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Japan: Heavy Rainfall Slams Tohoku Region

Heavy rainfall continued across the Tohoku region, northeast Japan on Wednesday, July 10 due to an active seasonal rain front. Weather officials are warning of possible landslides and swollen rivers in parts of the region, calling residents to evacuate to a safer place while it is light outside as rain is expected to hit hardest tonight.

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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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Rose Parade in California

PASADENA, United States - The Koriyama Honor Green Band from Yamatokoriyama in the western Japanese prefecture of Nara takes part in the annual Parade of Roses in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 1, 2015.

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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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Fukushima firm devises app to help kids draw graphics

KORIYAMA, Japan - An app developed by Plainnovation Inc., a venture business in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, enables kids to draw pictures as seen in this file photo taken on Oct. 17, 2014.

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Residents check apartment built for nuke disaster evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Prospective residents check a room in an apartment complex on Nov. 7, 2014, built by the Fukushima prefectural government in Koriyama in the northeastern Japan prefecture for people evacuated after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

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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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Apartment complex opens for Fukushima disaster evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Fukushima prefectural government officials and others concerned cut the ribbon at a key-delivering ceremony in Koriyama in the northeastern Japan prefecture on Nov. 7, 2014, marking the opening of an apartment complex built 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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Ehime group places 3rd in 'B-1 Grand Prix' food contest

KORIYAMA, Japan - Members of a group from Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, clap after receiving the third prize for a dish of roast pork on rice topped with eggs, called "Imabari yakibuta tamagomeshi," 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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Aomori group wins 'B-1 Grand Prix' food contest

KORIYAMA, Japan - Members of a group from Towada, Aomori Prefecture, react with joy after winning the first prize for a grilled beef flank dish called "Towada barayaki" 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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Koriyama Castle found to have had tower 15-20m high

OSAKA, Japan - The foundation stones of Koriyama Castle's main keep in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, are seen on Sept. 12, 2014. The city's education board announced the same day that the castle, used as the residence of Toyotomi Hidenaga (1540-1591), younger brother of Japanese feudal warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, had a castle tower as high as 15 to 20 meters.

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Findings suggest keep 15-20m tall at Koriyama Castle

OSAKA, Japan - Foundation stones that supported the keep of Koriyama Castle in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, are seen on Sept. 12, 2014. New findings suggest that the keep was 15 to 20 meters tall. Toyotomi Hidenaga (1540-1591), younger brother of Japanese feudal warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, used the castle as his residence.

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Gold leaf left in fragment of tile found at Koriyama Castle

NARA, Japan - Gold leaf is seen left, as indicated by an arrow, in this photo taken on Sept. 12, 2014, in a fragment of tile unearthed at Koriyama Castle in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture. Toyotomi Hidenaga (1540-1591), younger brother of Japanese feudal warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, used the castle as his residence.

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Asteroid named after disaster-hit town in Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Koichi Miyamoto (C), mayor of Tomioka Town in Fukushima Prefecture, points to a photograph of the asteroid named "Tomiokamachi" in the prefectural city of Koriyama on Aug. 12, 2014. The asteroid was discovered by an astronomer of Dynic Astropark, a commercial observatory in Taga Town, Shiga Prefecture, in 1992 and was registered with the International Astronomical Union in July this year under the name in the hope of the town's rapid recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. On the right of Miyamoto is Susumu Takahashi, head of the observatory.

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Man shows photos of B-29s crashed in 1945

SENDAI, Japan - Hiroshi Kawamata speaks in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2014, about his experience with showing pictures of U.S. B-29 bombers taken four months after they crashed on the ridge of Mt. Fubo in Shiraishi, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 1945, the day of the so-called Great Tokyo Air Raids. Residents in the city are planning to hold a memorial service for 34 crew members killed in the three B-29 crashes, in 2015, the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War.

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Gov't offers 301 bil. yen for 30-yr nuclear soil storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato meets the press in Koriyama in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2014, after meeting with Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara. The government offered 301 billion yen in subsidies to the prefecture in exchange for storage of contaminated soil amassing from radiation cleanup work following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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Gov't offers 301 bil. yen for 30-yr nuclear soil storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (R) and Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto meet the press in Koriyama in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2014. The government offered 301 billion yen in subsidies to the prefecture in exchange for storage of contaminated soil amassing from radiation cleanup work following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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Gov't offers 301 bil. yen for 30-yr nuclear soil storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (3rd from L) meets with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (3rd from R) on Aug. 8, 2014, in Koriyama in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima. The government offered 301 billion yen in subsidies to the prefecture in exchange for storage of contaminated soil amassing from radiation cleanup work following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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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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DPJ convention

KORIYAMA, Japan - Banri Kaieda, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks during 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 front) and Crown Princess Masako (2nd from L) talk to residents living in temporary housing in Fukushima Prefecture, who evacuated from the town of Futaba in the same prefecture due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.

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Crown prince, princess visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L front) and Crown Princess Masako (2nd from L) talk to residents living in temporary housing in Fukushima Prefecture, who evacuated from the town of Futaba in the same prefecture due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster.

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Crown prince, princess visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R front) and Crown Princess Masako (R back) are seen off by Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at JR Koriyama Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 22, 2013. The royal couple took a day trip to Koriyama in the prefecture to visit people affected by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Crown prince, princess visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L front) and Crown Princess Masako (2nd from L) visit a facility that measures the radiation levels of produce in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2013, during a day trip to the city to visit people affected by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Crown prince, princess visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R) and Crown Princess Masako talk to children at an indoor playground in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2013, during a day trip to the city to visit people affected by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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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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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 pose for photos near 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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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 pose for photos near 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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Temp housing communities hope to stay united

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture's Tomioka gather at an assembly hall of a temporary housing complex in the prefectural city of Koriyama on Feb. 25, 2013.

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Survivors of Kobe, Niigata disasters help Tohoku quake victims

SENDAI, Japan - Ikumi Kitamura looks at hand-dyed products on Feb. 1, 2013 at a craft center set up in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, to create jobs for residents who evacuated the prefectural town of Tomioka due to radiation fears in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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IAEA, Fukushima to cooperate on decontamination

KORIYAMA, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano (L) and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato shake hands in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2012, after signing 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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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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Nuclear safety conference starts in Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - A high-level international conference on nuclear safety starts in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 15, 2012. The three-day event is organized by the Japanese government and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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U.S. nuclear regulator

KORIYAMA, Japan - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairwoman Allison Macfarlane attends a press conference in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2012.

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Japan, Belarus ink pact

KORIYAMA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and Vladimir Vashchenko, minister of emergency situations from Belarus, shake hands after signing an agreement to gather data on the effects of low-dose radiation on human health, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2012.

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Nuclear safety conference starts in Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano (L) attend a high-level international conference on nuclear safety that started in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 15, 2012. The three-day event is organized by the Japanese government and the IAEA.

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Nuclear safety conference starts in Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - A high-level international conference on nuclear safety starts in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 15, 2012. The three-day event is organized by the Japanese government and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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Nuclear safety conference starts in Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano speaks at a high-level international conference on nuclear safety that started in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 15, 2012. The three-day event is organized by the Japanese government and the IAEA.

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Year of the Snake

KORIYAMA, Japan - Snake papier-mache folk crafts are made at a workshop in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2012, ahead of the Year of the Snake in 2013.

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Year of the Snake

KORIYAMA, Japan - Snake papier-mache folk crafts are made at a workshop in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 21, 2012, ahead of the Year of the Snake in 2013.

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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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Dog with solar-eclipse glasses

KORIYAMA, Japan - A dog kept at a temporary housing unit looks up at the sky with solar-eclipse glasses in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 21, 2012. An annular solar eclipse was observed over a wide area of Japan on that morning, including major cities on the Pacific coast of the Japanese archipelago such as Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka.

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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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Prime Minister Noda visits Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from L) arrives at Koriyama station in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 8, 2011, in his first trip to the prefecture, home to a radiation-leaking nuclear power plant, since he took office the previous week. Noda has repeatedly expressed his desire to visit Fukushima and has vowed to speed up reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March disaster and nuclear crisis.