Traditional theater built in 1933 reborn in central Japan

Traditional theater built in 1933 reborn in central Japan

KANAZAWA, Japan - The Awazu "Embujo" traditional performing art theater at the Awazu hot-spring resort in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, is shown in its restored form on Aug. 28, 2014. The theater, built in 1933, was resurrected for the first time in some 70 years this year, helping activate the economy of the central Japan hot spring village facing the Sea of Japan.

F-15s resume flights

F-15s resume flights

KANAZAWA, Japan - Photo shows F-15 fighters at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2011. The air force resumed drills using the F-15s the same day, following their suspension after an external fuel tank fell off a fighter on Oct. 7.

N. Korean defectors transferred to Nagasaki

N. Korean defectors transferred to Nagasaki

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a helicopter, which is believed to be carrying nine defectors from North Korea, taking off from the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Echigo off the coast of Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture on Sept. 14, 2011. The nine will be transported to Omura Immigration Center in Nagasaki Prefecture by coast guard plane from Komatsu airport. The coast guard found a wooden boat carrying the nine the previous day in the sea off the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa.

Ex-PM Mori wins narrow victory

Ex-PM Mori wins narrow victory

KOMATSU, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori speaks to reporters in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Aug. 30. Mori, a veteran lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party, narrowly defeated a Democratic Party of Japan candidate in the House of Representatives election but the LDP suffered a humiliating defeat.

High court raises damages amount over air drill noise

High court raises damages amount over air drill noise

KANAZAWA, Japan - Mitsuo Hirose, representing some 1,600 plaintiffs, speaks at a gathering April 16 in Kanazawa after the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court raised the damages, to 1,118 million yen, the state must pay 1,580 people living around the Air Self-Defense Force base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, over noise pollution from air drills.