Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Cycling event in tsunami-hit region

Tour de Tohoku competitors ride in Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 15, 2024. The annual cycling event aims to support recovery from the earthquake-tsunami disaster that hit the region in March 2011.

E

Cycling event in tsunami-hit region

Tour de Tohoku competitors start their race in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 15, 2024. The annual cycling event aims to support recovery from the earthquake-tsunami disaster that hit the region in March 2011.

E

CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-MAQU WETLANDS-CONSERVATION-RESTORATION (CN)

(230915) -- GANNAN, Sept. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows technicians checking the grass degradation of a grassland (above, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Nie Jianjiang on June 9, 2011) and the grassland after restoration (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Chen Bin on July 6, 2023) in Ouqiang Village of Maqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Located on the northeast rim of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Maqu County boasts an extensive presence of grasslands and wetlands. Maqu, meaning "the Yellow River" in the Tibetan language, is the only county named after "Yellow River" in China. Covering an area of 5.62 million mu (about 374,667 hectares), the Maqu wetlands serve as an important water reserve and eco-zone in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. However, the Maqu wetlands once suffered from shrinking lake areas, grass degradation, and decreasing water conservation capacity. In order to protect the Maqu wetlands from degrading further,

E

CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-MAQU WETLANDS-CONSERVATION-RESTORATION (CN)

(230915) -- GANNAN, Sept. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows a degraded grassland (above, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Nie Jianjiang on June 10, 2011) and the grassland after restoration (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Chen Bin on July 6, 2023) near the Yellow River bridge in Maqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Located on the northeast rim of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Maqu County boasts an extensive presence of grasslands and wetlands. Maqu, meaning "the Yellow River" in the Tibetan language, is the only county named after "Yellow River" in China. Covering an area of 5.62 million mu (about 374,667 hectares), the Maqu wetlands serve as an important water reserve and eco-zone in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. However, the Maqu wetlands once suffered from shrinking lake areas, grass degradation, and decreasing water conservation capacity. In order to protect the Maqu wetlands from degrading further, Maqu County has continued

E

CHINA-GANSU-GANNAN-MAQU WETLANDS-CONSERVATION-RESTORATION (CN)

(230915) -- GANNAN, Sept. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows a villager walking on a degraded grassland (above, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Nie Jianjiang on June 9, 2011) and the grassland after restoration (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Chen Bin on July 6, 2023) in Ouqiang Village of Maqu County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. Located on the northeast rim of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Maqu County boasts an extensive presence of grasslands and wetlands. Maqu, meaning "the Yellow River" in the Tibetan language, is the only county named after "Yellow River" in China. Covering an area of 5.62 million mu (about 374,667 hectares), the Maqu wetlands serve as an important water reserve and eco-zone in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. However, the Maqu wetlands once suffered from shrinking lake areas, grass degradation, and decreasing water conservation capacity. In order to protect the Maqu wetlands from degrading further, Maqu County has

E

Disaster-hit Route 6 stretch in Fukushima opened to traffic

TOMIOKA, Japan - A police vehicle heads out on patrol on Sept. 15, 2014, on a closed stretch of National Route 6 running north to south along the coast in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, after being opened to traffic for the first time since the March 2011 nuclear disaster.

E

Japan to be without nuclear power

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows the No. 4 reactor building at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. The No. 4 reactor, Japan's sole operating reactor, is set to be taken offline for routine checks on Sept. 15, leaving the country without nuclear power supply for the second time since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi complex disaster.

E

Japan to be without nuclear power

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo taken in July 2013 shows the No. 4 (L) and No. 3 reactor buildings at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. The No. 4 reactor, Japan's sole operating reactor, is set to be taken offline for routine checks on Sept. 15, leaving the country without nuclear power supply for the second time since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi complex disaster.

E

2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show (from R front) the No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 reactor buildings at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2011 (top), about nine months after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years after the disaster on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

E

Japanese join beach cleaning in U.S. West Coast

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Members of a Japanese family join beach cleaning activities in San Francisco on Sept. 15, 2012. Significant amounts of debris generated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan have washed up on U.S. West Coast beaches.

E

1st post-quake S. Korean tour group to Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - South Korean tourists are served fruit after arriving at Fukushima Airport on Sept. 15, 2012, aboard a chartered flight. They are members of the first group of South Korean tourists to use the airport since the 2011 nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the massive earthquake and tsunami in March that year.

E

1st post-quake S. Korean tour group to Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - South Korean tourists arrive at Fukushima Airport on Sept. 15, 2012, aboard a chartered flight. They are members of the first group of South Korean tourists to use the airport since the 2011 nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the massive earthquake and tsunami in March that year.

E

Gov't workers' wages to be cut

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) receives an advisory from Takeshi Erikawa, president of the National Personnel Authority, on wages for central government workers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. The personnel board proposed a 0.23% cut in monthly salaries for government workers in fiscal 2011 for the third straight yearly decline, leading to a 15,000 yen cut in their average annual salaries to 6.37 million yen.

E

Key chain containing radioactive material

CHIBA, Japan - Photo shows a key chain confiscated by the Chiba prefectural police which contains a glow-in-the-dark material that emits radiation around 12 times greater than the legal limit. Police said on Sept. 27, 2011, they sent papers to prosecutors in April concerning a 15-year-old boy suspected of violating laws meant to prevent radiation hazards. The boy allegedly sold the key chains via the Internet at prices ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 yen after purchasing 30 of them online for 1,000 yen each from July to October 2010.

E

Farmers demonstrate against free trade

TOKYO, Japan - Cattle farmers demonstrate on a street in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2011, demanding that Japan not join the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations.

E

Yoshida wins 9th consecutive world title

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japan's two-time Olympic wrestling champion Saori Yoshida raises her fist after beating Canada's Tonya Verbeek in the final women's 55-kilogram division at the world wrestling championships in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept. 15, 2011. The victory was her ninth consecutive world title.

E

Icho wins 7th consecutive world title

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japan's Kaori Icho holds the gold medal after beating Marianna Sastin of Hungary in the final women's 63-kilogram division at the world wrestling championships in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept. 15, 2011. Icho, who has also won gold medals at the last two Olympics, clinched her seventh crown in the 63-kg class at the world championships.

E

Yoshida wins 9th consecutive world title

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japan's two-time Olympic wrestling champion Saori Yoshida holds the gold medal after beating Canada's Tonya Verbeek in the final women's 55-kilogram division at the world wrestling championships in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept. 15, 2011. The victory was her ninth consecutive world title.

E

Cambodian, Thai premiers to work for border peace

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (L) and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen shake hands in Phnom Penh on Sept. 15, 2011. They agreed to welcome Indonesian observers to their disputed border area near the ancient Preah Vihear Temple.

E

Yoshida wins 9th consecutive world title

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japan's two-time Olympic wrestling champion Saori Yoshida (L) raises her fist after beating Canada's Tonya Verbeek (R) in the final women's 55-kilogram division at the world wrestling championships in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept. 15, 2011. The victory was her ninth consecutive world title.

E

Palestinian foreign minister

RAMALLAH, West bank - Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki speaks during a press conference in Ramallah, West Bank, on Sept. 15, 2011. He said the Palestinian territories will apply on Sept. 23 for joining the United Nations as a state.

E

Oi nuclear power plant

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in July 2011 shows the Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. Kansai Electric Power Co. aims to resume operation of the plant's No. 3 reactor (2nd from L), making it the first of the utility's seven nuclear reactors currently shut down to resume operating, sources close to the matter said Sept. 15, 2011.

E

Radioactive waste returned to Japan

ROKKASHO VILLAGE, Japan - Trucks transport metal containers holding high-level radioactive vitrified waste to a storage facility of Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on the northern tip of Honshu, on Sept. 15, 2011. The radioactive waste was returned to Japan after processing in Britain, in the course of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel at Japanese reactors.

E

Icho wins 7th consecutive world title

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japan's Kaori Icho (R) wrestles Marianna Sastin of Hungary during the final women's 63-kilogram division at the world wrestling championships in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept. 15, 2011. Icho, who has also won gold medals at the last two Olympics, clinched her seventh crown in the 63-kg class at the world championships.

E

Lake Geneva fountain anniversary

GENEVA, Switzerland - Jet d'Eau, a landmark fountain, spews water during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sept. 15, 2011, to mark the 120th anniversary of the construction of the 140-meter-high water spout at the current location.

E

Radioactive waste returned to Japan

AOMORI, Japan - A container holding reprocessed spent nuclear fuel is unloaded from a transport ship that arrived at a port in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on Sept. 15, 2011. The radioactive waste was returned to Japan after processing in Britain, in the course of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel at Japanese reactors.

E

Sharp to halt sales of Galapagos

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows the 10.8-inch home type (R) and 5.5-inch mobile versions of Sharp Corp.'s Galapagos multifunction tablet computers. The maker said on Sept. 15, 2011, it will halt sales on Sept. 30, less than a year after their launch. The gadgets, which let users read e-books as well as major newspapers and popular magazines delivered at designated times, have apparently fallen far behind Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer.

E

S. Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin Kak Soo speaks in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2011, about an upcoming annual festival aimed at enhancing ties between Japanese and South Korean people to be held in Tokyo on Oct. 1-2 and in Seoul on Sept. 25. Shin said cultural exchange is important in deepening mutual understanding and trust between people of the two countries.

E

Lake Geneva fountain anniversary

GENEVA, Switzerland - Photo shows Lake Geneva and Jet d'Eau, a landmark fountain in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sept. 15, 2011. A ceremony was held the same day in Geneva to mark the 120th anniversary of the construction of the 140-meter-high water spout at the current location.

E

Ang receives Fukuoka Asian Culture grand prize

FUKUOKA, Japan - Cambodian ethnologist Ang Choulean, a professor at Cambodia's Royal University of Fine Arts, is pictured in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 15, 2011, after receiving the Grand Prize of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes the same day. The prize is presented to an individual or group who has made outstanding contributions to the preservation and creation of Asian culture and has exhibited the significance of Asian culture to the world through their work. Ang is known for making significant contributions to the restoration and preservation of the Angkor Monuments, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

E

Hitachi President Nakanishi

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Hiroaki Nakanishi talks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2011.

E

Triathlon robots

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows swimming (top), running (bottom L) and bicycle riding (bottom R) robots powered by Panasonic Corp.'s Evolta rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries. Panasonic unveiled the robots in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2011, and said they will run a triathlon in Hawaii from late October.

E

Triathlon robots

TOKYO, Japan - A pitchman for Panasonic Corp. shows (from L) swimming, bicycle riding and running robots powered by the company's Evolta rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries during a demonstration in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2011. Panasonic unveiled the robots and said they will run a triathlon in Hawaii from late October.

E

Triathlon robots

TOKYO, Japan - A swimming robot powered by Panasonic Corp.'s Evolta rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries is demonstrated in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2011. Panasonic unveiled swimming, bicycle riding and running robots and said they will challenge a triathlon in Hawaii from late October.

E

Tokyo Game Show opens

CHIBA, Japan - Visitors crowd the Makuhari Messe convention complex in the city of Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 15, 2011 as the four-day Tokyo Game Show kicks off. The major gaming event features hands-on demonstrations of PlayStation Vita, a new portable game console from Sony Corp.'s game unit, and more titles for Android-based smartphones.

E

Sharp to halt sales of Galapagos

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows the 10.8-inch home type (bottom) and 5.5-inch mobile (up) versions of Sharp Corp.'s multifunction tablet computers. The maker said on Sept. 15, 2011, it will halt sales on Sept. 30, less than a year after their launch. The gadgets, which let users read e-books as well as major newspapers and popular magazines delivered at designated times, have apparently fallen far behind Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer.

E

Tokyo Game Show opens

CHIBA, Japan - Woman holds the PlayStation Vita, a new portable game console from Sony Corp.'s game unit, during the Tokyo Game Show at Makuhari Messe convention complex in the city of Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 15, 2011. The four-day event kicked off with hands-on demonstrations of the Sony console and more titles for Android-based smartphones.

E

Tokyo Game Show opens

CHIBA, Japan - An opening ceremony is held as the four-day Tokyo Game Show kicks off at the Makuhari Messe conventional complex in the city of Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 15, 2011. The major gaming event features hands-on demonstrations of a new portable game console from Sony Corp.'s game unit and more titles for Android-based smartphones.

E

SCE to release PlayStation Vita in December

TOKYO, Japan - Personnel including Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President Andrew House (2nd from L) hold SCE's video game console PlayStation Vita in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2011. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, a division of SCE, announced the same day that it plans to release PlayStation Vita in Japan on Dec. 17, 2011, with preorders starting on Oct. 15, 2011.

E

Half year after disaster

TOKYO, Japan - About 1,300 people join hands to surround the International Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2011, calling for an end to nuclear power on the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami, in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan. A nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, triggered by the natural disasters, continues.

E

Half year after disaster

TOKYO, Japan - About 1,300 people join hands to surround the International Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2011, calling for an end to nuclear power on the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan. A nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, triggered by the natural disasters, continues.

E

Half year after disaster

TOKYO, Japan - About 1,300 people join hands to surround the International Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2011, calling for an end to nuclear power on the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami, in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan. A nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, triggered by the natural disasters, continues.

E

Half year after disaster

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - At the site where the main building of the Kongo Temple was swept away by a tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, a fire burns in a rite on Sept. 11, 2011, the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The ceremony was attended by Buddhist monks from six prefectures of the Tohoku area of northeastern Japan and some 250 other people. The March 11 disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in the Tohoku area.

E

Half year after disaster

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - At the site where the main building of the Kongo Temple was swept away by a tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, a fire burns in a rite on Sept. 11, 2011, the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The ceremony was attended by Buddhist monks from six prefectures of the Tohoku area of northeastern Japan and some 250 other people. The March 11 disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in the Tohoku area.

E

Half year after disaster

KESENNUMA, Japan - Parishioners offer a moment of silence at a site where their church was swept away by a tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m., the time a devastating quake occurred a half year ago. The quake and subsequent tsunami killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan.

E

Half year after disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - About 200 people call for an end to nuclear power during a demonstration in the city of Fukushima on Sept. 11, 2011, the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan. A nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, triggered by the natural disasters, continues.

E

Half year after disaster

KESENNUMA, Japan - A police officer holds flowers at a site where a house was swept away by a tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in picture taken on Sept. 11, 2011, the six-month anniversary of the March 11 quake and tsunami. The disaster killed more than 15,700 people, while 4,000 remain missing, mainly in northeastern Japan.

E

6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photos of an area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, June 3 and Sept. 1, 2011, show that the fishing boat Kyotoku Maru No. 18, which was washed ashore by the March 11 tsunami, is still stranded, while the debris in the area has been cleared away.

E

6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photos of an area of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, June 4 and Sept. 1, 2011, show that the debris in the area, hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, has been cleared away and green grass has covered the land.

E

Disaster drills in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A police officer talks to a driver on Sept. 1, 2011, on congested Route 15 in Tokyo's Ota Ward. The police held a large-scale drill that blocked about 100 highways in Tokyo to practice monitoring road traffic and ensuring the passage of emergency vehicles on the same day under a scenario of a major earthquake having occurred.