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20th anniv. of Sumatra earthquake-tsunami disaster

Photo taken on Dec. 25, 2024, shows a coastal residential area in Banda Aceh on the Indonesian island of Sumatra that was rebuilt after the Dec. 26, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake-tsunami disaster that killed around 230,000 people.

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20th anniv. of Sumatra earthquake-tsunami disaster

Photo taken on Dec. 25, 2024, shows a coastal residential area in Banda Aceh on the Indonesian island of Sumatra that was rebuilt after the Dec. 26, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake-tsunami disaster that killed around 230,000 people.

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400 say goodbye to ex-lower house speaker Doi

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama makes a speech under a picture of Takako Doi, a former speaker of Japan's House of Representatives and former chief of the Social Democratic Party, at a memorial ceremony for her in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014. Around 400 said goodbye to Doi, who died of pneumonia on Sept. 20 at 85.

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400 say goodbye to ex-lower house speaker Doi

TOKYO, Japan - Attendees at a memorial ceremony for Takako Doi, a former speaker of Japan's House of Representatives and former chief of the Social Democratic Party, make a line to offer flowers to her picture in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014. Around 400 said goodbye to Doi, who died of pneumonia on Sept. 20 at 85.

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Toyota to launch hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in Japan by March 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuhisa Kato, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., briefs reporters on the company's sedan-style hydrogen fuel cell vehicle at a press conference in Tokyo on June 25, 2014. Kato said Toyota will begin selling the fuel car in Japan by March 2015 with a retail price of around 7 million yen.

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Toyota to launch hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in Japan by March 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a prototype of Toyota Motor Corp.'s sedan-style hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. Toyota said on June 25, 2014, that it will begin selling the hydrogen fuel cell car in Japan by March 2015 with a retail price of around 7 million yen.

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Toyota to launch hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in Japan by March 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuhisa Kato, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., stands by a prototype of the company's sedan-style hydrogen fuel cell vehicle during a press conference in Tokyo on June 25, 2014. Kato said Toyota will begin selling the fuel car in Japan by March 2015 with a retail price of around 7 million yen.

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Volkswagen begins selling Beetle convertible in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on March 25, 2013, shows the Beetle Cabriolet. Volkswagen Group Japan K.K. launched the Beetle convertible with a folding roof that can be raised or lowered in around 10 seconds in Japan the same day.

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Japan copyright body chief Tokura

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tokura, chairman of the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, meets the press at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2013, after submitting a written request to Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to work for the termination of a royalty payment system, under which Japan is required to pay royalties to 15 victor nations of World War II for around 10 years longer than the 50-year copyright protection period. Japan is the only country subject to such treatment due to its wartime failure to pay royalties to its enemies for music, novels and art.

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Pet pig walking

KOCHI, Japan - Pet pig Katsuo walks along the Kagami River in the city of Kochi, western Japan, on Oct. 25, 2012. The male pig that was bought from a breeder about two years ago and has grown to around 100 kilograms is taken to walk several times a day.

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Imperial garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (pictured from behind) and Empress Michiko (next to emperor) talk with Olympic wrestling gold medalist Saori Yoshida during a party at Tokyo's Akasaka Imperial Garden on Oct. 25, 2012. Around 1,700 people, including lawmakers, top bureaucrats and a wide range of celebrities, attended the garden party hosted by the imperial couple.

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Cap clouds on top of Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Around five layers of cloud, known as cap cloud, piled up on top of Mt. Fuji, are seen from the ground in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, in central Japan, on Oct. 25, 2011.

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Search for disaster victims in Futaba

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Members of the Metropolitan Police Department search for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Futaba, around 4.5 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, in Fukushima Prefecture on April 25, 2011. The government has restricted access to areas within a 20-km radius of the plant.

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Aid supplies from France arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - An Antonov An-225 cargo plane carrying around 150 tons of aid supplies from France for quake-hit areas in Japan arrives at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on March 25, 2011. The cargo includes a vehicle capable of measuring radiation levels to be sent to Fukushima Prefecture, where a nuclear power plant has been crippled since the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Aid supplies from France arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - An Antonov An-225 cargo plane carrying around 150 tons of aid supplies from France for quake-hit areas in Japan arrives at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on March 25, 2011. The cargo includes a vehicle capable of measuring radiation levels to be sent to Fukushima Prefecture, where a nuclear power plant has been crippled since the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Rescue work in quake-hit N.Z.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Members of a Japanese disaster relief team search through the rubble of the CTV building, where more than 70 people are feared to have been trapped, in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 25, 2011, as they conduct a second day of operations. The death toll from the Feb. 22 earthquake has reached 113, while around 200 people are listed as missing.

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Rescue work in quake-hit N.Z.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Members of a Japanese disaster relief team search through the rubble of the CTV building, where more than 70 people are feared to have been trapped, in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 25, 2011, as they conduct a second day of operations. The death toll from the Feb. 22 earthquake has reached 113, while around 200 people are listed as missing.

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Swiss Glacier Express resumes operation

VISP, Switzerland - A Glacier Express passenger train passes by a station in Visp, southern Swizterland, on July 25, 2010. The popular tourist train service resumed operation the same day, following a derailment accident in Valais on July 23 that killed a Japanese woman and injured around 40 people.

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Rally in U.S. against Okinawa military base

WASHINGTON, United States - Demonstrators hold signs opposing the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture in front of the Japanese Embassy in Washington on April 25, 2010. The gathering of around 30 people coincided with a massive rally in Okinawa Prefecture.