Crown prince visits Tsunami Educational Center in Wakayama Pref.

Crown prince visits Tsunami Educational Center in Wakayama Pref.

Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from L) observes simulated tsunami waves at the Tsunami Educational Center in the Wakayama prefectural town of Hirogawa in western Japan on July 27, 2015. (Pool photo by Kii Minpo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Building for workers to rest from Fukushima cleanup operations

Building for workers to rest from Fukushima cleanup operations

Tokyo Electric Power Co. shows the press on Feb. 18, 2015, a building for people to rest from decontamination work at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo by Fukushima-Minpo newspaper) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Coolant-circulating machine at Fukushima nuke power plant

Coolant-circulating machine at Fukushima nuke power plant

A refrigerating machine (R) for circulating coolants through pipes to build frozen soil walls shielding contaminated groundwater is shown to the press at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan on Feb. 18, 2015. (Pool photo by Fukushima-Minpo newspaper) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Coolant-circulating pipes at Fukushima nuclear power plant

Coolant-circulating pipes at Fukushima nuclear power plant

Pipes for circulating coolants installed near the No. 4 reactor building of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan are shown to the press on Feb. 18, 2015. The initial schedule to install frozen soil walls to shield groundwater containing radioactive substances is likely to be delayed from March to April. (Pool photo by Fukushima-Minpo newspaper) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

International tourism fair in Israel

International tourism fair in Israel

Kosei Munakata (R) of Japanese daily Fukushima Minpo News promotes Japan's six northeastern prefectures including Fukushima at an international tourism fair in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Feb. 12, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Typhoon Choi-wan moving east-northeast off Kii Peninsula

Typhoon Choi-wan moving east-northeast off Kii Peninsula

TANABE, Japan - Tourists watch high waves in the resort town of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture on Sept. 21, as typhoon Choi-wan moves east-northeast off the Kii Peninsula. The photo was provided by the Kii Minpo newspaper. (Kyodo)