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Sumo association to show off sport in London next Oct.

Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku announces the JSA's first tour to London in 34 years in October 2025 during a press conference at Royal Albert Hall in the city on Dec. 4, 2024.

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Sumo association to show off sport in London next Oct.

Sumo wrestler Kitanowaka performs leg raising and stomping at Royal Albert Hall in London on Dec. 4, 2024. Japan Sumo Association head Hakkaku announced the JSA's first tour to the city in 34 years in October 2025 during a press conference at the hall.

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Cooking expert Hattori

Yukio Hattori, head of Hattori Nutrition College, speaks during an interview at the college in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2020, after he was told that he would be decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette. The cooking expert best known as a commentator on the television show Iron Chef died of illness on Oct. 4, 2024, aged 78.

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Cooking expert Hattori

Undated photo taken in 2001 shows Yukio Hattori, head of Hattori Nutrition College, giving an interview at the college in Tokyo. The cooking expert best known as a commentator on the television show Iron Chef died of illness on Oct. 4, 2024, aged 78.

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Cooking expert Hattori

Yukio Hattori, head of Hattori Nutrition College, is pictured at the college in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2009. The cooking expert best known as a commentator on the television show Iron Chef died of illness on Oct. 4, 2024, aged 78.

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Cooking expert Hattori dies at 78

Photo taken on May 14, 1999, shows Yukio Hattori, head of Hattori Nutrition College. The cooking expert best known as a commentator on the television show Iron Chef died of illness on Oct. 4, 2024, aged 78.

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Cooking expert Hattori dies at 78

Photo taken on April 8, 1998, shows Yukio Hattori, head of Hattori Nutrition College. The cooking expert best known as a commentator on the television show Iron Chef died of illness on Oct. 4, 2024, aged 78.

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Japan's monster movies attract interest in France

A lecture on Japanese monster movies, including the Godzilla series, is held at the Japanese Culture House of Paris on Oct. 4, 2024, in Paris.

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Japan's monster movies attract interest in France

People take a look at posters of Japanese monster movies, including the Godzilla series, at an event at the Japanese Culture House of Paris on Oct. 4, 2024, in Paris.

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Internal affairs minister Murakami

Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiichiro Murakami gives an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2024.

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Phone talks between Japanese and S. Korean foreign ministers

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2024, after holding phone talks with his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae Yul.

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Internal affairs minister Murakami

Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiichiro Murakami gives an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2024.

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Meeting to support Japanese abductees

Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea and whose sister Megumi was taken away in 1977 at age 13, speaks during a meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2024, hosted by a group working for the return of Japanese abductees.

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Meeting to support Japanese abductees

Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, attends a meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2024, hosted by a group working for the return of Japanese abductees.

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Meeting to support Japanese abductees

Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea at age 13 in 1977, speaks during a meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2024, hosted by a group working for the return of Japanese abductees.

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Japan crown prince at botanical garden

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko visit a hothouse at Kyoto Botanical Gardens in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 4, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince at botanical garden

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko visit a hothouse at Kyoto Botanical Gardens in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 4, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince at botanical garden

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko visit a hothouse at Kyoto Botanical Gardens in Kyoto, western Japan, on Oct. 4, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Ishiba holds talks with business leaders

Takeshi Niinami (L), chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Ken Kobayashi (R), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, meet the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2024, after holding talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

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Japan PM Ishiba holds talks with business leaders

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far R) holds talks with (from far L) Takeshi Niinami, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Ken Kobayashi, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2024.

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Japan PM Ishiba holds talks with business leaders

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) receives a letter of requests from Takeshi Niinami (far L), chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, Ken Kobayashi (far R), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Masakazu Tokura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2024.

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Reconstruction in flood-hit North Korean city

Photo taken on Oct. 4, 2024, from Dandong, a Chinese border city near the Yalu River, shows high-rise condominiums under construction in Sinuiju, a North Korean city heavily damaged by floods in late July.

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Reconstruction in flood-hit North Korean city

Photo taken on Oct. 4, 2024, from Dandong, a Chinese border city near the Yalu River, shows high-rise condominiums under construction in Sinuiju, a North Korean city heavily damaged by floods in late July.

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