|
|
Size:
885K
Date: 2016-02-06
Title: Ship carrying 74 people disabled after hitting whale
|
|
Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 6, 2016, shows the Seven Islands Tomo (foreground), a 164-ton ferry believed to have collided with a whale off Izu Oshima Island, south of Tokyo. A Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel was deployed. While the ferry suffered damage to its bow, there was no fear of it sinking. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
|
|
|
|
|
Size:
749K
Date: 2016-02-06
Title: Goromaru arrives in Brisbane
|
|
Brave Blossoms' superstar fullback Ayumu Goromaru is welcomed by fans on Feb. 6, 2016, after arriving in Brisbane, Australia, to join the Queensland Reds for the 2016 Super Rugby season. Goromaru will attend a press conference on Feb. 8 and will take part in a team training session for the first time. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
|
|
|
|
|
Size:
706K
Date: 2016-02-06
Title: Rio Carnival opens to huge crowds
|
|
Dancers from the second league teams take part in the Preliminary Parades at the Rio Carnival in Rio de Janeiro on Feb. 5, 2016. The festival is expected to build excitement in the city ahead of the Olympic Games in August. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
|
|
|
|
|
Size:
1710K
Date: 2016-02-06
Title: Otaru canal illuminated by candlelight
|
|
Photo taken Feb. 5, 2016, shows a canal, a tourist attraction in Japan's northern city of Otaru, near Sapporo, illuminated by candlelight. The canal illuminating event will run through Feb. 14 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
|
|
|
|
|
Size:
911K
Date: 2016-02-06
Title: Aftermath of major volcanic eruption in southwestern Japan
|
|
A ferry passes nearby Sakurajima volcano (background) in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 6, 2016. A massive volcanic eruption the day before caused the Japan Meteorological Agency to raise its alert level for the volcano from 2 to 3 on a 5-point scale. The agency said that no data suggests the possibility of a further larger eruption occurring. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
|
|
|
|
|
Size:
1008K
Date: 2016-02-06
Title: Aftermath of volcanic eruption in southwestern Japan
|
|
Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 6, 2016, shows Sakurajima volcano in southwestern Japan. A massive volcanic eruption the day before caused the Japan Meteorological Agency to raise its alert level for the volcano from 2 to 3 on a 5-point scale. The agency said that no data suggests the possibility of a further larger eruption occurring. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
|
|
|
|
|
Size:
992K
Date: 2016-02-06
Title: Aftermath of volcanic eruption in southwestern Japan
|
|
Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 6, 2016, shows Sakurajima volcano in southwestern Japan. A massive volcanic eruption the day before caused the Japan Meteorological Agency to raise its alert level for the volcano from 2 to 3 on a 5-point scale. The agency said that no data suggests the possibility of a further larger eruption occurring. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
|
|
|
|
|
Size:
734K
Date: 2016-02-06
Title: Rio Carnival opens to huge crowds
|
|
Dancers from the second league teams take part in the Preliminary Parades at the Rio Carnival in Rio de Janeiro on Feb. 5, 2016. The festival is expected to build excitement in the city ahead of the Olympic Games in August. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
|
|
|
|
|
Size:
387K
Date: 2016-02-06
Title: Director makes film inspired by Hiroshima "paper crane" girl
|
|
Photo taken Nov. 2, 2015 in Los Angeles shows Miyuki Sohara, who produced and directed "Orizuru 2015," a 20-minute film inspired by the life of Sadako Sasaki. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
|
|
|
|
|
Size:
453K
Date: 2016-02-06
Title: Director makes film inspired by Hiroshima "paper crane" girl
|
|
Photo taken in June 2015 in Los Angeles shows one of the takes during the shooting of the short film "Orizuru 2015," with Takamaro (R), son of director Miyuki Sohara, playing the leading role. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
|
|
|
|
|
Size:
711K
Date: 2016-02-05
Title: Major eruption occurs at Japan's Sakurajima volcano
|
|
Sadayuki Kitagawa, a senior Japan Meteorological Agency official, talks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2016 about a major volcanic eruption on Kagoshima Prefecture's Sakurajima island. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
|
|
|
|
|
Size:
1100K
Date: 2016-02-05
Title: Major eruption occurs at Japan's Sakurajima volcano
|
|
People get off at the ferry terminal in central Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, after a major volcanic eruption occurred on the nearby Sakurajima island on Feb. 5, 2016. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
|
|
|
|
|
Size:
101K
Date: 2016-02-05
Title: Male Diet member to set precedent by taking childcare leave
|
|
Undated combined photo shows Japanese House of Representatives member Kensuke Miyazaki (L) and his wife Megumi Kaneko, also a member of the lower house. A baby boy was born to the couple on Feb. 5, 2016, and Miyazaki said he is eager to become the first male Diet member to take childcare leave. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
|
|
|
|
|
Size:
613K
Date: 2016-02-05
Title: Japan, S. Korea to work closely over N. Korea's planned rocket launch
|
|
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters after meeting with South Korean Ambassador to Japan Yoo Heung Soo in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2016. The two agreed to work closely over North Korea's planned launch of a long-range rocket. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
|
|
|
|
|
Size:
297K
Date: 2016-02-05
Title: Japan, S. Korea to work closely over N. Korea's planned rocket launch
|
|
South Korean Ambassador to Japan Yoo Heung Soo enters the Foreign Ministry's building in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2016. Yoo and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida agreed to work closely over North Korea's planned launch of a long-range rocket. (Kyodo)
==Kyodo
|
|
|
