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Tenjin festival in Osaka

Fireworks light up the night sky on July 25, 2025, during the "Funatogyo" boat procession, the highlight of the annual Tenjin festival, with about 100 boats cruising the Okawa River in the western Japan city of Osaka.

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Tenjin festival in Osaka

Fireworks light up the night sky on July 25, 2025, during the "Funatogyo" boat procession, the highlight of the annual Tenjin festival, with about 100 boats cruising the Okawa River in the western Japan city of Osaka.

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University of Edinburgh returns Ainu skulls

Executive Director Masaru Okawa (L) and other representatives from the Ainu Association of Hokkaido, a group representing the Ainu indigenous people in the northern Japan region, receive the remains of three Ainu from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland on April 30, 2025. The skulls were kept by the university for about 110 years for research purposes.

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Japan: Cherry Blossoms Reach Full Bloom Across Country 4

Cherry blossoms have begun to bloom all over Japan, and are expected to reach full bloom in many places this week. This video shows cherry blossom trees along the Okawa River in Osaka City.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Lanterns are lit at the former Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeast. A total of 74 students, and 10 teachers and officials of the school died or went missing when it was engulfed by the tsunami.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Flowers are seen placed in front of the former Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 9, 2025, ahead of the 14th anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's northeast. A total of 74 students and 10 teachers and officials from the school died or went missing when it was engulfed by the tsunami.

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13th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People look at lanterns placed at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2024, the 13th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the country's northeast. A total of 74 students and 10 teachers and officials from the school died or went missing when it was engulfed by the tsunami.

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13th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People look at lanterns placed at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2024, the 13th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the country's northeast. A total of 74 students and 10 teachers and officials from the school died or went missing when it was engulfed by the tsunami.

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13th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People look at lanterns placed at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2024, the 13th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated the country's northeast. A total of 74 students and 10 teachers and officials from the school died or went missing when it was engulfed by the tsunami.

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Australia returns Ainu remains to Japan after 80 years

Masaru Okawa, head of the Ainu Association of Hokkaido, signs a document during a ceremony held in Melbourne, Australia, on May 6, 2023, as the remains of four indigenous Ainu were returned to Japan more than 80 years since they were sent to the Pacific nation for research purposes.

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Australia returns Ainu remains to Japan after 80 years

Masaru Okawa, head of the Ainu Association of Hokkaido, speaks during a ceremony held in Melbourne, Australia, on May 6, 2023, as the remains of four indigenous Ainu were returned to Japan more than 80 years since they were sent to the Pacific nation for research purposes.

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Australia returns Ainu remains to Japan after 80 years

Masaru Okawa, head of the Ainu Association of Hokkaido, signs a document during a ceremony held in Melbourne, Australia, on May 6, 2023, as the remains of four indigenous Ainu were returned to Japan more than 80 years since they were sent to the Pacific nation for research purposes.

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Australia returns Ainu remains to Japan after 80 years

Masaru Okawa, head of the Ainu Association of Hokkaido, speaks during a ceremony held in Melbourne, Australia, on May 6, 2023, as the remains of four indigenous Ainu were returned to Japan more than 80 years since they were sent to the Pacific nation for research purposes.

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Ryuho Okawa, founder of Happy Science religious group, dies at 66

Ryuho Okawa, founder of the Happy Science religious organization, delivers a speech in Sapporo, northern Japan, in June 2009, after launching the Happiness Realization Party to run in that year's House of Representatives election. Okawa died on March 2, 2023, aged 66 of undisclosed causes.

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Christmas tree lit up at tsunami-ruined school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A Christmas tree set up by volunteer workers at the tsunami-ruined Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is illuminated on Dec. 10, 2014, in memory of the 84 pupils and staff members killed by the 2011 disaster caused by a devastating earthquake.

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Christmas tree illuminated at tsunami-ruined school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A Christmas tree set up by volunteer workers at the tsunami-ruined Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is lit up on Dec. 10, 2014, in memory of the 84 pupils and staff members killed by the 2011 tsunami caused by a devastating earthquake.

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World's oldest person Misao Okawa dies at 117

TOKYO, April 1 Kyodo - Photo taken in February 2013 shows Misao Okawa, who died on April 1, 2015, in the city of Osaka at the age of 117 as the Guinness World Records-recognized world's oldest person.

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Tsunami-hit school building sought to be kept as 'relic'

SENDAI, Japan - High school student Sonomi Sato appeals for the preservation of the damaged building of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, as an earthquake relic at a gathering in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2014. Sato's younger sister Mizuho, killed in the March 2011 tsunami, was a student at the elementary school.

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Kobe high schoolers visit tsunami-hit Ishinomaki school

OSAKA, Japan - Students of Maiko high school in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, stand in front of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 27, 2014. They visited the school which lost many pupils in the March 2011 tsunami as part of an extracurricular activity at the high school offering a disaster prevention course, the only such course provided at a Japanese high school.

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British fundraiser reaches tsunami-hit Japan school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Dominic Farwell-Cooke, a British fundraiser, visits Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2014, reaching the finish line of his epic motorcycle trip from Britain to Japan in aid of orphans from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. At the school, about three-fourths of the students and most teachers died or remain unaccounted for in the wake of the disaster.

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British fundraiser reaches tsunami-hit Japan school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Dominic Farwell-Cooke, a British fundraiser, prays in front of the cenotaph at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on Aug. 25, 2014, after reaching the finish line of his epic motorcycle trip from Britain to Japan in aid of orphans from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. At the school, about three-fourths of the students and most teachers died or remain unaccounted for in the wake of the disaster.

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British fundraiser reaches tsunami-hit Japan school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Dominic Farwell-Cooke, a British fundraiser, prays in front of the cenotaph at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on Aug. 25, 2014, after reaching the finish line of his epic motorcycle trip from Britain to Japan in aid of orphans from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. At the school, about three-fourths of the students and most teachers died or remain unaccounted for in the wake of the disaster.

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Festival using LEDs takes place on Osaka river

OSAKA, Japan - "The Legend of Heisei Osaka Amanogawa" (Milky Way) festival takes place on July 7, 2014, with some 50,000 light-emitting diodes floating on the surface of the Okawa River running through the central part of Osaka City.

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Suit over pupils' deaths in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo shows Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 19, 2014. A hearing was held the same day at the Sendai District Court in the prefecture, after relatives of 23 pupils at the school who died in the earthquake and tsunami disaster of March 11, 2011, filed a damages suit in March. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the disaster.

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3 years since quake-tsunami disasters

SENDAI, Japan - People pray at Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2014, the third anniversary of a massive earthquake and tsunami. At the school, 74 of the 108 students died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the disaster.

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Suit over death of elementary school kids in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Kazutaka Sato prays in front of a cenotaph at Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2014. Bereaved family members, including Sato, of 23 students at the school who were killed in the March 11, 2011 tsunami filed a damages suit the same day, arguing the children died because the school failed to evacuate them to higher ground. At the school, 74 of the 108 students died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the wake of the tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake.

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Suit over death of elementary school kids in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo shows Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2014. Bereaved families of 23 students at the school who were killed in the March 11, 2011 tsunami filed a damages suit the same day, arguing the children died because the school failed to evacuate them to higher ground. At the school, 74 of the 108 students died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the wake of the tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos from Kyodo News helicopter show Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (top), nearly two weeks after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 28, 2014 (bottom). Dozens of pupils fell victim to the disaster.

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World's oldest person turns 116

OSAKA, Japan - Misao Okawa (L), recognized as the world's oldest person by Guinness World Records, is congratulated by an employee at a nursing home in Osaka on March 5, 2014, as she turns 116. She became the oldest living person in the world in June 2013.

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World's oldest person turns 116

OSAKA, Japan - Misao Okawa, recognized as the world's oldest person by Guinness World Records, smiles with a birthday cake at a nursing home in Osaka on March 5, 2014, as she turns 116. She became the oldest living person in the world in June 2013.

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World's oldest person turns 116

OSAKA, Japan - Misao Okawa, recognized as the world's oldest person by Guinness World Records, eats birthday cake at a nursing home in Osaka on March 5, 2014, as she turns 116. She became the oldest living person in the world in June 2013.

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World's oldest person smiles before 116th birthday

OSAKA, Japan - Misao Okawa, the Guinness-certified oldest living person in the world, smiles in a "hina" doll costume in Osaka, western Japan, on Girls' Day on March 3, 2014, before her 116th birthday on March 5.

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Disaster-hit school in Ishinomaki, Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The remains of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, remain deserted on Feb. 25, 2014. At the school, 84 students, teachers and staff members died in the March 2011 tsunami. There has not been any discussion on whether to preserve or demolish the school building (Photo taken in long exposure mode with fisheye lens).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area around Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). Many pupils and teachers at the school were killed or became unaccounted for in the disaster.

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Oldest woman

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Misao Okawa, a 115-year-old woman in Osaka, who became the oldest living person in the world on June 12, 2013, the Japanese unit of Guinness said.

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World's oldest woman turns 115

OSAKA, Japan - Misao Okawa, the world's oldest living woman, as recognized by Guinness World Records, receives flowers in Osaka on March 5, 2013, when she turned 115.

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World's oldest woman

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Misao Okawa, a 114-year-old resident of Osaka in western Japan on Feb. 27, 2013, who was recognized the same day as the world's oldest woman by Guinness World Records. Okawa was born on March 5, 1898.

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World's oldest woman

OSAKA, Japan - Misao Okawa (R), aged 114, receives a certificate from an official of Guinness World Records recognizing her as the world's oldest woman, in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 27, 2013. Okawa was born on March 5, 1898.

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World's oldest woman

OSAKA, Japan - Misao Okawa (2nd from L), aged 114, sits for photos with her family after receiving a certificate from Guinness World Records recognizing her as the world's oldest woman, in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 27, 2013. Okawa was born on March 5, 1898.

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World's oldest woman

OSAKA, Japan - Misao Okawa, aged 114, receives a certificate from Guinness World Records recognizing her as the world's oldest woman, in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 27, 2013. Okawa was born on March 5, 1898.

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World's oldest woman

OSAKA, Japan - A Jan. 17, 2013, photo shows Misao Okawa, a 114-year-old resident of the western Japanese city of Osaka. She is expected to be recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest woman, people close to her said on Feb. 23, 2013.

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1 and a half years after quake

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). Many children died or went missing as the tsunami hit Okawa Elementary School which stood in the area.

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1st anniversary of tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People offer prayers at an alter on the premises of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the tsunami.

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1st anniversary of tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People offer prayers at an alter on the premises of Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the tsunami.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 3, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same school on March 3, 2012 (bottom). At the school, 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the disaster.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 22, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same school on March 3, 2012 (bottom), when people offer prayers there. At the school, 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing in the disaster.

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Memorial ceremony at Ishinomaki school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A man, who is among relatives of 74 students and 10 teachers who were killed in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, joins his hands before an altar at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 4, 2012. A memorial ceremony was held in the city the same day ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster, attended by surviving students and bereaved families.

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Meeting on tsunami tragedy at school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman heads to an elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2012, to attend a meeting held by the local education board to explain the events of the March 2011 tsunami to parents of pupils at Okawa Elementary School, where 74 of the 108 students and 10 of the 13 teachers died or went missing.

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4 months after disaster

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Buddhist monks offer prayers near the ruins of Okawa Elementary School (back R) in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, as Japan marked four months since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Some 70 percent of pupils at the school died or went missing in the disaster.

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Star Festival illuminations in Osaka river

OSAKA, Japan - The Okawa river in Osaka, western Japan, is decorated by light-emitting diodes on the Star Festival evening on July 7, 2011.