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Kunimasu juveniles

OSHINO, Japan - Photo taken on June 28, 2012, in the village of Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows a juvenile kunimasu, born through artificial fertilization, unveiled to the media the same day. The endangered deepwater salmon species was discovered in 2010 in Lake Saiko in the prefecture, 70 years after it died out in 1940 in its original habitat, Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture.

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Kunimasu juveniles

OSHINO, Japan - Photo taken on June 28, 2012, in the village of Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows juvenile kunimasu, born through artificial fertilization, that were unveiled to the media the same day. The endangered deepwater salmon species was discovered in 2010 in Lake Saiko in the prefecture, 70 years after it died out in 1940 in its original habitat, Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture.

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Yamanashi gov't to farm newly discovered endangered salmon species

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - The photo shows Lake Saiko where Kunimasu, an endangered deepwater salmon species, was discovered in 2010, 70 years after its extinction in 1940 in its original habitat, Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, 500 kilometers to the northeast. The photo was taken on Jan. 7, 2012.

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Kyoto University professor Nakabo

KYOTO, Japan - Tetsuji Nakabo, professor of Kyoto University and an ichthyologist, holds a Kunimasu, an endangered deepwater salmon species. His research team identified nine fish caught in March and April of 2010 at Lake Saiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, as Kunimasu descended from eggs transported many decades ago from Lake Tazawa in northern Japan, where the species is now extinct. The photo was taken on Dec. 15, 2010.

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Salmon species 'kunimasu' rediscovered

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Tetsuji Nakabo holds a kunimasu, an indigenous freshwater salmon species thought to have become extinct more than 70 years ago, in Kyoto on Dec. 15, 2010. The fish, which was previously only seen in Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, was discovered in Lake Saiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, as the eggs of the fish were taken to Lake Saiko before the species was believed to have become extinct.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui visits Akita

AKITA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui and his wife Tseng Wen-fui visit Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture on June 5 during a sightseeing tour of the Tohoku region. The couple are on an 11-day trip to Japan. Lee plans to deliver an address on education at Akita International University in Akita city on June 6 before heading back to Tokyo.

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Robot probes Japan's deepest lake bottom

A robot equipped with a camera to probe the bottom of Lake Tazawa, Japan's deepest lake with a depth of 423 meters, is seen in Senboku, Akita Prefecture, on Oct. 6, 2015. The exploration began the same day, which was the first camera probe at the deepest point of the lake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hunt for rare freshwater fish to begin in Japan's deepest lake

Photo taken on Aug. 4, 2015, shows Japan's deepest lake, Lake Tazawa, in Semboku, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan. Researchers plan to start a large-scale survey there in September using an underwater camera. Hopes are rising of finding the endangered "kunimasu" freshwater salmon species indigenous to the lake that was thought to have been extinct until it was found in Lake Saiko in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, in 2010. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skiing: Japan's moguls ace Endo out of World Cup meet in Akita

Japanese freestyle skier Sho Endo takes to the air in the men's preliminary round of a World Cup moguls event in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 11, 2017. Endo has pulled out of a two-day World Cup meet from Feb. 18 at Lake Tazawa in Japan's Akita Prefecture due to injury and is also expected to sit out the Asian Winter Games getting under way in Sapporo on Feb. 19. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lake Tazawa survey planned to revive habitat for rare trout species

File photo taken in April 2014 shows a school of "kunimasu," a rare Japanese subspecies of sockeye salmon indigenous to Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, in a tank at an aquarium in Yamanashi Prefecture. The Semboku city office in Akita announced on Sept. 4, 2015, that it will survey the underwater conditions of Lake Tazawa from Oct. 5 in hopes of reviving the habitat for the fish. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hopes of discovering endangered indigenous freshwater salmon rising

Photo taken in June 2012 in Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, shows a juvenile fish of the endangered "kunimasu" indigenous freshwater salmon species born through artificial fertilization. An extensive hunt for the fish is planned this fall in Lake Tazawa, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan. The species was classified as extinct around 70 years ago in the lake, then its sole known habitat, but it has been found still alive in Lake Saiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui visits Akita

AKITA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui and his wife Tseng Wen-fui visit Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture on June 5 during a sightseeing tour of the Tohoku region. The couple are on an 11-day trip to Japan. Lee plans to deliver an address on education at Akita International University in Akita city on June 6 before heading back to Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Kyoto University professor Nakabo

KYOTO, Japan - Tetsuji Nakabo, professor of Kyoto University and an ichthyologist, holds a Kunimasu, an endangered deepwater salmon species. His research team identified nine fish caught in March and April of 2010 at Lake Saiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, as Kunimasu descended from eggs transported many decades ago from Lake Tazawa in northern Japan, where the species is now extinct. The photo was taken on Dec. 15, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Yamanashi gov't to farm newly discovered endangered salmon specie

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - The photo shows Lake Saiko where Kunimasu, an endangered deepwater salmon species, was discovered in 2010, 70 years after its extinction in 1940 in its original habitat, Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, 500 kilometers to the northeast. The photo was taken on Jan. 7, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Salmon species 'kunimasu' rediscovered

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Tetsuji Nakabo holds a kunimasu, an indigenous freshwater salmon species thought to have become extinct more than 70 years ago, in Kyoto on Dec. 15, 2010. The fish, which was previously only seen in Lake Tazawa in Akita Prefecture, was discovered in Lake Saiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, as the eggs of the fish were taken to Lake Saiko before the species was believed to have become extinct. (Kyodo)