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Beijing event to pitch Japan's sake

About 20 sake brewers from Japan's 14 prefectures attend a ceremony at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 7, 2025, the eve of a three-day event to pitch their products in the Chinese market.

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Beijing event to pitch Japan's sake

About 20 sake brewers from Japan's 14 prefectures attend a ceremony at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 7, 2025, the eve of a three-day event to pitch their products in the Chinese market.

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Beijing event to pitch Japan's sake

About 20 sake brewers from Japan's 14 prefectures attend a ceremony at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 7, 2025, the eve of a three-day event to pitch their products in the Chinese market.

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

OSAKA, Japan, May 20 Kyodo - Turin Olympics figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa (far R) pitches fishery foods at a just-opened exhibition at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, highlighting the recovery of three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Kyodo)

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

Visitors watch a movie at the World Exhibition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, as an exhibition highlighting recovery of the three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster begins the same day.

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

An exhibit shows the height of the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in March 2011 as an exhibition highlighting the recovery of the three prefectures severely affected by the earthquake-tsunami disaster begins at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025.

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

Turin Olympics figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa (2nd from R) poses in front of a "digital monument" at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, as an exhibition highlighting the recovery of the three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster begins the same day. Shown on the screen is the "Miracle Pine," the only tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

Turin Olympics figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa (far R) pitches fishery foods at a just-opened exhibition at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, highlighting the recovery of three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

Turin Olympics figure skating gold medalist Shizuka Arakawa (2nd from L) poses for a photo during the opening ceremony of an exhibition at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025, highlighting the recovery of the three northeastern Japan prefectures severely affected by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Toyota, Mazda halt production of 5 models over certification test fraud

STORY: Toyota, Mazda halt production of 5 models over certification test fraud SHOOTING TIME: June 5, 2024 DATELINE: June 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cars in the street 2. various of Toyota Motor's headquarters STORYLINE: Japanese auto giants Toyota and Mazda suspended production of five car models on Thursday due to fraudulent practices discovered in national certification tests, in the wake of a cheating scandal among five major Japanese automakers. Following the order of Japanese transport ministry to halt shipments of affected models, Toyota Motor Corporation halted production of three models, including Yaris Cross, at its factories in the prefectures of Miyagi and Iwate, with the suspension expected to last until June 28. Meanwhile, Mazda Motors Corporation, ceased its production of two models, including MAZDA2 at its factories in the prefectures of Hiroshima and Yamaguchi. The suspension came after the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, T

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2023 Xinjiang Animation Festival concludes in Karamay

STORY: 2023 Xinjiang Animation Festival concludes in Karamay DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 2023 Xinjiang Animation Festival 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): PAN DONGXUE, Performer 3. various of the exhibition hall STORYLINE: The 2023 Xinjiang Animation Festival concluded on Sunday in Karamay City. The three-day event is the first large-scale comprehensive animation exhibition in Xinjiang, featuring performances, cartoon movie shows, and all kinds of displays of cartoon-related products. In the animation exhibition hall, 14 prefectures and cities, and eight universities and presses of Xinjiang displayed their animation works and other cultural and creative products. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): PAN DONGXUE, Performer "Personally, I like the animation of Chinese style very much, and I hope we can continue to promote our traditional Chinese culture." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Urumqi, China. (XHTV)

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G-7 summit in Hiroshima

An event promoting food and sake from three Japanese prefectures hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami is held at the international media center on the second day of a Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on May 20, 2023.

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G-7 summit in Hiroshima

An event promoting food and sake from three Japanese prefectures hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami is held at the international media center on the second day of a Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on May 20, 2023.

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Sea urchins return to Sea of Japan coastal waters

FUKUI, Japan - A diver is all smiles with a bagful of sea urchins she gathered after three hours of work on Aug. 6, the last day of the urchin-gathering season off the coast of Fukui Prefecture. Fishermen in the area say the volume of sea urchins caught off the Fukui coast have more or less returned to normal 10 years after the Russian oil tanker Nakhodka carrying 20,000 kiloliters of fuel oil broke up in stormy weather in the Sea of Japan and up to 6,200 kiloliters of oil washed up in the coasts of 10 prefectures. At one point, the volume of sea urchins gathered by a local fishermen's cooperative in Fukui dropped to 19 kilograms, compared with an annual average of 300 kg before the spill, fishermen say.

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Explosive coronavirus infections in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 7 Kyodo - Commuters wearing face masks head to work at JR Shinagawa Station in Tokyo on the morning of Jan. 7, 2021, as Japan is poised to declare another state of emergency in Tokyo and three neighboring prefectures later in the day in view of the unabated uptrend in coronavirus infections. The capital's virus cases for the day topped 2,000 for the first time.

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Tottori students win comic strip contest

KOCHI, Japan - This three-panel comic strip drawn by a group of students from Yonago High School in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, is awarded the top prize on Nov. 3, 2014, in a manga contest held for students in Tottori and Kochi prefectures, both of which boast of being the hometowns to great cartoon artists. Under the designated theme "47th place," the winning manga highlights how Tottori's population remains the least among Japan's 47 prefectures.

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Japan invites Indonesians to cycle in Japan

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian cyclists listen to explanations by officials from three Japanese prefectures -- Ibaraki, Yamanashi and Ehime -- on their respective recommended cycling routes during an event held in Jakarta on Sept. 14, 2014, to attract foreign visitors.

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3 and a half years after tsunami

NAMIE, Japan - Police officers search for the remains of people still missing from the March 2011 tsunami in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2014, three and a half years after the disaster. According to the National Police Agency, the disaster left 15,889 people dead while the whereabouts of 2,597 people in the three hardest-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima remain unaccounted for.

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3 and a half years after tsunami

NAMIE, Japan - Police officers search for the remains of people still missing from the March 2011 tsunami in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2014, three and a half years after the disaster. According to the National Police Agency, the disaster left 15,889 people dead while the whereabouts of 2,597 people in the three hardest-hit prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima remain unaccounted for.

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Balloons hoisted to height of 2011 tsunami at Paris event

PARIS, France - Balloons are floated to the height of the tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku in March 2011, during an event in Paris on Aug. 30, 2014, planned by high school students from the three prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate in the region to call attention to the recovery and attractiveness of Tohoku.

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Tohoku students sing in opening ceremony of event in Paris

PARIS, France - High school students from the three prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, sing at the opening ceremony of an event in Paris on Aug. 30, 2014, to call attention to the recovery and attractiveness of Tohoku.

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Comedian Hazama starts marathon across quake-hit Tohoku

MORIOKA, Japan - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama strikes a pose Aug. 11, 2014, at the starting point in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, of a 508-kilometer marathon through three prefectures -- Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima. A devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the region in March 2011.

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Comedian Hazama jogs ahead of marathon in Tohoku

MORIOKA, Japan - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama jogs on Aug. 11, 2014,with elementary school children in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, ahead of a 508-kilometer marathon across three prefectures -- Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima. A devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the region in March 2011.

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Chinese tourists to visit Japan's Tohoku region

GUANGZHOU, China - A group of tourists pose for a photo at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangdong Province, China, on July 17, 2014, upon departure on a tour around Japan including the three northeastern Japanese prefectures of Akita, Aomori, and Iwate. The group is also scheduled to visit Tokyo and Hokkaido.

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Hokuriku gov'ts, firms meet to promote use of nuke power

KANAZAWA, Japan - A group of local governments and businesses in three prefectures in the Hokuriku region, western Japan, seeking to promote the use of nuclear power holds an annual meeting in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on June 6, 2014.

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Hanyu's authgraphs, messages on display at Sendai rink

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2014, shows Sochi Olympics figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu's autographs and messages on a bulletin board calling for support for post-disaster reconstruction work at Ice Rink Sendai, a former training base for Hanyu in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Miyagi was one of the three prefectures in northeastern Japan ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Over 80 die unattended in temporary housing

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows temporary housing in Miyagi Prefecture for people affected by the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster. At least 81 people have died unattended in such housing since the disaster in Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima, the three hardest-hit prefectures in northeastern Japan, a Kyodo News survey found Sept. 11, 2013.

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FAO adds Shizuoka, Kumamoto, Oita to agricultural heritage list

KANAZAWA, Japan - The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's international conference on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems opens in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 29, 2013. The FAO decided the same day to add three areas in Japan's Shizuoka, Kumamoto and Oita prefectures to its world agricultural heritage list.

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FAO adds Shizuoka, Kumamoto, Oita to agricultural heritage list

NANAO, Japan - (From L) Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima, Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu and Oita Gov. Katsusada Hirose join hands in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, on May 29, 2013, as they attend the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's international conference on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems. The FAO decided later the same day to add areas in the three prefectures to its world agricultural heritage list.

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Comedian completes 9-day marathon across quake-hit area

IWAKI, Japan - Comedian Kampei Hazama (C) finishes his nine-day marathon at Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2012. Hazama ran around 460 kilometers across the three northeastern prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima that were hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in an effort to encourage those living there.

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Comedian completes 9-day marathon across quake-hit area

IWAKI, Japan - Comedian Kampei Hazama (C) is seen shortly after finishing his nine-day marathon at Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2012. Hazama ran around 460 kilometers across the three northeastern prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima that were hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in an effort to encourage those living there.

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Kagawa with Tohoku children

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Shinji Kagawa fires in a shot before primary school children in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 21, 2012. The new Manchester United acquisition took part in a three-day project to assist in the rebuilding of the disaster-hit area by meeting primary school children in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures.

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German women's soccer coach offers training in quake-hit Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Monika Staab, a famous German women's soccer coach, gives a press conference at the German Embassy in Tokyo's Minato Ward on April 2, 2012. With the support of the German government, Staab began in April a half-year project, touring around the three quake-hit prefectures of Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi in northeastern Japan to provide coaching sessions.

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Tsunami high water mark sign

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a sign showing the height of killer tsunami waves. Three northeastern Japanese prefectures hard-hit by the March 2011 tsunami and the transport ministry said on March 2, 2012, that the signs will be set up in the prefectures in an attempt to mitigate injuries and deaths in future disasters.

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N.Y. trade fair features textile makers from quake-hit area

NEW YORK, United States - A buyer examines a product at a trade fair opened in New York on Jan. 18, 2012, featuring 16 textile and knitting firms from three Japanese prefectures hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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High school footballers from quake-hit areas at Wembley

LONDON, Britain - High school footballers from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern Japanese prefectures hit hard by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, and others pose for photos at London's Wembley Stadium on Nov. 24, 2011. The students' trip was realized after England's Football Association offered to let them use the field for half a day free of charge in a show of support for Japan's reconstruction efforts.

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High school footballers from quake-hit areas leave for Wembley

NARITA, Japan - Sixteen high school footballers from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern prefectures hit hard by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, pose for photos at Narita airport near Tokyo ahead of their departure for London on Nov. 22, 2011, to play matches at the famous Wembley Stadium. The trip was realized after England's Football Association offered to let them use the field for half a day free of charge in a show of support for the reconstruction efforts.

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Tokyo event to promote postquake reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - A man looks at a copy of a newspaper exhibited at Tokyo's Shiodome area on July 6, 2011, a day before the opening of an event, co-hosted by UNESCO and other organizations, to promote the reconstruction of the Tohoku region devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. During the three-day event, products of the six prefectures in northwestern Japan are sold and articles of local newspapers are on display.

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Tokyo event to promote postquake reconstruction

TOKYO, Japan - A man looks at a copy of a newspaper exhibited at Tokyo's Shiodome area on July 6, 2011, a day before the opening of an event, co-hosted by UNESCO and other organizations, to promote the reconstruction of the Tohoku region devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. During the three-day event, products of the six prefectures in northwestern Japan are sold and articles of local newspapers are on display.

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Pests pose menace in rubble-strewn northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - A worker sprinkles pesticide in a rice paddy to exterminate flies in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 30, 2011. Three prefectures hardest hit by the March earthquake and tsunami -- Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima -- are waging a major battle against swarms of flies and mosquitoes that have emerged out of filthy puddles and waste left in the wake of the disaster.

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Nearly 3,000 taken to hospitals by ambulances from quake shelters

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an ambulance running amid the debris in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture on March 18, 2011, in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11. Nearly 3,000 evacuees living in shelters in three of the northeastern Japan prefectures worst affected by the disaster have been taken to hospitals by ambulance, according to a Kyodo News survey released May 17.

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Memorial coins for 3 prefectures

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows three pairs of memorial coins depicting (from top) Toyama, Tottori and Kumamoto prefectures -- 1,000 yen (L) and 500 yen (R) -- which are scheduled to be sold from late May 2011, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the implementation of the local autonomy law. Japan Mint held a commencement ceremony at its head office in Osaka on May 16, 2011, as the agency began producing the coins the same day.

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Debris in disaster area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - People view debris and the steel frame of a building, still left at disaster-hit Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for the prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

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Debris in disaster area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - People stand in the rubble at tsunami-hit Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for the prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

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Removal of debris from disaster areas

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Employees of Okayama City collect debris in the disaster-hit town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for the prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

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Removal of debris from disaster areas

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department take part in removal work of debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

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Removal of debris from disaster areas

KAMAISHI, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces remove rubble in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 30, 2011. The central government assumes it will take three years for the prefectures worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing massive piles of debris left by the disaster.

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Miyagi Gov. Murai

TOKYO, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai enters the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 23, 2011, to attend a meeting of the central government's panel on reconstruction in tsunami-hit areas. At the meeting, he proposed establishing a new institution linking the state and three prefectures devastated by the March 11 mega earthquake and tsunami, as well as disaster-hit municipalities in the region, to promote integrated post-quake reconstruction.

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3-day intensive search begins

KESENNUMA, Japan - A helicopter takes off from the Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier Hyuga off Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture on April 1, 2011. The Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military began a three-day intensive search to find missing people in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, three weeks after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami wiped out coastal cities and towns in northeast Japan. The MSDF vessel Asuka, also part of the operation, can be seen in the background.

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3-day intensive search begins

KESENNUMA, Japan - A helicopter takes off from the Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier Hyuga off Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture on April 1, 2011. The Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military began a three-day intensive search to find missing people in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, three weeks after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami wiped out coastal cities and towns in northeast Japan. The MSDF vessel Asuka, also part of the operation, can be seen in the background.