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Japan: Rare Brocken Spectre with Rainbow Halo Spotted in Japanese Alps

Captured at Karasawa-dake, a peak near Mount Okuhotaka, this video shows a rare Brocken spectre. The climber’s shadow appears on the mist below, clearly surrounded by a bright, rainbow-colored halo. This optical phenomenon occurs when the sun is low behind the observer, creating a ghostly shadow that seems to float in the clouds.

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Athletics: Para world championships

Kenya Karasawa (R) of Japan celebrates with his guide runner after winning the men's 5,000-meter T11 race for athletes with visual impairments at the para athletics world championships in Paris on July 10, 2023.

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Athletics: Para world championships

Kenya Karasawa (R) of Japan runs tethered to a sighted guide during the men's 5,000-meter T11 race for athletes with visual impairments at the para athletics world championships in Paris on July 10, 2023.

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Pro-DPJ candidate beats pro-LDP in doctors group head election

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuyuki Haranaka, head of the Ibaraki Medical Association who supports the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on April 1, 2010, after being elected as president of the Japan Medical Association. Haranaka beat incumbent president Yoshihito Karasawa supporting the opposition Liberal Democratic Party and Yoichi Mori advocating a politically neutral stance, in the three-man election.

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Senior exec Karasawa to take helm of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyoshi Karasawa, senior executive officer of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2009, after the company announced that he will become president next April 1, succeeding Toshiaki Egashira who will become chairman.

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Alpinists crowd Mt. Hotaka

TOKYO, Japan - Alpinists taking advantage of the ''Golden Week'' holidays pitch their tents on the snow-covered slope of Mt. Hotaka at Karasawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on May 4.

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Alpinists crowd Mt. Hotaka

TOKYO, Japan - Alpinists taking advantage of the ''Golden Week'' holidays pitch their tents on the snow-covered slope of Mt. Hotaka at Karasawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on May 4.

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Alpinists enjoy mountain snow in northern Alps

KARASAWA, Japan - Alpinists enjoy spring mountain snow at Karasawa glacier valley in the northern Alps in Nagano Prefecture on May 4. Carp streamers are raised at a nearby lodge to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Alpinists enjoy mountain snow in northern Alps

KARASAWA, Japan - Alpinists flock to Karasawa glacier valley in the northern Alps in Nagano Prefecture on May 4 to enjoy spring mountain snow.

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Group strives to keep memory of war-displaced Japanese in China

NAGANO, Japan - Sumi Karasawa, one of the thousands of Japanese settlers left behind in Manchuria in the pandemonium at the end of World War II, relates her experience in a speech at a hotel in Nagano City.

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Mountaineers scramble to Nagano peaks

KARASAWA, Japan - Colorful tents set up by mountaineers are seen in an aerial view from a Kyodo helicopter May 2 at Karasawa, Nagano Prefecture, a 2,300-meter base for scaling the Hotaka mountains. Lodge staff said some 4,000 people are expected to climb here during the Golden Week holidays.

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Viewing autumn leaves in Nagano, Japan

Photo taken Oct. 3, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows colorful tents set up by climbers around the Karasawa Hutte mountain lodge (bottom R) at one of the best times to view autumn leaves in the Nagano Prefecture city of Matsumoto, central Japan.

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Viewing autumn leaves in Nagano, Japan

Photo taken Oct. 3, 2021, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows colorful tents set up by climbers around the Karasawa Hutte mountain lodge (bottom R) at one of the best times to view autumn leaves in the Nagano Prefecture city of Matsumoto, central Japan.

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Tokyo Paralympics: Athletics

Gold medalist Yeltsin Jacques of Brazil (3rd from R), silver medalist Kenya Karasawa of Japan (far L) and bronze medalist Shinya Wada of Japan (2nd from R) congratulate each other after competing in the T11 final of the men's 5,000 meters at the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 27, 2021, at the National Stadium.

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Tokyo Paralympics: Athletics

Japan's Kenya Karasawa (R) finishes second in the T11 final of the men's 5,000 meters at the Tokyo Paralympics on Aug. 27, 2021, at the National Stadium in Tokyo, with Shinya Wada approaching the finish line to take third place.

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Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance to buy Amlin for 635 billion yen

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. president Yasuyoshi Karasawa attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 8, 2015, to announce that his company will buy the British property and casualty insurer Amlin plc for around 635 billion yen ($5.3 billion) to seek global expansion. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renowned stage director Yukio Ninagawa dies at 80

File photo taken in November 2000 shows stage director Yukio Ninagawa (L) posing with actress Shinobu Otake (C) and actor Toshiaki Karasawa during a presentation for his production of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Ninagawa, renowned worldwide for his interpretations of plays by Shakespeare and Greek tragedies, died on May 12, 2016, of multiple organ failure caused by pneumonia. He was 80. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Recipients of Grand Cordon of Order of Rising Sun at photo session

Recipients of Japan's Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun attend a photo session at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 8, 2015. They are (from L) Iwao Uruma, former chief of the National Police Agency, Tsuyoshi Takagi, former head of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, Tadamasa Kodaira, former chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, Tadashi Okamura, former head of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, former Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare, Kosuke Hori, former home affairs minister, former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, Etsuhiko Shoyama, former president of Hitachi Ltd., Hiromasa Yonekura, former chairman of Keidanren, Nancy Pelosi, former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Yoshihito Karasawa, former president of the Japan Medical Association, and Toshitsugu Saito, former chief of the Defense Agency. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Alpinists crowd Mt. Hotaka

TOKYO, Japan - Alpinists taking advantage of the ''Golden Week'' holidays pitch their tents on the snow-covered slope of Mt. Hotaka at Karasawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on May 4. (Kyodo)

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Alpinists crowd Mt. Hotaka

TOKYO, Japan - Alpinists taking advantage of the ''Golden Week'' holidays pitch their tents on the snow-covered slope of Mt. Hotaka at Karasawa, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on May 4. (Kyodo)

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Alpinists enjoy mountain snow in northern Alps

KARASAWA, Japan - Alpinists enjoy spring mountain snow at Karasawa glacier valley in the northern Alps in Nagano Prefecture on May 4. Carp streamers are raised at a nearby lodge to celebrate Children's Day on May 5. (Kyodo)

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Alpinists enjoy mountain snow in northern Alps

KARASAWA, Japan - Alpinists flock to Karasawa glacier valley in the northern Alps in Nagano Prefecture on May 4 to enjoy spring mountain snow. (Kyodo)

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Pro-DPJ candidate beats pro-LDP in doctors group head election

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuyuki Haranaka, head of the Ibaraki Medical Association who supports the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on April 1, 2010, after being elected as president of the Japan Medical Association. Haranaka beat incumbent president Yoshihito Karasawa supporting the opposition Liberal Democratic Party and Yoichi Mori advocating a politically neutral stance, in the three-man election. (Kyodo)

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Climbers camp on night before Mountain Day holiday

Photo shows climbers spending a night under a star-filled sky at the Karasawa campsite in the Japan Alps on Aug. 10, 2016, just before the newly introduced Mountain Day national holiday. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senior exec Karasawa to take helm of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyoshi Karasawa, senior executive officer of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2009, after the company announced that he will become president next April 1, succeeding Toshiaki Egashira who will become chairman. (Kyodo)

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Mountaineers scramble to Nagano peaks

KARASAWA, Japan - Colorful tents set up by mountaineers are seen in an aerial view from a Kyodo helicopter May 2 at Karasawa, Nagano Prefecture, a 2,300-meter base for scaling the Hotaka mountains. Lodge staff said some 4,000 people are expected to climb here during the Golden Week holidays. (Kyodo)