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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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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.

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[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)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Snow in western Japan

An area near JR Tokushima Station in the western Japan city of Tokushima is covered with snow on Dec. 23, 2022, as the Shikoku region city is hit by record levels of snowfall.

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Snow in western Japan

An area near JR Tokushima Station in the western Japan city of Tokushima is covered with snow on Dec. 23, 2022, as the Shikoku region city is hit by record levels of snowfall.

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Snow in western Japan

A person crosses a pedestrian crossing in Tokushima, western Japan, on Dec. 23, 2022, as the Shikoku region city is hit by record levels of snowfall.

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Amazon, Tokushima Pref. sign relief goods deal

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Amazon Japan K.K. President Jasper Cheung (L) and Tokushima Governor Kamon Iizumi show an agreement on the delivery of emergency relief supplies signed between the online retailer and the government of the western Japan prefecture at the latter's office in Tokushima city on Sept. 5, 2014. The pact will allow consumers to buy and donate disaster relief goods through Amazon's website if the prefecture is hit by a natural disaster.

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Awa dance festival

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - The Awa dance festival begins in the city of Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2014. The organizers of one of Japan's most famous festivals expect more than 1.2 million people to visit the Tokushima Prefecture capital for the four-day festival until Aug. 15.

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Awa dance festival

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - The Awa dance festival begins in the city of Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2014. The organizers of one of Japan's most famous festivals expect more than 1.2 million people to visit the Tokushima Prefecture capital for the four-day festival until Aug. 15.

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Awa dance festival

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - The Awa dance festival begins in the city of Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2014. The organizers of one of Japan's most famous festivals expect more than 1.2 million people to visit the Tokushima Prefecture capital for the four-day festival until Aug. 15.

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Awa dance festival

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - The Awa dance festival begins in the city of Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2014. The organizers of one of Japan's most famous festivals expect more than 1.2 million people to visit the Tokushima Prefecture capital for the four-day festival until Aug. 15.

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'Awa Odori' dancing robot unveiled

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi (R) and Tetsuo Agata, president of auto parts maker JTEKT Corp., pose with the symbolic "Awa Odori" hand gesture in announcing the "Awa Odori robot Sudachi-kun" (C) at the Tokushima prefectural office in Tokushima City on Aug. 1, 2014. The 160-centimeter-tall, bipedal robot will perform during the Awa Odori summer dance festival beginning Aug. 12.

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4K TV on promotion in Tokushima Pref.

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi (R) holds a promotional panel of the Tokushima 4K Forum 2014, an upcoming event promoting 4K technology, at the Tokushima prefectural office in Tokushima City on June 11, 2014.

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Hut with roof like straw hat for Awa Odori dance

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - People in this undated photo take a break under a hut, built in the city of Tokushima, with a roof designed to look like a straw hat worn by women dancers in the local Awa Odori Festival. The hut was designed by architect Ichiyo Uta who designs rest huts for people taking part in "Shikoku O-Henro," or the Shikoku Pilgrimage on Shikoku Island.

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Japanese ramen restaurant opens test kitchen in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Todai, a Japanese ramen restaurant chain based in the city of Tokushima, opens a test kitchen for people to try its food in a shopping mall in Bangkok on Feb. 13, 2014.

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Space card game

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - A woman holds ''Messier Cards'' for a card game invented by college students and other space fans in Tokushima Prefecture, at the University of Tokushima in Tokushima City on Nov. 20, 2010.

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Tokushima city sets running fine noodle record

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - People from the city of Mima, Tokushima Prefecture, succeed in running fine noodles over a record 1,527-meter stretch as part of a campaign to rejuvenate the western Japanese city on Aug. 27. Staff released fine noodles into the course made of about 200 bamboos and local residents and other participants poured water into the stretch to help achieve the feat in about 2 hours and 50 minutes.

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Tokushima's Awa Odori folk dance festival begins

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Colorfully costumed dancers step out to the sound of ''shamisen'' stringed instruments and ''taiko'' drums in the city of Tokushima on Aug. 12, the first day of the annual four-day Awa Odori folk dance festival. More than 950 dance groups involving 100,000 dancers will participate in the festival, which has more than 400 years of history.

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Tokushima Gov. Endo denies involvement in bribery case

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokushima Gov. Toshio Endo speaks to reporters in Tokushima City on March 2, denying allegations he received bribes from the president of a Tokyo-based consulting firm who is currently facing charges of involvement in a corruption case in Ibaraki Prefecture. Mitsuro Ozaki, president of Gyosai Toshi Kaihatsu Kenkyujo, is believed to have paid an aide to Endo, 58, about 3 million yen in relation to a public works project to construct a prefectural facility, a major daily said.

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Awa-odori dance festival begins in Tokushima

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - The Awa-odori dance festival starts in the city of Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 12. During the four days through Aug. 15, the city is gripped by Awa-odori fever. Photo shows women wearing ''yukata'' (cotton kimono for summer) and ''sugegasa'' (sedge hats) performing on the city's street.

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Awa-Odori summer festival begins

Traditional Awa-Odori summer festival begins in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 12. During the 4-day festival, groups of men and women perform a variation of the traditional Bon dance throughout the streets in the city of Tokushima, encouraging onlookers and tourists to join.

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Cosplaying event in Japan

People cosplaying as game or animation characters pose in the western Japan city of Tokushima on Oct. 15, 2022, as they gather for a cosplay event.

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Cosplaying event in Japan

People cosplaying as game or animation characters pose in the western Japan city of Tokushima on Oct. 15, 2022, as they gather for a cosplay event.

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Disturbance against union office is racially offensive

Lawyers representing members of a local teachers' union head to the Takamatsu High Court on April 25, 2016. The court ruled a disturbance by anti-Korean activist group Zaitokukai against the union office in the western Japanese city of Tokushima in 2010 was a racially offensive act as the union provided financial support to a Korean school in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Disturbance against union office is racially offensive

Lawyers representing members of a local teachers' union attend a press conference on April 25, 2016, after the Takamatsu High Court ruled a disturbance by anti-Korean activist group Zaitokukai against the union office in the western Japanese city of Tokushima in 2010 was a racially offensive act as the union provided financial support to a Korean school in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Group from east Japan wins 1st national "Awa Odori" dance contest

Photo shows a group of dancers from Soka, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, at the first national "Awa Odori" folk dance contest in the city of Tokushima, western Japan, on Nov. 29, 2015. The group won the contest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Award ceremony at 1st national "Awa Odori" dance contest

An awarding ceremony is held at the first national "Awa Odori" folk dance contest in the city of Tokushima, western Japan, on Nov. 29, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan begins sending "My Number" ID numbers to residents

A resident in the western Japan city of Kaiyo, Tokushima Prefecture, receives a card bearing a 12-digit identification number from a postal worker on Oct. 23, 2015. About a dozen of Japan's 47 prefectures began mailing the numbers the same day under a new social security and tax number system known as the "My Number" system, to be put into use in January. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Awa Odori" folk dance festival begins in Tokushima

Dozens of groups perform the traditional Awa Odori folk dance in front of Tokushima city hall on Aug. 12, 2015, at the start of the four-day summer dance festival in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Awa Odori" folk dance festival begins in Tokushima

Women and girls perform the traditional Awa Odori folk dance in front of Tokushima city hall on Aug. 12, 2015, at the start of the four-day summer dance festival in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokushima Pref. city, bus firm sign disaster relief deal

Personnel of Tokushima Prefecture's Anan city and Kaifu-Kankou Co. pose for photos in front of a bus in the western Japanese city on April 21, 2015. The city and company sealed a deal on the use of buses in the firm's bus barn on a hill as a temporary evacuation site for local elementary school children in case of big quake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Western Japanese city Anan seeking to be "baseball town"

Shigeyuki Tagami (C) and other officials of the "Baseball Town Promotion Section" at the municipal government of Anan in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, pose in their office on April 3, 2015. Established five years ago, the section has helped vitalize the local economy by luring high school and other amateur baseball teams to the city for games and training camps. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ship sails by big whirlpool in Naruto Strait, western Japan

A passenger ship sails by whirling waves in the Naruto Strait off Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, on March 7, 2015. The strait between Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, and Naruto city, Tokushima Prefecture, is known for its spectacularly large whirlpools. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Publisher hoping to attract more foreigners to Awa Odori festival

Kazuhide Minami, editor in chief of the free magazine "Awa Odori Press," holds the German version of the magazine in the western Japan city of Tokushima on May 15, 2017. The magazine that provides information on one of Japan's largest dance festivals held every summer in the city will be published in multiple languages and likely will be made available at tourist centers across Japan from June 2017. ==Kyodo

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Publisher hoping to attract more foreigners to Awa Odori festival

Photo taken in May 2017 shows proposed designs for the multilingual free magazine "Awa Odori Press," that provides information about one of Japan's largest dance festivals held every summer in the western Japan city of Tokushima. The local publisher, Sarugakusha, will issue the magazine in June 2017, trying to reach out to more visitors from overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Publisher hoping to attract more foreigners to Awa Odori festival

Photo taken in May 2017 shows the cover of the German version of the free magazine "Awa Odori Press," that provides information about one of Japan's largest dance festivals held every summer in the western Japan city of Tokushima. The local publisher, Sarugakusha, will issue the magazine in multiple languages in June 2017, trying to reach out to more visitors from overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokushima city sets running fine noodle record

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - People from the city of Mima, Tokushima Prefecture, succeed in running fine noodles over a record 1,527-meter stretch as part of a campaign to rejuvenate the western Japanese city on Aug. 27. Staff released fine noodles into the course made of about 200 bamboos and local residents and other participants poured water into the stretch to help achieve the feat in about 2 hours and 50 minutes. (Kyodo)

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Tokushima Gov. Endo denies involvement in bribery case

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokushima Gov. Toshio Endo speaks to reporters in Tokushima City on March 2, denying allegations he received bribes from the president of a Tokyo-based consulting firm who is currently facing charges of involvement in a corruption case in Ibaraki Prefecture. Mitsuro Ozaki, president of Gyosai Toshi Kaihatsu Kenkyujo, is believed to have paid an aide to Endo, 58, about 3 million yen in relation to a public works project to construct a prefectural facility, a major daily said.

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Amazon, Tokushima Pref. sign relief goods deal

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Amazon Japan K.K. President Jasper Cheung (L) and Tokushima Governor Kamon Iizumi show an agreement on the delivery of emergency relief supplies signed between the online retailer and the government of the western Japan prefecture at the latter's office in Tokushima city on Sept. 5, 2014. The pact will allow consumers to buy and donate disaster relief goods through Amazon's website if the prefecture is hit by a natural disaster. (Kyodo)

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Awa dance festival

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - The Awa dance festival begins in the city of Tokushima, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2014. The organizers of one of Japan's most famous festivals expect more than 1.2 million people to visit the Tokushima Prefecture capital for the four-day festival until Aug. 15. (Kyodo)

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'Awa Odori' dancing robot unveiled

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - Tokushima Gov. Kamon Iizumi (R) and Tetsuo Agata, president of auto parts maker JTEKT Corp., pose with the symbolic "Awa Odori" hand gesture in announcing the "Awa Odori robot Sudachi-kun" (C) at the Tokushima prefectural office in Tokushima City on Aug. 1, 2014. The 160-centimeter-tall, bipedal robot will perform during the Awa Odori summer dance festival beginning Aug. 12. (Kyodo)

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Space card game

TOKUSHIMA, Japan - A woman holds ''Messier Cards'' for a card game invented by college students and other space fans in Tokushima Prefecture, at the University of Tokushima in Tokushima City on Nov. 20, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Onaruto Bridge and whirling waves

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Onaruto Bridge and whirling waves in western Japan on May 4, 2020. The bridge connects the city of Naruto in Tokushima Prefecture and Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture. Operations of passenger ships to see the spectacle have been suspended amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Onaruto Bridge and whirling waves

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Onaruto Bridge and whirling waves in western Japan on May 4, 2020. The bridge connects the city of Naruto in Tokushima Prefecture and Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture. Operations of passenger ships to see the spectacle have been suspended amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Onaruto Bridge and whirling waves

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Onaruto Bridge and whirling waves in western Japan on May 4, 2020. The bridge connects the city of Naruto in Tokushima Prefecture and Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture. Operations of passenger ships to see the spectacle have been suspended amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Minpaku" lodging promoting rural tourism, solving hotel shortfalls

Yukio Shintani (L) and his wife, Tamiko, talk about their experience participating in a minpaku event, in which homeowners take payment from travelers for lodging them in their homes, in the western Japanese city of Tokushima on Aug. 14, 2017. A French newlywed couple and their friends stayed at their home during the Awa Odori dance festival. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo