Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

People walk on Feb. 26, 2023, in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, devastated by deadly earthquakes earlier in the month.

Figure skating: Challenge Cup

Figure skating: Challenge Cup

Kaori Sakamoto (R) and Mai Mihara of Japan pose for photo after winning gold and silver, respectively, at the figure skating Challenge Cup competition on Feb. 26, 2023, in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Figure skating: Challenge Cup

Figure skating: Challenge Cup

Mai Mihara of Japan performs during the women's free skate at the figure skating Challenge Cup competition on Feb. 26, 2023, in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Figure skating: Challenge Cup

Figure skating: Challenge Cup

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan performs during the women's free skate at the figure skating Challenge Cup competition on Feb. 26, 2023, in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani stops to respond as fans clamor for his autograph before a spring training baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Boston Red Sox rookie Masataka Yoshida (R) gives a young baseball fan an autographed ball before a spring training game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fort Myers, Florida, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Boston Red Sox rookie Masataka Yoshida (L) signs an autograph for a baseball fan before a spring training game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Fort Myers, Florida, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani speaks to reporters after a spring training baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani speaks to reporters after a spring training baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtahi hits a first-inning triple during a spring training baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtahi hits a first-inning triple during a spring training baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtahi hits a first-inning triple during a spring training baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtahi hits a first-inning triple during a spring training game against the Chicago White Sox in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Football: Scottish League Cup

Football: Scottish League Cup

Japanese football players (from L) Kyogo Furuhashi, Reo Hatate, Daizen Maeda, Tomoki Iwata and Yuki Kobayashi celebrate after Celtic won their 21st Scottish League Cup at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Football: Scottish League Cup

Football: Scottish League Cup

Kyogo Furuhashi celebrates with the trophy after helping Celtic win their 21st Scottish League Cup at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Football: Scottish League Cup

Football: Scottish League Cup

Kyogo Furuhashi hoists the trophy over his head after helping Celtic win their 21st Scottish League Cup at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Football: Scottish League Cup

Football: Scottish League Cup

Celtic football players celebrate after winning the Scottish League Cup for the 21st time by beating Rangers 2-1 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Southwestern Japan shrine just before sunset

Southwestern Japan shrine just before sunset

Photo taken on Feb. 26, 2023, shows an entrance path to Miyajidake shrine in the Fukuoka Prefecture city of Fukutsu, southwestern Japan, just before sunset.

Fujii wins Game 5 of shogi's Osho series

Fujii wins Game 5 of shogi's Osho series

Defending champion Sota Fujii (R) and veteran player Yoshiharu Habu reflect on Game 5 of a historic best-of-seven series for shogi's Osho title after Fujii beat Habu at a Japanese inn in the Shimane Prefecture city of Ota, western Japan, on Feb. 26, 2023, following a 2-2 tie. If Habu, 52, captures the Osho title from 20-year-old Fujii, holder of four other major titles, it would be his 100th title, an unprecedented achievement. (Pool photo)

Fujii wins Game 5 of shogi's Osho series

Fujii wins Game 5 of shogi's Osho series

Defending champion Sota Fujii reflects on Game 5 of a historic best-of-seven series for shogi's Osho title after beating veteran player Yoshiharu Habu at a Japanese inn in the Shimane Prefecture city of Ota, western Japan, on Feb. 26, 2023, following a 2-2 tie. If Habu, 52, captures the Osho title from 20-year-old Fujii, holder of four other major titles, it would be his 100th title, an unprecedented achievement. (Pool photo)

Fujii wins Game 5 of shogi's Osho series

Fujii wins Game 5 of shogi's Osho series

Defending champion Sota Fujii reflects on Game 5 of a historic best-of-seven series for shogi's Osho title after beating veteran player Yoshiharu Habu at a Japanese inn in the Shimane Prefecture city of Ota, western Japan, on Feb. 26, 2023, following a 2-2 tie. If Habu, 52, captures the Osho title from 20-year-old Fujii, holder of four other major titles, it would be his 100th title, an unprecedented achievement. (Pool photo)

Former Japan football star Miura

Former Japan football star Miura

Screenshot shows former Japan football star Kazuyoshi Miura, currently playing for Portuguese second-division outfit Oliveirense, speaking virtually from the European country on Feb. 26, 2023, his 56th birthday.

Former Japan football star Miura

Former Japan football star Miura

Screenshot shows former Japan football star Kazuyoshi Miura, currently playing for Portuguese second-division outfit Oliveirense, speaking virtually from the European country on Feb. 26, 2023, his 56th birthday.

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

People rally in the Okinawa Prefecture capital of Naha on Feb. 26, 2023, in protest against Japan's defense buildup plan in the southern prefecture based on three key documents that the government revised in 2022.

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

People rally in the Okinawa Prefecture capital of Naha on Feb. 26, 2023, in protest against Japan's defense buildup plan in the southern prefecture based on three key documents that the government revised in 2022.

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

People rally in the Okinawa Prefecture capital of Naha on Feb. 26, 2023, in protest against Japan's defense buildup plan in the southern prefecture based on three key documents that the government revised in 2022.

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

People rally in the Okinawa Prefecture capital of Naha on Feb. 26, 2023, in protest against Japan's defense buildup plan in the southern prefecture based on three key documents that the government revised in 2022.

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

Protest against defense buildup in Okinawa

People rally in the Okinawa Prefecture capital of Naha on Feb. 26, 2023, in protest against Japan's defense buildup plan in the southern prefecture based on three key documents that the government revised in 2022.

Fujii wins Game 5 of shogi's Osho series

Fujii wins Game 5 of shogi's Osho series

Defending champion Sota Fujii reflects on Game 5 of a historic best-of-seven series for shogi's Osho title after beating veteran player Yoshiharu Habu at a Japanese inn in the Shimane Prefecture city of Ota, western Japan, on Feb. 26, 2023, following a 2-2 tie. If Habu, 52, captures the Osho title from 20-year-old Fujii, holder of four other major titles, it would be his 100th title, an unprecedented achievement. (Pool photo)

Fujii wins Game 5 of shogi's Osho series

Fujii wins Game 5 of shogi's Osho series

Defending champion Sota Fujii (R) and veteran player Yoshiharu Habu reflect on Game 5 of a historic best-of-seven series for shogi's Osho title after Fujii beat Habu at a Japanese inn in the Shimane Prefecture city of Ota, western Japan, on Feb. 26, 2023, following a 2-2 tie. If Habu, 52, captures the Osho title from 20-year-old Fujii, holder of four other major titles, it would be his 100th title, an unprecedented achievement. (Pool photo)

Baseball: Japan's WBC training

Baseball: Japan's WBC training

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish throws live batting practice during the Japanese national baseball team's training camp in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 26, 2023, in preparation for the World Baseball Classic.

Baseball: Japan's WBC training

Baseball: Japan's WBC training

San Diego Padres pitcher Yu Darvish throws live batting practice during the Japanese national baseball team's training camp in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 26, 2023, in preparation for the World Baseball Classic.

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Photo shows temporary housing (bottom) in the southern Turkish town of Nurdagi, Gaziantep Province, on Feb. 26, 2023, after a devastating earthquake hit the country and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6.

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Scene in quake-hit Turkey

Photo shows temporary housing in the southern Turkish town of Nurdagi, Gaziantep Province, on Feb. 26, 2023, after a devastating earthquake hit the country and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6.

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Runners set off at the Osaka Marathon on Feb. 26, 2023, in the western Japan city. Osaka Castle can be seen in the background.

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Runners set off at the Osaka Marathon on Feb. 26, 2023, in the western Japan city.

Snow volleyball match in Japan

Snow volleyball match in Japan

A snow volleyball exhibition match takes place at a ski resort in Zao in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Snow volleyball match in Japan

Snow volleyball match in Japan

A snow volleyball exhibition match takes place at a ski resort in Zao in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Ethiopia's Helen Bekele crosses the finish line to win the women's event at the Osaka Marathon on Feb. 26, 2023, in the western Japan city.

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Runner set off at the Osaka Marathon on Feb. 26, 2023, in the western Japan city.

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Photo taken from a media helicopter shows runners setting off at the Osaka Marathon on Feb. 26, 2023, in the western Japan city. (Pool photo)

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Photo taken from a media helicopter shows runners setting off at the Osaka Marathon on Feb. 26, 2023, in the western Japan city. (Pool photo)

Baseball: Japan's WBC training

Baseball: Japan's WBC training

Yoshinobu Yamamoto of Japan's national baseball team pitches against the Softbank Hawks in a World Baseball Classic warm-up game in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Baseball: Japan's WBC training

Baseball: Japan's WBC training

Yoshinobu Yamamoto of Japan's national baseball team pitches against the Softbank Hawks in a World Baseball Classic warm-up game in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 26, 2023.

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Runners set off at the Osaka Marathon on Feb. 26, 2023, in the western Japan city.

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Athletics: Osaka Marathon

Ethiopia's Hailemaryam Kiros crosses the finish line to win the Osaka Marathon on Feb. 26, 2023, in the western Japan city.

Japan ruling party congress

Japan ruling party congress

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) and other executives of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party raise their fists on the stage at a party congress in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2023, pledging victory for the party in upcoming local elections in April.

Japan ruling party congress

Japan ruling party congress

Combined photo taken on Feb. 26, 2023, shows Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivering a speech pledging victory for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in upcoming local elections in April, with fellow members (bottom) listening to him at a party congress in Tokyo.

Japan ruling party congress

Japan ruling party congress

Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of Japan's Komeito party, delivers a speech at a ruling Liberal Democratic Party congress in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2023.

Japan ruling party congress

Japan ruling party congress

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura delivers a speech at a ruling Liberal Democratic Party congress in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2023.