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Typhoon Shanshan – Strong Winds, Heavy Rains Lash Southwestern Japan 3

Typhoon Shanshan (No. 10) brought heavy rains and strong winds to southwestern Japan on Wednesday, August 28 as it is slowly moving toward Kyushu, one of Japan's four main islands. The storm prompted a emergency warning for storms and high waves for most of Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Kyushu and more than 150 flight cancellations.

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Typhoon Shanshan – Strong Winds, Heavy Rains Lash Southwestern Japan 2

Typhoon Shanshan (No. 10) brought heavy rains and strong winds to southwestern Japan on Wednesday, August 28 as it is slowly moving toward Kyushu, one of Japan's four main islands. The storm prompted a emergency warning for storms and high waves for most of Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Kyushu and more than 150 flight cancellations.

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Typhoon Shanshan – Strong Winds, Heavy Rains Lash Southwestern Japan

Typhoon Shanshan (No. 10) brought heavy rains and strong winds to southwestern Japan on Wednesday, August 28 as it is slowly moving toward Kyushu, one of Japan's four main islands. The storm prompted a emergency warning for storms and high waves for most of Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Kyushu and more than 150 flight cancellations.

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Japan: Very Strong Typhoon Shanshan Inches Toward Kyushu 4

A very strong Typhoon Shanshan (No. 10) continued to approach southwestern Japan slowly on Wednesday, August 28, bringing widespread heavy rains and strong winds. More than a hundred flights to and from Kyushu, one of the four main islands in the country's southwest, were canceled. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a rare special typhoon warning for parts of Kagoshima Prefecture in southern Kyushu.

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Hong Kong: Dragon Boat Festival 2024 Drone Show 3

A spectacular drone show over the Victoria Harbor was held on Monday, June 10, ahead of this year's Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races scheduled on June 15-16.

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Hong Kong: Dragon Boat Festival 2024 Drone Show 4

A spectacular drone show over the Victoria Harbor was held on Monday, June 10, ahead of this year's Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races scheduled on June 15-16.

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Hong Kong: Dragon Boat Festival 2024 Drone Show 5

A spectacular drone show over the Victoria Harbor was held on Monday, June 10, ahead of this year's Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races scheduled on June 15-16.

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50th anniversary of Kanmon Bridge in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 8, 2023, shows the 1,068-meter Kanmon Bridge, connecting Kitakyushu (front) in Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands, and Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture on the western tip of Japan's main island of Honshu, ahead of its 50th anniversary on Nov. 14.

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Opening of Kanmon Bridge to traffic

Many spectators gather to see the opening of the Kanmon Bridge to traffic on Nov. 14, 1973. The 1,068-meter bridge connects Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands, and Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture on the western tip of Japan's main island of Honshu.

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50th anniversary of Kanmon Bridge in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 8, 2023, shows the 1,068-meter Kanmon Bridge, connecting Kitakyushu (front) in Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands, and Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture on the western tip of Japan's main island of Honshu, ahead of its 50th anniversary on Nov. 14.

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Preserving facility for Nemuro-Kunashiri submarine cable

KUSHIRO, Japan - A now-defunct facility in Nemuro, Hokkaido, for a submarine communications cable, which used to connect the Nemuro Peninsula and Kunashiri, one of the four Russian-controlled and Japanese-claimed islands off Japan's northernmost main island, is seen in May 2014 (upper frame) and on Aug. 12, 2014 (lower frame). The lower shows work underway to preserve the facility.

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Putin photo at Russian school on Japan-claimed Shikotan isle

SAPPORO, Japan - A picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin adorns the corridor of a unified elementary to senior high school on the island of Shikotan, one of the four Russian-administered islands claimed by Japan off the northernmost main island of Hokkaido, on June 7, 2014, during a visa-free visit by Japanese people.

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Japanese on visa-free visit to Russian-held island

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese visitors dance with Russian partners in a party on the island of Shikotan, one of the four Russian-administered islands claimed by Japan off the northernmost main island of Hokkaido, on June 8, 2014, the last day of a visa-free exchange program. The program started in 1992 in the absence of a peace treaty due to the territorial dispute.

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Housing, infrastructure built on Japan-claimed Russian isle

SAPPORO, Japan - Construction of houses and infrastructure takes place rapidly in a town on the island of Shikotan, one of the four Russian-administered islands claimed by Japan off the northernmost main island of Hokkaido, on June 8, 2014, with cows seen grazing on a hill.

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Ex-residents in Russian-held isles leave for visa-free visit

KUSHIRO, Japan - The first group of former Japanese residents in four Russian-held islands off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido leaves Nemuro port for a visa-free visit to one of the isles on May 24, 2014.

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Ship leaves for visa-free visit to Russian-held islands

KUSHIRO, Japan - A ship carrying the first group of former Japanese residents in four Russian-held islands off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido leaves Nemuro port for a visa-free visit to one of the isles on May 24, 2014.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows four China Coast Guard vessels including the Haijing 2350 (front) in the so-called contiguous zone northeast of Kuba, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2506 (back) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Katori in the so-called contiguous zone northeast of Kuba, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the area just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2350 (front) and three Japan Coast Guard patrol ships in the so-called contiguous zone southwest of Uotsuri, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the area just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2112 (front) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Hateruma in the so-called contiguous zone southwest of Uotsuri (back), one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the area just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Uotsuri (back), one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013, a year after the Japanese government purchased some of the islets, which are claimed by China and Taiwan. The Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Hayato is seen in the front. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the so-called contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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Family owning Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Kurihara, whose siblings own four of the five main islands of Senkaku in the East China Sea, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. He said the family intends to sell the islands to the Tokyo metropolitan government, despite the central government's desire to acquire and nationalize the islands, administered by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

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Family owning Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Kurihara, whose siblings own four of the five main islands of Senkaku in the East China Sea, holds a photo of a tuna caught near the islands, during a press conference in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. He said the family intends to sell the islands to the Tokyo metropolitan government, despite the central government's desire to acquire and nationalize the islands, administered by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

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S. Korean lawmakers return from Kunashiri

SEOUL, South Korea - Kang Chang Il, a lawmaker from South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference at Incheon airport, South Korea, on May 25, 2011. Kang and two other South Korean lawmakers returned from Kunashiri Island, one of the four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.

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Rogozin suggests possibility of returning of 3 islands to Japan

MOSCOW, Russia - Dmitry Rogozin, chairman of the Russian parliament's foreign affairs committee, meets with a group of Japanese reporters in Moscow on Dec. 15 ahead of a visit to Japan. He urged Japan to accept a ''compromise'' in its territorial dispute with Russia and suggested the two countries split the possession of two main islands among the four disputed islands off northern Japan.

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Etorofu girl leaves hospital after heart surgery

SAPPORO, Japan - Three-year-old Evgeniya (R), held by her mother Veronika Rodionova (L), 34, leaves the Hokkaido University hospital in Sapporo on Nov. 30 after more than a month of treatment for heart disease. Evgeniya, who is from Russian-occupied Etorofu Island, underwent surgery on Oct. 25 under the Japanese government's humanitarian aid program for four Russian-held islands that lie off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido and are claimed by Japan.

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3rd Honshu-Shikoku expressway opens

A fleet of yachts sail under the Tatara Grand Bridge on May 1, commemorating the opening of the 10-bridge Setouchi Shimanami-Kaido expressway, the third set of roads and bridges linking Honshu and Shikoku, two of Japan's four main islands.

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1st group of ex-Japanese residents leaves for Russian-held isles

A group of former Japanese residents of Russian-administered islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido depart from Nemuro port in the northernmost main Japanese island on May 20, 2016, for Shikotan Island, one of the four disputed islands. The trip, under a bilateral visa-free exchange program that began in 1992, allows Japanese citizens and Russian residents on the contested islands to engage in mutual visits without visas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russian PM Medvedev visits Japan-claimed Etorofu Island

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (2nd from L, foreground) mingles with participants of a youth forum on Aug. 22, 2015, on Etorofu, one of the four Russian-controlled, Japanese-claimed islands off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People evacuate in Seikan Tunnel disaster drill

Hokkaido Railway Co. employees playing the role of passengers aboard an express train evacuate through an escape route on Aug. 17, 2015, in a disaster drill in the Seikan Tunnel linking two of Japan's four main islands, Honshu and Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Firefighters douse train with water in Seikan Tunnel disaster drill

Firefighters douse a train with water in a disaster drill in the Seikan Tunnel linking two of Japan's four main islands, Honshu and Hokkaido, on Aug. 17, 2015. The drill followed an incident in the tunnel last April in which an express train carrying 124 passengers made an emergency stop after smoke was detected, forcing the evacuation of all aboard. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Firefighters carry injured in Seikan Tunnel train disaster drill

Firefighters carry to a cable car a person playing the role of an injured train passenger on a stretcher in a disaster drill in the Seikan Tunnel linking two of Japan's four main islands, Honshu and Hokkaido, on Aug. 17, 2015. The drill was conducted on the assumption that an express train running in the tunnel caught fire. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ikata plant's No. 3 reactor to clear safety hurdle

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 17, 2015, shows Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Shikoku, one of Japan's main islands. Its No. 3 reactor will clear a major safety hurdle toward resumption on May 20, following four other reactors -- two at the Sendai complex and two at the Takahama plant -- in obtaining safety approval by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ikata plant's No. 3 reactor to clear safety hurdle

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 17, 2015, shows Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Shikoku, one of Japan's main islands. Its No. 3 reactor will clear a major safety hurdle toward resumption on May 20, following four other reactors -- two at the Sendai complex and two at the Takahama plant -- in obtaining safety approval by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Naturally bred salamanders found on Japan's Shikoku Island

A salamander larva found in Kochi Prefecture is photographed in Kochi city on Feb. 6, 2015. Wanpaku Kochi Animal Land, a zoo in the city, announced the same day that it has found 16 salamander larvae in the western Japanese prefecture, confirming for the first time that salamanders, a species designated as one of Japan's special natural treasures, were naturally bred on Shikoku Island, the smallest of the country's four main islands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Naturally bred salamanders found on Japan's Shikoku Island

A salamander larva found in Kochi Prefecture is photographed in Kochi city on Feb. 6, 2015. Wanpaku Kochi Animal Land, a zoo in the city, announced the same day that it has found 16 salamander larvae in the western Japanese prefecture, confirming for the first time that salamanders, a species designated as one of Japan's special natural treasures, were naturally bred on Shikoku Island, the smallest of the country's four main islands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Russian leaders expected to discuss territorial row

Photo taken Dec. 3, 2016, from a Kyodo News airplane shows Kunashiri, one of four Russian-held, Japan-claimed islands off Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido. The decades-old territorial row will be on high agenda when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Japan in mid-December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tourists listen to history of Russian control over isles off Hokkaido

Participants in a "border tourism" bus tour listen to a guide explain the history of Russia's occupation of four Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido on Oct. 2, 2015, in Nemuro on the eastern tip of the northernmost Japanese main island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tour held to view disputed islands off Hokkaido, northern Japan

Participants in a "border tourism" bus tour listen to a guide talk about the four Russian-controlled islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido on Oct. 2, 2015, at Cape Nossappu on the eastern tip of the northernmost Japanese main island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean lawmakers return from Kunashiri

SEOUL, South Korea - Kang Chang Il, a lawmaker from South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference at Incheon airport, South Korea, on May 25, 2011. Kang and two other South Korean lawmakers returned from Kunashiri Island, one of the four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan. (Kyodo)

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S. Korean lawmakers visit Russian-held isle claimed by Japan

MOSCOW, Russia - This photo provided by a resident of Kunashiri Island shows Kang Chang Il (2nd from R), a lawmaker of South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, and others visiting the island, one of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan, on May 24, 2011. The visit went ahead despite concerns expressed by the Japanese government about the ramifications it would have on the long-standing territorial dispute. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE)(Kyodo)

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Preserving facility for Nemuro-Kunashiri submarine cable

KUSHIRO, Japan - A now-defunct facility in Nemuro, Hokkaido, for a submarine communications cable, which used to connect the Nemuro Peninsula and Kunashiri, one of the four Russian-controlled and Japanese-claimed islands off Japan's northernmost main island, is seen in May 2014 (upper frame) and on Aug. 12, 2014 (lower frame). The lower shows work underway to preserve the facility. (Kyodo)

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Putin photo at Russian school on Japan-claimed Shikotan isle

SAPPORO, Japan - A picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin adorns the corridor of a unified elementary to senior high school on the island of Shikotan, one of the four Russian-administered islands claimed by Japan off the northernmost main island of Hokkaido, on June 7, 2014, during a visa-free visit by Japanese people. (Kyodo)

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Sapporo in Japan's Hokkaido

Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2017, shows a view of Sapporo city in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's four main islands, from the Sapporo TV Tower's observation deck. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese lawmaker's remarks on possible war with Russia

Hodaka Maruyama, a lawmaker representing the minor opposition Japan Innovation Party, explains during a press conference in Nemuro on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on May 13, 2019, his recent remarks raising the possibility of military conflict with Russia. Maruyama posed a question about the possibility of going to war with Russia to regain control of a group of islands at the center of a territorial spat when he met with former residents of the islands during a visit to Kunashiri Island, one of the four disputed islands, on May 11. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Visa-free visit to Russian-held island

Former Japanese residents of four Russian-held islands off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido leave Nemuro port for a visa-free visit to Kunashiri, one of the isles, on May 10, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Visa-free visit to Russian-held island

Former Japanese residents of four Russian-held islands off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido leave Nemuro port for a visa-free visit to Kunashiri, one of the isles, on May 10, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russian-held islands in northern Japan

Photo taken Jan. 30, 2019, from a Kyodo News airplane shows Shikotan Island, one of four Russian-held islands off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russian-held islands in northern Japan

Photo taken Jan. 30, 2019, from a Kyodo News airplane shows Kunashiri Island, one of four Russian-held islands off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russian-held islands in northern Japan

Photo taken Jan. 30, 2019, from a Kyodo News airplane shows a mountain on Kunashiri Island, one of four Russian-held islands off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo