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World Cup 2026 – US: Dutch Fans March Through Kansas City Ahead of Match Against Tunisia

Netherlands fans marched through the streets of Kansas City ahead of their team's final World Cup group-stage match against Tunisia on Thursday, June 25.

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Fire festival at Aichi Pref. shrine

Men jump into flames rising from two giant torches at Toba Shinmei shrine in the Aichi Prefecture city of Nishio, central Japan, on Feb. 12, 2023. The men are competing for sacred trees placed in the fires at the annual fire festival, held after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fire festival at Aichi Pref. shrine

Men jump into flames rising from two giant torches at Toba Shinmei shrine in the Aichi Prefecture city of Nishio, central Japan, on Feb. 12, 2023. The men are competing for sacred trees placed in the fires at the annual fire festival, held after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Fire festival at Aichi Pref. shrine

Men jump into flames rising from two giant torches at Toba Shinmei shrine in the Aichi Prefecture city of Nishio, central Japan, on Feb. 12, 2023. The men are competing for sacred trees placed in the fires at the annual fire festival, held after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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JAMA presents replica of 'miracle pine' to disaster-hit town

MORIOKA, Japan - Akio Toyoda (R), president of Toyota Motor Corp. and chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, and Futoshi Toba, mayor of Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, stand on March 27, 2014, in front of a replica of the "miracle pine" that survived the March 2011 tsunami. JAMA presented the replica to the city.

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Kennedy in disaster-stricken region

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) is escorted by Rikuzentakata Mayor Futoshi Toba (front R) after arriving at the city hall in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 26, 2013, the second day of her tour through the region affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Kin visit city where U.S. man perished in tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Futoshi Toba (C), mayor of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, poses for photos with Americans Shelly Dickson (L) and Ian Dickson (R) at the Rikuzentakata city hall on July 18, 2012. The Dicksons visited the city in northeastern Japan where their brother Montgomery Dickson was killed by the March 2011 tsunami while working there as an English teacher.

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Initiation ceremony in water at aquarium

TSU, Japan - Visitors watch an initiation ceremony for a new employee in an acrylic water tank at the Toba Aquarium in the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture, on April 1. Chiaki Sawayama, surrounded by about 300 fish and turtles of 100 kinds, received a letter of approval for her recruitment from a deputy chief of the aquarium during the ceremony. An estimated 820,000 new recruits marked their first day of work across Japan the same day.

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First listed firm-run senior high school opened

TOBA, Japan - Students of Wits Aoyama Gakuen Senior High School in Iga, Mie Prefecture, get on-the-spot experience of how manatees are kept at the Toba Aquarium in the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture on Feb. 25.

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Rock Oysters

Oysters available during the summer season in Toba City, Mie Prefecture,Japan

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Oysters

Oysters in Toba City, Mie Prefecture,Japan

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Oysters

Oysters in Toba City, Mie Prefecture,Japan

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Female ex-diver poses before shrine in Toba, western Japan

Shigako Imura, a retired female diver, poses in front of a small Shinto shrine in Toba, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, after paying her respects in this file photo taken on Dec. 9, 2014. Locally known as "Ishigami-san," the shrine in the city's Osatsu town is believed to protect female divers who have supported the local economy. (Photo by Makoto Hori) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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G-7 leaders' spouses soak up beauty of central Japan's land and sea

(From L in back) The first ladies of Canada, the European Council and Japan -- Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, Malgorzata Tusk and Akie Abe -- and Joachim Sauer, husband of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, pose for commemorative photos with "ama" female free divers and local children in the central Japan city of Toba on May 26, 2016. While enjoying local dishes, they also joined a local dance performance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sea otter starts countdown to G-7 summit

A male sea otter at Toba Aquarium in the central Japan city of Toba holds a flag on May 16, 2016, noting 10 days to go until the start of the Ise-Shima summit of the Group of Seven leaders. The sea otter will continue to participate in the countdown until the start of the summit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sea otter starts countdown to G-7 summit

A male sea otter at Toba Aquarium in the central Japan city of Toba holds a flag on May 16, 2016, noting 10 days to go until the start of the Ise-Shima summit of the Group of Seven leaders. The sea otter will continue to participate in the countdown until the start of the summit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Host of G-7 summit has a lot to offer

An "ama" female professional diver (front) distributes grilled Ise shrimp, a Japanese delicacy, to tourists at an ama hut in Toba city in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on March 9, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Veteran singer Ichiro Toba runs with the Olympic flame in the Mie Prefecture city of Iga, central Japan, during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on April 8, 2021, with Iga Ueno Castle seen in the background.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Veteran singer Ichiro Toba runs with the Olympic flame in the Mie Prefecture city of Iga, central Japan, during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on April 8, 2021, with Iga Ueno Castle seen in the background.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Veteran singer Ichiro Toba (C) holds up a torch with the Olympic flame in the Mie Prefecture city of Iga, central Japan, during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on April 8, 2021, with Iga Ueno Castle seen in the background.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Veteran singer Ichiro Toba (C) poses with the Olympic flame in the Mie Prefecture city of Iga, central Japan, during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on April 8, 2021.

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Initiation ceremony in water at aquarium

TSU, Japan - Visitors watch an initiation ceremony for a new employee in an acrylic water tank at the Toba Aquarium in the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture, on April 1. Chiaki Sawayama, surrounded by about 300 fish and turtles of 100 kinds, received a letter of approval for her recruitment from a deputy chief of the aquarium during the ceremony. An estimated 820,000 new recruits marked their first day of work across Japan the same day. (Kyodo)

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A lighthouse in Bizen

Although the photograph is entitled BIZEN on the lower left, this is Sugashima Lighthouse located at the northeastern tip of Sugashima (present-day Toba City, Mie Prefecture) at the entrance to Ise Bay. Designed by British engineer R. H. Brunton and first lit on July 1, 1873, the lighthouse is still in operation today. The attached residence was relocated to Meiji Mura Museum and designated an Important Cultural Asset by the Japanese government. This is an early photograph taken before 1877.==Date:unknown, Place:Okayama, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐49‐0]

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"Ama" shell diver debuts in Mie

Novice shell diver Aiko Ono chats with veteran divers in Toba city, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 10, 2018. Ono debuted as "ama" in August after three years of apprenticeship under the local community program aimed at stimulating its economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Female ama divers gather in Toba

Female ama divers release young shells of bearded clam in the sea off Toba, Mie Prefecture, during a two-day meeting on Oct. 27, 2017. About 120 female ama divers from 10 prefectures across Japan and South Korea's Busan took part in the two-day event in the city located on the northeast coast of the Shima Peninsula, central Japan, known for the fishing carried out by its female divers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Female ama divers gather in Toba

Female ama divers and other participants in a meeting of the divers pose for a photo in Toba, Mie Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2017. About 120 female ama divers from 10 prefectures across Japan and South Korea's Busan took part in the two-day event in the city located on the northeast coast of the Shima Peninsula, central Japan, known for the fishing carried out by its female divers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo