Italian week at Osaka expo

Italian week at Osaka expo

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at a ceremony marking the opening of the eight-day Italian week at the World Exposition in Osaka on Sept. 7, 2025.

Italian week at Osaka expo

Italian week at Osaka expo

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at a ceremony marking the opening of the eight-day Italian week at the World Exposition in Osaka on Sept. 7, 2025.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 15, 2025, the final day of the five-day Awa dance festival.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 15, 2025, the final day of the five-day Awa dance festival.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 15, 2025, the final day of the five-day Awa dance festival.

[Breaking News]Awa dance festival in western Japan

TOKUSHIMA, Japan, Aug. 13 Kyodo - Dancers perform in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2025, the second day of the five-day Awa dance festival. (Kyodo)

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2025, the second day of the five-day Awa dance festival.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2025, the second day of the five-day Awa dance festival.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2025, the second day of the five-day Awa dance festival.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2025, the second day of the five-day Awa dance festival.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2025, the second day of the five-day Awa dance festival.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform in Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2025, the second day of the five-day Awa dance festival.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform on the opening day of the five-day Awa Odori traditional folk dance festival on Aug. 11, 2025, in Tokushima, western Japan.

[Breaking News]Bus-truck head-on crash on highway

AWA, Japan, July 15 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 14, 2025, shows the site of a head-on collision earlier in the day between a bus and a truck on a highway in Awa, in the western Japan prefecture of Tokushima, that left the truck driver and a bus passenger dead and over 10 others injured. (Kyodo)

Bus-truck head-on crash on highway

Bus-truck head-on crash on highway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 14, 2025, shows the site of a head-on collision earlier in the day between a bus and a truck on a highway in Awa, in the western Japan prefecture of Tokushima, that left the truck driver and a bus passenger dead and over 10 others injured.

Bus-truck head-on crash on highway

Bus-truck head-on crash on highway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 14, 2025, shows the site of a head-on collision earlier in the day between a bus and a truck on a highway in Awa, in the western Japan prefecture of Tokushima, that left the truck driver and a bus passenger dead and over 10 others injured.

Bus-truck head-on crash on highway

Bus-truck head-on crash on highway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 14, 2025, shows the site of a head-on collision earlier in the day between a bus and a truck on a highway in Awa, in the western Japan prefecture of Tokushima, that left the truck driver and a bus passenger dead and over 10 others injured.

Bus-truck head-on crash on highway

Bus-truck head-on crash on highway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 14, 2025, shows the site of a head-on collision earlier in the day between a bus and a truck on a highway in Awa, in the western Japan prefecture of Tokushima, that left the truck driver and a bus passenger dead and over 10 others injured.

Awa dance performance at World Exposition

OSAKA, Japan, May 4 Kyodo - Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 3, 2025. About 700 dancers from nine groups in the western Japan prefecture took part in the event. (Kyodo)

Awa dance performance at World Exposition

Awa dance performance at World Exposition

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 3, 2025. About 700 dancers from nine groups in the western Japan prefecture took part in the event.

Awa dance performance at World Exposition

Awa dance performance at World Exposition

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 3, 2025. About 700 dancers from nine groups in the western Japan prefecture took part in the event.

Awa dance performance at World Exposition

Awa dance performance at World Exposition

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 3, 2025. About 700 dancers from nine groups in the western Japan prefecture took part in the event.

Awa dance performance at World Exposition

Awa dance performance at World Exposition

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 3, 2025. About 700 dancers from nine groups in the western Japan prefecture took part in the event.

Awa dance performance at World Exposition

Awa dance performance at World Exposition

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 3, 2025. About 700 dancers from nine groups in the western Japan prefecture took part in the event.

[Breaking News]Whirlpools in western Japan

NARUTO, Japan, March 2 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a sightseeing boat approaching whirlpools at Naruto Strait off Naruto in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, on March 1, 2025. (Kyodo)

Whirlpools in western Japan

Whirlpools in western Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a sightseeing boat approaching whirlpools at Naruto Strait off Naruto in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, on March 1, 2025.

Whirlpools in western Japan

Whirlpools in western Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a sightseeing boat approaching whirlpools at Naruto Strait off Naruto in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, on March 1, 2025.

Whirlpools in western Japan

Whirlpools in western Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a sightseeing boat approaching whirlpools at Naruto Strait off Naruto in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, on March 1, 2025.

GSDF anti-disaster drill

GSDF anti-disaster drill

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Middle Army conducts an anti-disaster drill in Kaiyo in the western Japan prefecture of Tokushima on Jan. 13, 2025, simulating a magnitude 9.0 earthquake striking off Japan's Kii Peninsula near the Nakai Trough that runs along the country's Pacific coast.

GSDF anti-disaster drill

GSDF anti-disaster drill

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Middle Army conducts an anti-disaster drill in Kaiyo in the western Japan prefecture of Tokushima on Jan. 13, 2025, simulating a magnitude 9.0 earthquake striking off Japan's Kii Peninsula near the Nakai Trough that runs along the country's Pacific coast.

GSDF anti-disaster drill

GSDF anti-disaster drill

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Middle Army conducts an anti-disaster drill in Kaiyo in the western Japan prefecture of Tokushima on Jan. 13, 2025, simulating a magnitude 9.0 earthquake striking off Japan's Kii Peninsula near the Nakai Trough that runs along the country's Pacific coast.

Keidanren chairman Tokura

Keidanren chairman Tokura

Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, holds a press conference in the western Japan city of Tokushima on Dec. 3, 2024.

Japan: Massive Blackout Hits Shikoku Region, Leaving 360,000 Homes Without Power 2

A massive power outage hit the Shikoku region in southwestern Japan on Saturday, November 9, at around 8:20 p.m., leaving more than 360,000 homes without power and halting train services. According to Shikoku Electric Power Transmission and Distribution, there was an issue with some of the transmission lines connecting Honshu and Shikoku, which caused an "Under-Frequency Relay" to activate to maintain the supply-demand balance, leading to the blackout.

Japan: Massive Blackout Hits Shikoku Region, Leaving 360,000 Homes Without Power

A massive power outage hit the Shikoku region in southwestern Japan on Saturday, November 9, at around 8:20 p.m., leaving more than 360,000 homes without power and halting train services. According to Shikoku Electric Power Transmission and Distribution, there was an issue with some of the transmission lines connecting Honshu and Shikoku, which caused an "Under-Frequency Relay" to activate to maintain the supply-demand balance, leading to the blackout.

Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, waves while making a stump speech in Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japan PM Ishiba campaigning for general election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

Japan tourism promotion event in New York

Japan tourism promotion event in New York

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture during a tourism promotion event at Japan Village in New York on Aug. 31, 2024.

[Breaking News]Awa dance festival in western Japan

TOKUSHIMA, Japan, Aug. 14 Kyodo - Dancers perform on the second day of the five-day Awa dance festival on Aug. 12, 2024, in Tokushima, western Japan. (Kyodo)

[Breaking News]Awa dance festival in western Japan

TOKUSHIMA, Japan, Aug. 16 Kyodo - Dancers perform in the western Japan city of Tokushima on Aug. 11, 2024, at the beginning of the five-day Awa dance festival. (Kyodo)

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform in the western Japan city of Tokushima on Aug. 11, 2024, at the beginning of the five-day Awa dance festival.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform in the western Japan city of Tokushima on Aug. 11, 2024, at the beginning of the five-day Awa dance festival.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform in the western Japan city of Tokushima on Aug. 11, 2024, at the beginning of the five-day Awa dance festival.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform on the second day of the five-day Awa dance festival on Aug. 12, 2024, in Tokushima, western Japan.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform on the second day of the five-day Awa dance festival on Aug. 12, 2024, in Tokushima, western Japan.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform on the second day of the five-day Awa dance festival on Aug. 12, 2024, in Tokushima, western Japan.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform on the second day of the five-day Awa dance festival on Aug. 12, 2024, in Tokushima, western Japan.

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Awa dance festival in western Japan

Dancers perform on the second day of the five-day Awa dance festival on Aug. 12, 2024, in Tokushima, western Japan.