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Arashi's final concert tour begins in Sapporo

People head to Daiwa House Premist Dome in Sapporo, northern Japan, on March 13, 2026, as the popular Japanese all-male idol group Arashi's final concert tour begins. The five-member idol group will disband after the tour that continues through late May, covering five cities for 15 performances.

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Arashi's final concert tour begins in Sapporo

People head to Daiwa House Premist Dome in Sapporo, northern Japan, on March 13, 2026, as the popular Japanese all-male idol group Arashi's final concert tour begins. The five-member idol group will disband after the tour that continues through late May, covering five cities for 15 performances.

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Map of Japanese cities with large Kurdish populations

SAITAMA, Japan, Aug. 29 Kyodo - Map shows the location of the neighboring cities of Kawaguchi and Warabi in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, where most Turkish Kurds in Japan live. (Kyodo)

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) inspects a cross-prefecture disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during the closing ceremony of a cross-prefecture disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

TINIAN, United States, Aug. 7 Kyodo - A ceremony is held on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with a model of the "Little Boy" bomb on Hiroshima on display. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities. (Kyodo)

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80th A-bomb anniversary

A woman throws a flower into the sea during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

A ceremony is held on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with a model of the "Little Boy" bomb on Hiroshima on display. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Tinian Mayor Edwin Aldan (L) offers a wreath during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Tinian Mayor Edwin Aldan (L) offers a wreath during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, was the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Japanese Consul to Saipan Akiko Tejima delivers a speech during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, served as the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Tinian Mayor Edwin Aldan delivers a speech during a ceremony on the Pacific island of Tinian on Aug. 6, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The island, part of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, served as the launching point for the U.S. bombers that dropped the bombs on the Japanese cities.

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Passenger ferry resumes between Shanghai and 2 Japanese cities

Photo taken on June 28, 2025, shows a ferry at a port in Shanghai ahead of its departure to Osaka, Japan, with around 30 Chinese passengers aboard. Commercial services between Shanghai and Osaka, and between Shanghai and Kobe resumed the same day for the first time in about five years, following a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Plastic whale sculpture in London

A basket labeled "Sudo-maru Kuji Port" in Japanese is seen on a giant whale sculpture made from marine plastic waste in London on April 17, 2025. The 11-meter-long sculpture, created to raise awareness of marine pollution, has caused a stir in Japan as it contains what appears to be debris from the massive tsunami triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Kuji was one of the Japanese cities hardest hit by the tsunami.

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Plastic whale sculpture in London

A basket labeled "Ishinomaki Fish Market" in Japanese is seen on a giant whale sculpture made from marine plastic waste in London on April 17, 2025. The 11-meter-long sculpture, created to raise awareness of marine pollution, has caused a stir in Japan as it contains what appears to be debris from the massive tsunami triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Ishinomaki was one of the Japanese cities hardest hit by the tsunami.

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Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in Oslo

A man holds up to look at a card made from one of the drawings of the aftermath of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Japanese cities drawn by the hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivors, and their families displayed at the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 9, 2024. The exhibition on Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, was unveiled to the media ahead of its public opening on Dec. 12

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Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in Oslo

A man looks at photos of the aftermath of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Japanese cities displayed at the Nobel Peace Prize exhibition at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 9, 2024. The exhibition on Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, was unveiled to the media ahead of its public opening on Dec. 12.

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Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in Oslo

Portraits of hibakusha, or survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Japanese cities, are exhibited at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, for the center's latest Nobel Peace Prize exhibition on Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, at the center on Dec. 9, 2024. The exhibition was unveiled to the media ahead of its public opening on Dec. 12.

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Free story classes for rural children in NW China

STORY: Free story classes for rural children in NW China SHOOTING TIME: recent footage DATELINE: June 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of free story classes for rural children by Jiao Meining 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIAO MEINING, Storyteller 3. various of free story classes for rural children by Jiao Meining STORYLINE: In 2015, under the influence of Japanese painter Miyoshi Tatsuya, a woman named Jiao Meining began to offer free story classes to children in rural China. Over the past 9 years, Jiao has taught at least 4 classes a week, covering over 400 schools. Nearly 100,000 rural children have enjoyed her story classes. Born in rural area of Shaanxi, NW China, Jiao has always enjoyed reading since her childhood. She knows that compared to children in big cities, rural students lack high-quality reading resources. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIAO MEINING, Storyteller "When I was telling a story, I can see the glow from children's eyes. I can also feel

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Japan OKs FY 2024 budget, defense spending reaches new high

STORY: Japan OKs FY 2024 budget, defense spending reaches new high SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: Dec. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:48 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cities in Japan 2. various of Japanese military exercises 3. various of Okinawa Self-Defense Force Military Base (taken on November 27 and 28, 2023) STORYLINE: The Japanese government on Friday adopted a draft budget of 112.07 trillion yen (about 787 billion U.S. dollars) for fiscal year 2024, with defense spending hitting an all-time high for the 10th straight year. The figure approved by the cabinet for the fiscal period from April 2024 to March 2025 marked the first drop in 12 years amid shrinking emergency funding related to COVID-19. The budget, although smaller than the record 114.38 trillion yen allocated for the current business year to March, is still the second-largest, underscoring the urgency for debt-ridden Japan to rein in spending and restore its fiscal health, national news agency Kyodo reported

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G7 summit opens in Japan's Hiroshima amid waves of protests

STORY: G7 summit opens in Japan's Hiroshima amid waves of protests DATELINE: May 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:12 LOCATION: HIROSHIMA, Japan CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG YIYI, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of protests 3. SOUNDBITE (English): CODY URBAN, Protester 4. various of protests 5. various of the G7 leaders STORYLINE: Amid waves of protests, the Group of Seven (G7) leaders' annual summit got underway on Friday in Japan's western city of Hiroshima. STANDUP (English): ZHANG YIYI, Xinhua correspondent "I'm here in Funairi Daiichi Park in Japan's western city of Hiroshima, where the Group of Seven leaders' summit gets underway on Friday. Hundreds of protesters from all over the country, even abroad, chanting slogans, are gathering to decry the bloc as it advertises its own version of world order." As of Friday, protests and rallies have been held at multiple locations in Hiroshima and other Japanese cities, as people from both home and abroad took to the streets to oppose the ga

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Mayor of Ukrainian city of Odesa in Japan

Gennadiy Trukhanov (R), mayor of the Ukrainian city of Odesa, and Takeharu Yamanaka, mayor of the Japanese city of Yokohama, meet on March 16, 2023 in Yokohama, just south of Tokyo. The mayors of the sister cities exchanged memorandums in which they agreed to work together on the restoration of infrastructure and reconstruction in and around Odesa.

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Meet "Grandpa Shimada": 75-yr-old Japanese and his 2nd hometown Wuhan

STORY: Meet "Grandpa Shimada": 75-yr-old Japanese and his 2nd hometown Wuhan DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:07:04 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shimada Koji 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): SHIMADA KOJI, Owner of Dingwu Curry Restaurant 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): SHIMADA KOJI, Owner of Dingwu Curry Restaurant 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): SHIMADA KOJI, Owner of Dingwu Curry Restaurant 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Japanese): SHIMADA KOJI, Owner of Dingwu Curry Restaurant 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Japanese): SHIMADA KOJI, Owner of Dingwu Curry Restaurant STORYLINE: He owns a Japanese curry restaurant in Wuhan and has strict standards for making curry. When he was young, he was a backpacker and traveled to many cities across the world. He finally decided to settle down in the central Chinese city of Wuhan 13 years ago. He is Shimada Koji, a 75-year-old Japanese national, whose young friends in China call him "Grandpa Shimada." SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): SHIMADA KOJI, Owner of Dingwu Curry Restaurant "

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'Working poor' rally in Sendai to call attention to their plight

SENDAI, Japan - Holding a banner that says ''Poverty No, Poverty No,'' participants in an antipoverty rally in Sendai demonstrate in the streets of this northern Japan city on Feb. 9 to call attention to the situation of the ''working poor'' in Japan. Hiroki Bito, head of a nationwide NGO that organized the rally, said most of the so-called ''Netcafe refugees'' in Tokyo and other major Japanese cities come from Tohoku and other localities with few employment opportunities.

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Japan, China, S. Korea decide on 3 cities to host culture events

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hakubun Shimomura attends a meeting of culture ministers from South Korea and China in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2014.

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Japan, China, S. Korea decide on 3 cities to host culture events

YOKOHAMA, Japan - (From L) South Korean Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Kim Jong Deok, Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hakubun Shimomura and Chinese Vice Minister of Culture Yang Zhijin pose for photos as they meet in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 30, 2014.

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Folklorist Kanzaki addresses forum to promote sake

KOBE, Japan - Folklorist Noritake Kanzaki addresses a forum jointly held by the Itami and Nara municipal governments on Oct. 12, 2014, in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, to promote "seishu," or refined Japanese sake. Both cities claim to be the birthplace of the beverage.

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JOC head named IOC evaluation member for 2022 games

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee head Tsunekazu Takeda, shown in this undated file photo, is chosen on Sept. 29, 2014, as one of the members of the Evaluation Commission of the International Olympic Committee for appraising the bid cities for the 2022 Winter Olympics -- Norway's Oslo, Kazakhstan's Almaty and China's Beijing. The host city will be decided at an IOC session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 31 next year.

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Nagaoka fireworks for war remembrance at Pearl Harbor

HONOLULU, United States - Photo taken Aug. 11, 2014, shows a plate at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, explaining Japan's attack on the harbor in 1941 bringing the United States' direct participation in World War II. Sister cities Honolulu and Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture have announced a plan to hold a firework display using fireworks from the Japanese city, which has a century-old fireworks tradition, at Pearl Harbor on Aug. 15, 2015, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War. Aug. 15 is the day Japan surrendered in 1945.

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Nagaoka fireworks for war remembrance at Pearl Harbor

HONOLULU, United States - Tourists view Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Aug. 11, 2014. Sister cities Honolulu and Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture have announced a plan to hold a firework display using fireworks from the Japanese city, which has a century-old fireworks tradition, at Pearl Harbor on Aug. 15, 2015, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War. Aug. 15 is the day Japan surrendered in 1945.

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Japanese cities vie for title of hottest place in Japan

KOCHI, Japan - People watch a temperature display set up in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, in July 2014 to vie for the title of Japan's hottest city against Saitama Prefecture's Kumagaya and Gifu Prefecture's Tajimi, which each registered 40.9 C on Aug. 16, 2007. Shimanto set Japan's highest temperature of 41.0 C on Aug. 12 last year. The cities use high temperatures to promote tourism.

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Dancers perform at port tourism promotion event

KYOTO, Japan - Dancers perform in Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, on July 25, 2014, at the 15th Kitamaebune Port of Call Forum, an event aimed at promoting tourism at major Japanese port cities where "Kitamae" merchant ships stopped from the Edo period through the Meiji period.

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Japanese, Spanish cities sign tourism exchange pact

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Mitsutoshi Manago (L), mayor of Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, and Reyes Leis Rodriguez, deputy mayor of Spain's Santiago de Compostela, display a tourism exchange agreement signed in the western Japanese city on July 6, 2014. Both cities have old pilgrimage routes listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites.

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Hiroshima governor in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki is seen while giving a speech at Georgetown University in Washington on April 24, 2014. Yuzaki said the Hiroshima prefectural government will continue working to secure a visit from U.S. President Barack Obama to the city of Hiroshima, one of two Japanese cities devastated by U.S. atomic bombs dropped in 1945 in World War II.

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Tokyo wins 2020 Olympic bid

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from L), Tsunekazu Takeda, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Bid Committee (5th from L), Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose and other people pose for photos with International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge (4th from L) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sept. 7, 2013, after the Japanese capital was selected to host the 2020 Summer Olympics beating other candidate cities Istanbul and Madrid.

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Spring Airlines

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Ugai (C), president of Spring Airlines Japan Co., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2013. The Japanese unit of the Chinese discount carrier Spring Airlines Co. plans to start scheduled passenger flights in late May 2014 linking Tokyo and three other cities in Japan.

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Tokyo Olympic bid

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose delivers a presentation for the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2020 summer Olympics during the "Sportaccord Convention" in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 30, 2013. Representatives of the three candidate cities -- Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid -- were at the international sports seminar to make presentations before International Olympic Committee executives.

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Tokyo Olympic bid

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose delivers a presentation for the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2020 summer Olympics during the "Sportaccord Convention" in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 30, 2013. Representatives of the three candidate cities -- Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid -- were at the international sports seminar to make presentations before International Olympic Committee executives.

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Tokyo Olympic bid

TOKYO, Japan - Balloons are released during an event at Tokyo Tower on May 30, 2013, marking 100 days before the venue of the 2020 Summer Olympics is decided. The Japanese capital is one of three candidate cities, along with Istanbul and Madrid.

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Tokyo Olympic bid

TOKYO, Japan - The numbers "2020" are displayed on Tokyo Tower on May 30, 2013, marking 100 days before the venue of the 2020 Summer Olympics is decided. The Japanese capital is one of three candidate cities, along with Istanbul and Madrid.

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Spring Airlines freezes business expansion plans in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2012 shows passengers boarding a flight of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines bound for Ibaraki Airport in Japan at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in China. Spring Airlines, which currently operates flights to three Japanese cities, plans to freeze plans to fly to additional destinations in the country, the airline's chairman Wang Zhenghua said in late March 2013.

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Local rail, bus cards usable across cities

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of eleven major Japanese transport authorities line up with characters seen on 10 regional electronic fare cards operated by the authorities during a ceremony at JR Tokyo Station on March 23, 2013. The cards became mutually usable in all their operating areas in Japan, enabling holders to travel through Japan's key cities across the country with one card.

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Int'l conference to promote "smart cities"

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi (standing at speaker's podium, facing microphone), announces during a conference in Yokohama on Oct. 31, 2012, a declaration to enhance cooperative ties among cities in Asia. Delegates from some 10 major Japanese and other Asian cities met to discuss energy-efficient "smart cities" utilizing advanced environmental and information technology, in the first gathering of its kind.

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Int'l conference to promote "smart cities"

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Delegates from some 10 major Japanese and other Asian cities meet in Yokohama on Oct. 31, 2012, to discuss energy-efficient "smart cities" utilizing advanced environmental and information technology, in the first gathering of its kind.

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Japanese bank names covered with cloth in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The names of Japanese banks are covered with white cloth on the wall of a building in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012, amid fears anti-Japan protesters could target the building. Protesters chanted anti-Japanese slogans, tore Japanese flags and hurled bottles toward the Japanese Embassy in Beijing as demonstrations continued in major Chinese cities for the third day on Sept. 13, 2012, amid heightened tension between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.

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Anti-Japan protest in Beijing

BEIJING, China - An anti-Japan protester (C) holds a message calling for a boycott of Japanese products in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012. Protesters chanted anti-Japanese slogans, tore Japanese flags and hurled bottles toward the Japanese Embassy in Beijing as demonstrations continued in major Chinese cities for the third day on Sept. 13, 2012, amid heightened tension between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.

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Anti-Japan protest in Beijing

BEIJING, China - An anti-Japan protester waves a Chinese flag in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012. Protesters chanted anti-Japanese slogans, tore Japanese flags and hurled bottles toward the Japanese Embassy in Beijing as demonstrations continued in major Chinese cities for the third day on Sept. 13, 2012, amid heightened tension between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.

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Anti-Japan protest in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Anti-Japan protesters hold a message saying, "Beat Japan," in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012. Protesters chanted anti-Japanese slogans, tore Japanese flags and hurled bottles toward the Japanese Embassy in Beijing as demonstrations continued in major Chinese cities for the third day on Sept. 13, 2012, amid heightened tension between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.

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Anti-Japan protest in Beijing

BEIJING, China - An anti-Japan protester demonstrates in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012. Protesters chanted anti-Japanese slogans, tore Japanese flags and hurled bottles toward the Japanese Embassy in Beijing as demonstrations continued in major Chinese cities for the third day on Sept. 13, 2012, amid heightened tension between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.

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Anti-Japan protest in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Anti-Japan protesters demonstrate in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 13, 2012. Protesters chanted anti-Japanese slogans, tore Japanese flags and hurled bottles toward the Japanese Embassy in Beijing as demonstrations continued in major Chinese cities for the third day on Sept. 13, 2012, amid heightened tension between Japan and China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.