, to cheer up people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Toyama Pref.

Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Toyama Pref.

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Himi in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 2, 2025, to cheer up people affected by the massive Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Economic analyst Takuro Morinaga

Economic analyst Takuro Morinaga

File photo taken in Tokorozawa in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, on March 2, 2021, shows Japanese economic analyst Takuro Morinaga. Morinaga died of cancer on Jan. 28, 2025, at age 67.

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Aftermath of New Orleans truck attack

Aftermath of New Orleans truck attack

A woman places flowers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Jan. 2, 2025, a day after a U.S. Army veteran drove his pickup truck into a crowd celebrating New Year's Day there, leaving at least 14 people dead and dozens injured.

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Aftermath of New Orleans truck attack

Aftermath of New Orleans truck attack

Photo shows a barricade on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Jan. 2, 2025, a day after a U.S. Army veteran drove his pickup truck into a crowd celebrating New Year's Day there, leaving at least 14 people dead and dozens injured.

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Aftermath of New Orleans truck attack

Aftermath of New Orleans truck attack

People walk on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Jan. 2, 2025, a day after a U.S. Army veteran drove his pickup truck into a crowd celebrating New Year's Day there, leaving at least 14 people dead and dozens injured.

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Aftermath of New Orleans truck attack

Aftermath of New Orleans truck attack

A mother and her son place flowers on a sidewalk on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Jan. 2, 2025, a day after a U.S. Army veteran drove his pickup truck into a crowd celebrating New Year's Day there, leaving at least 14 people dead and dozens injured.

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Aftermath of New Orleans truck attack

Aftermath of New Orleans truck attack

People perform on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Jan. 2, 2025, a day after a U.S. Army veteran drove his pickup truck into a crowd celebrating New Year's Day there, leaving at least 14 people dead and dozens injured.

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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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Sumo: Onosato

Sumo: Onosato

Ozeki Onosato trains at his stable in Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 2, 2025, ahead of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament opening at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12.

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Sumo: Onosato

Sumo: Onosato

Ozeki Onosato trains at his stable in Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 2, 2025, ahead of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament opening at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 12.

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New Year sale at Japanese department store

New Year sale at Japanese department store

A lion dance is performed during a New Year sale at a Kintetsu department store at Abeno Harukas commercial facility in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 2, 2025.

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New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito speaks to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New Year greeting event on Jan. 2, 2025.

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New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito speaks to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New Year greeting event on Jan. 2, 2025.

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New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito speaks to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New Year greeting event on Jan. 2, 2025. Standing next to him is Empress Masako.

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New Year's greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

New Year's greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito, Crown Princess Kiko (C) and their daughter Princess Kako wave to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New Year's greeting event on Jan. 2, 2025.

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New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito waves to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New Year greeting event on Jan. 2, 2025. Standing next to him is former Empress Michiko.

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New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

Japanese Princess Aiko waves to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New Year greeting event on Jan. 2, 2025.

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New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter Princess Aiko wave to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New Year greeting event on Jan. 2, 2025.

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New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (4th from L), Empress Masako (5th from L) and other imperial family members wave to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New Year greeting event on Jan. 2, 2025.

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New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New Year greeting event on Jan. 2, 2025.

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New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito speaks to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New Year greeting event on Jan. 2, 2025. Standing next to him is Empress Masako.

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New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

People cross a bridge at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2025, for a New Year greeting event at which Japanese Emperor Naruhito and other imperial family members will appear on the palace's balcony.

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New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

People cross a bridge at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2025, for a New Year greeting event at which Japanese Emperor Naruhito and other imperial family members will appear on the palace's balcony.

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

The first runners of 21 teams start in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 2, 2025, the first day of the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

The first runners of 21 teams start in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 2, 2025, the first day of the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Combined photo shows a toppled building in Wajima in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 2, 2024 (top), following a powerful earthquake the previous day, and the same site on Dec. 16, ahead of the disaster's first anniversary.

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1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Combined photo shows a gutted morning market in Wajima in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 2, 2024 (top), following a powerful earthquake the previous day, and the same site on Jan. 29 (middle) and on Dec. 20, ahead of the disaster's first anniversary.

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1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

1st anniversary of Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Combined photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows a gutted morning market in Wajima in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 2, 2024 (top), the day after a powerful earthquake and fire hit it, and the same site under demolition taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 20, ahead of the disaster's first anniversary.

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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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Runway incursion warning system at Haneda airport

Runway incursion warning system at Haneda airport

Work to install runway status lights begins at Haneda airport in Tokyo in the small hours of Oct. 2, 2024, to prevent runway incursions by aircraft, after a Japan Airlines plane collided while landing with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on Jan. 2.

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Runway incursion warning system at Haneda airport

Runway incursion warning system at Haneda airport

Work to install runway status lights begins at Haneda airport in Tokyo in the small hours of Oct. 2, 2024, to prevent runway incursions by aircraft, after a Japan Airlines plane collided while landing with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on Jan. 2.

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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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Detour for quake-damaged road on elevated seabed

Detour for quake-damaged road on elevated seabed

A vehicle runs through a newly opened detour for quake-damaged Route 249 that was created on an elevated seabed in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture on May 2, 2024, following a strong earthquake that jolted the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas in central Japan on Jan. 1.

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Soil liquefaction after strong earthquake in central Japan

Soil liquefaction after strong earthquake in central Japan

Photo taken on April 2, 2024, shows a wavy street in a residential area in Uchinada in Ishikawa Prefecture as soil liquefaction occurred following a powerful earthquake that hit the central Japan prefecture and its vicinity on Jan. 1.

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2 months after JAL plane collision at Haneda airport

2 months after JAL plane collision at Haneda airport

People place flowers near Runway C at Haneda airport in Tokyo on March 2, 2024, two months after a Japan Airlines plane collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft upon landing on Jan. 2.

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2 months after JAL plane collision at Haneda airport

2 months after JAL plane collision at Haneda airport

People place flowers near Runway C at Haneda airport in Tokyo on March 2, 2024, two months after a Japan Airlines plane collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft upon landing on Jan. 2.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2024, shows household appliances discarded at a temporary waste collection site after a powerful earthquake in central Japan on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2024, shows household appliances discarded at a temporary waste collection site after a powerful earthquake in central Japan on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong earthquake in central Japan

Destroyed houses are pictured in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 2, 2024, after they were hit by a strong earthquake and subsequent tsunami on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Mayor Shigeru Sakaguchi speaks to the press in front of temporary housing in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2024, for people displaced by the Jan. 1 earthquake in central Japan.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Mayor Shigeru Sakaguchi speaks to the press in front of temporary housing in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2024, for people displaced by the Jan. 1 earthquake in central Japan.

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Temporary housing in quake-hit central Japan city

Temporary housing in quake-hit central Japan city

Interior of a temporary housing unit is shown to the media on Feb. 2, 2024, in the central Japan city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, which was severely damaged by a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Temporary housing in quake-hit central Japan city

Temporary housing in quake-hit central Japan city

Photo taken on Feb. 2, 2024 shows temporary housing set up in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture for people displaced by the strong earthquake that hit central Japan on Jan. 1.

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Temporary housing in quake-hit central Japan city

Temporary housing in quake-hit central Japan city

Interior of a temporary housing unit is shown to the media on Feb. 2, 2024, in the central Japan city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, which was severely damaged by a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of central Japan quake

Aftermath of central Japan quake

Combined photo shows a toppled building in Wajima in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 2, 2024 (top), following the previous day's deadly earthquake, and the same building on Jan. 30.

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Aftermath of central Japan quake

Aftermath of central Japan quake

Combined photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a market known as a famous tourist spot in Wajima in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture burning on Jan. 2, 2024 (top), following the previous day's deadly earthquake, and the same site on Jan. 29.

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