Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles parked at a parking lot and around the edge of a baseball field in Urakawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2025, as people evacuate after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles parked at a parking lot and around the edge of a baseball field in Urakawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2025, as people evacuate after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Tsunami warning issued in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles parked around the edge of a baseball field in Urakawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 30, 2025, as people evacuate after the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning following a powerful earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

Japan Coast Guard ship searches for missing fishermen

Japan Coast Guard ship searches for missing fishermen

SAPPORO, Japan - A Japan Coast Guard ship and helicopter search for 14 fishermen missing after their boat, with a crew of 18, capsized Sept. 11 in the Pacific Ocean off Urakawa in southern Hokkaido. The 160-ton Ryuho Maru No. 5 capsized while fishing for Alaskan pollack. Four were rescued by a nearby fishing boat.

Mental illness supporters perform drama at U.N. confab workshop

Mental illness supporters perform drama at U.N. confab workshop

Members of Urakawa Bethel's House, operator of homes for people with mental illness in Urakawa Town in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, perform a play during a workshop on March 17, 2015, at the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Wearable tech adapted for animals

Wearable tech adapted for animals

Photo taken Feb. 23, 2016, in Urakawa, Hokkaido, shows a racehorse equipped with a wearable device. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Saga stresses unknown attractions as it tackles low tourist appeal

Saga stresses unknown attractions as it tackles low tourist appeal

Potter Yoshie Urakawa holds an Arita porcelain plate made by her at her shop in the town of Arita, Saga Prefecture, on Feb. 22, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo