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(240410) -- BEIJING, April 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A visitor walks past Moai stone statues on Easter island of Chile, April 5, 2024. Easter Island, known for its giant stone-carved heads facing out to sea, is located at the southernmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in the South Pacific, and is considered one of the world's remotest inhabited regions. (Xinhua/Zhu Yubo)

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CHILE-EASTER ISLAND-MOAI-STONE STATUE

(240409) -- EASTER ISLAND, April 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tourists take photos of Moai stone statues on Easter island of Chile, April 5, 2024. Easter Island, known for its giant stone-carved heads facing out to sea, is located at the southernmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in the South Pacific, and is considered one of the world's remotest inhabited regions. (Xinhua/Zhu Yubo)

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CHILE-EASTER ISLAND-MOAI-STONE STATUE

(240409) -- EASTER ISLAND, April 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 5, 2024 shows Moai stone statues on Easter island of Chile. Easter Island, known for its giant stone-carved heads facing out to sea, is located at the southernmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in the South Pacific, and is considered one of the world's remotest inhabited regions. (Xinhua/Zhu Yubo)

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CHILE-EASTER ISLAND-MOAI-STONE STATUE

(240409) -- EASTER ISLAND, April 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 5, 2024 shows Moai stone statues on Easter island of Chile. Easter Island, known for its giant stone-carved heads facing out to sea, is located at the southernmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in the South Pacific, and is considered one of the world's remotest inhabited regions. (Xinhua/Zhu Yubo)

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CHILE-EASTER ISLAND-MOAI-STONE STATUE

(240409) -- EASTER ISLAND, April 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 5, 2024 shows Moai stone statues on Easter island of Chile. Easter Island, known for its giant stone-carved heads facing out to sea, is located at the southernmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in the South Pacific, and is considered one of the world's remotest inhabited regions. (Xinhua/Zhu Yubo)

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CHILE-EASTER ISLAND-MOAI-STONE STATUE

(240409) -- EASTER ISLAND, April 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 5, 2024 shows a scenery at beach on Easter island of Chile. Easter Island, known for its giant stone-carved heads facing out to sea, is located at the southernmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in the South Pacific, and is considered one of the world's remotest inhabited regions. (Xinhua/Zhu Yubo)

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CHILE-EASTER ISLAND-MOAI-STONE STATUE

(240409) -- EASTER ISLAND, April 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 5, 2024 shows a Moai stone statue on Easter island of Chile. Easter Island, known for its giant stone-carved heads facing out to sea, is located at the southernmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in the South Pacific, and is considered one of the world's remotest inhabited regions. (Xinhua/Zhu Yubo)

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CHILE-EASTER ISLAND-MOAI-STONE STATUE

(240409) -- EASTER ISLAND, April 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 5, 2024 shows Moai stone statues on Easter island of Chile. Easter Island, known for its giant stone-carved heads facing out to sea, is located at the southernmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in the South Pacific, and is considered one of the world's remotest inhabited regions. (Xinhua/Zhu Yubo)

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CHILE-EASTER ISLAND-MOAI-STONE STATUE

(240409) -- EASTER ISLAND, April 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 5, 2024 shows a Moai stone statue on Easter island of Chile. Easter Island, known for its giant stone-carved heads facing out to sea, is located at the southernmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in the South Pacific, and is considered one of the world's remotest inhabited regions. (Xinhua/Zhu Yubo)

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CHILE-EASTER ISLAND-MOAI-STONE STATUE

(240409) -- EASTER ISLAND, April 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 5, 2024 shows Moai stone statues on Easter island of Chile. Easter Island, known for its giant stone-carved heads facing out to sea, is located at the southernmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in the South Pacific, and is considered one of the world's remotest inhabited regions. (Xinhua/Zhu Yubo)

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CHILE-EASTER ISLAND-MOAI-STONE STATUE

(240409) -- EASTER ISLAND, April 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 5, 2024 shows Moai stone statues on Easter island of Chile. Easter Island, known for its giant stone-carved heads facing out to sea, is located at the southernmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in the South Pacific, and is considered one of the world's remotest inhabited regions. (Xinhua/Zhu Yubo)

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Moai statue on show in Tokyo to mark Japan-Chile friendship

TOKYO, Japan - A Moai statue brought from Chile's Easter Island on exhibition at Tokyo's Marunouchi Building on Sept. 4 to mark the 110th anniversary of the friendship, commerce and navigation treaty between Japan and Chile. This is the first time in 25 years that a Moai statue, rarely taken outside the island, has been brought to Japan, according to the Chilean Embassy in Tokyo. The Moai, 3 meters high and 6 tons in weight, will be shown on the lobby of Marunouchi Building through Sept. 17.

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Moai statue from Chile for disaster-hit Tohoku town

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Photo shows a stone replica of a Moai human figure during a ceremony in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 25, 2013, where it was placed on May 16. Chile sent the replica of an Easter Island statue as a present to the northeastern Japan town hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Moai statue for disaster-hit Japan

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Workers install a stone replica of a Moai human figure at a temporary shopping area in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 16, 2013. Chile has sent the replica of an Easter Island statue as a present to the northeastern Japan town hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Moai statue for disaster-hit Japan

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Workers install a stone replica of a Moai human figure at a temporary shopping area in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 16, 2013. Chile has sent the replica of an Easter Island statue as a present to the northeastern Japan town hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Moai statue for disaster-hit Japan

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Workers install a stone replica of a Moai human figure at a temporary shopping area in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 16, 2013. Chile has sent the replica of an Easter Island statue as a present to the northeastern Japan town hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Replica moai for disaster area displayed in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A replica moai statue from Chile goes on display at the Grand Front Osaka commercial facility in Osaka on May 2, 2013. The newly made statue is a present given as a token of support by the Chilean government to the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. It will be displayed through May 9 before being transported to Minamisanriku.

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Moai for disaster area displayed in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A moai statue from Chile goes on display at the Grand Front Osaka commercial facility in Osaka on May 2, 2013. The newly made statue is a present given as a token of support from the Chilean government to the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, hit by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. The display will run through May 9, before the statue is transported to Minamisanriku.

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Moai for disaster area

TOKYO, Japan - A moai statue from Chile is unveiled during an exhibition in Tokyo on March 20, 2013. The newly made statue is a present given as a token of support from the Chile government to the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, hit by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Chilean president visits Minamisanriku

SENDAI, Japan - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and his wife Cecilia Morel stand near the head from a replica of Easter Island's Moai statue, outside Shizugawa High School in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 30, 2012. The replica of the famous statue on the island, a Chilean territory, was donated to the town in 1991 by Chile as a symbol of the town's recovery from damage caused by a tsunami triggered by an earthquake in Chile in 1960. The replica was damaged by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Rapa Nui (1994)

Moai Stone Statues Film: Rapa Nui (1994) Director: Kevin Reynolds 14 April 1994 Date: 14 April 1994

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Rapa Nui (1994)

Moai Stone Statues Film: Rapa Nui (1994) Director: Kevin Reynolds 14 April 1994 Date: 14 April 1994

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Rapa Nui (1994)

Moai Stone Statues Film: Rapa Nui (1994) Director: Kevin Reynolds 14 April 1994 Date: 14 April 1994

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Moai statue on show in Tokyo to mark Japan-Chile friendship

TOKYO, Japan - A Moai statue brought from Chile's Easter Island on exhibition at Tokyo's Marunouchi Building on Sept. 4 to mark the 110th anniversary of the friendship, commerce and navigation treaty between Japan and Chile. This is the first time in 25 years that a Moai statue, rarely taken outside the island, has been brought to Japan, according to the Chilean Embassy in Tokyo. The Moai, 3 meters high and 6 tons in weight, will be shown on the lobby of Marunouchi Building through Sept. 17. (Kyodo)

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Chilean president visits Minamisanriku

SENDAI, Japan - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and his wife Cecilia Morel stand near the head from a replica of Easter Island's Moai statue, outside Shizugawa High School in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 30, 2012. The replica of the famous statue on the island, a Chilean territory, was donated to the town in 1991 by Chile as a symbol of the town's recovery from damage caused by a tsunami triggered by an earthquake in Chile in 1960. The replica was damaged by the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Masked moai statues in Sapporo

Photo taken April 10, 2020, shows moai statues wearing face masks on the premises of cemeteries in Sapporo. Cemetery workers put the masks on the statues to let visitors know the importance of protective measures against the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo