Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan, May 5 Kyodo - Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster. (Kyodo)

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster.

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster.

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster.

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster.

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster.

Syria returns to Arab summit amid growing reconciliation wave in Mideast

STORY: Syria returns to Arab summit amid growing reconciliation wave in Mideast DATELINE: May 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:30 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the summit 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): OSAMA DANURA, Syrian political expert 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): OSAMA DANURA, Syrian political expert 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): MOHAMMAD AL-OMARI, Syrian political observer 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): MOHAMMAD AL-OMARI, Syrian political observer STORYLINE: After being ostracized for 12 years, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made a comeback to the Arab League (AL) Summit held in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Friday. This comes amid a growing Arab reconciliation trend at a time when the U.S. influence wanes in the Middle East. Syria was suspended from the Arab League in 2011 when the Syrian civil war broke out. Osama Danura, a Damascus-based Syrian political expert, says the return of Syria to the Arab fold symbolizes the independence and solidarity among Arab countries. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): OSA

Matsuzaka wins 1st game of season, 50th in bigs

Matsuzaka wins 1st game of season, 50th in bigs

BOSTON, United States - The Boston Red Sox's Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches during a game against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 27, 2012. Matsuzaka returned to the majors in style, working seven innings in the Red Sox's 5-1 win. The victory was Matsuzaka's 50th in the big leagues and his first since May 8, 2011.

Japan's last nuclear reactor goes offline

Japan's last nuclear reactor goes offline

SAPPORO, Japan - Operators at 11:03 p.m. on May 5, 2012, look at displays in the central control room for the No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido, after Japan's last operating commercial reactor went offline for mandatory routine maintenance. The nation was left without electricity generated by nuclear power for the first time in 42 years, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

Japan's last nuclear reactor goes offline

Japan's last nuclear reactor goes offline

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken at 11:08 p.m. on May 5, 2012, shows Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor can be seen to the right. The photo was taken shortly after the reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, went offline for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without electricity generated by nuclear power for the first time in 42 years, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Japan's last nuclear reactor goes offline

Japan's last nuclear reactor goes offline

TOKYO, Japan - A display in the head office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, indicates the output of the No. 3 reactor at its Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido, has fallen to zero at 11:03 p.m. on May 5, 2012. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, went offline for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without electricity generated by nuclear power for the first time in 42 years, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

Japan's last nuclear reactor going offline

Japan's last nuclear reactor going offline

TOKYO, Japan - A display in the head office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, indicates output of the No. 3 reactor at its Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari in the prefecture falling at 5:03 p.m. on May 5, 2012. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is 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. (Pool photo)

Tomari nuclear power plant

Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter 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 (front) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is 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.

Japan's last nuclear reactor going offline

Japan's last nuclear reactor going offline

TOKYO, Japan - An operator at 5:04 p.m. on May 5, 2012, looks at a display in the head office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, that shows output of the No. 3 reactor at its Tomari nuclear power plant in the village in the prefecture. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is 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. (Pool photo)

Tomari nuclear power plant

Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter 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 (front) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is 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.

Tomari nuclear power plant

Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter 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 (front) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is 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.

Carp streamers fly in Iwate

Carp streamers fly in Iwate

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Carp streamers fly in the air at the venue of a children's festival in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on May 5, 2012. About 200 carp streamers, which were among some 300 donated from around the country, were displayed at the festival held on the Children's Day national holiday to encourage children affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

Japanese golfer Koga to retire

Japanese golfer Koga to retire

TAKASAKI, Japan - Japanese golfer Miho Koga wipes away tears as she formally announces that she will retire at the end of this season during a press conference in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2011. The 2008 Japan LPGA money winner has struggled since injuring her left wrist in May 2009.

Japanese golfer Koga to retire

Japanese golfer Koga to retire

TAKASAKI, Japan - Japanese golfer Miho Koga announces that she will retire at the end of this season during a press conference in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2011. The 2008 Japan LPGA money winner has struggled since injuring her left wrist in May 2009.

Niigata reactor to be suspended for checkup

Niigata reactor to be suspended for checkup

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2009 shows (from front L) the No. 5, 6 and 7 reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Aug. 22, 2011, that the No. 7 reactor at the plant will be suspended the following morning for an 83-day scheduled checkup.

Chinese aircraft carrier at Dalian port

Chinese aircraft carrier at Dalian port

DALIAN, China - Photo taken on Aug. 5, 2011, shows China's first aircraft carrier, the Soviet-built Varyag, at Dalian port in Liaoning Province. Chinese media reported that an aircraft landing drill on the carrier may be conducted on Aug. 13, 2011, as Chinese authorities have issued a 24-hour navigation ban in the northwestern Bohai Sea.

Suit filed to seek decommissioning of Hamaoka reactors

Suit filed to seek decommissioning of Hamaoka reactors

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Plaintiffs carrying banners calling for an end to nuclear power walk to the Shizuoka District Court in the city of Shizuoka on July 1, 2011, to file a lawsuit seeking the decommissioning of the reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in the prefecture. Located in a major active fault zone, Chubu Electric Power Co. suspended the plant's Nos. 3 to 5 reactors in May at the request of the central government in the wake of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at the Hamaoka plant were deactivated in 2008 for decommissioning.

GSDF member recalls Fukushima explosion

GSDF member recalls Fukushima explosion

KORIYAMA, Japan - Col. Shinji Iwakuma of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force speaks to reporters at a GSDF garrison in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 5, 2011. He and his subordinates were on a cooling operation when a hydrogen explosion took place at the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 14. He said the detonation was so large that he thought they may not be able to survive.

Orfevre wins Japanese Derby

Orfevre wins Japanese Derby

TOKYO, Japan - Orfevre (5) wins the Japanese Derby at Tokyo Racecourse in Tokyo on May 29, 2011. In second place was Win Variation (1).

Yokomine at Yonex Ladies

Yokomine at Yonex Ladies

NAGAOKA, Japan - Sakura Yokomine reacts after scoring her first eagle of the season on the par-5 18th hole at Yonex Country Club in Niigata Prefecture on May 28, 2011.

Hamaoka nuke plant's No. 5 reactor

Hamaoka nuke plant's No. 5 reactor

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Photo taken May 26, 2011, shows the spent fuel pool inside of the building housing the closed down Hamaoka nuclear power plant's No. 5 reactor, in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. The plant operator Chubu Electric Power Co. unveiled the inside of the building for the first time to the media since it shut down the plant at the request of the Japanese government on May 14.

Evacuees from town hosting Fukushima plant visit home

Evacuees from town hosting Fukushima plant visit home

TAMURA, Japan - Evacuees in radiation protection suits from the town of Futaba, where the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is partly located, listen to instructions before heading for their hometown on May 26, 2011, in Tamura, Fukushima Prefecture. The residents, who had lived around 5 kilometers from the plant until the March 11 tsunami, were permitted to make brief visits home to retrieve their belongings.

Hamaoka nuke plant's No. 5 reactor

Hamaoka nuke plant's No. 5 reactor

OMAEZAKI, Japan - People are seen inside the turbine building of the closed down Hamaoka nuclear power plant's No. 5 reactor, in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 26, 2011. The plant operator Chubu Electric Power Co. unveiled the inside of the building for the first time to the media since it shut down the plant at the request of the Japanese government on May 14.

Hamaoka nuclear plant shut down

Hamaoka nuclear plant shut down

NAGOYA, Japan - A display in the head office of Chubu Electric Power Co. in Nagoya, central Japan, at 10:23 a.m. on May 14, 2011, indicates output of the No. 5 reactor (H5) at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture falling to zero. The No. 3 unit has already been suspended for regular checkups and the No.4 unit was halted the previous day following a request by the government to suspend the whole plant as a precautionary measure in view of the probability of a powerful earthquake striking the region on an active major fault line.

Hamaoka nuclear power plant

Hamaoka nuclear power plant

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Photo shows the No. 5 reactor at the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station along the Pacific coast in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on May 13, 2011. The operator Chubu Electric Power Co. is scheduled to suspend operation of the No. 5 unit the following day after halting the No. 4 reactor on May 13. The plant shutdown comes at the government's request, and is a precautionary measure in view of the probability of a powerful earthquake striking the region.

Jakarta students collect donation for quake-hit Japan

Jakarta students collect donation for quake-hit Japan

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Second-grade students of an elementary school in Jakarta pose for photos at the Japanese Embassy in the capital of Indonesia on May 13, 2011. The students handed embassy officials some 5 million rupiah, about 47,000 yen, which they have collected for disaster-relief efforts in Japan.

Signboard at Hamaoka nuclear power plant

Signboard at Hamaoka nuclear power plant

OMAEZAKI, Japan - A signboard at the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on May 13, 2011, shows that the No. 4 reactor is stopped. Chubu Electric Power Co., the operator of the plant, halted the reactor the same day in a process for a temporary shutdown of the whole plant at the government's request, a precautionary measure for another accident in case of a powerful earthquake striking the region. The utility is scheduled to suspend the No. 5 unit the following day.

Hamaoka nuclear power plant

Hamaoka nuclear power plant

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on May 13, 2011. The operator Chubu Electric Power Co. halted the No. 4 reactor the same day in a process for a temporary shutdown of the whole plant at the government's request, a precautionary measure for another accident in case of a powerful earthquake striking the region. The utility is scheduled to suspend the No. 5 unit the following day.

No. 5 reactor at Hamaoka nuclear power plant

No. 5 reactor at Hamaoka nuclear power plant

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Photo shows the No. 5 reactor at the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on May 13, 2011. The operator Chubu Electric Power Co. is scheduled to suspend the No. 5 unit the following day while it halted its No. 4 reactor on May 13 in a process for a temporary shutdown of the whole plant at the government's request, a precautionary measure for another accident in case of a powerful earthquake striking the region. A windmill of Omaezaki Wind Power Station, operated by the utility, is also seen.

Hamaoka plant shutdown

Hamaoka plant shutdown

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Photo shows the No. 4 reactor (C back) at the Hamaoka nuclear power station in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 13, 2011. Chubu Electric Power Co. began shutting down the No. 4 reactor that day, complying with a request by the central government to suspend all the reactors at the plant. On the left is the No. 5 rector and on the right is the No. 3 reactor.

Thousands of number plates used as burial markers

Thousands of number plates used as burial markers

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Thousands of plates bearing different numbers are prepared for use as burial markers in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 12, 2011, where around 5,700 people were killed or remained missing as a result of the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Honda's penalty kick

Honda's penalty kick

MOSCOW, Russia - Keisuke Honda (facing) converts his spot kick in a 5-4 penalty shootout win as CSKA Moscow beat local rivals Spartak Moscow following a 3-3 draw after extra time to reach the Russian Cup final in Moscow on May 11, 2011.

Destroyed pier in Kesennuma

Destroyed pier in Kesennuma

SENDAI, Japan - A pier in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, lies submerged on May 5, 2011, after the area sank due to the March 11 disaster.

Ichiro against White Sox

Ichiro against White Sox

SEATTLE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners gets a hit during the fourth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 8, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4 as the team lost 2-5.

Ichiro against White Sox

Ichiro against White Sox

SEATTLE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners gets a hit during the fourth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 8, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4 as the team lost 2-5.

New Yorkers run for disaster-hit Japan

New Yorkers run for disaster-hit Japan

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese marathon runners Reiko Tosa (L, front) and Yoko Shibui (R, front) take part in a 4-mile ''Japan Run'' in New York City's Central Park, held to support disaster-hit Japan, on May 8, 2011. More than 5,000 runners took part in the event to raise donations for and show solidarity with Japan, which was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

Hamaoka nuclear power plant

Hamaoka nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2011 shows (from back to front) the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 reactors at Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear power plant on the Pacific coast in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said May 6 that the government has asked the utility to suspend all the nuclear reactors at the nuclear power station, citing experts' forecast of a major earthquake that could hit the region.

Mariners' Ichiro visits elementary school

Mariners' Ichiro visits elementary school

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki watches a video with students at an elementary school in Seattle on May 5, 2011, part of the team's 14th annual Education Day. Mariners players and coaches challenged the students at six elementary schools to join the Mariner Moose DREAM Team by pledging to follow the DREAM principles -- Drug free, Respect for yourself and others, Education, Attitude and Motivation.

Fatal food poisoning at barbecue chain

Fatal food poisoning at barbecue chain

KANAZAWA, Japan - Yasuhiro Kanzaka, president of Foods Forus Co., the operator of the Yakiniku-zakaya Ebisu chain, bows in apology in front of the company's head office in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 5, 2011, over the fatal food poisoning cases. The death toll in a string of food poisoning cases believed to be caused by consuming raw meat at the barbecue restaurant chain rose to four on the day.

DPJ quake task force deputy head plays golf in Philippines

DPJ quake task force deputy head plays golf in Philippines

MANILA, Japan - Ruling Democratic Party of Japan Vice President Hajime Ishii (L), deputy head of its task force to deal with the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, plays golf in the suburbs of Manila on May 5, 2011.

Dollar dips below 80 yen

Dollar dips below 80 yen

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar falling to the upper 79 yen level on the evening of May 5, 2011, while Tokyo financial markets were closed that day to observe a national holiday. The dollar dipped below 80 yen in the morning of May 5 in London.

Fatal food poisoning at barbecue chain

Fatal food poisoning at barbecue chain

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry attend a press conference in Tokyo on May 5, 2011, over a string of fatal food poisoning cases believed to be caused by consuming raw meat at a ''yakiniku'' barbecue restaurant chain. The ministry asked prefectural governments to conduct emergency checks on whether restaurants serving raw meat are properly observing sanitation standards.

Fatal food poisoning at barbecue chain

Fatal food poisoning at barbecue chain

KANAZAWA, Japan - Yasuhiro Kanzaka (L, front), president of Foods Forus Co., prostrates himself in apology in front of the company's head office in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 5, 2011, over fatal food poisoning cases at the company's Yakiniku-zakaya Ebisu chain. The death toll from food poisoning believed to be caused by raw meat served at the ''yakiniku'' barbecue restaurant chain rose to four that day.

Giants' Ogasawara reaches 2,000th career hit

Giants' Ogasawara reaches 2,000th career hit

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants first baseman Michihiro Ogasawara hits a single in the eighth inning of a game against the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo Dome on May 5, 2011, his 2,000th hit in his 1,736th game. Ogasawara, 37, became the 38th player in Japanese baseball history to reach the milestone.

Traditional Naha dragon boat race

Traditional Naha dragon boat race

NAHA, Japan - People compete in the annual traditional dragon boat race in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 5, 2011.