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Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki speaks to members of Chuetsu High School's baseball club after conducting a baseball clinic for them in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki speaks to members of Chuetsu High School's baseball club after conducting a baseball clinic for them in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture on Nov. 9, 2025.

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Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the Yamakoshi revitalization and exchange center in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2025, to view exhibits about the devastation caused by the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the Yamakoshi revitalization and exchange center in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2025, to view exhibits about the devastation caused by the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the Yamakoshi revitalization and exchange center in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2025, to view exhibits about the devastation caused by the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the Yamakoshi revitalization and exchange center in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Sept. 8, 2025, to view exhibits about the devastation caused by the 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake. (Pool photo)

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20th anniversary of Chuetsu Earthquake

People offer silent prayers in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Oct. 23, 2024, the 20th anniversary of the massive earthquake that killed 68 people.

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(3)Joetsu Shinkansen services fully resume

NAGAOKA, Japan - A Joetsu Shinkansen bullet train travels through snow-covered Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 28 as full services on the line resumed.

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Volunteers join in making mochi for quake victims

NAGAOKA, Japan - Two villagers from quake-hit Yamakoshi Village in central Niigata Prefecture are joined by volunteers in making mochi (rice cake) near their temporary houses in Nagaoka on Dec. 26. Mochi is one of traditional foods eaten by Japanese on New Year's day.

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Nagano Gov. Tanaka peps up quake victims

NAGAOKA, Japan - A woman from the quake-hit Village of Yamakoshi, central Niigata Prefecture, is moved to tears as she received a gist from Nagano Governor Yasuo Tanaka in Nagaoka on Dec. 26.

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Campaigning starts for general election

NAGAOKA, Japan - Yuko Mori, acting chief of the People's Life Party, makes a speech in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for the Dec. 14 lower house election.

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10th anniv. of Chuetsu Earthquake observed

NAGAOKA, Japan - A family looks at candles lit as a memorial to victims of the 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake in the former Yamakoshi village in Niigata Prefecture, northwestern Japan, on Oct. 23, 2014, on the 10th anniversary of the disaster that claimed 68 lives.

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Bull given to quake sufferers joins bullfight in Japan

NIIGATA, Japan - A bull (L) presented to sufferers of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster fights another bull in a tournament held as part of the "National Bullfight Summit" in Nagaoka, northeastern Japan, on June 8, 2014.

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Imperial couple attend tree-planting ceremony

NAGAOKA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) plants a seedling during a tree-planting ceremony in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2014. Empress Michiko also attended the ceremony.

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Imperial couple attend tree-planting ceremony

NAGAOKA, Japan - Empress Michiko (L) plants a seedling during a tree-planting ceremony in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2014. Emperor Akihito also attended the ceremony.

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Imperial couple attend tree-planting ceremony

NAGAOKA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (3rd from R) plant seedlings during a tree-planting ceremony in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2014.

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Young priests seek marriage partners

NIIGATA, Japan - A Buddhist priest (R) converses over food and drinks during a matchmaking party at a restaurant in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2013.

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Heavy rain in Japan

NAGAOKA, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News on Aug. 1, 2013, shows an area hit by a mudslide triggered by heavy rain in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture.

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Japan general election

NAGAOKA, Japan - Japanese education minister Makiko Tanaka of the Democratic Party of Japan speaks before supporters in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2012, after losing in a general election held earlier in the day. Tanaka is the daughter of the late former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, who normalized Japan's diplomatic ties with China in 1972 with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai.

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Prince encourages nuclear evacuees

NIIGATA, Japan - Prince Akishino (R, center row), the younger son of Emperor Akihito, and his wife Princess Kiko (2nd from R, center row) encourage evacuees from areas near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant at a shelter in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on April 14, 2011. (Pool photo)

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39 people injured in sightseeing bus accident in Gunma

MAEBASHI, Japan - A sightseeing bus crashed through a center divider on an expressway in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, on Jan. 2, 2010, injuring 39 people, according to police. A total of 46 people were aboard the bus, which was heading for Saitama Prefecture from Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture.

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39 people injured in sightseeing bus accident in Gunma

MAEBASHI, Japan - A sightseeing bus crashed through a center divider on an expressway in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, on Jan. 2, 2010, injuring 39 people, according to police. A total of 46 people were aboard the bus, which was heading for Saitama Prefecture from Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture.

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Jeon romps to victory at Yonex Ladies

NAGAOKA, Japan - South Korea's Jeon Mi Jeong celebrates after clinching her third title of the season by firing a flawless 6-under 66 at the Yonex Ladies on Aug. 30 at Yonex Country Club in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture.

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Last family moves out of temporary quake evacuee houses

NAGAOKA, Japan - Tadayoshi Nagashima, a member of the House of Representatives, takes his family's belongings from one of the temporary housing units set up in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, for thousands of evacuees from a nearby village after the massive earthquake in 2004. The temporary housing units were closed the same day after the family of Nagashima, who was mayor of the village at the time of the quake, moved out.

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Memorial ceremony held for victims of 2004 Niigata earthquake

NAGAOKA, Japan - People offer a silent prayer at a memorial service in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 23 for the victims of a series of powerful earthquakes that rocked Niigata Prefecture three years ago.

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Sydney Olympic silver medalist Nakamura to retire

NIIGATA, Japan - Mai Nakamura, who won the silver medal in the women's 100-meter backstroke at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, speaks about her intention to retire at a news conference in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on April 27.

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Memorial ceremonies mark 2nd anniversary of Niigata quake

NAGAOKA, Japan - Local people light candles and offer silent prayers in the city of Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, at 5:56 p.m. on Oct. 23, the time the magnitude-6.8 earthquake hit the prefecture two years ago. The quake killed 67 people, leaving some 4,800 people injured and 17,000 houses destroyed or damaged.

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Memorial ceremony marks 2nd anniversary of Niigata quake

NAGAOKA, Japan - People offer their silent prayers during a memorial ceremony held in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 23 for the 67 people who died in the massive earthquake that struck the central part of the prefecture on Oct. 23, 2004. Participants in the ceremony pledging to step up reconstruction efforts.

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Heavy snow disrupts land, air transport

NAGAOKA, Japan - A woman clears away the snow in front of temporary housing in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 1 as heavy snow blanketed wide areas along the Sea of Japan coast. The houses were set up for victims of a series of earthquakes that hit the prefecture last year.

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Iranian children visit Yamakoshi Village children

NAGAOKA, Japan - Four Iraqi children, themselves victims of a deadly earthquake that hit the ancient Iranian city of Bam in December 2003, pose for photos with children from Yamakoshi Village, Niigata Prefecture, after visiting their shelter in Nagaoka to cheer them up on Dec. 21. Yamakoshi Village remains isolated following the Oct. 23 earthquakes and all villagers take shelter at a school auditorium and other places in Nagaoka.

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(1)Maestro Ozawa conducts for quake-hit Niigata

NAGAOKA, Japan - Maestro Seiji Ozawa (C) conducts the Mito Chamber Orchestra at a junior high school in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 6 for residents affected by the Oct. 23 earthquakes. About 1,000 students and locals listened to the orchestra conducted by Ozawa, a music adviser to the group.

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(2)Maestro Ozawa conducts for quake-hit Niigata

NAGAOKA, Japan - Maestro Seiji Ozawa (C) conducts the Mito Chamber Orchestra at a junior high school in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 6 for residents affected by the Oct. 23 earthquakes. About 1,000 students and locals listened to the orchestra.

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(5)Nagaoka, Oguni residents move into temporary housing

NAGAOKA, Japan - A couple who had their house heavily damaged by the Oct. 23 earthquakes relax with their dog after moving into a temporary housing unit in Nagaoka on Nov. 24.

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(3)Nagaoka, Oguni residents move into temporary housing

NIIGATA, Japan - A mother with her child in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, whose house was destroyed by the Oct. 23 quakes, examines on Nov. 24 a just-completed temporary housing unit into which they are moving from their shelter.

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Makeshift housing complex being built in Nagaoka

NAGAOKA, Japan - A makeshift housing complex is being built in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 20 for people affected by the Oct. 23 earthquakes. The complex is expected be completed on Nov. 23 for use from Nov. 24.

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(2)Yamakoshi village children inspect quake damage from helicopter

NAGAOKA, Japan - A children from the isolated mountain village of Yamakoshi in central Niigata Prefecture alights from a Self-Defense Forces helicopter on Nov. 14 after inspecting damage damage caused to the village by a series of earthquakes that devastated the central part of the prefecture on Oct. 23.

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(3)Yamakoshi village children inspect quake damage from helicopter

NAGAOKA, Japan - A children from the isolated mountain village of Yamakoshi in central Niigata Prefecture goes on board a Self-Defense Forces helicopter on Nov. 14 to look at damage caused to the village by a series of earthquakes that devastated the central part of the prefecture on Oct. 23.

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(1)Yamakoshi village children inspect quake damage from helicopter

NAGAOKA, Japan - Children from the isolated mountain village of Yamakoshi in central Niigata Prefecture go on board a Self-Defense Forces helicopter on Nov. 14 to inspect damage caused to their community by a series of earthquakes. All the villagers have been evacuated since the quakes caused landslides and flooding there.

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(3)Scenes from quake-hit Niigata Pref.

NAGAOKA, Japan - A remote-controlled machine is in operation in Nagaoka, central Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 2 as work resumed to recover the body of Mayu Minagawa who remains trapped in a car buried under rocks during the severe earthquakes on Nov. 23. Her mother was earlier found dead hours after her younger brother was rescued alive.

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Quake-hit foreign residents face difficult life in shelters

NAGAOKA, Japan - An official from the Brazilian Consulate General in Tokyo speaks to a Brazilian quake victim at a shelter in Nagaoka, central Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 29. Brazilians are among a large number of foreign workers and their families affected by a series of earthquakes that started on Oct. 23.

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Takako Minagawa's body returns home

KOIDE, Japan - The body of Takako Minagawa, who was recovered from a car buried in a quake-caused landslide in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 27, is carried to her home in Koide in the same prefecture on Oct. 28. Minagawa and her two children were buried in the car and only two-year-old boy Yuta was rescued.

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(4)2-yr-old boy rescued, mother taken out, 4 days after earthquake

NAGAOKA, Japan - A helicopter lifts a stretcher carrying Yuta Minagawa, a two-year-old boy who was rescued from a buried car on Oct. 27, four days after the severe earthquakes devastated much of central Niigata Prefecture.

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(14)Niigata quake victims weary, worried of more damage

NAGAOKA, Japan - A police helicopter circles over the site where a car carrying a mother and her two children were found in Nagaoka, central Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 26. A shattered truck is seen under a fragment of road pavement torn off by landslides.

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(11)Powerful quakes hit northern Japan along Sea of Japan

NAGAOKA, Japan - Residents took refuge and spent the night in the gymnasium of an elementary school in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, which was rocked by strong earthquakes Oct. 23.

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Tanaka projected to win back lower house seat

NAGAOKA, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka receives flowers Nov. 9 in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, after appearing certain to recapture a House of Representatives seat in the day's election.

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(12)Campaigning begins for Nov. 9 general election

NAGAOKA, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka kicks off her election campaign in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 28 as official campaign begins for the Nov. 9 general election.

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Tanaka postpones announcing candidacy in general election

NAGAOKA, Japan - Former Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka speaks at a meeting of her supporter' group in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 5. Tanaka postponed announcing her candidacy in the general election expected in November, saying she needs to confirm if she would be expelled from the Liberal Democratic Party for doing so.

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Hoshino wins Niigata Pref. lower house by-election

NAGAOKA, Japan - Yukio Hoshino, 70, an independent supported by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its two coalition partners -- New Komeito and the New Conservative Party -- smiles in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 27 as the count shows he is sure to win a by-election for a House of Representatives seat for the Niigata No. 5 constituency.

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Campaigns begin for 5 lower house by-elections

NAGAOKA, Japan - Local people in the House of Representatives Niigata No. 5 constituency listen to a campaign speech by a candidate for the lower house by-election in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 15. Campaigning began for five lower house by-elections to be held Oct. 27.