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Nationwide street fundraising by Buddhist monks

A Tendai Buddhist monk from Enryakuji, a temple located on Mt. Hiei in the western Japan city of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, visits a home in the city to seek donations on Dec. 1, 2025. The annual street fundraising campaign by the Tendai temples across Japan takes place in over 50 locations nationwide, with proceeds to be donated to such organizations as the Japanese Red Cross Society.

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Nationwide street fundraising by Buddhist monks

Tendai Buddhist monks from Enryakuji, a temple located on Mt. Hiei in the western Japan city of Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, walk around houses in the city to seek donations on Dec. 1, 2025. The annual street fundraising campaign by Tendai temples across Japan takes place in over 50 locations nationwide, with proceeds to be donated to such organizations as the Japanese Red Cross Society.

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Remotely controlled excavator

A remotely controlled unmanned excavator removes earth and sand at the site of a landslide caused by the Jan. 1, 2024 massive earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 8, 2025. The excavator, controlled from an office in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan -- over 300 kilometers away from the site -- was introduced by the land ministry the same day.

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Remotely controlled excavator

A remotely controlled unmanned excavator removes earth and sand at the site of a landslide caused by the Jan. 1, 2024 massive earthquake in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on May 8, 2025. The excavator, controlled from an office in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan -- over 300 kilometers away from the site -- was introduced by the land ministry the same day.

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700-year-old festival in Aichi Pref.

A man posing as a demon brandishes a hatchet during a traditional "hana" festival, recognized as a significant intangible folk cultural property, with origins dating back over 700 years, in Toei in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi, in the small hours of Dec. 1, 2024.

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700-year-old festival in Aichi Pref.

A man posing as a demon brandishes a hatchet during a traditional "hana" festival, recognized as a significant intangible folk cultural property, with origins dating back over 700 years, in Toei in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi, in the small hours of Dec. 1, 2024.

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Total solar eclipse crosses North America, Texas in path of totality

STORY: Total solar eclipse crosses North America, Texas in path of totality SHOOTING TIME: April 8, 2024 DATELINE: April 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:59 LOCATION: DALLAS, U.S. CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of people watching the eclipse in Plano, Dallas 2. whole process of eclipse including the 1st contact, 2nd contact, totality, 3rd contact, and 4th contact STORYLINE: A total solar eclipse passed over North America on Monday, with a significant part of the U.S. state of Texas in the path of totality. The eclipse started at Mexico's Pacific coast around 1:07 p.m. CDT, crossed into the United States near Eagle Pass, western Texas, at 1:27 p.m., and then moved northeast across Texas, and many other states before reaching Canada. In Plano, a suburban city of Dallas, the partial eclipse lasted from 12:23 p.m. to 3:02 p.m. The total eclipse, where the moon fully covered the sun, occurred from 1:41 p.m. to 1:44 p.m., lasting nearly 4 minutes. Residents and visitors gathered at Windhaven Meadow Park to o

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Heavy rain in China

Photo taken on Aug. 1, 2023, shows vehicles piled up on a street in Beijing after torrential rain hit the Chinese capital, leaving over 10 people dead and forcing over 120,000 to evacuate.

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Heavy rain in China

Photo taken on Aug. 1, 2023, shows a damaged vehicle in Beijing after torrential rain hit the Chinese capital, leaving over 10 people dead and forcing over 120,000 to evacuate.

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Heavy rain in China

Photo taken on Aug. 1, 2023, shows damaged infrastructure in Beijing after torrential rain hit the Chinese capital, leaving over 10 people dead and forcing over 120,000 to evacuate.

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Heavy rain in China

Photo taken on Aug. 1, 2023, shows debris strewn along a street in Beijing after torrential rain hit the Chinese capital, leaving over 10 people dead and forcing over 120,000 to evacuate.

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Heavy rain in China

Photo taken on Aug. 1, 2023, shows an amusement park in Beijing badly damaged after torrential rain hit the Chinese capital, leaving over 10 people dead and forcing over 120,000 to evacuate.

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CORRECTED: Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period leave Seoul's Gyeongbokgung Palace on April 1, 2023, for an over 1,000-kilometer and some 50-day journey bound for Tokyo's Hibiya Park. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period leave Seoul's Gyeongbokgung Palace on April 1, 2023, for an over 1,000-kilometer and some 50-day journey bound for Tokyo's Hibiya Park. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a four-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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CORRECTED: Seoul-Tokyo parade to promote bilateral cultural exchange

Japanese and South Korean people participating in a parade replicating a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period leave Seoul's Gyeongbokgung Palace on April 1, 2023, for an over 1,000-kilometer and some 50-day journey bound for Tokyo's Hibiya Park. The biennial event that began in 2007 to deepen friendly ties between the two countries on a nongovernmental basis resumed after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Site of New Year's Eve stampede in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - A man walks down the steps in Shanghai on Jan. 1, 2015, where over 30 people were killed in a New Year's Eve stampede of people seeking to view a midnight light show in a famed waterfront area.

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Tsunami-hit school pupils join line dancing Guinness record challenge

KOBE, Japan - Pupils from Oginohama Junior High School in Miyagi Prefecture's tsunami-hit Ishinomaki join former Takarazuka Revue performer Maho Shiomi (6th from L) and over 4,000 others at an event to break the Guinness World Record for the most number of people line dancing together for five minutes or longer, in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan, on Nov. 1, 2014. They successfully broke the record, which was previously set by 2,569 people in the United States in 2012.

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91st anniversary of Great Kanto Earthquake

TOKYO, Japan - People pray at a memorial service held in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 1, 2014, the 91st anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake that hit the capital and surrounding areas in 1923, killing over 100,000 people.

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Gov't holds nationwide disaster drills

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) inspects a soup run during a disaster drill in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2014. The day is known in Japan as Disaster Prevention Day, after the huge 1923 earthquake hit the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo, killing over 100,000 people.

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Gov't holds nationwide disaster drills

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C front) practices using an Automated External Defibrillator during a disaster drill in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2014. The day is known in Japan as Disaster Prevention Day, after the huge 1923 earthquake hit the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo, killing over 100,000 people.

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Gov't holds nationwide disaster drills

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) attends a meeting of the disaster headquarters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2014, to conduct annual anti-disaster drills across the country. Sept. 1 is known in Japan as Disaster Prevention Day, after the huge 1923 earthquake hit the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo, killing over 100,000 people.

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91st anniversary of Great Kanto Earthquake

TOKYO, Japan - A memorial service is held in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 1, 2014, the 91st anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake that hit the capital and surrounding areas in 1923, killing over 100,000 people.

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91st anniversary of Great Kanto Earthquake

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Hisako, the widow of Prince Takamado, attends a memorial service in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2014, for the victims of the Great Kanto Earthquake that hit the capital and surrounding areas in 1923, killing over 100,000 people.

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Gov't holds nationwide disaster drills

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2014, as the government held anti-disaster drills across the country to test its emergency response. Sept. 1 is known in Japan as Disaster Prevention Day, after the huge 1923 earthquake hit the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo, killing over 100,000 people.

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Decorated float for Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival

FUKUOKA, Japan - "Kazari Yamakasa," a decorated float, for the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival is shown in Fukuoka City on July 1, 2014. The festival with a history of over 770 years opened the same day.

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Occupy May Day protest in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Occupy Wall Street protesters stage a May Day protest in New York on May 1, 2012. Several thousand people participated in the mostly peaceful protest, but sporadic skirmishes resulted in the arrest of over 30 people. Similar protests took place across the country the same day, including in Seattle and Los Angeles.

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Occupy May Day protest in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Police keep watch on Occupy Wall Street protesters staging a May Day protest in New York on May 1, 2012. Several thousand people participated in the mostly peaceful protest, but sporadic skirmishes resulted in the arrest of over 30 people. Similar protests took place across the country the same day, including in Seattle and Los Angeles.

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Maruti Suzuki's Swift Dzire

MUMBAI, India - Shinzo Nakanishi, managing director of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., unveils the new Swift Dzire in Mumbai, western India, on Feb. 1, 2012. The subsidiary of Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Corp. and India's biggest automaker announced Feb. 9, 2012, that it has sold over 10 million passenger cars in India since starting operations in December 1983.

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People in quake-hit eastern Turkey

TOKYO, Japan - People buy fresh food on a street in Van, eastern Turkey, on Nov. 1, 2011, over a week after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted the area on Oct. 23.

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Japan-India FTA enters into force

NEW DELHI, India - Akitaka Saiki (L), Japanese Ambassador to India, shakes hands with Indian Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar in New Delhi on Aug. 1, 2011, after they signed a document on a bilateral free trade agreement. The Japan-India FTA entered into force the same day to scrap tariffs on goods that account for 94 percent of the two-way trade flows over 10 years.

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Aftermath of Chile quake

CONSTITUCION, Chile - People loot a supermarket in Constitucion, Chile, on March 1, 2010, following a powerful earthquake on Feb. 27. Chilean officials said the death toll from the quake has reached over 790.

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Nikkei drops to 2-month closing low under 10,000 on yen jitters

TOKYO, Japan - An electric sign board in Tokyo's Nihombashi district shows the Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange closing below the 10,000 line for the first time in over 2 months on Oct. 1, 2009.

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Frost on trees of Zao, Yamagata Pref., becoming more acidified

YAMAGATA, Japan - Silver frost on trees in Zao mountains in Yamagata Prefecture is lit up in a photo taken on Feb. 1, 2006. The frost has been acidified over a decade, partly due to air pollution from steel plants in China's Shanxi Province, research by environment experts showed on March 17.

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Disaster Prevention Day

A large-scale disaster drill is held in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2022, the 99th anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, which left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for in the capital and surrounding areas.

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Disaster Prevention Day

A large-scale disaster drill is held in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2022, the 99th anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, which left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for in the capital and surrounding areas.

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Disaster Prevention Day

A large-scale disaster drill is held in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2022, the 99th anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, which left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for in the capital and surrounding areas.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) delivers a speech during a large-scale disaster drill in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2022, the 99th anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, which left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for in the capital and surrounding areas.

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99th anniv. of 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (F) and Crown Princess Kiko attend a memorial ceremony in Tokyo for the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake victims on Sept. 1, 2022, the 99th anniversary of the massive disaster that left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for in Tokyo and surrounding areas. (Pool photo)

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99th anniv. of 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko (L) attend a memorial ceremony in Tokyo for the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake victims on Sept. 1, 2022, the 99th anniversary of the massive disaster that left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for in Tokyo and surrounding areas. (Pool photo)

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from L) observes a large-scale disaster drill in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2022. The day is the 99th anniversary of a massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) speaks at a press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2022, as part of a government disaster drill that assumed a massive earthquake had hit wide areas of the country. The day is the 99th anniversary of a massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2022, as part of a government disaster drill that assumed a massive earthquake had hit wide areas of the country. The day is the 99th anniversary of a massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (3rd from L) speaks at a meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2022, as part of a government disaster drill that assumed a massive earthquake had hit wide areas of the country. The day is the 99th anniversary of a massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) observes a large-scale disaster drill in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2022. The day is the 99th anniversary of a massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2022, as part of a government disaster drill that assumed a massive earthquake had hit wide areas of the country. The day is the 99th anniversary of a massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2022, when the government carried out a disaster drill that assumed a massive earthquake had hit wide areas of the country. The day is the 99th anniversary of a massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for.