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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Campaigning for general election in Japan

Democratic Party for the People leader Yuichiro Tamaki makes a stump speech in southwestern Japan city in Fukuoka on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, makes a stump speech in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Overseas voting begins for Japan general election

Overseas voting begins for Japan general election

Japanese citizens cast their ballots at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Jan. 28, 2026, for the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election. Eligible Japanese voters living abroad are allowed to vote at diplomatic missions around the world.

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Overseas voting begins for Japan general election

Overseas voting begins for Japan general election

Japanese citizens cast their ballots at the Japanese Consulate General in Sydney on Jan. 28, 2026, for the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election. Eligible Japanese voters living abroad are allowed to vote at diplomatic missions around the world.

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Overseas voting begins for Japan general election

Overseas voting begins for Japan general election

Japanese citizens cast their ballots at the Japanese Consulate General in Sydney on Jan. 28, 2026, for the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election. Eligible Japanese voters living abroad are allowed to vote at diplomatic missions around the world.

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Overseas voting begins for Japan general election

Overseas voting begins for Japan general election

Japanese citizens cast their ballots at the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Jan. 28, 2026, for the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election. Eligible Japanese voters living abroad are allowed to vote at diplomatic missions around the world.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi makes a speech in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began in Japan the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi makes a speech in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began in Japan the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Campaigning for general election in Japan

Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda makes a stump speech in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began in Japan the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita makes a stump speech in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began in Japan the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Campaigning for general election in Japan

Japan Innovation Party co-leader Fumitake Fujita makes a stump speech in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began in Japan the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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General election in Japan

General election in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi makes a speech in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began in Japan the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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Campaigning for general election in Japan

Campaigning for general election in Japan

Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda makes a stump speech in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 28, 2026, as official campaigning began in Japan the previous day for the House of Representatives election on Feb. 8.

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A-bomb exhibition at Battleship Missouri Memorial

A-bomb exhibition at Battleship Missouri Memorial

Sadae Kasaoka, 92, an atomic bomb survivor, talks about her experience in Hiroshima during an interview to the media on the first day of a special exhibition on the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Aug. 12, 2025. The exhibition, displaying items from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb museums, will run until Feb. 28, 2026.

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A-bomb exhibition at Battleship Missouri Memorial

A-bomb exhibition at Battleship Missouri Memorial

A visitor looks at items related to the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the first day of a special exhibition at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Aug. 12, 2025. The exhibition, displaying items from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb museums, will run until Feb. 28, 2026.

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A-bomb exhibition at Battleship Missouri Memorial

A-bomb exhibition at Battleship Missouri Memorial

Sadae Kasaoka, 92, an atomic bomb survivor, talks about her experience in Hiroshima on the first day of a special exhibition on the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Aug. 12, 2025. The exhibition, displaying items from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb museums, will run until Feb. 28, 2026.

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Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

Photo taken on Feb. 28, 2025, shows the 2025 World Exposition's iconic Grand Ring, just completed on an artificial island in the western Japan city of Osaka, which was recognized in March as the world's largest wooden structure by Guinness World Records.

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Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 28, 2025, shows the 2025 World Exposition's iconic Grand Ring, just completed on an artificial island in the western Japan city of Osaka, which was recognized in March as the world's largest wooden structure by Guinness World Records.

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Scene in Kyiv

Scene in Kyiv

A TV screen in Kyiv on Feb. 28, 2025, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington.

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Scene in Kyiv

Scene in Kyiv

A TV screen in Kyiv on Feb. 28, 2025, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani rounds the bases after hitting a home run off Los Angeles Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi in the first inning of a spring training game in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 28, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Netherlands

Speed skating: World Cup in Netherlands

Miho Takagi of Japan competes en route to winning silver in the women's 1,500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet on Feb. 28, 2025, in Heerenveen in the Netherlands.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani hits a home run off Los Angeles Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi in the first inning of a spring training game in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 28, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani hits a home run off Los Angeles Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi in the first inning of a spring training game in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 28, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani hits a home run off Los Angeles Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi in the first inning of a spring training game in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 28, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani hits a home run off Los Angeles Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi in the first inning of a spring training game in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 28, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Baseball: MLB spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani hits a home run off Los Angeles Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi in the first inning of a spring training game in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 28, 2025.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Netherlands

Speed skating: World Cup in Netherlands

Miho Takagi of Japan competes en route to winning silver in the women's 1,500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet on Feb. 28, 2025, in Heerenveen in the Netherlands.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Japan's Yuki Ito competes in the women's normal hill individual ski jumping event at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on Feb. 28, 2025.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Japan's Yuki Ito competes in the women's normal hill individual ski jumping event at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on Feb. 28, 2025.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Japan's Sara Takanashi competes in the women's normal hill individual ski jumping event at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on Feb. 28, 2025.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Japan's Sara Takanashi competes in the women's normal hill individual ski jumping event at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on Feb. 28, 2025.

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Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Yasuyuki Suehiro (2nd from L), manager of the Studio Alta building in Tokyo's Shinjuku area, speaks during a ceremony on Feb. 28, 2025, as the landmark building, a popular meeting spot and former filming site of a long-running Japanese variety show, draws the curtain on 45 years of history.

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Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Photo taken on Feb. 28, 2025, shows the landmark Studio Alta building in Tokyo's Shinjuku area, a popular meeting spot and former filming site of a long-running Japanese variety show, on its final day. The building, whose exterior is well-known for its large-scale screen, drew the curtain on 45 years of history.

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Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Photo taken on Feb. 28, 2025, shows the landmark Studio Alta building in Tokyo's Shinjuku area, a popular meeting spot and former filming site of a long-running Japanese variety show, on its final day. The building, whose exterior is well-known for its large-scale screen, drew the curtain on 45 years of history.

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Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Yasuyuki Suehiro, manager of the Studio Alta building in Tokyo's Shinjuku area, bows during a ceremony on Feb. 28, 2025, as the landmark building, a popular meeting spot and former filming site of a long-running Japanese variety show, draws the curtain on 45 years of history.

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Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Studio Alta closes after 45 years

Photo taken on Feb. 28, 2025, shows the landmark Studio Alta building in Tokyo's Shinjuku area, a popular meeting spot and former filming site of a long-running Japanese variety show, on its final day. The building, whose exterior is well-known for its large-scale screen, drew the curtain on 45 years of history.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Japan's Akito Watabe competes in the Nordic combined mixed team ski jumping round at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on Feb. 28, 2025.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Japan's Ryota Yamamoto competes in the Nordic combined mixed team ski jumping round at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on Feb. 28, 2025.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Japan's Haruka Kasai competes in the Nordic combined mixed team ski jumping round at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on Feb. 28, 2025.

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Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Skiing: Nordic World Ski Championships

Japan's Yuna Kasai competes in the Nordic combined mixed team ski jumping round at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, on Feb. 28, 2025.

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Forest fire continues in northeastern Japan

Forest fire continues in northeastern Japan

A forest fire continues to burn on the night of Feb. 28, 2025, on a mountain in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Forest fire continues in northeastern Japan

Forest fire continues in northeastern Japan

A forest fire continues to burn on the night of Feb. 28, 2025, on a mountain in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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Drone aerial photo service

Drone aerial photo service

A drone flies over the island of Shodoshima in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Feb. 28, 2025, to take aerial pictures of the island's landscape popular among tourists. Major travel agency JTB and partners demonstrated the flight for the media as they are set to begin Japan's first drone aerial photo service dubbed "Skypix" in August.

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Drone aerial photo service

Drone aerial photo service

A drone flies over the island of Shodoshima in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Feb. 28, 2025, to take aerial pictures of the island's landscape popular among tourists. Major travel agency JTB and partners demonstrated the flight for the media as they are set to begin Japan's first drone aerial photo service dubbed "Skypix" in August.

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Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

Photo taken on Feb. 28, 2025, shows the interior of the Grand Ring, a gigantic wooden structure symbolizing the site of the 2025 World Exposition, completed the same day on an artificial island in the western Japan city of Osaka. The event begins in April.

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Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

Photo taken on Feb. 28, 2025, shows the interior of the Grand Ring, a gigantic wooden structure symbolizing the site of the 2025 World Exposition, completed the same day on an artificial island in the western Japan city of Osaka. The event begins in April.

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