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China: Octopus Clings to Phone After Being Caught by Fisher in Fuzhou

In Fuzhou, Fujian, a video captured a man fishing when he unexpectedly caught an octopus with a phone stuck to one of its tentacles on September 28. The octopus refused to let go, wrapping its arms tightly around the device as if claiming it as its own.

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far R) and her daughter Princess Kako (2nd from R) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far R) and her daughter Princess Kako (2nd from R) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (R) and her daughter Princess Kako visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (R) and her daughter Princess Kako visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C, R) and her daughter Princess Kako (C, L) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits welfare facility in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C, R) and her daughter Princess Kako (C, L) visit a welfare facility for mothers and children on a Seto Inland Sea island in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (L) and her daughter Princess Kako stand at a stone monument for deceased patients during a visit to a national leprosy sanatorium on a Seto Inland Sea island in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits leprosy sanatorium in western Japan

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C) and her daughter Princess Kako (R) visit a national leprosy sanatorium on a Seto Inland Sea island in Takamatsu in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

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US: Palisades Fire Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 4

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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US: Palisades Fire Smoke Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 2

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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Wartime poison gas factory in Japan

Photo taken on May 9, 2015, shows rabbits in front of a defunct facility on a tiny island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, that supplied electricity to a nearby poison gas factory run by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1929 and 1945. The rabbits, brought to the island in the Seto Inland Sea after World War II, draw many tourists.

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Wartime poison gas factory in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 20, 2023, shows a cenotaph built on a tiny island in Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, in memory of those who died after falling ill following their exposure to poison gas. Over 6,000 workers and students were mobilized to work at a poison gas factory on the island in the Seto Inland Sea run by the Imperial Japanese Army between 1929 and 1945.

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Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Photo taken from a helicopter shows the World Heritage-listed Itsukushima Shrine on Hiroshima's Miyajima Island, renowned for its torii gate (front) that appears to float in the Seto Inland Sea during high tide, on May 18, 2023, on the eve of the three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city. (Pool photo)

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Security tightens ahead of G-7 summit in Hiroshima

Police officers patrol around Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, renowned for its torii gate (back) that appears to float in the Seto Inland Sea during high tide, on May 17, 2023, ahead of the May 19-21 Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city of Hiroshima. The leaders of the G-7 countries are expected to visit the island during the summit.

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Security tightens ahead of G-7 summit in Hiroshima

Police officers patrol around Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, renowned for its torii gate (back) that appears to float in the Seto Inland Sea during high tide, on May 17, 2023, ahead of the May 19-21 Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city of Hiroshima. The leaders of the G-7 countries are expected to visit the island during the summit.

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Coast guard's copter retrieved from sea

TADOTSU, Japan - The cockpit of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture is pulled from the water at the site of the accident, on Aug. 19, 2010, a day after the fatal crash that killed four and left one other missing.

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Coast guard's copter retrieved from sea

TADOTSU, Japan - The cockpit of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture is pulled from the water at the site of the accident, on Aug. 19, 2010, a day after the fatal crash that killed four and left one other missing.

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Coast guard's copter retrieved from sea

TADOTSU, Japan - The cockpit of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture is moved from the water on to a vessel, at the site of the accident on Aug. 19, 2010, a day after the fatal crash that killed four and left one other missing.

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Coast guard's copter retrieved from sea

TADOTSU, Japan - The cockpit of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture is pulled from the water at the site of the accident, on Aug. 19, 2010, a day after the fatal crash that killed four and left one other missing.

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Coast guard's copter retrieved from sea

TADOTSU, Japan - The cockpit of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture is pulled from the water at the site of the accident, on Aug. 19, 2010, a day after the fatal crash that killed four and left one other missing.

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Hiroshima, Ehime governors attend regional promotional event

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (front L) and Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura (front R) pose for photos at a commemorative event for the "Setouchi Shimanowa 2014" exposition held on Miyajima island in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 21, 2014. The exposition, aimed at promoting the Seto Inland Sea area between the two prefectures in western Japan, involves various events scheduled to run through Oct. 26.

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Heart-shaped lemon

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Taizo Noda of a local agricultural cooperative holds a lemon grown in a heart-shaped frame on Ikuchi Island in the Seto Inland Sea in the city of Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, in December 2013.

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Manned torpedo

SHUNAN, Japan - File photo shows the site of a former training area for crews of the former Imperial Japanese Navy's Kaiten manned torpedoes on Otsu Island in the Seto Inland Sea in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 20, 2014.

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Manned torpedo

SHUNAN, Japan - File photo shows a full-scale model of the former Imperial Japanese Navy's Kaiten manned torpedoes on Otsu Island in the Seto Inland Sea in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 20, 2014.

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Cats on island

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Photo shows cats on Ao Island in Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, on Nov. 23, 2013. Cat lovers lately have begun flocking to the island with 15 residents and more than 100 cats in the Seto Inland Sea.

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Huge dog statue in "Dog island"

OKAYAMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a 5-meter-long dog statue arriving at Inujima (Dog Island) in the Seto Inland Sea in the city of Okayama on May 20, 2013. The bust of a prone dog will be set up at a house resembling a kennel as part of the Inujima "Art House Project."

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Huge dog statue in "Dog island"

OKAYAMA, Japan - A 5-meter-long dog statue arrives at Inujima (Dog Island) in the Seto Inland Sea in the city of Okayama on May 20, 2013. The bust of a prone dog will be set up at a house resembling a kennel as part of the Inujima "Art House Project."

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Rampage in western Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows a fishery company in the island city of Etajima in the Seto Island Sea in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, where a knife-wielding Chinese man allegedly killed a man and a woman and injured six others on March 14, 2013.

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Rampage in western Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows a fishery company in the island city of Etajima in the Seto Island Sea in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, where a knife-wielding Chinese man allegedly killed a man and a woman and injured six others on March 14, 2013.

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Cycling routes promoted for foreigners around Seto Island

HIROSHIMA, Japan - (from R) King Liu, chairman of Taiwan's Giant Manufacturing Co., and Tatsumi Tanaka, the mayor of Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, take part in a cycling event in Etajima on May 11, 2012. The event co-hosted by the Ehime prefectural government and the major Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer started that day in Etajima to promote cycling routes for foreign tourists in the two prefectures around the picturesque Seto Inland Sea.

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Probe of deadly copter crash

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Investigators examine the retrieved debris of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2010. The chopper went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island, leaving four dead and another missing.

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Probe of copter crash

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Government investigators examine the retrieved debris of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2010. The chopper went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture, leaving four dead and another missing.

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Whirlpools at Naruto Strait

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - A pleasure ship is seen sailing near whirlpools in the Naruto Strait between Awaji Island and the Shikoku region, western Japan, on April 28, 2010. The strait connecting the Seto Inland Sea and the Pacific Ocean is only 1.3 kilometers wide and seawater flows in and out from the Seto Inland Sea. The height difference between high tide and low tide reaches up to 1.5 meters, creating numerous whirlpools. At this time of the year, the diameter of whirlpools can be over 20 meters.

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'World's smallest' melon cultivated in Japan's Inland Sea

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Yoshikiyo Kawai, chairman of the tourism association of Megi Island in Kagawa Prefecture, shows off what are said to be the world's smallest melons, cultivated by the inhabitants of the Seto Inland Sea island, in Takamatsu on Sept. 4, 2009.

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - People lit candles in about 7,000 memorial lanterns during an event held at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, before daylight on Jan. 17 to commemorate the 6,434 people who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. At 5:46 a.m., the time the magnitude 7.3 quake originating in the northern part of the prefecture's Awaji Island in the Seto Inland Sea hit the western Japan area 14 years ago, about 5,500 people offered silent prayers in the event.

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Events held to commemorate 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake

KOBE, Japan - Three female junior high school students pray for the 6,434 people who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, during a memorial event held at Higashi Yuenchi Park in Kobe's Chuo Ward, Hyogo Prefecture, before daylight on Jan. 17. At 5:46 a.m., the time the magnitude 7.3 quake originating in the northern part of the prefecture's Awaji Island in the Seto Inland Sea hit the western Japan area 14 years ago, about 5,500 people offered silent prayers in the event at the park, where candles in about 7,000 memorial lanterns were lit.

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2 ships collide in Seto Inland Sea

YANAI, Japan - The South Korean-flagged freighter Pine Pia sustained damage in its stem when the vessel collided with the Cyprus-registered freighter Asia Concerto in waters some 4 kilometers south of Heigun Island, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Aug. 10. Asia Concerto sank, leaving a Filipino crew member missing.

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(3)Typhoon Songda causes severe damage across Japan

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Firefighters look for missing crew members of the Indonesian-registered freighter Tri Ardhianto on Kasado Island in the Seto Inland Sea off Yamaguchi Prefecture on Sept. 8. The 6,315-ton freighter ran aground on Sept. 7 in strong winds triggered by Typhoon Songda. All 22 crew members aboard the ship went missing. Nine bodies believed to be that of the missing crew members were found.

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Drowsy skipper runs freighter into houses ashore

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 498-ton freighter Shin Tsunetoyo Maru ran ashore at Osakikami Island in the Seto Inland Sea on Sept. 4, destroying two houses and damaging another. The ship's skipper, Masuo Hamada, told the Japan Coast Guard that he dozed off at the helm.

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Mayor retracts night landing drill offer, quits post

OKIMI, Japan - Hidekazu Tanimoto, mayor of Okimi in Hiroshima Prefecture, arrives at the town office Feb. 5. He said at a press conference he retracted an offer he made last week to offer uninhabited Okurokamishima Island, owned by the Okimi township in the Seto Inland Sea, for night landing exercises by U.S. warplanes and also resigned from his post to take responsibility for the commotion caused by his proposal.

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(2)Okimi town assembly rejects offering island for U.S. drills

OKIMI, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 30 shows Okimi town's uninhabited Okurokamishima Island in the Seto Inland Sea. The assembly of the town, which is in Hiroshima Prefecture, decided Feb. 3 to reject the mayor's plan to offer the island as an alternative site for U.S. night landing practice by warplanes from the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk.

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(1)Okimi town assembly rejects offering island for U.S. drills

OKIMI, Japan - The town assembly of Okimi, Hiroshima Prefecture, decided Feb. 3 to reject the mayor's plan to offer the town's uninhabited Okurokamishima Island in the Seto Inland Sea as an alternative site for U.S. night landing practice by warplanes from the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk.

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Drowsy skipper runs freighter into houses ashore

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 498-ton freighter Shin Tsunetoyo Maru ran ashore at Osakikami Island in the Seto Inland Sea on Sept. 4, destroying two houses and damaging another. The ship's skipper, Masuo Hamada, told the Japan Coast Guard that he dozed off at the helm. (Kyodo)

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(3)Typhoon Songda causes severe damage across Japan

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Firefighters look for missing crew members of the Indonesian-registered freighter Tri Ardhianto on Kasado Island in the Seto Inland Sea off Yamaguchi Prefecture on Sept. 8. The 6,315-ton freighter ran aground on Sept. 7 in strong winds triggered by Typhoon Songda. All 22 crew members aboard the ship went missing. Nine bodies believed to be that of the missing crew members were found. (Kyodo)

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(2)Okimi town assembly rejects offering island for U.S. drills

OKIMI, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 30 shows Okimi town's uninhabited Okurokamishima Island in the Seto Inland Sea. The assembly of the town, which is in Hiroshima Prefecture, decided Feb. 3 to reject the mayor's plan to offer the island as an alternative site for U.S. night landing practice by warplanes from the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. (Kyodo)

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Drone leaves on trial flight to remote islands for goods transport

A drone leaves the Port of Takamatsu in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 18, 2015, on a trial flight to remote islands in the Seto Inland Sea. A group of local people has launched a project to transport food, drugs and other necessities aboard the unmanned aerial vehicle to island residents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner arrives at internationally renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's contemporary art Red Pumpkin on a small island in the Seto Inland Sea in Naoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan. Naoshima Island is known as a mecca of contemporary art, hosting the Setouchi International Art Triennale with other small islands in the sea every three years.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner arrives at internationally renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's contemporary art Red Pumpkin on a small island in the Seto Inland Sea in Naoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan. Naoshima Island is known as a mecca of contemporary art, hosting the Setouchi International Art Triennale with other small islands in the sea every three years.

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Residents woo new settlers to revive western Japan island

Tsuneyasu Yamaji (L) and Shoichi Kitano talk about how to revitalize their home -- a tiny western Japan island in the Seto Inland Sea known as Shishi Island -- on July 31, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo