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Forest green tree frog

A forest green tree frog lays a foamy mass of eggs on a tree branch in the Fukushima Prefecture village of Kawauchi, northeastern Japan, on June 9, 2023.

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Green tree frogs head for tree to lay eggs

KAWAUCHI, Japan, June 17 Kyodo - A pair of forest green tree frogs move on the dried-out Hebusu-numa marsh in the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, to lay eggs on a tree on June 11, 2015. Fallen spawn is seen in the foreground.

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Japan marathon winners bag award named after Ethiopian legend Abebe

CHIBA, Japan - Yetnayet Abebe (L), son of Ethiopian marathon legend Abebe Bikila (1932-1973), awards Yuki Kawauchi, the winner of the half-marathon race at the Chiba Aqualine Marathon, the Abebe Bikila Cup during an award ceremony in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2014. The cup was created for the marathon at the initiative of the Ethiopian Embassy in Tokyo to promote the legendary marathon runner. Bikila won gold medals at the 1960 Rome and 1964 Tokyo Olympics and is famous for running barefoot in Rome. (

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Asia Games closing ceremony held

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Kohei Matsumura (L) and Yuki Kawauchi march in the Asian Games closing ceremony in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 4, 2014. Matsumura won silver and Kawauchi bronze in the men's marathon.

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Men's marathon at Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Hasan Mahboob (117) of Bahrain crosses the finish line, followed by Japan's Kohei Matsumura (257) and Yuki Kawauchi (256) in the men's marathon at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 3, 2014. Mahboob won in 2 hours, 12 minutes, 38 seconds.

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Evacuation zone around Fukushima plant narrowed further

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 1, 2014, shows an area in the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, after the government lifted its evacuation order for the area within a 20-kilometer radius of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Effective midnight the previous day, the government lifted the order for the area, where 275 people are registered as residents, citing a drop in radiation levels through decontamination activities and progress in infrastructure restoration.

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Evacuation order for part of Kawauchi Village lifted

KAWAUCHI, Japan - The village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, is seen on Sept. 30, 2014. The Japanese government lifted its evacuation order, issued following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, for part of the eastern area of the village on Oct. 1, citing a drop in radiation levels through decontamination activities.

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Industry minister Obuchi visits Fukushima village

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Industry minister Yuko Obuchi speaks at a meeting with municipal officials and assembly members at the village office of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 25, 2014, ahead of Kawauchi's exclusion from evacuation areas affected by the 2011 nuclear disaster, effective Oct. 1.

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Industry minister Obuchi visits Fukushima primary school

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Industry minister Yuko Obuchi plays string figures with pupils of Kawauchi Elementary School on Sept. 25, 2014, in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, during her visit to the area hit by the 2011 nuclear disaster.

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Kawauchi Village's petition for thorough decontamination

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Yuko Endo (L), mayor of Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture, hands a petition requesting thorough decontamination of radiation to Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto at the village office in Fukushima Prefecture on June 19, 2014.

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Fukushima villager sees cherry blossoms in own garden

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Katsutoshi Kusano looks at cherry blossoms in his garden on April 26, 2014, in Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture. The government permitted evacuees living in parts of the village's evacuation zone up to 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where the amount of radiation is relatively low, to return and stay overnight at their own homes for three months from the same day.

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Fukushima evacuee sees 'bonsai' trees at home

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Katsutoshi Kusano holds a "bonsai" plant, which he raised at an evacuation center, on April 26, 2014, as he returns home to Kawauchi Village, Fukushima Prefecture. The government permitted evacuees living in parts of the village's evacuation zone up to 20 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where the amount of radiation is relatively low, to stay overnight at their own homes for three months from the same day.

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Elderly couple opt to stay in Fukushima village

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Kinjiro Ide (R) and his wife Toshi pull up a Japanese radish in their vegetable garden in the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2013. The elderly couple have chosen to spend their remaining years at their home in the village that lies within a radius of 30 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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"Citizen runner" upsets conventional way of training for marathoners

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yuki Kawauchi, a top "citizen runner" in Japan, finishing as the first Japanese and third overall in the 2011 Tokyo Marathon at Tokyo Big Sight.

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"Citizen runner" upsets conventional way of training for marathoners

TOKYO, Japan - Yuki Kawauchi, a top "citizen runner" in Japan, shakes hands with fans after racing in a half marathon in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Sept. 29, 2013.

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"Citizen runner" upsets conventional way of training for marathoners

TOKYO, Japan - Yuki Kawauchi, a top "citizen runner" in Japan, runs toward a railway station in Saitama Prefecture on his way to work on Oct. 3, 2013.

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Treatment of people exposed to Fukushima radiation changing

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Makiko Orita (R), a graduate student at Nagasaki University and health nurse, visits shop owner Yoshiyuki Yanai in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, to offer health consultations on July 31, 2013.

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Gold Coast Marathon

GOLD COAST, Australia - Japan's Yuki Kawauchi crosses the finishing line to win the Gold Coast Marathon in Queensland, Australia, on July 7, 2013. Kawauchi finished in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 1 second, matching the meet record.

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Gold Coast Marathon

GOLD COAST, Australia - Japan's Yuki Kawauchi celebrates after winning the Gold Coast Marathon in Queensland, Australia, on July 7, 2013. Kawauchi finished in 2 hours, 10 minutes, 1 second, matching the meet record.

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Kawauchi wins Beppu-Oita Marathon

OITA, Japan - Japan's Yuki Kawauchi crosses the finish line to win the Beppu-Oita Marathon at Oita municipal athletics stadium in the city of Oita on Feb. 3, 2013, with a race-record time of 2 hours, 8 minutes, 15 seconds.

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Emperor, empress visit village near Fukushima complex

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) inspect decontamination work in the village of Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 13, 2012. The imperial couple visited the village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to meet with residents living in temporary housing and inspect the work.

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Emperor, empress visit village near Fukushima complex

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (C, bowing) meet with residents living in temporary housing in the village of Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 13, 2012. The imperial couple visited the village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to meet with the residents and inspect decontamination work.

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Emperor, empress visit village near Fukushima complex

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (C) meet with residents living in temporary housing in the village of Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 13, 2012. The imperial couple visited the village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to meet with the residents and inspect decontamination work.

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Emperor, empress visit village near Fukushima complex

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R, facing a man) and Empress Michiko (next to emperor, bowing) meet with residents living in temporary housing in the village of Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 13, 2012. The imperial couple visited the village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to meet with the residents and inspect decontamination work.

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Emperor, empress visit village near Fukushima complex

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko arrive at the village of Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 13, 2012. The imperial couple visited the village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to meet with residents living in temporary housing and inspect decontamination work. (Pool photo)

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Coming-of-age ceremony in Fukushima

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Young women smile after a ceremony for young people coming of age this fiscal year in the Fukushima Prefecture village of Kawauchi on Aug. 14, 2012. Some villagers returned home earlier this year after all the villagers were forced to evacuate in the wake of the nuclear crisis in 2011.

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Coming-of-age ceremony in Fukushima

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Kawauchi Mayor Yuko Endo (R) hands a certificate to a young woman during a ceremony for young people coming of age this fiscal year in the Fukushima Prefecture village of Kawauchi on Aug. 14, 2012. Some villagers returned home earlier this year after all the villagers were forced to evacuate in the wake of the nuclear crisis in 2011.

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Fukushima off-limits

TAMURA, Japan - A new checkpoint is set up on a road in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture, in the early hours of April 1, 2012, as the Japanese government lifted its off-limits order for parts of Tamura city and Kawauchi village in the prefecture, located near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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DPJ divided over tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kawauchi (front), a lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Japan who opposes a consumption tax hike proposed by the party leadership, looks angry at a press conference at the No. 2 building of the offices of House of Representatives members in Tokyo in the early hours of March 28, 2012, after the ruling party's talks on the matter were abruptly terminated past 2 a.m. that day, after lasting on and off for six hours. The leadership gave up on efforts to convince opponents of the tax hike and left the matter to the discretion of DPJ policy chief Seiji Maehara.

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Tokyo Marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Yuki Kawauchi sprints to the finishing line of the Tokyo Marathon at Tokyo Big Sight in the Japanese capital on Feb. 26, 2012. Kawauchi finished 14th in 2:12.51.

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Radiation decontamination efforts in Kawauchi village

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Women decontaminate a school room curtain exposed to radioactive material at an elementary school gymnasium in the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 1, 2012. The mayor of Kawauchi on the previous day called on villagers who were forced to relocate after the nuclear power plant crisis to return home.

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Fukushima village calls on evacuees to return home

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Photo taken on the night of Jan. 31, 2012, shows an area in Kawauchi, a village in Fukushima Prefecture whose residents were forced to relocate following the nearby nuclear power plant crisis. Kawauchi Mayor Yuko Endo called on some 2,600 evacuated villagers to return home permanently at a press conference at the prefectural government offices earlier in the day.

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Fukushima village calls on evacuees to return home

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yuko Endo, the mayor of Kawauchi, a village in Fukushima Prefecture whose residents were forced to relocate following the nearby nuclear power plant crisis, calls on some 2,600 evacuated villagers to return home permanently at a press conference at the prefectural government offices on Jan. 31, 2012.

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Kawauchi finishes 4th in Osaka Marathon

OSAKA, Japan - Yuki Kawauchi finishes fourth in the Osaka Marathon in Osaka on Oct. 30, 2011. Kawauchi, a Saitama prefectural government employee, was the highest-placed Japanese runner.

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Heads of 5 municipalities in Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Combined photos show heads of five municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture affected by the ongoing nuclear crisis -- (from L) Mayor Takashi Kusano of the town of Naraha, Minamisoma Mayor Katsunobu Sakurai, Mayor Motohoshi Yamada of the town of Hirono, Tamura Mayor Yukei Tomitsuka and Mayor Yuko Endo of the village of Kawauchi. They have expressed their concerns in interviews over the government's plan to lift its evacuation advisory by the end of September 2011.

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Unmanned helicopter to measure Fukushima radiation

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Preparations are under way to fly an unmanned helicopter to measure radiation levels in the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 27, 2011. The Japanese government has been measuring radiation levels as part of preparations to lift evacuation zone designations set in the prefecture after the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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2nd group of nuclear evacuees briefly return to homes

KAWAUCHI, Japan - An evacuee from the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant arrives at a public facility in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, for radiation screening after completing a two-hour visit to his or her home in the village within a designated no-entry zone near the nuclear plant, holding a bag of retrieved belongings. A group of around 70 evacuees from the no-go zone briefly returned home the same day to pick up personal belongings. The evacuees were allowed to retrieve items that could be placed in plastic bags measuring 70 centimeters in both length and width. (Sex of the photographed person unknown)

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2nd group of nuclear evacuees briefly return to homes

KAWAUCHI, Japan - A woman undergoes radiation screening at a public facility in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, after completing a two-hour visit to her home in the village of Katsurao within a designated no-entry zone near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. A group of around 70 evacuees from the no-go zone briefly returned home the same day to retrieve personal belongings.

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2nd group of nuclear evacuees briefly return to homes

KAWAUCHI, Japan - A man wearing a radiation protection suit receives a helping hand as he enters a public facility in Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, for radiation screening after completing a two-hour visit to his home in the village within a designated no-entry zone near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. A group of around 70 evacuees from the no-go zone briefly returned home the same day to pick up personal belongings. It was the second two-hour trip home by evacuees, following one on May 10 involving 92 people.

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Nuclear evacuees briefly home

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Radiation levels are checked on photos taken back by evacuees from the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant on May 10, 2011. A group of evacuees were allowed to briefly return to their homes within a no-entry zone to retrieve belongings.

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Nuclear evacuees to return home for 2 hours

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Residents of Kawauchi village, within a 20-kilometer radius of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, arrive at a public facility in the Fukushima Prefecture village on May 10, 2011, to receive protective clothing to shield against radiation before visiting their homes. Around 100 evacuees from the village were allowed to return home for roughly two hours to pick up belongings that can fit into a 70-centimeter by 70 cm plastic bag per household.

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Nuclear evacuees to return home for 2 hours

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Residents of Kawauchi village, within a 20-kilometer radius of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, receive protective suits to shield against radiation and other necessary equipment at a public facility in the Fukushima Prefecture village on May 10, 2011, in preparation for a roughly two-hour visit to their homes. Around 100 evacuees from the village were allowed to briefly return home to pick up belongings that can fit into a 70-centimeter by 70 cm plastic bag per household.

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TEPCO officials apologize to Fukushima evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Masataka Shimizu (2nd from R), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and other company officials apologize on April 22, 2011, to residents of the village of Kawauchi and town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture, who are staying in Big Palette Fukushima, a convention hall in Koriyama, after being forced to leave their homes near the company's crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO officials apologize to Fukushima evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Masataka Shimizu (R), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., apologizes on April 22, 2011, to residents of the village of Kawauchi and town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture, who are staying in Big Palette Fukushima, a convention hall in Koriyama, after being forced to leave their homes near the company's crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO officials apologize to Fukushima evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Masataka Shimizu (R front), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., apologizes on April 22, 2011, to residents of the village of Kawauchi and town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture, who are staying in Big Palette Fukushima, a convention hall in Koriyama, after being forced to leave their homes near the company's crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO officials apologize to Fukushima evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Masataka Shimizu (R), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and other company officials apologize on April 22, 2011, to residents of the village of Kawauchi and town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture, who are staying in Big Palette Fukushima, a convention hall in Koriyama, after being forced to leave their homes near the company's crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO officials apologize to Fukushima evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Masataka Shimizu (L), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and other company officials apologize on April 22, 2011, to residents of the village of Kawauchi and town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture, who are staying in Big Palette Fukushima, a convention hall in Koriyma, after being forced to leave their homes near the company's crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO officials apologize to Fukushima evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Masataka Shimizu (L front), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and other company officials apologize on April 22, 2011, to residents of the village of Kawauchi and town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture, who are staying in Big Palette Fukushima, a convention hall in Koriyma, after being forced to leave their homes near the company's crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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TEPCO officials apologize to Fukushima evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Masataka Shimizu (2nd from front), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and other company officials apologize on April 22, 2011, to residents of the village of Kawauchi and town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture, who are staying in Big Palette Fukushima, a convention hall in Koriyma, after being forced to leave their homes near the company's crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.(Pool photo)

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Kawauchi 3rd at Tokyo Marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Yuki Kawauchi of Japan finishes in third place in the men's race at the Tokyo Marathon at Tokyo Big Sight on Feb. 27, 2011. Kawauchi, the highest Japanese finisher, had a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes, 37 seconds.