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Man seeks to vitalize hometown with local gourmet fame

AOMORI, Japan - Hiroyuki Hatanaka, a beauty salon operator in Towada, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, talks about how he has led a group of volunteers to use beef-based local cuisine to help vitalize his hometown in this undated photo. The dish, known as "Towada Barayaki" in which beef ribs and onions seasoned with sweet and spicy soy sauce are grilled on a hot plate, won the "B-1 Gold Grand Prix" title in an annual contest of local cuisine in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2014.

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Papier-mache sheep manufactured in Fukushima Pref.

KORIYAMA, Japan - Manufacturing of papier-mache sheep is at its peak at an artisan village in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2014, as 2015 falls on the Year of the Sheep. Nearly 2,000 paper sheep are expected to be made by late January 2015.

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Apartment complex opens for nuke disaster evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - The Fukushima prefectural government unveils on Nov. 7, 2014, an apartment complex built in Koriyama in the northeastern Japan prefecture for people evacuated after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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Chiba group places 2nd in 'B-1 Grand Prix' food contest

KORIYAMA, Japan - A member of a group from Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, speaks after winning second prize for a spicy noodle dish called "tantanmen" at the ninth "B-1 Grand Prix" national food contest for popular local dishes in Koriyama in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Oct. 19, 2014.

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Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, run by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, is shown to the press on March 25, 2014, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, ahead of its official opening on April 1.

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DPJ convention

KORIYAMA, Japan - The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan holds a party convention in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 9, 2014.

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Vets reopen clinic away from home in Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Veterinarian Michiko Watanabe examines a cat found in the evacuation zone set after the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, on Jan. 9, 2014 at her animal clinic in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture. Together with her vet husband, Watanabe reopened the clinic in April 2012, a year after they evacuated their hometown near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant following the March 2011 disaster.

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Crown prince, princess visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and Crown Princess Masako wave to people greeting them after their arrival in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2013. The royal couple took a day trip to the city to visit people affected by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.

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9/11 monument in Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Visitors including a group of relatives of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States gather around a monument in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2013. The group donated the monument featuring a large steel replica of a paper crane of atomic bombing victim Sadako Sasaki. The replica was made from a portion of the steel frame of the collapsed World Trade Center in New York.

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IAEA, Fukushima to cooperate on decontamination

KORIYAMA, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano (2nd from L) and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (2nd from R) attend a ceremony in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2012, to sign an agreement to work closely on decontamination and radiation monitoring work in the aftermath of the 2011 nuclear power plant crisis in Fukushima.

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9/11 group gives monument to Japanese city

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2012, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, shows a monument (front) in the shape of a crane, with a wing span of 80 centimeters, made from debris of the World Trade Center, which collapsed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. An association of bereaved families of victims of the attacks donated the monument the same day to the city as a symbol of its recovery efforts from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Chinese students visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - A group of students from Shanghai, China, who have had experience studying in Japan, cook Chinese dumplings with residents of temporary housing in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2012. They visited the area affected by the March 2011 quake and ensuing nuclear crisis to return their favor to Japan.

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Chinese students visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - A group of students from Shanghai, China, who have had experience studying in Japan, cook Chinese dumplings with residents of temporary housing in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2012. They visited the area affected by the March 2011 quake and ensuing nuclear crisis to return their favor to Japan.

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Chinese students visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - A group of students from Shanghai, China, who have had experience studying in Japan, cook Chinese dumplings with residents of temporary housing in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 28, 2012. They visited the area affected by the March 2011 quake and ensuing nuclear crisis to return their favor to Japan.

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Kan, ministers meet local leaders in Fukushima Pref.

KORIYAMA, Japan - (From L) Reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano, Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Goshi Hosono, state minister in charge of the nuclear disaster, attend a meeting in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2011, with leaders of municipalities near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Kan told reporters after the meeting that the government will make utmost efforts to complete the second phase of work to contain the crisis earlier than planned.

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Topsoil removed from Fukushima school playground

KORIYAMA, Japan - Topsoil is removed from the playground of an elementary school in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 27, 2011, after radiation levels reached government-set levels due to radiation leakage from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station.

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Japan nuke plant woes

KORIYAMA, Japan - Local residents evacuating from areas near quake-hit Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant are given radioactivity screenings in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 15, 2011.

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Japan nuke plant woes

KORIYAMA, Japan - Local residents evacuating from areas near quake-hit Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant are given radioactivity screenings in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 15, 2011.

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'Bon voyage' present for DPJ winner Ota

KORIYAMA, Japan - Kazumi Ota, a Democratic Party of Japan candidate, is presented with a special ''Takarabune'' (Treasure) boat in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 30 after winning a House of Representatives seat in the prefectural No. 2 single-seat constituency.