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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

OSAKA, Japan, May 20 Kyodo - Turin Olympics figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa (far R) pitches fishery foods at a just-opened exhibition at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, highlighting the recovery of three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

Visitors watch a movie at the World Exhibition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, as an exhibition highlighting recovery of the three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster begins the same day.

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

An exhibit shows the height of the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in March 2011 as an exhibition highlighting the recovery of the three prefectures severely affected by the earthquake-tsunami disaster begins at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025.

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

Turin Olympics figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa (2nd from R) poses in front of a "digital monument" at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, as an exhibition highlighting the recovery of the three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster begins the same day. Shown on the screen is the "Miracle Pine," the only tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

Turin Olympics figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa (far R) pitches fishery foods at a just-opened exhibition at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, highlighting the recovery of three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

Turin Olympics figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa (2nd from L) poses for a photo during the opening ceremony of an exhibition at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, highlighting the recovery of the three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Australia's environment deteriorated in 2023: report

STORY: Australia's environment deteriorated in 2023: report SHOOTING TIME: March 19, 2024 DATELINE: March 20, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Australia STORYLINE: The health of Australia's environment declined in 2023 amid low rainfall and a spike in the number of threatened species, a report has said. Led by researchers from the Australian National University (ANU), Australia's Environment Report compiles detailed scientific data to rate the overall health of the country's environment out of 10 every year since 2011. In 2023, the environment scored a 7.5 out of 10, the latest edition published on Tuesday revealed. It marks a fall from 2022 when the environment was given an 8.7 out of 10, the highest ever score. Albert Van Dijk, lead author of the report, described 2023 as a climate rollercoaster for Australia, with a relatively cool start to the year giving way to dry and unseasonably warm weather from May onwards. According to the

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25th Anniversary Genesis Awards - Los Angeles

Ryan O'Neal arriving for the '25th Anniversary Genesis Awards' held at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, CA, USA, on March 19, 2011. Photo by Tonya Wise/ABACAPRESS.COM

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25th Anniversary Genesis Awards - Los Angeles

Ryan O'Neal arriving for the '25th Anniversary Genesis Awards' held at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, CA, USA, on March 19, 2011. Photo by Tonya Wise/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japanese rally against ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater

STORY: Japanese rally against ocean discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater DATELINE: Aug. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:52 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the rally 2 various of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant STORYLINE: As the Japanese government approaches a decision on the specific date for the discharge of nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean, hundreds of Japanese gathered in central Tokyo on Friday to rally against the discharge plan. Despite scorching temperatures exceeding 35 degrees Celsius, people from various parts of Japan braved the heat to gather in front of the Japanese prime minister's official residence, urging the government to uphold its promise of "no disposal without the understanding of relevant parties." Hit by a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and an ensuing tsunami on March 11, 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered core meltdowns that released radiation, r

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Fukushima gov. in U.S.

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori speaks about the recovery of the northeastern Japan prefecture following the March 2011 nuclear accident with U.S. government officials in Washington on Jan. 19, 2023.

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Fukushima gov. in U.S.

Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori (C) is gifted a jersey by Ken Eriksen (R), the former U.S. national softball team head coach, during an event in which he spoke about the recovery of the northeastern Japan prefecture following the March 2011 nuclear accident with U.S. government officials in Washington on Jan. 19, 2023.

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Coastal breakwater rebuilding in progress in north Japan

SENDAI, Japan - The severed coastal breakwater (L) in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 19, 2011, eight days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region. Rebuilding of the breakwater in the same area (R) is in progress on Sept. 3, 2014.

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2011 disaster: sporting goods store then and now

SENDAI, Japan - Shoes and clothes from "Ken Sports," a sporting goods store in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are distributed to survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami free of charge, as shown in the photo (top) taken on March 19, 2011. Storekeeper Kensuke Sasaki and his wife Reiko stand in the store as shown in the photo (bottom) taken on Sept. 5, 2014.

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Suit over pupils' deaths in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo shows Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 19, 2014. A hearing was held the same day at the Sendai District Court in the prefecture, after relatives of 23 pupils at the school who died in the earthquake and tsunami disaster of March 11, 2011, filed a damages suit in March. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the disaster.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show a junior high school in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (L), about a week after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2014 (R).

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Duty to work led midwife to put others' safety 1st in tsunami

SHIOGAMA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 19, 2013 shows part of a page of the business diary at maternity hospital Ikeno Clinic in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, where midwife Yukie Aoyama works as a chief nurse. Written in the section of March 11, 2011 were encircled characters meaning a big earthquake. (Photo by Yohei Kanasashi)

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Fukushima mothers' chorus in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Members of the Fukushima Mothers' Chorus Association, based in Fukushima Prefecture hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, perform at the second Japan-U.S. Chorus Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Oct. 19, 2013.

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Fukushima mothers' chorus in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Ryoka Endo (2nd from R), senior high school student from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, stands on the stage at the second Japan-U.S. Chorus Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Oct. 19, 2013, as one of the representatives of Fukushima, hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters. Members of the Fukushima Mothers' Chorus Association performed songs at the concert.

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Fukushima mothers' chorus in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Members of the Fukushima Mothers' Chorus Association, based in Fukushima Prefecture hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, perform at the second Japan-U.S. Chorus Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Oct. 19, 2013.

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Fukushima mothers' chorus in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Members of the Fukushima Mothers' Chorus Association, based in Fukushima Prefecture hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, perform at the second Japan-U.S. Chorus Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Oct. 19, 2013.

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Fukushima mothers' chorus in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Members of the Fukushima Mothers' Chorus Association, based in Fukushima Prefecture hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, perform at the second Japan-U.S. Chorus Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Oct. 19, 2013.

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Harvest moon over "miracle pine"

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 19, 2013, shows a harvest moon above the "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, hit by the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake. The tree, which initially withstood the tsunami and later died, was reassembled for a monument after being dissected for anti-decay treatment.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show a coastal area in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (R) with a breakwater under construction.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the downtown area of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (top), soon after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

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2 years after quake

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2013.

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Santa in quake-hit area

KESENNUMA, Japan - Santa Claus, visiting from Finland, delivers presents on Dec. 19, 2012, to a group of children in a nursery school in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture that was hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2012, shows officials of the Fukushima prefectural government branding with dry ice cattle taken care of by nonprofit group head Naoto Matsumura in a bid to make it easier to identify them. Town residents remain evacuated following the nuclear disaster triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The town's mayor declared in September 2012 that residents would not return for the next five years.

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Tokyo Tower gets shorter for 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo Tower (L) at 333-meters tall in February 2012, and the same tower at 315-meter-tall on July 19, 2012. It shrank due to recently started work to replace antenna equipment atop the structure damaged by the massive March 2011 earthquake. It is expected to regain its previous height when the work is complete in mid-August.

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Emperor, empress in quake-hit village

SAKAE, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (L) visit the village government office of Sakae, Nagano Prefecture, on July 19, 2012. The village was hit by a strong earthquake a day after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Oi reactor regains criticality

OI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 4 reactor (front) of the Oi nuclear power station in Fukui Prefecture on July 19, 2012. The reactor reached criticality that morning following its reactivation the night before by its operator, Kansai Electric Power Co. The reactor is the second to go back online after all of Japan's commercial reactors were taken offline for regular checks in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. The first to resume operation was the Oi plant's No. 3 reactor (back) which was brought to full operation on July 9.

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Oi reactor regains criticality

OI, Japan - Photo shows the No. 4 reactor (L) of the Oi nuclear power station in Fukui Prefecture on July 19, 2012. The reactor reached criticality that morning following its reactivation the night before by its operator, Kansai Electric Power Co. The reactor is the second to go back online, after all of Japan's commercial reactors were taken offline for regular checks in the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. The first to resume operation was the Oi plant's No. 3 reactor (R) which was brought to full operation on July 9.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 19, 2012, a cattle beast lies starved to death after its owner abandoned it in a barn. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Rikuzentakata soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 7, 2012 (R). Temporary housing units have been built on the ground of a junior high school (front).

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Police search for bodies from 2011 disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 19, 2012, shows an area inside a no-go zone around the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, where around 100 police officers searched for the bodies of people still listed as missing following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami the same day. The exhaust pipes of the power plant can be seen in the background.

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Police search for bodies from 2011 disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Police officers search inside a no-go zone around the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the coast of Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 19, 2012, for the bodies of people still listed as missing following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The exhaust pipes of the power plant can be seen in the background.

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Police search for bodies from 2011 disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Police officers search inside a no-go zone around the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the coast of Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 19, 2012, for the bodies of people still listed as missing following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Christmas tree in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Kenichi Kurosawa (R), a 40-year-old plumber, and Takeru Okuda, a 19-year-old college student, stand in front of a Christmas tree in disaster-hit Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2011. Kurosawa placed the Christmas tree at the site where his home office was located, in memory of the victims of the March quake and tsunami and to wish for the reconstruction of the disaster-hit areas.

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Japanese quake-hit youths visit Moscow school

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian students (back) cheer as Japanese students (front) sing ''The One and Only Flower in the World'' at a school in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2011. A group of 17 Japanese high school and university students who lost their relatives in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster visited the school to meet Russian youths. The Japanese from four high schools and two universities in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures were invited to Moscow's school No. 1535 by Russia's educational authorities on a goodwill program.

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Bhutan king, queen carve Buddhist statue

KYOTO, Japan - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (L) and Queen Jetsun Pema (C) carve a Buddhist statue at the Gallery of Kyoto Traditional Arts & Crafts in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 19, 2011. The statue is being made using pine wood from Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, one of the areas hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and about 3,000 people have so far contributed to the carving.

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Bhutan king, queen carve Buddhist statue

KYOTO, Japan - Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (L) and Queen Jetsun Pema (C) carve a Buddhist statue at the Gallery of Kyoto Traditional Arts & Crafts in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 19, 2011. The statue is being made using pine wood from Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, one of the areas hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and about 3,000 people have so far contributed to the carving.

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swim in waters near the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011. They completed a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, to the town to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Antinuclear power protest in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People attend an antinuclear power protest rally held at Meiji Park in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2011. The rally was the largest in the country since the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the March earthquake and tsunami.

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swimmers (in blue swimming caps), including Kazuya Suzuki (1st man wearing swimming cap) is welcomed by local people at a beach in the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011, after completing a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture. The relay was conducted to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swimmers (in blue swimming caps) including Kazuya Suzuki (3rd from R, front row) arrive at a beach in the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011, after completing a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Search continues in disaster-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers from Okayama and Tottori prefectures, western Japan, search for the remains of people who have remained unaccounted for since the March 11 tsunami, in Osabe fishing port in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Aug. 19, 2011. Over 4,500 people are still counted as missing more than five months after the disaster. ''We want to find them, even if it might be a bone fragment,'' said a leader of the police unit taking part in the search.

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Search continues in disaster-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers from Okayama and Tottori prefectures, western Japan, search for the remains of people who have remained unaccounted for since the March 11 tsunami, in Osabe fishing port in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Aug. 19, 2011. Over 4,500 people are still counted as missing more than five months after the disaster. ''We want to find them, even if it might be a bone fragment,'' said a leader of the police unit taking part in the search.

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LED bulbs to quake-hit railways

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, the famous calico cat also known as ''stationmaster,'' is pictured with light-emitting diode bulbs that features her in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2011. Wakayama Electric Railway Co. said the same day that it will donate 610 ''Tama bulbs'' to 10 northeastern Japan railway operators hit by the March quake and tsunami.

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Icicle gift to newlywed polar bear couple

OSAKA, Japan - Baffin, a 19-year-old female polar bear, bites into an icicle containing apples at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka in western Japan on July 23, 2011. The zoo gave four of the icicles to Baffin and her 6-year-old ''husband'' Gogo, who ''tied the knot'' in March when Baffin was transferred there from a zoo in Hamamatsu, central Japan, as part of a polar bear breeding program.

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Icicle gift to newlywed polar bear couple

OSAKA, Japan - Gogo, a 6-year-old male polar bear, plays with an icicle containing apples at Tennoji Zoo in Osaka in western Japan on July 23, 2011. The zoo gave four of the icicles to Gogo and his 19-year-old ''wife'' Baffin, who ''tied the knot'' in March when Baffin was transferred there from a zoo in Hamamatsu, central Japan, as part of a polar bear breeding program.