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Olympic flame arrives in Italy

Giovanni Malago (R), president of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic organizing committee, and Italian tennis player Jasmine Paolini arrive at an airport in the outskirts of Rome on Dec. 4, 2025, carrying the Olympic flame in a lantern.

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Olympic flame arrives in Italy

Giovanni Malago (R), president of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic organizing committee, and Italian tennis player Jasmine Paolini arrive at an airport in the outskirts of Rome on Dec. 4, 2025, carrying the Olympic flame in a lantern.

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Olympic flame arrives in Italy

Giovanni Malago (R), president of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic organizing committee, and Italian tennis player Jasmine Paolini arrive at an airport in the outskirts of Rome on Dec. 4, 2025, carrying the Olympic flame in a lantern.

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Olympic flame arrives in Italy

Giovanni Malago (R), president of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic organizing committee, and Italian tennis player Jasmine Paolini arrive at an airport in the outskirts of Rome on Dec. 4, 2025, carrying the Olympic flame in a lantern.

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Japan PM Takaichi

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) heads to a Cabinet meeting at her office in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2025.

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Japan PM Takaichi

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) waits to attend a Cabinet meeting at her office in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2025.

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Nobel Prize Museum

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2025, shows the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm ahead of the award ceremony for 2025 Nobel Prize winners on Dec. 10.

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Nobel Prize Museum

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2025, shows the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm ahead of the award ceremony for 2025 Nobel Prize winners on Dec. 10.

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Nobel Prize Museum

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2025, shows the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm ahead of the award ceremony for 2025 Nobel Prize winners on Dec. 10.

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Nobel Prize Museum

Photo taken on Dec. 4, 2025, shows the interior of the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm ahead of the award ceremony for 2025 Nobel Prize winners on Dec. 10.

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Annual OSCE meeting in Vienna

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul meets the press in Vienna on Dec. 4, 2025, as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe holds its annual ministerial meeting.

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Trade curbs on all eels rejected

The parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating the international trade of endangered species, hold a plenary session in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Dec. 4, 2025. A proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, was formally rejected during the session.

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Trade curbs on all eels rejected

The parties to the Washington Convention, a treaty regulating the international trade of endangered species, hold a plenary session in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Dec. 4, 2025. A proposal by the European Union to put all eel species, including the Japanese eel, under global restrictions, was formally rejected during the session.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Ilia Malinin of the United States performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Ilia Malinin of the United States performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Ilia Malinin of the United States performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Shun Sato performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Shun Sato performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Shun Sato performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Yuma Kagiyama performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Yuma Kagiyama performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Yuma Kagiyama performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Ilia Malinin of the United States performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Ilia Malinin of the United States performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Yuma Kagiyama performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Yuma Kagiyama performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Shun Sato performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Yuma Kagiyama performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Yuma Kagiyama performs in the men's short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (front) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (front) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (front) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (top) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (R) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (R) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (top) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Annual OSCE meeting in Vienna

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe holds its annual ministerial meeting in Geneva on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Annual OSCE meeting in Vienna

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe holds its annual ministerial meeting in Geneva on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Nobel laureate Sakaguchi leaves for Stockholm

Shimon Sakaguchi, a professor at the University of Osaka and a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, meets the press at Osaka airport straddling Hyogo and Osaka prefectures on Dec. 4, 2025, before leaving for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony.

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Nobel laureate Sakaguchi leaves for Stockholm

Shimon Sakaguchi, a professor at the University of Osaka and a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, meets the press at Osaka airport straddling Hyogo and Osaka prefectures on Dec. 4, 2025, before leaving for Stockholm to attend the award ceremony.

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa arrives in Stockholm

Professor Susumu Kitagawa (L) of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, arrives at Grand Hotel Stockholm in the Swedish capital on Dec. 4, 2025, ahead of the award ceremony on Dec. 10.

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa arrives in Stockholm

Professor Susumu Kitagawa (L) of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, arrives at Grand Hotel Stockholm in the Swedish capital on Dec. 4, 2025, ahead of the award ceremony on Dec. 10.

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa arrives in Stockholm

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, arrives at Grand Hotel Stockholm in the Swedish capital on Dec. 4, 2025, ahead of the award ceremony on Dec. 10.

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa arrives in Stockholm

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, arrives at Grand Hotel Stockholm in the Swedish capital on Dec. 4, 2025, ahead of the award ceremony on Dec. 10.

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Benchmark bond yield hits 18.5-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond ending at 1.935 percent, its highest in about 18 and a half years, on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Benchmark bond yield hits 18.5-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond ending at 1.935 percent, its highest in about 18 and a half years, on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Xmas tree at Rockefeller Center

A 23-meter-tall Christmas tree at the Rockefeller Center in New York is illuminated with more than 50,000 LED lights on Dec. 3, 2025

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67th Japanese Antarctic observation team

Members of the 67th Japanese Antarctic observation team pose for a photo at Narita airport near Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2025, before flying to Perth, Australia. The icebreaker Shirase carrying the members will depart a local Australian port on Dec. 8, reaching Japan's Syowa Station in the Antarctic in early January. (Photo by accompanying journalist)

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Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament

Sekiwake Aonishiki receives the prime minister's cup after winning the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on Nov. 23, 2025.