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Flash floods in Indonesia

People stare at a muddy stream covering what used to be a residential area in Padang in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 3, 2025, following deadly flash floods a week earlier caused by heavy rains in the region. About 20 houses were swept away in the area ahead of planned revetment work.

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Flash floods in Indonesia

People stare at a muddy stream covering what used to be a residential area in Padang in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on Dec. 3, 2025, following deadly flash floods a week earlier caused by heavy rains in the region. About 20 houses were swept away in the area ahead of planned revetment work.

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Rally of abductees' families

Families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago and their supporters hold a rally in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2025, with about 800 people, including Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, taking part.

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Rally of abductees' families

Families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago and their supporters hold a rally in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2025, with about 800 people, including Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (at the podium), taking part.

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Awa dance performance at World Exposition

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 3, 2025. About 700 dancers from nine groups in the western Japan prefecture took part in the event.

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Awa dance performance at World Exposition

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 3, 2025. About 700 dancers from nine groups in the western Japan prefecture took part in the event.

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Awa dance performance at World Exposition

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 3, 2025. About 700 dancers from nine groups in the western Japan prefecture took part in the event.

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Awa dance performance at World Exposition

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 3, 2025. About 700 dancers from nine groups in the western Japan prefecture took part in the event.

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Awa dance performance at World Exposition

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on May 3, 2025. About 700 dancers from nine groups in the western Japan prefecture took part in the event.

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New public servants ahead of joint training

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks in front of about 890 new public servants at a ceremony to kick off their joint training period in Tokyo on April 3, 2025.

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New public servants ahead of joint training

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks in front of about 890 new public servants at a ceremony to kick off their joint training period in Tokyo on April 3, 2025.

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Self-driving truck test

Photo taken on March 3, 2025, at a Tomei Expressway service area in Numazu in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka shows a truck that was used the same day for a self-driving test. The truck ran for about 115 kilometers between Numazu and Hamamatsu, also in Shizuoka Prefecture, using a special priority lane earmarked for the test conducted by the transport ministry amid a serious truck driver shortage in Japan.

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Honda Motor's improper vehicle testing

Honda Motor Co. President Toshihiro Mibe holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 3, 2024, after the company improperly obtained vehicle certifications for about 4.35 million vehicles by conducting safety and noise tests in ways not specified by the government since 2009.

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Mounted archery rite "Yabusame" at Kyoto shrine

An archer shoots an arrow while riding a horse during the "Yabusame Shinji" rite at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto on May 3, 2023. About 30,000 people watched the annual event.

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Mounted archery rite "Yabusame" at Kyoto shrine

An archer shoots an arrow while riding a horse during the "Yabusame Shinji" rite at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto on May 3, 2023. About 30,000 people watched the annual event.

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Mounted archery rite "Yabusame" at Kyoto shrine

An archer shoots an arrow while riding a horse during the "Yabusame Shinji" rite at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto on May 3, 2023. About 30,000 people watched the annual event.

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Merchandise exhibition in Pyongyang

A merchandise exhibition is held in Pyongyang on Aug. 3, 2023, with about 2,000 organizations displaying about 8,370 items. The exhibition is part of North Korea's campaign to expand production of daily commodities and enhance their quality.

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Merchandise exhibition in Pyongyang

A merchandise exhibition is held in Pyongyang on Aug. 3, 2023, with about 2,000 organizations displaying about 8,370 items. The exhibition is part of North Korea's campaign to expand production of daily commodities and enhance their quality.

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Merchandise exhibition in Pyongyang

A merchandise exhibition is held in Pyongyang on Aug. 3, 2023, with about 2,000 organizations displaying about 8,370 items. The exhibition is part of North Korea's campaign to expand production of daily commodities and enhance their quality.

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Merchandise exhibition in Pyongyang

A merchandise exhibition is held in Pyongyang on Aug. 3, 2023, with about 2,000 organizations displaying about 8,370 items. The exhibition is part of North Korea's campaign to expand production of daily commodities and enhance their quality.

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Photo exhibition on Japan-Vietnam ties

A photo exhibition on the history of exchanges between Japan and Vietnam opens in Hanoi on Aug. 3, 2023, ahead of the 50th anniversary in September of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the countries. About 70 photos are on display in the weeklong exhibition co-sponsored by Japan's Kyodo News and the state-run Vietnam News Agency.

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Mounted archery rite "Yabusame" at Kyoto shrine

An archer shoots an arrow while riding a horse during the "Yabusame Shinji" rite at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto on May 3, 2023. About 30,000 people watched the annual event.

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Mounted archery rite "Yabusame" at Kyoto shrine

An archer shoots an arrow while riding a horse during the "Yabusame Shinji" rite at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto on May 3, 2023. About 30,000 people watched the annual event.

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Mounted archery rite "Yabusame" at Kyoto shrine

An archer shoots an arrow while riding a horse during the "Yabusame Shinji" rite at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto on May 3, 2023. About 30,000 people watched the annual event.

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Dollar falls to upper 129 yen

Currency monitors at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar falling to the upper 129 yen level, its lowest level in about seven months, on Jan. 3, 2023.

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Dollar falls to upper 129 yen

Currency monitors at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo show the U.S. dollar falling to the upper 129 yen level, its lowest level in about seven months, on Jan. 3, 2023.

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Sharp expected to post 200 bil. yen net loss

OSAKA, March 3 Kyodo - The headquarters of Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. stands in the city of Osaka, western Japan, on March 3, 2015. The company is expected to incur about 200 billion yen ($1.7 billion) in group net loss for the fiscal year to March 31 as it is considering additional restructuring steps, including the closure of four factories in Hiroshima Prefecture, sources close to the matter said the same day.

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Kubota aims to break into world's top farm machinery makers

OSAKA, Japan - Masatoshi Kimata, president of Kubota Corp., is interviewed by Kyodo News on Dec. 3, 2014, in Osaka. Kimata said the company aims to boost its group sales by about 30 percent over the next three years and become one of the world's top three makers of agricultural machinery.

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Tsunami-hit city makes DVD to pass on lessons to future

SENDAI, Japan - Shuichi Atsumi, head of a municipal library in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, shows on Dec. 3, 2014, two DVDs produced by the northeastern Japan city aimed at passing on to future generations the lessons from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, which killed about 1,100 people in the city. The not-for-sale DVDs -- 3,000 copies in Japanese and 1,000 copies in English -- have been donated to public libraries nationwide as well as to local and overseas support groups.

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H.K. commemorates China's victory over Japan in WWII

HONG KONG, Hong Kong - The Hong Kong government holds a ceremony to mark China's World War II victory over Japan in central Hong Kong on Sept. 3, 2014. About 700 people, including Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, attended the ceremony, the first of its kind since China designated Sept. 3 as the Victory Day of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

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Miniature phoenix statue at Byodoin Temple

OSAKA, Japan - A miniature of a phoenix statue from Byodoin Temple's Phoenix Hall showing how the original statue is assumed to have looked is shown in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on July 3, 2014. The miniature is about two-sevenths the size of the actual statue.

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Chinese in U.S. rally in New York to protest

NEW YORK, United States - A passerby looks at photos of victims of the 1989 military crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square at a rally in New York on June 3, 2014, a day before the 25th anniversary of the crackdown. About 100 Chinese in the United States gathered to protest against the Chinese government.

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Chinese in U.S. rally in New York to protest

NEW YORK, United States - Photos of victims of the 1989 military crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square are posted during a rally in New York on June 3, 2014, a day before the 25th anniversary of the crackdown. About 100 Chinese in the United States gathered to protest against the Chinese government.

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Security tight in China's Urumqi

URUMQI, China - Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi in the northwest Chinese Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 3, 2014. An explosion that occurred there on April 30 killed 3 people and injured about 80 others.

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Security tight in China's Urumqi

URUMQI, China - Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi in the northwest Chinese Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 3, 2014. An explosion that occurred there on April 30 killed 3 people and injured about 80 others.

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Security tight in China's Urumqi

URUMQI, China - A man walks past Chinese paramilitary policemen in front of the Urumqi South Railway Station in Urumqi in the northwest Chinese Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 3, 2014. An explosion that occurred there on April 30 killed 3 people and injured about 80 others.

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"Yabusame" mounted archery rite at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - An archer in traditional costume shoots an arrow while riding a horse at full speed during the annual "Yabusame Shinji" event at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto on May 3, 2014. Archers shot at three 50-centimeter-square targets set at 100-meter intervals. About 22,000 visitors watched the event.

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"Yabusame" mounted archery rite at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - An archer in traditional costume shoots an arrow while riding a horse at full speed during the annual "Yabusame Shinji" event at Shimogamo Shrine in Kyoto on May 3, 2014. Archers shot at three 50-centimeter-square targets set at 100-meter intervals. About 22,000 visitors watched the event.

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

TOKYO, Japan - A 100-meter long carp streamer blows in the wind over the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2014. About 115,000 people visited to see the jumbo carp streamer. The city is known for Japan's largest production of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Jumbo carp streamer flies over Tone River

TOKYO, Japan - A 100-meter long carp streamer blows in the wind over the Tone River in the city of Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on May 3, 2014. About 115,000 people visited to see the jumbo carp streamer. The city is known for Japan's largest production of carp streamers, which are traditionally flown in Japan to celebrate Children's Day on May 5.

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Art show features 930 T-shirts

KOCHI, Japan - An art exhibition featuring about 930 T-shirts printed with photos and illustrations contributed from people across Japan begins on May 3, 2013, on the beach in Kuroshio, Kochi Prefecture, in Japan.

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Art show features 930 T-shirts

KOCHI, Japan - An art exhibition featuring about 930 T-shirts printed with photos and illustrations contributed from people across Japan begins on May 3, 2013, on the beach in Kuroshio, Kochi Prefecture, in Japan.

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Art show features 930 T-shirts

KOCHI, Japan - An art exhibition featuring about 930 T-shirts printed with photos and illustrations contributed from people across Japan begins on May 3, 2013, on the beach in Kuroshio, Kochi Prefecture, in Japan.

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4-kg police dog

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Mieko Shinkubo holds her 3-year-old female miniature dachshund Becky at the Kumamoto prefectural police headquarters in the city of Kumamoto on April 3, 2013. Becky, about 40 centimeters long and weighing about 4 kilograms, was granted a certificate the same day to work as a police dog.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 22, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). Many of the buildings damaged by the tsunami have been removed.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (bottom). Many people have visited the Minamisanriku municipal government's symbolic disaster office building seen in the photos to mourn the victims of the disaster.

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1 and a half years after quake

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). Many children died or went missing as the tsunami hit Okawa Elementary School which stood in the area.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). Many of the buildings damaged by the tsunami have been removed.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on March 28, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (bottom).

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (bottom). An improvised convenience store outlet has begun operating near the fishing boat carried ashore by the tsunami.