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Turkey ahead of elections

A sea of supporters gather for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election campaign event in Rize, northern Turkey, on March 3, 2023.

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Ozeki Takakeisho

Ozeki Takakeisho is pictured after training in Tokyo on May 3, 2023, ahead of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament starting on May 14. Takakeisho pulled out of the spring tournament midway with a knee injury in March.

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People in favor of protecting the current Japanese Constitution march in Tokyo on May 3, 2023, the 76th anniversary of its coming into force.

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Turkey ahead of elections

A sea of supporters gather for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's election campaign event in Rize, northern Turkey, on March 3, 2023.

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Constitution Memorial Day in Japan

People in favor of protecting the current Japanese Constitution march in Tokyo on May 3, 2023, the 76th anniversary of its coming into force.

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Ozeki Takakeisho

Ozeki Takakeisho is pictured after training in Tokyo on May 3, 2023, ahead of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament starting on May 14. Takakeisho pulled out of the spring tournament midway with a knee injury in March.

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Baseball: Angels' Rendon suspended 4 games over fan incident

Los Angeles Angels' Anthony Rendon speaks to media ahead of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on April 3, 2023. Rendon will serve a four-game suspension as punishment for an altercation with a fan which was caught on video and posted to social media after the Angels' 2-1 loss to the Oakland Athletics in Oakland on March 30.

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto dies

Photo taken on April 3, 2023, shows a section earmarked for the late Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto at a Tower Records store in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. A world-renowned musician and composer, Sakamoto, also the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died of cancer at 71 in late March 2023.

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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto dies

Photo taken on April 3, 2023, shows a section earmarked for the late Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto at a Tower Records store in Tokyo's Shinjuku area. A world-renowned musician and composer, Sakamoto, also the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died of cancer at 71 in late March 2023.

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Baseball: Fighters' new ballpark in Hokkaido

File photo taken on Nov. 3, 2022, shows the Nippon Ham Fighters' new home stadium, Es Con Field Hokkaido, in Kitahiroshima, northern Japan, which opened on March 30, 2023. The new stadium boasts a retractable roof to shield the game and its natural grass turf from Hokkaido's frigid winters and snowy weather, as well as a 70-meter glass wall behind the bleachers to allow sunlight onto the turf. It includes a tower in left field complete with a hotel and spa, where patrons can view the game in style.

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Russian POWs in Ukraine

Photo taken March 3, 2023, shows a corridor at an internment camp for Russian prisoners of war in western Ukraine. Kyodo News was allowed to interview the POWs by Ukrainian authorities on the condition the precise location of the facility not be disclosed.

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Russian POWs in Ukraine

A Russian prisoner of war gives an interview at an internment camp in western Ukraine on March 3, 2023. Kyodo News was allowed to interview the POWs by Ukrainian authorities on the condition the precise location of the facility not be disclosed.

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Russian POWs in Ukraine

Russian prisoners of war line up at an internment camp in western Ukraine on March 3, 2023. Kyodo News was allowed to interview the POWs by Ukrainian authorities on the condition the precise location of the facility not be disclosed.

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Russian POWs in Ukraine

Russian prisoners of war eat lunch at an internment camp in western Ukraine on March 3, 2023. Kyodo News was allowed to interview the POWs by Ukrainian authorities on the condition the precise location of the facility not be disclosed.

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Russian POWs in Ukraine

Russian prisoners of war make paper gift bags at an internment camp in western Ukraine on March 3, 2023. Kyodo News was allowed to interview the POWs by Ukrainian authorities on the condition the precise location of the facility not be disclosed.

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Russian POWs in Ukraine

Russian prisoners of war build chairs at an internment camp in western Ukraine on March 3, 2023. Kyodo News was allowed to interview the POWs by Ukrainian authorities on the condition the precise location of the facility not be disclosed.

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U.S. aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford

Photo taken on March 3, 2023, shows the flight deck of the U.S. Navy's new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, the world's biggest warship, while it is positioned in the Atlantic Ocean.

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U.S. aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford

A fighter plane lands on the U.S. Navy's new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, the world's biggest warship, in the Atlantic Ocean on March 3, 2023.

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World Baseball Classic

Japan's Shohei Ohtani (L) and Lars Nootbaar chat in the dugout during the team's World Baseball Classic warm-up game against the Chunichi Dragons at Vantelin Dome Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on March 3, 2023.

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Nobel-winning author, peace activist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88

Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe speaks during an interview at his home in Tokyo in July 2015. The winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature, who was also known as a proponent of Japan's pacifist Constitution and against nuclear power, Oe died of old age on March 3, 2023.

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Nobel-winning author, peace activist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88

Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe is pictured after attending the award ceremony for the 1994 Nobel Prize recipients in Stockholm in December 1994. Oe, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, known for being a proponent of Japan's pacifist Constitution and against nuclear power, died of old age on March 3, 2023.

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Nobel-winning author, peace activist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88

Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe speaks during a rally protesting against the Japanese government's security policy held in front of the parliament building in Tokyo in September 2015. The winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature, who was also known as a proponent of Japan's pacifist Constitution and against nuclear power, Oe died of old age on March 3, 2023.

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Nobel-winning author, peace activist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88

Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe delivers his Nobel lecture at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm in December 1994, as he was awarded Nobel Prize in Literature for that year. Oe, a proponent of Japan's pacifist Constitution and against nuclear power, died of old age on March 3, 2023.

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GSDF-U.S. Marines drills in southwestern Japan

Residents of Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, watch a large-scale joint drill of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps on the island shore on March 3, 2023.

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GSDF-U.S. Marines drills in southwestern Japan

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members land by an amphibious vehicle on the shore of Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, as part of large-scale joint drills with the U.S. Marine Corps on March 3, 2023. The annual exercise, dubbed "Iron Fist," is being held outside the U.S. state of California for the first time since its launch in 2006.

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GSDF-U.S. Marines drills in southwestern Japan

Photo taken on March 3, 2023 shows inside the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship America anchored off the coast of Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The ship was open to the media during large-scale joint drills of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps.

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N. Korea's Kim calls for increase in grain production in key meeting

People wearing face masks walk in Pyongyang on March 3, 2023. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for increasing grain production at a key four-day ruling party meeting through Wednesday focused on agricultural development, state-run media reported, amid speculation that the country has been suffering from a chronic food shortage. At the plenary meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea, which followed the previous plenum by an unusually short interval of two months, Kim said it is "important to concentrate on increasing the per-hectare yield at all the farms," the official Korean Central News Agency said Thursday. He also stressed the need to enhance the role of the provincial, city and county guidance organs and all the farms in attaining the long-term objective of agricultural development, KCNA said.

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Para swimmer Ibrahim Al Hussein

Screenshot shows Ibrahim Al Hussein, a Syrian swimmer who represented the Refugee Paralympic Team at the Tokyo Games, speaking during an online interview in Athens on March 3, 2023.

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Baseball: Japan's WBC warm-up game

A chartered flight carrying Shohei Ohtani of Japan's national baseball team is pictured landing on an airport in Nagoya, central Japan, on March 3, 2023, to join the Japan team ahead of the World Baseball Classic.

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Aftermath of devastating earthquake in Turkey

Photo taken in Gaziantep, southern Turkey, on March 3, 2023, shows Gaziantep Castle severely damaged by a powerful earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6.

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Aftermath of devastating earthquake in Turkey

Photo taken in Gaziantep, southern Turkey, on March 3, 2023, shows Gaziantep Castle severely damaged by a powerful earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6.

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Aftermath of devastating earthquake in Turkey

Photo taken in Gaziantep, southern Turkey, on March 3, 2023, shows Gaziantep Castle severely damaged by a powerful earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6.

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Aftermath of devastating earthquake in Turkey

Photo taken in Gaziantep, southern Turkey, on March 3, 2023, shows a woman taking a picture of Gaziantep Castle severely damaged by a powerful earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6.

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Aftermath of devastating earthquake in Turkey

Photo taken in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on March 3, 2023, shows World Heritage-listed Diyarbakir Fortress. Its walls were severely damaged by a powerful earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6.

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Aftermath of devastating earthquake in Turkey

Photo taken in Gaziantep, southern Turkey, on March 3, 2023, shows Gaziantep Castle severely damaged by a powerful earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6.

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Aftermath of devastating earthquake in Turkey

Photo taken in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on March 3, 2023, shows World Heritage-listed Diyarbakir Fortress. Its walls were severely damaged by a powerful earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6.

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Figure skating: World junior championships

Japanese figure skater Mao Shimada competes in the free program en route to winning gold in the women's singles at the world junior championships in Calgary, Canada, on March 3, 2023.

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Figure skating: World junior championships

Japanese figure skater Mao Shimada competes in the free program en route to winning gold in the women's singles at the world junior championships in Calgary, Canada, on March 3, 2023.

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Figure skating: World junior championships

Japanese figure skater Mao Shimada competes in the free program en route to winning gold in the women's singles at the world junior championships in Calgary, Canada, on March 3, 2023.

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Figure skating: World junior championships

Japanese figure skater Mao Shimada competes in the free program en route to winning gold in the women's singles at the world junior championships in Calgary, Canada, on March 3, 2023.

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Figure skating: World junior championships

Japanese figure skater Mao Shimada (L) celebrates after winning gold in the women's singles at the world junior championships in Calgary, Canada, on March 3, 2023, alongside compatriot Ami Nakai, who got bronze.

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Figure skating: World junior championships

Japanese figure skater Mao Shimada (L) poses for a photo after winning gold in the women's singles at the world junior championships in Calgary, Canada, on March 3, 2023, alongside compatriot Ami Nakai, who got bronze.

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Figure skating: World junior championships

Japanese figure skater Mao Shimada (L) poses after winning gold in the women's singles at the world junior championships in Calgary, Canada, on March 3, 2023, alongside compatriot Ami Nakai, who got bronze.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Kenta Maeda of the Minnesota is pictured during spring training in Fort Myers, Florida, on March 3, 2023.

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Speed skating: World championships

American speed skater Jordan Stolz (C) poses after winning gold in the men's 500 meters at the world championships in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on March 3, 2023, alongside Canada's Laurent Dubreuil (L) and Japan's Wataru Morishige, who finished second and third, respectively.

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Speed skating: World championships

Japanese speed skater Wataru Morishige competes en route to securing bronze in the men's 500 meters at the world championships in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on March 3, 2023.

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Speed skating: World championships

Japan's trio of Momoka Horikawa (R), Sumire Kikuchi (C) and Ayano Sato celebrate after getting silver in the women's pursuit at the speed skating world championships in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on March 3, 2023.

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Speed skating: World championships

Japan's trio of Momoka Horikawa (C), Sumire Kikuchi (L) and Ayano Sato compete in the women's pursuit en route to collecting silver at the speed skating world championships in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on March 3, 2023.

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Speed skating: World championships

Japanese speed skater Miho Takagi competes en route to finishing sixth in the women's 500 meters at the world championships in Heerenveen, the Netherlands, on March 3, 2023.

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Baseball: MLB spring training

Kenta Maeda of the Minnesota Twins warms up during spring training in Fort Myers, Florida, on March 3, 2023.