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Space One rocket lifts off from private-sector launch pad

KUSHIMOTO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - The Kairos No. 2 rocket of Japanese startup Space One Co. soars after its liftoff from Space Port Kii, Japan's first private-sector launch pad, in Kushimoto in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2024. The company's attempt to become the first private firm in the country to put a satellite into orbit failed, however, following its unsuccessful bid in March. (Kyodo)

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Solar-wind hybrid power plant completed in Aichi Pref.

TAHARA, Japan - A ceremony is held in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 8, 2014, to mark the completion of the Tahara Solar/Wind Electricity Generation Plant (back), one of Japan's biggest solar-wind hybrid power plants. The plant on an 800,000-square-meter site consists of a 50-megawatt photovoltaic power generator and a 6-MW wind power generator, covering the power consumption of about 19,000 households.

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Toyota expects 36% profit jump

TAHARA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 8, 2013, shows vehicles at Toyota Motor Corp.'s factory in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, ahead of their shipment.

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Hearing on imperial female family branches

TOKYO, Japan - Soichiro Tahara (far R), a well-known journalist, expresses his opinion on the issue of whether female members of the imperial family should be allowed to create their own branches of the family so they can retain their imperial status after marriage, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 29, 2012, as the Japanese government began the same day hearing from experts on the issue.

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Journalist Tahara outside of court

KOBE, Japan - Journalist Soichiro Tahara speaks to reporters outside the Kobe District Court in Hyogo Prefecture on June 3, 2011, after a hearing on a damages suit against him over remarks he made on a TV talk show about two Japanese women abducted by North Korea. The parents of Keiko Arimoto, one of the abduction victims, are seeking 10 million yen in compensation over his remarks on the TV Asahi talk show that Arimoto must already be dead and the Japanese Foreign Ministry was aware of that.

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Parents of abductee to N. Korea

KOBE, Japan - Kayoko (L) and Akihiro Arimoto, the mother and father of Keiko Arimoto who is a victim of North Korea's abductions, speak at a press conference in Kobe on June 3, 2011, after a hearing on a damages suit they filed against journalist Soichiro Tahara over remarks he made. The Arimotos are seeking 10 million yen in compensation over his remarks made on a TV Asahi talk show that their daughter must already be dead and the Japanese Foreign Ministry was aware of that.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 9, 2010 shows Toyota Motor Co.'s Prius units waiting for shipment at a quay in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture. Toyota announced the same day a global recall of about 400,000 of four of the automaker's hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

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Ainu candidate Tahara set to lose in election

SAPPORO, Japan - Kaori Tahara (L), an indigenous Ainu woman candidate backed by the local opposition New Party Daichi, speaks to reporters in Sapporo on July 29 after her defeat in the day's House of Councillors election appears certain. To her right is Muneo Suzuki, a member of the House of Representatives who heads the party.

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Wind power generator for Aichi Expo begins operations

TAHARA, Japan - The Toyota group's wind power generator to supply electricity for pavilions at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture begins operations March 24. The generator is located at Toyota Motor Corp.'s Tahara car-assembly plant and will power the pavilions until the exposition ends in September 2005.

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Sawa in last title shot after INAC reach Empress Cup final

Kobe INAC Leonessa's Homare Sawa (L) fends off Vegalta Sendai Ladies' Nozomi Tahara during the first half of their Empress Cup semifinal in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, on Dec. 23, 2015. Sawa, who announced her retirement from soccer on Dec. 16, will have the chance to end her illustrious career with a trophy after INAC won 2-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ainu candidate Tahara set to lose in election

SAPPORO, Japan - Kaori Tahara (L), an indigenous Ainu woman candidate backed by the local opposition New Party Daichi, speaks to reporters in Sapporo on July 29 after her defeat in the day's House of Councillors election appears certain. To her right is Muneo Suzuki, a member of the House of Representatives who heads the party. (Kyodo)

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 9, 2010 shows Toyota Motor Co.'s Prius units waiting for shipment at a quay in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture. Toyota announced the same day a global recall of about 400,000 of four of the automaker's hybrid models including its best-selling Prius. (Kyodo)

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Hearing on imperial female family branches

TOKYO, Japan - Soichiro Tahara (far R), a well-known journalist, expresses his opinion on the issue of whether female members of the imperial family should be allowed to create their own branches of the family so they can retain their imperial status after marriage, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 29, 2012, as the Japanese government began the same day hearing from experts on the issue. (Kyodo)

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Journalist Tahara outside of court

KOBE, Japan - Journalist Soichiro Tahara speaks to reporters outside the Kobe District Court in Hyogo Prefecture on June 3, 2011, after a hearing on a damages suit against him over remarks he made on a TV talk show about two Japanese women abducted by North Korea. The parents of Keiko Arimoto, one of the abduction victims, are seeking 10 million yen in compensation over his remarks on the TV Asahi talk show that Arimoto must already be dead and the Japanese Foreign Ministry was aware of that. (Kyodo)

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Parents of abductee to N. Korea

KOBE, Japan - Kayoko (L) and Akihiro Arimoto, the mother and father of Keiko Arimoto who is a victim of North Korea's abductions, speak at a press conference in Kobe on June 3, 2011, after a hearing on a damages suit they filed against journalist Soichiro Tahara over remarks he made. The Arimotos are seeking 10 million yen in compensation over his remarks made on a TV Asahi talk show that their daughter must already be dead and the Japanese Foreign Ministry was aware of that. (Kyodo)

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Solar-wind hybrid power plant completed in Aichi Pref.

TAHARA, Japan - A ceremony is held in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 8, 2014, to mark the completion of the Tahara Solar/Wind Electricity Generation Plant (back), one of Japan's biggest solar-wind hybrid power plants. The plant on an 800,000-square-meter site consists of a 50-megawatt photovoltaic power generator and a 6-MW wind power generator, covering the power consumption of about 19,000 households. (Kyodo)

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Surfing: Kanoa Igarashi

Photo taken Sept. 19, 2018, shows Kanoa Igarashi competing during the World Surfing Games in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Surfing: Kanoa Igarashi

Photo taken Sept. 19, 2018, shows Kanoa Igarashi competing during the World Surfing Games in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Surfing: Kanoa Igarashi

Photo taken Sept. 19, 2018, shows Kanoa Igarashi competing during the World Surfing Games in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Surfing: Kanoa Igarashi

Photo taken Sept. 19, 2018, shows Kanoa Igarashi competing during the World Surfing Games in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Surfing: Kanoa Igarashi at 2018 World Games

File photo taken in September 2018 shows Kanoa Igarashi competing in the open men's division at the World Surfing Games in Tahara, Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Japan's Kanoa Igarashi is pictured during the semifinals of the Aloha Cup at the World Surfing Games in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 20, 2018. The Japanese team advanced to the final in second place. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Japan's Kanoa Igarashi rides a wave during the semifinals of the Aloha Cup at the World Surfing Games off the Oishi coast in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 20, 2018. The Japanese team advanced to the final in second place. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Japan's Kanoa Igarashi runs toward the ocean to compete in the Aloha Cup final at the World Surfing Games in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Japan's Kanoa Igarashi rides a wave during the semifinals of the Aloha Cup at the World Surfing Games off the Oishi coast in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 20, 2018. The Japanese team advanced to the final in second place. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Japan's Kanoa Igarashi competes in the semifinals of the Aloha Cup at the World Surfing Games off the Oishi coast in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 20, 2018. The Japanese team advanced to the final in second place. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Japan's Kanoa Igarashi rides a wave during the semifinals of the Aloha Cup at the World Surfing Games off the Oishi coast in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 20, 2018. The Japanese team advanced to the final in second place. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Japan's Kanoa Igarashi rides a wave during the semifinals of the Aloha Cup at the World Surfing Games off the Oishi coast in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 20, 2018. The Japanese team advanced to the final in second place. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Kanoa Igarashi of Japan rides a wave en route to winning silver during the final race of the World Surfing Games' men's competition off Tahara in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on Sept. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Kanoa Igarashi of Japan rides a wave en route to winning silver during the final race of the World Surfing Games' men's competition off Tahara in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on Sept. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Japan's Kanoa Igarashi smiles after winning through the World Surfing Games' sixth round off the Oishi coast in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 18, 2018. He won silver in the games' men's competition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Japan's Kanoa Igarashi competes in the sixth round of the World Surfing Games' men's competition to advance to the final off the Oishi coast in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 18, 2018. He won silver in the games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Japan's Kanoa Igarashi competes in the sixth round of the World Surfing Games' men's competition to advance to the final off the Oishi coast in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 18, 2018. He won silver in the games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Japan's Kanoa Igarashi competes during the fourth round of the World Surfing Games' men's competition off the Oishi coast in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture on Sept. 18, 2018. He won silver in the games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Kanoa Igarashi of Japan smiles after winning through the first round of the World Surfing Games' men's competition off Tahara in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on Sept. 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Shun Murakami of Japan competes during the World Surfing Games in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Hiroto Ohara of Japan competes during the World Surfing Games in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Kanoa Igarashi of Japan competes during the World Surfing Games in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Hinako Kurokawa of Japan competes during the World Surfing Games in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Ren Hashimoto of Japan competes during the World Surfing Games in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Surfing Games in Aichi

Minori Kawai of Japan competes during the World Surfing Games in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wind power generator for Aichi Expo begins operations

TAHARA, Japan - The Toyota group's wind power generator to supply electricity for pavilions at the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture begins operations March 24. The generator is located at Toyota Motor Corp.'s Tahara car-assembly plant and will power the pavilions until the exposition ends in September 2005. (Kyodo)

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(3)Aisin fire in 1997

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s Tahara factory in 1994. The factory was forced to suspend operations because of a parts shortage caused by a fire at brakes supplier Aisin Seiki Co. on Feb. 1, 1997. (Kyodo)