[Breaking News]Quake-damaged paper plant in Kumamoto on fire

YATSUSHIRO, Japan, Sept. 3 Kyodo - Smoke rises from Nippon Paper Industries Co.'s earthquake-damaged mill in Yatsushiro in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 3, 2026. A chimney at the plant was under demolition following a massive quake in the region on July 28 that killed nine plant workers. (Kyodo)

Quake-damaged paper plant in Kumamoto on fire

Quake-damaged paper plant in Kumamoto on fire

Smoke rises from Nippon Paper Industries Co.'s earthquake-damaged mill in Yatsushiro in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 3, 2026. A chimney at the plant was under demolition following a massive quake in the region on July 28 that killed nine plant workers.

Quake-damaged paper plant in Kumamoto on fire

Quake-damaged paper plant in Kumamoto on fire

Smoke rises from Nippon Paper Industries Co.'s earthquake-damaged mill in Yatsushiro in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 3, 2026. A chimney at the plant was under demolition following a massive quake in the region on July 28 that killed nine plant workers.

Quake-damaged paper plant in Kumamoto on fire

Quake-damaged paper plant in Kumamoto on fire

Smoke rises from Nippon Paper Industries Co.'s earthquake-damaged mill in Yatsushiro in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 3, 2026. A chimney at the plant was under demolition following a massive quake in the region on July 28 that killed nine plant workers.

Recreation center opens for Fukushima plant workers

Recreation center opens for Fukushima plant workers

Photo taken June 1, 2015, shows the view from a window of a nine-story recreation center that opened the same day within the premises of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. The facility houses a cafeteria for workers decommissioning the plant and a space where a total of 1,200 workers can rest. About 7,000 workers work daily at the plant struck by nuclear meltdowns triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Recreation center opens for Fukushima plant workers

Recreation center opens for Fukushima plant workers

Workers decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant eat at a cafeteria on June 1, 2015. The cafeteria is part of a nine-story recreation center that opened the same day within the plant premises, also housing a space where a total of 1,200 workers can rest. About 7,000 workers work daily at the plant crippled by nuclear meltdowns triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Recreation center opens for Fukushima plant workers

Recreation center opens for Fukushima plant workers

Workers decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant eat at a cafeteria on June 1, 2015. The cafeteria is part of a nine-story recreation center that opened the same day within the plant premises, also housing a space where a total of 1,200 workers can rest. About 7,000 workers work daily at the plant crippled by nuclear meltdowns triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Recreation center opens for Fukushima plant workers

Recreation center opens for Fukushima plant workers

Photo taken June 1, 2015, shows a cafeteria for workers decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. The cafeteria is part of a nine-story recreation center that opened the same day within the plant premises, also housing a space where a total of 1,200 workers can rest. About 7,000 workers work daily at the plant crippled by nuclear meltdowns triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Recreation center opens for Fukushima plant workers

Recreation center opens for Fukushima plant workers

Akira Ono (L), head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, answers reporters' questions at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture, on June 1, 2015, regarding a nine-story recreation center that opened the same day within the plant premises. The facility houses a cafeteria for workers decommissioning the plant and a space where a total of 1,200 workers can rest. About 7,000 workers work daily at the plant struck by nuclear meltdowns triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo