Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

China: Woman Narrowly Escapes as Plant Blocks Falling Gate

In Yongzhou, Hunan, on August 2, a heavy sliding gate suddenly collapsed toward a woman closing it in her yard. A bougainvillea plant beside the entrance absorbed part of the impact, slowing the gate and preventing it from fully crushing her, allowing her to escape unharmed.

E

Chile: Panimex Plant Blaze Sparks Explosions in Quilicura

A large chemical fire broke out Tuesday night, Aug. 4, at the Panimex plant in Quilicura, Chile, sending flames high into the air and triggering a series of explosions after the blaze reached a reactor. All workers evacuated safely, and firefighters continued working to contain the third-alarm fire.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 3, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant damaged in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture on July 28.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on Aug. 3, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture on July 28.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations continuing for a missing person at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations continuing for a missing person at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations continuing for a missing person at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations continuing for a missing person at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations continuing for a missing person at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations continuing for a missing person at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Search and rescue operations for a missing person continue at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Search and rescue operations for a missing person continue at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Search and rescue operations for a missing person continue at a partially destroyed Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 30, 2026, two days after a powerful earthquake hit the southwestern Japan prefecture.

E

Sony halts Kumamoto chip plant following strong quake

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 29, 2026, shows a Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture. The subsidiary of Sony Group Corp. halted operations at the plant after a powerful earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity on July 28.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations under way at a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 29, 2026, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and surrounding areas.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows search and rescue operations under way at a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 29, 2026, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and surrounding areas.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Police officers and others are seen during their search and rescue operations at the damaged Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 29, 2026, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and surrounding areas.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

E

CORRECTED: Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

E

Aftermath of strong earthquake in Kumamoto

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 29, 2026, shows a Nippon Paper Industries Co. plant with its smokestack broken in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture and its vicinity the previous day.

E

Images related to the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Images related to the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The photo shows facilities associated with the power plant.=July 16,2026,Fukushima

E

Images related to the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Images related to the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The photo shows facilities associated with the power plant.=July 16,2026,Fukushima

E

Images related to the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

An image related to the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Work is being carried out using flexible containers.=July 16,2026,Fukushima

E

Images related to the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

An image related to the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The photo shows a sign indicating the “difficult-to-return zone.”=July 16,2026,Fukushima

E

Images related to the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

An image related to the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The photo shows an area in Tomioka Town, Fukushima Prefecture, that has been designated as a “Specified Return Area.”=July 16,2026,Fukushima

E

Images related to the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

An image related to the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The photo shows a sign on National Route 6 indicating the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.=July 16,2026,Fukushima

E

Images related to the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

An image related to the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The photo shows a sign indicating the “difficult-to-return zone.”=July 16,2026,Fukushima

E

Exterior, logo, and sign of Asahi Beverages (Fujiyoshida Plant)

Exterior, logo, and sign of Asahi Beverages (Fujiyoshida Plant)=July 23,2026,Yamanashi

E

Exterior, logo, and sign of Kobe Steel (Kobe Wire Rod Plant)

Exterior, logo, and sign of Kobe Steel (Kobe Wire Rod Plant)=June 23,2026,Hyogo

E

Shinko Chemical Terminal, Kobe Plant

Shinko Chemical Terminal, Kobe Plant=June 23,2026,Hyogo

E

Shinko Chemical Terminal, Kobe Plant

Shinko Chemical Terminal, Kobe Plant=June 23,2026,Hyogo

E

Shinko Chemical Terminal, Kobe Plant

Shinko Chemical Terminal, Kobe Plant=June 23,2026,Hyogo

E

Shinko Chemical Terminal, Kobe Plant

Shinko Chemical Terminal, Kobe Plant=June 23,2026,Hyogo

E

Shinko Chemical Terminal, Kobe Plant

Shinko Chemical Terminal, Kobe Plant=June 23,2026,Hyogo

E

Exterior, logo, and sign of Kobe Steel (Kobe Wire Rod Plant)

Exterior, logo, and sign of Kobe Steel (Kobe Wire Rod Plant)=June 23,2026,Hyogo

E

Exterior, logo, and sign of Kobe Steel (Kobe Wire Rod Plant)

Exterior, logo, and sign of Kobe Steel (Kobe Wire Rod Plant)=June 23,2026,Hyogo

E

Shinko Chemical Terminal, Kobe Plant

Shinko Chemical Terminal, Kobe Plant=June 23,2026,Hyogo

E

Shinko Chemical Terminal, Kobe Plant

Shinko Chemical Terminal, Kobe Plant=June 23,2026,Hyogo

E

Japan's Fuji Electric workers detained in China

Photo taken on June 25, 2026, shows a plant run by a company of Japan's Fuji Electric Co. group in Dalian, China. Two Japanese Fuji Electric employees were detained in May in the northeastern Chinese city, possibly over attempts to take rare earth-related products overseas, according to sources familiar with the matter.

E

Japan's Fuji Electric workers detained in China

Photo taken on June 25, 2026, shows a plant run by a company of Japan's Fuji Electric Co. group in Dalian, China. Two Japanese Fuji Electric employees were detained in May in the northeastern Chinese city, possibly over attempts to take rare earth-related products overseas, according to sources familiar with the matter.

E

Japan's Fuji Electric workers detained in China

Photo taken on June 25, 2026, shows a plant run by a company of Japan's Fuji Electric Co. group in Dalian, China. Two Japanese Fuji Electric employees were detained in May in the northeastern Chinese city, possibly over attempts to take rare earth-related products overseas, according to sources familiar with the matter.

E

Japan's Fuji Electric workers detained in China

Photo taken on June 25, 2026, shows a plant run by a company of Japan's Fuji Electric Co. group in Dalian, China. Two Japanese Fuji Electric employees were detained in May in the northeastern Chinese city, possibly over attempts to take rare earth-related products overseas, according to sources familiar with the matter.

E

IAEA chief Grossi at Fukushima nuclear power plant

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi speaks during a meeting with officials of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 24, 2026.

E

IAEA chief Grossi at Fukushima nuclear power plant

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi speaks at a press conference at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 24, 2026, following a meeting with the plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa.

E

UK: Major Fire Breaks Out at Recycling Plant in Widnes

A major incident declared following a huge fire at a recycling plant in Widnes on Monday, June 22, has been stood down. More than 450 tonnes of cardboard burned, causing multiple explosions, while smoke was visible for miles.

E

Japan's imperial couple plant cherry tree near Amsterdam

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako pose after planting a cherry tree during a visit to a Japan-related park near Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

E

Japan's imperial couple plant cherry tree near Amsterdam

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plant a cherry tree during a visit to a Japan-related park near Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)