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Japan: Torrential Rain Causes Severe Flooding In Okinawa 7

Torrential rain caused severe flooding in Okinawa on Friday, June 14 prompting warnings for heavy rain, flooding, and landslides.

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Japan: Tsunami Warning Issued For Okinawa After Strong Earthquake Hits Taiwan 2

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, 18km south-southeast of Hualien City, on Wednesday morning, April 3. According to USGS, it was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) urged residents around Okinawa Island, Miyakojima Island, and Yaeyama Island to evacuate immediately, warning of high waves up to 3 meters (9.8 ft).

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CORRECTED Japan's SMEs attempt to penetrate China market

BEIJING, China - CORRECTING NAME OF DAIICHI PRINTING PRESIDENT Daiichi Printing Co. President Kotaro Nishihara (extreme L) promotes products related to "Bary-san," a mascot character of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, at a trade show organized by the Japan External Trade Organization in Beijing on July 30, 2014, to make a pitch for small and medium-sized Japanese companies seeking to enter China.

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Antinuclear conference in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Shigeki Nishihara (R), mayor of Makinohara, a Shizuoka Prefecture city, speaks during a session of mayors of Japanese municipalities at the Global Conference for a Nuclear Free World in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 15, 2012. The two-day conference ended the same day after adopting the Yokohama Declaration.

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Annual wage talks in Japan begin in full swing

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Nishihara (R), president of the Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Unions, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2011. Japan's annual wage negotiations started in full swing the same day with labor unions at major automakers including Toyota Motor Corp. filing their demands with management.

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Major manufacturers to implement automatic annual pay hikes

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Nishihara, president of the International Metalworkers Federation-Japan Council of Metalworkers Union (IMF-JC), speaks at a news conference at IMF-JC headquarters in Tokyo on March 17, 2010, after management of major Japanese manufacturers replied to unions' demand for pay hikes. Annual spring labor-management wage bargaining reached a peak the same day in Japan.

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No. of unexploded bomb disposal ops exceeds 30,000 in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - A member of the Ground Self-Defense Force's unexploded bomb disposal unit carries a dud found in a farm field in the town of Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, during a disposal operation on Dec. 10.

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Depleted-uranium shells found at Okinawa scrap yard

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken May 31 in the town of Nishihara in Okinawa Prefecture shows depleted-uranium shells discovered at a scrap yard in the town. A junk dealer said it bought the radioactive shells as scrap iron six to seven years ago from the U.S. military in Okinawa.

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No. of unexploded bomb disposal ops exceeds 30,000 in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - A member of the Ground Self-Defense Force's unexploded bomb disposal unit carries a dud found in a farm field in the town of Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, during a disposal operation on Dec. 10. (Kyodo)

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One month after biggest of Kumamoto quakes

Evacuees offer silent prayer at a shelter in the southwestern Japan town of Nishihara for those killed in earthquakes in Kumamoto Prefecture on May 16, 2016, a month after the biggest of the earthquakes struck. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Over 10,000 people still in shelters 1 month after Kumamoto quakes

People are seen inside an evacuation center in Nishihara, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan on May 13, 2016. Despite some signs of recovery including resumption of railway and expressway operations, more than 10,000 people are still taking refuge at such shelters, as May 14 marks one month after the first of a number of strong earthquakes rocked the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Over 10,000 people still in shelters 1 month after Kumamoto quakes

People are seen inside an evacuation center in Nishihara, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan on May 13, 2016. Despite some signs of recovery including resumption of railway and expressway operations, more than 10,000 people are still taking refuge at such shelters, as May 14 marks one month after the first of a number of strong earthquakes rocked the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuees from quakes still stay in tents

Evacuees from a series of powerful earthquakes eat dinner in a tent in the southwestern Japan village of Nishihara on May 12, 2016. They are calling on the authorities to build temporary housing as soon as possible. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Popular bear mascot Kumamon resumes activities in quake-hit area

The popular black bear character Kumamon surprises and delights children in Nishihara, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 5, 2016, as it resumes activities as the official mascot of the southwestern Japanese prefecture, three weeks after the area was devastated by the first of two major earthquakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Popular bear mascot Kumamon resumes activities in quake-hit area

The popular black bear character Kumamon surprises and delights children in Nishihara, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 5, 2016, as it resumes activities as the official mascot of the southwestern Japanese prefecture, three weeks after the area was devastated by the first of two major earthquakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quake-hit Kumamoto city to check mental health of 60,000 children

Medical personnel head to an evacuation center in the southwestern Japan village of Nishihara in Kumamoto Prefecture on May 4, 2016, to provide psychological care for children and other people affected by recent massive earthquakes. Kumamoto city will conduct a survey on the mental health of around 60,000 children as many are believed to be under stress and anxious in the aftermath of the recent fatal quakes that hit the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Garbage accumulating in quake-hit areas

Photo taken April 30, 2016, in the village of Nishihara shows accumulating garbage, generated in the wake of powerful earthquakes in southwestern Japan. It is becoming difficult to dispose of in part because some garbage-disposal facilities have suspended operations following the quakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quake-hit people still struggling

People affected by powerful earthquakes in southwestern Japan bring garbage to a temporary depot in the village of Nishihara on April 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Quakes hit southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto

Photo taken April 17, 2016, shows a collapsed house in the southwestern Japan village of Nishihara, Kumamoto Prefecture, in the wake of a series of powerful earthquakes. A 64-year-old woman, who suffered slight injuries, was pulled from a small gap in the rubble. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Model of Tomioka's prequake townscape brings back fond memories

Chikako Nishihara (L), a temporary housing dweller in Fukushima Prefecture's Iwaki, points at a place of memories in the miniature model, which recreates the townscape of Tomioka in the northeastern Japanese prefecture before the 2011 quake based on residents' memories, on June 4, 2015, in Iwaki. All residents of the northeastern Japanese town continue their evacuation after the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prequake Tomioka townscape recreated in model

Chikako Nishihara (C), a temporary housing dweller in Fukushima Prefecture's Iwaki, colors the roof of a miniature model of her house, part of the miniature model set to recreate the townscape of Tomioka Town before the 2011 earthquake, on June 4, 2015, in Iwaki. All residents of the northeastern Japanese town continue their evacuation after the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Students head to school from shelter

Junior high school students head to school from a gymnasium where they were evacuated after a series of powerful earthquakes, in the western Japan village of Nishihara on May 11, 2016. Their school reopened the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Students head to school from shelter

Junior high school students head to school from a gymnasium where they were evacuated after a series of powerful earthquakes, in the western Japan village of Nishihara on May 11, 2016. Their school reopened the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Was falling pregnant a mistake? The question faced by Japanese women

Photo taken Jan. 7, 2016 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, shows Yukari Nishihara, a caregiver at a nursing home for the elderly who filed a damages suit against the head of the facility over maternity harassment. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Major manufacturers to implement automatic annual pay hikes

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Nishihara, president of the International Metalworkers Federation-Japan Council of Metalworkers Union (IMF-JC), speaks at a news conference at IMF-JC headquarters in Tokyo on March 17, 2010, after management of major Japanese manufacturers replied to unions' demand for pay hikes. Annual spring labor-management wage bargaining reached a peak the same day in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Annual wage talks in Japan begin in full swing

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Nishihara (R), president of the Confederation of Japan Automobile Workers' Unions, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2011. Japan's annual wage negotiations started in full swing the same day with labor unions at major automakers including Toyota Motor Corp. filing their demands with management. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Japan's SMEs attempt to penetrate China market

BEIJING, China - CORRECTING NAME OF DAIICHI PRINTING PRESIDENT Daiichi Printing Co. President Kotaro Nishihara (extreme L) promotes products related to "Bary-san," a mascot character of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, at a trade show organized by the Japan External Trade Organization in Beijing on July 30, 2014, to make a pitch for small and medium-sized Japanese companies seeking to enter China. (Kyodo)

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Antinuclear conference in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Shigeki Nishihara (R), mayor of Makinohara, a Shizuoka Prefecture city, speaks during a session of mayors of Japanese municipalities at the Global Conference for a Nuclear Free World in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 15, 2012. The two-day conference ended the same day after adopting the Yokohama Declaration. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 'oldest' human bone found on Ishigaki Island

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 10, 2011, in the town of Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, shows a human bone fragment which a team of Japanese researchers said the same day is about 24,000 years old and was found in the Shirahosaonetabaru cave ruins on Ishigaki Island in the prefecture, southern Japan. It would be the oldest human fragment among those identified through analysis of such remains in Japan, according to the team led by Minoru Yoneda, an anthropologist and associate professor at the University of Tokyo's graduate school. (Kyodo)

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Coming-of-age ceremony in quake-hit village

Women in kimono take a selfie during a ceremony marking their coming of age on Jan. 8, 2017, in the village of Nishihara in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture, which was devastated by powerful earthquakes in April 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Depleted-uranium shells found at Okinawa scrap yard

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken May 31 in the town of Nishihara in Okinawa Prefecture shows depleted-uranium shells discovered at a scrap yard in the town. A junk dealer said it bought the radioactive shells as scrap iron six to seven years ago from the U.S. military in Okinawa.