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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Hitachi President Nakanishi

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.