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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2025. Zelkova trees lining a 500-meter street are lit up with about 480,000 LED lights, with about 2.5 million people expected to visit through Dec. 28.

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2025. Zelkova trees lining a 500-meter street are lit up with about 480,000 LED lights, with about 2.5 million people expected to visit through Dec. 28.

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Japan upper house election campaign

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on July 19, 2025, a day before the House of Councillors election.

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Lab to study aging mechanism

Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. and Tohoku University establish a lab at the state university's campus in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 18, 2025, to jointly study the mechanism of aging. The lab aims to develop anti-aging therapies, medicine and food through the study until March 2027.

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Lab to study aging mechanism

Japanese precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. and Tohoku University establish a lab at the state university's campus in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on April 18, 2025, to jointly study the mechanism of aging. The lab aims to develop anti-aging therapies, medicine and food through the study until March 2027.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A person watches the sunrise at a beach in the Arahama area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on the morning of March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

A person walks at a beach in the Arahama area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on the early morning of March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People offer prayers at a beach in the Arahama area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on the morning of March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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14th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

People offer prayers at a beach in the Arahama area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on the morning of March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2024. Zelkova trees lining a 450-meter street are lit up with about 450,000 LED lights, with about 1.6 million people expected to visit through Dec. 25.

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 6, 2024. Zelkova trees lining a 450-meter street are lit up with about 450,000 LED lights, with about 1.6 million people expected to visit through Dec. 25.

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Tohoku Kizuna Festival in Sendai

People of Fukushima Prefecture's Waraji festival group parade through a street carrying a gigantic waraji straw sandal during the Tohoku Kizuna Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 9, 2024. The event features parades involving six northeastern Japan prefectures, with the aim of revitalizing the region following the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Tohoku Kizuna Festival in Sendai

A colorful paper lantern float from Aomori Prefecture's Nebuta summer festival is paraded through a street during the Tohoku Kizuna Festival in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 9, 2024. The event features parades involving six northeastern Japan prefectures, with the aim of revitalizing the region following the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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"Pokemon Go" game festival in Sendai

Tourists from foreign countries play "Pokemon Go" during the opening day of the four-day international festival for the popular smartphone game in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on May 30, 2024.

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Power outage halts bullet trains in Japan

Passengers form lines in front of ticket gates at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 23, 2024, after shinkansen bullet train services were suspended between Tokyo and stations in eastern, central and northeastern Japan due to a power outage.

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Illumination event in Sendai

The annual Sendai Pageant of Starlight illumination event begins in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 8, 2023. Zelkova trees lining a 500-meter street are lit up with about 500,000 LED lights, with about 2.4 million people expected to visit through Dec. 25.

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Baseball: Eagles to release pitcher Anraku over workplace abuse

Masayuki Morii, president of the Pacific League's Rakuten Eagles, speaks at a press conference in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 30, 2023, after the team released pitcher Tomohiro Anraku for his pattern of abusive behavior toward teammates.

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Medical car for online service

Photo taken on Nov. 30, 2023, shows a medical car set to be introduced in areas of Sendai, northeastern Japan, from early 2024, that have a shortage of doctors. The vehicle allows nurses on-board to send electrocardiogram and other patient data taken inside the car to remotely located doctors for diagnosis and treatment.

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Baseball: Japan's Matsui to test MLB free agent market

Yuki Matsui, a Japanese left-handed pitcher at the Rakuten Eagles pro baseball team who aims to sign with a major league club as a free agent this offseason, speaks at a press conference in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Nov. 8, 2023.

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Baseball: Japan's Matsui to test MLB free agent market

Yuki Matsui, a Japanese left-handed pitcher at the Rakuten Eagles pro baseball team who aims to sign with a major league club as a free agent this offseason, speaks at a press conference in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Nov. 8, 2023.

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G7 science chiefs meeting in Sendai

Sanae Takaichi, Japanese minister in charge of science and technology policy, speaks during a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven science ministers in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on May 13, 2023.

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G7 science chiefs meeting in Sendai

Sanae Takaichi, Japanese minister in charge of science and technology policy, speaks during a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven science ministers in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on May 13, 2023.

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G7 science chiefs meeting in Sendai

Sanae Takaichi, Japanese minister in charge of science and technology policy, speaks during a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven science ministers in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on May 13, 2023.

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G7 science chiefs meeting in Sendai

Sanae Takaichi (upper R on table), Japanese minister in charge of science and technology policy, speaks on the first day of a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven science ministers in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on May 12, 2023.

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G7 science chiefs meeting in Sendai

Science chiefs of the Group of Seven countries attend the first day of a two-day meeting in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on May 12, 2023.

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G7 science chiefs meeting in Sendai

Sanae Takaichi, Japanese minister in charge of science and technology policy, speaks on the first day of a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven science ministers in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on May 12, 2023.

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CORRECTED: BOJ Gov. Kuroda and next governor nominee Ueda

Incumbent Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda (L) and Kazuo Ueda (R) attend a symposium on May 20, 2016, in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Ueda, former BOJ Policy Board member, is being eyed as the central bank's next governor, a source familiar with the matter said Feb. 10, 2023.

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Pastry chef working for people in quake-hit Miyagi

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 20, 2013 shows Kazunori Ikeda, owner and pastry chef at the shop "kazunori ikeda individuel" in Sendai who makes and sells sweets using local strawberries in an effort to help the reconstruction of his hometown that was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake.

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Baseball new posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference after a meeting with officials of the pro baseball team at its office in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 17, 2013, following an agreement between Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball on the terms of a new posting system. Tanaka may be the first player affected by the new rules.

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Baseball new posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka heads to a meeting with officials of the pro baseball team at its office in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 17, 2013, after Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball agreed on the terms of a new posting system. Tanaka may be the first player affected by the new rules.

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Baseball new posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference after a meeting with officials of the pro baseball team at its office in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 17, 2013, following an agreement between Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball on the terms of a new posting system. Tanaka may be the first player affected by the new rules.

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Baseball new posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds a press conference after a meeting with officials of the pro baseball team at its office in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 17, 2013, following an agreement between Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball on the terms of a new posting system. Tanaka may be the first player affected by the new rules.

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Baseball new posting system

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka heads to a meeting with officials of the pro baseball team at its office in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 17, 2013, after Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball agreed on the terms of a new posting system. Tanaka may be the first player affected by the new rules.

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10th anniversary of 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

SENDAI, Japan, March 11 Kyodo - People look at the rising sun in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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U.S. military's Osprey in Japan

SENDAI, Japan, Feb. 20 Kyodo - Photo taken on Feb. 19, 2018, shows the U.S. military's Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft at the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's Kasuminome base in Sendai, Japan.

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Foundations of houses to be preserved as disaster memorial

SENDAI, Japan, Sept. 22 Kyodo - Photo taken Sept. 21, 2017, in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai shows foundations of houses that were swept away by tsunami in the 2011 natural disaster. The municipal government has decided to preserve them as a disaster memorial. A damaged school, seen in the background, is also to be preserved in its current state.

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Tanabata star festival starts in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan, Aug. 6 Kyodo - People walk on a shopping street in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai under colorful streamers of the Tanabata star festival on Aug. 6, 2017, the opening day of the three-day event. About 2.15 million people are expected to visit the city to see the largest and most famous Tanabata celebrations in Japan.

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M-6.8 quake rocks northeastern Japan

SENDAI, May 13 Kyodo - Junior high school students wait for a shinkansen bullet train at the main station in Sendai, northeastern Japan, after a powerful earthquake caused a delay in train services on May 13, 2015. No tsunami warning was issued.

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Foster home children write Xmas, New Year cards for inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Christmas and New Year cards for inmates sent to "Mother House," a nonprofit organization to support convicts and those released from prisons, from children at a foster home in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, is shown at the NPO in Tokyo in 2014. (Photo by Toshihiro Ariyoshi)

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Kindergarten OKs 60 mil. yen in damages over tsunami deaths

SENDAI, Japan - The relatives of four kindergarteners who died in a pickup bus that was swamped by high waves in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in March 2011, attend a press conference in Sendai in the prefecture on Dec. 3, 2014, holding the photos of the children, after a settlement at the Sendai High Court. The privately run Hiyori kindergarten admitted it did not take sufficient measures to deal with a tsunami, agreeing to pay 60 million yen in damages and offer an apology over their deaths.

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Art museum for local painter opens in northwest Japan

SENDAI, Japan - A newly completed art museum remodeled from an old community center opens in Kamaishi, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2014, to exhibit drawings by the late local painter Jun Sugimura who mainly painted landscapes in the northeastern Japan city.

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Kakefu hits single from Egawa in Giants-Tigers old timers' game

SENDAI, Japan - Former Hanshin Tigers slugger Masayuki Kakefu hits a single from his old nemesis former Yomiuri Giants ace Suguru Egawa during an old timers' game between the popular Japanese professional baseball clubs at Kobo Stadium Miyagi in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 16, 2014.

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Kumagai, 1st Japanese winner of top tap dancing award

SENDAI, Japan - Kazunori Kumagai, the first Japanese winner of the Flo-Bert Award that honors outstanding figures in the field of tap dance, is shown in this file photo taken in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 22, 2014.

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Osprey arrives to participate in disaster drill

SENDAI, Japan - A U.S. MV-22 Osprey tilt-motor aircraft arrives at the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's Kasuminome Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2014, to participate in a local earthquake-tsunami disaster drill.

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Osprey takes part in disaster drill

SENDAI, Japan - A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft makes a landing at a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force airfield in northwestern city of Sendai on Nov. 7, 2014. The Osprey from the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa is to take part in a large-scale disaster drill called "Michinoku ALERT 2014" that simulates a severe earthquake in the northeastern Japan.

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Barbers create hairstyle inspired by feudal lord's crest

SENDAI, Japan - Some 190 hairdressers put the finishing touches to create a "Sendai-gari" hairstyle during a community event in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2014, in an effort to produce a new local trendy hairstyle modeled after the famous crescent crest on 17th-century Sendai feudal lord Date Masumune's "kabuto" helmet.

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Barbers cut hair in style inspired by feudal lord's crest

SENDAI, Japan - A boy gets a "Sendai-gari" hairstyle during a community event in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2014, held to promote the new local hairstyle bearing impressions of a famous crescent crest on 17th-century Sendai feudal lord Date Masumune's "kabuto" helmet.

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School band plays at concert for post-quake recovery

SENDAI, Japan - A brass band of Miyagi Technical High School performs jointly with a jazz band, led by Japanese musician Kenichi Tsunoda, during an international concert in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 1, 2014, the first day of a nine-day music event to support reconstruction from the 2011 disaster that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku.

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Exhibition on 2011 quake memories through survivors' meals

SENDAI, Japan - A woman looks at a photo at an exhibition on survivors' meals in the immediate aftermath of the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 28, 2014. Visitors can write about their own experiences or other comments on sticky notes and post them beneath the photo exhibits.

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Foster home completed in Sendai for quake orphans, others

SENDAI, Japan - Foster home facility "Kodomo no mura Tohoku" (Children's Village Tohoku) completed in Sendai, northeastern Japan, to care for orphans from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and other children in need is seen on Oct. 30, 2014. On the left is one of three houses on-site for the foster families to live with the children, while the one on the right is for staff stationed by the incorporated nonprofit organization running it.