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Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor Hikaru Ogawara crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2025, securing the university's eighth victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor Hikaru Ogawara crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2025, securing the university's eighth victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor Hikaru Ogawara crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2025, securing the university's eighth victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

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Reprocessed spent nuclear fuel

AOMORI, Japan - Highly radioactive waste is unloaded from a vessel at Mutsu Ogawara port in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, for storage on April 22, 2014. The vessel arrived earlier in the day from Britain, where spent nuclear fuel from Japanese power plants has been reprocessed.

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Reprocessed spent nuclear fuel

AOMORI, Japan - A ship carrying a cargo of high-level radioactive waste produced through reprocessing of spent Japanese nuclear fuel in Britain arrives at Mutsu Ogawara port in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, for storage on April 22, 2014.

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Reprocessed nuclear waste arrives in Japan from Britain

AOMORI, Japan - A shipping cask containing vitrified radioactive waste is lifted by crane from a freighter at Mutsu Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on March 9, 2010. The nuclear waste from fuel used in Japanese plants was transported back to Japan after being reprocessed in Britain, the first shipment of its kind to arrive from the country.

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Nuclear waste arrives in Japan from Britain

AOMORI, Japan - A freighter carrying high-level radioactive vitrified waste from Britain arrives at Mutsu Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on March 9, 2010. The shipment, which comprises of nuclear waste reprocessed in Britain from fuels used at Japanese plants, is the first of its kind coming from Britain back into Japan.

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Rare 'marimo' algae balls found in Aomori lake

AOMORI, Japan - A girl looks at ''marimo'' algae balls in a fish tank at Aquarium Asamushi in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, on Jan. 10. The greenish algae balls which have been found in Lake Ogawara in the northern Japan prefecture since last fall have drawn scientists' attention as it is rare for the algae to live in lakes such as Ogawara in which fresh and salt water is mixed. Marimos are a type of algae formed by many small strings of algae tangling together in a spherical pattern, forming a velvety green surface.

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(1)Rokkasho plant to use depleted uranium for tests

AOMORI, Japan - Depleted uranium is unloaded at Mutsu-Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on Dec. 20 as Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. began moving it into a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the village in preparation for a test operation starting Dec. 21. The test run is aimed at checking various operations and equipment performance prior to an ''active test'' using spent nuclear fuel, company officials said.

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(2)Rokkasho plant to use depleted uranium for tests

AOMORI, Japan - Depleted uranium is unloaded at Mutsu-Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on Dec. 20 as Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. began moving it into a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the village in preparation for a test operation starting Dec. 21. The test run is aimed at checking various operations and equipment performance prior to an ''active test'' using spent nuclear fuel, company officials said.

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Reprocessed nuclear waste arrives in Rokkasho from France

ROKKASHO, Japan - The British freighter Pacific Sandpiper arrives in Mutsu-Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan on Jan. 22. It was carrying highly radioactive nuclear waste reprocessed in France from spent nuclear fuel removed from nuclear reactors in Japan. The waste will be stored at a Rokkasho storage facility for 30-50 years.

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Processed nuclear waste arrives in Japan

ROKKASHO VILLAGE, Japan - The British cargo ship Pacific Swan carrying vitrified high-level radioactive waste is berthed at Mutsu-Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 20. The cargo comprising eight containers of 192 vitrified blocks has been reprocessed by French nuclear fuel company COGEMA and is to be delivered to a storage facility in the village.

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People protest arrival of ship carrying spent N-fuel

AOMORI, Japan - People protest at a port in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 22 the arrival of a cargo ship carrying 13 tons of spent nuclear fuel. The 4,913-ton Rokuei Maru arrived at Mutsu-Ogawara port near the village of Rokkasho where a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant is being built. The spent nuclear fuel is from a nuclear power station run by Kyushu Electric Power Co. in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Reprocessed nuclear waste arrives in Rokkasho from France

ROKKASHO, Japan - The British freighter Pacific Sandpiper arrives in Mutsu-Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan on Jan. 22. It was carrying highly radioactive nuclear waste reprocessed in France from spent nuclear fuel removed from nuclear reactors in Japan. The waste will be stored at a Rokkasho storage facility for 30-50 years.

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(2)Rokkasho plant to use depleted uranium for tests

AOMORI, Japan - Depleted uranium is unloaded at Mutsu-Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on Dec. 20 as Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. began moving it into a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the village in preparation for a test operation starting Dec. 21. The test run is aimed at checking various operations and equipment performance prior to an ''active test'' using spent nuclear fuel, company officials said. (Kyodo)

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(1)Rokkasho plant to use depleted uranium for tests

AOMORI, Japan - Depleted uranium is unloaded at Mutsu-Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on Dec. 20 as Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. began moving it into a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the village in preparation for a test operation starting Dec. 21. The test run is aimed at checking various operations and equipment performance prior to an ''active test'' using spent nuclear fuel, company officials said. (Kyodo)

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Rare 'marimo' algae balls found in Aomori lake

AOMORI, Japan - A girl looks at ''marimo'' algae balls in a fish tank at Aquarium Asamushi in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, on Jan. 10. The greenish algae balls which have been found in Lake Ogawara in the northern Japan prefecture since last fall have drawn scientists' attention as it is rare for the algae to live in lakes such as Ogawara in which fresh and salt water is mixed. Marimos are a type of algae formed by many small strings of algae tangling together in a spherical pattern, forming a velvety green surface. (Kyodo)

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A Seven-Eleven store

A Seven-Eleven store at Ogawara train station in Miyagi Prefecture. Seven-Eleven is Japan's largest convenience store chain.

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Pro-, anti-death penalty lawyers debate at EU-organized symposium

Tokyo-based lawyer Yuji Ogawara (standing on stage) argues during a symposium organized by the Delegation of the European Union to Japan on Nov. 17, 2016, in Tokyo that the death penalty should be abolished. At right (sitting) is fellow panelist Masato Takahashi, also a Tokyo lawyer who supports the capital punishment system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's lawyers group aims to abolish death penalty

Yuji Ogawara, a Tokyo-based lawyer, speaks at a symposium on the death penalty in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2016. The Japan Federation of Bar Associations will propose at an annual human rights meeting in October it work for abolishing the capital punishment by 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reprocessed nuclear waste arrives in Japan from Britain

AOMORI, Japan - A shipping cask containing vitrified radioactive waste is lifted by crane from a freighter at Mutsu Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on March 9, 2010. The nuclear waste from fuel used in Japanese plants was transported back to Japan after being reprocessed in Britain, the first shipment of its kind to arrive from the country. (Kyodo)

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Nuclear waste arrives in Japan from Britain

AOMORI, Japan - A freighter carrying high-level radioactive vitrified waste from Britain arrives at Mutsu Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on March 9, 2010. The shipment, which comprises of nuclear waste reprocessed in Britain from fuels used at Japanese plants, is the first of its kind coming from Britain back into Japan. (Kyodo)

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Oil slick on Aomori Pref. lake

Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel return from confirming the presence of two oil slicks on Lake Ogawara in Aomori Prefecture on Feb. 22, 2018, two days after a U.S. F-16 fighter jet dumped two fuel tanks into the lake after an engine fire. ==Kyodo

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Fuel tanks dropped into lake

Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel recover part of the fuel tanks dumped by a U.S. fighter jet from Lake Ogawara in Aomori Prefecture on Feb. 24, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MSDF to recover leaked oil at lake

Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel return from investigation in preparation to recover leaked oil at Lake Ogawara in Aomori Prefecture on Feb. 21, 2018, a day after a U.S. fighter jet dumped fuel tanks into the lake following an engine fire. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. fighter jet dumps fuel tanks into lake after engine fire

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows the U.S. Air Force's Misawa Air Base (front) and Lake Ogawara (back) in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 20, 2018. Earlier in the day, a U.S. fighter jet dumped a pair of fuel tanks into the lake after an engine fire. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Processed nuclear waste arrives in Japan

ROKKASHO VILLAGE, Japan - The British cargo ship Pacific Swan carrying vitrified high-level radioactive waste is berthed at Mutsu-Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 20. The cargo comprising eight containers of 192 vitrified blocks has been reprocessed by French nuclear fuel company COGEMA and is to be delivered to a storage facility in the village.

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Nuclear waste unloaded at Japan port

ROKKASHO, Japan - A vessel containing high-level radioactive waste processed in France is unloaded and put on a trailer from the British cargo ship Pacific Swan at Mutsu-Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on Feb. 23.

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Nuclear waste arrives in Japan after processed in France

ROKKASHO, Japan - A group of protesters rally at a port in Aomori Prefecture against the arrival Feb. 23 of a British cargo ship carrying high-level radioactive waste processed in France. The 4,527-ton Pacific Swan docked at Mutsu-Ogawara port near the village of Rokkasho, northeastern Japan, where a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant is being built. The shipment, the fifth of its kind since 1995, comprises 104 rods of vitrified blocks produced on behalf of five electric power companies in Japan.

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People protest arrival of ship carrying spent N-fuel

AOMORI, Japan - People protest at a port in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 22 the arrival of a cargo ship carrying 13 tons of spent nuclear fuel. The 4,913-ton Rokuei Maru arrived at Mutsu-Ogawara port near the village of Rokkasho where a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant is being built. The spent nuclear fuel is from a nuclear power station run by Kyushu Electric Power Co. in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Nuclear waste ship arrives at Aomori port.

A vessel containing nuclear waste in the form of 40 rods of vitrified blocks is unloaded from the 5,000-ton British ship Pacific Swan, which arrived at Mutsu-Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, some 700 kilometers north of Tokyo, on April 15. The high-level radioactive waste was reprocessed in France.