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Emperor visits Okinawa museum for victims of Tsushima-Maru incident

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit the Tsushima-Maru Memorial Museum in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on June 5, 2025. The museum opened in 2004 in memory of the victims of the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II, leaving around 1,500 people, many of them children, dead. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits Okinawa museum for victims of Tsushima-Maru incident

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit the Tsushima-Maru Memorial Museum in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on June 5, 2025. The museum opened in 2004 in memory of the victims of the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II, leaving around 1,500 people, many of them children, dead. (Pool photo)

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Emperor visits Okinawa museum for victims of Tsushima-Maru incident

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit the Tsushima-Maru Memorial Museum in Naha in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on June 5, 2025. The museum opened in 2004 in memory of the victims of the August 1944 sinking of the Tsushima-maru civilian ship by a U.S. submarine during World War II, leaving around 1,500 people, many of them children, dead. (Pool photo)

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Artistic Gymnastics: World championships

Daiki Hashimoto of Japan poses with his gold medal after winning the men's individual all-around final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Artistic Gymnastics: World championships

Daiki Hashimoto of Japan pushes off the vault table during the men's individual all-around final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Artistic Gymnastics: World championships

Daiki Hashimoto of Japan performs on the pommel horse during the men's individual all-around final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Artistic Gymnastics: World championships

Daiki Hashimoto of Japan performs his floor exercise routine during the men's individual all-around final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Artistic Gymnastics: World championships

Daiki Hashimoto of Japan performs his parallel bars routine during the men's individual all-around final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Artistic Gymnastics: World championships

Daiki Hashimoto of Japan holds his national flag behind him as he celebrates successfully defending his men's individual all-around title at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Artistic Gymnastics: World championships

Daiki Hashimoto of Japan poses with his gold medal after winning the men's individual all-around final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Artistic Gymnastics: World championships

Combined photo shows Daiki Hashimoto of Japan competing across six apparatus -- (clockwise from top L) still rings, parallel bars, pommel horse, floor exercise, high bar and vault -- during the men's individual all-around final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Artistic Gymnastics: World championships

Daiki Hashimoto of Japan performs on the high bar during the men's individual all-around final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Artistic Gymnastics: World championships

Daiki Hashimoto of Japan reacts after winning the men's individual all-around final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Artistic Gymnastics: World championships

Daiki Hashimoto of Japan makes a No. 1 sign as he celebrates successfully defending his men's individual all-around title at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Artistic Gymnastics: World championships

(From L) Silver medalist Illia Kovtun of Ukraine, gold medalist Daiki Hashimoto of Japan and bronze medalist Frederick Richard of the United States pose after the men's individual all-around final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Artistic Gymnastics: World championships

Japan's Daiki Hashimoto (R) poses for a photo with Frederick Richard of the United States after winning the men's individual all-around final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Giant squid displayed at Sapporo zoo

SAPPORO, Japan - A specimen of a giant squid, measuring around 4 meters in length and about 163 kilograms in weight, is displayed outdoors at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 5, 2015.

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World conference on ESD starts in Okayama

OKAYAMA, Japan - The world conference on Education for Sustainable Development, or ESD, starts in the western Japan city of Okayama on Nov. 5, 2014, with some 2,000 people from around 100 nations participating. The conference will move to Nagoya, central Japan, on Nov. 10-12 for a plenary session and a ministerial meeting, with the aim of fostering personnel who will work for global issues, such as peace, poverty and environment.

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Hanagasa Festival starts in Yamagata

YAMAGATA, Japan - People dance in the main street of the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2014, as the Hanagasa Festival started there. Around 13,000 people from 150 groups will take part in the dancing during the three-day festival.

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Hanagasa Festival starts in Yamagata

YAMAGATA, Japan - People dance in the main street of the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2014, as the Hanagasa Festival started there. Around 13,000 people from 150 groups will take part in the dancing during the three-day festival.

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Tsunami alert after Chile quake

ONAGAWA, Japan - A firefighter watches the sea from a hill in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, at 5:44 a.m. on April 3, 2014, around the time when a tsunami was expected to arrive. A tsunami of up to 40 centimeters was observed in the early morning that day at a port on the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture following a magnitude 8.2 quake that hit Chile on April 1, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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World's biggest gum

SAPPORO, Japan - Around 90 people set a Guinness world record by making the world's biggest piece of gum in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Oct. 5, 2013. The 110-centimeter-long, 30-cm-wide piece of blueberry flavored gum was around 15 times the size of an ordinary stick of gum.

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World's biggest gum

SAPPORO, Japan - Around 90 people set a Guinness world record by making the world's biggest piece of gum in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Oct. 5, 2013. The 110-centimeter-long, 30-cm-wide piece of blueberry flavored gum was around 15 times the size of an ordinary stick of gum.

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Shimane nuclear evacuation plan

OSAKA, Japan - A June 5, 2011, file photo shows Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power station in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. The Shimane prefectural government on Nov. 21, 2012, announced a disaster preparedness plan that includes steps to evacuate around 396,000 residents living within 30 kilometers of the power station if an accident occurs.

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Tanaka seals London Olympic berth with NHK Cup win

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Rie Tanaka holds the victor's trophy at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on May 5, 2012, after winning in the women's individual all-around at the NHK Cup. Tanaka secured a berth to her first Olympics at the gymnastics competition, the final Japanese selection qualifier for the London Games.

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Tsurumi earns ticket to London Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Koko Tsurumi performs her balance beam routine in the women's individual all-around at the NHK Cup at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on May 5, 2012. The 2009 world all-around bronze medalist finished fourth at the gymnastics competition to be part of the Japanese delegation for the London Olympics, her second participation in a row.

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Tanaka seals London Olympic berth with NHK Cup win

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Rie Tanaka performs her floor exercise routine in the women's individual all-around at the NHK Cup at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on May 5, 2012. Tanaka secured a berth to her first Olympics with a victory at the gymnastics competition, the final Japanese selection qualifier for the London Games.

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TEPCO shareholders sue management

TOKYO, Japan - Shareholders of Tokyo Electric Power Co., holding a banner with a message urging TEPCO directors to pay 5.5 trillion yen in damages to the company, walk to the Tokyo District Court in the Japanese capital's Kasumigaseki district on March 5, 2012. Forty-two TEPCO shareholders filed a suit the same day with the district court, seeking to have 27 former and incumbent TEPCO directors pay around 5.5 trillion yen in damages to the company for their failure to prevent the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant last March.

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TEPCO shareholders sue management

TOKYO, Japan - Shareholders of Tokyo Electric Power Co. and their lawyer (3rd from R, front) hold a press conference in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district on March 5, 2012. Forty-two TEPCO shareholders filed a suit the same day with the Tokyo District Court, demanding that 27 former and current TEPCO directors pay around 5.5 trillion yen in damages to the company for their failure to prevent the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant last March.

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Uchimura prepares for world's gymnastics c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Kohei Uchimura, who has captured the last two consecutive individual all-around titles at the world gymnastics championships, practices on Oct. 5, 2011, at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, where the world championship competition will be held from Oct. 7 to 16.

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New Yorkers commemorate Hiroshima victims

NEW YORK, United States - Around 80 New Yorkers take part in a gathering at a park near the United Nations headquarters in New York on Aug. 5, 2011, to mark the exact moment the world's first atomic attack took place over the Japanese city of Hiroshima 66 years ago by ringing bells for peace.

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Foreign visitors shun Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a duty free service counter at a department store in Osaka with no customers on April 5, 2011. Immigration officials said the same day the number of foreigners arriving at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture from March 18 to 23 after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami stood around 1,700 a day, less than half of the daily average before the disaster.

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Charity concert by Japanese in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Cello performer Yukihisa Nakagawa (2nd from R) and other Japanese musicians residing in Thailand greet the audience at a charity concert in Bangkok on April 5, 2011, for the victims of Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The musicians performed three concerts, attracting a total audience of around 800 people.

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World champion gymnast Uchimura to join Konami

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura, winner of the men's individual all-around title at two consecutive world championships, smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2011. Uchimura will join the Konami group after graduating from Nippon Sport Science University in March 2011.

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Gymnastics world champ Uchimura to join Konami

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura, winner of the men's individual all-around title at two consecutive world championships. The 22-year-old will join Konami Sports & Life Co., the company announced Jan. 5, 2011, where he will have a new training environment to prepare for the 2012 London Olympic Games.

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Taro simmering festival in Yamagata

YAMAGATA, Japan - Cranes are used to prepare simmered taro in a jumbo steel cauldron measuring six meters in diameter at an annual festival in Yamagata, northern Japan, on Sept. 5, 2010. Around 30,000 servings were prepared for visitors who enjoyed eating the dish despite the heat wave.