Mizuho Financial to buy Indian investment bank

Mizuho Financial to buy Indian investment bank

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Masahiro Kihara (L) and Gaurav Deepak, CEO of Avendus Capital Private Ltd., shake hands at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2025. The major Japanese financial group said it will buy the major Indian investment bank to strengthen operations in the South Asian country with high growth potential.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japanese pair Riku Miura (R) and Ryuichi Kihara perform during the exhibition gala of the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 7, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japanese pair Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara perform during the exhibition gala of the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 7, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japanese pair Riku Miura (top) and Ryuichi Kihara perform during the exhibition gala of the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 7, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japanese pair Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara perform during the exhibition gala of the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 7, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (3rd from L) and Ryuichi Kihara (4th from L) pose after winning gold in the pairs event at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025, alongside silver medalists Sara Conti (2nd from L) and Niccolo Macii (far L) of Italy and bronze medalists Minerva Fabienne Hase (2nd from R) and Nikita Volodin of Germany.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (front, C) and Ryuichi Kihara (back, C) pose after winning gold in the pairs event at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025, alongside silver medalists Sara Conti (front, L) and Niccolo Macii (back, L) of Italy and bronze medalists Minerva Fabienne Hase (front, R) and Nikita Volodin of Germany.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (front) and Ryuichi Kihara pose after winning gold in the pairs event at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara pose after winning gold in the pairs event at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara pose after winning gold in the pairs event at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara pose after winning gold in the pairs event at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara pose after winning gold in the pairs event at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara pose after winning gold in the pairs event at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara (C) react after winning gold in the pairs event at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs free program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara are pictured after winning gold in the pairs event at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs free program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs free program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs free program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (R) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs free program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (top) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs free program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (front) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs free program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (top) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs free program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 5, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (front) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (front) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (front) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (top) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (R) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (R) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japan's Riku Miura (top) and Ryuichi Kihara perform in the pairs short program at the Grand Prix Final figure skating competition at IG Arena in Nagoya on Dec. 4, 2025.

U.S. ambassador meets Japan's top spokesman

U.S. ambassador meets Japan's top spokesman

U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass meets the press at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025, after holding talks with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara.

U.S. ambassador meets Japan's top spokesman

U.S. ambassador meets Japan's top spokesman

U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass meets the press at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025, after holding talks with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara.

48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (C) meets the press during a visit to the site in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, where Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, together with her younger twin brothers Tetsuya (L) and Takuya on Nov. 15, 2025, the 48th anniversary of her abduction.

48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (C) meets the press during a visit to the site in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, where Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, together with her younger twin brothers Tetsuya (L) and Takuya on Nov. 15, 2025, the 48th anniversary of her abduction.

48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

48th anniv. of Megumi Yokota's abduction

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (far R) visits the site in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo, where Megumi Yokota was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, together with her younger twin brothers Tetsuya (2nd from R) and Takuya (2nd from L) on Nov. 15, 2025, the 48th anniversary of her abduction.

Figure skating: Skate America

Figure skating: Skate America

Riku Miura (C, bottom) and Ryuichi Kihara (C, top) of Japan pose after winning gold in the pairs event at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 15, 2025, alongside silver medalists Anastasiia Metelkina (L, bottom) and Luka Berulava (L, top) of Georgia and bronze medalists Kelly Ann Laurin (R, bottom) and Loucas Ethier of Canada.

Figure skating: Skate America

Figure skating: Skate America

Riku Miura (C, bottom) and Ryuichi Kihara (C, top) of Japan pose after winning gold in the pairs event at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 15, 2025, alongside silver medalists Anastasiia Metelkina (L, bottom) and Luka Berulava (L, top) of Georgia and bronze medalists Kelly Ann Laurin (R, bottom) and Loucas Ethier of Canada.

Figure skating: Skate America

Figure skating: Skate America

Riku Miura (C, bottom) and Ryuichi Kihara (C, top) of Japan pose after winning gold in the pairs event at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 15, 2025, alongside silver medalists Anastasiia Metelkina (L, bottom) and Luka Berulava (L, top) of Georgia and bronze medalists Kelly Ann Laurin (R, bottom) and Loucas Ethier of Canada.

Figure skating: Skate America

Figure skating: Skate America

Riku Miura (top) and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan compete in the pairs free program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 15, 2025.

Figure skating: Skate America

Figure skating: Skate America

Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan pose after winning gold in the pairs event at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 15, 2025.

Figure skating: Skate America

Figure skating: Skate America

Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan compete in the pairs free program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 15, 2025.

Figure skating: Skate America

Figure skating: Skate America

Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan pose after winning gold in the pairs event at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 15, 2025.

Figure skating: Skate America

Figure skating: Skate America

Riku Miura (R) and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan wave after winning gold in the pairs event at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 15, 2025.

Figure skating: Skate America

Figure skating: Skate America

Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan pose after winning gold in the pairs event at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 15, 2025.

Figure skating: Skate America

Figure skating: Skate America

Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan compete in the pairs free program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 15, 2025.

Figure skating: Skate America

Figure skating: Skate America

Riku Miura (top) and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan compete in the pairs free program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 15, 2025.

Figure skating: Skate America

Figure skating: Skate America

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan compete in the pairs short program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 14, 2025.

Figure skating: Skate America

Figure skating: Skate America

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan compete in the pairs short program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 14, 2025.

Figure skating: Skate America

Figure skating: Skate America

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan compete in the pairs short program at the Skate America figure skating competition in Lake Placid, New York, on Nov. 14, 2025.