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Japan: Rare Brocken Spectre with Rainbow Halo Spotted in Japanese Alps

Captured at Karasawa-dake, a peak near Mount Okuhotaka, this video shows a rare Brocken spectre. The climber’s shadow appears on the mist below, clearly surrounded by a bright, rainbow-colored halo. This optical phenomenon occurs when the sun is low behind the observer, creating a ghostly shadow that seems to float in the clouds.

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Water release at central Japan dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2025.

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Water release at central Japan dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2025.

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Water release at central Japan dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2025.

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Norikura Skyline in central Japan

A bus runs along the 15-kilometer Norikura Skyline in the Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, offering extraordinary views of Mt. Norikura at the southern edge of the Northern Japan Alps, as the road opens on May 15, 2025, after a wintertime hiatus.

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Signboards and logos for Alps Tool

Alps Tool's signboard and logo. (Taken at JIMTOF2024.) Signboard and logo of Alps Tool.=November 6,2024,Tokyo,Japan

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[Breaking News]Water release at central Japan dam

TATEYAMA, Japan, June 26 Kyodo - Tourists take photos as the annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2024. (Kyodo)

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Water release at central Japan dam

A rainbow is seen over a cloud of spray as the annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2024.

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Water release at central Japan dam

Tourists take photos as the annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2024.

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Water release at central Japan dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2024.

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ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD. signage, logo

ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD. sign, logo. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan

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Exterior of ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.

Exterior of ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.. ＝May 15, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan

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ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD. signboard, logo

ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD. sign, logo. ＝May 15, 2024, Tokyo, Japan

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Exterior of ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.

Exterior of ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.. ＝May 15, 2024, Tokyo, Japan

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Japan starts releasing Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into ocean despite opposition at home, abroad

STORY: Japan starts releasing Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into ocean despite opposition at home, abroad DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:36 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of a shore near Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant 2. various of ALPS (advanced liquid processing system) at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant 3. various of seaside of Soma City near Fukushima Prefecture STORYLINE: Japan started releasing nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. According to Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the plant's operator, the water discharge commenced at around 1:00 p.m. local time (0400 GMT), while concerns and opposition persisting among local fishermen as well as in neighboring countries and Pacific island countries. TEPCO said it plans to carry out the first round of release over 17 days to discharge 7,800 tons of the radioactive wastewater. Xinhua News Agency correspondent

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, together with his team boards a boat one kilometer along the coast of Fukushima Daiichi NPP where 12 meters below the sea surface a tunnel was constructed to use for controlled discharge of the ALPS treated water. Fukushima, Japan. 5 July 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, together with his team boards a boat one kilometer along the coast of Fukushima Daiichi NPP where 12 meters below the sea surface a tunnel was constructed to use for controlled discharge of the ALPS treated water. Fukushima, Japan. 5 July 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, together with his team boards a boat one kilometer along the coast of Fukushima Daiichi NPP where 12 meters below the sea surface a tunnel was constructed to use for controlled discharge of the ALPS treated water. Fukushima, Japan. 5 July 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, together with his team boards a boat one kilometer along the coast of Fukushima Daiichi NPP where 12 meters below the sea surface a tunnel was constructed to use for controlled discharge of the ALPS treated water. Fukushima, Japan. 5 July 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, together with his team boards a boat one kilometer along the coast of Fukushima Daiichi NPP where 12 meters below the sea surface a tunnel was constructed to use for controlled discharge of the ALPS treated water. Fukushima, Japan. 5 July 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, together with his team boards a boat one kilometer along the coast of Fukushima Daiichi NPP where 12 meters below the sea surface a tunnel was constructed to use for controlled discharge of the ALPS treated water. Fukushima, Japan. 5 July 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, together with his team boards a boat one kilometer along the coast of Fukushima Daiichi NPP where 12 meters below the sea surface a tunnel was constructed to use for controlled discharge of the ALPS treated water. Fukushima, Japan. 5 July 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, together with his team boards a boat one kilometer along the coast of Fukushima Daiichi NPP where 12 meters below the sea surface a tunnel was constructed to use for controlled discharge of the ALPS treated water. Fukushima, Japan. 5 July 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, together with his team boards a boat one kilometer along the coast of Fukushima Daiichi NPP where 12 meters below the sea surface a tunnel was constructed to use for controlled discharge of the ALPS treated water. Fukushima, Japan. 5 July 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, together with his team boards a boat one kilometer along the coast of Fukushima Daiichi NPP where 12 meters below the sea surface a tunnel was constructed to use for controlled discharge of the ALPS treated water. Fukushima, Japan. 5 July 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, together with his team boards a boat one kilometer along the coast of Fukushima Daiichi NPP where 12 meters below the sea surface a tunnel was constructed to use for controlled discharge of the ALPS treated water. Fukushima, Japan. 5 July 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Approves Plan For Water Release - Fukushima

Handout photo shows Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, together with his team boards a boat one kilometer along the coast of Fukushima Daiichi NPP where 12 meters below the sea surface a tunnel was constructed to use for controlled discharge of the ALPS treated water. Fukushima, Japan. 5 July 2023. UN watchdog has said that Japan's plan to release waste water from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea complies with international standards. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the release will have a "negligible" impact on the environment. The Fukushima facility is running out of storage space for the water, which was used to cool nuclear reactors. Japan's plan has been opposed by China and South Korea. Photo courtesy of IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water release at central Japan dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the mountains of the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2023.

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Water release at central Japan dam

Annual water release begins at Kurobe Dam, a popular tourist spot surrounded by the mountains of the Northern Alps, in the Toyama Prefecture town of Tateyama, central Japan, on June 26, 2023.

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Scenic spot in Toyama, central Japan

Photo taken on April 3, 2023, in the Toyama prefectural town of Asahi in central Japan, shows a landscape dubbed "Spring trio," in which cherry blossoms and tulips can be seen together in front of the snow-covered Hida Mountains, or Northern Alps, stretching through Nagano, Toyama and Gifu prefectures.

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Scenic spot in Toyama, central Japan

Photo taken on April 3, 2023, in the Toyama prefectural town of Asahi in central Japan, shows a landscape dubbed "Spring trio," in which cherry blossoms and tulips can be seen together in front of the snow-covered Hida Mountains, or Northern Alps, stretching through Nagano, Toyama and Gifu prefectures.

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ALPS water treatment system at Fukushima plant

OKUMA, Japan - The multi-nuclide removal equipment (Advanced Liquid Processing System), a water decontamination system, at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is photographed on June 20, 2014, in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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ALPS water treatment system at Fukushima plant

OKUMA, Japan - The multi-nuclide removal equipment (Advanced Liquid Processing System), a water decontamination system, at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is photographed on June 20, 2014, in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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TEPCO shows ALPS water treatment system at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Ono, manager of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, answers reporters' questions on Oct. 16, 2014, as he shows the press parts of a radioactive water treatment system known as an advanced liquid processing system, or ALPS, and other devices at the crippled plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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UNESCO "eco park" list

KOFU, Japan - Hirofumi Nakagomi, mayor of Minami-Alps in Yamanashi Prefecture, receives the news that UNESCO has decided to add Japan's Southern Alps mountain range to its list of biosphere reserves, known as eco parks in Japan, at the city hall around 1 a.m. on June 12, 2014. The 302,474-hecatre region straddles Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka prefectures. UNESCO also decided to add the Tadami beech forest in Fukushima Prefecture to the list.

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Mountain climbing accident

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a climber being rescued by a police helicopter from the Nagano Prefecture side of Mt. Okuhotakadake on May 6, 2014. Two climbers died of exposure on the Gifu Prefecture side of the same mountain in the Northern Japan Alps in central Japan that day.

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Mountain climbing accident

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a climber being rescued by a police helicopter from the Nagano Prefecture side of Mt. Okuhotakadake on May 6, 2014. Two climbers died of exposure on the Gifu Prefecture side of the same mountain in the Northern Japan Alps in central Japan that day.

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Comet Ison

MINAMI-ALPS, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 14, 2013, from Minami-Alps, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows Comet Ison visible in the sky before dawn. (Combination of two photos exposed for 15 seconds)

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Fukushima nuclear plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo shows the advanced liquid processing system, or ALPS, to substantially reduce the radiation level of toxic water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. (Pool photo)

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ALPS at Fukushima nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2013 shows the inside of multi-nuclide removal equipment called ALPS, intended to remove most radioactive materials from contaminated water, at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. TEPCO said Sept. 30, 2013, it has resumed operation of ALPS following its suspension late in the previous week.

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Sherpas from Nepal working to repair mountain trails in Japan

TOYAMA, Japan - Sherpas Da Tshiri (L) and Pasang pose for photos on Aug. 7, 2013 in Japan's Northern Alps, where they work on the construction of trekking trails on the Tateyama mountain range, among other projects.

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Sherpas from Nepal working to repair mountain trails in Japan

TOYAMA, Japan - Sherpas Pasang (R) and Da Tshiri at work behind a lodge on the Tateyama mountain range in Japan's Northern Alps on Aug. 6, 2013.

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S. Korean climbers in Japan

MIYADA, Japan - Some of the South Korean climbers who went missing on a mountain in the Central Alps, central Japan, board a police vehicle in Miyada, Nagano Prefecture, on July 30, 2013, after successfully coming down the mountain.

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Rhone Glacier

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2007 shows the Rhone Glacier in the Alps, southern Switzerland. The area of the glacier decreased to 1,900 square kilometers in 2012, down nearly 40 percent since the late 1960s to early 1970s, Swiss experts said May 14, 2013.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows the inside of multi-nuclide removal equipment called ALPS at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 4, 2013. Operations are under way to decommission the crippled plant following a nuclear crisis triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Climbers die in Japan's Northern Alps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows mountain lodges in the village of Otari, Nagano Prefecture. A group of six men, from Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, were found collapsed near 2,932-meter Mt. Shiroumadake in the prefecture by another climber the same day and later confirmed dead due to hypothermia. They had gone missing after leaving Tsugaike Huette (L) in the morning the previous day.

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Climbers die in Japan's Northern Alps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows Mt. Shiroumadake in Nagano Prefecture. A group of six men, from Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan, were found collapsed near the 2,932-meter mountain by another climber the same day and later confirmed dead due to hypothermia.

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Rolling blackout

MINAMI-ALPS, Japan - A police officer controls traffic at an intersection without traffic lights in Minami-Alps in Yamanashi Prefecture on March 15, 2011, during a rolling blackout introduced by Tokyo Electric Power Co. amid an electricity supply shortage following the automatic shut down of its nuclear power plants after the March 11 killer quake and tsunami.

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Japan soccer players take Alpine break

SAAS-FEE, Switzerland - Members of Japan's World Cup 2010 squad take in the view of the Swiss Alps during a break from training on June 2, 2010.

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'Blue Samurai' visit the Alps

SAAS-FEE, Switzerland - Some members of the Japan squad for the World Cup finals pose for a photo at an observatory in the Swiss Alps on June 2, 2010, during a break from pre-World Cup training.