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Ritual to pour holy water into river in Japan

Buddhist monks walk along the Onyu River in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, in central Japan, on March 2, 2026, after pouring holy water into the river during a ritual. It is believed that the water arrives in a well at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara.

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Ritual to pour holy water into river in Japan

Buddhist monks hold a ritual to pour holy water into the Onyu River in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, in central Japan, on March 2, 2026. It is believed that the water arrives in a well at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara.

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Ritual to pour holy water into river in Japan

Buddhist monks hold a ritual to pour holy water into the Onyu River in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, in central Japan, on March 2, 2026. The water arrives in a well at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara.

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Ritual to pour holy water into river in Japan

Buddhist monks hold a ritual to pour holy water into the Onyu River in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Obama in Fukui Prefecture on March 2, 2025. It is believed that the water arrives in a well at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara 10 days later.

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Ritual to pour holy water into river in Japan

Buddhist monks hold a ritual to pour holy water into the Onyu River in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Obama in Fukui Prefecture on March 2, 2025. It is believed that the water arrives in a well at Todai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Nara 10 days later.

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Ethel Kennedy Dead At 96

File photo - United States President Barack Obama and Former U.S. President Bill Clinton help Ethel Kennedy, widow of former U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy (Democrat of New York) up a set of steps as they prepare to lay a wreath at the gravesite for President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, November 20, 2013. This Friday will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. Jack Schlossberg, son of U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and grandson of President Kennedy, is at the left of the frame. - Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and a longtime human rights activist, died Thursday, her family said. She was 96. Photo by Pat Benic / Pool via CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ethel Kennedy Dead At 96

File photo - United States President Barack Obama talks with Ethel Kennedy, widow of former Attorney General and U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy (Democrat of New York) after laying a wreath at the gravesite for President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, November 20, 2013. This Friday will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. Jack Schlossberg, son of U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy and grandson of President Kennedy, looks on from right. - Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and a longtime human rights activist, died Thursday, her family said. She was 96. Photo by Pat Benic / Pool via CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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North Korea's abduction of Japanese

Yasushi Chimura, one of the five Japanese abducted by North Korea who returned home in 2002, gives a speech at Obama Police Station in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, on June 24, 2024.

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue answer reporters' questions at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2013. They told U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy the same day that they are hoping that President Barack Obama will visit their cities, both of which were hit by U.S. atomic bombs in World War II.

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Obama city to present pen to Obama

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Matsuzaki (L), mayor of Obama city in Fukui Prefecture, hands a lacquered pen to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013. Abe will deliver the red lacquered pen, a local specialty, to U.S. President Barack Obama as a gift for his inauguration for a second four-year term as president, from the city with the same name.

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Japan PM Abe leaves for Pearl Harbor visit

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 26 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) waves at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 26, 2016, before boarding a plane for Hawaii to visit Pearl Harbor with outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama.

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A-bomb survivors' group marks 60th anniversary of founding

HIROSHIMA, May 29 Kyodo - Sunao Tsuboi, a 91-year-old Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor, speaks in a meeting in Hiroshima on May 29, 2016, to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, known as Hidankyo. Tsuboi was invited to a ceremony in the western Japan city two days earlier to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama.

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G-7 summit begins, focus on global growth

ISE, Japan, May 26 Kyodo - U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walk together during the Group of Seven leaders' visit to Ise Grand Shrine in Japan's Mie Prefecture on May 26, 2016. During the just-started G-7 summit, the leaders are expected to agree to implement flexible fiscal strategies and promote structural reforms to spur global growth. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan-U.S. summit talks

SHIMA, Japan, May 25 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and U.S. President Barack Obama hold a joint press conference following their talks in Shima, Mie Prefecture on May 25, 2016, ahead of the summit of the Group of Seven countries beginning the following day. (Pool photo)

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Okinawa governor tells Abe he wants to talk with Obama on G-7 sidelines

TOKYO, May 23 Kyodo - Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on May 23, 2016. Onaga asked Abe for an opportunity to talk directly with U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the May 26-27 Group of Seven summit in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, following the arrest of an American military base worker in connection with the death of a woman in Okinawa.

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Japan PM Abe makes speech at Harvard Univ.

CAMBRIDGE, United States, April 27 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a speech at Harvard University in the United States on April 27, 2015. Abe is scheduled to meet with President Barack Obama a day later in Washington. (Pool photo)

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Nobel winner Nakamura meets with U.S. Pres. Obama

WASHINGTON, United States - Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, delivers a lecture at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington on Nov. 24, 2014. Nakamura, one of the three Japan-born scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, met U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House the same day along with three other U.S. winners of the 2014 Nobel prizes.

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U.S., Australia, Japan leaders meet in Brisbane

BRISBANE, Australia - (from L) U.S. President Barack Obama, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pose for photos in Brisbane, Australia, on Nov. 16, prior to their trilateral talks. They met on the sidelines of the summit of the Group of 20 economies.

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U.S., Australia, Japan leaders meet in Brisbane

BRISBANE, Australia - (from L) U.S. President Barack Obama, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sit for their trilateral talks in Brisbane, Australia, on Nov. 16. They met on the sidelines of the summit of the Group of 20 economies.

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Abe skeptical about Obama's future influence on TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) addresses a meeting of ministers related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2014.

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Fukui group's picture story on abduction issue

FUKUI, Japan - Kinichi Ikeda (R), chairman of a group supporting families of citizens kidnapped by North Korea, is seen in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, on July 8, 2014, with a picture story to help children understand the issue. The group asked volunteers to make the picture story.

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President Obama joins England's football team cups

TOKYO, Japan - The face of U.S. President Barack Obama (L, lower stand) printed on one of the commemorative mugs for England's squad for the World Cup finals in Brazil is shown in this image from a website. The British maker of the mug cups made a mistake.

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May Day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Effigies of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and U.S. President Barack Obama are displayed at the venue of a May Day event held by the National Confederation of Trade Unions, or Zenroren, at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on May 1, 2014.

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama (L) bids farewell to U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy at Tokyo's Haneda airport before leaving for South Korea on April 25, 2014.

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko meet U.S. President Barack Obama (L) at a hotel in Tokyo where Obama was staying on April 25, 2014, as the couple visit to bid him farewell. (Pool photo)

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama gives a wave at Tokyo's Haneda airport before departing for South Korea on April 25, 2014.

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R front) meet U.S. President Barack Obama as the couple visit a hotel in Tokyo where Obama was staying to bid him farewell on April 25, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama gives a wave at Tokyo's Haneda airport before departing for South Korea on April 25, 2014.

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) converses with U.S. President Barack Obama as he and Empress Michiko (R front) visit a hotel in Tokyo where Obama was staying to bid him farewell on April 25, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) shakes hands with U.S. President Barack Obama as he and Empress Michiko (L) visit a hotel in Tokyo where Obama was staying to bid him farewell on April 25, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obama, Emperor Akihito exchange words at banquet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Emperor Akihito exchange words during a banquet hosted by the Japanese monarch in honor of the visiting American leader at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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U.S. envoy Kennedy attends banquet for Obama in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy seats herself at a banquet hosted by Japanese Emperor Akihito in honor of visiting U.S. President Barack Obama at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obama, Empress Michiko chat at banquet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Empress Michiko chat during a banquet hosted by Emperor Akihito in honor of the visiting American leader at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Premier Abe, wife enter hall for Obama banquet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie proceed to the Homeiden Hall at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to attend a banquet held in honor of visiting U.S. President Barack Obama on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama (3rd from L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) hold talks at the State Guest House in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands after a joint press conference at the State Guest House in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Emperor Akihito toast during a banquet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito speaks during a banquet for U.S. President Barack Obama at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) speaks during a banquet for U.S. President Barack Obama at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Emperor Akihito toast during a banquet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Trade negotiator Amari greets Obama at welcome event

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, exchanges words with U.S. President Barack Obama at a welcome ceremony for the American leader held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 24, 2014.

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China foreign ministry spokesman meets press

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang listens to a reporter's question at a regular press conference in Beijing on April 24, 2014. He reacted sharply to U.S. President Barack Obama's first public statement on defending Japan in the event of a conflict between the country and China over a group of islands in the East China Sea at the heart of a bitter dispute between the two Asian countries.

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China foreign ministry spokesman meets press

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang listens to a reporter's question at a regular press conference in Beijing on April 24, 2014. He reacted sharply to U.S. President Barack Obama's first public statement on defending Japan in the event of a conflict between the country and China over a group of islands in the East China Sea at the heart of a bitter dispute between the two Asian countries.

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama views "yabusame" horseback archery, a traditional Japanese art, at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama writes on an "ema" wooden plaque a message wishing that people around the world would be united to achieve justice, peace and prosperity at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obama sees disaster-relief robot at Miraikan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama listens to an explanation about a disaster relief robot from its developers at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, known as Miraikan, in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama (L) controls a ball kicked by Honda Motor Co.'s ASIMO humanoid robot at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, known as Miraikan, in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an "ema" wooden plaque with a message wishing that people around the world would be united to achieve justice, peace and prosperity, written on by U.S. President Barack Obama, at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Obama watches message by int'l space-station crew

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama (R) watches a video message from International Space Station crew members including Koichi Wakata (C on the screen) at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, known as Miraikan, in Tokyo on April 24, 2014 (Pool photo) .

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Obama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. President Barack Obama visits Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on April 24, 2014. (Pool photo)