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World aquatics championships

Ichika Kajimoto of Japan bites her medal after winning the women's 3-kilometer knockout sprint in open water swimming at the aquatics world championships in Singapore on July 19, 2025.

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World aquatics championships

Ichika Kajimoto of Japan competes en route to winning the women's open water swimming 3-kilometer knockout sprint at the aquatics world championships in Singapore on July 19, 2025.

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World aquatics championships

Ichika Kajimoto of Japan competes en route to winning the women's open water swimming 3-kilometer knockout sprint at the aquatics world championships in Singapore on July 19, 2025.

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World aquatics championships

Ichika Kajimoto of Japan pose with her gold medal and the national flag after winning the women's open water swimming 3-kilometer knockout sprint at the aquatics world championships in Singapore on July 19, 2025.

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World aquatics championships

(from L) Silver medalist Ginevra Taddeucci of Italy, gold medalist Ichika Kajimoto of Japan and joint bronze medalists Moesha Johnson of Australia and Bettina Fabian of Hungary pose during the medal ceremony for the women's open water swimming 3-kilometer knockout sprint at the aquatics world championships in Singapore on July 19, 2025.

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World aquatics championships

Ichika Kajimoto of Japan celebrates after winning the women's open water swimming 3-kilometer knockout sprint at the aquatics world championships in Singapore on July 19, 2025.

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World aquatics championships

Ichika Kajimoto of Japan shows off her medal after winning the women's open water swimming 3-kilometer knockout sprint at the aquatics world championships in Singapore on July 19, 2025.

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Osaka's Midosuji Boulevard lighting wins Guinness record

OSAKA, Japan - Pedestrians walk beneath glittering illumination along Midosuji Boulevard, a main street in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 9, 2015, the day it was recognized by the Guinness World Records as a street with the most number of illuminated trees. A total of 606 trees along the 3-kilometer road met Guinness criteria to qualify.

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Osaka's Midosuji Boulevard lighting bags Guinness record

OSAKA, Japan - Illumination along Midosuji Boulevard, a main street in Osaka, western Japan, is recognized by the Guinness World Records as a street with the largest number of illuminated trees on Jan. 9, 2015. A total of 606 trees along the 3-kilometer road met Guinness criteria to qualify.

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Tunnel for gravitational wave telescope unveiled

GIFU, Japan - Part of a 3-kilometer tunnel built underground at the Kamioka mine in Hida, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, for the large-scale cryogenic gravitational wave telescope system is shown to the press on July 4, 2014.

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Radiation survey in Fukushima no-fly zone

FUTABA, Japan - An unmanned helicopter flies over the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency surveyed aerial radiation levels in the 3-kilometer-radius no-fly zone over the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (below).

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Radiation survey in Fukushima no-fly zone

FUTABA, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 2, 2012, shows an unmanned helicopter in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, which flew the same day to survey aerial radiation levels in the 3-kilometer-radius no-fly zone over the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The survey was conducted by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency.

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Fukushima nuclear plant a year after start of crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from L in the background) the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactor buildings in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2012, exactly a year after the start of the nuclear crisis there triggered by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami. The disaster resulted in the loss of power at those four reactor facilities, prompting the government to declare nuclear emergency and direct residents in a 3-kilometer radius of the plant to evacuate on March 11, 2011.

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Fukushima nuclear plant a year after start of crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2012, exactly a year after the start of the nuclear crisis there triggered by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami. The disaster resulted in the loss of power at the Nos. 1-4 reactor buildings at the plant, prompting the government to declare nuclear emergency and direct residents in a 3-kilometer radius of the plant to evacuate on March 11, 2011.

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Bicycle-sharing system in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 12, 2011, shows a parking space for a bicycle-sharing scheme, in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. Run by cogicogi Corp., the membership-based service is offered within a roughly 3-kilometer radius of the Omotesando district, with popular entertainment and commercial centers such as Shibuya, Aoyama and Roppongi included.

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Japanese skier overcomes quake to win gold at Special Olympics

NAGANO, Japan - Japanese cross country skier Yoshikazu Higuchi (L) wins the gold medal in his category of the 3-kilometer freestyle finals at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Nagano Prefecture on Feb. 28. The 17-year-old from Ojiya in the prefecture had almost given up his quest to join the games after Niigata was hit by a major earthquake and aftershocks last October.

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'Oxygen' dog demonstrated

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuo Yamauchi, 72, who suffers from chronic respiratory difficulties, demonstrates how his 'oxygen dog' Ben, claimed to be the first in the world, helps him when he goes out at a meeting of the Japan Respiratory Society in Tokyo on July 5. The 18-month-old Labrador retriever, originally trained to be a guide dog, walks with a special cart loaded with a 3-kilometer oxygen cylinder.

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Families of Japanese train-fire victims arrive in Austria

KAPRUN, Austria - The parents of young Japanese believed to have perished in a fire on an Alpine cable car arrive at a hotel in Kaprun, Austria, on Nov. 13. Ten Japanese were reportedly aboard the cable car, which was engulfed in fire Nov. 11 inside a 3-kilometer Alpine tunnel on the way to a ski resort.

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Citizens' groups in Tokyo protests NATO attacks

Four citizen's groups hold a rally and march later down the Tokyo streets May 16 to protest NATO air attacks in Yugoslavia. Some 150 people took part in the rally and a 3-kilometer protest march from a park at Akasaka to the Hibiya park. Participants included some 25 Yugoslavians and Chinese living in Japan. The photo shows the march at Roppongi, Tokyo's Minato Ward.

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Japanese skier overcomes quake to win gold at Special Olympics

NAGANO, Japan - Japanese cross country skier Yoshikazu Higuchi (L) wins the gold medal in his category of the 3-kilometer freestyle finals at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Nagano Prefecture on Feb. 28. The 17-year-old from Ojiya in the prefecture had almost given up his quest to join the games after Niigata was hit by a major earthquake and aftershocks last October. (Kyodo)

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Citizens' groups in Tokyo protests NATO attacks

Four citizen's groups hold a rally and march later down the Tokyo streets May 16 to protest NATO air attacks in Yugoslavia. Some 150 people took part in the rally and a 3-kilometer protest march from a park at Akasaka to the Hibiya park. Participants included some 25 Yugoslavians and Chinese living in Japan. The photo shows the march at Roppongi, Tokyo's Minato Ward.

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Fukushima nuclear plant a year after start of crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2012, exactly a year after the start of the nuclear crisis there triggered by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami. The disaster resulted in the loss of power at the Nos. 1-4 reactor buildings at the plant, prompting the government to declare nuclear emergency and direct residents in a 3-kilometer radius of the plant to evacuate on March 11, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima nuclear plant a year after start of crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from L in the background) the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactor buildings in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2012, exactly a year after the start of the nuclear crisis there triggered by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami. The disaster resulted in the loss of power at those four reactor facilities, prompting the government to declare nuclear emergency and direct residents in a 3-kilometer radius of the plant to evacuate on March 11, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Fukushima nuclear plant a year after start of crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from R) the Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 reactor buildings in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11, 2012, exactly a year after the start of the nuclear crisis there triggered by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami. The disaster resulted in the loss of power at those four reactor facilities, prompting the government to declare nuclear emergency and direct residents within a 3-kilometer radius of the plant to evacuate on March 11, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Osaka's Midosuji Boulevard lighting wins Guinness record

OSAKA, Japan - Pedestrians walk beneath glittering illumination along Midosuji Boulevard, a main street in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 9, 2015, the day it was recognized by the Guinness World Records as a street with the most number of illuminated trees. A total of 606 trees along the 3-kilometer road met Guinness criteria to qualify. (Kyodo)

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Bicycle-sharing system in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 12, 2011, shows a parking space for a bicycle-sharing scheme, in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. Run by cogicogi Corp., the membership-based service is offered within a roughly 3-kilometer radius of the Omotesando district, with popular entertainment and commercial centers such as Shibuya, Aoyama and Roppongi included. (Kyodo)

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Families of Japanese train-fire victims arrive in Austria

KAPRUN, Austria - The parents of young Japanese believed to have perished in a fire on an Alpine cable car arrive at a hotel in Kaprun, Austria, on Nov. 13. Ten Japanese were reportedly aboard the cable car, which was engulfed in fire Nov. 11 inside a 3-kilometer Alpine tunnel on the way to a ski resort.