Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto celebrates with teammates after hitting a solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto hits a solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto hits a solo home run in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto hits a solo home run in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto hits a solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Baseball: Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto

Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto high-fives his teammates after hitting a solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025. The Yomiuri Giants said the following month that they are allowing the infielder to pursue a move to Major League Baseball this offseason.

Illustration - Fontainebleau

Illustration - Fontainebleau

FRANCE. SEINE-ET-MARNE (77). FONTAINEBLEAU. THE CASTLE AND AND THE PAVILION ON THE CARP POND, FROM THE ENGLISH GARDEN Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Fontainebleau

Illustration - Fontainebleau

FRANCE. SEINE-ET-MARNE (77). FONTAINEBLEAU. THE CASTLE ( BUILDINGS OF THE FOUNTAIN COURT ) AND THE CARP POND Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

A villager happily lifted a carp he caught during a fishing competition in a rice field at the 2nd Farmers' Farming Competition at Guoyuan Village, Chongqing, China on September 23, 2025.

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

A villager happily lifted a carp he caught during a fishing competition in a rice field at the 2nd Farmers' Farming Competition at Guoyuan Village, Chongqing, China on September 23, 2025.

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

A villager happily lifted a carp he caught during a fishing competition in a rice field at the 2nd Farmers' Farming Competition at Guoyuan Village, Chongqing, China on September 23, 2025.

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

A villager happily lifted a carp he caught during a fishing competition in a rice field at the 2nd Farmers' Farming Competition at Guoyuan Village, Chongqing, China on September 23, 2025.

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

A villager happily lifted a carp he caught during a fishing competition in a rice field at the 2nd Farmers' Farming Competition at Guoyuan Village, Chongqing, China on September 23, 2025.

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

2nd Farmers' Farming Competition in Chongqing

A villager happily lifted a carp he caught during a fishing competition in a rice field at the 2nd Farmers' Farming Competition at Guoyuan Village, Chongqing, China on September 23, 2025.

Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko feeds Nishikigoi carp at the Nishikigoi no Sato display facility in Ojiya, Niigata Prefecture on Sept. 8, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko touches Nishikigoi carp at the Nishikigoi no Sato display facility in Ojiya, Niigata Prefecture on Sept. 8, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko releases Nishikigoi carp at the Nishikigoi no Sato display facility in Ojiya, Niigata Prefecture on Sept. 8, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko releases Nishikigoi carp at the Nishikigoi no Sato display facility in Ojiya, Niigata Prefecture on Sept. 8, 2025. (Pool photo)

Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Hanshin Tigers fans celebrate after the baseball team won the Central League pennant following a 2-0 victory over the Hiroshima Carp at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2025.

Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Hanshin Tigers players celebrate after the baseball team won the Central League pennant following a 2-0 victory over the Hiroshima Carp at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2025.

Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Hanshin Tigers players celebrate after the baseball team won the Central League pennant following a 2-0 victory over the Hiroshima Carp at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2025.

Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Hanshin Tigers players celebrate after the baseball team won the Central League pennant following a 2-0 victory over the Hiroshima Carp at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2025.

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

On August 5, 2025, a fish farmer in Patumbak Satu, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, harvests three-month-old carp using a gill net. This effort is part of an integrated initiative aligned with President Prabowo's food security program, overseen by the Merah Putih Village Cooperative. The goal is to secure local food supplies and produce high-quality fishery products for export, boosting the local economy and improving the national trade balance. Indonesia. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

On August 5, 2025, a fish farmer in Patumbak Satu, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, harvests three-month-old carp using a gill net. This effort is part of an integrated initiative aligned with President Prabowo's food security program, overseen by the Merah Putih Village Cooperative. The goal is to secure local food supplies and produce high-quality fishery products for export, boosting the local economy and improving the national trade balance. Indonesia. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

On August 5, 2025, a fish farmer in Patumbak Satu, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, harvests three-month-old carp using a gill net. This effort is part of an integrated initiative aligned with President Prabowo's food security program, overseen by the Merah Putih Village Cooperative. The goal is to secure local food supplies and produce high-quality fishery products for export, boosting the local economy and improving the national trade balance. Indonesia. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

On August 5, 2025, a fish farmer in Patumbak Satu, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, harvests three-month-old carp using a gill net. This effort is part of an integrated initiative aligned with President Prabowo's food security program, overseen by the Merah Putih Village Cooperative. The goal is to secure local food supplies and produce high-quality fishery products for export, boosting the local economy and improving the national trade balance. Indonesia. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

On August 5, 2025, a fish farmer in Patumbak Satu, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, harvests three-month-old carp using a gill net. This effort is part of an integrated initiative aligned with President Prabowo's food security program, overseen by the Merah Putih Village Cooperative. The goal is to secure local food supplies and produce high-quality fishery products for export, boosting the local economy and improving the national trade balance. Indonesia. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

On August 5, 2025, a fish farmer in Patumbak Satu, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, harvests three-month-old carp using a gill net. This effort is part of an integrated initiative aligned with President Prabowo's food security program, overseen by the Merah Putih Village Cooperative. The goal is to secure local food supplies and produce high-quality fishery products for export, boosting the local economy and improving the national trade balance. Indonesia. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

On August 5, 2025, a fish farmer in Patumbak Satu, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, harvests three-month-old carp using a gill net. This effort is part of an integrated initiative aligned with President Prabowo's food security program, overseen by the Merah Putih Village Cooperative. The goal is to secure local food supplies and produce high-quality fishery products for export, boosting the local economy and improving the national trade balance. Indonesia. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

On August 5, 2025, a fish farmer in Patumbak Satu, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, harvests three-month-old carp using a gill net. This effort is part of an integrated initiative aligned with President Prabowo's food security program, overseen by the Merah Putih Village Cooperative. The goal is to secure local food supplies and produce high-quality fishery products for export, boosting the local economy and improving the national trade balance. Indonesia. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

The Merah Putih Spirit's - Indonesia

On August 5, 2025, a fish farmer in Patumbak Satu, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, harvests three-month-old carp using a gill net. This effort is part of an integrated initiative aligned with President Prabowo's food security program, overseen by the Merah Putih Village Cooperative. The goal is to secure local food supplies and produce high-quality fishery products for export, boosting the local economy and improving the national trade balance. Indonesia. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

Baseball: Carp vs. BayStars

Baseball: Carp vs. BayStars

Hiroshima Carp starter Hiroki Tokoda pitches in a spring training baseball game against the DeNA BayStars on March 11, 2025, at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

Japan's Princess Kako in Brazil

Japan's Princess Kako in Brazil

Japan's Princess Kako feeds Nishikigoi carp at the Japanese Pavilion in Sao Paulo on June 5, 2025, during her official visit to Brazil.

Japan's Princess Kako in Brazil

Japan's Princess Kako in Brazil

Japan's Princess Kako feeds Nishikigoi carp at the Japanese Pavilion in Sao Paulo on June 5, 2025, during her official visit to Brazil.

Japan's Princess Kako in Brazil

Japan's Princess Kako in Brazil

Japan's Princess Kako feeds Nishikigoi carp at the Japanese Pavilion in Sao Paulo on June 5, 2025, during her official visit to Brazil.

Soriano of Hiroshima Carp

Soriano of Hiroshima Carp

Photo taken on Feb. 17, 1997, shows Alfonso Soriano of the Japanese baseball club Hiroshima Carp, a native of Dominica.

Baseball: Timoniel Perez, Alfonso Soriano of Carp

Baseball: Timoniel Perez, Alfonso Soriano of Carp

Photo taken on Feb. 19, 1996, shows Japanese professional baseball team Hiroshima Carp's Timoniel Perez (R) and Alfonso Soriano, both from the Dominican Republic, in Nichinan in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan, May 5 Kyodo - Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster. (Kyodo)

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster.

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster.

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster.

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster.

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers in tsunami-hit city

Carp streamers fly above a field in Higashimatsushima, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on May 5, 2025, in a Children's Day event in memory of those killed in the disaster.

Carp streamers in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. city

Carp streamers in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. city

"Koinobori" carp streamers fly on May 4, 2025, over a field in Suzu, an Ishikawa Prefecture city devastated by the massive Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake, following a hiatus in 2024 due to the disaster.

Carp streamers in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. city

Carp streamers in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. city

"Koinobori" carp streamers fly on May 4, 2025, over a field in Suzu, an Ishikawa Prefecture city devastated by the massive Jan. 1, 2024 earthquake, following a hiatus in 2024 due to the disaster.

Carp Cultivation - Indonesia

Carp Cultivation - Indonesia

The cultivating carp (Cyprinus carpio) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Patumbak, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

Carp Cultivation - Indonesia

Carp Cultivation - Indonesia

Farm workers show the feed during the process of cultivating carp (Cyprinus carpio) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Patumbak, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

Carp Cultivation - Indonesia

Carp Cultivation - Indonesia

A farm worker is seen showing the boundaries of plantation land from colonial times that have survived to this day alongside the cultivating carp (Cyprinus carpio) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) area in Patumbak, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

Carp Cultivation - Indonesia

Carp Cultivation - Indonesia

Farm workers operate small-scale businesses by cultivating carp (Cyprinus carpio) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Patumbak, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM

Carp Cultivation - Indonesia

Carp Cultivation - Indonesia

Farm workers operate small-scale businesses by cultivating carp (Cyprinus carpio) and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Patumbak, Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on May 3, 2025. Photo by Aditya Sutanta/ABACAPRESS.COM