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Historical ship replica sails from Busan to Japan

Historical ship replica sails from Busan to Japan

A replica of a wooden ship that carried a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17-19 century) departs a port in the southern South Korean city of Busan for Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Aug. 1, 2023. The ship reproduced in 2018 traces the sea route the Korean emissaries took in the old days.

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Historical ship replica sails from Busan to Japan

Historical ship replica sails from Busan to Japan

A replica of a wooden ship that carried a diplomatic mission from the Joseon dynasty on the Korean Peninsula to Japan's Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period (17-19 century) departs a port in the southern South Korean city of Busan for Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan on Aug. 1, 2023. The ship reproduced in 2018 traces the sea route the Korean emissaries took in the old days.

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Ex-rugby stalwart Ishiyama

Ex-rugby stalwart Ishiyama

KAMAISHI, Japan, Aug. 20 Kyodo - Jiro Ishiyama (R), a former prop of the Nippon Steel Kamaishi team, plays during an opening event for Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2018. Ishiyama helped build the stadium as a construction worker.

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Rugby World Cup games in Kamaishi

Rugby World Cup games in Kamaishi

Rugby fans in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, fly big catch flags, following a tradition in the fishing town, during an opening event for the Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium on Aug. 19, 2018. The stadium will host two games during the Rugby World Cup in 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup games in Kamaishi

Rugby World Cup games in Kamaishi

Buses are parked near the Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium during an opening event on Aug. 19, 2018, in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, for the venue of two games at the Rugby World Cup in 2019. ==Kyodo

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Rugby World Cup games in Kamaishi

Rugby World Cup games in Kamaishi

An opening event takes place at the Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2018, one of the host venues of the Rugby World Cup in 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-rugby stalwart Ishiyama

Ex-rugby stalwart Ishiyama

Jiro Ishiyama (R), a former prop of the Nippon Steel Kamaishi team, plays during an opening event for Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2018. Ishiyama helped build the stadium as a construction worker. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2018 World Cup stadium

2018 World Cup stadium

Photo taken Aug. 19, 2017, shows Ekaterinburg Arena in Ekaterinburg, Russia, one of the venues for the 2018 soccer World Cup finals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese playwright, critic Yamazaki dies at 86

Japanese playwright, critic Yamazaki dies at 86

File photo taken in November 2018 shows Japanese playwright and critic Masakazu Yamazaki attending a press conference in Tokyo after receiving the country's top cultural award. Yamazaki died of malignant mesothelioma on Aug. 19, 2020, at age 86.

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Rugby World Cup in Japan

Rugby World Cup in Japan

Rui Horaguchi, a 16-year-old high school student in Kamaishi, a northeastern Japan city severely damaged by the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster, makes a speech on Aug. 19, 2018, during a ceremony marking the completion of Kamaishi Unosumai Memorial Stadium, built on the former site of her elementary school, destroyed by the disaster. The stadium will host two Rugby World Cup matches. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ruins of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Ruins of the Great East Japan Earthquake

People gather for a storytelling event on Aug. 19, 2018 at the ruins of the Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, a monument to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The storyteller Toshiro Sato lost his daughter Mizuho, who was a sixth-grader at the school. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flag falls during Asian Games awarding ceremony

Flag falls during Asian Games awarding ceremony

Photo taken Aug. 19, 2018, shows Chinese and Japanese national flags that fell from the poles during a swimming competition's awarding ceremony at the Asian Games in Jakarta. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Rikako Ikee of Japan

Asian Games: Rikako Ikee of Japan

(From L) Rikako Ikee, Natsumi Sakai, and Tomomi Aoki celebrate after winning the women's 4x100 relay at the Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Rikako Ikee of Japan

Asian Games: Rikako Ikee of Japan

(From L) Rikako Ikee, Natsumi Sakai, Tomomi Aoki, and Chihiro Igarashi (bottom) celebrate after winning the women's 4x100 relay at the Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Uzbek gymnast Chusovitina

Asian Games: Uzbek gymnast Chusovitina

Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan, a 43-year-old female artistic gymnast, practices vault at the Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: N. Korean wrestler Kang Kum Song

Asian Games: N. Korean wrestler Kang Kum Song

North Korea's Kang Kum Song (L) defeats Japan's Yuki Takahashi in the men's freestyle wrestling 57 kg event in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Men's 200m butterfly at Asian Games

Swimming: Men's 200m butterfly at Asian Games

Daiya Seto (C) of Japan poses after winning the men's 200-meter butterfly at the Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018, alongside compatriot Nao Horomura (L) and Li Zhuhao of China, who finished second and third, respectively. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Photo shows a board after it was blown over by the wind at the venue for the Asian Games 2018 swimming competition in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

An official stands near a board at the venue for the Asian Games 2018 swimming competition in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018, after it was blown over by the wind. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swimming: Women's 1,500m freestyle at Asian Games

Swimming: Women's 1,500m freestyle at Asian Games

Wang Jianjiahe (C) of China, winner of the women's 1,500-meter freestyle swimming event, compatriot and silver medalist Li Bingjie (L) and third-place Waka Kobori of Japan are pictured during at the Asian Games medal ceremony in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Officials take down a board that was damaged due to wind at the venue for the Asian Games 2018 swimming competition in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018, while the Chinese water polo team practices nearby. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

People gather near a board that was blown over by the wind at the venue for the Asian Games swimming competition in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Officials take down a board that was damaged due to wind at the venue for the Asian Games swimming competition in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Officials hold up a giant board after it was blown over by the wind at the venue for the Asian Games swimming competition in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Officials hold up a giant board after it was blown over by the wind at the venue for the Asian Games swimming competition in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

An Asian Games 2018 official tries to fix the flag hoist during the men's 200-meter freestyle award ceremony at the swimming venue in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018, after the flags fell while being hoisted. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 officials reattach the Chinese and Japanese flags to the flag hoist during the men's 200-meter freestyle award ceremony at the swimming venue in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018, after the flags fell while being hoisted. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 officials replace the flag pole at the swimming venue in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018, after Chinese and Japanese flags fell while being hoisted during the men's 200-meter freestyle award ceremony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 officials hold the Chinese and Japanese flags during the men's 200-meter freestyle award ceremony at the swimming venue in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018, after the flags fell while being hoisted. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Philippines' Clarkson to make games debut

Asian Games: Philippines' Clarkson to make games debut

Cleveland Cavaliers' scoring guard Jordan Clarkson (C) poses in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018, after a press conference announcing that he has received clearance from the United States' professional National Basketball League to play for the Philippines in the Asian Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Philippines' Clarkson to make games debut

Asian Games: Philippines' Clarkson to make games debut

Cleveland Cavaliers' scoring guard Jordan Clarkson speaks at a press conference in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018. The 26-year-old who was born in Florida to a Filipino mother said he has received clearance from the United States' professional National Basketball League to play for the Philippines in the Asian Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Hannover's Asano

Football: Hannover's Asano

Takuma Asano (11) celebrates after scoring on his debut for Hannover during the second half of the club's 6-0 win over third-division Karlsruher in the first round of the German Cup in Karlsruher, Germany, on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Yu Darvish

Baseball: Yu Darvish

The Chicago Cubs' right-hander Yu Darvish, who has been on the disabled list, speaks to reporters about discomfort in his right elbow after pitching one inning in a minor league rehab start with Single-A South Bend on Aug. 19, 2018, in South Bend, Indiana. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Snedeker wins Wyndham Championship

Golf: Snedeker wins Wyndham Championship

Brandt Snedeker of the United States celebrates after winning the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Suzuki wins gold in 100M breaststroke

Asian Games: Suzuki wins gold in 100M breaststroke

Satomi Suzuki of Japan poses with her medal after winning the women's 100-meter breaststroke on Aug. 19 at the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Suzuki wins gold in 100M breaststroke

Asian Games: Suzuki wins gold in 100M breaststroke

Satomi Suzuki of Japan acknowledges the crowd on the podium after winning the women's 100-meter breaststroke on Aug. 19 at the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Takatani wins silver in 65-kg freestyle

Asian Games: Takatani wins silver in 65-kg freestyle

Daichi Takatani of Japan poses with his medal after finishing second in the men's 65-kilogram freestyle wrestling on Aug. 19 at the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China-Uruguay foreign ministerial talks

China-Uruguay foreign ministerial talks

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and his Uruguay counterpart Rodolfo Nin Novoa shake hands ahead of their talks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China-Uruguay foreign ministerial talks

China-Uruguay foreign ministerial talks

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (far R) and his Uruguay counterpart Rodolfo Nin Novoa (far L) hold talks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Japan's Mana Umehara competes en route to winning against Kidavone Philavong of Laos on Aug. 19 in the first round of the taekwondo women's individual poomsae at the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Japan's Shiho Saito competes in the taijiquan portion of the women's taijiquan/taijijian all-round of wushu at the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia

Japan's Shiho Saito competes in the taijiquan portion of the women's taijiquan/taijijian all-round of wushu at the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Angels' Ohtani

Baseball: Angels' Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels hits a double during the fourth inning of the team's 4-2 loss to the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Angels' Ohtani

Baseball: Angels' Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels rounds first base after hitting a double during the fourth inning of the team's 4-2 loss to the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Angels' Ohtani

Baseball: Angels' Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels heads to first base after being given an intentional walk in the sixth inning of the team's 4-2 loss to the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Angels' Ohtani

Baseball: Angels' Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels hits a double during the fourth inning of the team's 4-2 loss to the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Japan wins gold in women's 4x100 relay

Asian Games: Japan wins gold in women's 4x100 relay

(From L) Rikako Ikee, Natsumi Sakai, Tomomi Aoki, and Chihiro Igarashi of the women's 4x100 celebrate their winning of gold medals at the Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Japan wins gold in women's 4x100 relay

Asian Games: Japan wins gold in women's 4x100 relay

(From L) Chihiro Igarashi, Tomomi Aoki, Natsumi Sakai, and Rikako Ikee pose for photos with their gold medals in women's 4x100 relay at the Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Japan wins gold in women's 4x100 relay

Asian Games: Japan wins gold in women's 4x100 relay

(From L) Rikako Ikee, Natsumi Sakai, Tomomi Aoki, and Chihiro Igarashi of the women's 4x100 celebrate their winning of gold medals at the Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian Games: Seto wins gold in 200-meter butterfly

Asian Games: Seto wins gold in 200-meter butterfly

Daiya Seto acknowledges the crowd at a medal ceremony after defending his men's 200-meter butterfly title at the Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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