Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Astronaut Furukawa to leave JAXA

Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, 61, receives a bouquet at the end of a press conference in Tokyo on March 30, 2026, after announcing he will leave the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency the next day. A qualified doctor, Furukawa undertook two long-term missions at the International Space Station -- in 2011 and from 2023 to 2024 -- while employed by JAXA.

E

Astronaut Furukawa to leave JAXA

Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, 61, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 30, 2026, announcing he will leave the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency the next day. A qualified doctor, Furukawa undertook two long-term missions at the International Space Station -- in 2011 and from 2023 to 2024 -- while employed by JAXA.

E

Tohoku mayors announce plans for joint 'Rokkon' festival

YAMAGATA, Japan - The mayors of six prefectural capitals in the Tohoku region, northern Japan, gather in the city of Yamagata on Jan. 30, 2014, to announce plans for this year's Tohoku Rokkon (six-soul) Festival. Bringing six major local gala events, the festival started for the repose of victims' soul and promotion of reconstruction work following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.

E

Balloons hoisted to height of 2011 tsunami at Paris event

PARIS, France - Balloons are floated to the height of the tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku in March 2011, during an event in Paris on Aug. 30, 2014, planned by high school students from the three prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate in the region to call attention to the recovery and attractiveness of Tohoku.

E

Tohoku students sing in opening ceremony of event in Paris

PARIS, France - High school students from the three prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, sing at the opening ceremony of an event in Paris on Aug. 30, 2014, to call attention to the recovery and attractiveness of Tohoku.

E

Tohoku students raise good-catch flags in Paris

PARIS, France - Japanese high school students wave fishermen's flags signifying a big catch during the opening ceremony of an event in Paris on Aug. 30, 2014, to call attention to the recovery and attractiveness of Tohoku, Japan's northeastern region ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

E

Fukushima nuclear plant chief feared catastrophe for eastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Pool photo taken Nov. 12, 2011, shows Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaking to reporters at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture. According to government documents obtained by Kyodo News on Aug. 30, 2014, Yoshida said in testimony before his death that he had feared catastrophic damage to eastern Japan while he was struggling to contain the crisis in March 2011. The government will release his 400-page testimony in September.

E

Signboard washed away by 2011 tsunami returns to village

MORIOKA, Japan - An official in Tanohata village, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, touches a signboard of a village-operated housing complex, washed away by the tsunami of March 2011, as it is returned from Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii on July 30, 2014.

E

Signboard washed away by 2011 tsunami returns to village

MORIOKA, Japan - Officials in Tanohata village, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, view a signboard of a village-operated housing complex, washed away by the tsunami of March 2011, as it is returned from Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii on July 30, 2014.

E

3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Panoramic photos show the Shishiori area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, 2011, four days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, on Aug. 30, 2012, and on Feb. 14, 2014.

E

'Outsider' supporters help disaster-hit residents rebuild

SENDAI, Japan - Risa Hikata (R), one of the ''reconstruction supporters'' working in areas hit by the March 2011 disaster, talks with a resident in the Kitakami district of the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 30, 2013.

E

Airport in disaster-hit region resumes all routes

SENDAI, Japan - Passengers from Changchun, China, are greeted upon arrival at Sendai Airport on the night of July 30, 2012, as the most used international gateway in northeastern Japan completed resumption of service to all destinations it was linked to prior to the catastrophic March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The last international route was reestablished with the evening arrival of a China Southern Airline flight from Changchun.

E

IAEA team inspects Onagawa nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Sujit Samaddar, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency's International Seismic Safety Center, speaks in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 30, 2012, before starting an inspection of the Onagawa nuclear power plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the area in March 2011.

E

Large tank being dissembled

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - An 11-meter-tall fish oil tank shown being dissembled in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 30, 2012. The tank, painted like a huge whale meat can, had sat on its side on the median of a road since being washed away from a seafood factory by the March 2011 tsunami.

E

Large tank being dissembled

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - An 11-meter-tall fish oil tank shown being dissembled in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 30, 2012. The tank, painted like a huge whale meat can, had sat on its side on the median of a road since being washed away from a seafood factory by the March 2011 tsunami.

E

Chilean president visits Minamisanriku

SENDAI, Japan - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera offers flowers at a gutted municipal government building in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 30, 2012. Dozens of people died at the building when it was engulfed by the massive tsunami in March 2011.

E

Chilean president visits Minamisanriku

SENDAI, Japan - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and his wife Cecilia Morel stand near the head from a replica of Easter Island's Moai statue, outside Shizugawa High School in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 30, 2012. The replica of the famous statue on the island, a Chilean territory, was donated to the town in 1991 by Chile as a symbol of the town's recovery from damage caused by a tsunami triggered by an earthquake in Chile in 1960. The replica was damaged by the March 2011 tsunami.

E

Hawaiian-style spa in Fukushima Pref. to fully resume

IWAKI, Japan - Members of a hula dancing team at a Hawaiian-style spa leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and other employees cheer on Jan. 30, 2012, before the full-scale reopening of the Spa Resort Hawaiians complex on Feb. 8, 2012. The facility damaged by the March 2011 earthquake has partially resumed its operation since October 2011.

E

Kobe, Arsenal 1-1 in women's soccer charity match

TOKYO, Japan - Players of Japanese women's league champions INAC Kobe Leonessa and English counterparts Arsenal Ladies shake hands following a charity soccer match at National Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2011, to help reconstruction efforts in Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The game ended 1-1.

E

Fukushima Univ. to waive tuition for disaster-hit students

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima University President Osamu Nittono (L), at a press conference in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 30, 2011, said the university will waive tuition and enrollment fees for students severely affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster, from the next academic year starting in April 2012.

E

Tokyo Motor Show opens to press

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Motor Show opens to the press at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward in the Japanese capital on Nov. 30, 2011. Japanese automakers unveiled a bevy of electric cars and other green vehicles, reflecting consumers' shift toward conserving resources after the limiting of power supplies in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The motor show will be open to the public on Dec. 3-11.

E

Japan parliament to have special nuclear crisis panel

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an upper house plenary session at the Diet in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. The House of Councillors approved a bill submitted by the opposition camp to set up a special committee of experts in parliament to look into the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

E

Peach Aviation's uniforms

TOKYO, Japan - A man and women pose in cabin attendant uniforms of Peach Aviation Ltd. during the uniforms' unveiling event held by the company at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. Peach Aviation was established in February 2011 by All Nippon Airways Co. as a joint low-cost carrier with Hong Kong-based investment firms to operate flights from and to Kansai International Airport near Osaka city, beginning in March 2012.

E

Peach Aviation's uniforms

TOKYO, Japan - A man and women pose in cabin attendant uniforms of Peach Aviation Ltd. during the uniforms' unveiling event held by the company at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. Peach Aviation was established in February 2011 by All Nippon Airways Co. as a joint low-cost carrier with Hong Kong-based investment firms to operate flights from and to Kansai International Airport near Osaka city, beginning in March 2012.

E

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from R to L) the Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 reactor buildings at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Aug. 30, 2011, which has been crippled since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. A large crane near the damaged No. 1 reactor building is being used to install airtight sheeting to help prevent the further spread of radioactive substances.

E

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from L to R) the Nos. 4, 3, 2, and 1 reactor buildings at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Aug. 30, 2011, which has been crippled since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

E

Kansai Electric Power building with banner for power saving

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Kansai Electric Power Co.'s head office in Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 30, 2011, with a banner urging the public to reduce electricity consumption amid the country's power supply constraints in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the ensuing nuclear crisis.

E

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from L to R) the Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 reactor buildings at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on Aug. 30, 2011, which has been crippled since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. A large crane near the damaged No. 1 reactor building is being used to install airtight sheeting to help prevent the further spread of radioactive substances.

E

Charity beach soccer game in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Alcindo Sartori (L), former star striker at Japan's Kashima Antlers pro soccer team, and former Japan national soccer team player Masakiyo Maezono (C) play in a charity beach soccer game in Rio de Janeiro on July 30, 2011, to support people living in areas of Japan devastated by the last March's massive earthquake and tsunami.

E

Charity beach soccer game in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Former Japan national soccer team coach Zico watches a charity beach soccer game in Rio de Janeiro on July 30, 2011, to support people living in areas of Japan devastated by the last March's massive earthquake and tsunami.

E

Pests pose menace in rubble-strewn northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - A worker sprinkles pesticide in a rice paddy to exterminate flies in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 30, 2011. Three prefectures hardest hit by the March earthquake and tsunami -- Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima -- are waging a major battle against swarms of flies and mosquitoes that have emerged out of filthy puddles and waste left in the wake of the disaster.

E

Children at Japan Expo

PARIS, France - Children write messages for children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan at the Japan Expo's UNESCO booth in the suburbs of Paris on June 30, 2011, the opening day of the event showcasing Japanese pop art and subculture.

E

Power use restrictions to start in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A board in Tokyo's Shimbashi area shows the status of electricity consumption in areas covered by Tokyo Electric Power Co. on June 30, 2011. The Japanese government the following day was to start restricting power consumption by large-lot users in eastern Japan, requiring reduced peak-time consumption by 15 percent from a year earlier to avert power shortages in the aftermath of the March earthquake and tsunami disaster.

E

Kenya donation for Japan

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki (R) hands a donation check to Japanese Ambassador to Kenya Toshihisa Takata during a ceremony in Nairobi on May 30, 2011. Kenya donated $1 million following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March.

E

Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A Self-Defense Forces vehicle runs through a flooded road in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 30, 2011, due to heavy rain brought by a tropical storm. Police and firefighters have been on alert for potential mudslides and flooding in northeastern Japan that suffered the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

E

Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - An agricultural field in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, is flooded due to heavy rain on May 30, 2011. Debris from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami still remains in the area.

E

Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A man walks on a flooded road in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 30, 2011, due to heavy rain and ground sinking caused by the March 11 earthquake.

E

Debris in disaster area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - People view debris and the steel frame of a building, still left at disaster-hit Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for the prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

E

Debris in disaster area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - People stand in the rubble at tsunami-hit Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for the prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

E

Removal of debris from disaster areas

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Employees of Okayama City collect debris in the disaster-hit town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for the prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

E

Removal of debris from disaster areas

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department take part in removal work of debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

E

Removal of debris from disaster areas

KAMAISHI, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces remove rubble in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for the prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

E

Volunteers arrive at tsunami-hit areas as holiday starts

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Volunteers check in at a volunteer center in disaster-hit Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. Many volunteers from across Japan arrived at areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, at the onset of the Golden Week holidays.

E

Milk produced in Fukushima dumped

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Unprocessed milk from cows in Fukushima Prefecture is dumped in the town of Kawamata in the prefecture on March 30, 2011. About 200 tons of milk are discarded each day due to the risk of radiation contamination from the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

E

Giants' Kroon

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - The San Francisco Giants' Marc Kroon pitches during an exhibition game against the Oakland Athletics on March 30, 2011, at AT&T Park in San Francisco. The former Yomiuri Giants player pitched as a guest player in the game, allowing no runs in one inning. Kroon did not make the cut to join the team.

E

'World's tallest hotel' opens in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, China - Photo taken on March 30, 2011, shows the 490-meters-tall International Commerce Centre building in Hong Kong, which houses the Ritz-Carlton hotel that opened on March 29. Marketed as the world's tallest hotel, the luxury facility is located on the building's 102nd through 118th floors.

E

Ban imposed on access to nuclear crisis area

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 30, 2011. He indicated the government is considering setting up a 'vigilance zone' to ban people from access to areas close to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

E

Ban imposed on access to nuclear crisis area

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Police alert drivers about access-restricted areas at a crossroads 30 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 30, 2011. The sign in kanji on the board (L) says, ''Restricted Access.''

E

Quake drill at Tsuruga nuclear plant

TSURUGA, Japan - Employees of Japan Atomic Power Co. practice spraying water at Tsuruga nuclear power plant, during an earthquake and tsunami drill in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on March 30, 2011, following a crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

E

Newly approved Japanese textbooks

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows some of the textbooks newly approved on March 30, 2011, by the Japanese government for use at junior high schools from April 2012. All seven civics textbooks describe the disputed Senkaku Islands and Takeshima islets as Japanese territories.