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Swans rest at Hokkaido swamp before heading back to north

WAKKANAI, Japan - A flock of swans rest at Onuma swamp in Wakkanai on the northern tip of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, on April 29, 2014, before heading back to the north as Mt. Rishiri with lingering snow stands in the back.

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Smelt fishing on frozen lake in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - A child fishes for smelt through an ice hole on a frozen lake at the Onuma quasi-national park in Hokkaido on Jan. 9, 2012.

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Jack-o'-lanterns appear in Hokkaido

NANAE, Japan - Thirty-five jack-o'-lanterns glow in front of JR Onuma Station in Nanae, Hokkaido, Oct. 13. Such displays have been held since 2001 to publicize the area with locally grown pumpkins.

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City in Tochigi Pref. adopts controversial textbooks

OTAWARA, Japan - Protestors encircle the car carrying Takashi Onuma, education board chief of the city of Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, on July 13 after the education board adopted a junior high school history textbook that China and South Korea say distorts history.

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City in Tochigi Pref. adopts controversial textbooks

OTAWARA, Japan - Protestors encircle the car carrying Takashi Onuma, education board chief of the city of Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, on July 13 after the education board adopted a junior high school history textbook that China and South Korea say distorts history. (Kyodo)

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Scholars urge Abe to express apology for Japan's wartime actions

Yasuaki Onuma (R), a specially appointed professor at Meiji University, and Taichiro Mitani, a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, attend a press conference in Tokyo on July 17, 2015. Seventy-four Japanese scholars, including Onuma and Mitani, urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the same day to express an apology for Japan's wartime actions in his upcoming statement to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man calls for Futaba town not to remove pro-nuclear signboards

Yuji Onuma (R) hands a written request to Shiro Izawa (L), mayor of Futaba town, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 16, 2015, calling for the town to rescind its decision to remove street signboards propagating the positive aspects of nuclear energy. A slogan written by Onuma has been adopted on a signboard and he requested the town to preserve the signboards to pass down the lessons of the nuclear accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fukushima town remains empty, but nuclear slogan disappears

Photo taken Feb. 26, 2016 shows Yuji Onuma standing in front of the sign which used to read "Nuclear power: the energy for a bright future" in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. Onuma, a Futaba resident now evacuated to Ibaraki Prefecture north of Tokyo, created the slogan, the lettering of which was removed in December 2015. The signboard itself was taken away in early March 2016. Photo by Koji Harada. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Removal of pro-nuclear signs in Fukushima town irks slogan maker

Yuji Onuma (L), 39, and his wife Serina, 40, nuclear accident evacuees from the town of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, stand in front of their new home, roofed with solar panels, in Koga, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Feb. 9, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Removal of pro-nuclear sign from Fukushima town irks slogan maker

Yuji Onuma, 39, looks on as workers begin removing a signboard bearing a pro-nuclear power slogan he created when he was in elementary school, in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, which hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Dec. 21, 2015. The sign reads, "Nuclear power: the energy for a bright future." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Removal of pro-nuclear sign from Fukushima town irks slogan maker

Yuji Onuma (L), 39, and his wife Serina, 40, at their home in Koga, Ibaraki Prefecture on Feb. 9, 2016, display the certificate Yuji received after winning a prize for creating a pro-nuclear power slogan when he was in elementary school. The slogan, "Nuclear power: the energy for a bright future," was displayed until recently on a sign in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, which hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swans arrive in Onuma to rest for journey to Siberia

Swans rest in Onuma, a marshland, in Wakkanai in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on April 27, 2015, before flying to Siberia for breeding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swans rest in Onuma before flying to Siberia

Swans rest in Onuma, a marshland, in Wakkanai in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on April 27, 2015, before flying to Siberia for breeding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jack-o'-lanterns appear in Hokkaido

NANAE, Japan - Thirty-five jack-o'-lanterns glow in front of JR Onuma Station in Nanae, Hokkaido, Oct. 13. Such displays have been held since 2001 to publicize the area with locally grown pumpkins. (Kyodo)

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Smelt fishing on frozen lake in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - A child fishes for smelt through an ice hole on a frozen lake at the Onuma quasi-national park in Hokkaido on Jan. 9, 2012. (Kyodo)