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Rakuten opens indoor sports facility for Fukushima kids

SOMA, Japan - Rakuten Eagles catcher (far R) Yasuhito Uchida and pitcher Takahiro Norimoto play with children on Dec. 18, 2014, at an event marking the opening of Soma Kodomo Dome, an indoor sports facility for kids built by Rakuten Baseball Inc. and others in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, before it opens to the public on Dec. 22. Many children in the northeastern Japan city lack in physical exercise as they have been barred from playing outdoors due to radioactive contamination from the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Rakuten opens indoor sports facility for Fukushima kids

SOMA, Japan - Rakuten Eagles catcher Yasuhito Uchida (8) and pitcher Takahiro Norimoto play with children on Dec. 18, 2014, at an event marking the opening of Soma Kodomo Dome, an indoor sports facility for kids built by Rakuten Baseball Inc. and others in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, before it opens to the public on Dec. 22. Many children in the northeastern Japan city lack in physical exercise as they have been barred from playing outdoors due to radioactive contamination from the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Foster home completed in Sendai for quake orphans, others

SENDAI, Japan - A priest performs a ritual marking the completion of the foster home facility "Kodomo no mura Tohoku" in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 30, 2014. Photo shows the building for staff stationed by the incorporated nonprofit organization running the facility.

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Foster home completed in Sendai for quake orphans, others

SENDAI, Japan - Foster home facility "Kodomo no mura Tohoku" (Children's Village Tohoku) completed in Sendai, northeastern Japan, to care for orphans from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and other children in need is seen on Oct. 30, 2014. On the left is one of three houses on-site for the foster families to live with the children, while the one on the right is for staff stationed by the incorporated nonprofit organization running it.

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Noda with children

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (back C) attends a meeting with mothers at the Kodomo Sogo Center child-care facility in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 11, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Noda with children

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) shares time with children at the Kodomo Sogo Center child-care facility in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 11, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Noda with children

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (back L) reads a picture book for children at the Kodomo Sogo Center child-care facility in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 11, 2012. (Pool photo)

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"Wolf Children" model home

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo on Oct. 4, 2012, shows Masami Yamazaki and his wife Yoriko Yamazaki, who own an old house in the town of Kamiichi, Toyama Prefecture, which is the model for the home of the heroine and her children in the hit animation film "Okami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki" (The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki).

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"Wolf Children" model home

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo on Oct. 4, 2012, shows an approximately 120-year-old house in the town of Kamiichi, Toyama Prefecture. The old folk dwelling has attracted fans as it is the inspiration for the home of the heroine and her children in the hit animation film "Okami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki" (The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki).

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Children ask questions to Noguchi in space

KUSHIRO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, appearing on a large screen, waves to children during a space-to-Earth talk session at Kushiro Children's Museum Kodomo Yugakukan in Kushiro, Hokkaido, on Jan. 19, 2010. Children asked Noguchi, who is currently on a five-month mission at the International Space Station, about his experiences there via a satellite and TV telephone linkup at an event hosted by the museum and Rikubetsu Astronomical Observatory.

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Children take kabuki lessons to learn Japan's culture

OSAKA, Japan - Yukino Tada (L), 2, is the youngest student at Matsuo Juku Kodomo Kabuki (kabuki cram school for children) in Osaka's Tennoji Ward.

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Children take kabuki lessons to learn Japan's culture

OSAKA, Japan - Mio Yamano, 6, receives a shamisen lesson from Toon Nakajima Katsusuke, at Matsuo Juku Kodomo Kabuki (kabuki cram school for children) in Osaka's Tennoji Ward.

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Emperor, empress walk to cowshed at Children's Land

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to well-wishers on their way to a cowshed inside Kodomo-no-Kuni (Children's Land) on May 28, 2015, in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, after attending a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of its opening. The park, opened in 1965, was built in commemoration of their 1959 marriage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress attend ceremony marking 50th anniv. of kids' park

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend a ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Kodomo-no-Kuni (Children's Land) on May 28, 2015, in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo. The park, opened in 1965, was built in honor of their 1959 marriage. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit kids' park for 50th anniv. ceremony

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend a ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Kodomo-no-Kuni (Children's Land) in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on May 28, 2015. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit cowshed at kids' park for 50th anniv.

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit a cowshed inside Kodomo-no-Kuni (Children's Land) on May 28, 2015, in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, after attending a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of its opening. The park, opened in 1965, was built in commemoration of their 1959 marriage. (Pool photo by Nihon Keizai Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Children of parents with mental illnesses launch support group

Kodomo Pia (Children Peer), a group of supporters for children of mentally ill parents, will be officially launched in January. The photo taken Oct. 15, 2017 shows the group's deputy leader Ayuna Kobayashi and leader Taku Sakamoto (from left in front row) as well as the group's founder Keiko Yokoyama and Masako Kageyama, who co-edited the group's book on such children's experiences (from left in back row). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Makeshift diners for needy children sprouting up in Tokyo area

Photo taken March 10, 2016 in Tokyo's Ota Ward shows a mother and her children having meals at DanDan Kodomo Shokudo, a makeshift diner for children from disadvantaged family backgrounds, with Hiroko Kondo (L back), who opened the diner. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Makeshift diners for needy children sprouting up in Tokyo area

Photo taken March 10, 2016 in Tokyo's Ota Ward shows Hiroko Kondo standing outside the front of DanDan Kodomo Shokudo, a makeshift diner she opened for children from disadvantaged family backgrounds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rakuten opens indoor sports facility for Fukushima kids

SOMA, Japan - Rakuten Eagles catcher Yasuhito Uchida (8) and pitcher Takahiro Norimoto play with children on Dec. 18, 2014, at an event marking the opening of Soma Kodomo Dome, an indoor sports facility for kids built by Rakuten Baseball Inc. and others in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, before it opens to the public on Dec. 22. Many children in the northeastern Japan city lack in physical exercise as they have been barred from playing outdoors due to radioactive contamination from the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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Foster home completed in Sendai for quake orphans, others

SENDAI, Japan - Foster home facility "Kodomo no mura Tohoku" (Children's Village Tohoku) completed in Sendai, northeastern Japan, to care for orphans from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and other children in need is seen on Oct. 30, 2014. On the left is one of three houses on-site for the foster families to live with the children, while the one on the right is for staff stationed by the incorporated nonprofit organization running it. (Kyodo)

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Children ask questions to Noguchi in space

KUSHIRO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, appearing on a large screen, waves to children during a space-to-Earth talk session at Kushiro Children's Museum Kodomo Yugakukan in Kushiro, Hokkaido, on Jan. 19, 2010. Children asked Noguchi, who is currently on a five-month mission at the International Space Station, about his experiences there via a satellite and TV telephone linkup at an event hosted by the museum and Rikubetsu Astronomical Observatory. (Kyodo)

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Japanese empress at Yokohama park

Japanese Empress Michiko waves to visitors from a bus at the Kodomo-no-Kuni children's park in Yokohama near Tokyo on April 12, 2019. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese emperor, empress at Yokohama park

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to visitors from a bus at the Kodomo-no-Kuni children's park in Yokohama near Tokyo on April 12, 2019. The park opened in 1965 to celebrate their marriage in 1959. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese empress at Yokohama park

Japanese Empress Michiko waves to visitors from a bus at the Kodomo-no-Kuni children's park in Yokohama near Tokyo on April 12, 2019. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese emperor, empress at Yokohama park

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to visitors from a bus at the Kodomo-no-Kuni children's park in Yokohama near Tokyo on April 12, 2019. The park opened in 1965 to celebrate their marriage in 1959. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese emperor, empress at Yokohama park

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive at the Kodomo-no-Kuni children's park in Yokohama near Tokyo on April 12, 2019. The park opened in 1965 to celebrate their marriage in 1959. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese emperor, empress at Yokohama park

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive at the Kodomo-no-Kuni children's park in Yokohama near Tokyo on April 12, 2019. The park opened in 1965 to celebrate their marriage in 1959. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo