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Milan-Cortina Olympics

Photo taken on Dec. 24, 2025, shows illuminated pictograms representing various disciplines played at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy.

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Milan-Cortina Olympics

Photo shows a countdown clock for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Milan on Dec. 24, 2025, ahead of its opening on Feb. 6.

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Ex-Japan PM Ishiba

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Ex-Japan PM Ishiba

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gives an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Christmas in Ukraine

A Christmas Eve service is held at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Christmas in Ukraine

A Christmas Eve service is held at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Christmas in Ukraine

A Christmas Eve service is held at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Christmas in Bethlehem

A large crowd gather and fill the square of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the West Bank, on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Christmas in Ukraine

Women attend a Christmas Eve service at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Christmas in Bethlehem

Women pose for a photo in front of a Christmas Tree at the square of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the West Bank, on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Christmas in Bethlehem

Police officers stand guard around a Christmas Tree at the square of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the West Bank, on Dec. 24, 2025.

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TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

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TEPCO to reboot 1st reactor since Fukushima disaster

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. President Tomoaki Kobayakawa speaks at a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. TEPCO plans to restart the No. 6 unit at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 20, the utility's first reactor reboot since the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.

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Osaka Expo organizer head speaks on revenue

Masakazu Tokura, chair of the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition, holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. The association said the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka that closed in October generated a surplus of up to 37 billion yen ($237 million).

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, delivers a lecture on Dec. 24, 2025, at a Kindai University campus in Higashiosaka in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Nobel laureate Kitagawa

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, delivers a lecture on Dec. 24, 2025, at a Kindai University campus in Higashiosaka in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Vanke logo

File photo taken on Dec. 24, 2025, shows the logo of real estate developer China Vanke Co. on a building in Beijing.

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Vanke logo

File photo taken on Dec. 24, 2025, shows the logo of real estate developer China Vanke Co. on a building in Beijing.

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Boxing: Naoya Inoue

Undisputed super bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue of Japan trains in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Dec. 24, 2025, ahead of his title defense against Mexican challenger Alan Picasso three days later.

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Japan government's growth strategy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (3rd from front) speaks during a meeting of a government council to formulate Japan's growth strategy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Japan government's growth strategy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (3rd from front) speaks during a meeting of a government council to formulate Japan's growth strategy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Japan government's growth strategy meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a meeting of a government council to formulate Japan's growth strategy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Japan government's growth strategy meeting

A meeting of a government council to formulate Japan's growth strategy is held at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Luncheon at Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) smiles during a luncheon with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Luncheon at Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) smiles during a luncheon with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Luncheon at Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) chats with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) during a luncheon at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Gold price tops 25,000 yen

An electronic board at the flagship shop of Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies Co. in Tokyo's Ginza district shows the benchmark retail gold price set by the Tokyo company (upper L) topping 25,000 yen per gram for the first time on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Extraordinary Diet session opens in Japan

The opening ceremony of an extraordinary parliamentary session is held in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2025, with Japanese Emperor Naruhito in attendance. The session will run until Dec. 17.

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Extraordinary Diet session opens in Japan

The opening ceremony of an extraordinary parliamentary session is held in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2025, with Japanese Emperor Naruhito in attendance. The session will run until Dec. 17.

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Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Giant pandas, (from top L, clockwise) Rauhin, Yuihin, Fuhin and Saihin, are pictured at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, on May 11, 2025, Sept. 18, 2022, Dec. 24, 2024 and Aug. 14, 2024, respectively. All four giant pandas on loan to the western Japan zoo are set to leave on June 28, 2025, to return to China.

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Giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Giant pandas -- (from top L, clockwise) Rauhin, Yuihin, Saihin and Fuhin -- are pictured at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 11, 2025, Sept. 18, 2022, Aug. 14, 2024, and Dec. 24, 2024, respectively.

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Giant panda at Adventure World

Photo taken on Dec. 24, 2024, shows giant panda Fuhin at the Adventure World amusement park in the town of Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. The zoo said on April 24, 2025, that four giant pandas on loan to Japan, including Fuhin, will return to China around late June, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement.

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Japanese violinist Takashima named goodwill ambassador to Laos

Japanese violinist Chisako Takashima reacts after receiving a letter from Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Iwaya appointing her as goodwill ambassador to Laos in 2025, which will mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, at the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2024.

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Japanese violinist Takashima named goodwill ambassador to Laos

Japanese violinist Chisako Takashima (R) receives a letter from Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Iwaya appointing her as goodwill ambassador to Laos in 2025, which will mark the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, at the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2024.

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JR Tokai submits final report on maglev train construction

TOKYO, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. President Masayuki Matsumoto (L) submits a final report on the construction plan for a magnetically levitated train system linking Tokyo and Osaka to transport minister Seiji Maehara at the transport ministry in Tokyo, Dec. 24, 2009. The company, known as JR Tokai, aims to start the next-generation train services by 2025.

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JR Tokai submits final report on maglev train construction

TOKYO, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. President Masayuki Matsumoto speaks at a news conference on Dec. 24, 2009, at the transport ministry in Tokyo, after submitting a final report on the construction plan for a magnetically levitated train system linking Tokyo and Osaka. The company, known as JR Tokai, aims to start the next-generation train services by 2025.