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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

SAITAMA, Japan, Sept. 1 Kyodo - Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years. (Kyodo)

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) inspects a cross-prefecture disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during the closing ceremony of a cross-prefecture disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

A cross-prefecture disaster drill is conducted at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Toyota, Mazda halt production of 5 models over certification test fraud

STORY: Toyota, Mazda halt production of 5 models over certification test fraud SHOOTING TIME: June 5, 2024 DATELINE: June 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cars in the street 2. various of Toyota Motor's headquarters STORYLINE: Japanese auto giants Toyota and Mazda suspended production of five car models on Thursday due to fraudulent practices discovered in national certification tests, in the wake of a cheating scandal among five major Japanese automakers. Following the order of Japanese transport ministry to halt shipments of affected models, Toyota Motor Corporation halted production of three models, including Yaris Cross, at its factories in the prefectures of Miyagi and Iwate, with the suspension expected to last until June 28. Meanwhile, Mazda Motors Corporation, ceased its production of two models, including MAZDA2 at its factories in the prefectures of Hiroshima and Yamaguchi. The suspension came after the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, T

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Former Japanese emperor, empress

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko react to people welcoming them on their arrival at JR Kyoto Station in the western Japan prefecture of Kyoto on May 14, 2023. They started a five-day trip to Kyoto and Nara prefectures the same day. (Pool photo)

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Former Japanese emperor, empress

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko react to people welcoming them on their arrival at JR Kyoto Station in the western Japan prefecture of Kyoto on May 14, 2023. They started a five-day trip to Kyoto and Nara prefectures the same day. (Pool photo)

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Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap

TOKYO, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Mt. Fuji, a World Cultural Heritage site which stands between Yamanashi and Shizuoka Prefectures, is covered with a thin layer of snow for the first time this season on Oct. 11, 2015. The first snowcap on the 3,776-meter mountain is 11 days later than average but five days earlier than last year.

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5 western Japan prefectures discuss disaster prevention

TOTTORI, Japan - Officials from five prefectures in the western Japan region of Chugoku discuss cooperation in the case of an accident at Shimane nuclear power plant during their first meeting on disaster prevention in Tottori on May 13, 2014.

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M6.3 quake jolts western Japan

AWAJI, Japan - A woman stands in a room of her house, where a sliding door of a closet came off, in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, following a strong earthquake on April 13, 2013. The 5:33 a.m. quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan, injuring at least 23 people in five prefectures.

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M6.3 quake jolts western Japan

AWAJI, Japan - A phenomenon believed to be liquefaction is seen on a sidewalk in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, following a strong earthquake on April 13, 2013. The 5:33 a.m. quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan, injuring at least 23 people in five prefectures.

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M6.3 quake jolts western Japan

SUMOTO, Japan - Photo shows an electronics retail store in Sumoto, Hyogo Prefecture, following a strong earthquake on April 13, 2013. The 5:33 a.m. quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan, injuring at least 23 people in five prefectures.

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M6.3 quake jolts western Japan

SUMOTO, Japan - A "torii" gate to a shrine in Sumoto, Hyogo Prefecture, is broken following a strong earthquake on April 13, 2013. The 5:33 a.m. quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan, injuring at least 23 people in five prefectures.

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M6.3 quake jolts western Japan

AWAJI, Japan - A public library in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, is scattered with books on the floor following a strong earthquake on April 13, 2013. The 5:33 a.m. quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan, injuring at least 23 people in five prefectures.

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M6.3 quake jolts western Japan

SUMOTO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a house whose roof tiles fell off in Sumoto, Hyogo Prefecture, following a strong earthquake on April 13, 2013. The 5:33 a.m. quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan, injuring at least 23 people in five prefectures.

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M6.3 quake jolts western Japan

SUMOTO, Japan - A crack is made on the ground of an elementary school in Sumoto, Hyogo Prefecture, following a strong earthquake on April 13, 2013. The 5:33 a.m. quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan, injuring at least 23 people in five prefectures.

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M6.3 quake jolts western Japan

AWAJI, Japan - A fence of a house leans heavily in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, following a strong earthquake on April 13, 2013. The 5:33 a.m. quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan, injuring at least 23 people in five prefectures.

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M6.3 quake jolts western Japan

AWAJI, Japan - A rental video store in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, is scattered with DVDs on the floor following a strong earthquake on April 13, 2013. The 5:33 a.m. quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck western Japan, injuring at least 23 people in five prefectures.

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Students from disaster-hit region give concert

NEW YORK, United States - About 70 students from Japan's northeastern region hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami give a concert in New York on March 22, 2013, to express their gratitude for support in rebuilding the region. The students from five high schools in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures sang Verdi's "Requiem" together with a choir of around 100 singers from New Jersey at Lincoln Center.

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Only 6 of 82 quake-hit schools restored in Iwate, Miyagi

SENDAI, Japan - Kesennuma Koyo High School in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, is still damaged on Aug. 28, 2011, more than five months after the March quake and tsunami. The local education board said on Aug. 31, 2011, rebuilding is complete or will soon be finished for only six out of a total of 82 public schools in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, which were severely damaged by the disaster.

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Search continues in disaster-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers from Okayama and Tottori prefectures, western Japan, search for the remains of people who have remained unaccounted for since the March 11 tsunami, in Osabe fishing port in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Aug. 19, 2011. Over 4,500 people are still counted as missing more than five months after the disaster. ''We want to find them, even if it might be a bone fragment,'' said a leader of the police unit taking part in the search.

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Search continues in disaster-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers from Okayama and Tottori prefectures, western Japan, search for the remains of people who have remained unaccounted for since the March 11 tsunami, in Osabe fishing port in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on Aug. 19, 2011. Over 4,500 people are still counted as missing more than five months after the disaster. ''We want to find them, even if it might be a bone fragment,'' said a leader of the police unit taking part in the search.

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Google Street View in disaster areas

KESENNUMA, Japan - Shigeru Suganuma (L), mayor of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, shakes hands with an official of Google Inc. in the northeastern Japan city on July 8, 2011, in front of a vehicle used to take Street View pictures. Google said in a press conference in Kesennuma it will take Street View pictures of areas in five Japanese prefectures hit by the March quake and tsunami.

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U.S. ambassador Roos

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos speaks in a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on March 14, 2011. Roos said that so far there have been no reports of deaths or serious injuries among U.S. citizens in Japan from the March 11 devastating earthquake and tsunami. A total of 1,300 Americans live in the five seriously quake-hit prefectures of Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima and Ibaraki, he said.

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DPJ gearing up for local elections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Katsuya Okada, secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, hang a signboard for the DPJ task force on nationwide local elections in April at party headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2011. The ruling party set up the task force the same day ahead of unified local elections on April 10, when gubernatorial elections will be held in 13 prefectures, including Tokyo and Fukuoka, while mayoral and prefectural assembly elections will be held in five major cities and 44 prefectures. Other local elections taking place every four years will be held on April 24.

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About 70 classic cars rally at Osaka's Umeda entertainment district

OSAKA, Japan - About 70 classic cars took paraded along a street in the Umeda entertainment district in Osaka as they set off on a three-day rally to travel a total of 850 kilometers through five prefectures in western Japan including Osaka and Kyoto. The participants are required to cover the designated route in a set time and to cross the finish line at the Osaka Castle on April 21.

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649 people sue state over dredging at U.S. Yokosuka base

YOKOSUKA, Japan - A group of people from Kanagawa and five other prefectures head for the Yokosuka branch of the Yokohama District Court on July 3 to file a lawsuit demanding the state suspend dredging under way in line with the planned deployment of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, in 2008.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee visits Basho museum in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (R) is presented with a walking stick as he visits Japanese haiku master Matsuo Basho's museum in Tokyo on May 31. Lee arrived in Japan on May 30 for an 11-day stay during which he is scheduled to make his first speech in Tokyo and to visit five Japanese prefectures following in the footsteps of 17th century haiku poet Matsuo Basho.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui arrives at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on May 30 for an 11-day stay in Japan. Lee is scheduled to make his first speech in Tokyo and to visit five Japanese prefectures in the footsteps of 17th century haiku poet Matsuo Basho.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui arrives at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on May 30 for an 11-day stay in Japan. Lee is scheduled to make his first speech in Tokyo and to visit five Japanese prefectures in the footsteps of 17th century haiku poet Matsuo Basho.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui arrives at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on May 30 for an 11-day stay in Japan. Lee is scheduled to make his first speech in Tokyo and to visit five Japanese prefectures in the footsteps of 17th century haiku poet Matsuo Basho.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui speaks to reporters at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, on May 30 after arriving there for an 11-day stay in Japan. Lee is scheduled to make his first speech in Tokyo and to visit five Japanese prefectures in the footsteps of 17th century haiku poet Matsuo Basho.

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Golden Week travelers pack airports, rail stations, highways in Japan

RANZAN, Japan - The right lane of the Kan-etsu Expressway bound for Gunma and Niigata prefectures are packed with cars in contrast with an almost empty Tokyo-bound lane (right) near Ranzan Parking Area in Saitama Prefecture on May 3. Major railroad stations, airports and highways across Japan were crowded with travelers heading for resorts and hometowns as congestion peaked with the start of the five-day-long Golden Week holidays.

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N. Korean Red Cross officials criticize Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Ri Ho Rim, deputy general secretary of North Korea's Red Cross Society, speaks to reporters at a Tokyo hotel before leaving Japan on Nov. 9. Ri, who accompanied five Japanese abductees on a homecoming visit, said he and his colleague, Pak Yong Nam, were completely unable to contact the five in their hometowns in Fukui and Niigata prefectures. ''As we can't contact the five, it is impossible to believe media reports that they are changing their minds (about a permanent return),'' Ri said.

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Tokyo, 5 prefectures cut water intake by 10%

MINAKAMI, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 9 shows the Yagisawa Dam in Minakami, Gunma prefecture, where the water level has fallen due to recent hot, dry weather. The drop in water levels at the Yagisawa and seven other dams on the upper Tone River has forced Tokyo and five neighboring prefectures to start cutting their water intake by 10% on Aug. 10.

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Musical on Filipino workers to be performed in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Members of DAWN, a Philippines-based nongovernmental organization, practice a musical in Manila depicting Filipino workers in Japan. The organization, which supports Filipino women working in Japan, said Oct. 6 the musical will be performed in five prefectures throughout Japan beginning Oct. 7.

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Store starts trial sale of labeled cloned beef

TOKYO, Japan - A customer buys beef processed from a cloned cow and labeled as such at a meat store in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Sept. 9. Five retailers in Tokyo, Kanagawa and Niigata prefectures began selling such beef on the day on a trial basis. The sale is part of a study by the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry to decide whether to make such labeling mandatory, as requested by consumer groups.

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Volcanic Alert Raised for Mt. Zao in Northeastern Japan

Miyagi and Yamagata, Japan -Jan. 30: Japan's weather agency raised Tuesday the alert level for Mt. Zao, a volcano near a popular ski area in northeastern Japan, citing the detection of volcanic tremors and warning of the possibility of a small eruption. The alert on a scale of five has been raised from 1, which only indicates the "potential" for increased activity, to 2, a level advising　People to refrain from approaching the crater, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The agency warned that an area within an approximately 1.2-kilometer radius of the crater could see rocks raining down from　above if a small eruption occurs. Mt. Zao straddles the border between prefectures of Miyagi and　Yamagata. According to the weather agency, volcanic tremors, caused by　movements of hot subterranean water and volcanic gas, were observed over a period of 31 minutes from 2:18 p.m. on Tuesday and were larger than those recorded on Sunday and early Tuesday morning.

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COVID-19 emergency planned in 7 more prefectures

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is also in charge of the country's coronavirus response, speaks during a COVID-19 expert panel meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2021. Nishimura explained to the meeting the government's plan to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency in seven more prefectures in addition to Tokyo and five other areas.

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7 more prefectures placed under COVID-19 emergency

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga asks citizens in an address from his office in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2021, to continue to take preventive measures against the coronavirus. The government decided the same day to extend a COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and five other prefectures through Sept. 12 and add seven more prefectures to the emergency list.

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7 more prefectures placed under COVID-19 emergency

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2021, after the government decided to extend a COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and five other prefectures through Sept. 12 and add seven more prefectures in view of the recent resurgence of infections in wider areas of Japan.

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7 more prefectures placed under COVID-19 emergency

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2021, after the government decided to extend a COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and five other prefectures through Sept. 12 and add seven more prefectures in view of the recent resurgence of infections in wider areas of Japan.

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7 more prefectures placed under COVID-19 emergency

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (2nd from R) tells a COVID-19 government task force meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2021 that the government will extend a state of emergency in Tokyo and five other prefectures through Sept. 12 and add seven more prefectures in view of the recent resurgence of infections in wider areas of Japan.

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7 more prefectures placed under COVID-19 emergency

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga tells a COVID-19 government task force meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2021 that the government will extend a state of emergency in Tokyo and five other prefectures through Sept. 12 and add seven more prefectures in view of the recent resurgence of infections in wider areas of Japan.

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COVID-19 emergency planned in 7 more prefectures

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is also in charge of the country's coronavirus response, meets the press in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2021, after attending a COVID-19 expert panel meeting in Tokyo. Nishimura explained to the panel meeting the government's plan to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency in seven more prefectures in addition to Tokyo and five other areas.

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COVID-19 emergency planned in 7 more prefectures

Japanese economic revitalization minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is also in charge of the country's coronavirus response, speaks during a COVID-19 expert panel meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2021. Nishimura explained to the meeting the government's plan to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency in seven more prefectures in addition to Tokyo and five other areas.