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Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

Gates to the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are opened on May 1, 2023, after the Japanese government lifted an evacuation order for parts of the village the same day. The restrictions have been in place since the March 2011 nuclear disaster left the areas inhabitable due to high radiation levels.

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Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

Makoto Sugioka, mayor of the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, speaks to the press on May 1, 2023, after the Japanese government lifted an evacuation order for parts of the village the same day. The restrictions have been in place since the March 2011 nuclear disaster left the areas inhabitable due to high radiation levels.

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Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

Makoto Sugioka, mayor of the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, speaks to the press on May 1, 2023, after the Japanese government lifted an evacuation order for parts of the village the same day. The restrictions have been in place since the March 2011 nuclear disaster left the areas inhabitable due to high radiation levels.

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Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

Residents enter the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on May 1, 2023, after the Japanese government lifted an evacuation order for parts of the village the same day. The restrictions have been in place since the March 2011 nuclear disaster left the areas inhabitable due to high radiation levels.

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Evacuation order lifted in Fukushima village

Gates to the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are opened on May 1, 2023, after the Japanese government lifted an evacuation order for parts of the village the same day. The restrictions have been in place since the March 2011 nuclear disaster left the areas inhabitable due to high radiation levels.

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - Two young crested ibises (L) look for food beside one of their parents (R) in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young birds were two of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis (L) lands beside one of its parents in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young bird is one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - Two young crested ibises spread their wings in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young birds were two of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Arirang mass games in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The Arirang mass games opened at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Aug. 1, 2011. The games are scheduled to be held at the stadium through Sep. 9.

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Arirang mass games in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Performers dance during the Arirang mass games at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Aug. 1, 2011. The mass games began the same day and are scheduled to be held at the stadium through Sep. 9.

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Arirang mass games in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Performers dance during the Arirang mass games at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Aug. 1, 2011. The mass games began the same day and are scheduled to be held at the stadium through Sep. 9.

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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.

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Senegalese President Wade and Japanese FM Matsumoto

DAKAR, Senegal - Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade (R) and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto meet at the presidential office in the Senegalese capital Dakar on May 1, 2011, on the sidelines of a Japan-organized international conference to follow up on the Tokyo International Conference on African Development which started in the city the same day.

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Athletics' Matsui scores 1,500th run

OAKLAND, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits an RBI double in the third inning of a game against the Texas Rangers at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, on May 1, 2011. Matsui scored the 1,500th run of his career spanning across Japan and the United States in a 7-2 victory.

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Japan to increase Africa aid as pledged

DAKAR, Senegal - Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto (front C) poses for photos with other participants in a ministerial meeting to follow up on the Tokyo International Conference on African Development that opened in the Senegalese capital Dakar on May 1, 2011. Matsumoto said Japan will steadily implement its pledges to increase aid to Africa despite a cut in overall foreign aid to help finance reconstruction from the March 11 quake-tsunami disaster.

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Commemorating disaster

INAWASHIRO, Japan - Candles and torches are lit to depict numbers ''2011 3 11'' -- the day of the devastating earthquake and tsunami -- to commemorate the disaster and its victims during an event in Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 1, 2011. Evacuees from areas near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station and local people in Inawashiro took part.

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Ando at world c'ships exhibition

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Miki Ando performs during an exhibition on May 1, 2011, after winning the World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow the previous day.

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Open-air dining in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Maiko apprentice geisha serve sake for guests as the season's open-air dining began along the Kamo River in Kyoto on May 1, 2011.

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55th anniv. of Minamata disease recognition marked

MINAMATA, Japan - A man (C) suffering from Minamata disease offers flowers during a ceremony commemorating the 55th anniversary of the disease's official recognition in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 1, 2011. The neurological illness, caused by mercury-tainted water dumped into the sea by a Chisso Corp. chemical plant, was officially recognized on May 1, 1956, when the local health center received a report about the emergence of an unknown disease from a doctor.

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May Day in North Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women perform singing and dancing in Pyongyang as North Korea marked May Day on May 1, 2011

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May Day in North Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People walk in Pyongyang as North Korea marked May Day on May 1, 2011

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May Day in North Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Viewers applaud for performances in Pyongyang as North Korea marked May Day on May 1, 2011

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Fudo claims 50th JLPGA win at Cyber Agent Ladies

ICHIHARA, Japan - Japan's Yuri Fudo holds the trophy as she won the Cyber Agent Ladies in her 50th Japan LPGA Tour victory at Tsurumai Country Club in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, on May 1, 2011.

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Sony asks FBI to probe PlayStation Network data breach

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Executive Vice President Kazuo Hirai (C) attends a press conference at the company's head offices in Tokyo on May 1, 2011. Sony said it has asked the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to look into a data breach involving its popular PlayStation Network services.

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Jones wins in playoff at Crowns

TOGO, Japan - Australia's Brendan Jones holds the trophy as he picked up his 10th career JGTO Tour victory, defeating I.J. Jang of South Korea with a birdie on the first playoff hole at The Crowns at Nagoya Golf Club, Wago Course, in Aichi Prefecture, on May 1, 2011.

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Hayabusa capsule analysis

SAPPORO, Japan - Reporters visit Hokkaido University in Sapporo, northern Japan, to view samples brought back from the asteroid Itokawa by the unmanned Japanese space probe Hayabusa on March 1, 2011. A total of 13 institutes and eight teams have taken part in the project to analyze the samples. Hayabusa was launched in May 2003 and landed on the asteroid in September 2005. It returned to Earth while burning out upon reentry into atmosphere in June 2010 and the capsule containing the samples was recovered in a desert in southern Australia.

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Hayabusa capsule analysis

SAPPORO, Japan - Reporters visit Hokkaido University in Sapporo, northern Japan, to view samples brought back from the asteroid Itokawa by the unmanned Japanese space probe Hayabusa on March 1, 2011. Seen at left back is a machine for analysis. A total of 13 institutes and eight teams have taken part in the project to analyze the samples. Hayabusa was launched in May 2003 and landed on the asteroid in September 2005. It returned to Earth while burning out upon reentry into atmosphere in June 2010 and the capsule containing the samples was recovered in a desert in southern Australia.

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Hayabusa capsule analysis

SAPPORO, Japan - Reporters visit Hokkaido University in Sapporo, northern Japan, to view samples brought back from the asteroid Itokawa by the unmanned Japanese space probe Hayabusa on March 1, 2011. A total of 13 institutes and eight teams have taken part in the project to analyze the samples. Hayabusa was launched in May 2003 and landed on the asteroid in September 2005. It returned to Earth while burning out upon reentry into atmosphere in June 2010 and the capsule containing the samples was recovered in a desert in southern Australia.

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Chinese pavilion of Shanghai Expo reopens

SHANGHAI, China - People line up on Dec. 1, 2010, to purchase tickets for the Chinese pavilion that featured at the World Expo in Shanghai. The expo ended in October, but the Chinese pavilion, one of the expo's most popular attractions, has reopened through May 31, 2011.

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China pavilion of Shanghai Expo reopens

SHANGHAI, China - People visit the Chinese pavilion that featured at the World Expo in Shanghai on Dec. 1, 2010. The expo ended in October, but the Chinese pavilion, one of the expo's most popular attractions, has reopened through May 31, 2011.