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Tohoku Kizuna Festival in Sendai

Performers of Akita Prefecture's Kanto festival troupe hold up poles decorated with paper lanterns as they march through a street of downtown Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture during the Tohoku Kizuna Festival on June 9, 2024. The event features parades involving six northeastern Japan prefectures, with the aim of revitalizing the region following the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Tohoku Kizuna Festival in Sendai

Dancers of Miyagi Prefecture's Sendai Suzume Odori (sparrow dance) troupe march through a street during the Tohoku Kizuna Festival in the prefecture's capital Sendai on June 9, 2024. The event features parades involving six northeastern Japan prefectures, with the aim of revitalizing the region following the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Tohoku Kizuna Festival in Sendai

Performers of Iwate Prefecture's the Morioka Sansa dance festival troupe fill a street of downtown Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture during the Tohoku Kizuna Festival on June 9, 2024. The event features parades involving six northeastern Japan prefectures, with the aim of revitalizing the region following the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Tohoku Kizuna Festival in Sendai

People of Fukushima Prefecture's Waraji festival group parade through a street carrying a gigantic waraji straw sandal during the Tohoku Kizuna Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 9, 2024. The event features parades involving six northeastern Japan prefectures, with the aim of revitalizing the region following the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Tohoku Kizuna Festival in Sendai

Dancers of Yamagata Prefecture's Hanagasa festival troupe fill a street of downtown Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture during the Tohoku Kizuna Festival on June 9, 2024. The event features parades involving six northeastern Japan prefectures, with the aim of revitalizing the region following the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Tohoku Kizuna Festival in Sendai

A colorful paper lantern float from Aomori Prefecture's Nebuta summer festival is paraded through a street during the Tohoku Kizuna Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 9, 2024. The event features parades involving six northeastern Japan prefectures, with the aim of revitalizing the region following the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Festival in northeastern Japan

The two-day Tohoku Kizuna Festival begins in Aomori on June 17, 2023, symbolizing hope for the recovery of the six-prefecture Tohoku northeastern Japan region, which was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Festival in northeastern Japan

The two-day Tohoku Kizuna Festival begins in Aomori on June 17, 2023, symbolizing hope for the recovery of the six-prefecture Tohoku northeastern Japan region, which was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Festival in northeastern Japan

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over the main venue of the annual Tohoku Kizuna Festival, being held in Aomori on June 17, 2023, symbolizing hope for the recovery of the six-prefecture Tohoku northeastern Japan region which was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Festival in northeastern Japan

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over the main venue of the annual Tohoku Kizuna Festival, being held in Aomori on June 17, 2023, symbolizing hope for the recovery of the six-prefecture Tohoku northeastern Japan region which was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Festival in northeastern Japan

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over the venue of the annual Tohoku Kizuna Festival, being held in Aomori on June 17, 2023, symbolizing hope for the recovery of the six-prefecture Tohoku northeastern Japan region which was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Festival in northeastern Japan

The two-day Tohoku Kizuna Festival begins in Aomori on June 17, 2023, symbolizing hope for the recovery of the six-prefecture Tohoku northeastern Japan region, which was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Cambodia starts to upgrade national road with funds from China

STORY: Cambodia starts to upgrade national road with funds from China DATELINE: Jan. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:10 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of National Road 7 in Cambodia 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): SORN SITHA, Resident along National Road 7 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): ENG SOKHON, Soft drink seller along National Road 7 4. various of National Road 7 in Cambodia STORYLINE: Cambodia on Monday broke ground for the expansion and upgrading of National Road 7 to cope with rising traffic flows and cargo transport. The road is being developed by China Road and Bridge Corporation under a loan from China. The 45.48-km road, stretching from the Skun Market roundabout to the Kizuna Bridge roundabout in Kampong Cham town, will be upgraded and expanded from two to four lanes. Local residents expect the upgraded road will bring more convenience to their daily life. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): SORN SITHA, Resident along National Road 7 "I hope that when this road is built, it will be easy to travel a

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New party Kizuna

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Uchiyama, head of a new party called Kizuna, meaning solidarity or bonds between people, attends a press conference at a Diet facility in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2012, after the formation of the party.

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New party Kizuna

TOKYO, Japan - The nine members of a new party called Kizuna, meaning solidarity or bonds between people, including the party's head Akira Uchiyama (C front) pose for photos after a press conference at a Diet facility in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2012.

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Candles form "Bond" on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - Candles are placed in the shape of "1.17," "Kizuna" (Bond) and "3.11" at Mano Elementary School in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. The disaster devastated the western Japanese city and its vicinity, claiming the lives of 6,434 people.

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"1.17" formed with candles on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - People light candles to form the shapes of "1.17" and "Kizuna" (Bond) at Mano Elementary School in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated the western Japanese city and its vicinity, claiming the lives of 6,434 people.

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Japan-funded bridges appear on new Cambodian banknotes

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Photo dated Jan. 14, 2015, shows Cambodia's new 500 riel banknotes bearing images of the Tsubasa (L) and Kizuna (R) bridges funded by Japan in the Southeast Asian country.

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Kanji for 'kizuna' formed with candle lanterns

NATORI, Japan - The "kanji" character for "kizuna," or bond, is formed using candle lanterns at Yuriage Junior High School in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

PARIS, France - Japan's Orfevre (3rd from L) and Kizuna (4th from L) finish second and fourth, respectively, in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Longchamp Racecourse in Paris on Oct. 6, 2013.

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Kizuna wins Prix Niel

PARIS, France - Japanese Derby winner Kizuna (8), jockeyed by Yutaka Take, wins the Prix Niel at Longchamp racecourse in Paris on Sept. 15, 2013.

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Kizuna wins Prix Niel

PARIS, France - Japanese Derby winner Kizuna (8), jockeyed by Yutaka Take, wins the Prix Niel at Longchamp racecourse in Paris on Sept. 15, 2013.

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Take wins Derby atop Kizuna

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese jockey Yutaka Take aboard race favorite Kizuna (1) celebrates after winning the 80th Japanese Derby, the second leg of the Japanese triple crown, at Tokyo Racecourse on May 26, 2013. Take won a record fifth Japanese Derby. To the right is third choice Epiphaneia, which finished second.

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Take wins Derby atop Kizuna

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese jockey Yutaka Take celebrates his victory on Kizuna after winning the 80th Japanese Derby, the second leg of the Japanese triple crown, at Tokyo Racecourse on May 26, 2013. Take won a record fifth Japanese Derby.

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Take wins Derby atop Kizuna

TOKYO, Japan - Kizuna (1), the race favorite ridden by Yutaka Take, crosses the finish line to win the 80th Japanese Derby, the second leg of the Japanese triple crown, at Tokyo Racecourse on May 26, 2013. Take won a record fifth Japanese Derby. Third choice Epiphaneia (9) finished second.

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Take wins Derby atop Kizuna

TOKYO, Japan - Kizuna (R), the race favorite ridden by Yutaka Take, crosses the finish line to win the 80th Japanese Derby, the second leg of the Japanese triple crown, at Tokyo Racecourse on May 26, 2013. Take won a record fifth Japanese Derby. To the left is third choice Epiphaneia, which finished second.

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Japan's tsunami anniv. commemorated in Indonesia's Aceh

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Junior high school students form a kanji letter of the Japanese word ''kizuna,'' which means bonds or connections between people, during a ceremony in the village of Peukan Bada, near Indonesia's Aceh provincial capital Banda Aceh on March 11, 2013, to commemorate the second anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Therapy dogs comfort quake-affected people

SOMA, Japan - A woman and therapy dog Kizuna stare at each other in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 27, 2012. Kizuna was among eight therapy dogs taken to temporary housing to meet elderly people who have evacuated due to the March 2011 disaster.

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Tokyo Tower on eve of tsunami anniv.

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Tower is lit with the words ''Kizuna Nippon'' (bonds of friendship Japan) on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Vegalta Sendai beat Kashima Antlers 1-0

SENDAI, Japan - A Vegalta Sendai supporter holds a flag bearing the word ''kizuna'' (bonds of friendship) ahead of a J-League game against Kashima Antlers at Yurtec Stadium, Sendai, on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami that struck the area. Sendai won 1-0.

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'Kizuna' (bond) selected as kanji of 2011 in Japan

KYOTO, Japan - Seihan Mori, chief priest at Kiyomizu Temple, writes the kanji that can be read ''kizuna,'' meaning bond, at the Buddhist temple in Kyoto on Dec. 12, 2011. ''Kizuna'' has been chosen by a kanji promotion organization as the kanji that best characterizes the year 2011.

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Calligraphy expressing hope for reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - Hisaki Miyadate (R), vice governor of Iwate Prefecture, which was hit by the March 11 quake-tsunami disaster, holds a calligraphy work of Seihan Mori, chief priest of Kiyomizudera temple in Kyoto, at the Iwate prefectural government office in Morioka on Nov. 8, 2011. The Japanese kanji character for ''kizuna'' (bond) represented in the work was chosen by the Buddhist priest as an expression of hope for reconstruction from the disaster.

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Lanterns lined up in disaster-hit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The letter ''kizuna'' (bond) is formed by illuminated lanterns along the Abukuma River against the backdrop of fireworks during the annual lantern floating event in Fukushima on Aug. 17, 2011. Usually people release lanterns into the river at the summer event but the practice was withheld this year over fears of radiation contamination of the river in the wake of the nuclear plant accident.

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Lanterns lined up in disaster-hit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The letter ''kizuna'' (bond) is formed by illuminated lanterns along the Abukuma River during the annual lantern floating event in Fukushima on Aug. 17, 2011. Usually people release lanterns into the river at the summer event but the practice was withheld this year over fears of radiation contamination of the river in the wake of the nuclear plant accident.

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Japan launches rocket carrying high-speed communications satellite

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2A rocket carrying the satellite ''Kizuna'' for high-speed Internet communications lifts off at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Feb. 23. ''Kizuna'' is designed to conduct tests on high-capacity, high-speed data communications in mountainous regions and remote islands where building Internet infrastructure on the ground is deemed difficult.

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Cambodia's 1st bridge across Mekong River opens

KOMPONG CHAM, Cambodia - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen stands on the newly completed ''Kizuna (Bond)'' Bridge over the Mekong River on Dec. 4, 2001. The building of the bridge, which links Cambodia's main road No. 7 to Vietnam, was financed by grand aid from the Japanese government.

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Cambodia's 1st bridge across Mekong River opens

KOMPONG CHAM, Cambodia - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen stands on the newly completed ''Kizuna (Bond)'' Bridge over the Mekong River on Dec. 4, 2001. The building of the bridge, which links Cambodia's main road No. 7 to Vietnam, was financed by grand aid from the Japanese government.

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Japan launches rocket carrying high-speed communications satelli

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2A rocket carrying the satellite ''Kizuna'' for high-speed Internet communications lifts off at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Feb. 23. ''Kizuna'' is designed to conduct tests on high-capacity, high-speed data communications in mountainous regions and remote islands where building Internet infrastructure on the ground is deemed difficult. (Kyodo)

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Woman in news: Volunteer editor of newspaper for disaster victims

Akiko Iwamoto, pictured on May 30, 2015, has been editor-in-chief for three years of the Kizuna Shimbun (newspaper of bonds) published by a volunteer group for evacuees in about 7,000 temporary dwellings in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, built after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. The group recently published the 100th edition of the semimonthly publication. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Entrance ceremony for new employees

New employees of Nihonkaigas Kizuna Holdings Co. in Toyama, central Japan, sit on seats arranged to keep a distance from each other while attending a scaled-down entrance ceremony on April 1, 2020, amid the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lanterns lined up in disaster-hit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The letter ''kizuna'' (bond) is formed by illuminated lanterns along the Abukuma River during the annual lantern floating event in Fukushima on Aug. 17, 2011. Usually people release lanterns into the river at the summer event but the practice was withheld this year over fears of radiation contamination of the river in the wake of the nuclear plant accident. (Kyodo)

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Lanterns lined up in disaster-hit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The letter ''kizuna'' (bond) is formed by illuminated lanterns along the Abukuma River against the backdrop of fireworks during the annual lantern floating event in Fukushima on Aug. 17, 2011. Usually people release lanterns into the river at the summer event but the practice was withheld this year over fears of radiation contamination of the river in the wake of the nuclear plant accident. (Kyodo)

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Therapy dogs comfort quake-affected people

SOMA, Japan - A woman and therapy dog Kizuna stare at each other in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 27, 2012. Kizuna was among eight therapy dogs taken to temporary housing to meet elderly people who have evacuated due to the March 2011 disaster. (Kyodo)

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Quake charity album 'Nihon Kizuna'

TOKYO, Japan - Supplied photo shows London-based DJ and journalist Laurent Fintoni. He and other people put together the ''Nihon Kizuna'' compilation album, which was released on the Internet on March 18, 2011. All proceeds will go to the Japanese Red Cross Society for efforts to support people affected by the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan on March 11. (Kyodo)

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Quake charity album 'Nihon Kizuna'

TOKYO, Japan - Supplied photo shows cover art by Justin Sereni for the ''Nihon Kizuna'' compilation album, released on the Internet on March 18, 2011. All proceeds will go to the Japanese Red Cross Society for efforts to support people affected by the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan on March 11. (Kyodo)

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Vegalta Sendai beat Kashima Antlers 1-0

SENDAI, Japan - A Vegalta Sendai supporter holds a flag bearing the word ''kizuna'' (bonds of friendship) ahead of a J-League game against Kashima Antlers at Yurtec Stadium, Sendai, on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami that struck the area. Sendai won 1-0. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Tower on eve of tsunami anniv.

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Tower is lit with the words ''Kizuna Nippon'' (bonds of friendship Japan) on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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"1.17" formed with candles on 20th Hanshin quake anniv.

KOBE, Japan - People light candles to form the shapes of "1.17" and "Kizuna" (Bond) at Mano Elementary School in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Jan. 17, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, which devastated the western Japanese city and its vicinity, claiming the lives of 6,434 people. (Kyodo)

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Japan-funded bridges appear on new Cambodian banknotes

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Photo dated Jan. 14, 2015, shows Cambodia's new 500 riel banknotes bearing images of the Tsubasa (L) and Kizuna (R) bridges funded by Japan in the Southeast Asian country. (Kyodo)

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New party Kizuna

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Uchiyama, head of a new party called Kizuna, meaning solidarity or bonds between people, attends a press conference at a Diet facility in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2012, after the formation of the party. (Kyodo)