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Fukuma loses by default in shogi title series

Combined photo taken on Sept. 8, 2024, and in July 2022, respectively, shows professional shogi players in the women's category Tomoka Nishiyama (L) and Kana Fukuma. Nishiyama defended her Osho women's title as her competitor Fukuma withdrew from the third match of a best-of-three series due to ill health on Oct. 29, 2024. Fukuma earlier said she would be sidelined from competition between Nov. 17, 2024, and Feb. 12, 2025, due to pregnancy.

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Football: Premier League

Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma controls the ball during a Premier League football match against Southampton on Nov. 29, 2024, in Brighton, England.

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Football: Premier League

Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma (L) vies for the ball with Southampton's Jack Stephens during a Premier League football match on Nov. 29, 2024, in Brighton, England.

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Football: Premier League

Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma (R) vies for the ball with Southampton's Jack Stephens during a Premier League football match on Nov. 29, 2024, in Brighton, England.

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Football: Premier League

Brighton's Kaoru Mitoma (R) and Southampton's Yukinari Sugawara play in a Premier League football match in Brighton, England, on Nov. 29, 2024.

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U.N. high commissioner for refugees in Tokyo

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi holds a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024.

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U.N. high commissioner for refugees in Tokyo

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (far R) holds talks with U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi (2nd from L) in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024.

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U.N. high commissioner for refugees in Tokyo

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (R) shakes hands with U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi before their talks in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Black Friday sales in U.S.

Black Friday sales begin at a Macy's store in New York on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Black Friday sales in U.S.

Black Friday sales begin at a Macy's store in New York on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Miho Takagi of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the women's 1,500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Miho Takagi of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the women's 1,500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Miho Takagi of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the women's 1,500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Emperor attends fire service-related event

Japanese Emperor Naruhito speaks at an event in Tokyo marking the 75th anniversary of the start of municipal fire services on Nov. 29, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Emperor attends fire service-related event

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (R) speaks at an event in Tokyo marking the 75th anniversary of the start of municipal fire services on Nov. 29, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Jordan Stolz of the United States compees en route to winning gold in the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Jordan Stolz (C) of the United States poses after winning gold in the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing on Nov. 29, 2024, alongside silver medalist Jenning de Boo (L) of the Netherlands and bronze medalist Tatsuya Shinhama of Japan.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Tatsuya Shinhama of Japan competes en route to winning bronze in the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Tatsuya Shinhama of Japan competes en route to winning bronze in the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Yukino Yoshida (C) of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing on Nov. 29, 2024, alongside silver medalist Jutta Leerdam (L) and bronze medalist Dione Voskamp, both of the Netherlands.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Yukino Yoshida of Japan poses after winning gold in the women's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Yukino Yoshida of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the women's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Beijing

Yukino Yoshida of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the women's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Beijing on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama practices in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi Prefecture on Nov. 29, 2024, ahead of the Grand Prix Final competition in Grenoble, France, staring on Dec. 5.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama practices in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi Prefecture on Nov. 29, 2024, ahead of the Grand Prix Final competition in Grenoble, France, staring on Dec. 5.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama practices in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi Prefecture on Nov. 29, 2024, ahead of the Grand Prix Final competition in Grenoble, France, staring on Dec. 5.

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Figure skating: Grand Prix Final

Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama practices in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi Prefecture on Nov. 29, 2024, ahead of the Grand Prix Final competition in Grenoble, France, staring on Dec. 5.

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Santa Claus arrives in Japan

Santa Claus arrives at Narita airport in Narita near Tokyo from Finland on Nov. 29, 2024, as part of a promotional campaign by the northern European country's airline Finnair.

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Santa Claus arrives in Japan

Santa Claus arrives at Narita airport in Narita near Tokyo from Finland on Nov. 29, 2024, as part of a promotional campaign by the northern European country's airline Finnair.

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Japan gov't OKs 13.9 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024, after the government approved a 13.9 trillion yen ($92.6 billion) supplementary budget for the fiscal year through March.

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Japan gov't OKs 13.9 tril. yen extra budget

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024, after the government approved a 13.9 trillion yen ($92.6 billion) supplementary budget for the fiscal year through March.

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Snowplow test-runs in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. town

A snowplow test runs at a yard of Noto Railway's Anamizu Station in Anamizu, an Ishikawa Prefecture town devastated by the Jan. 1 massive earthquake, on Nov. 29, 2024, ahead of the snow season.

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Snowplow test-runs in quake-hit Ishikawa Pref. town

A snowplow test runs at a yard of Noto Railway's Anamizu Station in Anamizu, an Ishikawa Prefecture town devastated by the Jan. 1 massive earthquake, on Nov. 29, 2024, ahead of the snow season.

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Japan PM Ishiba's policy speech

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his first policy speech in parliament, since his ruling coalition lost its majority in the House of Representatives in a late October general election, in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Japan PM Ishiba's policy speech

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his first policy speech in parliament, since his ruling coalition lost its majority in the House of Representatives in a late October general election, in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Japan PM Ishiba's policy speech

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers his first policy speech in parliament, since his ruling coalition lost its majority in the House of Representatives in a late October general election, in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Ex-China editor given 7-year jail term

Photo taken on Nov. 29, 2024, shows the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court in the Chinese capital. On the same day, the court gave a seven-year jail term to Dong Yuyu, a former senior editor at a major Chinese newspaper affiliated with the ruling Communist Party who had been accused of leaking information to Japanese diplomats, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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Ex-China editor given 7-year jail term

Photo taken on Nov. 29, 2024, shows the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court in the Chinese capital. On the same day, the court gave a seven-year jail term to Dong Yuyu, a former senior editor at a major Chinese newspaper affiliated with the ruling Communist Party who had been accused of leaking information to Japanese diplomats, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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Ex-China editor given 7-year jail term

Security officers stand guard outside the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court in the Chinese capital on Nov. 29, 2024. On the same day, the court gave a seven-year jail term to Dong Yuyu, a former senior editor at a major Chinese newspaper affiliated with the ruling Communist Party who had been accused of leaking information to Japanese diplomats, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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Opening ceremony of Japan's extraordinary Diet session

Japan's Emperor Naruhito speaks at the opening ceremony of an extraordinary parliamentary session in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Opening ceremony of Japan's extraordinary Diet session

Japan's Emperor Naruhito speaks at the opening ceremony of an extraordinary parliamentary session in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024.

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Opening ceremony of Japan's extraordinary Diet session

Japan's Emperor Naruhito speaks at the opening ceremony of an extraordinary parliamentary session in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024.

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People offer prayers at Princess Yuriko's tomb

People offer prayers at the tomb of Princess Yuriko at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery for the imperial family in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024. Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family, died at age 101 on Nov. 15.

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People offer prayers at Princess Yuriko's tomb

People offer prayers at the tomb of Princess Yuriko at the Toshimagaoka Cemetery for the imperial family in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2024. Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family, died at age 101 on Nov. 15.