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Princess Kako visits Osaka expo

Japan's Princess Kako is briefed about the Earth at Night globe made with traditional Wajima lacquerware that survived the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake in the central Japan city of Wajima during a visit to the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 23, 2025.

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Princess Kako visits Osaka expo

Japan's Princess Kako is briefed about the Earth at Night globe made with traditional Wajima lacquerware that survived the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake in the central Japan city of Wajima during a visit to the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 23, 2025.

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Princess Kako visits Osaka expo

Japan's Princess Kako looks at the Earth at Night globe made with traditional Wajima lacquerware that survived the massive Jan. 1, 2024, earthquake in the central Japan city of Wajima during a visit to the World Exposition in Osaka on Aug. 23, 2025.

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Kumamon visits quake-hit city in Ishikawa Pref.

Kumamon, the official mascot of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto, makes chopsticks using a Wajima-nuri lacquerware technique at a facility in Wajima, an Ishikawa Prefecture city hit hard by the Jan. 1, 2024, massive earthquake, on Aug. 9, 2025. Kumamon is visiting various Ishikawa Prefecture cities to give encouragement to people affected by the disaster.

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ANA expo plane arrives in quake-hit city

Elementary school students pose for a photo on April 19, 2025, in front of an All Nippon Airways chartered plane at Noto airport in Wajima, an Ishikawa Prefecture city hit by a massive earthquake in January 2024, after the plane with the design of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka arrived carrying 30 people who are planning to engage in volunteering work in the central Japan city.

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ANA expo plane arrives in quake-hit city

An All Nippon Airways chartered plane with the design of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka lands on April 19, 2025, at Noto airport in Wajima, an Ishikawa Prefecture city hit by a massive earthquake in January 2024. About 30 people took the flight from Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture to engage in volunteering work in the central Japan city.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo shows a "Wajima-nuri" lacquerware terrestrial globe from Wajima, a central Japan city hit by a massive earthquake in January 2024, unveiled to the media at the venue of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on April 9, 2025, ahead of the event's opening on April 13.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo shows a "Wajima-nuri" lacquerware terrestrial globe from Wajima, a central Japan city hit by a massive earthquake in January 2024, unveiled to the media at the venue of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on April 9, 2025, ahead of the event's opening on April 13.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo shows a "Wajima-nuri" lacquerware terrestrial globe from Wajima, a central Japan city hit by a massive earthquake in January 2024, unveiled to the media at the venue of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on April 9, 2025, ahead of the event's opening on April 13.

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Heavy snowfall in Japan

A large pile of snow is seen near the entrance of the city hall of Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on Feb. 22, 2025, following heavy snowfall.

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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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Japan emperor, empress return from Noto

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L) and Empress Masako return to Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 17, 2024, following a one-day trip to Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, hit hard by torrential rain in September. The city on the Noto Peninsula was also hit by a major earthquake in January.

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Japan emperor, empress return from Noto

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako return to Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 17, 2024, following a one-day trip to Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, hit hard by torrential rain in September. The city on the Noto Peninsula was also hit by a major earthquake in January.

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Japan emperor, empress visit Noto

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (far R) and Empress Masako visit on Dec. 17, 2024, an area hit hard by river flooding in the wake of torrential rain in September in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture. The city on the Noto Peninsula was also hit by a major earthquake in January.

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Japan emperor, empress visit Noto

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (far R) and Empress Masako visit on Dec. 17, 2024, an area hit hard by river flooding in the wake of torrential rain in September in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture. The city on the Noto Peninsula was also hit by a major earthquake in January.

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Japan emperor, empress visit Noto

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako on Dec. 17, 2024, meet people affected by torrential rain in September at a junior high school still being used as a temporary shelter in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture. The city on Noto Peninsula was also hit by a major earthquake in January. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress visit Noto

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako on Dec. 17, 2024, meet people affected by torrential rain in September at a junior high school still being used as a temporary shelter in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture. The city on Noto Peninsula was also hit by a major earthquake in January. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress visit Noto

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako offer silent prayers on Dec. 17, 2024, in an area hit hard by river flooding in the wake of torrential rain in September in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture. The city on the Noto Peninsula was also hit by a major earthquake in January.

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Japan emperor, empress visit Noto

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (far R) and Empress Masako visit on Dec. 17, 2024, an area hit hard by river flooding in the wake of torrential rain in September in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture. The city on the Noto Peninsula was also hit by a major earthquake in January.

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Japan emperor visits torrential rain-hit Ishikawa Pref. city

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L) and Empress Masako arrive at Noto airport in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on Dec. 17, 2024, to make a one-day visit to areas affected by torrential rain in September.(Pool photo)

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Japan emperor visits torrential rain-hit Ishikawa Pref. city

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (far L) and Empress Masako arrive at Noto airport in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on Dec. 17, 2024, to make a one-day visit to areas affected by torrential rain in September. (Pool photo)

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Detour opens in quake-hit Wajima city

Vehicles run through a newly opened bypass route on an elevated seabed for quake-damaged Route 249 in Wajima city in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on Dec. 5, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary of the Jan. 1 earthquake in the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Main opposition party head visits disaster-hit Wajima city

Yoshihiko Noda, the new leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, meets the press during a visit on Oct. 5, 2024, to Wajima, a central Japan city ravaged by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day and partially inundated following record-breaking rainfall in September.

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Main opposition party head visits disaster-hit Wajima city

Yoshihiko Noda (front, 2nd from R), the new leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, visits on Oct. 5, 2024, Wajima, a central Japan city ravaged by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day and partially inundated following record-breaking rainfall in September.

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Main opposition party head visits disaster-hit Wajima city

Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from R), the new leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, visits on Oct. 5, 2024, Wajima, a central Japan city ravaged by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day and partially inundated following record-breaking rainfall in September.

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Japan PM visits flood-hit central Japan city

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) visits on Oct. 5, 2024, temporary housing for people displaced in a strong earthquake on New Year's Day in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, after it was inundated following record-breaking rainfall in September. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits flood-hit central Japan city

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) visits on Oct. 5, 2024, temporary housing for people displaced in a strong earthquake on New Year's Day in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, after it was inundated following record-breaking rainfall in September. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits flood-hit central Japan city

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (back, 2nd from L) visits on Oct. 5, 2024, temporary housing for people displaced in a strong earthquake on New Year's Day in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, after it was inundated following record-breaking rainfall in September. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits flood-hit central Japan city

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far L) visits on Oct. 5, 2024, temporary housing for people displaced in a strong earthquake on New Year's Day in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa, after it was inundated following record-breaking rainfall in September. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits flood-hit central Japan city

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) visits on Oct. 5, 2024, an elementary school used as an evacuation center in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, after part of the central Japan city was inundated following record-breaking rainfall in September. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits flood-hit central Japan city

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) visits on Oct. 5, 2024, an elementary school used as an evacuation center in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, after part of the central Japan city was inundated following record-breaking rainfall in September. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits flood-hit central Japan city

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) visits on Oct. 5, 2024, an elementary school used as an evacuation center in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, after part of the central Japan city was inundated following record-breaking rainfall in September. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits flood-hit central Japan city

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) bows on Oct. 5, 2024, during a visit to the site of flooding in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa that swept away residential houses following record-breaking rainfall in September. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits quake-hit central Japan city

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (back, R) visits on Oct. 5, 2024, the site of a market in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, that was gutted by a fire following a powerful earthquake that hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on New Year's Day. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits quake-hit central Japan city

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) visits on Oct. 5, 2024, the site of a market in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, that was gutted by a fire following a powerful earthquake that hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on New Year's Day. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits flood-hit central Japan city

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (front, C) visits on Oct. 5, 2024, the site of a flood in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa that swept away residential houses following record-breaking rainfall in September. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits flood-hit central Japan city

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) visits on Oct. 5, 2024, the site of a flood in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa that swept away residential houses following record-breaking rainfall in September. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits flood-hit central Japan city

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) visits on Oct. 5, 2024, the site of a flood in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa that swept away residential houses following record-breaking rainfall in September. (Pool photo)

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Aftermath of heavy rain in Ishikawa Pref.

WAJIMA, Japan, Sept. 24 Kyodo - A rescue operation is under way on Sept. 23, 2024, after a house was washed away by a river in Wajima, an Ishikawa Prefecture city hit by a strong earthquake on New Year's Day, after part of the central Japan city was inundated following heavy rain over the weekend. (Kyodo)

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Aftermath of heavy rain in Ishikawa Pref.

A search operation continues for missing people near a river in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Oct. 1, 2024, after torrential rain inundated parts of the central Japan city last month.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in Ishikawa Pref.

A search operation continues for missing people near a river in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Oct. 1, 2024, after torrential rain inundated parts of the central Japan city last month.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in Ishikawa Pref.

Wood and other debris remain near a temporary housing in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2024, following heavy rain earlier in the month that inundated parts of the central Japan city. The temporary housing was built for those affected by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in Ishikawa Pref.

Volunteers help cleanup temporary housing in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2024, following heavy rain earlier in the month that inundated parts of the central Japan city. The temporary housing was built for those affected by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in Ishikawa Pref.

A search operation continues in a river in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2024, for those who went missing after torrential rain hit the central Japan city earlier in the month.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in Ishikawa Pref.

A search operation continues near a river in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2024, for those who went missing after torrential rain hit the central Japan city earlier in the month.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in Ishikawa Pref.

A search operation continues in a river in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2024, for those who went missing after torrential rain hit the central Japan city earlier in the month.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in Ishikawa Pref.

A Japan Self-Defense Forces member engages in a search operation on Sept. 27, 2024, after heavy rain the previous weekend washed away houses by a river in Wajima, an Ishikawa Prefecture city that is still recovering from a strong earthquake on New Year's Day.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in Ishikawa Pref.

A search operation continues on Sept. 27, 2024, after heavy rain the previous weekend washed away houses by a river in Wajima, an Ishikawa Prefecture city that is still recovering from a strong earthquake on New Year's Day.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in Ishikawa Pref.

A search operation continues on Sept. 27, 2024, after heavy rain the previous weekend washed away houses by a river in Wajima, an Ishikawa Prefecture city that is still recovering from a strong earthquake on New Year's Day.

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Aftermath of heavy rain in Ishikawa Pref.

A search operation continues on Sept. 27, 2024, after heavy rain the previous weekend washed away houses by a river in Wajima, an Ishikawa Prefecture city that is still recovering from a strong earthquake on New Year's Day.