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US Navy Shoots Down Its Own F/A-18 In Red Sea Fight

Handout photo dated March 18, 2011 of an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Pacific Ocean. A U.S. Navy cruiser shot down a Navy F/A-18 fighter jet over the Red Sea early Sunday morning, U.S. Central Command said. The F/A-18 was shot by weapons from the guided-missile cruiser the USS Gettysburg after taking off from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier on Dec. 22. Both Navy aviators were able to eject from the fighter jet and were recovered safely. One of the two sustained minor injuries, according to CENTCOM. The USS Gettysburg “mistakenly fired on” the F/A-18, CENTCOM said. The shoot down happened amid a weekend of military action against the Houthis, a militant Yemeni nationalist group that controls much of Yemen, including the capital. American and British aircraft have been bombing targets in Sana’a since Saturday. The incident is under investigation. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specia

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Frederic Mitterrand Dies Aged 76

File photo dated September 22, 2011 of Frederic Mitterrand. - The nephew of former president François Mitterrand was a figure of television, cinema, and literature, and served in government under Nicolas Sarkozy. He died on March 21, at the age of 76. Photo by Patrick Davy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Frederic Mitterrand Dies Aged 76

File photo dated September 22, 2011 of Frederic Mitterrand. - The nephew of former president François Mitterrand was a figure of television, cinema, and literature, and served in government under Nicolas Sarkozy. He died on March 21, at the age of 76. Photo by Patrick Davy/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Military Osprey With 8 Crew Crashes Off Japan

Handout photo dated March 1, 2011 shows an MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 166 approaches the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) in the pacific Ocean A US Osprey military aircraft with eight crew on board crashed on Wednesday off a Japanese island, the coastguard said, in the latest accident involving the tilt-rotor military aircraft. The Osprey, developed by Bell Helicopters and Boeing and which can operate like a helicopter or a fixed-wing plane, has suffered a string of fatal crashes over the years. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist John Lill via ABACAPRESS.COM

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3 U.S. Marines Killed In Osprey Aircraft Crash In Australia

Handout photo dated March 1, 2011 shows an MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 166 approaches the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) in the pacific Ocean U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist John Lill via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan to start ocean discharge of Fukushima nuke wastewater Thursday

STORY: Japan to start ocean discharge of Fukushima nuke wastewater Thursday DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant 2. various of people opposing 3. various of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and local fishermen STORYLINE: The Japanese government announced Tuesday it has decided to start releasing nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean on Thursday. The decision was made amid strong opposition from neighboring and Pacific island countries, as well as local fishermen over the irreversible impacts on the marine environment and public health. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, hit by a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and an ensuing tsunami on March 11, 2011, suffered core meltdowns that released radiation. In April 2021, the Japanese government announced its controversial plan to release nuclear-contaminated water from the facilit

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO-RUSSIAN ENTREPRENEUR (CN)

(230323) -- HAIKOU, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Alexander Pantyukhin surfs in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 22, 2023. Alexander Pantyukhin, a Russian living in Boao town of Hainan, is a surfing brand entrepreneur. In 2011, Pantyukhin was attracted by the climate and life in Hainan while travelling to the island province. He learned Chinese and stayed there to develop his career. In 2015, Pantyukhin started his own surfing brand, designing and producing surfboards in cooperation with factories in Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces. His products are now sold not only in China, but also in Russia, Vietnam and the Philippines. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)

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Olympic torch in Japan

MIYAKO, Japan, March 22 Kyodo - Photo taken in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 22, 2020, shows the flame for the Tokyo Olympics being carried by Sanriku Railway's Rias Line. The flame is touring through northeastern Japan towns hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, ahead of the start of the torch relay from Fukushima Prefecture on March 26.

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Panel proposes preservation of tsunami-hit school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - File photo taken on Jan. 22, 2014, shows a classroom of Kadonowaki Elementary School in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki that was hit by the March 2011 tsunami and fire. An expert panel proposed on Dec. 22, 2014, that the school building be preserved in its current state to hand down the legacy of the disaster.

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Tree seedlings grown from acorns in Iwate Pref.

YAMADA, Japan - Tree seedlings grown from acorns are photographed in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on May 22, 2014. The acorns were picked up by children in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures before being grown by kindergartners and nursery school children nationwide following the March 2011 quake and tsunami.

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Test facility to simulate big tsunami completed in Chiba

ABIKO, Japan - The Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry's experimental facility in Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, capable of creating waves up to one-third the size of the tsunami that hit land following the earthquake of March 11, 2011, is opened to the press on April 22, 2014.

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Disaster-hit classroom in Ishinomaki, Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A classroom at Kadonowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, remains in the same state on Jan. 22, 2014, as right after being hit by the March 2011 tsunami and ensuing fire.

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Tsunami-hit lighthouse in Fukushima reopens after repairs

IWAKI, Japan - The Shioyasaki lighthouse in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, reopens to visitors for the first time in about three years on Feb. 22, 2014, after repairs following destruction by tsunami caused by the March 2011 earthquake.

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Shioyazaki Lighthouse in Fukushima Pref. to reopen

IWAKI, Japan - Work to restore a pathway to the Shioyazaki Lighthouse in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, continues on Jan. 28, 2014, ahead of the planned reopening of the facility to the general public on Feb. 22. The scenic lighthouse, which was made famous by director Keisuke Kinoshita's film about a lighthouse keeper "Yorokobi mo kanashimi mo ikutoshitsuki" (The Lighthouse), sustained major damage in the March 2011 earthquake disaster.

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Fukushima sake brewers promote new brews

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of Fukushima Prefecture's sake brewers meet the press at a hotel in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2014, to promote new brews. Stressing that their sake are all safe and have undergone strict inspections for radioactive contamination, they expressed hope to revive sales that have been dampened by the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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School hallway remains ravaged since 2011 disaster

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A hallway of the disaster-hit Kadowaki Elementary School in the coastal city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is shown to members of the media on Jan. 22, 2014. The school was ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and the ensuing tsunami and fire. The city government is considering of preserving the school as a monument to remember the disaster.

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Tsunami-, fire-ravaged school in Ishinomaki left as it is

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The inside of Kadowaki Elementary School in the coastal city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, remains in disorder on Jan. 22, 2014, as desks and walls have been covered with mud since a powerful earthquake and the ensuing tsunami and fire devastated the building in March 2011. The city government disclosed the site to members of the media.

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School tattered by 2011 disaster in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The inside of the disaster-hit Kadowaki Elementary School in the coastal city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is shown to members of the media on Jan. 22, 2014. The school was tattered by the March 2011 earthquake and the ensuing tsunami, as well as fire.

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Inspectors examining disaster-hit primary school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Members of the Ishinomaki city government's committee aiming to pass down lessons from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami to the next generation are inspecting Kadowaki Elementary School, which was devastated by the disaster, in the coastal city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 22, 2014.

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Disaster-hit primary school in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The tsunami-hit Kadowaki Elementary School in the coastal city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is shown to members of the media on Jan. 22, 2014. The school was ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as well as fire, and the city government is considering preserving the school as a monument to remember the 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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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 22, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom). Work has begun to add soil to areas where houses and commercial facilities are to be reconstructed.

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Emperor, empress visit Fukushima's radiation-hit areas

IITATE, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko visit a precision machinery parts factory in the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 22, 2013. The imperial couple visited Fukushima Prefecture and met people still suffering from the aftermath of the nuclear plant accident triggered by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit Fukushima's radiation-hit areas

KAWAMATA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko meet people still suffering from the aftermath of the nuclear plant accident triggered by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, at a temporary schoolhouse in the town of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 22, 2013.

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IAEA experts visit Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Miroslav Pinak (C), head of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Radiation Safety and Monitoring Section, speaks at a meeting in the city of Fukushima on July 22, 2013. Fifteen experts from the IAEA visited Fukushima Prefecture to cooperate with the prefecture in decontaminating areas exposed to radiation from the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Imperial couple visit Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave at JR Tokyo Station on July 22, 2013, before leaving for Fukushima Prefecture, for a visit to see areas and meet people still suffering from the aftermath of the nuclear accident triggered by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.

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Imperial couple visit Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are pictured at JR Tokyo Station on July 22, 2013, before leaving for Fukushima Prefecture, for a visit to see areas and meet people still suffering from the aftermath of the nuclear accident triggered by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.

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Making bags in quake-hit town to help recovery

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Akio Sato, who launched a factory to make leather bags in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, shows off its products on April 22, 2013, at the factory. With the launch, he hopes to create a new industry in the coastal fishing and farming town, hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and help speed its recovery.

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Students from disaster-hit region give concert

NEW YORK, United States - About 70 students from Japan's northeastern region hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami give a concert in New York on March 22, 2013, to express their gratitude for support in rebuilding the region. The students from five high schools in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures sang Verdi's "Requiem" together with a choir of around 100 singers from New Jersey at Lincoln Center.

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2 years after quake

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photos show a bridge in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 22, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2013. The bridge is still under renovation with traffic control.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 22, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). Many of the buildings damaged by the tsunami have been removed.

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Air guitar competition in tsunami-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An air guitar competition is held in Sendai, one of the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012. The winner will represent Japan at the Aug. 22-24 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.

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Air guitar competition in tsunami-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An air guitar competition is held in Sendai, one of the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012. The winner will represent Japan at the Aug. 22-24 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.

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Air guitar competition in tsunami-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - An air guitar competition is held in Sendai, one of the areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on the night of Aug. 6, 2012. The winner will represent Japan at the Aug. 22-24 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 22, 2012, Naoto Matsumura (C) and his friend Kazuo Endo (R) help a pony onto a truck so he can take it home and care for it, doing so at the request of a resident (L) who has returned home temporarily. 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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Chinese tourists in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Chinese tourists visit a lake in the Urabandai area of Fukushima Prefecture on May 22, 2012. They were part of the first tour group from the Chinese mainland to visit the prefecture since the March 2011 disaster.

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Chinese tourists in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Chinese tourists pose for photos in front of Tsuruga Castle in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 22, 2012. They were part of the first tour group from the Chinese mainland to visit the prefecture since the March 2011 disaster.

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American to ship back items lost in tsunami to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows David (L) and Yumi Baxter in Kasilof, Alaska, on April 22, 2012. David holds a soccer ball and Yumi holds a volleyball found by David in mid-March 2012 on the coast of Middleton Island off Alaska, after the balls floated across the Pacific Ocean after being swept away from northeastern Japan in the March 2011 tsunami. The couple initially expressed their intention to deliver the items back to their original owners in person during their upcoming trip to Japan, but have now opted to ship them instead in consideration of the owners' privacy, David Baxter told Kyodo News on May 23, 2012.

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Quake-tsunami debris blocked

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Protesters on May 22, 2012, are forcibly removed by police in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, from in front of a truck carrying debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan. The protestors, citing fear of radiation, had sat in front of the truck to block delivery of the rubble to Kitakyushu for trial incineration.

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Quake-tsunami debris blocked

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Protesters on May 22, 2012, block the delivery for trial incineration in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan, by gathering around a truck carrying the rubble, while police officers and city officials try to persuade them to leave the site. The opponents cite fear of radiation.

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Quake-tsunami debris blocked

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Protesters on May 22, 2012, block the delivery for trial incineration in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan, by sitting in front of a truck carrying the rubble. The opponents cite fear of radiation.

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Quake-tsunami debris blocked

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Protesters fly a banner reading, ''No to radioactive debris'' on May 22, 2012, as they block the delivery to Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, of debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan for trial incineration.

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Quake-tsunami debris blocked

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Protesters on May 22, 2012, block the delivery to Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, of debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan for trial incineration. The opponents cite fear of radiation.

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Owner of tsunami-swept volleyball found

KASILOF, United States - Photo shows David (L) and Yumi Baxter in Kasilof, Alaska, on April 22, 2012. David holds a soccer ball and Yumi a volleyball, both found by David in mid-March 2012 on the coast of Middleton Island off Alaska. The balls apparently floated across the Pacific Ocean after being swept away from northeastern Japan in the March 2011 tsunami. Their owners have been located in Japan.

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Soccer ball lost in Japan's tsunami found off Alaska

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo shows 16-year-old Misaki Murakami, a second-year high school student in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 22, 2012. A soccer ball, believed to belong to him, was found on the coast of Middleton Island off Alaska after apparently floating across the Pacific Ocean after being swept away from the northeastern Japanese city in the March 2011 tsunami. Murakami received the ball from classmates in March 2005, when he was in third grade, as a farewell gift before he transferred to another school in the city.

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Concert using tsunami-damaged piano

TOKYO, Japan - A charity concert is held in Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi district on March 22, 2012, using a grand piano (R back) that has been repaired after being damaged by the March 2011 tsunami in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture.

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Fugen reactor decommissioning to be postponed 5 yrs

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows the prototype advanced converter reactor Fugen in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said March 22, 2012 that it will postpone the planned decommissioning of Fugen for five years and until fiscal 2033.