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More Than 100m Cars Recalled in China

Citizens view a luxury car at a shop in Beijing, China, May 15, 2011. On March 13, 2024, according to the data of the State Administration for Market Regulation, the defective product recall system has been implemented in China for 20 years, and by the end of 2023, China has implemented 2,842 vehicle recalls involving 103 million vehicles.

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Tsunami-hit high school bld. likely to be preserved

TOKYO, Japan - The building of Kesennuma Koyo High School in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, which was inundated to its fourth floor by the March 2011 tsunami, is seen in this file photo taken in August 2011. The city government on May 15, 2014, set its course toward preserving the building as a relic from the disaster.

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Rice planting starts in Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Rice farmer Shigenari Sakurai (R) plants seedlings in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 15, 2014. Rice planting had been restricted in the area since the earthquake and tsunami disaster in 2011.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy visits Iwaki, Fukushima Pref.

IWAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy visits a support facility for children, affected by the March 11, 2011, disaster, in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 15, 2014.

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Japan's GDP surges

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari holds a press conference at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo after the country's gross domestic product data for the opening quarter of 2014 was released May 15, 2014. Japan's economy grew in the January-March quarter at its fastest pace since the recovery period from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, buoyed by a rush in demand ahead of the first consumption tax hike in 17 years on April 1, the government said.

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Ballet troupe from disaster-hit Sendai performs in N.Y.

New York, United States - Yuko Takahashi, artistic director and choreographer of Yuko Takahashi Dance Company from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, is pictured in New York on May 15, 2012. The modern ballet troupe from the city, which was severely hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, held a charity performance on May 17 in New York.

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Chinese students send condolence gifts to quake-hit Japanese school

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese elementary school students (left side) from Chiba Prefecture, affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, receive condolence gifts on July 15, 2011 at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, from Chinese students living in Sichuan, devastated by an earthquake in May 2008. Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua stands on the right front.

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Sumo 'test meet' wraps up

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma (C) speaks on the dohyo ring as a 15-day May Technical Examination Tournament wrapped up at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 22, 2011.

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Feyenoord 1-1 Nijmegen

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands - Feyenoord midfielder Ryo Miyaichi (R) outpaces his opponent in a Dutch first division game against NEC Nijmegen in Rotterdam on May 15, 2011. The game ended 1-1.

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Inter 1-1 Napoli

NAPLES, Italy - Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo pushes forward during the first half of a Serie A game against Napoli in Naples, Italy, on May 15, 2011. A 1-1 draw with Napoli secured Inter second place in the league.

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CSKA 2-1 Rostov

MOSCOW, Russia - Moscow midfielder Keisuke Honda (R) tries to shake off Rostov defender Anri Khagush during the first half of a game in Moscow on May 15, 2011. CSKA Moscow won 2-1.

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More Fukushima residents forced to evacuate

IITATE, Japan - Residents of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture listen to their mayor Norio Kanno (L) speak before their evacuation from the village on May 15, 2011. More residents have been forced to leave their homes in the prefecture since the central government widened its evacuation zone due to radiation from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Fukushima gov. in no-entry zone

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato and others wearing radiation protection suits offer prayers in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 15, 2011, for the victims of the March 11 tsunami. The governor entered the village, located in a designated no-entry zone covering areas within 20 kilometers of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, for the first time to offer prayers and encourage workers engaged in searching for the missing.

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Antinuclear rally in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Protesters holding signs reading ''We don't need nuclear power,'' rally in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 15, 2011. Around 400 people took part in the demonstration amid the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which has been crippled since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Brazilian sumo wrestler Kaisei

TOKYO, Japan - Brazilian sumo wrestler Kaisei (R) floors Gagamaru of Georgia with a beltless arm throw during the eighth day of the May Technical Examination Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 15, 2011.

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March on anniv. of 1972 reversion of Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Protesters opposed to the hosting of U.S. military bases in Okinawa march in front of a gate of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 15, 2011. Around 3,000 people took part in the annual march the same day, which marked the 39th anniversary of the 1972 reversion of the prefecture from the United States to Japan.

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Antinuclear rally in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Protesters opposed to nuclear power rally in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 15, 2011. Around 400 people took part in the demonstration amid the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which has been crippled since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Hakuho beats Okinoumi

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho tosses aside Okinoumi during the eighth day of the May Technical Examination Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 15, 2011.

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Apapane wins Victoria Mile

TOKYO, Japan - Jockey Masayoshi Ebina, on Apapane, celebrates after winning the Victoria Mile at Tokyo Race Course on May 15, 2011. Apapane won her fifth Grade 1 title.

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Apapane wins Victoria Mile

TOKYO, Japan - Apapane, ridden by Masayoshi Ebina, beats defending champion Buena Vista (L), ridden by Yasunari Iwata, to win the Victoria Mile at Tokyo Race Course on May 15, 2011. Apapane won her fifth Grade 1 title.

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Cormorant fishing on Nagara River

GIFU, Japan - A handler controls cormorants on a string as they hunt fish on the Nagara River in the city of Gifu, central Japan, on May 11, 2011. The season for the traditional night fishing method, called ''ukai,'' opened the same day and will run through October 15.

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Cormorant fishing on Nagara River

GIFU, Japan - A handler controls cormorants on a string as they hunt fish on the Nagara River in the city of Gifu, central Japan, on May 11, 2011. The season for the traditional night fishing method, called ''ukai,'' opened the same day and will run through October 15.

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Hakuho wins bout in sumo test meet

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand sumo champion Hakuho (top) beats Goeido by deploying a right-handed pulling underarm throw on the second day of the 15-day May Technical Examination Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 9, 2011.

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Sumo 'test meet'

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma (C) speaks on the dohyo ring as a 15-day ''test meet'' began at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 8, 2011.

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Sumo 'test meet'

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma (C) speaks on the dohyo ring as a 15-day ''test meet'' began at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 8, 2011.

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Sumo 'test meet'

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand sumo champion Hakuho (facing) beats Toyonoshima (front) on the first day of a 15-day ''test meet'' at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 8, 2011. Sumo resumed that day after a match-fixing scandal caused cancellation of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March and following an earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Hakuho, other wrestlers prepare for 'test meet'

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (R), the lone grand champion, practices at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on April 29, 2011, for the upcoming test meet starting May 8. The 15-day event at the Tokyo venue is a replacement for the official summer meet in the wake of a match-fixing scandal that resulted in the cancellation of the spring sumo tournament in March and the subsequent forced retirement of 25 wrestlers and coaches involved in the alleged scheme.

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Heroine of Kyoto's Aoi Festival

KYOTO, Japan - Shiho Kanai, 23, who was selected for the role of Saiodai, the heroine of the upcoming Aoi Festival in Kyoto, dips her hands into a river as part of a purification ritual at Kyoto's Shimogamo Shrine on May 4, 2011, ahead of the ancient capital's major festival scheduled for May 15.

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Japanese appreciation message for U.S. support

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from video footage shows part of a Japanese message for people in the United States expressing appreciation for their support in disaster relief. The 30-second TV commercial went on air on April 25, 2011, on CNN Headline News and CNN Airport Network at airports across the United States. It is scheduled to be shown through May 15.

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Japanese appreciation message for U.S. support

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from video footage shows part of a Japanese message for people in the United States expressing appreciation for their support in disaster relief. The 30-second TV commercial went on air on April 25, 2011, on CNN Headline News and CNN Airport Network at airports across the United States. It is scheduled to be shown through May 15.

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Carp streamers fly in Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A man looks up at colorful carp streamers raised in the air after being retrieved from the rubble in quake-hit Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 15, 2011. Putting up carp streamers outside homes is a spring tradition around Children's Day on May 5 in Japan.

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Monkeys get hot springs treat

HAKODATE, Japan - Japanese monkeys warm themselves in a hot spring at Hakodate City Tropical Garden in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 15, 2010. About 100 monkeys at the park soaked in the pool. The facility will keep the hot spring for the monkeys through May 2011 for viewing by visitors.

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Monkeys get hot springs treat

HAKODATE, Japan - Japanese monkeys warm themselves in a hot spring at Hakodate City Tropical Garden in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 15, 2010. About 100 monkeys at the park soaked in the pool. The facility will keep the hot spring for the monkeys through May 2011 for viewing by visitors.

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Radio-control robot for operating forestry machine among exhibits in Tokyo

A radio-control robot developed by general contractor Kajima Corp. to operate a forestry machine is shown at an exhibition of new civil engineering technologies at Tokyo's Science Museum on July 15, 2015. The robot, to be seated on the machine during an operation, may be a boon to removing radioactive substances following the 2011 nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nuclear plant in western Japan gets safety OK, edges nearer restart

File photo taken in May 2015 shows Nos. 1 (far L), 2(C) and 3 reactors of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The No. 3 reactor obtained safety clearance from regulators on July 15, 2015, moving it a step closer to restarting as the government seeks to revive the country's nuclear industry that has been at a standstill following the 2011 nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nuclear plant in western Japan gets safety OK, edges nearer restart

File photo taken in May 2015 shows Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. Its No. 3 reactor (L) obtained safety clearance from regulators on July 15, 2015, moving it a step closer to restarting as the government seeks to revive the country's nuclear industry that has been at a standstill following the 2011 nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan stands firm on tougher rules over Japanese food imports

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou speaks at a press conference with Japanese media representatives in Taipei on April 14, 2015. The Taiwan government has, as planned, implemented tougher restrictions on food imports from Japan starting on May 15, due to concerns over radiation from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, despite calls from Tokyo for them to be scrapped given a lack of scientific grounds to substantiate such a move. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan sends official to Taiwan over stricter food import rules

Photo taken April 17, 2015, shows a retail store in Taipei selling Japanese food and pharmaceutical products. Japan has sent a senior official to Taiwan to call on the island to reverse its decision to tighten regulations on Japanese food imports from May 15. Taiwan's move came after it was found in March that some foods were shipped to Taiwan from five Japanese prefectures subject to an import ban Taipei put in place after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese students send condolence gifts to quake-hit Japanese scho

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese elementary school students (left side) from Chiba Prefecture, affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, receive condolence gifts on July 15, 2011 at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, from Chinese students living in Sichuan, devastated by an earthquake in May 2008. Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua stands on the right front. (Kyodo)

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Brazilian sumo wrestler Kaisei

TOKYO, Japan - Brazilian sumo wrestler Kaisei (R) floors Gagamaru of Georgia with a beltless arm throw during the eighth day of the May Technical Examination Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 15, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Rest area for workers at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Workers take a break inside a facility called Toshiba rest area at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on May 15, 2011. The facility has been provided since May 10, 2011, and Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the troubled plant, released the photographs of rest areas at the plant on June 10, 2011. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co.)(Kyodo)

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Rest area for workers at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Supplied photo shows the outside of a facility called Toshiba rest area at the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on May 15, 2011. The facility has been provided since May 10, 2011, and Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the troubled plant, released the photographs of rest areas at the plant on June 10, 2011. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co.)(Kyodo)

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Hakuho wins bout in sumo test meet

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand sumo champion Hakuho (top) beats Goeido by deploying a right-handed pulling underarm throw on the second day of the 15-day May Technical Examination Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 9, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Sumo 'test meet'

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand sumo champion Hakuho (facing) beats Toyonoshima (front) on the first day of a 15-day ''test meet'' at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 8, 2011. Sumo resumed that day after a match-fixing scandal caused cancellation of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March and following an earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Sumo 'test meet'

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma (C) speaks on the dohyo ring as a 15-day ''test meet'' began at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 8, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Sumo 'test meet'

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma (C) speaks on the dohyo ring as a 15-day ''test meet'' began at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 8, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Hakuho, other wrestlers prepare for 'test meet'

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (R), the lone grand champion, practices at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on April 29, 2011, for the upcoming test meet starting May 8. The 15-day event at the Tokyo venue is a replacement for the official summer meet in the wake of a match-fixing scandal that resulted in the cancellation of the spring sumo tournament in March and the subsequent forced retirement of 25 wrestlers and coaches involved in the alleged scheme. (Kyodo)

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Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken at 8:15 p.m. on May 5, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (R) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, was set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011. (Kyodo)

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Heroine of Kyoto's Aoi Festival

KYOTO, Japan - Shiho Kanai, 23, who was selected for the role of Saiodai, the heroine of the upcoming Aoi Festival in Kyoto, dips her hands into a river as part of a purification ritual at Kyoto's Shimogamo Shrine on May 4, 2011, ahead of the ancient capital's major festival scheduled for May 15. (Kyodo)

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Visa-free visits mark 20th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - A group of Japanese visiting Kunashiri Island, held by Russia and claimed by Japan, on a visa-free program make wooden dolls together with Russian residents on the island on May 15, 2011. The program was started 20 years ago. (Kyodo)