Sumo: Onosato

Sumo: Onosato

Yokozuna Onosato trains at his stable in Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 25, 2025, ahead of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament opening at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on Jan. 11.

Sumo: Onosato

Sumo: Onosato

Yokozuna Onosato trains at his stable in Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 25, 2025, ahead of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament opening at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on Jan. 11.

Christmas in Gaza

Christmas in Gaza

People attend a Christmas service at a Catholic church in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on Dec. 25, 2025.

Boxing: Naoya Inoue

Boxing: Naoya Inoue

Undisputed super bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue (L) and Mexican challenger Alan Picasso pose during a press conference in Riyadh on Dec. 25, 2025, ahead of their title match in the Saudi Arabian capital on Dec. 27.

Boxing: Naoya Inoue

Boxing: Naoya Inoue

Undisputed super bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue (front, L) and Mexican challenger Alan Picasso (front, R) pose during a press conference in Riyadh on Dec. 25, 2025, ahead of their title match in the Saudi Arabian capital on Dec. 27.

Boxing: Naoya Inoue

Boxing: Naoya Inoue

Undisputed super bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue (front, L) and Mexican challenger Alan Picasso (front, R) pose during a press conference in Riyadh on Dec. 25, 2025, ahead of their title match in the Saudi Arabian capital on Dec. 27.

Boxing: Naoya Inoue

Boxing: Naoya Inoue

Undisputed super bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue of Japan speaks during a press conference in Riyadh on Dec. 25, 2025, ahead of his title defense against Mexican challenger Alan Picasso in the Saudi Arabian capital on Dec. 27.

Boxing: Naoya Inoue

Boxing: Naoya Inoue

Undisputed super bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue of Japan speaks during a press conference in Riyadh on Dec. 25, 2025, ahead of his title defense against Mexican challenger Alan Picasso in the Saudi Arabian capital on Dec. 27.

Christmas in Ukraine

Christmas in Ukraine

People pose for a photo in front of a giant Christmas tree in Kyiv on Dec. 25, 2025.

Christmas in Ukraine

Christmas in Ukraine

People gather near a giant Christmas tree in Kyiv on Dec. 25, 2025.

Travel company outlet in Beijing

Travel company outlet in Beijing

Photo taken on Dec. 25, 2025, shows brochures for various travel destinations at a travel agency outlet in Beijing. No brochures on Japan are available at the outlet as the Chinese government has asked people to refrain from traveling to Japan following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments on Taiwan.

Travel company outlet in Beijing

Travel company outlet in Beijing

Photo taken on Dec. 25, 2025, shows brochures for various travel destinations at a travel agency outlet in Beijing. No brochures on Japan are available at the outlet as the Chinese government has asked people to refrain from traveling to Japan following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments on Taiwan.

Travel company outlet in Beijing

Travel company outlet in Beijing

Photo taken on Dec. 25, 2025, shows posters for various travel destinations at a travel agency outlet in Beijing. No posters introducing Japan are seen at the outlet as the Chinese government has asked people to refrain from traveling to Japan following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments on Taiwan.

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gives an interview at the Tokyo metropolitan government headquarters in the capital on Dec. 25, 2025.

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gives an interview at the Tokyo metropolitan government headquarters in the capital on Dec. 25, 2025.

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gives an interview at the Tokyo metropolitan government headquarters in the capital on Dec. 25, 2025.

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gives an interview at the Tokyo metropolitan government headquarters in the capital on Dec. 25, 2025.

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Koike

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike gives an interview at the Tokyo metropolitan government headquarters in the capital on Dec. 25, 2025.

New Japanese Antarctic expedition team arrives at base

New Japanese Antarctic expedition team arrives at base

Members (R) of the 67th Japanese Antarctic research expedition are greeted by members of the 66th expedition at Japan's Syowa Station in Antarctica on Dec. 25, 2025, upon their arrival via helicopter from the Japanese icebreaker Shirase. (Photo by accompanying journalist)

BOJ chief

BOJ chief

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a meeting hosted by the Japanese Business Federation in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2025.

BOJ chief

BOJ chief

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a meeting hosted by the Japanese Business Federation in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2025.

Japan PM Takaichi

Japan PM Takaichi

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi makes a speech in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japan PM Takaichi

Japan PM Takaichi

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi makes a speech in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

BOJ chief Ueda

BOJ chief Ueda

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda speaks in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2025.

BOJ chief Ueda

BOJ chief Ueda

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda speaks in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2025.

BOJ chief Ueda

BOJ chief Ueda

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda speaks in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2025.

Takaichi at economic and fiscal policy meeting

Takaichi at economic and fiscal policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (blue) speaks at a Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy meeting at her office in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2025.

Takaichi at economic and fiscal policy meeting

Takaichi at economic and fiscal policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (blue) speaks at a Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy meeting at her office in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2025.

Takaichi at economic and fiscal policy meeting

Takaichi at economic and fiscal policy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy meeting at her office in Tokyo on Dec. 25, 2025.

Condominiums in China

Condominiums in China

File photo taken on Nov. 25, 2025, shows a cluster of high-rise condominiums in Chengdu in Sichuan Province, China.

Tokyo Deaflympics: Princess Kako

Tokyo Deaflympics: Princess Kako

Japanese Princess Kako (front row, C) watches a tennis match at the Tokyo Deaflympics in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

Tokyo Deaflympics: Princess Kako

Tokyo Deaflympics: Princess Kako

Japanese Princess Kako (front row, C) watches a tennis match at the Tokyo Deaflympics in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

Striped owl

Striped owl

Photo taken on Sept. 25, 2025, shows a striped owl at Kakegawa Kachoen bird and flower park in Kakegawa in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka.

Striped owl

Striped owl

Photo taken on Sept. 25, 2025, shows a striped owl at Kakegawa Kachoen bird and flower park in Kakegawa in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on Nov. 25, 2025.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on Nov. 25, 2025.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning holds a press conference in Beijing on Nov. 25, 2025.

Football: AFC Champions League Elite match

Football: AFC Champions League Elite match

Police officers stand guard near the stadium hosting an AFC Champions League Elite group stage football match between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Chengdu Rongcheng in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, on Nov. 25, 2025.

Football: AFC Champions League Elite match

Football: AFC Champions League Elite match

Security is tightened around the stadium hosting an AFC Champions League Elite group stage football match between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Chengdu Rongcheng in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, on Nov. 25, 2025.

Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki instructs members of Kyushu International University High School's baseball club during a baseball clinic in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 25, 2025.

Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki observes batting practice during a baseball clinic for members of Kyushu International University High School's baseball club in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 25, 2025.

Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Baseball clinic by former Mariner Suzuki

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki instructs members of Kyushu International University High School's baseball club during a baseball clinic in Miyawaka, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 25, 2025.

Tokyo Deaflympics: Princess Kako

Tokyo Deaflympics: Princess Kako

Japanese Princess Kako watches a tennis game at the Tokyo Deaflympics in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

Tokyo Deaflympics: Japan imperial family

Tokyo Deaflympics: Japan imperial family

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (R) and their daughter Princess Aiko (far L) watch swimming competitions at the Tokyo Deaflympics at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in the capital on Nov. 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

Tokyo Deaflympics: Japan imperial family

Tokyo Deaflympics: Japan imperial family

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (R) and their daughter Princess Aiko (far L) watch swimming competitions at the Tokyo Deaflympics at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in the capital on Nov. 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

Tokyo Deaflympics: Japan imperial family

Tokyo Deaflympics: Japan imperial family

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (3rd from L), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko meet Japanese swimming ace Ryutaro Ibara after watching swimming races at the Tokyo Deaflympics at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in the capital on Nov. 25, 2025. Ibara has won a career 26 medals at the Deaflympics. (Pool photo)

Dodgers star Ohtani meets media online

Dodgers star Ohtani meets media online

Screenshot shows Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani holding an online press conference on Nov. 25, 2025, following his announcement the previous day that he will play for defending champion Japan at the 2026 World Baseball Classic in March.

Dodgers star Ohtani meets media online

Dodgers star Ohtani meets media online

Screenshot shows Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani holding an online press conference on Nov. 25, 2025, following his announcement the previous day that he will play for defending champion Japan at the 2026 World Baseball Classic in March.

Bill to scrap gasoline tax surcharge

Bill to scrap gasoline tax surcharge

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama reacts as the House of Representatives passes a bill to eliminate a provisional gasoline tax rate in parliament in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2025.

Bill to scrap gasoline tax surcharge

Bill to scrap gasoline tax surcharge

The House of Representatives passes a bill to eliminate a provisional gasoline tax rate in parliament in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2025.