World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

Floats from the Okuma Kabuto festival of Ishikawa Prefecture's Nanao are carried during an event featuring the central Japan prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 27, 2025.

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

A float from the Okuma Kabuto festival of Ishikawa Prefecture's Nanao is carried during an event featuring the central Japan prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 27, 2025.

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Japanese Princess Aiko talks with Kanazawa University students engaged in volunteering activities during a visit to Wakura hot spring resort on May 18, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city severely affected by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Japanese Princess Aiko is briefed about volunteering activities by a Kanazawa University student during a visit to Wakura hot spring resort on May 18, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city severely affected by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Japanese Princess Aiko visits Wakura hot spring resort on May 18, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city severely affected by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Japanese Princess Aiko visits Wakura hot spring resort on May 18, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city severely affected by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Japanese Princess Aiko visits Wakura hot spring resort on May 18, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city severely affected by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Japanese Princess Aiko visits Wakura hot spring resort on May 18, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city severely affected by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Japanese Princess Aiko visits Wakura hot spring resort on May 18, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city severely affected by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Japanese Princess Aiko visits Wakura hot spring resort on May 18, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city severely affected by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Japanese Princess Aiko visits Wakura hot spring resort on May 18, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city severely affected by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Japanese Princess Aiko visits a meeting room in a temporary housing facility on May 18, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city severely affected by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Japanese Princess Aiko visits a meeting room in a temporary housing facility on May 18, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city severely affected by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Japanese Princess Aiko (back) visits a meeting room in a temporary housing facility on May 18, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city severely affected by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Princess Aiko visits quake-hit city

Japanese Princess Aiko (back) visits a meeting room in a temporary housing facility on May 18, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city severely affected by a massive earthquake in January 2024. (Pool photo)

Giant float parades in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. city

NANAO, Japan, May 4 Kyodo - A giant float parades during a Seihaku-sai festival on May 4, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city devastated by the massive Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake, following a hiatus in 2024 due to the disaster. (Kyodo)

Giant float parades in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. city

Giant float parades in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. city

A giant float parades during a Seihaku-sai festival on May 4, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city devastated by the massive Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake, following a hiatus in 2024 due to the disaster.

Giant float parades in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. city

Giant float parades in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. city

A giant float parades during a Seihaku-sai festival on May 4, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city devastated by the massive Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake, following a hiatus in 2024 due to the disaster.

Giant float parades in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. city

Giant float parades in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. city

A giant float parades during a Seihaku-sai festival on May 4, 2025, in Nanao, an Ishikawa Prefecture city devastated by the massive Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake, following a hiatus in 2024 due to the disaster.

PFW Givenchy Arrivals

PFW Givenchy Arrivals

Nanao attending the Givenchy Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on March 07, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Givenchy Arrivals

PFW Givenchy Arrivals

Nanao attending the Givenchy Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on March 07, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Givenchy Arrivals

PFW Givenchy Arrivals

Nanao attending the Givenchy Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on March 07, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Givenchy Arrivals

PFW Givenchy Arrivals

Nanao attending the Givenchy Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on March 07, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Givenchy Arrivals

PFW Givenchy Arrivals

Nanao attending the Givenchy Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on March 07, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Givenchy Arrivals

PFW Givenchy Arrivals

Nanao attending the Givenchy Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on March 07, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Givenchy Arrivals

PFW Givenchy Arrivals

Nanao attending the Givenchy Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on March 07, 2025. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Givenchy Outside Arrivals

PFW Givenchy Outside Arrivals

Nanao arriving at Givenchy show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on March 7, 2025. Photo by Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Givenchy Outside Arrivals

PFW Givenchy Outside Arrivals

Nanao arriving at Givenchy show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on March 7, 2025. Photo by Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Givenchy Outside Arrivals

PFW Givenchy Outside Arrivals

Nanao arriving at Givenchy show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on March 7, 2025. Photo by Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Givenchy Outside Arrivals

PFW Givenchy Outside Arrivals

Nanao arriving at Givenchy show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France on March 7, 2025. Photo by Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Givenchy Photocall

PFW Givenchy Photocall

Nanao attending the Givenchy Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 7, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Givenchy Photocall

PFW Givenchy Photocall

Nanao attending the Givenchy Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 7, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

PFW Givenchy Photocall

PFW Givenchy Photocall

Nanao attending the Givenchy Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 7, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Fireworks are launched in Nanao in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on Dec. 6, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary of the Jan.1 powerful earthquake in the Noto Peninsula area.

Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Nearly 1 year after Jan. 1 quake in central Japan

Elementary school children watch fireworks light up the sky in Nanao in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on Dec. 6, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary of the Jan. 1 powerful earthquake in the Noto Peninsula area.

Dolphins return to aquarium in quake-hit city

Dolphins return to aquarium in quake-hit city

Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2024, shows Pacific white-sided dolphins at Notojima Aquarium in Nanao in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, following their return earlier in the day from Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Kanagawa Prefecture. Five dolphins were transferred to the Yokohama aquarium after the Nanao aquarium's facility was severely damaged by a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

Ocean cruise ship visits port in quake-hit city

Ocean cruise ship visits port in quake-hit city

Photo taken on Sept. 19, 2024, shows the ocean cruise ship Nippon Maru at a port in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture. The ship, operated by MOL Cruises Ltd., arrived at the port earlier in the day for its first port call in the central Japan city since it was severely hit by a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

Ocean cruise ship visits port in quake-hit city

Ocean cruise ship visits port in quake-hit city

Photo taken on Sept. 19, 2024, shows the ocean cruise ship Nippon Maru at a port in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture. The ship, operated by MOL Cruises Ltd., arrived at the port earlier in the day for its first port call in the central Japan city since it was severely hit by a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

Aquarium resumes operations in quake-hit Noto

Aquarium resumes operations in quake-hit Noto

Visitors look at fish at Notojima Aquarium in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, on July 20, 2024, as the facility resumes operations for the first time since being hit by a major earthquake that jolted the central Japan prefecture and its vicinity on Jan. 1.

Aquarium resumes operations in quake-hit Noto

Aquarium resumes operations in quake-hit Noto

A child looks at fish at Notojima Aquarium in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, on July 20, 2024, as the facility resumes operations for the first time since being hit by a major earthquake that jolted the central Japan prefecture and its vicinity on Jan. 1.

6 months after Jan. 1 earthquake in Ishikawa Pref.

6 months after Jan. 1 earthquake in Ishikawa Pref.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to the press after visiting the Wakura hot spring resort area in the Ishikawa Prefecture city of Nanao, central Japan, on July 1, 2024, six months after a powerful earthquake devastated the area on Jan. 1. (Pool photo)

6 months after Jan. 1 earthquake in Ishikawa Pref.

6 months after Jan. 1 earthquake in Ishikawa Pref.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from L) visits the Wakura hot spring resort area in the Ishikawa Prefecture city of Nanao, central Japan, on July 1, 2024, six months after a powerful earthquake devastated the area on Jan. 1. (Pool photo)

6 months after Jan. 1 earthquake in Ishikawa Pref.

6 months after Jan. 1 earthquake in Ishikawa Pref.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (3rd from L) visits the Wakura hot spring resort area in the Ishikawa Prefecture city of Nanao, central Japan, on July 1, 2024, six months after a powerful earthquake devastated the area on Jan. 1. (Pool photo)

Hot-air balloon event in quake-hit Noto

Hot-air balloon event in quake-hit Noto

A hot-air balloon event takes place on June 8, 2024, in Nanao in central Japan's Noto Peninsula, hit hard by a New Year's Day earthquake, offering free rides to those affected.

Hot spring facility resumes service in quake-hit central Japan resort

Hot spring facility resumes service in quake-hit central Japan resort

Photo taken on March 26, 2024, shows a public bath in the Wakura Onsen hot spring resort in Nanao in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, as its service resumes the same day following a strong earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1.

Tents for volunteers in quake-hit central Japan city

Tents for volunteers in quake-hit central Japan city

Photo taken on March 24, 2024, shows tents set up on a baseball field in Nanao in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, for use as accommodation by volunteers, following a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

Thunderbird express train in central Japan

NANAO, JAPAN, March 15 Kyodo - A Thunderbird express train leaves Wakuraonsen Station in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on March 15, 2024, for its final run to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture. (Kyodo)

Blue Impulse flies over quake-hit Ishikawa

Blue Impulse flies over quake-hit Ishikawa

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team on March 18, 2024, flying over Nanao in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, hit hard by a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

Blue Impulse flies over quake-hit Ishikawa

Blue Impulse flies over quake-hit Ishikawa

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team on March 18, 2024, flying over Nanao in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, hit hard by a strong earthquake on Jan. 1.

Thunderbird express train in central Japan

Thunderbird express train in central Japan

The stationmaster and other well wishers see off a Thunderbird express train at Wakuraonsen Station in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on March 15, 2024, as the train makes its final run to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.