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Japan's suspected currency intervention

Photo taken on May 3, 2026, shows Japan's Finance Ministry in Tokyo. The ministry and the Bank of Japan likely spent an additional 4 trillion yen during the Golden Week holiday in early May to arrest the yen's further fall following a yen-buying operation on April 30.

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Japan's suspected currency intervention

Photo taken on March 19, 2026, shows the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo. The Finance Ministry and the BOJ likely spent an additional 4 trillion yen during the Golden Week holiday in early May to arrest the yen's further fall following a yen-buying operation on April 30.

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Return rush of Golden Week travelers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with vehicles near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the night of May 6, 2026, the final day of the Golden Week holidays.

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Return rush of Golden Week travelers in Japan

The arrival lobby for international flights at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture is crowded with travelers on May 6, 2026, the final day of the Golden Week holidays.

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Return rush of Golden Week travelers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with vehicles near the Ebina service area in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on the night of May 6, 2026, the final day of the Golden Week holidays.

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Return rush of Golden Week travelers in Japan

The arrival lobby for international flights at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture is crowded with travelers on May 6, 2026, the final day of the Golden Week holidays.

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Return rush of Golden Week travelers in Japan

The arrival lobby for international flights at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture is crowded with travelers on May 6, 2026, the final day of the Golden Week holidays.

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Golden Week holiday rush in Japan

A departure lobby at Haneda airport in Tokyo is crowded with passengers on May 2, 2026, as the second half of the Golden Week holiday begins in Japan.

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Golden Week holiday rush in Japan

A departure lobby at Haneda airport in Tokyo is crowded with passengers on May 2, 2026, as the second half of the Golden Week holiday begins in Japan.

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Golden Week holiday rush in Japan

A departure lobby at Haneda airport in Tokyo is crowded with passengers on May 2, 2026, as the second half of the Golden Week holiday begins in Japan.

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Golden Week holiday rush in Japan

A departure lobby at Haneda airport in Tokyo is crowded with passengers on May 2, 2026, as the second half of the Golden Week holiday begins in Japan.

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Narita airport crowded with travelers

People form a long queue at a security checkpoint at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on April 25, 2026. Many head off on trips in Japan's Golden Week holiday period from late April to early May.

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Narita airport crowded with travelers

People form a long queue at a security checkpoint at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on April 25, 2026. Many head off on trips in Japan's Golden Week holiday period from late April to early May.

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Japan: Early-Blooming Kawazu Cherry Blossoms Reached Best Viewing Period 3

The early-blooming Kawazu-zakura cherry blossoms with deep pink petals reached their best viewing period, after starting to bloom in late January, about a week earlier than usual.

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Japan: Early-Blooming Kawazu Cherry Blossoms Reached Best Viewing Period 2

The early-blooming Kawazu-zakura cherry blossoms with deep pink petals reached their best viewing period, after starting to bloom in late January, about a week earlier than usual.

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Japan: Early-Blooming Kawazu Cherry Blossoms Reached Best Viewing Period

The early-blooming Kawazu-zakura cherry blossoms with deep pink petals reached their best viewing period, after starting to bloom in late January, about a week earlier than usual.

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RECAP: Over 50 Injured After Strong M7.5 Quake Strikes Northern Japan

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off Aomori late Monday, December 8, triggering tsunami warnings across Hokkaido and Tohoku before being lifted early Tuesday. Over 50 injuries and power outages were reported. Authorities warn of a heightened risk of another major quake in the coming week.

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Japan crown princess visits Sapporo

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (3rd from R) visits on Sept. 24, 2025, the Former Hokkaido Government Office Building, known as the Red Brick Office, in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, where she is visiting to attend events for tuberculosis prevention week. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown princess visits Sapporo

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (front, 2nd from L) visits on Sept. 24, 2025, the Former Hokkaido Government Office Building, known as the Red Brick Office, in Sapporo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, where she is visiting to attend events for tuberculosis prevention week. (Pool photo)

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Italian week at Osaka expo

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at a ceremony marking the opening of the eight-day Italian week at the World Exposition in Osaka on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Italian week at Osaka expo

Dancers perform the Awa Odori traditional folk dance of Japan's Tokushima Prefecture at a ceremony marking the opening of the eight-day Italian week at the World Exposition in Osaka on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Fatal stabbing of woman in western Japan

A woman prays on Aug. 27, 2025, in front of an apartment building in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, where a female resident was stabbed to death a week earlier.

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Fatal stabbing of woman in western Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 27, 2025, shows flowers and drinks offered in front of an apartment building in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, where a female resident was stabbed to death a week earlier.

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Memorial service for 3 sunken ships off Hokkaido in 1945

Candles are lit on a beach in Rumoi, Hokkaido, on Aug. 16, 2025, in memory of about 1,700 victims of the Aug. 22, 1945 sinking of three Japanese civilian transport ships by Soviet submarines off the northern Japan city a week after Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Memorial service for 3 sunken ships off Hokkaido in 1945

Candles are lit on a beach in Rumoi, Hokkaido, on Aug. 16, 2025, in memory of about 1,700 victims of the Aug. 22, 1945 sinking of three Japanese civilian transport ships by Soviet submarines off the northern Japan city a week after Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Memorial service for 3 sunken ships off Hokkaido in 1945

Candles are lit on a beach in Rumoi, Hokkaido, on Aug. 16, 2025, in memory of about 1,700 victims of the Aug. 22, 1945 sinking of three Japanese civilian transport ships by Soviet submarines off the northern Japan city a week after Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Evacuation from quake-hit island

TOSHIMA, Japan, July 6 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News plane shows residents boarding a ferry to evacuate from Akuseki Island in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 6, 2025, after strong earthquakes hit the island, part of Toshima village, over the past week. (Kyodo)

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Evacuation from quake-hit island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows a ferry carrying evacuees leaving Akuseki Island in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 6, 2025, after strong earthquakes hit the island, part of Toshima village, over the past week.

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Evacuation from quake-hit island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows a ferry carrying evacuees leaving Akuseki Island in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 6, 2025, after strong earthquakes hit the island, part of Toshima village, over the past week.

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Evacuation from quake-hit island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows residents boarding a ferry to evacuate from Akuseki Island in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 6, 2025, after strong earthquakes hit the island, part of Toshima village, over the past week.

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Evacuation from quake-hit island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows residents boarding a ferry to evacuate from Akuseki Island in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 6, 2025, after strong earthquakes hit the island, part of Toshima village, over the past week.

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Evacuation from quake-hit island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows residents boarding a ferry to evacuate from Akuseki Island in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 6, 2025, after strong earthquakes hit the island, part of Toshima village, over the past week.

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Giant panda at Adventure World

Photo taken on June 21, 2025, shows giant panda Saihin at the Adventure World amusement park in the town of Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, a week ahead of her return to China. Four giant pandas on loan to Japan, including Saihin, are scheduled to return to China on June 28 ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement.

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Giant panda at Adventure World

Photo taken on June 21, 2025, shows giant panda Saihin at the Adventure World amusement park in the town of Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, a week ahead of her return to China. Four giant pandas on loan to Japan, including Saihin, are scheduled to return to China on June 28 ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Yugo Sakamoto and Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Shiori Kubo at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Japanese director Yugo Sakamoto and actress Shiori Kubo at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Yugo Sakamoto and Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Shiori Kubo at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Japanese director Yugo Sakamoto at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Japanese director Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - The opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" at the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Japanese director Yugo Sakamoto and actress Shiori Kubo at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Yugo Sakamoto and Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Shiori Kubo at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.

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Japan Film Week in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - JUNE 15, 2025 - Actress Ai Hashimoto and Japanese director Daigo Matsui at the opening ceremony of the "Japanese Film Week" of the Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai, China on June 15, 2025.