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Rice for undernourished children in Tokyo

Rice for undernourished children in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - Young monks at Tokyo's Zojoji temple prepare to send collected rice to undernourished children in the city on Aug. 11, 1930. (Photo by Japan Telegraphic Communication Co.)

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Nikko Toshogu traditional warrior parade

Nikko Toshogu traditional warrior parade

People dressed in warrior costumes of old Japan march at Nikko Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, during a traditional parade on May 18, 2024.

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Nikko Toshogu traditional warrior parade

Nikko Toshogu traditional warrior parade

People dressed in warrior costumes of old Japan march at Nikko Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, during a traditional parade on May 18, 2024.

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GINZA FESTIVAL

GINZA FESTIVAL==Date:Oct, 1973, Place:Tokyo, JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors shoot videos of giant panda Eimei at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Giant pandas Ouhin, Touhin and Eimei (L-R) are about to set off for China at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 21, 2023 shows giant panda Eimei at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor takes photos of a banner with a picture of giant panda Eimei and a slogan which reads "Thank you, Eimei!" at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer giant panda Ouhin at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members line up to bid farewell to giant pandas Eimei, Ouhin and Touhin at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor attends a farewell ceremony held for giant pandas Eimei, Ouhin and Touhin at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors take photos of giant panda Eimei at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member feeds giant panda Touhin with apples at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer giant panda Eimei at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors take a selfie at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 21, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

JAPAN-SHIRAHAMA-CHINA-GIANT PANDAS-RETURN

(230222) -- SHIRAHAMA, Feb. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members transfer giant panda Touhin at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, Feb. 22, 2023. The 30-year-old male panda Eimei, along with his eight-year-old Japan-born twin daughters Ouhin and Touhin, has left their current home at Adventure World, a theme park in the town of Shirahama to fly back to China on Wednesday. Prior to their departure, a farewell ceremony was held at the park on Tuesday afternoon, joined by a crowd of 2,000 visitors, and was livestreamed on YouTube for 13,000 viewers. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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Gamba's Japan midfielder Endo wins J-League MVP award

Gamba's Japan midfielder Endo wins J-League MVP award

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Gamba Osaka captain Yasuhito Endo poses in Yokohama, Japan, on Dec. 9, 2014, after being named the 2014 J-League Player of the Year. The 34-year-old Japan midfielder helped engineer the biggest turnaround in league history, with Gamba erasing a 14-point deficit to finish one point ahead of Urawa Reds to capture their second championship and first since 2005.

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80-yr-old Japan climber leads team to success on Pakistani peak

80-yr-old Japan climber leads team to success on Pakistani peak

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Japanese mountain climber Tsuneo Miyamori, 80, speaks on July 31, 2012, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, about the joint expedition of Japanese and Pakistani climbers he led that successfully conquered a previously unscaled 6,105-meter peak in the Karakoram mountain range in northern Pakistan earlier the same month.

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Filipino parents decide to leave daughter behind in Japan

Filipino parents decide to leave daughter behind in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Calderon (R) and her father Arlan appear dejected at a press conference in Tokyo on March 13. Arlan and his wife Sarah, both undocumented, have decided to return to the Philippines and to leave their 13-year-old Japan-born daughter behind.

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Filipino family granted temporary stay

Filipino family granted temporary stay

TOKYO, Japan - Arlan Calderon (L) and his wife Sarah from the Philippines answer questions from reporters in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on Jan. 14 after the bureau told them that temporary permission for them and their 13-year-old Japan-born daughter Noriko to stay in Japan has been extended by a month to Feb. 13 beyond its Jan. 14 expiration. Arlan and Sarah illegally entered Japan in the 1990s and the family is under a deportation order.

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Mother of student slain in U.S. seeks support for exchange program

Mother of student slain in U.S. seeks support for exchange program

NAGOYA, Japan - Mieko Hattori (R), the mother of a 16-year-old boy who was shot dead in 1992 while studying in the United States, calls for support for a 10-year-old Japan-U.S. student exchange foundation commemorating her son during her meeting with Nagoya Mayor Takehisa Matsubara (3rd from L). The Japan-Louisiana Friendship Foundation, established in 1994 in memory of Hattori's son Yoshihiro, has realized exchange visits by 60 Japanese and American students to broaden friendship and promote gun control.

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Girl with fan

Girl with fan

A Japanese woman sits holding a patterned fan Date: Late 19th Century

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Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan

Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan

Outside of Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan. The huge wall goes round the whole Palace grounds with a moat (inner moat) - there is a second or 'outer' moat which is some further distance back. The 'Entrance to the Mikado'. Date: 1920

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The American Harbour in Kobe, Japan

The American Harbour in Kobe, Japan

The American Wharf in Kobe, Japan Date: circa 1910

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The Kitchen of the Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, Japan

The Kitchen of the Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, Japan

The large basement kitchen of the Fujiya Hotel, Miyanoshita, Japan. A classical resort hotel, the Fujiya was opened in 1878. Date: circa 1920s

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Yokohama, Japan - Nogeyama Park

Yokohama, Japan - Nogeyama Park

Nogeyama Park, Yokohama, Japan Date: circa 1930

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JAPANESE WOMAN COOKING

JAPANESE WOMAN COOKING

A young Japanese housewife cooking the family meal in her well-equipped kitchen. Chopsticks will be used for eating and the rice will be served in wooden cases. Date: 1930s

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SUMMER DANCE

SUMMER DANCE==Date:July, 1973, Place:Nagano,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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GUARDIANS OF THE AIR

GUARDIANS OF THE AIR==Date:Aug, 1973, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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A WEALTH OF SHOES

A WEALTH OF SHOES==Date:June, 1973, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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BAMBOO ARTIST

BAMBOO ARTIST==Date:May, 1973, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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FARMING UNDER GLASS

FARMING UNDER GLASS==Date:Aug, 1973, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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NOBORU BABA CARTOONIST

NOBORU BABA CARTOONIST==Date:July, 1973, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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DELICATE HAND FOR MIGHTY TRAIN

DELICATE HAND FOR MIGHTY TRAIN==Date:Aug, 1973, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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TOKYO TRADE FAIR

TOKYO TRADE FAIR==Date:May, 1973, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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TUBE EXPRESS

TUBE EXPRESS==Date:June, 1973, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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SNOW SCULPTURES OF SAPPORO

SNOW SCULPTURES OF SAPPORO==Date:Feb, 1973, Place:Sapporo,Hokkaido,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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AIKIDO ART OF SELF-DEFENSE

AIKIDO ART OF SELF-DEFENSE==Date:June, 1973, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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STROLLER'S PARADISE

STROLLER'S PARADISE==Date:July, 1973, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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RETURN TO THE MOTHERLAND

RETURN TO THE MOTHERLAND==Date:May, 1972, Place:Okinawa,Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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MARITIME MUSEUM

MARITIME MUSEUM==Date:July, 1973, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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GRADUARION TIME

GRADUARION TIME==Date:March, 1973, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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FASHIONS BY MORI

FASHIONS BY MORI==Date:Dec, 1972, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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KYUDO THE WAY OF THE BOW

KYUDO THE WAY OF THE BOW==Date:Feb, 1973, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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DERBY DAY

DERBY DAY==Date:May, 1973, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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CHERRY BLOSSOM DIPLOMACY

CHERRY BLOSSOM DIPLOMACY==Date:April, 1973, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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VIDEO FILING SYSTEM

VIDEO FILING SYSTEM==Date:June, 1973, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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AN OLD TIMER'S COMEBACK

AN OLD TIMER'S COMEBACK==Date:Sept, 1972, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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KAMMON BRIDGE

KAMMON BRIDGE==Date:March, 1973, Place:Yamaguchi,Fukuoka,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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CALLIGRAPHY FOR THE TOUNG

CALLIGRAPHY FOR THE TOUNG==Date:Jan, 1973, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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