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Heavy snow in Niigata

Workers remove snow at a railroad crossing in Uonuma in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 20, 2022, following heavy snow.

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Heavy snow in Niigata

Workers remove snow at a railroad crossing in Uonuma in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 20, 2022, following heavy snow.

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Heavy snow in Niigata

Workers remove snow at a railroad crossing in Uonuma in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 20, 2022, following heavy snow.

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Heavy snow in Niigata

A woman walks on a street in Uonuma in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 20, 2022, following heavy snow.

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Heavy snow in Niigata

A man walks in Uonuma in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 20, 2022, following heavy snow.

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Heavy snow in Niigata

An official directs vehicles at an intersection in Uonuma in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 20, 2022, following heavy snow.

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Heat wave continues in Japan, mercury hits 37.5 C in Iwate

TOKYO, Japan - Children play with water at a park in Osaka on Aug. 13 as heat waves continue to bake Japan, with the mercury rising to 37.5 C in the village of Kawai, Iwate Prefecture and 37.3 C in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture.

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Campaigning starts for general election

UONUMA, Japan - People's Life Party President Ichiro Ozawa makes a speech in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for the Dec. 14 lower house election.

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Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

UONUMA, Japan - Downpour sweeps a vehicle and a building (back) while destroying a road in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on July 30, 2011.

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Minister visits area hit by heavy snow

UONUMA, Japan - Disaster prevention minister Ryu Matsumoto (3rd from L) inspects an area hit by heavy snow in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 5, 2011. The area recorded over 4 meters of accumulated snow in the winter season.

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More snowfall expected in Sea of Japan areas

MINAMI-UONUMA, Japan - Men remove snow from the roof of a house in the city of Minami-Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan. 6. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned on Jan. 6 that said snow will continue to fall heavily through Jan. 7 in Sea of Japan coastal areas of western and northern Honshu.

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(1)Snow blankets much of Japanese archipelago

MINAMI-UONUMA, Japan - Braving an uninterrupted snowfall, children walk to their school in Minami-Uonuma, central Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 2. Snow fell in many parts of the Japanese archipelago from the north to the south except the Tokyo metropolitan area from Feb. 1 through Feb. 2.

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Japanese lawmakers pitch rice from Japan in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Toshikatsu Matsuoka (L) of Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party introduced ''Uonuma Koshihikari,'' the top brand rice in Japan, to Zhou Qiang, first secretary of the Communist Youth League of China on Jan. 20. Matsuoka and other lawmakers made a pitch for the start of Japanese rice exports to China, inviting Chinese officials to try some of the top Japanese brands of rice at an event held in Beijing.

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(2)GSDF starts removing collapsed houses blocking roads in Niigata

UONUMA, Japan - A mother and her children watch Ground Self-Defense Force personnel remove their quake-hit house in Uonuma City, Niigata Prerecture, on Nov. 19.

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GSDF starts removing collapsed houses blocking roads in Niigata

UONUMA, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force members remove debris from a collapsed house along a highway in Uonuma in quake-hit Niigata Prefecture on Nov. 19. They began removing about 20 houses, which are either partially collapsed or in danger of collapsing onto the road, to secure full use of the highway.

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(4) Life returns to Uonuma's Ryuko distirct

UONUMA, Japan - Life looks as usual again in the Ryuko district of Uonuma city in central Niigata Prefecture as residents return home following the lift of the evacuation order on Nov. 9. Possible flooding of the river (seen on the right side) prompted authorities to issue the order after the Oct. 23 earthquakes.

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(3)Life returns to Uonuma's Ryuko distirct

UONUMA, Japan - As her daughter watches, a housewife in the Uonuma city's Ryuko district in central Niigata Prefecture dries her bedclothes near the cracks formed by the earthquakes after returning home following the lift of the evacuation order on Nov. 9.

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(1)Life returns to Uonuma's Ryuko distirct

UONUMA, Japan - Residents of Uonuma city's Ryuko district in central Niigata Prefecture carry personal belongings in preparation to return home as the evacuation order that followed the deadly earthquakes is lifted by authorities on Nov. 9.

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(2)Life returns to Uonuma's Ryuko distirct

UONUMA, Japan - Residents of Uonuma city's Ryuko district in central Niigata Prefecture drive home as the evacuation order that followed the deadly earthquakes is lifted by authorities on Nov. 9. Sandbags are in place along the river embankment to provide against possible floods.

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GSDF starts removing collapsed houses blocking roads in Niigata

UONUMA, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force members remove debris from a collapsed house along a highway in Uonuma in quake-hit Niigata Prefecture on Nov. 19. They began removing about 20 houses, which are either partially collapsed or in danger of collapsing onto the road, to secure full use of the highway. (Kyodo)

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(1)Snow blankets much of Japanese archipelago

MINAMI-UONUMA, Japan - Braving an uninterrupted snowfall, children walk to their school in Minami-Uonuma, central Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 2. Snow fell in many parts of the Japanese archipelago from the north to the south except the Tokyo metropolitan area from Feb. 1 through Feb. 2. (Kyodo)

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Heat wave continues in Japan, mercury hits 37.5 C in Iwate

TOKYO, Japan - Children play with water at a park in Osaka on Aug. 13 as heat waves continue to bake Japan, with the mercury rising to 37.5 C in the village of Kawai, Iwate Prefecture and 37.3 C in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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More snowfall expected in Sea of Japan areas

MINAMI-UONUMA, Japan - Men remove snow from the roof of a house in the city of Minami-Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Jan. 6. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned on Jan. 6 that said snow will continue to fall heavily through Jan. 7 in Sea of Japan coastal areas of western and northern Honshu. (Kyodo)

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Japanese lawmakers pitch rice from Japan in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Toshikatsu Matsuoka (L) of Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party introduced ''Uonuma Koshihikari,'' the top brand rice in Japan, to Zhou Qiang, first secretary of the Communist Youth League of China on Jan. 20. Matsuoka and other lawmakers made a pitch for the start of Japanese rice exports to China, inviting Chinese officials to try some of the top Japanese brands of rice at an event held in Beijing. (Kyodo)

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(4) Life returns to Uonuma's Ryuko distirct

UONUMA, Japan - Life looks as usual again in the Ryuko district of Uonuma city in central Niigata Prefecture as residents return home following the lift of the evacuation order on Nov. 9. Possible flooding of the river (seen on the right side) prompted authorities to issue the order after the Oct. 23 earthquakes. (Kyodo)

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(1)Life returns to Uonuma's Ryuko distirct

UONUMA, Japan - Residents of Uonuma city's Ryuko district in central Niigata Prefecture carry personal belongings in preparation to return home as the evacuation order that followed the deadly earthquakes is lifted by authorities on Nov. 9. (Kyodo)

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(5)Life returns to Uonuma's Ryuko distirct

UONUMA, Japan - An aged woman sits down dejected over the earthquake damage caused to her house in the Ryuko district of Uonuma city in central Niigata Prefecture on returning home following the list of the evacuation order on Nov. 9. (Kyodo)

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(3)Life returns to Uonuma's Ryuko distirct

UONUMA, Japan - As her daughter watches, a housewife in the Uonuma city's Ryuko district in central Niigata Prefecture dries her bedclothes near the cracks formed by the earthquakes after returning home following the lift of the evacuation order on Nov. 9. (Kyodo)

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(2)Life returns to Uonuma's Ryuko distirct

UONUMA, Japan - Residents of Uonuma city's Ryuko district in central Niigata Prefecture drive home as the evacuation order that followed the deadly earthquakes is lifted by authorities on Nov. 9. Sandbags are in place along the river embankment to provide against possible floods. (Kyodo)

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(2)GSDF starts removing collapsed houses blocking roads in Niiga

UONUMA, Japan - A mother and her children watch Ground Self-Defense Force personnel remove their quake-hit house in Uonuma City, Niigata Prerecture, on Nov. 19. (Kyodo)

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(3)GSDF starts removing collapsed houses blocking roads in Niiga

UONUMA, Japan -A man hangs down his head in sorrow as Ground Self-Defense Force personnel begin removing his collapsed house in the City of Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Nov. 19. The GSDF will remove the debris of about 20 houses that are either partially collapsed or in danger of collapsing after the Oct. 23 earthquakes. (Kyodo)

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Downpour hits Niigata, Fukushima

UONUMA, Japan - Downpour sweeps a vehicle and a building (back) while destroying a road in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on July 30, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Minister visits area hit by heavy snow

UONUMA, Japan - Disaster prevention minister Ryu Matsumoto (3rd from L) inspects an area hit by heavy snow in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 5, 2011. The area recorded over 4 meters of accumulated snow in the winter season. (Kyodo)

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Campaigning starts for general election

UONUMA, Japan - People's Life Party President Ichiro Ozawa makes a speech in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for the Dec. 14 lower house election. (Kyodo)

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Incoming Niigata governor says not to accept nuclear plant restart

Ryuichi Yoneyama reads a newspaper in the Japanese city of Uonuma on Oct. 17, 2016, the night after winning the gubernatorial election in Niigata Prefecture, home to the world's largest nuclear power plant. Yoneyama said he cannot accept the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa complex on the Sea of Japan coast. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo