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Forest fire on Mt. Myogi in eastern Japan

A helicopter is engaged in operations to fight a fire on Mt. Myogi in Tomioka in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2025.

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Forest fire on Mt. Myogi in eastern Japan

A forest fire spreads on Mt. Myogi in Tomioka in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, in the early hours of Dec. 9, 2025.

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Forest fire on Mt. Myogi in eastern Japan

A forest fire spreads on Mt. Myogi in Tomioka in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, in the early hours of Dec. 9, 2025.

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Japan: Cars Drive Through Smoke-Filled Tunnel After Fire On Expressway

A car fire erupted inside a tunnel on Sanyo Expressway in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan on Saturday, August 10 filing the tunnel with smoke and shutting down the highway for both directions for hours. There was heavy traffic on the highway at the the time as it was the first day of Bon holidays. No injuries were reported.

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Azalea flowers in Fukushima

Azalea flowers bloom near JR Yonomori Station in Tomioka in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 25, 2023.

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Japan PM Kishida views cherry blossoms in nuclear crisis-hit town

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from L) views cherry blossoms in full bloom in Tomioka, a town located near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 1, 2023, after a restricted access order, imposed following the March 2011 disaster, was lifted the same day in a part of the northeastern Japan town. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Kishida visits nuclear crisis-hit town

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) visits Tomioka, a town located near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 1, 2023, after a restricted access order, imposed following the March 2011 disaster, was lifted the same day in a part of the northeastern Japan town. (Pool photo)

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CORRECTED: Cherry blossoms in nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima town

Cherry trees in full bloom are pictured in early morning light at Yonomori area in the Fukushima prefectural town of Tomioka, northeastern Japan, on April 1, 2023. An evacuation order for the district that had been in place since the March 2011 accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was lifted the same day.

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CORRECTED: Cherry blossoms in nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima town

People view cherry trees in full bloom at Yonomori area in the Fukushima prefectural town of Tomioka, northeastern Japan, on April 1, 2023. An evacuation order for the district that had been in place since the March 2011 accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was lifted the same day. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED: Cherry blossoms in nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima town

People view cherry trees in full bloom at Yonomori area in the Fukushima prefectural town of Tomioka, northeastern Japan, on April 1, 2023. An evacuation order for the district that had been in place since the March 2011 accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was lifted the same day.

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CORRECTED: Cherry blossoms in nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima town

Cherry trees in full bloom are pictured in early morning light at Yonomori area in the Fukushima prefectural town of Tomioka, northeastern Japan, on April 1, 2023. An evacuation order for the district that had been in place since the March 2011 accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was lifted the same day.

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CORRECTED: Cherry blossoms in nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima town

People view cherry trees in full bloom at Yonomori area in the Fukushima Prefectural town of Tomioka, northeastern Japan, on March 30, 2023. An evacuation order for the district that has been in place since after the March 2011 accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will be lifted on April 1.

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Ukraine ambassador to Japan

Ukraine's ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky (5th from R, back row) poses for photos on Feb. 8, 2023, with Ukrainian rhythmic gymnasts and Takasaki Mayor Kenji Tomioka (4th from R, back row) in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. The city has been hosting the team since January to provide a safe environment for the athletes after they fled the war in their homeland.

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Tourists visit Tomioka Silk Mill in Gunma Pref.

TOMIOKA, Japan - A large number of tourists visit the Tomioka Silk Mill in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, on June 22, 2014, following the UNESCO World Heritage Committee's decision the previous day to add the historic factory building to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Special newspaper made of silk

TOKYO, Japan - Gunma Prefecture's mascot character Gunma-chan presents a special edition of the Jomo Shimbun newspaper made of silk to a customer in a local specialty shop of the prefecture in Tokyo's Ginza district on June 22, 2014. The local newspaper in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, produced 100 silk special editions of the newspaper to mark the listing the previous day of the Tomioka Silk Mill as a World Cultural Heritage site.

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UNESCO's World Heritage decision on Tomioka Silk Mill

DOHA, Qatar - Gunma Gov. Masaaki Osawa smiles in Doha, Qatar, on June 21, 2014, following the UNESCO World Heritage Committee's decision to add the Tomioka Silk Mill and related sites to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Tomioka Silk Mill registered as World Heritage

TOMIOKA, Japan - Citizens of Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, celebrate in front of the illuminated Tomioka Silk Mill on the night of June 21, 2014, after the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to add the mill, a historic factory building symbolizing Japan's industrialization from the 19th century, to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Tomioka Silk Mill registered as World Heritage

TOMIOKA, Japan - Citizens of Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, celebrate in front of the illuminated Tomioka Silk Mill on the night of June 21, 2014, after the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to add the mill, a historic factory building symbolizing Japan's industrialization from the 19th century, to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Celebration after UNESCO's decision on Tomioka Silk Mill

DOHA, Qatar - Kenjiro Monji (L), ambassador at the Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO, Gunma Gov. Masaaki Osawa (C), and Masanori Aoyagi, commission of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, cerebrate in Doha, Qatar, on June 21, 2014, following the UNESCO World Heritage Committee's decision to add the Tomioka Silk Mill and related sites to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Tomioka Silk Mill registered as World Heritage

TOMIOKA, Japan - Girls in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, celebrate on June 21, 2014, after the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to add the Tomioka Silk Mill, a historic factory building symbolizing Japan's industrialization from the 19th century, to the World Cultural Heritage list. The mill is located in Tomioka.

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Tomioka Silk Mill registered as World Heritage site

TOMIOKA, Japan - Tourists in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, receive newspaper extra editions on June 21, 2014. The editions were issued to report that the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to add the Tomioka Silk Mill, a historic factory building symbolizing Japan's industrialization from the 19th century, to the World Cultural Heritage list. The mill is located in Tomioka.

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Banner to inform UNESCO's decision on Tomioka mill

MAEBASHI, Japan - A banner hangs on the Gunma prefectural government office building in Maebashi on June 21, 2014, informing the UNESCO World Heritage Committee's decision to add the Tomioka Silk Mill and related sites to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Tomioka Silk Mill registered as World Heritage site

TOMIOKA, Japan - Women parade in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, on June 21, 2014, after the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to add the Tomioka Silk Mill, a historic factory building symbolizing Japan's industrialization from the 19th century, to the World Cultural Heritage list. The mill is located in Tomioka.

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Tomioka Silk Mill registered as World Heritage site

DOHA, Qatar - (From L) Masaaki Osawa, the governor of Japan's Gunma Prefecture, Masanori Aoyagi, commissioner of the Cultural Affairs Agency, and Kenjiro Monji, ambassador at the Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO, celebrate after the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided at a meeting in Doha on June 21, 2014, to add the Tomioka Silk Mill, a historic factory building symbolizing Japan's industrialization from the 19th century, to the World Cultural Heritage list. The mill is located in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Tomioka Silk Mill registered as World Heritage site

TOMIOKA, Japan - Tourists at the Tomioka Silk Mill in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, celebrate on June 21, 2014, after the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to add the mill, a historic factory building symbolizing Japan's industrialization from the 19th century, to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Totoro at nuclear power PR facility

IWAKI, Japan - A stuffed toy of Totoro is used to promote electricity conservation at a public relations facility for nuclear power plants in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2010. Studio Ghibli, known for releasing animated films featuring environmental issues, decided to withdraw a Ghibli character shop from the facility.

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Sightseeing rickshaw attracts cherry blossom viewers

TOMIOKA, Japan - Farmer Ryoichi Endo (L) draws a rickshaw carrying a woman through a ''cherry blossom tunnel'' now in full bloom in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture on April 8. Endo operates rickshaws only during the cherry blossom season.

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Sumo's summer tour begins

TOMIOKA, Japan - Local people watch sumo wrestlers practicing during their summer regional tour of the nation in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 3. Mongolian-born grand champion Asashoryu is not taking part in the tour after he was suspended from the next two grand sumo tournaments because he played in a charity soccer event in his home country, despite citing injuries that allowed him to sit out of the summer tour.

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Scene of shrine head murder in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 15 Kyodo - Police officers work at the scene of a murder-suicide at Tomioka Hachimangu, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, on Dec. 8, 2017.

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Lights lit to recreate row of cherry trees in vacated zone

TOKYO, Japan - Numerous lights arranged in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, light up the night on Dec. 5, 2014, to recreate an image of the famous Yonomiri row of cherry trees in the prefectural town of Tomioka before the official start of the illumination the following night. The third event of its kind is aimed at encouraging some 20,000 people or more evacuated to Iwaki from municipalities around Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi power plant following the nuclear disaster.

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Tomioka Silk Mill to be designated as national treasure

TOMIOKA, Japan - People in the city of Tomioka, central Japan, gather in front of the Tomioka Silk Mill, a new UNESCO World Heritage site, on Oct. 17, 2014, after a government panel recommended that it should be designated as a national treasure of Japan.

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Man shows off salmon caught with net

TOMIOKA, Japan - Kiyomi Igari shows off a salmon caught with a fishing net cast in a manner he learned from his father in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 9, 2014.

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Man casts fishing net to catch salmon in Fukushima river

TOMIOKA, Japan - Kiyomi Igari casts a fishing net to catch salmon in a river in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in a manner he learned from his father.

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Kakuryu inscribes name on yokozuna monument at Tokyo shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo grand champion Kakuryu, the 71st yokozuna, poses during a ceremony to have his "shikona," or professional name as a sumo wrestler, inscribed on the "Yokozuna Rikishi Hi" stone monument next to those of his predecessors at Tomioka Hachiman Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Rest station in town hit by nuke disaster luring visitors

TOMIOKA, Japan - A rest station in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, photographed on Sept. 26, 2014, is attracting an increasing number of visitors following the recent removal of local road traffic curbs imposed after the 2011 nuclear disaster. Opened in late August by a major construction company tasked with decontaminating the northeastern Japan town, the facility exhibits photos to help people understand cleanup work and has a bathroom and a lounge.

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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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Beauty shop's clock stopped since quake

TOMIOKA, Japan - A clock hung outside a beauty shop in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, remains stopped at the time of the 2011 earthquake in this photo taken on Sept. 10, 2014, the eve of the day marking three and a half years since the temblor and subsequent tsunami ravaged northeastern Japan.

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Moldy office in quake-hit Fukushima town

TOMIOKA, Japan - Dai Fujita's catering service company office in Tomioka, a Fukushima prefectural town, has been left untidy after a powerful earthquake and tsunami struck the northeastern Japan region in March 2011. Mold is seen growing on the floor due to the leaking of rain.

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Tour in Fukushima town reeling from nuclear accident

TOMIOKA, Japan - Tour participants visit on July 21, 2014, Tomioka, a Fukushima prefectural town in northeastern Japan, where decontamination work is under way following the 2011 nuclear accident stemming from a powerful earthquake and tsunami. In the background is Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant.

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Residents of quake-hit town hold tour

TOMIOKA, Japan - Tour participants visiting on July 21, 2014, Tomioka, a Fukushima prefectural town in northeastern Japan that was stricken by a devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011, look at a police car that was driven by a police officer who was swept away by the tsunami and died while getting residents to evacuate. Yoshiyuki Endo (3rd from R), a town resident who has evacuated to Iwaki, gives a briefing to the participants.

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Residents of Fukushima town hold tour

TOMIOKA, Japan - Tour participants visit on July 21, 2014, Tomioka, a Fukushima prefectural town in northeastern Japan, where residents remain evacuated from their homes following the 2011 nuclear accident. Yoshiyuki Endo, in the back, is a resident of the town, giving a briefing to the participants.

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3D images of Tomioka Silk Mill projected on warehouse wall

TOMIOKA, Japan - A three-dimensional image of the Tomioka Silk Mill is projected on the wall of a cocoon warehouse at the newly added UNESCO World Heritage site on Aug. 30, 2014, to promote the historic factory in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Big crowd watches 3D images of Tomioka Silk Mill on wall

TOMIKOKA, Japan - A big crowd of people watches a three-dimensional image of the Tomioka Silk Mill projected on the wall of a cocoon warehouse at the newly added UNESCO World Heritage site on Aug. 30, 2014, to promote the historic factory in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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French researcher finds historical papers for Tomioka Silk Mill

MAEBASHI, Japan - Christian Polak, a French researcher of Franco-Japanese relations, points to trademarks of silk products from the Tomioka Silk Mill, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, at a museum in Yokohama south of Tokyo in June 2014. He discovered in southeastern France historical papers containing the design of silk-reeling machines used at the early stage of the mill.

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4 Kanto cities to support each other in disasters

MITO, Japan - Utsunomiya Mayor Eiichi Sato, Mito Mayor Yasushi Takahashi, Maebashi Mayor Ryu Yamamoto and Takasaki Mayor Kenji Tomioka (from L) pose for photos at the city hall in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2014, after signing an agreement on mutual support in times of disaster.

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Asteroid named after disaster-hit town in Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Koichi Miyamoto (C), mayor of Tomioka Town in Fukushima Prefecture, points to a photograph of the asteroid named "Tomiokamachi" in the prefectural city of Koriyama on Aug. 12, 2014. The asteroid was discovered by an astronomer of Dynic Astropark, a commercial observatory in Taga Town, Shiga Prefecture, in 1992 and was registered with the International Astronomical Union in July this year under the name in the hope of the town's rapid recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. On the right of Miyamoto is Susumu Takahashi, head of the observatory.

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Abe visits UNESCO-registered Tomioka Silk Mill

TOMIOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R, front row) tours a silk-reeling plant at the Tomioka Silk Mill, a newly added UNESCO World Heritage site built in 1872, on July 23, 2014. Abe visited the site, which also includes timber-frame brick masonry buildings for cocoon warehouses, to help promote the historic factory building in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, to foreign tourists. (Pool photo)

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Abe visits UNESCO-registered Tomioka Silk Mill

TOMIOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) tries reeling threads at the Tomioka Silk Mill, a newly added UNESCO World Heritage site built in 1872, on July 23, 2014. Abe visited the site to help promote the historic factory building in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, to foreign tourists. (Pool photo)

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Abe visits UNESCO-registered Tomioka Silk Mill

TOMIOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) waves as he arrives at the Tomioka Silk Mill, a newly added UNESCO World Heritage site built in 1872, on July 23, 2014. Abe visited the site, which includes timber-frame brick masonry buildings for cocoon warehouses and a silk-reeling plant, to help promote the historic factory building in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, to foreign tourists. (Pool photo)

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Congratulatory message from Uzbekistan on UNESCO decision

MAEBASHI, Japan -A congratulatory message sent from Uzbekistan to the Gunma prefectural government for UNESCO's decision to include the Tomioka Silk Mill and related sites in the World Cultural Heritage list is seen in this photo taken in June 2014.