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Unnamed donor sends gold ingots to Miyagi fish market

SENDAI, Japan - Kunio Suno, president of a fish market in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, holds two gold ingots worth around 10 million yen in total, on Feb. 14, 2013. The ingots were sent to the fish market in the disaster-hit city by an unnamed donor in Nagano.

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Unnamed donor sends gold ingots to Miyagi fish market

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2013, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, shows two gold ingots worth around 10 million yen in total that were sent to a fish market in the disaster-hit city by an unnamed donor in Nagano.

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Murals at ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a mural painting that seems to depict a procession at a newly-unearthed Koguryo mural tomb dating back to around the fifth century. Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the Tongsan-dong mural tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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Ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a celadon candleholder featuring a kind of animal found in the newly-unearthed Tongsan-dong mural tomb, a Koguryo relic dating back to around the fifth century. Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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Murals at ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Combination photo shows a mural painting (R) that seems to depict the face of a warrior at a newly-unearthed Koguryo mural tomb dating back to around the fifth century and an infrared version (L). Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the Tongsan-dong mural tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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Murals at ancient tomb in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Combination photo shows a mural painting (top) that seems to depict a procession at a newly-unearthed Koguryo mural tomb dating back to around the fifth century and an infrared version (bottom). Kyodo News reported on Aug. 14, 2010 that it sent a team of journalists and scholars to Pyongyang and conducted joint research on the Tongsan-dong mural tomb in the capital's Raknang district with the Archaeological Institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences.

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Classic car rally begins in Japan

NAGOYA, Japan, April 14 Kyodo - Vintage cars leave Atsuta Shrine in the central Japan city of Nagoya on April 14, 2017, for the classic car rally "La Festa Primavera 2017." The rally, which takes place every year, will see around 60 vehicles travel some 1,100 kilometers across central and western Japan to finish at a park in Kyoto.

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Data on Osaka city's 680,000 voters in 2011 election leaked online

OSAKA, Dec. 14 Kyodo - Municipal government officials in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, bow in apology at their office on Dec. 14, 2015, saying that personal information on all the around 680,000 voters in Sakai in the 2011 Osaka gubernatorial election had been leaked on the Internet as an employee had handled the data inappropriately.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) and other cyclists ride in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (2nd from L) and other cyclists ride in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) and other cyclists start the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy rides in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy tastes minced saury soup at a rest station in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, during the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) smiles as she receives minced saury soup from a local woman at a rest station in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, during the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy rides in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Godzilla exhibition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A pure gold statuette of Godzilla, measuring around 24 centimeters in height, is displayed at Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest skyscraper in Osaka, on Aug. 14, 2014. The statuette is part of an exhibition of Godzilla-related items that began the same day and will run until Aug. 24 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the original Japanese film's release.

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Godzilla exhibition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A pure gold statuette of Godzilla, measuring around 24 centimeters in height, is displayed at Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest skyscraper in Osaka, on Aug. 14, 2014. The statuette is part of an exhibition of Godzilla-related items that began the same day and will run until Aug. 24 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the original Japanese film's release.

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Coming-of-Age Day

TOKYO, Japan -Around 1,200 young Japanese who turn 20 years old this year attend a Coming-of-Age ceremony on Jan. 14, 2013, a national holiday, at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Coming-of-Age Day

TOKYO, Japan -Around 1,200 young Japanese who turn 20 years old this year attend a Coming-of-Age ceremony on Jan. 14, 2013, a national holiday, at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Coming-of-Age Day

TOKYO, Japan -Around 1,200 young Japanese who turn 20 years old this year attend a Coming-of-Age ceremony on Jan. 14, 2013, a national holiday, at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Japanese medalists at London Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese gold medalists at the London Olympics, (from L front) Ryota Murata (men's middleweight boxing), Kohei Uchimura (men's gymnastics individual all-around), Hitomi Obara (women's wrestling 48-kilogram class), Saori Yoshida (women's wrestling 55-kilogram class), Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu (men's 66 kilogram freestyle wrestling), Kaori Icho (women's wrestling 63-kilogram class) and Kaori Matsumoto (women's judo 57-kilogram category) pose for photos with other medalists in Tokyo on Aug. 14, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep in the Pacific about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012.

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Preparatory drilling for methane hydrate production

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu preparing to start preparatory drilling for seabed methane hydrate production in waters around 1,000 meters deep about 70 to 80 kilometers south of the Atsumi Peninsula near Nagoya on Feb. 14, 2012.

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GSDF members leave for S. Sudan

NARITA, Japan - A 34-member group of Ground Self-Defense Force personnel leaves Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Jan. 14, 2012, for South Sudan to prepare for Japan's full-fledged participation in U.N. peacekeeping operations there. Japan plans to send around 210 members of the GSDF engineering unit to the country between mid-February and the end of March to build roads and bridges as part of the peacekeeping operations in the fledgling nation.

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'Miracle pine' seedlings

TOKYO, Japan - A woman shows seedlings in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2011, of the so-called ''miracle pine'' tree that had survived the March tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. A report to Rikuzentakata authorities said on Dec. 12, 2011, that the continued survival of the tree, which has become a symbol of the city's reconstruction, is in doubt as its roots have begun to rot due to exposure to salt water. The tree was the only survivor among around 70,000 pines that stood in a scenic area of the Pacific coastal city.

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World champion Uchimura's vault performance

TOKYO, Japan - Integrated image shows Japanese world champion Kohei Uchimura's vault performance at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011. Uchimura won his third consecutive all-around title at the championships, the first person to do so.

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World champion Uchimura's high bar performance

TOKYO, Japan - Integrated image shows Japanese world champion Kohei Uchimura performing on the high bar at the world gymnastics championships in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2011. Uchimura won his third consecutive all-around title at the championships, the first person to do so.

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Thai Prime Minister Abhisit

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks during an interview with foreign media in Bangkok on June 14, 2011. He said the general election to be held on July 3 will be a tight race but he hopes to secure around 200 seats for his party.

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Singing of Chinese revolutionary songs

BEIJING, China - Around 200 middle-aged and senior people gather in a park in central Beijing to sing revolutionary songs from the era of Mao Zedong on June 14, 2011. They said singing the old songs praising Mao and the Communist Party of China in parks and workplaces is becoming popular in the Chinese capital ahead of the 90th anniversary of the party's founding on July 1.

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Singing of Chinese revolutionary songs

BEIJING, China - Around 200 middle-aged and senior people gather in a park in central Beijing to sing revolutionary songs from the era of Mao Zedong on June 14, 2011. They said singing the old songs praising Mao and the Communist Party of China in parks and workplaces is becoming popular in the Chinese capital ahead of the 90th anniversary of the party's founding on July 1.

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Toyota's new Prius

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s new ''Prius a'' (Prius alpha) hybrid vehicle. The Japanese automaker said June 14, 2011, it had received around 52,000 orders for the vehicle in the first month since its debut, well above its target of 3,000 units per month.

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Town of Futaba after evacuation

TOKYO, Japan - A dog walks on an empty street in the town of Futaba, around 3 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, on April 14, 2011, about a month after the town residents evacuated from the area to avoid possible radiation contamination.

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Takayama Spring Festival

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Floats lit up by lanterns parade through the streets of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, during the Takayama Spring Festival on April 14, 2011. Around 74,000 people attended the festival, about 30 percent lower than the previous year, apparently due to the March 11 quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Heavy rain hits western Japan, leaving 3 dead, 2 others missing

FUKUOKA, Japan - The Shimozakai district in the city of Nogata, Fukuoka Prefecture, is flooded on July 14, 2010, as torrential rain hits western Japan. Evacuation advisories were issued to around 125,000 people in Fukuoka and Saga prefectures in northern Kyushu, including some places that recorded over 100 millimeters of rain per hour.