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Magewappa exhibition in Rome

An opening event for an exhibition to promote magewappa wooden boxes, a traditional craft of the Akita prefectural city of Odate in northeastern Japan, is held in Rome on Oct. 2, 2025. The exhibition will run through Oct. 31.

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Hachiko memorial service in Akita

Photo taken on May 8, 2023, shows local residents placing flowers on a bronze statue of legendary Akita dog Hachi, also known as Hachiko, during a memorial service in his hometown of Odate, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Hachiko memorial service in Akita

Photo taken on May 8, 2023, shows a bronze statue of legendary Akita dog Hachi, also known as Hachiko, lit up during a memorial service in his hometown of Odate, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Hinai chicken in northeastern Japan

File photo taken Sept. 5, 2023, shows a chicken being raised for sale under the Hinai brand in Odate, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Hachiko memorial service in Akita

Photo taken on May 8, 2023, shows local residents placing flowers on a bronze statue of legendary Akita dog Hachi, also known as Hachiko, during a memorial service in his hometown of Odate, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Hachiko memorial service in Akita

Photo taken on May 8, 2023, shows a bronze statue of legendary Akita dog Hachi, also known as Hachiko, lit up during a memorial service in his hometown of Odate, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Venue of Chinese revolt fosters grassroots ties with victims' families

AKITA, Japan - Zhang Wei touches the monument commemorating the victims of the 1945 Chinese revolt in Odate city, Akita Prefecture, on which the name of his grandfather Zhang Zifen is inscribed.

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Battery-powered train runs for 8.5 km

AKITA, Japan - A train made of specially hardened cardboard and powered by 99 D-size dry cell batteries runs on a disused rail line in the city of Odate in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2014. The train, developed by Panasonic Corp. to highlight the performance of the company's latest dry cell batteries, ran for 8.5 kilometers in two hours carrying around 10 elementary school children. A total of 34 children rode the train in turns.

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Battery-powered train runs for 8.5 km

AKITA, Japan - A train made of specially hardened cardboard and powered by 99 D-size dry cell batteries runs on a disused rail line in the city of Odate in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2014. The train, developed by Panasonic Corp. to highlight the performance of the company's latest dry cell batteries, ran for 8.5 kilometers in two hours carrying around 10 elementary school children. A total of 34 children rode the train in turns.

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Battery-powered train runs for 8.5 km

AKITA, Japan - A man stands in the driver's section of a train made of specially hardened cardboard and powered by dry cell batteries as it runs on a disused rail line in the city of Odate in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2014. A case housing 99 D-size dry cell batteries can be seen in front of him.

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Battery-powered train runs for 8.5 km

AKITA, Japan - A train made of specially hardened cardboard and powered by 99 D-size dry cell batteries runs on a disused rail line in the city of Odate in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2014. The train, developed by Panasonic Corp. to highlight the performance of the company's latest dry cell batteries, ran for 8.5 kilometers in two hours carrying around 10 elementary school children. A total of 34 children rode the train in turns.

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99 D batteries installed to power train car

TOKYO, Japan - A train carriage running on 99 size D batteries is shown in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2014, by its developer Panasonic Corp. The Japanese consumer electronics giant will conduct an experiment to run the carriage with some 10 people aboard over a distance of 8 kilometers in Odate, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 2.

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Panasonic develops train car powered by 99 D batteries

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. displays a train carriage, dubbed Evolta, running on 99 size D batteries in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2014. The Japanese consumer electronics giant will conduct an experiment to run the carriage with some 10 people aboard over a distance of 8 kilometers in Odate, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 2.

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Candy festival held in Odate, Akita

AKITA, Japan - A small child holds a candy at the "Amekko-Ichi" (Candy Market) Festival in Odate, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 8, 2014. The traditional festival, dating back to 1588, is held based on a saying that people who eat candies stay healthy.

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Costume-clad people walk in candy festival

AKITA, Japan - People in traditional costumes walk on a street during the "Amekko-Ichi" (Candy Market) Festival in Odate, Akita Prefecture, on Feb. 8, 2014. The traditional festival, dating back to 1588, is held based on a saying that people who eat candies stay healthy.

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Kajima downs Kansai Univ. to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Kajima Deers wide receiver Yujiro Kojima (25) is tackled by Kansai University Kaisers linebacker Kenjiro Odate in the third quarter of the national Rice Bowl match at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2010. The Deers won the national crown beating the Kaisers 19-16.

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Used-up cellphones popular amid surging demand for rare metals

SENDAI, Japan - A resident of Odate, Akita Prefecture, deposits a used-up small electric household appliance into a collection box.

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Emperor, empress visit Akita Pref. as planned after quake

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito attends Empress Michiko as they arrive at Odate-Noshiro Airport in the city of Kitaakita, Akita Prefecture, June 14 to take part in a tree-planting ceremony in the city.

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Victims of Hanaoka Incident mourned

ODATA, Japan - A man lays flowers at the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the Hanaoka Incident during a ceremony held in Odate, Akita Prefecture, on June 30. On June 30, 1945, Chinese laborers at the labor camp near a copper mine in Odate staged an uprising against their Japanese supervisors. Five supervisors were killed and more than 400 conscripted Chinese workers were believed to have died in the uprising and as a result of severe working conditions.

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Chinese survivors of 1945 uprising join Akita ceremony

AKITA, Japan - Thirty-one Chinese survivors and relatives of those killed in a 1945 uprising of forced laborers attend a memorial service on June 30 in Odate, Akita Prefecture, to remember the victims of what is known as the Hanaoka Incident. The Chinese group visited the site of the uprising for the first time since Kajima Gumi, a predecessor of leading construction contractor Kajima Corp., forced Chinese to work in a river improvement project near the then Hanaoka copper mine.

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3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

About 3,000 of social dance fans across Japan hold an eight-hour mass dance party July 3 at Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The photo shows the participants in formal and informal dresses dancing waltz and rumba in the cavernous hall, which has 1,600 square meters in floor space under a 52-meter-high roof made of cedar wood.

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Campaigning for Japanese general election

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in the Akita Prefecture city of Odate, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 28, 2021, three days ahead of a general election.

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Apple pollination using Toko Ironworks' drone

Toko Ironworks (Odate City, Akita Prefecture) has begun marketing apple pollination work using flying robots (drones) to fruit farmers. Apple trees are tall and bear a large number of fruit, making pollination work hard work. The drone will make the work easier and shorten the working hours. A demonstration experiment is being conducted in collaboration with Aomori Prefectural Nagui Agricultural High School, and Yoaki Torigata, director of the company, says, "We are on the verge of solving the main problem," and plans to market the system, including rental. In the demonstration experiment so far, a fruiting rate of 40-50% was obtained when the drone was used. A solution of pollen mixed with distilled water, sugar, and safflower pigment is placed in a tank, and a drone is flown near the flowers to spray them. The downwash airflow caused by the drone's propeller atomizes the solution and applies it evenly. Photo taken on August 20, 2019,credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Chinese survivors of 1945 uprising join Akita ceremony

AKITA, Japan - Thirty-one Chinese survivors and relatives of those killed in a 1945 uprising of forced laborers attend a memorial service on June 30 in Odate, Akita Prefecture, to remember the victims of what is known as the Hanaoka Incident. The Chinese group visited the site of the uprising for the first time since Kajima Gumi, a predecessor of leading construction contractor Kajima Corp., forced Chinese to work in a river improvement project near the then Hanaoka copper mine.

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Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)

Ken Watanabe, Odate Masashi, Hiroshi Watanabe & Tsuyoshi Ihara Characters: General Kuribayashi,,Lieutenant Fujita & Baron Nishi Film: Letters From Iwo Jima (USA 2006) Director: Clint Eastwood 15 November 2006 (L-r) KEN WATANABE as General Kuribayashi, ODATE MASASHI as Cook, HIROSHI WATANABE as Lieutenant Fujita and TSUYOSHI IHARA as Baron Nishi in Warner Bros. Pictures

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70th anniv. of uprising at Hanaoka forced labor mining camp

A bereaved family of a Chinese national who was forced to work at the Hanaoka mining camp in the northeastern Japanese city of Odate during the war offers flowers at a cenotaph during a commemorative ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of a major uprising there, which resulted in the deaths of many Chinese workers. More than 100 people both from Japan and China attended it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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70th anniv. of uprising at Hanaoka forced labor mining camp

Wang Jingxin, whose father was forced to work at the Hanaoka mining camp in the northeastern Japanese city of Odate during the war, addresses a commemorative ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of a major uprising there, which resulted in the deaths of many Chinese workers. Wang called on more than 100 attendees to keep the tragic history in their heart to further promote bilateral friendship. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Victims of Hanaoka Incident mourned

ODATA, Japan - A man lays flowers at the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the Hanaka Incident during a ceremony held in Odate, Akita Prefecture, on June 30. On June 30, 1945, Chinese laborers at the labor camp near a copper mine in Odate staged an uprising against their Japanese supervisors. Five supervisors were killed and more than 400 conscripted Chinese workers were believed to have died in the uprising and as a result of severe working conditions. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress visit Akita Pref. as planned after quake

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito attends Empress Michiko as they arrive at Odate-Noshiro Airport in the city of Kitaakita, Akita Prefecture, June 14 to take part in a tree-planting ceremony in the city. (Kyodo)

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Kajima downs Kansai Univ. to win Rice Bowl

TOKYO, Japan - Kajima Deers wide receiver Yujiro Kojima (25) is tackled by Kansai University Kaisers linebacker Kenjiro Odate in the third quarter of the national Rice Bowl match at Tokyo Dome on Jan. 3, 2010. The Deers won the national crown beating the Kaisers 19-16. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner (upper right) passes by a green-colored train car, which had been once used as a tourist information center outside Tokyo's Shibuya Station, in Odate in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 9, 2021.

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Battery-powered train runs for 8.5 km

AKITA, Japan - A train made of specially hardened cardboard and powered by 99 D-size dry cell batteries runs on a disused rail line in the city of Odate in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2014. The train, developed by Panasonic Corp. to highlight the performance of the company's latest dry cell batteries, ran for 8.5 kilometers in two hours carrying around 10 elementary school children. A total of 34 children rode the train in turns. (Kyodo)

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Battery-powered train runs for 8.5 km

AKITA, Japan - A train made of specially hardened cardboard and powered by 99 D-size dry cell batteries runs on a disused rail line in the city of Odate in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2014. The train, developed by Panasonic Corp. to highlight the performance of the company's latest dry cell batteries, ran for 8.5 kilometers in two hours carrying around 10 elementary school children. A total of 34 children rode the train in turns. (Kyodo)

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Panasonic develops train car powered by 99 D batteries

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. displays a train carriage, dubbed Evolta, running on 99 size D batteries in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2014. The Japanese consumer electronics giant will conduct an experiment to run the carriage with some 10 people aboard over a distance of 8 kilometers in Odate, Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 2. (Kyodo)

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Hinai chicken brand in crisis

Photo taken April 30, 2020, shows chickens being raised for sale under the Hinai brand at a farm in Odate in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The farm has been hit hard by reduced demand from restaurants amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hinai brand chickens in crisis

Koji Takahashi tends to chickens being raised for sale under the Hinai brand at a farm in Odate in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 30, 2020. The farm has been hit hard by reduced demand from restaurants amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Puppy presented to ex-sumo grand champion Asashoryu

Former sumo grand champion Asashoryu holds an Akita dog he received from a group preserving the Japanese dog breed at an event in Odate in the breed's namesake prefecture on May 3, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Puppy presented to ex-sumo grand champion Asashoryu

Former sumo grand champion Asashoryu holds an Akita dog he received from a group preserving the Japanese dog breed at an event in Odate in the breed's namesake prefecture on May 3, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Puppy offered to figure skater Zagitova

A Japanese Akita puppy offered to Russian Olympic champion figure skater Alina Zagitova is shown to the public in Odate city in the breed's namesake prefecture on May 3, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Puppy offered to Olympic champion figure skater Zagitova goes on show

A Japanese Akita puppy offered to Russian Olympic champion figure skater Alina Zagitova is shown to the public in Odate city in the breed's namesake prefecture on May 3, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Puppy offered to Olympic champion figure skater Zagitova goes on show

A Japanese Akita puppy offered to Russian Olympic champion figure skater Alina Zagitova is shown to the public in Odate city in the breed's namesake prefecture on May 3, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional letter burning on Akita mountain

A burning kanji character for "dog" appears on a mountain in Odate, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 16, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional letter burning on Akita mountain

A burning kanji character for "dog" appears on a mountain in Odate, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 16, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World's biggest paper crane

ODATE, Japan - A giant ''origami'' paper crane completed inside the Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The crane, which was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records to be the world's biggest, is 78 meters wide including its wings. The photo was taken Jan. 21, 2001. (Kyodo)

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4 injured in pileup on Tohoku expressway

MORIOKA, Japan - Four men were injured, one seriously, Dec. 12 in a pileup involving about 30 vehicles on the Tohoku expressway in Iwate Prefecture, police say. A large truck collided into an express highway bus bound for Sendai from Odate, Akita Prefecture, at around 8:50 a.m. in the town of Ashiro, and other vehicles, including trailers and passenger cars, became involved in a chain collision, the police said. The photo was supplied by the Iwate Nippo newspaper.

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3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

About 3,000 of social dance fans across Japan hold an eight-hour mass dance party July 3 at Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The photo shows the participants in formal and informal dresses dancing waltz and rumba in the cavernous hall, which has 1,600 square meters in floor space under a 52-meter-high roof made of cedar wood.

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3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

About 3,000 of social dance fans across Japan hold an eight-hour mass dance party July 3 at Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The photo shows the participants in formal and informal dresses dancing waltz and rumba in the cavernous hall, which has 1,600 square meters in floor space under a 52-meter-high roof made of cedar wood.