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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on March 12, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from R) the Italian and Belgian pavilions for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka starting in April.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on March 12, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from L) the French, U.S. and Philippine pavilions for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka starting in April.

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AI-incorporated lunar rover

Photo taken on March 12, 2025, shows a prototype of an AI robot for use as a lunar rover unveiled by its developers, including Tohoku University and Kyoto University teams, at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's facility mimicking the lunar surface in Sagamihara in the eastern Japan prefecture of Kanagawa.

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Doctors Without Borders chief

Doctors Without Borders President Christos Christou meets the press in Tokyo on March 12, 2025, following U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to freeze foreign aid via the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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Wage talks at PM's office

Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Ken Kobayashi meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 12, 2025, following wage talks with labor union leaders and politicians.

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Wage talks at PM's office

Japanese Trade Union Confederation chief Tomoko Yoshino meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 12, 2025, following wage talks with business leaders and politicians.

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Box to measure health conditions

Photo taken on March 12, 2025, shows the interior of a box set up at JR Osaka Station to measure health indicators related to blood vessels, the heart, brain, eyesight, teeth, skin and hair. Pedestrians can use the boxes, also available at other JR stations in the western Japan city, free of charge during the 2025 World Exposition starting in April.

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Boxes to measure health conditions

Photo taken on March 12, 2025, shows boxes set up at JR Osaka Station to measure health indicators related to blood vessels, the heart, brain, eyesight, teeth, skin and hair. Pedestrians can use the boxes, also available at other JR stations in the western Japan city, free of charge during the 2025 World Exposition starting in April.

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Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki and Randy Johnson

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder and new member of the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame Ichiro Suzuki (L) poses with Randy Johnson, also a former Mariner inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015, at the baseball club's spring training site in Peoria, Arizona, on March 12, 2025. The Mariners decided earlier in the year to retire Ichiro's No. 51, which also had been worn by Johonson.

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Baseball: Ichiro Suzuki and Randy Johnson

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder and new member of the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame Ichiro Suzuki (L) shakes hands with Randy Johnson, also a former Mariner inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015, at the baseball club's spring training site in Peoria, Arizona, on March 12, 2025. The Mariners decided earlier in the year to retire Ichiro's No. 51, which also had been worn by Johonson.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 12, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of a sarin nerve gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult on Tokyo's subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at the subway's Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 1995, was killed in the attack.

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Freestyle skiing: Moguls World Cup

Canada's Mikael Kingsbury (R) kisses the victor's trophy after winning the men's freestyle skiing moguls overall leader title in Livigno, Italy, on March 12, 2025, alongside second-placed Japan's Ikuma Horishima.

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Freestyle skiing: Moguls World Cup

Australia's Charlotte Wilson competes en route to winning gold in the World Cup women's dual moguls event in Livigno, Italy, on March 12, 2025.

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Freestyle skiing: Moguls World Cup

Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury (C) poses after winning gold in the World Cup men's dual moguls event in Livigno, Italy, on March 12, 2025, alongside silver medalist Ikuma Horishima (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Filip Gravenfors of Sweden.

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Freestyle skiing: Moguls World Cup

Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury competes en route to winning gold in the World Cup men's dual moguls event in Livigno, Italy, on March 12, 2025.

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Freestyle skiing: Moguls World Cup

Japanese freestyle skier Ikuma Horishima reacts after settling for silver in the World Cup men's dual moguls event in Livigno, Italy, on March 12, 2025.

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Freestyle skiing: Moguls World Cup

Japanese freestyle skier Ikuma Horishima crosses the finish line in the World Cup men's dual moguls final in Livigno, Italy, on March 12, 2025. He finished second.

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Freestyle skiing: Moguls World Cup

Japanese freestyle skier Ikuma Horishima (L) and Canadian skier Mikael Kingsbury compete in the World Cup men's dual moguls final in Livigno, Italy, on March 12, 2025.

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Freestyle skiing: Moguls World Cup

Japanese freestyle skier Ikuma Horishima (L) and Canadian skier Mikael Kingsbury compete in the World Cup men's dual moguls final in Livigno, Italy, on March 12, 2025.

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Football-AFC Champions League Elite

Kawasaki Frontale players celebrate after beating Shanghai Shenhua of China in an AFC Champions League Elite round of 16 second-leg football match in Kawasaki, eastern Japan, on March 12, 2025.

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Football-AFC Champions League Elite

Kawasaki Frontale players celebrate after beating Shanghai Shenhua of China in an AFC Champions League Elite round of 16 second-leg football match in Kawasaki, eastern Japan, on March 12, 2025.

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Japanese sake promotion in Brazil

The Japanese Embassy in Brazil holds a tourism event in Brasilia, including a corner promoting sake from Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on March 12, 2025, to mark the 130th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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Japanese sake promotion in Brazil

The Japanese Embassy in Brazil holds a tourism event in Brasilia, including a corner promoting sake from Niigata Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on March 12, 2025, to mark the 130th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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Football: AFC Champions League Elite

Vissel Kobe players are pictured after losing to Gwangju FC of South Korea in an AFC Champions League Elite round of 16 second-leg football match in Gwangju, South Korea, on March 12, 2025.

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Football-AFC Champions League Elite

Vissel Kobe players are pictured after losing to Gwangju FC of South Korea in an AFC Champions League Elite round of 16 second-leg football match in Gwangju, South Korea, on March 12, 2025.

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Football-AFC Champions League Elite

Erison (9) of Kawasaki Frontale reacts after scoring the team's second goal in the second half of an AFC Champions League Elite round of 16 second-leg football match against Shanghai Shenhua of China in Kawasaki, eastern Japan, on March 12, 2025.

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Football-AFC Champions League Elite

Erison (C) of Kawasaki Frontale reacts after scoring the team's second goal in the second half of an AFC Champions League Elite round of 16 second-leg football match against Shanghai Shenhua of China in Kawasaki, eastern Japan, on March 12, 2025.

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Football-AFC Champions League Elite

Erison (C) of Kawasaki Frontale scores the team's second goal in the second half of an AFC Champions League Elite round of 16 second-leg football match against Shanghai Shenhua of China in Kawasaki, eastern Japan, on March 12, 2025.

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Football-AFC Champions League Elite

Tatsuya Ito (C) of Kawasaki Frontale scores the team's third goal in the second half of an AFC Champions League Elite round of 16 second-leg football match against Shanghai Shenhua of China in Kawasaki, eastern Japan, on March 12, 2025.

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Football-AFC Champions League Elite

Erison (C) of Kawasaki Frontale scores the team's second goal in the second half of an AFC Champions League Elite round of 16 second-leg football match against Shanghai Shenhua of China in Kawasaki, eastern Japan, on March 12, 2025.

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Football-AFC Champions League Elite

Asahi Sasaki (L) of Kawasaki Frontale opens the scoring in the first half of an AFC Champions League Elite round of 16 second-leg football match against Shanghai Shenhua of China in Kawasaki, eastern Japan, on March 12, 2025.

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Football-AFC Champions League Elite

Asahi Sasaki (L) of Kawasaki Frontale reacts after opening the scoring in the first half of an AFC Champions League Elite round of 16 second-leg football match against Shanghai Shenhua of China in Kawasaki, eastern Japan, on March 12, 2025.

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Annual fire festival at Todai-ji temple

A pine torch about eight meters long is hung at World Heritage-listed Todaiji Temple's Nigatsu-do hall in Nara, western Japan, on March 12, 2025, for an annual "omizutori" water-drawing fire ceremony, which dates back to 752.

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Annual fire festival at Todai-ji temple

A pine torch about eight meters long is hung at World Heritage-listed Todaiji Temple's Nigatsu-do hall in Nara, western Japan, on March 12, 2025, for an annual "omizutori" water-drawing fire ceremony, which dates back to 752.

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Centennial anniv. of death of Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen

Eric Chu (C), leader of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party, offers a wreathe of flowers during a memorial ceremony for Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen in front of his memorial hall in Taipei on March 12, 2025, the centennial anniversary of his death. Sun played an instrumental role in overthrowing Chinese imperial rule in the 1911 revolution.

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Centennial anniv. of death of Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen

People visit Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province, China, on March 12, 2025, the centennial anniversary of his death. Sun played an instrumental role in overthrowing Chinese imperial rule in the 1911 revolution.

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Japan crown prince at World Exposition site in Osaka

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko visit the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion at the 2025 World Exposition site, an artificial island in Osaka, on March 12, 2025, ahead of the event starting in April. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince at World Exposition site in Osaka

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko visit the 2025 World Exposition's iconic Grand Ring on an artificial island in Osaka on March 12, 2025, ahead of the event starting in April. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince at World Exposition site in Osaka

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko visit the Japan Pavillion at the 2025 World Exposition site, an artificial island in Osaka, on March 12, 2025, ahead of the event starting in April. (Pool photo)

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Masataka Yoshida of the Boston Red Sox runs to first base after hitting an RBI single in the third inning of a spring training baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers, Florida, on March 12, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Masataka Yoshida of the Boston Red Sox hits an RBI single in the third inning of a spring training baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers, Florida, on March 12, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Masataka Yoshida of the Boston Red Sox hits an RBI single in the third inning of a spring training baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers, Florida, on March 12, 2025.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (C) of the Los Angeles Dodgers leaves the club's spring training site in Glendale, Arizona, on March 12, 2025, to fly to Japan for Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs at Tokyo Dome.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Roki Sasaki (C) of the Los Angeles Dodgers leaves the club's spring training site in Glendale, Arizona, on March 12, 2025, to fly to Japan for Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs at Tokyo Dome.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Shohei Ohtani (C) of the Los Angeles Dodgers leaves the club's spring training site in Glendale, Arizona, on March 12, 2025, to fly to Japan for Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series against the Chicago Cubs at Tokyo Dome.

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Sand lances landed at western Japan port

Photo shows containers of juvenile sand lances landed at Hayashizaki fishing port in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on March 12, 2025, the first day of the season's harvest.

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Sand lances landed at western Japan port

Photo shows containers of juvenile sand lances landed at Hayashizaki fishing port in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on March 12, 2025, the first day of the season's harvest.

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