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Tennis: Nishikori

Former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori of Japan plays against South Korea's Shin San Hui in the second round of the men's singles at the Yokohama Keio Challenger tennis tournament in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 20, 2025. Nishikori returned to competition after a hiatus of about three months due to a back injury.

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Tennis: Nishikori

Former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori of Japan plays against South Korea's Shin San Hui in the second round of the men's singles at the Yokohama Keio Challenger tennis tournament in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 20, 2025. Nishikori returned to competition after a hiatus of about three months due to a back injury.

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Japanese scam suspects in Cambodia deported to Japan

A chartered Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 29 Japanese men and women suspected of involvement in a fraud scheme in Poipet, northwestern Cambodia, takes off from an airport in Phnom Penh on Aug. 20, 2025, for deportation to Japan. About 80 officers from Japan's Aichi prefectural police were recently sent to Cambodia to transport the 29 Japanese, detained by local authorities in May 2025.

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Japanese scam suspects in Cambodia deported to Japan

A chartered Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 29 Japanese men and women suspected of involvement in a fraud scheme in Poipet, northwestern Cambodia, prepares to take off from an airport in Phnom Penh on Aug. 20, 2025, for deportation to Japan. About 80 officers from Japan's Aichi prefectural police were recently sent to Cambodia to transport the 29 Japanese, detained by local authorities in May 2025.

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Japanese scam suspects in Cambodia to be deported to Japan

A bus carrying 29 Japanese men and women suspected of involvement in a fraud scheme in Poipet, northwestern Cambodia, leaves a detention facility in Phnom Penh on Aug. 20, 2025, for deportation to Japan. About 80 officers from Japan's Aichi prefectural police were sent to Cambodia to transport the 29 Japanese, detained by local authorities in May 2025, on a chartered Malaysia Airlines plane.

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Japanese scam suspects in Cambodia to be deported to Japan

A bus carrying 29 Japanese men and women suspected of involvement in a fraud scheme in Poipet, northwestern Cambodia, leaves a detention facility in Phnom Penh on Aug. 20, 2025, for deportation to Japan. About 80 officers from Japan's Aichi prefectural police were sent to Cambodia to transport the 29 Japanese, detained by local authorities in May 2025, on a chartered Malaysia Airlines plane.

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Seminar to promote tourism in Japan's Shikoku held in Beijing

A seminar to promote tourism in the western Japan island of Shikoku is held at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Dec. 20, 2024, with about 20 Chinese travel agencies taking part.

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Seminar to promote tourism in Japan's Shikoku held in Beijing

A seminar to promote tourism in the western Japan island of Shikoku is held at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Dec. 20, 2024, with about 20 Chinese travel agencies taking part.

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Seminar to promote tourism in Japan's Shikoku held in Beijing

A seminar to promote tourism in the western Japan island of Shikoku is held at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Dec. 20, 2024, with about 20 Chinese travel agencies taking part.

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Riken to ask Obokata to return 600,000 yen paper submission fee

TOKYO, March 20 Kyodo - Undated photo shows Haruko Obokata, who resigned from the Riken research institute in December 2014 in the wake of a scandal over her misconduct in a so-called STAP stem-cell study. Riken announced on March 20, 2015, it plans to demand that Obokata return about 600,000 yen in research paper submission fees.

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Penguin cam

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - An Humboldt penguin wears a small camera at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Japan's northernmost prefecture Hokkaido, on Nov. 20, 2014, as an IT-related company in Tokyo begins distributing live moving images from the camera to smartphones. The camera, which is 7 centimeters in diameter and about 160 grams in weight, is worn by the penguin on a belt for two or three hours a day.

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Dollar rises in lower 118 yen range

TOKYO, Japan - A bulletin board at a Tokyo money broker shows the U.S. dollar trading in the lower 118 yen range in the early morning on Nov. 20, 2014. The dollar surpassed its highest level in about seven years and three months that was logged in New York overnight.

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Dollar rises in lower 118 yen range

TOKYO, Japan - A bulletin board at a Tokyo money broker shows the U.S. dollar trading in the lower 118 yen range in the early morning on Nov. 20, 2014. The dollar surpassed its highest level in about seven years and three months that was logged in New York overnight.

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Sauries from Fukushima served to Hiroshima landslide victims

HIROSHIMA, Japan - About 600 sauries donated by a grocery store in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are grilled with salt and served to victims of last month's deadly landslides in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima during a local autumnal festival on Sept. 20, 2014.

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World's largest blanket created in disaster-hit Japan city

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Bernd Kestler, a German knitting artist from Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, and people affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake complete in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 20, 2014, a giant blanket connecting more than 11,000 granny squares donated by knitters all over the world. Kestler is set to seek the listing of the 476-square-meter blanket as a new Guinness World Record for a crocheted blanket exceeding the current record of about 306 square meters.

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People produce giant blanket in disaster-hit Japan city

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, connect 20-square-centimeter granny squares gifted by knitters from across the world to create a giant blanket on Sept. 20, 2014, in a project led by Bernd Kestler, a German knitting artist from Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo. Kestler is set to seek the listing of the 476-square-meter blanket as a new Guinness World Record for a crocheted blanket exceeding the current record of about 306 square meters.

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5 years after Hua Guofeng's death

JIAOCHENG, China - A ceremony is held to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of China's former leader Hua Guofeng at his grave in Jiaocheng, Shanxi Province, on Aug. 20, 2013. The ceremony was attended by only about 30 supporters as his legacy is not held in high regard by the Chinese Communist Party.

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TV talent from Hiroshima

ONOMICHI, Japan - Mona Nakanishi, a news anchor-turned TV talent, is interviewed by Kyodo News on July 20, 2013 in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. Nakanishi grew up in the city along the Seto Inland Sea about 70 kilometers east of Hiroshima City, and lived there until age 18.

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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, when it visited the Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said Feb. 20, 2013.

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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2013, shows various merchandise featuring ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, on display at the prefectural government offices. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said the same day.

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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Photo shows ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said Feb. 20, 2013.

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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, when it visited the Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said Feb. 20, 2013.

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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, when it visited the Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said Feb. 20, 2013.

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Internally displaced in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya - Evacuees from Tawergha, western Libya, cook a meal in the corridor of a shelter in the suburbs of Tripoli on Oct. 20, 2012. About 40,000 residents of Tawergha have been forced to live elsewhere in Libya since anti-Muammar Gaddafi forces took over the town that was loyal to the former leader in August 2011.

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Internally displaced in Libya

TRIPOLI, Libya - Evacuees from Tawergha, western Libya, watch TV at a shelter in a Tripoli suburb on Oct. 20, 2012. About 40,000 residents of Tawergha have been forced to live elsewhere in Libya since anti-Muammar Gaddafi forces took over the town that was loyal to the former leader in August 2011.

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Osaka Mayor Hashimoto stumps in Kyushu

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto waves at the crowd after giving a stump speech in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture on Oct. 20, 2012. Seeking support for the new political party he leads and helped found, Nippon Ishin no Kai, at the next general election that must be held within about a year, Hashimoto began a nationwide campaign tour in the Kyushu region of southwestern Japan.

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Osaka Mayor Hashimoto stumps in Kyushu

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (L) shakes hands with people after giving a stump speech in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture on Oct. 20, 2012. Seeking support for the new political party he leads and helped found, Nippon Ishin no Kai, at the next general election that must be held within about a year, Hashimoto began a nationwide campaign tour in the Kyushu region of southwestern Japan.

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Crown prince's family

NASUSHIOBARA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L), his wife Crown Princess Masako (R) and their 10-year-old daughter Princess Aiko wave at a crowd upon their arrival at JR Nasushiobara station in Tochigi Prefecture on Aug. 20, 2012. The family will spend about two weeks at a local imperial villa, where they vacation every summer. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince's family

NASUSHIOBARA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L), his wife Crown Princess Masako (R) and their 10-year-old daughter Princess Aiko wave at a crowd upon their arrival at JR Nasushiobara station in Tochigi Prefecture on Aug. 20, 2012. The family will spend about two weeks at a local imperial villa, where they vacation every summer. (Pool photo)

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Boy forced to jump from 2nd floor of school building

SOKA, Japan - Photo on July 20, 2012, shows the site where a 13-year-old boy was forced by classmates in April to jump from the second floor of a junior high school building in Soka, Saitama Prefecture. The municipal education board said that day the boy sustained severe injuries after hitting the concrete ground about three meters below.

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Taxi strike in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Taxi drivers hold a rally in front of the Seoul city hall in the South Korean capital on June 20, 2012. About 86 percent of South Korea's 255,000 taxis held a strike that day to protest a fuel price surge and insufficient government support.

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Ibaraki Airport wins low-cost airport of year award

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto (R) attends an award ceremony in Singapore on Oct. 20, 2011, as Ibaraki Airport in his prefecture won the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation's best low-cost airport of the year award. The airport, which opened in March 2010 in Ibaraki Prefecture about 40 kilometers outside Tokyo, received the award for being the most ''innovative and influential'' airport in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the Sydney-based CAPA.

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Sunflower seeds sowed in Fukushima to lower radiation levels

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - An official of the water works department of Fukushima City shows sunflower seeds at a local plaza on July 20, 2011. About 30 officials sowed some 10,000 seeds at the plaza, one of the so-called ''hot spots'' where radiation levels are higher than other areas. Sunflower seeds are said to absorb radioactive substances.

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Skiing season begins in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Skiers and snowboarders line up to take lifts at the Sapporo Kokusai skiing resort in the capital city of the northernmost Japanese prefecture Hokkaido on Nov. 20, 2010. About 800 people crowded the resort on its opening day.

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Japanese monkeys doze off in 'onsen' spa

HAKODATE, Japan - Japanese monkeys warm themselves in a hot spring at Hakodate City Tropical Garden in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 20, 2009. About 100 monkeys at the park soaked in the pool, some all day long, after park officials filled it with hot water from a nearby hot spa resort.

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Imperial couple visit earthquake-stricken islanders on Genkai

FUKUOKA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd R) and Empress Michiko (C) speak to local residents during a visit to the earthquake-stricken Genkai island off Fukuoka Prefecture on Oct. 30. The imperial couple traveled to the island, about 18 kilometers off Fukuoka, by boat and about 450 people -- virtually the entire population of the island -- turned up at the quay to welcome the imperial visitors. An earthquake with its epicenter near the island struck on March 20, 2005, damaging 150 houses on the island, and at one point all the islanders were evacuated to the mainland.