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Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2025, shows the south-side corridor that is connected to the main hall (back) of Shuri Castle, now under reconstruction, in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. The corridor, together with the west-side corridor and the main hall, is to be completed in the autumn of 2026, seven years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle in October 2019.

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Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2025, shows the south-side corridor that is connected to the main hall (back) of Shuri Castle, now under reconstruction, in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. The corridor, together with the west-side corridor and the main hall, is to be completed in the autumn of 2026, seven years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle in October 2019.

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Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2025, shows the south-side corridor that is connected to the main hall (back) of Shuri Castle, now under reconstruction, in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. The corridor, together with the west-side corridor and the main hall, is to be completed in the autumn of 2026, seven years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle in October 2019.

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Shuri Castle under reconstruction

Photo taken on Dec. 15, 2025, shows the south-side corridor that is connected to the main hall (back) of Shuri Castle, now under reconstruction, in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa. The corridor, together with the west-side corridor and the main hall, is to be completed in the autumn of 2026, seven years after fire gutted the World Heritage-listed castle in October 2019.

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Tennis: Japan Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan speaks during a press conference after defeating Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands to advance to the quarterfinals of the Japan Open tennis championships at Morita Tennis Center Utsubo in the western Japan city of Osaka on October 15, 2025.

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Tennis: Japan Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan grimaces in pain after she hurt her left thigh during the third set of the women's singles second-round match against Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands, at the Japan Open tennis championships at Morita Tennis Center Utsubo in the western Japan city of Osaka on October 15, 2025.

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Tennis: Japan Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan grimaces in pain after she hurt her left thigh during the third set of the women's singles second-round match against Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands, at the Japan Open tennis championships at Morita Tennis Center Utsubo in the western Japan city of Osaka on October 15, 2025.

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Itaewon crush victims' families seek to keep altar

Bereaved family members bow themselves to the ground near Seoul city hall in the South Korean capital on Feb. 15, 2023, as they protest the Seoul city government's plan to remove an altar there for victims of the deadly Itaewon crowd crush in October 2022.

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Itaewon crush victims' families seek to keep altar

Bereaved family members gather near Seoul city hall in the South Korean capital on Feb. 15, 2023, as they protest the Seoul city government's plan to remove an altar there for victims of the deadly Itaewon crowd crush in October 2022.

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Deluxe suite on Seven Stars train displayed

FUKUOKA, Japan - A Kyushu Railway Co. attendant shows a deluxe suite of the Seven Stars excursion train in this file photo taken in October 2013. The luxury train service marked its first anniversary on Oct. 15, 2014.

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People observe silent prayer at Chidorigafuchi

TOKYO, Japan - People observe a silent prayer at the Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo around noon on Aug. 15, 2014, the 69th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. While Japanese lawmakers' visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine have drawn criticism from China and South Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Secretary of State John Kerry offered flowers at Chidorigafuchi, rather than Yasukuni, when they visited Japan last October.

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Otsuka Pharma to send 'time capsule' to moon

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Naoko Yamazaki (L, back row) and retired swimmer Aya Terakawa (R, back row) on May 15, 2014, attend Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.窶冱 event held in Tokyo to announce a plan to send a "time capsule" containing powder of Pocari Sweat, the company's beverage product, and messages of children from around the world to the moon. The company aims to launch the capsule in October 2015 in cooperation with a U.S. spaceship developer.

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Last 'Akebono' night train arrives at Aomori Station

AOMORI, Japan - The last "Akebono" overnight express train from Ueno Station in Tokyo arrives at its final destination, Aomori Station in northeastern Japan, on March 15, 2014. East Japan Railway Co. decided to retire the Akebono, which began operating in October 1970, due to aging train cars and a decrease in passengers.

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People pose with retired 'Akebono' night train at Aomori Station

AOMORI, Japan - People pose for photos in front of the "Akebono" overnight express train after it made its final journey from Ueno Station in Tokyo to Aomori Station in northeastern Japan on March 15, 2014. East Japan Railway Co. decided to retire the "Akebono," which began operating in October 1970, due to aging train cars and a decrease in passengers.

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Honda decides to return to Formula One

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2008 shows a Honda Motor Co. car (front) in the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture. Honda has decided to return to Formula One racing in 2015 as an engine supplier to the automaker's former partner McLaren of Britain, people familiar with the plan said on May 15, 2013.

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Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk passes away

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2011 shows former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk delivering a speech in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. He passed away in Beijing on Oct. 15, 2012. He was 89.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A family with a baby who fled from the massive flooding in Thailand continue taking refuge at Don Muang airport, northern Bangkok, on Nov. 15, 2011. More than 4,000 people had taken shelter at the airport but most of them moved to other locations in late October after the airport itself was flooded. About 450 people were staying at the airport as of mid-November.

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Triathlon robots

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows swimming (top), running (bottom L) and bicycle riding (bottom R) robots powered by Panasonic Corp.'s Evolta rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries. Panasonic unveiled the robots in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2011, and said they will run a triathlon in Hawaii from late October.

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Triathlon robots

TOKYO, Japan - A pitchman for Panasonic Corp. shows (from L) swimming, bicycle riding and running robots powered by the company's Evolta rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries during a demonstration in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2011. Panasonic unveiled the robots and said they will run a triathlon in Hawaii from late October.

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Triathlon robots

TOKYO, Japan - A swimming robot powered by Panasonic Corp.'s Evolta rechargeable nickel-metal-hydride batteries is demonstrated in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2011. Panasonic unveiled swimming, bicycle riding and running robots and said they will challenge a triathlon in Hawaii from late October.

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Mitsuoka Motor to manufacture cars in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Mitsuoka Motor Co. President Akio Mitsuoka (2nd L) stands beside a new model Galue IV in Bangkok on Sept. 15, 2010. The automaker established a joint venture with Thai auto seller Yontrakit to produce cars, including the new sedan, from October 2010.

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Sony unveils new Walkman

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. unveils its new models of Walkman portable digital music players which are equipped with noise canceling function in Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2010. The new series will hit the market from October 2010.

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GDP data show some bright signs for economic recovery: Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan, minister for economic and fiscal policy, speaks about Japan's gross domestic product for the October-December quarter to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2010. Kan, also deputy prime minister and finance minister, said there are some bright signs emerging for a sustainable and domestic demand-led economic recovery in Japan.

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GDP data show some bright signs for economic recovery: Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan, minister for economic and fiscal policy, speaks about Japan's gross domestic product for the October-December quarter to reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2010. Kan, also deputy prime minister and finance minister, said there are some bright signs emerging for a sustainable and domestic demand-led economic recovery in Japan.

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Retail sales in China fall 0.5% in Oct.

An official of China's National Bureau of Statistics attends a press conference in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2022, to release the country's retail sales data for October. Sales in the reporting month sagged 0.5 percent from the same month in 2021, marking the first year-to-year drop in five months.

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Retail sales in China fall 0.5% in Oct.

Officials of China's National Bureau of Statistics attend a press conference in Beijing on Nov. 15, 2022, to release the country's retail sales data for October. Sales in the reporting month sagged 0.5 percent from the same month in 2021, marking the first year-to-year drop in five months.