Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: IOC head Coventry

International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry serves as an Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games swimming race medal presenter at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2026.

E

Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: IOC head Coventry

International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry serves as an Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games swimming race medal presenter at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2026.

E

Interview with IOC head Coventry

International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry gives an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2026.

E

Interview with IOC head Coventry

International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry gives an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2026.

E

Interview with IOC head Coventry

International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry gives an interview in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2026.

E

Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Opening ceremony

The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games' organizing committee head, Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura, addresses the games' opening ceremony at Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 19, 2026.

E

Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Opening ceremony

The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games' organizing committee head, Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura, addresses the games' opening ceremony at Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 19, 2026.

E

Fed raises key rate for 1st time since 2023

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh meets the press in Washington on Sept. 16, 2026, after the Federal Open Market Committee raised the Fed's key interest rate by 0.25 percentage point for the first rate hike since July 2023.

E

Interview with IPC chief Parsons

International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2026. He said he hopes to see Tokyo host another Paralympics.

E

Interview with IPC chief Parsons

International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2026. He said he hopes to see Tokyo host another Paralympics.

E

Interview with IPC chief Parsons

International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2026. He said he hopes to see Tokyo host another Paralympics.

E

Interview with IPC chief Parsons

International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2026. He said he hopes to see Tokyo host another Paralympics.

E

IPC head Parsons in Tokyo

International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons chats with a teen wheelchair basketball player at Ariake Arena in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2026.

E

IPC head Parsons meets with Tokyo governor

International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons (L) meets with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike at the Tokyo metropolitan government headquarters in the capital on Aug. 28, 2026.

E

10-time Olympic skating medalist Takagi given People's Honor Award

Ten-time Olympic speed skating medalist Miho Takagi (R) receives a bouquet from Japanese Olympic Committee President Seiko Hashimoto in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2026, after attending a ceremony at which she was conferred the People's Honor Award at the prime minister's office earlier in the day.

E

10-time Olympic skating medalist Takagi given People's Honor Award

Ten-time Olympic speed skating medalist Miho Takagi (R) receives a bouquet from Japanese Olympic Committee President Seiko Hashimoto in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2026, after attending a ceremony at which she was conferred the People's Honor Award at the prime minister's office earlier in the day.

E

Fed keeps benchmark rate unchanged

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh holds a press conference after the Fed left its benchmark interest rate unchanged during a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee in Washington on July 29, 2026.

E

Japan's Asuka-Fujiwara sites added to World Heritage list

Makoto Yamashita (C), governor of Japan's Nara Prefecture, makes a speech in Busan on July 26, 2026, after the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided in the South Korean city earlier in the day to add a group of ancient sites in the Asuka-Fujiwara area in the western Japan prefecture to its World Heritage list.

E

Japan's Asuka-Fujiwara sites added to World Heritage list

Makoto Yamashita (C), governor of Japan's Nara Prefecture, makes a speech in Busan on July 26, 2026, after the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided in the South Korean city earlier in the day to add a group of ancient sites in the Asuka-Fujiwara area in the western Japan prefecture to its World Heritage list.

E

Japan's Asuka-Fujiwara sites added to World Heritage list

Makoto Yamashita, governor of Japan's Nara Prefecture, meets the press in Busan on July 26, 2026, after the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided in the South Korean city earlier in the day to add a group of ancient sites in the Asuka-Fujiwara area in the western Japan prefecture to its World Heritage list.

E

Japan's Asuka-Fujiwara sites added to World Heritage list

Makoto Yamashita (C) governor of Japan's Nara Prefecture, celebrates in Busan on July 26, 2026, after the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided in the South Korean city earlier in the day to add a group of ancient sites in the Asuka-Fujiwara area in the western Japan prefecture to its World Heritage list.

E

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on July 17, 2026.

E

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on July 17, 2026.

E

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on July 17, 2026.

E

Prime Minister Takaichi at upper house committee

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a House of Councillors judicial affairs committee session in Tokyo on July 16, 2026, on a bill to revise the country's retrial system.

E

Prime Minister Takaichi at upper house committee

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a House of Councillors judicial affairs committee session in Tokyo on July 16, 2026, on a bill to revise the country's retrial system.

E

N. Korea's Kim Song Nam off to China

Kim Song Nam (front, L), director of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, is pictured at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang on July 10, 2026, before his departure to China.

E

New Fed chair Warsh

New U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh speaks at a press conference in Washington on June 17, 2026, following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, held for the first time under his leadership.

E

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

E

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

E

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

E

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

E

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

E

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (standing) speaks at a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

E

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L9 speaks at a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

E

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

E

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi heads to attend a House of Councillors budget committee session in Tokyo on June 5, 2026.

E

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on June 4, 2026.

E

Japan PM Takaichi in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on June 4, 2026.

E

Hearing-impaired lawmaker at Japan parliament session

Japanese House of Representatives lawmaker Rie Saito, who has impaired hearing, takes part in a question-and-answer session at a lower house committee in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, using a tablet incorporating "readspeaker" text-to-speech software.

E

Hearing-impaired lawmaker at Japan parliament session

Japanese House of Representatives lawmaker Rie Saito, who has impaired hearing, takes part in a question-and-answer session at a lower house committee in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, using a tablet incorporating "readspeaker" text-to-speech software.

E

Hearing-impaired lawmaker at Japan parliament session

Japanese House of Representatives lawmaker Rie Saito, who has impaired hearing, takes part in a question-and-answer session at a lower house committee in Tokyo on May 27, 2026, using a tablet incorporating "readspeaker" text-to-speech software.

E

Japan PM in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a House of Councillors committee session in Tokyo on May 11, 2026.

E

Japan PM in parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a House of Councillors committee session in Tokyo on May 11, 2026.

E

Japanese PM Takaichi at parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a House of Representatives committee session in Tokyo on April 24, 2026.

E

Japanese PM Takaichi at parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (standing) speaks during a House of Representatives committee session in Tokyo on April 24, 2026.

E

Japanese PM Takaichi at parliament

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a House of Representatives committee session in Tokyo on April 24, 2026.

E

Bill to create new Japan intelligence committee passes lower house

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara bows after the House of Representatives passed a bill to establish a national intelligence committee during a plenary session in Tokyo on April 23, 2026.

E

Bill to create new Japan intelligence committee passes lower house

Japan's House of Representatives passes a bill to establish a national intelligence committee during a plenary session in Tokyo on April 23, 2026.

E

Bill to create new Japan intelligence committee passes lower house

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) smiles after the House of Representatives passed a bill to establish a national intelligence committee during a plenary session in Tokyo on April 23, 2026.