Crown princess visits historical site in northeastern Japan

Crown princess visits historical site in northeastern Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko visits an ancient historical site in Tagajo in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on July 15, 2025.

Crown princess visits historical site in northeastern Japan

Crown princess visits historical site in northeastern Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko visits an ancient historical site in Tagajo in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on July 15, 2025.

Baseball: Eagles vs. Buffaloes

Baseball: Eagles vs. Buffaloes

Orix Buffaloes starter Hiroya Miyagi pitches in a baseball game against the Rakuten Eagles on March 28, 2025, at Kyocera Dome Osaka in the city of Osaka, western Japan.

Bullet trains in northeastern Japan halted due to inspection

Bullet trains in northeastern Japan halted due to inspection

An electronic sign at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, notifies passengers of the temporary suspension of services in both directions on the Tokyo-Sendai section of the Tohoku Shinkansen line on June 17, 2025, following a malfunction that saw a train stop between stations.

Bullet trains in northeastern Japan halted due to inspection

Bullet trains in northeastern Japan halted due to inspection

An electronic sign at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, notifies passengers of the temporary suspension of services in both directions on the Tokyo-Sendai section of the Tohoku Shinkansen line on June 17, 2025, following a malfunction that saw a train stop between stations.

Bullet trains in northeastern Japan halted due to inspection

Bullet trains in northeastern Japan halted due to inspection

An electronic sign at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, notifies passengers of the temporary suspension of services in both directions on the Tokyo-Sendai section of the Tohoku Shinkansen line on June 17, 2025, following a malfunction that saw a train stop between stations.

Bullet trains in northeastern Japan halted due to inspection

Bullet trains in northeastern Japan halted due to inspection

JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is crowded with passengers on June 17, 2025, after the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train service was suspended in both directions on the Tokyo-Sendai section, following a malfunction that saw a train stop between stations.

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

DeNA BayStars players observe a moment of silence before a baseball game against the Rakuten Eagles at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on June 3, 2025, after Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima died aged 89 earlier in the day.

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Rakuten Eagles players observe a moment of silence before a baseball game against the DeNA BayStars at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on June 3, 2025, after Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima died aged 89 earlier in the day.

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Rakuten Eagles players observe a moment of silence before a baseball game against the DeNA BayStars at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on June 3, 2025, after Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima died aged 89 earlier in the day.

Auction of whale meat

Auction of whale meat

Fresh fin whale meat is auctioned at a wholesale market in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 3, 2025, following a successful commercial whaling hunt.

Lower-priced reserve rice released

WATARI, Japan, May 29 Kyodo - Rice stockpiles are delivered to household equipment maker Iris Ohyama Inc.'s rice polishing plant in Watari in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 29, 2025. The Japanese government launched a new scheme to release lower-priced reserve rice harvested in 2021 and 2022 via direct contracts with retailers -- not by the previous auction-based method -- to curb elevated rice prices. (Kyodo)

Lower-priced reserve rice released

Lower-priced reserve rice released

Rice stockpiles are delivered to household equipment maker Iris Ohyama Inc.'s rice polishing plant in Watari in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 29, 2025. The Japanese government launched a new scheme to release lower-priced reserve rice harvested in 2021 and 2022 via direct contracts with retailers -- not by the previous auction-based method -- to curb elevated rice prices.

Lower-priced reserve rice released

Lower-priced reserve rice released

Rice stockpiles are delivered to household equipment maker Iris Ohyama Inc.'s rice polishing plant in Watari in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 29, 2025. The Japanese government launched a new scheme to release lower-priced reserve rice harvested in 2021 and 2022 via direct contracts with retailers -- not by the previous auction-based method -- to curb elevated rice prices.

Lower-priced reserve rice released

Lower-priced reserve rice released

Rice stockpiles are delivered to household equipment maker Iris Ohyama Inc.'s rice polishing plant in Watari in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 29, 2025. The Japanese government launched a new scheme to release lower-priced reserve rice harvested in 2021 and 2022 via direct contracts with retailers -- not by the previous auction-based method -- to curb elevated rice prices.

Lower-priced reserve rice released

Lower-priced reserve rice released

Rice stockpiles are delivered to household equipment maker Iris Ohyama Inc.'s rice polishing plant in Watari in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 29, 2025. The Japanese government launched a new scheme to release lower-priced reserve rice harvested in 2021 and 2022 via direct contracts with retailers -- not by the previous auction-based method -- to curb elevated rice prices.

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.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit during a memorial event in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

Japan: Moment of Silence Observed Nationwide to Mark 14 Years Since 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami 2

Japan marked 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday, March 11. A moment of silence was observed across the country, with some places sounding sirens. This video was shot at Sendai Asaichi (Morning market) in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Lanterns are lit at the former Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeast. A total of 74 students, and 10 teachers and officials of the school died or went missing when it was engulfed by the tsunami.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit during a memorial event in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Candles are lit during a memorial event in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Japan.

Japan: Colorful Balloons Released to Mark 14th Anniversary of 2011 Earthquake

Japan marked 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday, March 11. At former Arahama Elementary School in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, whose building was damaged in the natural disaster, the commemoration event "HOPE FOR project" was held where people released colorful balloons after observing a moment of silence at 2:46 p.m., the time of the 2011 earthquake.

Japan: Moment of Silence Observed Nationwide to Mark 14 Years Since 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami

Japan marked 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday, March 11. A moment of silence was observed across the country, with some places sounding sirens. This video was shot at the Matsushima ferry dock in Miyagi Prefecture.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A former local government-run facility in the Miyagi Prefecture town of Minamisanriku is illuminated on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. The building, reduced to a skeleton, is preserved as an architectural relic to commemorate the victims and pass on the lessons of the disaster to future generations.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A former local government-run facility in the Miyagi Prefecture town of Minamisanriku is illuminated on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. The building, reduced to a skeleton, is preserved as an architectural relic to commemorate the victims and pass on the lessons of the disaster to future generations.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A former local government-run facility in the Miyagi Prefecture town of Minamisanriku is illuminated on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. The building, reduced to a skeleton, is preserved as an architectural relic to commemorate the victims and pass on the lessons of the disaster to future generations.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Flowers are seen at a memorial park created in a tsunami-devastated area in the Miyagi Prefecture town of Minamisanriku on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A former local government-run facility in the Miyagi Prefecture town of Minamisanriku is illuminated on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. The building, reduced to a skeleton, is preserved as an architectural relic to commemorate the victims and pass on the lessons of the disaster to future generations.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A person watches the sunrise at a beach in the Arahama area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on the morning of March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A person walks at a beach in the Arahama area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on the early morning of March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People offer prayers at a beach in the Arahama area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on the morning of March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People offer prayers at a beach in the Arahama area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on the morning of March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Flowers are seen placed in front of the former Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 9, 2025, ahead of the 14th anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeast. A total of 74 students and 10 teachers and officials from the school died or went missing when it was engulfed by the tsunami.

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Photo taken on March 9, 2025, shows a monument listing the names of the victims of the massive March 11, 2011, earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Kesennuma in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi two days ahead of the 14th anniversary of the disaster.

Baseball: Japan vs. Netherlands

Baseball: Japan vs. Netherlands

Japan's Hiroya Miyagi throws in the opener of a two-game baseball exhibition series against the Netherlands at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on March 5, 2025.

Baseball: Japan vs. Netherlands

Baseball: Japan vs. Netherlands

Japan's Hiroya Miyagi throws in the opener of a two-game baseball exhibition series against the Netherlands at Kyocera Dome Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on March 5, 2025.

Japan: Intense Snowfall Causes Significant Snow Accumulation In Northern Prefectures 3

Snowfall intensified across northern Japan on Friday, January 17, rapidly increasing snow accumulation. Snow clouds affected not only the Japan Sea side, including Aomori and Akita Prefectures, but also the Pacific side, reaching areas like Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures, where some cities recorded the heaviest snowfall of the season.

Japan: Intense Snowfall Causes Significant Snow Accumulation In Northern Prefectures

Snowfall intensified across northern Japan on Friday, January 17, rapidly increasing snow accumulation. Snow clouds affected not only the Japan Sea side, including Aomori and Akita Prefectures, but also the Pacific side, reaching areas like Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures, where some cities recorded the heaviest snowfall of the season.

Japan: Intense Snowfall Causes Significant Snow Accumulation In Northern Prefectures 2

Snowfall intensified across northern Japan on Friday, January 17, rapidly increasing snow accumulation. Snow clouds affected not only the Japan Sea side, including Aomori and Akita Prefectures, but also the Pacific side, reaching areas like Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures, where some cities recorded the heaviest snowfall of the season.

Baseball: Pitcher Roki Sasaki

Baseball: Pitcher Roki Sasaki

Roki Sasaki of the Lotte Marines reacts after getting Ryosuke Tatsumi of the Rakuten Eagles to ground out during the second inning of a baseball game at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in Sendai in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on April 14, 2024.

Court upholds rejection of call to halt Miyagi Pref. nuclear reactor

Court upholds rejection of call to halt Miyagi Pref. nuclear reactor

File photo taken Oct. 24, 2024, shows the No. 2 nuclear reactor (front) at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture. The Sendai High Court on Nov. 27 upheld a lower court ruling rejecting local residents' call to halt the plant's No. 2 unit, which restarted in October as the first reactor to operate in northeastern Japan since the region was hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Court upholds rejection of call to halt Miyagi Pref. nuclear reactor

Court upholds rejection of call to halt Miyagi Pref. nuclear reactor

File photo taken Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture. The Sendai High Court on Nov. 27 upheld a lower court ruling rejecting local residents' call to halt the plant's No. 2 unit, which restarted in October as the first reactor to operate in northeastern Japan since the region was hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka

Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka

Veteran pitcher Masahiro Tanaka speaks to reporters at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2024, about his decision to depart from the Rakuten Eagles.

Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka

Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka

Veteran pitcher Masahiro Tanaka speaks to reporters at Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2024, about his decision to depart from the Rakuten Eagles.