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Japan's Princess Kako in Brazil

Japanese Princess Kako plants a tree at a botanical garden in Rio de Janeiro on June 13, 2025, during her official trip to Brazil. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Kako in Brazil

Japanese Princess Kako (L) plants a tree at a botanical garden in Rio de Janeiro on June 13, 2025, during her official trip to Brazil. (Pool photo)

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Japanese crown prince at greenery event

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito plants a tree after attending a greenery conservation event in Matsudo in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on June 7, 2025.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Brazil

Japan's Princess Kako plants a tree at the Japanese Pavilion in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 5, 2025, during her official visit to Brazil.

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Princess Kako at greenery event near Tokyo

Japanese Princess Kako (L) plants a cherry tree at a national greenery festival in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2024.

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Japanese crown prince at greenery event

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito plants a cherry tree after attending a greenery event in the western Japan city of Wakayama on June 1, 2024.

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Japanese emperor at tree-planting ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito plants a sapling at a tree-planting ceremony in the western Japan city of Okayama on May 26, 2024.

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Japan PM Kishida's state visit to U.S.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plants a "someiyoshino" cherry tree at the national Japanese American memorial in Washington on April 9, 2024, to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, the first Japanese American elected to both houses of Congress. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Kishida's state visit to U.S.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plants a "someiyoshino" cherry tree at the national Japanese American memorial in Washington on April 9, 2024, to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, the first Japanese American elected to both houses of Congress. (Pool photo)

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Japan: Cherry Blossoms Begin To Douse Tokyo In Pink 3

The cherry blossoms, or sakura, are blooming and starting to bathe the capital city Tokyo in pink. The trees' blooming was officially announced on March 29 for central Tokyo and is expected to reach full bloom around April 4. Dependent on the weather, locals and tourists alike are expected to visit famous parks and viewing locations to do "hanami", literally "viewing of flowers" in Japanese.

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Japan: Cherry Blossoms Begin To Douse Tokyo In Pink 2

The cherry blossoms, or sakura, are blooming and starting to bathe the capital city Tokyo in pink. The trees' blooming was officially announced on March 29 for central Tokyo and is expected to reach full bloom around April 4. Dependent on the weather, locals and tourists alike are expected to visit famous parks and viewing locations to do "hanami", literally "viewing the flowers" in Japanese.

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Japan: Cherry Blossoms Begin To Douse Tokyo In Pink

The cherry blossoms, or sakura, are blooming and starting to bathe the capital city Tokyo in pink. The trees' blooming was officially announced on March 29 for central Tokyo and is expected to reach full bloom around April 4. Dependent on the weather, locals and tourists alike are expected to visit famous parks and location to do "hanami", literally "viewing the flowers" in Japanese.

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Japanese cypripediums blooming in northeastern Japan

Japanese cypripediums are in full bloom in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 10, 2023. Local elderly people take care of the around 50,000 plants, classified as endangered.

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Japanese cypripediums blooming in northeastern Japan

Japanese cypripediums are in full bloom in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 10, 2023. Local elderly people take care of the around 50,000 plants, classified as endangered.

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Ex-PMs Koizumi, Hosokawa launch antinuclear body

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese prime ministers Morihiro Hosokawa (L) and Junichiro Koizumi head for a meeting to launch the Japan Assembly for Nuclear Free Renewable Energy in Tokyo on May 7, 2014. The move to set up the entity to promote renewable energy comes as the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe continues its push to restart atomic power plants that are deemed safe enough under enhanced nuclear regulations.

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Ex-PMs Koizumi, Hosokawa launch antinuclear body

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi addresses a meeting to launch the Japan Assembly for Nuclear Free Renewable Energy in Tokyo on May 7, 2014. Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa also spoke at the meeting. The move comes as the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe continues its push to restart atomic power plants that are deemed safe enough under enhanced nuclear regulations.

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Reprocessed spent nuclear fuel

AOMORI, Japan - Highly radioactive waste is unloaded from a vessel at Mutsu Ogawara port in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, for storage on April 22, 2014. The vessel arrived earlier in the day from Britain, where spent nuclear fuel from Japanese power plants has been reprocessed.

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Japan envoy plants cherry tree in Geneva

GENEVA, Switzerland - Takashi Okada (R), Japanese ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, plants a cherry tree at Ariana Park in Geneva, Switzerland on March 31, 2014, to mark 150 years since Japan and Switzerland established diplomatic relations.

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Japan sets new greenhouse gas emissions reduction target

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2013, on a new greenhouse gas emission reduction target. The Japanese government decided the same day to aim at a 3.8 percent reduction from fiscal 2005 in its greenhouse gas emissions target for fiscal 2020, assuming the country's nuclear power plants remain offline. The new target represents an increase of about 3 percent from the Kyoto Protocol base year of fiscal 1990.

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Koizumi seeks no nuclear power

KISARAZU, Japan - Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivers a speech in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2013. Koizumi called on the government to adopt a policy to do away with nuclear power plants, saying the Japanese economy can sufficiently grow without them.

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Indian premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) is escorted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to a ceremony to sign documents at Abe's office in Tokyo on May 29, 2013. They agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation, with Tokyo pledging further assistance for development in the emerging economy in a move that would help increase Japanese infrastructure exports such as atomic power plants.

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Waste from reprocessed spent nuclear fuel

AOMORI, Japan - A ship carrying a cargo of high-level radioactive waste, produced through reprocessing of spent Japanese nuclear fuel in Britain, arrives at a port in Aomori Prefecture for storage on Feb. 27, 2013. The waste, produced from fuel used at plants operated by Chubu Electric Power Co., Chugoku Electric Power Co. and Kansai Electric Power Co., will be stored at a facility of Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. in the village of Rokkasho in the prefecture.

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Japan to help Jakarta infrastructure

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Hatta Rajasa, Indonesia's coordinating minister for economic affairs, Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba and Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano pose for photos before a Japan-Indonesian ministerial meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2012. Japan and Indonesia agreed on a wide-ranging plan to develop an urban railway, thermal power plants and other infrastructure in and around Jakarta by 2020 at a cost of roughly 3.4 trillion yen, in a bid to lure investment to the capital.

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Japan to help Jakarta infrastructure

TOKYO, Japan - Hatta Rajasa (L), Indonesia's coordinating minister for economic affairs, and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba hold a press conference after a Japan-Indonesian ministerial meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2012. Japan and Indonesia agreed on a wide-ranging plan to develop an urban railway, thermal power plants and other infrastructure in and around Jakarta by 2020 at a cost of roughly 3.4 trillion yen, in a bid to lure investment to the capital.

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Defense chief Morimoto sees nuke plants as deterrent

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto. Before assuming the Cabinet post in June 2012, Morimoto said he viewed the nation's nuclear power plants as a deterrent against foreign attack, apparently because they made neighboring countries believe Japan could produce nuclear weapons quickly if it wanted to, Kyodo News learned Sept. 5, 2012.

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Noda vows to meet weekly antinuclear rally organizers

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is interviewed by Japanese reporters at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2012. During the interview, Noda vowed to meet "in the not-so-distant future" with organizers of the antinuclear demonstrations held every week outside his office, saying he is willing to hear views from opponents of the restart of nuclear power plants. (Pool photo)

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Noda vows to meet weekly antinuclear rally organizers

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is interviewed by Japanese reporters at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2012. During the interview, Noda vowed to meet "in the not-so-distant future" with organizers of the antinuclear demonstrations held every week outside his office, saying he is willing to hear views from opponents of the restart of nuclear power plants. (Pool photo)

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Noda vows to meet weekly antinuclear rally organizers

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is interviewed by Japanese reporters at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 3, 2012. During the interview, Noda vowed to meet "in the not-so-distant future" with organizers of the antinuclear demonstrations held every week outside his office, saying he is willing to hear views from opponents of the restart of nuclear power plants. (Pool photo)

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Japan NPO plants seeds in Ethiopia

TOKYO, Japan - Children plant seedlings at an elementary school in Lalibela, Ethiopia. The Futaro Fund for Forests, a Japanese nonprofit organization, engages in tree-planting and water projects in Ethiopia to combat desertification.

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Japan NPO plants seeds in Ethiopia

TOKYO, Japan - Kaori Niitsuma (C) checks the growth of a tree in Lalibela, Ethiopia. She is the founder of the Futaro Fund for Forests, a Japanese nonprofit organization that engages in tree-planting and water projects in Ethiopia to combat desertification.

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Japan's ex-PM Mori plants cherry tree

TAINAN, Taiwan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori plants a cherry tree at a memorial park dedicated to Japanese engineer Yoichi Hatta in Tainan, southern Taiwan, on April 14, 2012, to express Tokyo's gratitude for Taiwan's donations following last year's earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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IAEA's Lyons at industry ministry in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - James Lyons, who leads a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency tasked with reviewing the adequacy of Japan's safety tests for nuclear power plants, speaks during its first meeting with Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2012. At the request of the Japanese government, the IAEA mission is visiting Japan from Jan. 23-31. Lyons is director of the IAEA's Nuclear Installation Safety Division.

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IAEA team meets with Japan nuclear agency officials

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Kuroki (far L), deputy director-general for nuclear power at the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, speaks in the agency's first meeting with a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency tasked with reviewing the adequacy of Japan's safety tests for nuclear power plants, at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2012. At the request of the Japanese government, the IAEA mission is visiting Japan from Jan. 23-31.

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Japanese youths at COP17

DURBAN, South Africa - A group of Japanese students call for the abolition of nuclear power plants, at the venue for the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, in Durban, South Africa, on Dec. 6, 2011.

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Japan issues visas for Thai workers

BANGKOK, Thailand - The Japanese Embassy in Bangkok begins issuing short-term working visas for Thai workers at Japanese plants in Thailand on Nov. 15, 2011. The workers are to work in Japan for limited periods to make up for halted production at Thai factories due to flooding.

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British MOX plant to be closed

LONDON, Britain - File photo taken in March 2011 shows facilities related to nuclear power in Sellafield, Britain. Ten Japanese electric power companies that operate nuclear power plants jointly covered the cost of renovating a Sellafield-based plant to produce plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel. Now the British government-affiliated Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, which runs the facility, has determined Japan will no longer need MOX fuel in the wake of the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, and has decided to close the reprocessing plant, industry sources said Oct. 18, 2011.

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Rengo labor group shifts to opposing nuclear power

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuaki Koga, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation known as Rengo, speaks during its convention at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2011. The leader of Japan's largest labor organization, also the largest supporter of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, said it is necessary to ultimately aim for a society that does not rely on nuclear power, a turnaround from the organization's previous stance of promoting the construction of nuclear power plants.

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Antinuclear rally in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Members of Japanese and U.S. citizens' groups stage a rally on Sept. 22, 2011, in front of the U.N. headquarters in New York calling for the suspension of nuclear power plants. Around 30 people called on participants at a U.N. high-level meeting on nuclear safety and security to end the promotion of nuclear power, saying they do not want to face any further nuclear disasters, in reference to the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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PM Noda visits Nissan plant

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) listens to an explanation about the motor for electric vehicles at the Yokohama plant of Nissan Motor Co. in Kanagawa Prefecture on Sept. 19, 2011. Nissan President Carlos Ghosn (C) accompanied Noda. The prime minister told reporters afterwards that in the third supplementary budget for fiscal 2011, he plans to substantially increase the subsidy for building plants in the country. (Pool Photo)

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Japan nuclear safety

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda leaves the prime minister's office in Tokyo after discussing the resumption of idled nuclear power plants on July 11, 2011. After the meeting, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano announced that the plants must pass new safety assessments before resumption.

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Japan policy on resumption of nuclear plants

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano announces a government policy on resumption of nuclear power plants during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 11, 2011. He said nuclear plants in Japan must undergo additional safety assessments called ''stress tests,'' and those now idled for regular checkups must pass the first stage of them in order to restart.

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Protest at utility firm shareholders' meeting

OSAKA, Japan - A man, wearing a contraption of an exploding Fukushima nuclear reactor, protests against nuclear power in front of the venue, where the Kansai Electric Power Co. shareholders' meeting was held in Osaka on June 29, 2011. His sign is written in traditional Japanese verse form with 17 syllables arranged in a five-seven-five pattern. It translates as ''Nuclear power plants become nuclear bombs in a country prone to earthquakes.''

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Fukui governor resists resuming nuclear plant operations

FUKUI, Japan - Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa speaks during a prefectural assembly session in the city of Fukui on June 22, 2011. The governor reiterated his intention to reject the Japanese central government's request to resume operations of suspended nuclear power plants in Fukui Prefecture.

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Japan seeks restart of reactors

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese industry minister Banri Kaieda gestures during a press conference in Tokyo on June 18, 2011, at which he called for the restart of nuclear reactors currently suspended to meet summertime electricity demand, saying immediate countermeasures for severe accidents have been taken ''appropriately'' at the nation's nuclear power plants.

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Industry minister Kaieda

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese industry minister Banri Kaieda speaks to reporters after delivering a speech at the head office of Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 17, 2011. He said it is necessary to resume operations of some nuclear power plants after completing safety checks as a power supply crunch could occur during the summer.

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Japan wins Fossil of the Day award

BONN, Germany - A member (C) of a Japanese environmentalist group receives the Fossil of the Day award, in place of a Japanese government representative, after Japan won the award on June 11, 2011, at the venue of an international climate change conference in Bonn, Germany. The Climate Action Network, which groups hundreds of nongovernmental organizations worldwide, gave the award to Japan after one of its delegates reportedly made remarks suggesting that Japan will continue to weigh heavily nuclear power plants in its fight against global warming.

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DPJ's Hosono, NRC's Jaczko meet

WASHINGTON, United States - Gregory Jaczko (L), chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Goshi Hosono, special adviser to Prime Minister Naoto Kan, talk about cooperation regarding the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant at the NRC in a suburb of Washington on June 10, 2011. Jaczko briefed Hosono on the NRC's ongoing review of U.S. nuclear plants, while Hosono explained the Japanese government's efforts to deal with the challenges posed by the Fukushima reactors as well as the government's report submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to the joint statement.

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Kan meets senior Vietnamese official

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) shakes hands with Truong Tan Sang, a permanent member of the secretariat of the Vietnamese Communist Party's Central Committee, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 2, 2011. Kan told Sang, who is expected to replace President Nguyen Minh Triet, that Japan would cooperate with Vietnam on safety improvements of atomic power generation as Hanoi will place an order with Japanese firms to construct two nuclear power plants.

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Japanese automakers to run plants weekends

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Shiga, chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 19, 2011. JAMA said its member firms will close plants in Japan on Thursdays and Fridays and open them on weekends from July through September to reduce weekday electricity consumption, following damage to power generation capacity of utilities caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Toyota plant in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A truck loaded with cars is seen at the headquarters of Toyota Motor Thailand Co. in Samut Prakan Province in Thailand on May 12, 2011. Japanese manufacturers with plants in Asia are facing difficulties securing parts after the March 11 catastrophic earthquake and tsunami disrupted Japan's supply chains.