Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Players compete in a men's football group-stage match between Japan and Australia at the Tokyo Deaflympics at the J-Village football training center in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2025.

Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Tokyo Deaflympics: Football

Players compete in a men's football group-stage match between Japan and Australia at the Tokyo Deaflympics at the J-Village football training center in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2025.

Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Police officers control traffic at higher ground leading to a swimming beach in Naraha in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Police officers control traffic at higher ground leading to a swimming beach in Naraha in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 30, 2025, after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for the country's Pacific coast following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

Yuzu bathing in Fukushima Pref.

Yuzu bathing in Fukushima Pref.

A man bathes with yuzu citrus fruits at the Tenjinmisaki hot spring on Dec. 21, 2024, in Fukushima Prefecture's Naraha, which was previously designated as an evacuation zone after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. Bathing with yuzu on the winter solstice is a Japanese tradition.

Yuzu bathing in Fukushima Pref.

Yuzu bathing in Fukushima Pref.

A man bathes with yuzu citrus fruits at the Tenjinmisaki hot spring on Dec. 21, 2024, in Fukushima Prefecture's Naraha, which was previously designated as an evacuation zone after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. Bathing with yuzu on the winter solstice is a Japanese tradition.

Robot designed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags

Robot designed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags

Photo taken at a research lab of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in Naraha in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 13, 2024, shows a remotely controlled robot developed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, unveiled to the media by the company. (Pool photo)

Robot designed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags

Robot designed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags

Photo taken at a research lab of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in Naraha in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 13, 2024, shows a remotely controlled robot developed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, unveiled to the media by the company. (Pool photo)

Robot designed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags

Robot designed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags

Photo taken at a research lab of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in Naraha in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Dec. 13, 2024, shows a remotely controlled robot developed to recollect highly radioactive sandbags at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, unveiled to the media by the company. (Pool photo)

Japan: Typhoon Ampil Brings Winds, Rain To Parts Of Tohoku Region

Typhoon Ampil developed into a powerful storm as it approached the Kanto region, including Tokyo, on Friday, August 16 bringing strong winds and heavy rains. Ampil has also brought rains and winds to parts of Tohoku region on the Pacific side as it slowly moved north-northeast. In Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, evacuation was ordered for 320,000 residents because of the risk of flooding and mudslides.

Release of Fukushima water into sea

Release of Fukushima water into sea

A surfer is pictured on a beach in Naraha in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2023, as Japan begins releasing treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, located in the vicinity, into the sea.

Release of Fukushima water into sea

Release of Fukushima water into sea

People surf off a beach in Naraha in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2023, as Japan begins releasing treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, located in the vicinity, into the sea.

Robot arm designed to remove Fukushima plant debris

Robot arm designed to remove Fukushima plant debris

Photo taken on July 14, 2023, at a research lab in Naraha in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows a robot arm developed to remove debris at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that was unveiled to the media the same day ahead of the start of its mission possibly later in fiscal 2023. (Pool photo)

Robot arm designed to remove Fukushima plant debris

Robot arm designed to remove Fukushima plant debris

Photo taken on July 14, 2023, at a research lab in Naraha in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shows a robot arm developed to remove debris at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that was unveiled to the media the same day ahead of the start of its mission possibly later in fiscal 2023. (Pool photo)

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

NARAHA, Japan, March 25 Kyodo - Members of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning Japan soccer team run at the start of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on March 25, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

NARAHA, Japan, March 25 Kyodo - Azusa Iwashimizu (L), a member of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning Japan soccer team, lights the Tokyo Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on March 25, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

NARAHA, Japan, March 25 Kyodo - Members of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning Japan soccer team run at the start of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay at the J-Village soccer training center in Fukushima Prefecture on March 25, 2021.

2 workers die at Fukushima Daiichi, Daini nuclear plants

2 workers die at Fukushima Daiichi, Daini nuclear plants

NARAHA, Japan - Senior officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co., including Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant chief Akira Ono (C), bow during a press conference on Jan. 20, 2015, in the northeastern Japanese city of Naraha, as two workers died in separate accidents at the Daiichi plant and the nearby Daini complex, despite TEPCO's pledge to improve working conditions at the site of the 2011 nuclear disaster.

Salmon likely released in 2011 return to Fukushima

Salmon likely released in 2011 return to Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - People watch salmon, likely released in 2011 after northeastern Japan was devastated by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, swimming up the Kido River in the town of Naraha near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Nov. 6, 2014.

Salmon likely released in 2011 return to Fukushima

Salmon likely released in 2011 return to Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Salmon, likely released in 2011 after northeastern Japan was devastated by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, swim up the Kido River in the town of Naraha near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Nov. 6, 2014.

Salmon likely released in 2011 return to Fukushima

Salmon likely released in 2011 return to Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - A salmon, likely released in 2011 after northeastern Japan was devastated by a powerful earthquake and tsunami, swimming up the Kido River in the town of Naraha near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Nov. 6, 2014.

Salmon swims upstream in Fukushima Pref.

Salmon swims upstream in Fukushima Pref.

IWAKI, Japan - A salmon swims upstream in the Kido River in Naraha Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Oct. 27, 2014.

Building R&D center toward Fukushima plant decommission

Building R&D center toward Fukushima plant decommission

NARAHA, Japan - Japan Atomic Energy Agency holds a groundbreaking ceremony in Naraha town, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 26, 2014, for a research and development center toward decommissioning Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

Head of nuke damage dispute panel visits makeshift shop

Head of nuke damage dispute panel visits makeshift shop

NARAHA, Japan - Yoshihisa Nomi (L), chairman of a government committee for settling nuclear damage compensation disputes, visits a makeshift store in Naraha near the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan on Sept. 24, 2014, as the panel considers whether to extend the one-year limit to compensation payments after evacuation orders are lifted.

JR station near Fukushima nuke plant on way to recovery

JR station near Fukushima nuke plant on way to recovery

SENDAI, Japan - The weed-covered Tatsuta Station in the town of Naraha on the JR Joban railway line is seen in the upper photo taken on Sept. 26, 2012, while the photograph below taken on Sept. 4, 2014, shows the station looking normal as train runs between Tatsuta and Hirono Station, south of Naraha, resumed in June this year.

Naraha town serves as storage site for nuclear waste

Naraha town serves as storage site for nuclear waste

SENDAI, Japan - An aerial view of the Maehara district in the town of Naraha in Fukushima Prefecture is seen in two contrasting photos, with the upper image taken on Feb. 26, 2012, and the lower one taken on Sept. 3, 2014. The lower photo shows part of farmland serving as a temporary storage site for nuclear waste generated in decontamination efforts following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

Naraha mayor Matsumoto at press conference

Naraha mayor Matsumoto at press conference

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Mayor Yukiei Matsumoto of the town of Naraha in Fukushima Prefecture tells a press conference in Iwaki, also in the prefecture, on May 29, 2014, that citizens who have evacuated due to the ongoing problems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will try to return to Naraha in the spring of 2015.

Part of Joban railway line reopens in Fukushima

Part of Joban railway line reopens in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A train runs near a radioactive waste storage yard in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, as the Joban Line of East Japan Railway Co. resumes operations on a trial basis between Hirono and Tatsuta stations on May 10, 2014, after suspension caused by the 2011 nuclear plant disaster.

3 years after quake-tsunami

3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show a coastal area of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, near the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The upper photo was taken on Sept. 26, 2012, one and a half years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and the lower photo on March 3, 2014.

Nuclear waste disposal

Nuclear waste disposal

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yukiei Matsumoto (R), mayor of the town of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, hands a letter of requests to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at the prefectural government hall in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 27, 2014. The mayor told the governor that the town would not accept waste with high radiation levels in the interim storage facilities planned to be built in the town.

Floating wind farm off Fukushima

Floating wind farm off Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11, 2013, shows a wind turbine on a floating wind farm set up on the sea some 20 kilometers off Naraha town in Fukushima Prefecture. The Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm, an experimental project by the University of Tokyo and 10 companies, commenced generating electricity the same day through the wind turbine, its first one.

Floating wind farm off Fukushima

Floating wind farm off Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11, 2013, shows a wind turbine on a floating wind farm set up on the sea some 20 kilometers off Naraha town in Fukushima Prefecture. The Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm, an experimental project by the University of Tokyo and 10 companies, commenced generating electricity the same day through the wind turbine, its first one. The Fukushima Daini nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. can be seen in the background.

Floating wind farm off Fukushima

Floating wind farm off Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11, 2013, shows a wind turbine on a floating wind farm set up on the sea some 20 kilometers off Naraha town in Fukushima Prefecture. The Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm, an experimental project by the University of Tokyo and 10 companies, commenced generating electricity the same day through the wind turbine, its first one.

Salmon in Fukushima

Salmon in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - A salmon heads upstream for breeding on a river in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Oct. 29, 2013.

Salmon in Fukushima

Salmon in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Salmon jump over a weir on a river in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on Oct. 29, 2013, to head upstream for breeding.

TEPCO vows to concentrate resources on managing radioactive water

TEPCO vows to concentrate resources on managing radioactive water

NARAHA, Japan - Naomi Hirose, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., attends a press conference at the company's Fukushima head office in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2013. Hirose said TEPCO will concentrate its resources on managing the massive amount of radioactive water stored at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Floating windmill

Floating windmill

IWAKI, Japan - Photo shows a wind turbine on a floating wind power mill at Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 1, 2013. The 2-megawatt plant is scheduled to begin operation in October 2013 off Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture.

PM Abe visits Fukushima

PM Abe visits Fukushima

NARAHA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech to police officers at a checkpoint in the town of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 24, 2013, during the prime minister's visit to the prefecture to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Pool photo)

PM Abe visits Fukushima

PM Abe visits Fukushima

NARAHA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech to police officers at a checkpoint in the town of Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 24, 2013, during the prime minister's visit to the prefecture to check on the progress of reconstruction in areas damaged by the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters. (Pool photo)

Fukushima Daiichi plant

Fukushima Daiichi plant

NARAHA, Japan - A March 1, 2013 photo shows workers waiting at the J-Village outpost in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, for vehicles to carry them to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in the northeastern Japan prefecture. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed work to decommission the plant ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear crisis. (Pool photo)

75-yr-old reopens 'ramen' shop twice after 2 big disasters

75-yr-old reopens 'ramen' shop twice after 2 big disasters

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tsutomu Nozaki stands in front of his newly opened ramen shop in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 9, 2013. Nozaki was forced to close his ramen shop in Naraha as the prefectural town falls within an area designated as one where people are only allowed to stay during daytime due to fears of radiation in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

75-yr-old reopens 'ramen' shop twice after 2 big disasters

75-yr-old reopens 'ramen' shop twice after 2 big disasters

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tsutomu Nozaki cooks ramen on Feb. 9, 2013 at his newly opened eatery in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, where he took refuge from the prefectural town of Naraha. Naraha is designated as within an area where people are only allowed to stay during daytime due to fears of radiation in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

Fukushima Daiichi plant

Fukushima Daiichi plant

NARAHA, Japan - Construction is under way for a facility to remove around 60 types of nuclides from water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Jan. 28, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed the plant to reporters ahead of the second anniversary of a nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (Pool photo)

Fukushima Daiichi plant

Fukushima Daiichi plant

NARAHA, Japan - Photo shows the base of a crane facility (R) under construction at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station that will be used to remove spent fuel from the pool of the No. 4 reactor building (L) in Fukushima Prefecture on Jan. 28, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed the plant to reporters ahead of the second anniversary of a nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (Pool photo)

Fukushima Daiichi plant

Fukushima Daiichi plant

NARAHA, Japan - Workers build a crane facility at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station that will be used to remove spent fuel from the pool of the No. 4 reactor building in Fukushima Prefecture on Jan. 28, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co. showed the plant to reporters ahead of the second anniversary of a nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. (Pool photo)

TEPCO in Fukushima

TEPCO in Fukushima

NARAHA, Japan - (From R) Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose, Vice President Yoshiyuki Ishizaki and Chairman Kazuhiko Shimokobe attend a press conference after their meeting at the utility's new office in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2013. Ishizaki, head of the new Fukushima office of TEPCO, pledged to work fast on implementing measures aimed at helping residents affected by the 2011 nuclear disaster, such as compensation and cleaning up radioactive contamination.

TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters starts operations

TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters starts operations

NARAHA, Japan - Workers in protective suits against radiation leave Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima headquarters in Naraha on Jan. 4, 2013, for the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The utility launched the headquarters the same day to better deal with issues stemming from the nation's worst-ever nuclear accident at the plant.

TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters starts operations

TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters starts operations

NARAHA, Japan - (From L to R) Tokyo Electric Power Co. Vice President Yoshiyuki Ishizaki, President Naomi Hirose and Chairman Kazuhiko Shimokobe attend a ceremony to launch TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters in Naraha, some 20 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Jan. 4, 2013. The utility set up the headquarters to better deal with issues stemming from the nation's worst-ever nuclear accident at the plant.

TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters starts operations

TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters starts operations

NARAHA, Japan - Representing the Tokyo head office of Tokyo Electric Power Co., Vice President Yoshiyuki Ishizaki (R in the background) gives a speech during a ceremony to launch TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters in Naraha, some 20 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Jan. 4, 2013. The utility set up the headquarters to better deal with issues stemming from the nation's worst-ever nuclear accident at the plant.

TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters starts operations

TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters starts operations

NARAHA, Japan - Representing the Tokyo head office of Tokyo Electric Power Co., Vice President Yoshiyuki Ishizaki gives a speech during a ceremony to launch TEPCO's Fukushima headquarters in Naraha, some 20 kilometers south of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Jan. 4, 2013. The utility set up the headquarters to better deal with issues stemming from the nation's worst-ever nuclear accident at the plant.