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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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Japan No. 2 opposition party leadership race

House of Representatives lawmaker Ryuna Kanemura of the Japan Innovation Party meets the press in Tokyo on Nov. 12, 2024, to announce his intention to run in the Dec. 1 leadership race of Japan's second-largest opposition party, which suffered a significant loss of seats in the Oct. 27 general election.

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Japan No. 2 opposition party leadership race

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks during a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 12, 2024, to announce his candidacy in the Dec. 1 leadership race of Japan's second-largest opposition party, the Japan Innovation Party. Yoshimura is the co-leader of the party, which suffered a significant loss of seats in the Oct. 27 general election.

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Japan No. 2 opposition party leadership race

Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks during a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 12, 2024, to announce his candidacy in the Dec. 1 leadership race of Japan's second-largest opposition party, the Japan Innovation Party. Yoshimura is the co-leader of the party, which suffered a significant loss of seats in the Oct. 27 general election.

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Japanese Princess Aiko in Saga

Japanese Princess Aiko visits a blood donation center of the Japanese Red Cross Society in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on Oct. 12, 2024.

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Japanese Princess Aiko in Saga

Japanese Princess Aiko visits a blood donation center of the Japanese Red Cross Society in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on Oct. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko in Saga

Japanese Princess Aiko visits a traditional handmade Japanese paper store in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on Oct. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko in Saga

Japanese Princess Aiko visits a blood donation center of the Japanese Red Cross Society in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on Oct. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko in Saga

Japanese Princess Aiko visits a traditional handmade Japanese paper studio in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on Oct. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Nobel Peace Prize winning Japanese atomic bomb survivors group

Sueichi Kido, secretary general of Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, speaks at a press conference in the central Japan city of Gifu on Oct. 12, 2024, a day after the group won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize winning Japanese atomic bomb survivors group

Sueichi Kido, secretary general of Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, speaks at a press conference in the central Japan city of Gifu on Oct. 12, 2024, a day after the group won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize winning Japanese atomic bomb survivors group

Sueichi Kido, secretary general of Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, speaks at a press conference in the central Japan city of Gifu on Oct. 12, 2024, a day after the group won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize winning Japanese atomic bomb survivors group

Terumi Tanaka, a cochair of Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, and survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2024, a day after the group won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize winning Japanese atomic bomb survivors group

Terumi Tanaka, a cochair of Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, and survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2024, a day after the group won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize winning Japanese atomic bomb survivors group

Terumi Tanaka, a cochair of Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, and survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2024, a day after the group won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize winning Japanese atomic bomb survivors group

Terumi Tanaka, a cochair of Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, and survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2024, a day after the group won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize winning Japanese atomic bomb survivors group

Terumi Tanaka, a cochair of Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, and survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, speaks over the phone with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Niiza, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2024, a day after the group won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nobel Peace Prize winning Japanese atomic bomb survivors group

Terumi Tanaka, a cochair of Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors, Nihon Hidankyo, and survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Niiza, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 12, 2024, a day after the group won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of the 2025 World Exposition under construction on an artificial island in Osaka on Oct. 12, 2024, about six months before the start of the six-month event in the western Japan city.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of the 2025 World Exposition under construction on an artificial island in Osaka on Oct. 12, 2024, about six months before the start of the six-month event in the western Japan city.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

Stairs at a railway station in Osaka is designed with phrases promoting the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city on Oct. 12, 2024, about six months before the start of the six-month event from April 13, 2025.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

Stairs at a railway station in Osaka is designed with phrases promoting the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city on Oct. 12, 2024, about six months before the start of the six-month event from April 13, 2025.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

About 500 drones fly near the site of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on Oct. 12, 2024, creating the image of the Expo's official mascot Myaku-Myaku. The six-month event will begin on an artificial island in the western Japan city on April 13, 2025.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

Stairs at a railway station in Osaka is designed with phrases promoting the 2025 World Exposition in the western Japan city on Oct. 12, 2024, about six months before the start of the six-month event from April 13, 2025.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

About 500 drones fly near the site of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on Oct. 12, 2024, creating the image of the Expo's official mascot Myaku-Myaku. The six-month event will begin on an artificial island in the western Japan city on April 13, 2025.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

About 500 drones fly near the site of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka on Oct. 12, 2024, creating the image of the Expo's official mascot Myaku-Myaku. The six-month event will begin on an artificial island in the western Japan city on April 13, 2025.

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6 months before 2025 Osaka Expo

An official store for the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka opens in the western Japan city on Oct. 12, 2024, about six months before the start of the six-month event from April 13, 2025.

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Vietnam-China summit in Hanoi

Vietnamese President To Lam (4th from R) holds talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang (4th from L) in Hanoi on Oct. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Vietnam-China summit in Hanoi

Vietnamese President To Lam (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Hanoi on Oct. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Interview with Japan PM Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gives an interview at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2024.

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Interview with Japan PM Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba gives an interview at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2024.

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MSDF's new submarine

A launch ceremony for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's new submarine Jingei is held at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s shipyard in Kobe, western Japan, on Oct. 12, 2022. The Taigei-class submarine with a standard displacement of 3,000 tons is scheduled to go into service in March 2024.

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MSDF's new submarine

A launch ceremony for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's new submarine Jingei is held at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s shipyard in Kobe, western Japan, on Oct. 12, 2022. The Taigei-class submarine with a standard displacement of 3,000 tons is scheduled to go into service in March 2024.

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MSDF's new submarine

A launch ceremony for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's new submarine Jingei is held at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s shipyard in Kobe, western Japan, on Oct. 12, 2022. The Taigei-class submarine with a standard displacement of 3,000 tons is scheduled to go into service in March 2024.

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MSDF's new submarine

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada attends a launch ceremony for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's new submarine Jingei at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s shipyard in Kobe, western Japan, on Oct. 12, 2022. The Taigei-class submarine with a standard displacement of 3,000 tons is scheduled to go into service in March 2024.