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[Breaking News]Aftermath of strong quake in northeastern Japan

HACHINOHE, Japan, Dec. 9 Kyodo - A torii gate at a shrine lies toppled in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2025, following a strong earthquake the previous night. (Kyodo)

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Aftermath of strong quake in northeastern Japan

A torii gate at a shrine lies toppled in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2025, following a strong earthquake the previous night.

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Aftermath of strong quake in northeastern Japan

A torii gate at a shrine lies toppled in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2025, following a strong earthquake the previous night.

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Aftermath of strong quake in northeastern Japan

A torii gate at a shrine lies toppled in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2025, following a strong earthquake the previous night.

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Aftermath of strong quake in northeastern Japan

A torii gate at a shrine lies toppled in Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 9, 2025, following a strong earthquake the previous night.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

TOKYO, Japan - Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura reached the summit of Mt. Fuji with a group of friends and family on Aug. 31, 2023, having used a wheelchair for the three-day ascent.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (C) walks through a torii gate after reaching the top of Mt. Fuji, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, on Aug. 31, 2023.

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Spouses of G-7 leaders in Hiroshima

Spouses of Group of Seven leaders, (from L) Yuko Kishida of Japan, the European Commission president's husband Heiko Echter von der Leyen, Akshata Murty of Britain, Britta Ernst of Germany and Jill Biden of the United States, pose for a photo with a giant torii gate as a backdrop at Itsukushima Shrine, a World Heritage site on Miyajima Island in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on May 20, 2023, as part of the G-7 summit's cultural events. ==Kyodo

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Spouses of G-7 leaders in Hiroshima

Spouses of Group of Seven leaders, (from L) Yuko Kishida of Japan, the European Commission president's husband Heiko Echter von der Leyen, Akshata Murty of Britain, Britta Ernst of Germany and Jill Biden of the United States pose for a photo with a giant torii gate as a backdrop at Itsukushima Shrine, a World Heritage site on Miyajima Island in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on May 20, 2023, as part of the summit's cultural events.

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G7 Summit - Hiroshima

European Council President Charles Michel, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, United States President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pose for a group photo in front of the torii gate at the Itsukushima shrine on Miyajima Island in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima prefecture, western Japan Friday May 19, 2023. Photo by Adrian Wyld/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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G7 Summit - Hiroshima

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, United States President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and pose for a group photo in front of the torii gate at the Itsukushima shrine on Miyajima Island in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima prefecture, western Japan Friday May 19, 2023. Photo by Adrian Wyld/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Photo taken from a helicopter shows the World Heritage-listed Itsukushima Shrine on Hiroshima's Miyajima Island, renowned for its torii gate (front) that appears to float in the Seto Inland Sea during high tide, on May 18, 2023, on the eve of the three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city. (Pool photo)

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Security tightens ahead of G-7 summit in Hiroshima

Police officers patrol around Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, renowned for its torii gate (back) that appears to float in the Seto Inland Sea during high tide, on May 17, 2023, ahead of the May 19-21 Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city of Hiroshima. The leaders of the G-7 countries are expected to visit the island during the summit.

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Security tightens ahead of G-7 summit in Hiroshima

Police officers patrol around Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, renowned for its torii gate (back) that appears to float in the Seto Inland Sea during high tide, on May 17, 2023, ahead of the May 19-21 Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city of Hiroshima. The leaders of the G-7 countries are expected to visit the island during the summit.

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Fireworks at shrine

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fireworks light up a torii gate and buildings in an event at Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, a World Heritage Site on Miyajima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture on Aug. 14, 2010.

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Fireworks at shrine

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fireworks light up a torii gate and buildings in an event at Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, a World Heritage Site on Miyajima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture on Aug. 14, 2010.

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Repair work completed at Itsukushima Shrine gate

Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2022, shows a torii gate at the World Heritage-listed Itsukushima Shrine in Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, following the completion of its large-scale repair that started in June 2019.

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Repair work completed at Itsukushima Shrine gate

Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2022, shows a torii gate at the World Heritage-listed Itsukushima Shrine in Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, following the completion of its large-scale repair that started in June 2019.

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Repair work completed at Itsukushima Shrine gate

Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2022, shows a torii gate at the World Heritage-listed Itsukushima Shrine in Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, following the completion of its large-scale repair that started in June 2019.

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Shrine gates washed away by tsunami to return from U.S.

AOMORI, Japan - Toshimi Takahashi (R) shows where a shrine and its two "torii" gates used to stand before they were swept away in the 2011 tsunami in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2014. In the center is Sadafumi Uchiyama, a resident of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon, who is arranging to return a battered torii piece bearing Takahashi's name as one of the donors that washed up on the Oregon coast. In the background is a new torii gate built after the tsunami disaster.

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Tsunami-swept shrine gates to return from U.S.

AOMORI, Japan - A smartphone photo shows on Nov. 18, 2014, a battered piece of a Japanese shrine's "torii" gate that washed up on the coast of the U.S. state of Oregon after being swept away in the 2011 tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan. The inscriptions bearing a donor's name, Toshimi Takahashi, and the date of his donation became the crucial clues to tracing its origin back to a shrine in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture.

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Moon, Venus seen close

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows the moon and Venus seen close to each other in the sky over a torii gate in Heian Jingu, a shrine in Kyoto, western Japan, at 5:36 a.m. on Feb. 26, 2014.

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Fire festival in Wakayama Prefecture

SHINGU, Japan - Torch-bearing participants run down a path through the red-lacquered "torii" gate of the Kamikura Shrine during the Oto Fire Festival in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, in western Japan on Feb. 6, 2014. The ancient New Year's ritual dates back 1,400 years.

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"Battleship Island" in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 29, 2012, shows Hashima Shrine (back), the highest point on Hashima Island in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, and the shrine's name plate (front) fallen from the torii shrine gate. The island, nicknamed "Gunkanjima" (battleship island), was once prosperous but became uninhabited after its coal mines closed in 1974.

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M6.3 quake jolts western Japan

SUMOTO, Japan - A "torii" gate to a shrine in Sumoto, Hyogo Prefecture, is broken following a strong earthquake on April 13, 2013. The 5:33 a.m. quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan, injuring at least 23 people in five prefectures.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area with a torii gate for a Shinto shrine in the village of Noda, Iwate Prefecture, on March 14, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (R).

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Shrine damaged by Shizuoka quake

SHIZUOKA, Japan - A ''torii'' gate collapses at Oi Hachimangu Shrine in Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 11 after a strong earthquake hit the prefecture southwest of Tokyo and its vicinity the same day.

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Hakuho performs 'dohyo-iri' on Takabutai of Itsukushima Shrine

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho, the Mongolian sumo grand champion, performs the traditional ''dohyo-iri'' sumo-ring entering rites on Oct. 22 on the Takabutai traditional dance platform in the off-shore Itsukushima Shrine in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. The Takabutai, designated as a National Treasure, is traditionally used for performances of the ''bugaku'' court dance. In the background stands the Torii gate, the iconic symbol of the scenic Itsukushima island. Itsukushima Shrine is a World Heritage site.

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Religious group Kigenkai linked to death of female member

NAGANO, Japan - The compound of the Shinto-linked religious group Kigenkai in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture, where a ''Torii'' Shinto gate stands just inside the closed front gate. Police are investigating the death last month of a female member of the group who allegedly died after an assault inside the Kigenkai facility.

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M6.9 quake in Noto -- Damaged shrine in Wajima

WAJIMA, Japan - Workers remove debris of a collapsed torii gate in the Juzo Shinto shrine in earthquake-stricken Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on March 26, a day after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit the Hokuriku region in central Japan.

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Tourists at Itsukushima Shrine's refurbished Torii gateway

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Tourists take snap shots in front of Itsukushima Shrine's refurbished Torii gate in Miyajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 17. The 16-meter-high gateway of the shrine has been designated as a World Heritage site.

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Repainting begins at Itsukushima Shrine's Torii gateway

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Repainting work at Itsukushima Shrine's huge Torii gate in Miyajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, begins March 31. The 16-meter-high gateway of the shrine, designated as a World Heritage site, will be completed in a month.

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Japan's largest torii completed in Wakayama

SHINGU, Japan - Japan's largest ''torii,'' a gateway at the entrance to a Shinto shrine, is completed in a ceremony at Kumano-Hongu Shrine in Hongu, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 11. Some 500 people passed through the 34-meter-high, 42-meter-wide gate after the ceremony.

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Hakuho performs 'dohyo-iri' on Takabutai of Itsukushima Shrine

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho, the Mongolian sumo grand champion, performs the traditional ''dohyo-iri'' sumo-ring entering rites on Oct. 22 on the Takabutai traditional dance platform in the off-shore Itsukushima Shrine in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. The Takabutai, designated as a National Treasure, is traditionally used for performances of the ''bugaku'' court dance. In the background stands the Torii gate, the iconic symbol of the scenic Itsukushima island. Itsukushima Shrine is a World Heritage site. (Kyodo)

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Patriotic Shrine - Paiyushan - Port Arthur

Patriotic Shrine - Paiyushan - Lushunkou (a district in the municipality of Dalian, Liaoning province, also called Lushun City or Lushun Port, formerly known as both Port Arthur and Ryojun). During the Russo-Japanese war (1904-1905), the Russians surrendered Port Arthur to the Japanese after nearly a year's siege: the Japanese expended 58,000 killed or wounded to obtain the town. This is a Japanese memorial to the victory. Date: circa 1910

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Historic earthquake in Japan

File photo taken March 14, 2011 shows an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. On the right stands a "torii" gate of Kozuchi Shinto shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security in Ise-Shima area tightens ahead of G-7 summit

A police officer stands guard in front of the "torii" gate at the entrance of the Uji Bridge in the Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on May 11, 2016. Ahead of the Ise-Shima summit of the Group of Seven industrialized nations taking place on May 26 and 27, officials have enforced around-the-clock security around the shrine, a site the leaders will visit during their stay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Western Japan city mulls taxing tourists to Miyajima

Tourists take a photo in front of the great "torii" gate of Itsukushima Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on the island of Miyajima in the western Japanese city of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Nov. 24, 2015. The municipal government is considering imposing an entry tax for better management of the asset and services for visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fireworks in Miyajima

The "floating" torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage site on the island of Miyajima, is silhouetted during the Miyajima Water Fireworks Display in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fireworks in Miyajima

Fireworks light up the sky over the "floating" torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on the island of Miyajima in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2015, during the Miyajima Water Fireworks Display event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Milky Way observed in eastern Japan

Stars of the Milky Way shine over a "torii" gate on a rocky shore in Oarai in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on March 18, 2021.

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Milky Way observed in eastern Japan

Stars of the Milky Way shine over a "torii" gate on a rocky shore in Oarai in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on March 17, 2021.

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Ise Grand Shrine a place of "appreciation" at Ise-Shima summit

Photo taken May 25, 2016, shows the torii gate entrance at Kotaijingu, the inner shrine, leading across Uji Bridge at Ise Grand Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture. The most venerable shrine in Japan, it is dedicated to Amaterasu Omikami, the mythical ancestral sun goddess of the Imperial family. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Parade marks centenary of Izumo Shrine gate in western Japan

Local residents parade on Nov. 7, 2015, on the approach to Izumo Shrine to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of a giant "torii" gate (back, L) in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People greet centenary of Izumo Shrine gate in western Japan

Local residents march on Nov. 7, 2015, on the road to Izumo Shrine to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of a giant "torii" gate (back, L) in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami-swept shrine gate parts returned from U.S.

Toshimi Takahashi (far R) listens on Oct. 3, 2015, to an official explain the process in which parts of "torii" gates at a shrine in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, swept away by the 2011 tsunami were found in the U.S. Pacific coast state of Oregon in 2013 and returned to the northern Japanese city earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami-swept shrine gate parts returned from U.S.

Citizens in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, stroke on Oct. 3, 2015, one of the two parts of "torii" shrine gates swept away by the 2011 tsunami and found in the U.S. Pacific coast state of Oregon in 2013. Returned to the northern Japan city earlier in the day, they will be repaired for attachment back to the gates by April 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tsunami-swept parts of shrine gate return from U.S.

Staff of the Yokohama Customs in the port city southwest of Tokyo show on Sept. 18, 2015, a head board of a "torii" Shinto shrine gate washed to the U.S. Pacific coast by the 2011 tsunami from the shrine's gateway in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan. The board was recently sent back from the United States along with a similar part of another gate at the shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fireworks at shrine

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fireworks light up a torii gate and buildings in an event at Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, a World Heritage Site on Miyajima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture on Aug. 14, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Fireworks at shrine

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fireworks light up a torii gate and buildings in an event at Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, a World Heritage Site on Miyajima Island in Hiroshima Prefecture on Aug. 14, 2010. (Kyodo)