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Monument for eternal memory of tsunami

OTSUCHI, Japan - Yusaku Yoshida (L), a 16-year-old high school student in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, and Tadayoshi Oguni, deputy chief of the Ando district neighborhood association, stand in front of a wooden monument Yoshida erected on a hill there on March 11, 2013 to indefinitely remember the devastating tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku exactly two years earlier.

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Local firefighters in quake-hit Otsuchi

OTSUCHI, Japan - Takashi Oguni (R), a local firefighter, prays for the souls of his coworkers who have been killed in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 2, 2011.

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(5)Nagaoka, Oguni residents move into temporary housing

NAGAOKA, Japan - A couple who had their house heavily damaged by the Oct. 23 earthquakes relax with their dog after moving into a temporary housing unit in Nagaoka on Nov. 24.

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(3)Nagaoka, Oguni residents move into temporary housing

NIIGATA, Japan - A mother with her child in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, whose house was destroyed by the Oct. 23 quakes, examines on Nov. 24 a just-completed temporary housing unit into which they are moving from their shelter.

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(4)Nagaoka, Oguni residents move into temporary housing

NIIGATA, Japan - Aerial view of temporary housing units in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, into which people whose homes were destroyed by the Oct. 23 quakes began moving into from their shelters on Nov. 24.

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(2)Nagaoka, Oguni residents move into temporary housing

NIIGATA, Japan - A woman resident of Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, whose house was destroyed by the Oct. 23 quakes, moves into a just-completed temporary housing unit from her shelter on Nov. 24.

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2 babies born at reopened clinic in quake-hit Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Two women have given birth at a freshly reopened maternity clinic in Ojiya, one of the communities in Niigata Prefecture worst hit by the devastating earthquakes of Oct. 23. Kumiko Suzuki (L), a 30-year-old local government employee in the town of Oguni, gave birth to a boy on Nov. 5 while Izumi Wada, a 29-year-old housewife in the town of Koshiji, gave birth to a girl two days later.

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Zebras? No, wagyu cattle with body coated in insect-repelling test

An experiment is underway in the Yamagata Prefecture town of Oguni, home to Yonezawa wagyu beef cattle, to prevent damage from blood-sucking insects such as gadfly and cattle fly by coating the body in a “zebra-like pattern.” The prefectural government, which is leading the project, is considering putting it into practical use after finding the coating “effective to a certain extent.”Date: October 2021 (shooting day unknown)Place: Oguni town, Yamagata Prefecture

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2 babies born at reopened clinic in quake-hit Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Two women have given birth at a freshly reopened maternity clinic in Ojiya, one of the communities in Niigata Prefecture worst hit by the devastating earthquakes of Oct. 23. Kumiko Suzuki (L), a 30-year-old local government employee in the town of Oguni, gave birth to a boy on Nov. 5 while Izumi Wada, a 29-year-old housewife in the town of Koshiji, gave birth to a girl two days later. (Kyodo)

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(5)Nagaoka, Oguni residents move into temporary housing

NAGAOKA, Japan - A couple who had their house heavily damaged by the Oct. 23 earthquakes relax with their dog after moving into a temporary housing unit in Nagaoka on Nov. 24. (Kyodo)

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(2)Nagaoka, Oguni residents move into temporary housing

NIIGATA, Japan - A woman resident of Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, whose house was destroyed by the Oct. 23 quakes, moves into a just-completed temporary housing unit from her shelter on Nov. 24. (Kyodo)

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(4)Nagaoka, Oguni residents move into temporary housing

NIIGATA, Japan - Aerial view of temporary housing units in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, into which people whose homes were destroyed by the Oct. 23 quakes began moving into from their shelters on Nov. 24. (Kyodo)

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(1)Nagaoka, Oguni residents move into temporary housing

NIIGATA, Japan - A woman resident of Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture whose house was destroyed by the Oct. 23 quakes receives a key from a city official on Nov. 24 to move into a just-completed temporary housing unit from her shelter. (Kyodo)

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Couple who survived tsunami for 3rd time

OTSUCHI, Japan - Tatsuo Oguni (L), 82, and wife Sadako, 83, who have survived three major tsunamis including the March 11, 2011 tsunami which wiped away their home, pose for photos at an evacuation center in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 2. The couple, who experienced the 1933 magnitude 8.1 Showa Sanriku earthquake and tsunami as toddlers, and the 1960 tsunami caused by a magnitude 9.5 earthquake in Chile, said the latest disaster was the worst but that they believe their town will overcome it as it has in the past. (Kyodo)

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Local firefighters in quake-hit Otsuchi

OTSUCHI, Japan - Takashi Oguni (R), a local firefighter, prays for the souls of his coworkers who have been killed in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 2, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Bear festival in Japan

A hunter in this photo taken May 4, 2018, gestures toward bear fur during the Kotamagawa Bear Festival in Oguni, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bear festival in Japan

A hunter in this photo taken May 4, 2018, gestures toward bear fur during the Kotamagawa Bear Festival in Oguni, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwasa wins world title

Ryosuke Iwasa of Japan celebrates after dethroning International Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion and compatriot Yukinori Oguni, who was defending his title for the first time, in a sixth-round technical knockout in Osaka on Sept. 13, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwasa wins world title

Ryosuke Iwasa of Japan celebrates after dethroning International Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion and compatriot Yukinori Oguni, who was defending his title for the first time, in a sixth-round technical knockout in Osaka on Sept. 13, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iwasa wins world title

Ryosuke Iwasa of Japan celebrates after dethroning International Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion and compatriot Yukinori Oguni, who was defending his title for the first time, in a sixth-round technical knockout in Osaka on Sept. 13, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Oguni to make 1st super bantamweight title defense in Sept.

IBF super bantamweight champion Yukinori Oguni (L) of Japan poses for a photo alongside third-ranked compatriot Ryosuke Iwasa, following a press conference in Tokyo on July 13, 2017. Oguni will make his first title defense against Iwasa in September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: IBF champ Guzman preparing for title match in Kyoto

IBF super bantamweight champion Jonathan Guzman of the Dominican Republic trains in Kyoto on Dec. 27, 2016, four days before his first title defense against fifth-ranked Japanese Yukinori Oguni. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: IBF champ Guzman preparing for title match in Kyoto

IBF super bantamweight champion Jonathan Guzman of the Dominican Republic trains in Kyoto on Dec. 27, 2016, four days before his first title defense against fifth-ranked Japanese Yukinori Oguni. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Oguni to fight for IBF super bantamweight crown

The IBF's fifth-ranked super bantamweight boxer Yukinori Oguni of Japan, seen in this undated photo, will take his first crack at a world title against Dominican champion Jonathan Guzman in Japan on Dec. 31, 2016, his gym said on Sept. 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo