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Japanese emperor, empress in Hiroshima

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visit an erosion-control dam in Asaminami Ward in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on June 20, 2025. A deadly mudslide disaster hit the area in August 2014. (Pool photo)

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[Breaking News]1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan, Oct. 29 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News plane on Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor is expected to restart on Oct. 29, marking the first resumption of a nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster hit the region. (Kyodo)

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1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The plant's No. 2 reactor is expected to restart on Oct. 29, marking the first resumption of a nuclear reactor in the region since it was hit by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster.

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CORRECTED: 1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor is expected to restart on Oct. 29, marking the first resumption of a nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster hit the region.

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CORRECTED: 1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor is expected to restart on Oct. 29, marking the first resumption of a nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster hit the region.

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CORRECTED: 1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor is expected to restart on Oct. 29, marking the first resumption of a nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster hit the region.

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CORRECTED: 1st reactor restart in Japan's 2011 disaster-hit area

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on Oct. 24, 2024, shows the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture. The plant's No. 2 reactor is expected to restart on Oct. 29, marking the first resumption of a nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster hit the region.

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KDDI to deploy drones to aid disaster relief

KDDI Corp. Managing Executive Officer Hiromichi Matsuda holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, to announce the company's plan to deploy drones at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., the Japanese telecom company is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes.

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KDDI to deploy drones to aid disaster relief

Photo taken in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, shows one of the many drones Japanese telecom company KDDI Corp. plans to deploy at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., KDDI is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes.

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KDDI to deploy drones to aid disaster relief

Photo taken in Tokyo on May 13, 2024, shows one of the many drones Japanese telecom company KDDI Corp. plans to deploy at 1,000 locations across Japan to help disaster relief operations. In partnership with U.S. drone company Skydio Inc., KDDI is aiming to build a network of its drones so that any disaster-hit area in Japan can be reached by one in about 10 minutes.

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada 3

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the area, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240123) -- BEIJING, Jan. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 22, 2024 shows the site of a landslide in Liangshui Village, Tangfang Town in the city of Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan Province. China's Ministry of Emergency Management has upgraded the emergency response level to the second-highest level for the landslide that struck southwestern Yunnan Province early Monday. The ministry has dispatched work teams to the disaster-hit area to guide the rescue and relief work. The landslide hit Liangshui Village in the city of Zhaotong in Yunnan Province at around 6 a.m. on Monday, burying 47 people, according to local headquarters for the disaster relief. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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(SPOT NEWS)CHINA-YUNNAN-ZHAOTONG-LANDSLIDE-RESCUE (CN)

(240122) -- KUNMING, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 22, 2024 shows the site of a landslide in Liangshui Village, Tangfang Town in the city of Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan Province. China's Ministry of Emergency Management has upgraded the emergency response level to the second-highest level for the landslide that struck southwestern Yunnan Province early Monday. The ministry has dispatched work teams to the disaster-hit area to guide the rescue and relief work. The landslide hit Liangshui Village in the city of Zhaotong in Yunnan Province at around 6 a.m. on Monday, burying 47 people, according to local headquarters for the disaster relief. Seven people have been confirmed dead as of 6:30 p.m. Monday, local authorities said. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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(SPOT NEWS)CHINA-YUNNAN-ZHAOTONG-LANDSLIDE-RESCUE (CN)

(240122) -- KUNMING, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work at the site of a landslide in Liangshui Village, Tangfang Town in the city of Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 22, 2024. China's Ministry of Emergency Management has upgraded the emergency response level to the second-highest level for the landslide that struck southwestern Yunnan Province early Monday. The ministry has dispatched work teams to the disaster-hit area to guide the rescue and relief work. The landslide hit Liangshui Village in the city of Zhaotong in Yunnan Province at around 6 a.m. on Monday, burying 47 people, according to local headquarters for the disaster relief. Seven people have been confirmed dead as of 6:30 p.m. Monday, local authorities said. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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(SPOT NEWS)CHINA-YUNNAN-ZHAOTONG-LANDSLIDE-RESCUE (CN)

(240122) -- KUNMING, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 22, 2024 shows rescuers working at the site of a landslide in Liangshui Village, Tangfang Town in the city of Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan Province. China's Ministry of Emergency Management has upgraded the emergency response level to the second-highest level for the landslide that struck southwestern Yunnan Province early Monday. The ministry has dispatched work teams to the disaster-hit area to guide the rescue and relief work. The landslide hit Liangshui Village in the city of Zhaotong in Yunnan Province at around 6 a.m. on Monday, burying 47 people, according to local headquarters for the disaster relief. Seven people have been confirmed dead as of 6:30 p.m. Monday, local authorities said. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

A truck sits on an angle on a damaged road in a disaster-hit residential area in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2024, following a strong earthquake that jolted the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas in central Japan on Jan. 1.

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Death toll in Cameroon landslide rises to 30, rescue efforts continuing

STORY: Death toll in Cameroon landslide rises to 30, rescue efforts continuing DATELINE: Oct. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Yaounde CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the disaster-hit area 2. SOUNDBITE (French): LAZARD LETHINE, Survivor STORYLINE: Rescuers pulled out three more bodies later Monday after landslides in Cameroon's capital of Yaounde buried homes and buildings on Sunday, bringing the death toll of the disaster to 30, officials said. National Fire Fighting Brigade in charge of the rescue efforts said that rescue operations were still underway at the disaster site where dozens more are feared trapped under the rubble. The landslides occurred at 8 p.m., local time, Sunday in the hilly neighborhood of Mbankolo in Yaounde after a persistent downpour. It is estimated that 25 houses were swept away by the floods. SOUNDBITE (French): LAZARD LETHINE, Survivor "I was sleeping and suddenly woke up. Water was everywhere, I was drowning. When I woke up, I saw that the water had already

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PM Abe visits disaster-hit Fukushima

HIRONO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with reporters in Japan's northeastern town of Hirono, damaged by the March 2011 disaster, on Sept. 17, 2014. After inspecting the disaster-hit area, Abe reiterated his willingness to promote its rehabilitation. (Pool photo)

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Upland residential area being built in disaster-hit town

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Construction of an upland residential area is under way on Sept. 11, 2014, in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in 2011.

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Abe visits disaster-hit area

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talks on Aug. 25, 2014 with evacuees from a deadly landslide that hit Japan's western city of Hiroshima. The death toll from the disaster has risen to 52 so far.

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Emperor, empress visit shopping center in disaster-hit area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko visit a makeshift shopping center in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 23, 2014. The town was devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that claimed more than 15,000 lives in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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'Miracle pine' 3 yrs after disaster

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People look at the "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 11, 2014, three years after the earthquake and tsunami disaster hit the area.

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Message on Tokyo Tower to support 2011 disaster-hit area

TOKYO, Japan - A message of "Strong Bond" appears on the observation deck of Tokyo Tower on March 10, 2014, to support people in the area ravaged by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.

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Remains of disaster-hit residential area in Sendai, Japan

SENDAI, Japan - The remains of a residential area in the Arahama district in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, where about 720 homes were washed away in the March 2011 tsunami, are pictured on Feb. 23, 2014. Sendai municipal authorities are planning to preserve part of the area as a reminder of the disaster (Photo taken with fisheye lens).

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Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken at Miyagi prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013 shows a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is given to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.

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Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) receives a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used, at the prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is presented to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.

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Kagawa with Tohoku children

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Shinji Kagawa fires in a shot before primary school children in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 21, 2012. The new Manchester United acquisition took part in a three-day project to assist in the rebuilding of the disaster-hit area by meeting primary school children in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures.

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Armed GSDF troops march in Tokyo for drill

TOKYO, Japan - Rifle-carrying Ground Self-Defense Force troops in camouflage pass by local residents holding a banner that reads, "Thank you for helping the disaster-hit area. But don't conduct military training in urban areas," in Tokyo's Itabashi Ward as part of their training as rangers on June 12, 2012. It was the first time in 42 years for armed GSDF troops to march through urban areas of Tokyo, with the last such occasion taking place in 1970, according to the GSDF.

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Drummers from disaster-hit area perform in Paris

PARIS, France - Japanese taiko drummers from Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, an area hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, perform at Champ de Mars park in Paris on Dec. 11, 2011, as part of a fundraising campaign.

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Sanyo Shokai's luxury coat to support Japan quake victims

NEW YORK, United States - A man wears a limited edition coat with the stitched-letter of ''Kibo'' (hope) inside, which was manufactured in disaster-hit northeastern Japan using materials from the area to support the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Major Japanese apparel company Sanyo Shokai Ltd. is scheduled to launch the luxurious trench coats for men on Oct. 24, 2011, at Saks Fifth Avenue, an upper-end department store in New York, at the price of $795 apiece. All proceeds will be donated to a quake relief charity.

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Iwate duo sings of hope of 'returning home' after disaster

OFUNATO, Japan - Kazuya Satomi (L) and Jun Sugawara of the musical duo Lawblow stand in a disaster-hit area of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 7, 2011. A song they wrote and perform has become popular among locals by expressing hope of a return to normal daily life in their home area, which was devastated by the March 11 quake and disaster.

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Japan disaster photos exhibited in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Photographs featuring the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, supplied by the daily newspaper Kahoku Shimpo based in disaster-hit Sendai, are shown to the media in Los Angeles on July 13, 2011. The photos are part of Little Tokyo Design Week in the downtown area of Little Tokyo in Los Angeles. The four-day event opened on July 14, 2011.

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Indonesia's Yudhoyono in disaster-hit area

KESENNUMA, Japan - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) and his wife Kristiani Herawati (R) teach children how to play an angklung, a musical instrument of Indonesia's ethnic Sundanese, during their visit to Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 18, 2011, in a show of support for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Indonesia's Yudhoyono in disaster-hit area

KESENNUMA, Japan - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) visits Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 18, 2011, in a show of support for the victims of the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Indonesia's Yudhoyono in disaster-hit area

KESENNUMA, Japan - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) visits Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 18, 2011, in a show of support for the victims of the massive March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan quake orphans appeal for aid in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese students from Miyagi Prefecture orphaned by the March 11 quake and tsunami stand at Times Square in New York on June 9, 2011, asking tourists and New Yorkers for donations to build a mental health care center in the disaster-hit area.

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Japan quake orphans appeal for aid in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese students from Miyagi Prefecture orphaned by the March 11 quake and tsunami stand at Times Square in New York on June 9, 2011, asking tourists and New Yorkers for donations to build a mental health care center in the disaster-hit area.

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Mobile post office in disaster-hit area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - People take advantage of a mobile post office in the disaster-hit city of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on May 20, 2011. The city lost three post offices after the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami flattened the city. Many users of the service are those requesting forwarding services as they move into temporary housing from evacuation centers.

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Mobile convenience store in disaster-hit area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - A man shops at a mobile convenience store in the disaster-hit city of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on May 20, 2011. The truck makes several stops a day to help residents in the city that was devastated by the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami.

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Japan meeting on NZ quake

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan heads to an emergency Cabinet meeting in response to the previous day's powerful earthquake in New Zealand at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 23, 2011. Japan plans on sending a 70-member relief team to the disaster-hit area the same day.

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Kumamoto mascot makes surprise appearance in Tokyo

Kumamoto Prefecture mascot "Kumamon" greets customers outside of Tokyo's Ginza Kumamotokan, an "antenna shop" run by the prefectural government, on May 17, 2016, during a surprise appearance to thank customers for their support following powerful earthquakes in the region since mid-April. Many visitors have purchased local specialties at the shop in hope of supporting the disaster-hit southwestern Japan area, with daily sales increasing about four times compared to those before the quakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kumamoto mascot makes surprise appearance in Tokyo

Kumamoto Prefecture mascot "Kumamon" hugs a customer outside of Tokyo's Ginza Kumamotokan, an "antenna shop" run by the prefectural government, on May 17, 2016, during a surprise appearance to thank customers for their support following powerful earthquakes in the region since mid-April. Many visitors have purchased local specialties at the shop in hope of supporting the disaster-hit southwestern Japan area, with daily sales increasing about four times compared to those before the quakes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Greenhouse uses solar power in pilot farming project in northern Japan

Photo taken on July 2, 2015, shows a greenhouse for cultivating vegetables based on solar power generation in a pilot farming project in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. It is operated by the Eco-energy Minamisoma Research Institute which aims to revitalize agriculture in the 2011 nuclear disaster-hit area by establishing a new model of agriculture combined with electricity generation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuees in Kathmandu rush for supplies

Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala (far R) leaves the Durbar Square in Kathmandu on April 29, 2015, in the face of protest against the government's handling of the massive earthquake struck on April 25. Koirala was visiting to observe the disaster-hit area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pilgrimage route developed in 2011 disaster-hit Sanriku area

Yukio Koma, a "shamisen" Japanese three-string musical instrument player, poses for a photo in March 2015. Koma, hailing from Iwate Prefecture, came up with the idea of creating a pilgrimage road along the 2011 disaster-hit Sanriku coast area, northeastern Japan, covering dozens of temples on a route of about 330 kilometers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cherry blossoms in disaster-hit area

People enjoy watching cherry blossoms at a ruined castle in the northeastern Japanese city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 1, 2015, when the flowering was announced there. Fukushima is the home of a troubled nuclear power plant, damaged by the deadly earthquake and tsunami four years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit area

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer flowers at the cenotaph at Millennium Hope Hills in the northeastern Japan city of Iwanuma on March 13, 2015. The cenotaph bears the names of more than 150 people who died in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The imperial couple will attend the opening ceremony of the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in the nearby city of Sendai on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit area

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer flowers at the cenotaph at Millennium Hope Hills in the northeastern Japan city of Iwanuma on March 13, 2015. The cenotaph bears the names of more than 150 people who died in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The imperial couple will attend the opening ceremony of the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in the nearby city of Sendai on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit area

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko offer flowers at the cenotaph at Millennium Hope Hills in the northeastern Japan city of Iwanuma on March 13, 2015. The cenotaph bears the names of more than 150 people who died in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The imperial couple will attend the opening ceremony of the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in the nearby city of Sendai on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Workers open oyster shells in disaster-hit northeast Japan area

Workers at an oyster culture company open shells in the Momoura district of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2015. The district has been designated as a special zone for the revitalization of fisheries businesses after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo