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New housing completed in Fukushima town hit by nuclear disaster

Photo taken on June 1, 2024, shows municipal housing recently completed for evacuees in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. An evacuation order was partially lifted in August 2022, allowing residents to return to the town about 11 years and five months after the 2011 nuclear crisis.

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Digital technology breathes new life into Chinese shadow puppetry

STORY: Digital technology breathes new life into Chinese shadow puppetry DATELINE: June 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the live performance at the exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HU BAI, Deputy director of Liaoning Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center 3. various of the exhibition STORYLINE: An exhibition on Chinese shadow puppetry opened on Saturday in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, presenting how digital technology breathes new life into the ancient folk art. With a history of over 2,000 years, the Chinese shadow puppetry was added to UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2011. With the help of digital technology, the traditional art is now able to present itself to more audiences in more diversified and enchanting forms. Digital recording equipment such as full-frame camera and HD digital camcorder is increasingly used to document and record the folk art for better

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Japanese fan thanks Brazil for aid after 2011 tsunami

CUIABA, Brazil - A Japanese supporter at a World Cup Group C match of Japan against Colombia at the Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba, Brazil, on June 24, 2014, holds a banner in Portuguese thanking Brazil for its aid and friendship for the areas devastated by the March 11, 2011, disaster in Japan.

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Ex-dairy farmer reports Fukushima disaster aftermath

TOKYO, Japan - Kenichi Hasegawa (R), a former dairy farmer evacuated from Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture, lectures in Tokyo on June 11, 2014, on the life of farmers after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Search for missing in disaster-hit Fukushima Pref.

NAMIE, Japan - Fukushima prefectural police officers search for clues of people missing since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster at Ukedo elementary school in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 11, 2014.

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Search for missing in disaster-hit Fukushima Pref.

NAMIE, Japan - Fukushima prefectural police officers search for clues to the whereabouts of remains of people missing since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster at Ukedo elementary school in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 11, 2014.

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Man prays for his 2011 disaster-victim parents

OTSUCHI, Japan - Yoshihiro Abe prays for his parents, victims of the March 11, 2011, disaster, as he crouches on a walkway before a lot where his parent's home used to stand in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on June 11, 2014. A message to them that he sprayed on the path in blue ink says, "Where have you gone? We are all waiting for your return."

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Message for man's disaster-victim parents

OTSUCHI, Japan - Yoshihiro Abe pours water over a message he sprayed for his parents, victims of the March 11, 2011, disaster, on a walkway in front of the land where his parents house used to stand in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on June 11, 2014.

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Police comb quake-hit shores in Ishinomaki, Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Police officers intensely comb shores in the Ogatsu area of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 11, 2014. Fishing gear and other debris were washed up there after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that ravaged northeastern Japan.

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Demolition of ex-Otsuchi town office bldg. begins

MORIOKA, Japan - Demolition works of the former town office building in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, begins in full-swing on June 4, 2014 by using heavy machinery. Since opinions of local residents are polarized regarding the demolition of the building, where 40 town officials died due to tsunami in the March 11 devastating earthquake in 2011, part of the building, including the front entrance, will be kept as a relic.

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Tsunami-damaged piano returns to elementary school

KAMAISHI, Japan - A grand piano, washed away from Toni Elementary School in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by the devastating tsunami of March 11, 2011, is displayed in the vacated yard of the school after repair on June 2, 2014.

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Educator Hashimoto

TOKYO, Japan - A June 18, 2011, photo shows Takeshi Hashimoto, a legendary Japanese language teacher known for his slow reading lessons. He died on Sept. 11, 2013, at a hospital in Kobe, western Japan. He was 101.

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Japan crown prince in Spain

MADRID, Spain - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from R in front) views the exhibition in Madrid on June 11, 2013, of photos depicting Japanese citizens' recovery efforts from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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NPB admits changing ball

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the Nippon Professional Baseball's official ball used in the 2011 and 2012 seasons. The NPB admitted on June 11, 2013, that it had changed its official ball prior to the start of the ongoing season, which has seen markedly more home runs.

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NPB admits changing ball for current season

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in August 2010 shows Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Ryozo Kato showing off a new ball, as well as its cross section, to be used by the 12 professional baseball teams of the Japanese Central and Pacific leagues from the 2011 season. NPB admitted June 11, 2013, that it had changed its official ball prior to the start of the current season, which has seen markedly more home runs.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, a calf (front) looks almost skeletal because its mother is too weak to breastfeed it. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, Naoto Matsumura, who cares for cattle abandoned by their owners, relaxes at his home after finishing his day's work of tending to pets and livestock. Without electricity, he relies on candles to light his room. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 22, 2012, Naoto Matsumura (C) and his friend Kazuo Endo (R) help a pony onto a truck so he can take it home and care for it, doing so at the request of a resident (L) who has returned home temporarily. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, Naoto Matsumura, who cares for cattle abandoned by their owners, gives milk to a weakened calf via a feeding bottle. Behind him are the ostriches and the dog he keeps after their owners abandoned them. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Large tank being dissembled

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - An 11-meter-tall fish oil tank shown being dissembled in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 30, 2012. The tank, painted like a huge whale meat can, had sat on its side on the median of a road since being washed away from a seafood factory by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Large tank being dissembled

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - An 11-meter-tall fish oil tank shown being dissembled in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 30, 2012. The tank, painted like a huge whale meat can, had sat on its side on the median of a road since being washed away from a seafood factory by the March 2011 tsunami.

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MV-22 Osprey

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken June 13, 2011, shows an MV-22 Osprey, a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, seen at the Marine Corps' Air Station Miramar in San Diego. A senior defense ministry official sought the cooperation of the municipal government of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on June 11, 2012, for the planned temporary deployment of MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft at a U.S. military base there before eventually deploying them at another U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show school bags at Yuriage Elementary School on June 4, 2011 (L), which were retrieved from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same spot on March 5, 2012 (R). Many bags are still left without being picked up.

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Autumn leaves at Chusonji temple

HIRAIZUMI, Japan - People view on Nov. 8, 2011, autumn leaves along the approach road to Chusonji, a Buddhist temple in the town of Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. After a sharp drop in the wake of the March 11 quake-tsunami disaster, the temple has seen an increase in visitors since June when the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's World Heritage Committee authorized the Hiraizumi area as a new World Heritage cultural site.

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Bolshoi soloist Iwata to retire

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata (back), the only Japanese soloist at the Bolshoi Theater Ballet, dances during a charity ballet performance to aid victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in Moscow in June 2011.

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Bolshoi soloist Iwata

MOSCOW, Russia - Morihiro Iwata, the only Japanese soloist at the Bolshoi Theater Ballet, dances during a charity ballet performance to aid victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, in Moscow in June 2011.

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Entrance ceremony at aviation college

MIYAZAKI, Japan - New students sing the school song at an entrance ceremony for the Civil Aviation College in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 4, 2011. The ceremony which had initially been scheduled in June was delayed after its Sendai branch in Miyagi Prefecture was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, (from L) on March 16, June 2 and Sept. 3, 2011, show that rubble from the March 11 tsunami has been mostly removed. Student volunteers in the newest photo are clearing small pieces of debris.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

SHINCHI, Japan - Photos from a Kyodo News helicopter of Shinchi, Fukushima Prefecture, (from top) on March 12, June 3 and Sept. 6, 2011, show that a railway station and trains damaged by the March 11 tsunami have been removed and grass has grown.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

OFUNATO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter of the downtown area of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, (from top) on March 13, June 3 and Sept. 5, 2011, show that debris in the area, hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, has almost been cleared away.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos of a residential district of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 11, June 3 and Sept. 6, 2011, show that the district was engulfed by tsunami on March 11 and that the only house remaining there on June 3 has been removed.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photos of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, (from top) on April 6, June 3 and Sept. 1, 2011, show that the sightseeing tour vessel Hamayuri, left atop an inn by the March 11 tsunami, has been removed.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

ONAGAWA, Japan - Photos of an area of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 16, June 3 and Sept. 1, 2011, show that the debris of buildings demolished by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami has been removed.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter of Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture (from top) on March 11, June 3 and Sept. 6, 2011, show that the airport inundated by the March 11 tsunami has resumed operation.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter of a fishing port in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 12, June 3 and Sept. 6, 2011, show that debris floating along the shores due to the March 11 tsunami has mostly been removed.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photos of an area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, June 3 and Sept. 1, 2011, show that the fishing boat Kyotoku Maru No. 18, which was washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami, is still stranded, while the debris in the area has been cleared away.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from L) on March 24, June 3 and Sept. 5, 2011, show that fishing boats swept ashore by the March 11 tsunami have been removed.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photos of an area of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, June 4 and Sept. 1, 2011, show that the debris in the area, hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, has been cleared away and green grass has covered the land.

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Children at Japan Expo

PARIS, France - Children write messages for children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan at the Japan Expo's UNESCO booth in the suburbs of Paris on June 30, 2011, the opening day of the event showcasing Japanese pop art and subculture.

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Antinuclear rally in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A man in a protective suit protests against atomic power generation in front of the venue for Kansai Electric Power Co.'s shareholders' meeting in Osaka on June 29, 2011, amid heightened safety concerns following the Fukushima nuclear crisis, triggered by the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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U.S. envoy calls on people to visit Tohoku

HIRAIZUMI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (2nd from R) tours the Golden Hall of Chusonji, one of the Buddhist temples in the ancient town of Hiraizumi, a recently registered UNESCO World Heritage cultural site in Iwate Prefecture, on June 29, 2011. Roos called on people to visit northeastern Japan and help boost tourism in the area hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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U.S. envoy Roos in disaster-hit Iwate Pref.

OTSUCHI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (R) takes part in a barbecue for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at Otsuchi High School in Iwate Prefecture on June 28, 2011. Roos visited the northeastern Japan prefecture, where one of two American teachers confirmed dead in the disaster had been working, to show continued U.S. support for the areas.

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Matsumoto becomes reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks with reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 27, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan appointed Matsumoto to the new ministerial post in charge of reconstruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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LDP's Hamada joins Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuyuki Hamada, an upper house lawmaker of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, speaks with reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on June 27, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan recruited Hamada into his Cabinet as parliamentary secretary for reconstruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami the same day. Hamada told the LDP the same day that he wants to leave the main opposition party.

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Matsumoto becomes reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 27, 2011. Prime Minister Naoto Kan appointed Matsumoto to the new ministerial post in charge of reconstruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tsunami-damaged public hospital resumes services

OTSUCHI, Japan - A public hospital in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, resumes services on June 27, 2011, at a prefabricated clinic after its previous building was submerged by the massive March 11 tsunami.

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Gov't panel calls for measures against worst-case tsunami

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiaki Kawata, professor at Kansai University, who heads a panel under the Central Disaster Prevention Council, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2011. The government's antidisaster panel urged authorities to prepare for worst-case tsunami in an interim report following the March 11 disaster.

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Seal pup born after disaster arrives at Fukushima aquarium

IWAKI, Japan - An aquarium keeper looks on as a harbor seal pup approaches a pool at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 26, 2011. The pup was born in an aquarium in Chiba Prefecture, where his mother, Kurara, and other marine mammals were being cared after the Fukushima aquarium was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Seal pup born after disaster arrives at Fukushima aquarium

IWAKI, Japan - A harbor seal pup arrives at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 26, 2011. The pup was born in an aquarium in Chiba Prefecture, where his mother, Kurara, and other marine mammals were being cared after the Fukushima aquarium was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Iwate leaders welcome UNESCO decision on Hiraizumi

PARIS, France - Masayoshi Sugawara, mayor of Hiraizumi in Iwate Prefecture, speaks to reporters in Paris on June 25, 2011, as Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (R) looks on, after the ancient town's Buddhist temples and landscape were approved as a UNESCO World Heritage cultural site. Sugawara said he expects the registration of the site to contribute to the reconstruction of northeastern Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.