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China: Octopus Clings to Phone After Being Caught by Fisher in Fuzhou

In Fuzhou, Fujian, a video captured a man fishing when he unexpectedly caught an octopus with a phone stuck to one of its tentacles on September 28. The octopus refused to let go, wrapping its arms tightly around the device as if claiming it as its own.

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Maritime festival in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows fishing boats parading in the Genkai Sea off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on Oct. 1, 2025, during the Miare Festival, part of the autumn festivities at Munakata shrine to wish for a bountiful seafood catch and safety at sea.

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Maritime festival in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows fishing boats parading in the Genkai Sea off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on Oct. 1, 2025, during the Miare Festival, part of the autumn festivities at Munakata shrine to wish for a bountiful seafood catch and safety at sea.

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Maritime festival in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows fishing boats parading in the Genkai Sea off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on Oct. 1, 2025, during the Miare Festival, part of the autumn festivities at Munakata shrine to wish for a bountiful seafood catch and safety at sea.

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Maritime festival in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows fishing boats parading in the Genkai Sea off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on Oct. 1, 2025, during the Miare Festival, part of the autumn festivities at Munakata shrine to wish for a bountiful seafood catch and safety at sea.

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Maritime festival in southwestern Japan

Fishing boats parade in the Genkai Sea off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on Oct. 1, 2024, during the Miare Festival, part of the autumn festival at Munakata shrine to wish for a bountiful seafood catch and safety at sea.

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Maritime festival in southwestern Japan

Fishing boats parade in the Genkai Sea off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on Oct. 1, 2024, during the Miare Festival, part of the autumn festival at Munakata shrine to wish for a bountiful seafood catch and safety at sea.

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Maritime festival in southwestern Japan

Fishing boats parade in the Genkai Sea off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on Oct. 1, 2024, during the Miare Festival, part of the autumn festival at Munakata shrine to wish for a bountiful seafood catch and safety at sea.

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Girls' Day festival in Japan

Wooden boats loaded with about 500 "Hina" traditional dolls are cast out to sea during an annual Girls' Day festival at a Shinto shrine in Wakayama, western Japan, on March 3, 2024, in prayer for girls' growth and happiness.

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Girls' Day festival in Japan

A wooden boat loaded with about 500 "Hina" traditional dolls is cast out to sea during an annual Girls' Day festival at a Shinto shrine in Wakayama, western Japan, on March 3, 2024, in prayer for girls' growth and happiness.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

Photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024, shows a collapsed gateway at the entrance to a shinto shrine in Hakui in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day.

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Strong quake rocks Sea of Japan area

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2024, shows stone lanterns damaged at a shrine in Kahoku in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Strong quake rocks Sea of Japan area

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2024, shows stone lanterns damaged at a shrine in Kahoku in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Strong quake rocks Sea of Japan area

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2024, shows a collapsed gateway at the entrance to a shinto shrine in Kanazawa in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Strong quake rocks Sea of Japan area

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2024, shows a collapsed gateway at the entrance to a shinto shrine in Kanazawa in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast.

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M7.6 quake rocks Sea of Japan areas

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2024, shows a collapsed gateway at the entrance to a shinto shrine in Kanazawa in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast.

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M7.6 quake rocks Sea of Japan areas

Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2024, shows a collapsed gateway at the entrance to a shinto shrine in Kanazawa in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Maritime ritual at southwestern Japan shrine

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows fishing boats parading through the Genkai Sea off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on Oct. 1, 2023, during the Miare Festival, part of the autumn festival at Munakata shrine to wish for a bountiful seafood catch and safety at sea.

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Maritime ritual at southwestern Japan shrine

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows fishing boats parading through the Genkai Sea off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka on Oct. 1, 2023, during the Miare Festival, part of the autumn festival at Munakata shrine to wish for a bountiful seafood catch and safety at sea.

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Hiroshima on eve of G-7 summit

Photo taken from a helicopter shows the World Heritage-listed Itsukushima Shrine on Hiroshima's Miyajima Island, renowned for its torii gate (front) that appears to float in the Seto Inland Sea during high tide, on May 18, 2023, on the eve of the three-day Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city. (Pool photo)

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Security tightens ahead of G-7 summit in Hiroshima

Police officers patrol around Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, renowned for its torii gate (back) that appears to float in the Seto Inland Sea during high tide, on May 17, 2023, ahead of the May 19-21 Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city of Hiroshima. The leaders of the G-7 countries are expected to visit the island during the summit.

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Security tightens ahead of G-7 summit in Hiroshima

Police officers patrol around Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island, renowned for its torii gate (back) that appears to float in the Seto Inland Sea during high tide, on May 17, 2023, ahead of the May 19-21 Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city of Hiroshima. The leaders of the G-7 countries are expected to visit the island during the summit.

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Autumn festival at Munakata Shrine begins

FUKUOKA, Japan, Oct. 1 Kyodo - About 200 fishing boats parade in the Genkai Sea, the southwestern portion of the Sea of Japan, off the city of Munakata in Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 1, 2017, during the Miare Festival, part of the autumn festival at Munakata Shrine, a World Cultural Heritage site. The event is held to pray for the safety of sea traffic and a good haul.

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Prehistory fish fossils found as new freshwater species

KANAZWA, Japan - The education board in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture, displays fossils of a new freshwater fish species of the Sinamia family unearthed from a stratum in the first half of the Cretaceous period, or 130 million years ago, in the Sea of Japan city on Oct. 1, 2014. The board has given the scientific name of Sinamia Kukurihime to the fish after the name of a local shrine.

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Fireworks display at Miyajima in Hiroshima Pref.

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fireworks light up the sky over Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima, an island in Hiroshima Prefecture, on Aug. 13, 2016. Around 5,200 fireworks were launched, with 200 bursting close to the sea. The shrine was registered on UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage list in December 1996.

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Fireworks display at Miyajima in Hiroshima Pref.

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fireworks light up the sky over Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima, an island in Hiroshima Prefecture, on Aug. 13, 2016. Around 5,200 fireworks were launched, with 200 bursting close to the sea. The shrine was registered on UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage list in December 1996.

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China spokeswoman Hua on Japan

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on April 23, 2013. She criticized a visit to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo by Japanese lawmakers earlier in the day. She also said at the press conference that Beijing has lodged a strong protest against the sailing that day of Japanese ships near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, claimed by China.

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China spokeswoman Hua on Japan

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on April 23, 2013. She criticized a visit to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo by Japanese lawmakers earlier in the day. She also said at the press conference that Beijing has lodged a strong protest against the sailing that day of Japanese ships near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, claimed by China.

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Japanese 'hina' dolls on boat

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Japanese "hina" dolls, ornamental dolls for Girls' Day on March 3, are floated on the sea in a boat near Awashima Shrine in the city of Wakayama, western Japan, during a ritual called "hina nagashi" (hina floating) on March 3, 2013. The Shinto shrine holds the annual ritual to wish for the happiness and growth of women and girls.

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Japanese 'hina' dolls on boat

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Japanese "hina" dolls, ornamental dolls for Girls' Day on March 3, are floated on the sea in a boat near Awashima Shrine in the city of Wakayama, western Japan, during a ritual called "hina nagashi" (hina floating) on March 3, 2013. The Shinto shrine holds the annual ritual to wish for the happiness and growth of women and girls.

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Japanese 'hina' dolls floating

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Japanese 'hina' dolls, ornament dolls for the March 3 Girls' Day, float on the sea in a boat decorated with flowers near the coastal Awashima Shrine in Wakayama, western Japan, during a ritual called ''hina nagashi'' (hina floating) on March 3, 2012. The Shinto shrine's annual ritual aims at happiness for women and girls.

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Interfaith gathering after disaster

KAMAKURA, Japan - People associated with Shinto, Buddhism and Christianity pray to calm the sea at the Yuigahama beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 11, 2011, a month after the March 11 quake and tsunami disaster. They gathered at the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in the city the same day to pray for disaster victims and recovery.

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(2)Japan protests over isles, China slams shrine visit

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao are in talks in Beijing on April 3. Kawaguchi reiterated Japan's protest over last week's landing by Chinese activists on a disputed group of islands in the East China Sea, while Wen again urged Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi not to visit the war-related Yasukuni Shrine.

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Dolls to be floated out to sea to drive out evil spirits

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Some 5,000 spectators watch as small boats full of dolls are carried from Awashima Shrine to a nearby beach in Wakayama, western Japan, on Doll's Festival day March 3. The dolls, donated to the shrine from all over the nation, will be floated out to sea the next day in hopes of banishing evil spirits.

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Girls' Day ritual in western Japan

A wooden boat loaded with about 200 dolls from Awashima shrine in Wakayama sails in the sea off the western Japan city on March 3, 2022, in a traditional Girls' Day ritual. The dolls, dedicated to the shrine from across Japan, are swept out to sea as part of a ritual to pray for children's good fortune and happiness.

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Girls' Day ritual in western Japan

A wooden boat loaded with about 200 dolls from Awashima shrine in Wakayama sails in the sea off the western Japan city on March 3, 2022, in a traditional Girls' Day ritual. The dolls, dedicated to the shrine from across Japan, are swept out to sea as part of a ritual to pray for children's good fortune and happiness.

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Girls' Day ritual in western Japan

A wooden boat loaded with about 200 dolls from Awashima shrine in Wakayama sails in the sea off the western Japan city on March 3, 2022, in a traditional Girls' Day ritual. The dolls, dedicated to the shrine from across Japan, are swept out to sea as part of a ritual to pray for children's good fortune and happiness.

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Girls' Day ritual in western Japan

Photo taken on March 3, 2022, shows hundreds of dolls dedicated to Awashima shrine in Wakayama from across Japan. A wooden boat loaded with the dolls is to sail in the sea off the western Japan city later in the day in a traditional Girls' Day ritual for children's good fortune and happiness.

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Girls' Day ritual in western Japan

About 200 dolls dedicated to Awashima shrine in Wakayama from across Japan are burned after a wooden boat loaded with them sailed in the sea off the western Japan city in a traditional Girls' Day ritual for children' good fortune and happiness.

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Dolls to be floated out to sea to drive out evil spirits

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Some 5,000 spectators watch as small boats full of dolls are carried from Awashima Shrine to a nearby beach in Wakayama, western Japan, on Doll's Festival day March 3. The dolls, donated to the shrine from all over the nation, will be floated out to sea the next day in hopes of banishing evil spirits.

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Girls' Day ritual in western Japan

A wooden boat loaded with hundreds of dolls from Awashima shrine in Wakayama sails in the sea off the western Japan city on March 3, 2021, in a traditional Girls' Day ritual. The dolls, dedicated to the shrine from across Japan, are swept out to sea as part of a ritual to pray for girls' good fortune and happiness.

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Dolls sent to sea to pray for girls' happiness

A boat carrying 300 dolls is put to sea from a shrine in the western Japan city of Wakayama on March 3, 2016, the day of Japan's Dolls' Festival. The dolls are put to sea in a traditional ritual to pray for girls' good fortune and happiness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dolls sent to sea to pray for girls' happiness

A boat carrying 300 dolls is put to sea from a shrine in the western Japan city of Wakayama on March 3, 2016, the day of Japan's Dolls' Festival. The dolls are put to sea in a traditional ritual to pray for girls' good fortune and happiness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dolls sent to sea to pray for girls' happiness

A boat carrying 300 dolls is put to sea from a shrine in the western Japan city of Wakayama on March 3, 2016, the day of Japan's Dolls' Festival. The dolls are put to sea in a traditional ritual to pray for girls' good fortune and happiness. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boats of "hina" dolls released in ritual for girl's happiness

Photo taken March 3, 2015, the day of the Doll Festival in Japan, shows "hina" dolls donated to Awashima Shrine in the western city of Wakayama being sent to sea in small boats in a ritual to pray for the happiness and growth of girls. Around 400 dolls were set afloat on three white boats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Girls' Day ritual in western Japan

A wooden boat loaded with hundreds of dolls from Awashima shrine in Wakayama sails in the sea off the western Japan city on March 3, 2021, in a traditional Girls' Day ritual. The dolls, dedicated to the shrine from across Japan, are swept out to sea as part of a ritual to pray for girls' good fortune and happiness.

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Girls' Day ritual in western Japan

A wooden boat loaded with hundreds of dolls from Awashima shrine in Wakayama sails in the sea off the western Japan city on March 3, 2021, in a traditional Girls' Day ritual. The dolls, dedicated to the shrine from across Japan, are swept out to sea as part of a ritual to pray for girls' good fortune and happiness.

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Girls' Day ritual in western Japan

A wooden boat loaded with hundreds of dolls from Awashima shrine in Wakayama sails in the sea off the western Japan city on March 3, 2021, in a traditional Girls' Day ritual. The dolls, dedicated to the shrine from across Japan, are swept out to sea as part of a ritual to pray for girls' good fortune and happiness.

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Stone Lantern in Sumiyoshi Shrine

Many stone lanterns were donated to Sumiyoshi Shinto Shrine as prayers for safe sea voyages and successful business. Probably taken in the beginning of the Meiji Period.==Date:1904, Place:Osaka, Photo:Underwood, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number97‐18‐0]

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The cave on Enoshima Island

Photographer unknown. Entitled 1101 Cave at Enoshima. The entrance to the cave, Oniwaya, and a pier-like wooden passage is visible at the bottom of the cliff. This cave, the focal point of Enoshima worship, is also called Ryukutsu, Hongu Iwaya, or Okunomiya. The same photograph, tinted with color, is on display at the Yokohama Archives of History.==Date:unknown, Place:Enoshima, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐49‐0]