Train featuring World Heritage-listed ancient sites

OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 2 Kyodo - A departure ceremony is held at Kintetsu Railway's Osaka Abenobashi Station in Osaka on Aug. 1, 2026, for a train with liveries based on a group of ancient sites in the Asuka-Fujiwara area in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, that were recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage list. (Kyodo)

Train featuring World Heritage-listed ancient sites

Train featuring World Heritage-listed ancient sites

Photo taken at Kintetsu Railway's Osaka Abenobashi Station in Osaka on Aug. 1, 2026, shows a train with liveries based on a group of ancient sites in the Asuka-Fujiwara area in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, that were recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage list.

Train featuring World Heritage-listed ancient sites

Train featuring World Heritage-listed ancient sites

Photo taken at Kintetsu Railway's Osaka Abenobashi Station in Osaka on Aug. 1, 2026, shows a train with liveries based on a group of ancient sites in the Asuka-Fujiwara area in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, that were recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage list.

Train featuring World Heritage-listed ancient sites

Train featuring World Heritage-listed ancient sites

A departure ceremony is held at Kintetsu Railway's Osaka Abenobashi Station in Osaka on Aug. 1, 2026, for a train with liveries based on a group of ancient sites in the Asuka-Fujiwara area in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, that were recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage list.

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

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

People celebrate at a public viewing site in Kashihara in Nara Prefecture on July 26, 2026, after UNESCO decided earlier in the day in Busan, South Korea, to add a group of ancient sites in the western Japan prefecture's Asuka-Fujiwara area, including Kashihara, to its World Heritage list.

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

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

People celebrate at a public viewing site in Kashihara in Nara Prefecture on July 26, 2026, after UNESCO decided earlier in the day in Busan, South Korea, to add a group of ancient sites in the western Japan prefecture's Asuka-Fujiwara area, including Kashihara, to its World Heritage list.

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

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

People celebrate at a public viewing site in Kashihara in Nara Prefecture on July 26, 2026, after UNESCO decided earlier in the day in Busan, South Korea, to add a group of ancient sites in the western Japan prefecture's Asuka-Fujiwara area, including Kashihara, to its World Heritage list.

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

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

People celebrate at a public viewing site in Kashihara in Nara Prefecture on July 26, 2026, after UNESCO decided earlier in the day in Busan, South Korea, to add a group of ancient sites in the western Japan prefecture's Asuka-Fujiwara area, including Kashihara, to its World Heritage list.

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

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

People celebrate at a public viewing site in Kashihara in Nara Prefecture on July 26, 2026, after UNESCO decided earlier in the day in Busan, South Korea, to add a group of ancient sites in the western Japan prefecture's Asuka-Fujiwara area, including Kashihara, to its World Heritage list.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Japan's Asuka-Fujiwara sites

Japan's Asuka-Fujiwara sites

File photo taken on April 19, 2026, shows the Fujiwara Palace site (front) in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, western Japan. A UNESCO advisory body has recommended adding Asuka-Fujiwara archaeological sites to the World Cultural Heritage list.

Japan's Asuka-Fujiwara sites

Japan's Asuka-Fujiwara sites

File photo taken on April 20, 2026, shows the Asuka Palace site in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, western Japan. A UNESCO advisory body has recommended adding Asuka-Fujiwara archaeological sites to the World Cultural Heritage list.

Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank to Merge; Press Conference

Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank to Merge; Press Conference

Press conference on the management integration of Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank. The photo shows, from left to right: Minoru Yagi, President and CEO of Shizuoka Bank; Hisashi Shibata, President and CEO of Shizuoka Financial Group; and Ichiro Fujiwara, President and CEO of Nagoya Bank.=March 27,2026,Tokyo

Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank to Merge; Press Conference

Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank to Merge; Press Conference

Press conference on the management integration of Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank. The photo shows, from left to right, Hisashi Shibata, President and Representative Director of Shizuoka Financial Group, and Ichiro Fujiwara, President and Representative Director of Nagoya Bank.=March 27,2026,Tokyo

Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank to Merge; Press Conference

Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank to Merge; Press Conference

Press conference on the management integration of Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank. The photo shows, from left to right: Minoru Yagi, President and CEO of Shizuoka Bank; Hisashi Shibata, President and CEO of Shizuoka Financial Group; and Ichiro Fujiwara, President and CEO of Nagoya Bank.=March 27,2026,Tokyo

Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank to Merge; Press Conference

Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank to Merge; Press Conference

Press conference on the management integration of Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank. The photo shows, from left to right: Minoru Yagi, President and CEO of Shizuoka Bank; Hisashi Shibata, President and CEO of Shizuoka Financial Group; and Ichiro Fujiwara, President and CEO of Nagoya Bank.=March 27,2026,Tokyo

Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank to Merge; Press Conference

Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank to Merge; Press Conference

Press conference on the management integration of Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank. The photo shows, from left to right: Minoru Yagi, President and CEO of Shizuoka Bank; Hisashi Shibata, President and CEO of Shizuoka Financial Group; and Ichiro Fujiwara, President and CEO of Nagoya Bank.=March 27,2026,Tokyo

Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank to Merge; Press Conference

Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank to Merge; Press Conference

Press conference on the management integration of Shizuoka FG and Nagoya Bank. The photo shows Ichiro Fujiwara, President and CEO of Nagoya Bank.=March 27,2026,Tokyo

Japan's day at Osaka expo

Japan's day at Osaka expo

Japanese actor Norika Fujiwara, serving as honorary head of the Japan Pavilion at the World Exposition in Osaka, speaks during a ceremony marking the expo's Japan day on July 3, 2025.

PM Ishiba attends World Exposition PR event in Tokyo

PM Ishiba attends World Exposition PR event in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (front row, C) poses for a photo at an event to promote the 2025 World Exposition at his Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 3, 2025, ahead of the event's start on April 13 in Osaka. Sitting next to him is actress Norika Fujiwara, honorary head of the Japan Pavilion.

World Exposition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan, March 31 Kyodo - Actress Norika Fujiwara meets the press at the Japan Pavilion for the 2025 World Exposition following the pavilion's opening ceremony held on an artificial island in Osaka on March 29, 2025, ahead of the expo's start on April 13. She serves as honorary head of the pavilion. (Kyodo)

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

Actress Norika Fujiwara meets the press at the Japan Pavilion for the 2025 World Exposition following the pavilion's opening ceremony held on an artificial island in Osaka on March 29, 2025, ahead of the expo's start on April 13. She serves as honorary head of the pavilion.

World Exposition in Osaka

World Exposition in Osaka

Actress Norika Fujiwara meets the press at the Japan Pavilion for the 2025 World Exposition following the pavilion's opening ceremony held on an artificial island in Osaka on March 29, 2025, ahead of the expo's start on April 13. She serves as honorary head of the pavilion.

JCLP “Must Speak Up Now” Urgent Conference for 1.5 Degree Target

JCLP “Must Speak Up Now” Urgent Conference for 1.5 Degree Target

JCLP “We must speak up now” emergency press conference for the 1.5 degree target. Pictured from left to right: Masanori Imai, co-chairman of JCLP; Akira Nagakubo, Hayama Town Fishermen's Association; Yoshitaka Inoue, Furman representative director; Tomoko Irie, director of J League Sustainability Department; Takeo Fujiwara, professor of public health at Institute of Science Tokyo; Kenji Kono, professional skier.=December 3,2024,Tokyo

'We must speak up now' Urgent press conference for 1.5 degree goal

'We must speak up now' Urgent press conference for 1.5 degree goal

“We must speak up now” Urgent press conference for the 1.5 degree target. Pictured from left to right: Masanori Imai, co-chairman of JCLP; Akira Nagakubo, Hayama Town Fishermen's Association; Yoshitaka Inoue, Furman representative director; Tomoko Irie, director of the J League Sustainability Department; Takeo Fujiwara, professor of public health at Institute of Science Tokyo; Kenji Kono, professional skier.”=December 3,2024,Tokyo

Ruins of ancient tile kiln found in western Japan

Ruins of ancient tile kiln found in western Japan

KASHIHARA, Japan - A man holds a round tile of the same design as the one used for the main palace of the imperial capital Fujiwara-kyo (694-710) in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2014. The kiln in the back is believed to have been used for making tiles for the palace.

Actor Yamamoto plays Yoshitsune in Iwate festival

Actor Yamamoto plays Yoshitsune in Iwate festival

HIRAIZUMI, Japan - Playing the role of Minamoto no Yoshitsune, a tragic warrior in the 12th century, in a parade, actor Yusuke Yamamoto waves on horseback to spectators in Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 3, 2014, during the "Haruno Fujiwara Matsuri" (Spring Fujiwara Festival). The cultural heritage of Hiraizumi has been included on the World Heritage List.

Glass-plate negatives recording 1896 Sanriku quake

Glass-plate negatives recording 1896 Sanriku quake

TOKYO, Japan - Shozo Fujiwara, an official of the Morioka Local Meteorological Observatory, holds some of the glass-plate negatives recording damage inflicted by the 1896 earthquake and tsunami that hit the Sanriku region on the Pacific coast in northeastern Japan, at the observatory in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on July 1, 2013.

Diary written 10 centuries ago

Diary written 10 centuries ago

KYOTO, Japan - File photo shows part of a diary written by Japanese regent Fujiwara no Michinaga (966-1027), at Yomei Bunko, a library in Kyoto, on June 19, 2013. Known as "Midokanpakuki," the world's oldest autographic diary left 10 centuries ago has been selected for the UNESCO Memory of the World registry, the Japanese education ministry said the same day.

Diary written 10 centuries ago

Diary written 10 centuries ago

KYOTO, Japan - File photo shows Osamu Nawa, head of the Yomei Bunko library, holding a diary written by Japanese regent Fujiwara no Michinaga (966-1027), in Kyoto on June 19, 2013. Known as "Midokanpakuki," the world's oldest autographic diary left 10 centuries ago has been selected for the UNESCO Memory of the World registry, the Japanese education ministry said the same day.

Diary written 10 centuries ago

Diary written 10 centuries ago

KYOTO, Japan - File photo shows Osamu Nawa, head of the Yomei Bunko library, holding a diary written by Japanese regent Fujiwara no Michinaga (966-1027), in Kyoto on June 19, 2013. Known as "Midokanpakuki," the world's oldest autographic diary left 10 centuries ago has been selected for the UNESCO Memory of the World registry, the Japanese education ministry said the same day.

Diary written 10 centuries ago

Diary written 10 centuries ago

KYOTO, Japan - File photo shows part of a diary written by Japanese regent Fujiwara no Michinaga (966-1027), at Yomei Bunko, a library in Kyoto, on June 14, 2013. Known as "Midokanpakuki," the world's oldest autographic diary left 10 centuries ago has been selected for the UNESCO Memory of the World registry, the Japanese education ministry said June 19, 2013.

Diary written 10 centuries ago

Diary written 10 centuries ago

KYOTO, Japan - File photo shows part of a diary written by Japanese regent Fujiwara no Michinaga (966-1027), at Yomei Bunko, a library in Kyoto, on June 14, 2013. Known as "Midokanpakuki," the world's oldest autographic diary left 10 centuries ago has been selected for the UNESCO Memory of the World registry, the Japanese education ministry said June 19, 2013.

Diary written 10 centuries ago

Diary written 10 centuries ago

KYOTO, Japan - File photo shows a diary written by Japanese regent Fujiwara no Michinaga (966-1027), at Yomei Bunko, a library in Kyoto, on June 19, 2013. Known as "Midokanpakuki," the world's oldest autographic diary left 10 centuries ago has been selected for the UNESCO Memory of the World registry, the Japanese education ministry said the same day.

UNESCO register adds diary written 10 centuries ago

UNESCO register adds diary written 10 centuries ago

KYOTO, Japan - Photo shows a part of a diary written by Japanese regent Fujiwara no Michinaga (966-1027), in Kyoto on June 19, 2013. Known as "Midokanpakuki," the world's oldest autographic diary left 10 centuries ago has been selected for the UNESCO Memory of the World registry, the Japanese education ministry said the same day.

UNESCO register adds diary written 10 centuries ago

UNESCO register adds diary written 10 centuries ago

KYOTO, Japan - Osamu Nawa, head of the Yomei Bunko library, holds a diary written by Japanese regent Fujiwara no Michinaga (966-1027), in Kyoto on June 19, 2013. Known as "Midokanpakuki," the world's oldest autographic diary left 10 centuries ago has been selected for the UNESCO Memory of the World registry, the Japanese education ministry said the same day.

UNESCO register adds diary written 10 centuries ago

UNESCO register adds diary written 10 centuries ago

KYOTO, Japan - Osamu Nawa, head of the Yomei Bunko library, holds a diary written by Japanese regent Fujiwara no Michinaga (966-1027), in Kyoto on June 19, 2013. Known as "Midokanpakuki," the world's oldest autographic diary left 10 centuries ago has been selected for the UNESCO Memory of the World registry, the Japanese education ministry said the same day.

Fujiwara 45th in men's marathon

Fujiwara 45th in men's marathon

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Arata Fujiwara crosses the finish line in the 2012 London Olympics men's marathon, clocking 2 hours, 19 minutes and 11 seconds, for 45th place on Aug. 12, 2012. Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich won the gold medal with a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes and 1 second. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

Pope gives audience to 8 Japan students

Pope gives audience to 8 Japan students

ROME, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI (R) gives an audience near Rome to Yoneyuki Fujiwara (front), mayor of Minamishimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Aug. 8, 2012. The pope also gave an audience to a delegation of eight Japanese junior high school students who were sent from Minamishimabara as a commemorative event.

Japan picks Olympic marathon team

Japan picks Olympic marathon team

TOKYO, Japan - Arata Fujiwara holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 12, 2012, after Japan named him and five other athletes to its marathon team for the London Olympics.

Tokyo Marathon

Tokyo Marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Kenya's Michael Kipyego (R) and Japan's Arata Fujiwara show their medals at Tokyo Big Sight in the Japanese capital on Feb. 26, 2012, after coming first and second in the Tokyo Marathon.

Tokyo Marathon

Tokyo Marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Arata Fujiwara crosses the finishing line at Tokyo Big Sight in the Japanese capital to finish second in the Tokyo Marathon in 2:07.48 on Feb. 26, 2012.

Tokyo Marathon

Tokyo Marathon

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Arata Fujiwara crosses the finishing line at Tokyo Big Sight in the Japanese capital to finish second in the Tokyo Marathon in 2:07.48 on Feb. 26, 2012.

Japanese pair Morita-Fujiwara at Australian Open

Japanese pair Morita-Fujiwara at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia - Ayumi Morita of Japan (L) and compatriot Rika Fujiwara (R) play against Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan and Sloane Stephens of the United States in the first round of the women's doubles at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 18, 2012. The Japanese pair won the match 7-6(7-4), 6-4.

Storage place of debris from March 11 disaster

Storage place of debris from March 11 disaster

MIYAKO, Japan - Environment Minister Goshi Hosono (L) visits a temporary storage place for debris created by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster at Fujiwara Pier in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 8, 2011.

Aoyama-Fujiwara pair loses to Italian pair

Aoyama-Fujiwara pair loses to Italian pair

LONDON, Britain - Shuko Aoyama (2nd from L) and Rika Fujiwara (R), both from Japan, congratulate an opponent after their loss in a women's doubles first round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 25, 2011. Italian pair Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci beat the Japanese pair 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Aoyama-Fujiwara pair at Wimbledon

Aoyama-Fujiwara pair at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Shuko Aoyama (front) and Rika Fujiwara (back), both from Japan, play against Italian pair Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in a women's doubles first round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 23, 2011.