Small hydropower plant in Fukushima begins power generation

Small hydropower plant in Fukushima begins power generation

A generator at a small hydropower plant in Fukshima's Tsuchiyu-onsen town in northeastern Japan begins power generation on May 9, 2015. It is capable of generating an amount of electricity equivalent to 170 average households' annual electricity consumption. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Northeastern Japan travel festival opens in Taipei

Northeastern Japan travel festival opens in Taipei

Mai Kato (C), head of the Tsuchiyu Onsen Tourism Association in Fukushima, and Maki Watanabe (far R), a member of the Happy Fukushima Troupe, and other troupe members pose for a photo at a promotional event in Taipei on Dec. 8, 2017. The three-day event opened the same day to promote tourism in six northeastern Japan prefectures hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

LDP leadership race

LDP leadership race

Fumio Kishida (2nd from L), policy chief of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, visits the Tsuchiyu hot spring resort in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Sept. 10, 2020, during a tour of Fukushima and Miyagi, two prefectures hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. He is running in the ruling party's presidential election to be held on Sept. 14 to choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor.

LDP leadership race

LDP leadership race

Fumio Kishida (C), policy chief of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, visits the Tsuchiyu hot spring resort in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Sept. 10, 2020, during a tour of Fukushima and Miyagi, two prefectures hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. He is running in the ruling party's presidential election to be held on Sept. 14 to choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor.

LDP leadership race

LDP leadership race

Fumio Kishida, policy chief of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, visits a gift shop in the Tsuchiyu hot spring resort in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Sept. 10, 2020, during a tour of Fukushima and Miyagi, two prefectures hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. He is running in the ruling party's presidential election to be held on Sept. 14 to choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor.

LDP leadership race

LDP leadership race

Fumio Kishida (R), policy chief of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, visits the Tsuchiyu hot spring resort in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Sept. 10, 2020, during a tour of Fukushima and Miyagi, two prefectures hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. He is running in the ruling party's presidential election to be held on Sept. 14 to choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor.

LDP leadership race

LDP leadership race

Fumio Kishida (C), policy chief of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, raises his fist in the Tsuchiyu hot spring resort in the northeastern Japan city of Fukushima on Sept. 10, 2020, during a tour of Fukushima and Miyagi, two prefectures hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. He is running in the ruling party's presidential election to be held on Sept. 14 to choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor.

LDP leadership race

LDP leadership race

Fumio Kishida, policy chief of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, talks with local people as he visits the Tsuchiyu hot spring resort in the city of Fukushima on Sept. 10, 2020, during a tour of Fukushima and Miyagi, two prefectures hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. He is running in the ruling party's presidential election to be held on Sept. 14 to choose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's successor.