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Kindergarten OKs 60 mil. yen in damages over tsunami deaths

SENDAI, Japan - The relatives of four kindergarteners who died in a pickup bus that was swamped by high waves in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in March 2011, attend a press conference in Sendai in the prefecture on Dec. 3, 2014, holding the photos of the children, after a settlement at the Sendai High Court. The privately run Hiyori kindergarten admitted it did not take sufficient measures to deal with a tsunami, agreeing to pay 60 million yen in damages and offer an apology over their deaths.

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Kids cheer for koala at southwestern Japan zoo

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kindergarteners and other children cheer in joy as one of three additional koalas from Australia is shown at Hirakawa Zoological Park in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 25, 2014.

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Princess Mako talks to kindergarteners

GOTEMBA, Japan - Princess Mako talks to kindergarteners upon her arrival at a venue for the opening ceremony of the 48th All-Japan Inter-High School Equestrian Championships in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 24, 2014, in her first such official appearance alone.

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Food provision in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - People prepare lunches for kindergarteners and elementary school pupils in Athens on May 23, 2013.

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UNICEF goodwill envoy Agnes Chan visits Gaza

BEIT LAHIYA, Palestinian Authority - Singer and goodwill ambassador for the Japan Committee for UNICEF Agnes Chan (L) on Nov. 5, 2012, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, receives from a girl letters for kindergarteners in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. Chan visited the Gaza Strip to see the global organization's relief activities there.

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Playroom on train platform

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kindergarteners enjoy themselves at a playroom set up on a platform of JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on March 9, 2011. Kyushu Railway Co. the same day held the opening ceremony for the facility, which allows children to view trains while playing with toys, ahead of the start of its business operations March 10. The railway operator said it hopes to nurture future railway fans with the playroom.

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Hatoyama meet kindergarteners

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama watches children play at a children's facility in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on April 3, 2010. Hatoyama, who has promised to integrate kindergartens and nursery schools, visited the facility in the area where the merger project is in place. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Hatoyama meet kindergarteners

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama greets kindergarteners at a children's facility in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on April 3, 2010. Hatoyama, who has promised to integrate kindergartens and nursery schools, visited the facility in the area where the merger project is in place. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Old train car transformed into classroom, popular among kindergarteners

TOKYO, Japan - Students of Tomoe Kindergarten enjoy their classroom built out of an old train car. Tomoe Elementary School, whose unique teaching style was featured in the best-selling novel ''Totto-chan'' by actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, burnt down during the March 10, 1945 air raids on Tokyo, and only its kindergarten reopened. This file photo was taken on Nov. 2, 1948 in Jiyugaoka, Tokyo.

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Denmark's soccer team leaves for S. Korea

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Some 600 people including kindergarteners see off members of Denmark's soccer team in front of a hotel in Wakayama on May 27 as they leave for South Korea to take part in the first round of the 2002 World Cup soccer finals beginning May 30. Denmark have been training in Wakayama since May 20.

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Abeno Harukas to mark 1st anniversary

Kindergarteners celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest building, on the 16th floor of the skyscraper in Osaka's Abeno Ward, western Japan, on March 6, 2015, the day before its commemoration day. A total of 300 birthday cakes were prepared for a display in tribute to the 300-meter height of the building. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abeno Harukas to mark 1st anniversary

Kindergarteners celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of Abeno Harukas, Japan's tallest building, on the 16th floor of the skyscraper in Osaka's Abeno Ward, western Japan, on March 6, 2015, the day before its commemoration day. A total of 300 birthday cakes were prepared for a display in tribute to the 300-meter height of the building. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kindergarteners learn mechanism of immunity in easy way

Professor Akinori Takaoka of the Institute for Genetic Medicine at Hokkaido University teaches the mechanism of immunity to pupils at a kindergarten in an easy-to-understand manner in Sapporo on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Feb. 24, 2015. The program is aimed at helping children understand the importance of hand-washing and gargling in the flu season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Students teach kindergarteners immunity system via stage play

Hokkaido University graduate school students perform in costumes during a program to teach pupils at a kindergarten the mechanism of immunity in Sapporo on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Feb. 24, 2015. The program is aimed at helping children understand the importance of hand-washing and gargling in the flu season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan inspired by Japan-led initiative on biodiversity conservation

Kindergarteners perform a skit at the New Taipei City government building on Jan. 23, 2016. The children were invited by the city to attend the declaration of the Taiwan version of the Satoyama Initiative, a Japan-led international initiative on living in harmony with nature. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea-Japan art exchange exhibition marks 20th anniv.

Kindergarteners tour a South Korea-Japan creative arts exchange exhibition in Seoul on Oct. 23, 2015. The exhibition, marking its 20th anniversary, is aimed at fostering grassroots exchanges between artists in the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea-Japan art exchange exhibition marks 20th anniv.

Kindergarteners tour a South Korea-Japan creative arts exchange exhibition in Seoul on Oct. 23, 2015. The exhibition, marking its 20th anniversary, is aimed at fostering grassroots exchanges between artists in the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Denmark's soccer team leaves for S. Korea

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Some 600 people including kindergarteners see off members of Denmark's soccer team in front of a hotel in Wakayama on May 27 as they leave for South Korea to take part in the first round of the 2002 World Cup soccer finals beginning May 30. Denmark have been training in Wakayama since May 20.

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Woman pleads not guilty over deaths of 2 children in Shiga Pref.

OTSU, Japan - Zheng Yongshan (in file photo),a Chinese national indicted on charges of killing two kindergarteners in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, in 2006, pleaded not guilty during the first hearing of her trial at the Otsu District Court on Feb. 2. ''I stabbed sand dolls, not humans,'' Zheng told the court. ''They did not bleed nor scream. The two children are still alive.'' (Kyodo)

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Playroom on train platform

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kindergarteners enjoy themselves at a playroom set up on a platform of JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on March 9, 2011. Kyushu Railway Co. the same day held the opening ceremony for the facility, which allows children to view trains while playing with toys, ahead of the start of its business operations March 10. The railway operator said it hopes to nurture future railway fans with the playroom. (Kyodo)

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3 months since disaster

IWAKI, Japan - Kindergarteners wearing masks and caps to minimize their exposure to radiation run out of the kindergarten building in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 10, 2011, as they are allowed to play in the playground for the first time since the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and subsequent radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The surface soil of the playground has been removed to reduce the children's exposure to radiation and they were allowed to play there for only half an hour. (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama meet kindergarteners

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama greets kindergarteners at a children's facility in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on April 3, 2010. Hatoyama, who has promised to integrate kindergartens and nursery schools, visited the facility in the area where the merger project is in place. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Hatoyama meet kindergarteners

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama watches children play at a children's facility in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on April 3, 2010. Hatoyama, who has promised to integrate kindergartens and nursery schools, visited the facility in the area where the merger project is in place. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Kindergarten OKs 60 mil. yen in damages over tsunami deaths

SENDAI, Japan - The relatives of four kindergarteners who died in a pickup bus that was swamped by high waves in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in March 2011, attend a press conference in Sendai in the prefecture on Dec. 3, 2014, holding the photos of the children, after a settlement at the Sendai High Court. The privately run Hiyori kindergarten admitted it did not take sufficient measures to deal with a tsunami, agreeing to pay 60 million yen in damages and offer an apology over their deaths. (Kyodo)

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Princess Mako talks to kindergarteners

GOTEMBA, Japan - Princess Mako talks to kindergarteners upon her arrival at a venue for the opening ceremony of the 48th All-Japan Inter-High School Equestrian Championships in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 24, 2014, in her first such official appearance alone. (Kyodo)

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Real-size 'Thomas' steam train in operation

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Kindergarteners line up for a demonstration ride on an Oigawa Railway Co. steam train decorated as the lead character of "Thomas & Friends" at Shinkanaya station in Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, west to Tokyo, on July 2, 2014, ahead of a formal launch from July 12. (Kyodo)

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World Thrift Day

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 30, 2020 - Kindergarteners make toy dumpsters out of discarded yogurt containers. Yantai city, Shandong Province, China, October 30, 2020.

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World Thrift Day

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 30, 2020 - Kindergarteners make toy flower POTS out of discarded paper cups and eggshells. Yantai city, Shandong Province, China, October 30, 2020.

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World Thrift Day

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 30, 2020 - Kindergarteners show off eco-fashion made from discarded items. Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, October 30, 2020.

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World Thrift Day

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 30, 2020 - Kindergarteners show off eco-fashion made from discarded items. Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, October 30, 2020.

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World Thrift Day

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 30, 2020 - Kindergarteners practice drawing on discarded bottles. Yantai city, Shandong Province, China, October 30, 2020.

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World Thrift Day

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 30, 2020 - Kindergarteners show off eco-fashion made from discarded items. Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, October 30, 2020.

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World Thrift Day

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 30, 2020 - Kindergarteners show off eco-fashion made from discarded items. Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, October 30, 2020.

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Kindergarten bus drives over sidewalk, injures 8

Photo taken May 30, 2017, shows a kindergarten bus after driving over a sidewalk in Yao, Osaka Prefecture. The accident caused minor injuries to eight people aboard, including six kindergarteners. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kindergarten bus drives over sidewalk, injures 8

Photo taken May 30, 2017, shows a kindergarten bus after driving over a sidewalk in Yao, Osaka Prefecture. The accident caused minor injuries to eight people aboard, including six kindergarteners. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo