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Nobel Prize banquet

Professor Shimon Sakaguchi (R) of the University of Osaka, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, attends the Nobel Prize banquet at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony. (Pool photo)

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Nobel Prize banquet

Professor Shimon Sakaguchi of the University of Osaka, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, attends the Nobel Prize banquet at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony.

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Nobel Prize banquet

Professor Shimon Sakaguchi of the University of Osaka, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, attends the Nobel Prize banquet at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony. (Pool photo)

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Nobel Prize banquet

Professor Shimon Sakaguchi (R) of the University of Osaka, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, attends the Nobel Prize banquet at City Hall in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2025, following the award ceremony.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Visitors pose for a photo on April 12, 2025, with Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of the 2025 World Exposition, in front of EXPO Hall Shinning Hat, the venue of the expo's opening ceremony set to be held later in the day on an artificial island in the western Japan city.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken in Osaka on April 12, 2025, shows EXPO Hall Shinning Hat, the venue of the 2025 World Exposition's opening ceremony set to be held later in the day on an artificial island in the western Japan city.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken in Osaka on April 12, 2025, shows EXPO Hall Shinning Hat, the venue of the 2025 World Exposition's opening ceremony set to be held later in the day on an artificial island in the western Japan city.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken in Osaka on April 12, 2025, shows EXPO Hall Shinning Hat (back), the venue of the 2025 World Exposition's opening ceremony set to be held later in the day on an artificial island in the western Japan city.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken in Osaka on April 12, 2025, shows EXPO Hall Shinning Hat (back), the venue of the 2025 World Exposition's opening ceremony set to be held later in the day on an artificial island in the western Japan city.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken in Osaka on April 12, 2025, shows EXPO Hall Shinning Hat (back), the venue of the 2025 World Exposition's opening ceremony set to be held later in the day on an artificial island in the western Japan city.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken in Osaka on April 12, 2025, shows EXPO Hall Shinning Hat (back), the venue of the 2025 World Exposition's opening ceremony set to be held later in the day on an artificial island in the western Japan city.

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Myakmyak at Osaka City Hall

Myakmyak in front of Osaka City Hall, which has been decorated for Christmas for a limited time.=November 21,2024,Osaka

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Myakmyak at Osaka City Hall

Myakmyak in front of Osaka City Hall, which has been decorated for Christmas for a limited time.=November 21,2024,Osaka

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Myakmyak at Osaka City Hall

Myakmyak in front of Osaka City Hall, which has been decorated for Christmas for a limited time.=November 21,2024,Osaka

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Myakmyak at Osaka City Hall

Myakmyak in front of Osaka City Hall, which has been decorated for Christmas for a limited time.=November 21,2024,Osaka

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Sightings Across The World 7

Comet C/2023A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), a comet visible only once every 80,000 years has been spotted streaking across skies around the world.

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MYAKU-MYAKU to be installed in front of Osaka City Hall

MYAKU-MYAKU to be installed in front of Osaka City Hall. ＝May 13, 2024, Osaka, Japan

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MYAKU-MYAKU to be installed in front of Osaka City Hall

MYAKU-MYAKU to be installed in front of Osaka City Hall. ＝May 13, 2024, Osaka, Japan

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MYAKU-MYAKU to be installed in front of Osaka City Hall

MYAKU-MYAKU to be installed in front of Osaka City Hall. ＝May 13, 2024, Osaka, Japan

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MYAKU-MYAKU to be installed in front of Osaka City Hall

MYAKU-MYAKU to be installed in front of Osaka City Hall. ＝May 13, 2024, Osaka, Japan

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Belgium: Protesting Farmers Arrive At EU Capital Brussels With Tractors 3

Hundreds of farmers arrived at the EU Capital Brussels with tractors on Monday morning, February 26, ahead of the EU agriculture ministers’ meeting. Chaotic scene erupted as police deployed water cannons to deter demonstrators away from EU institutions and rowdy protesters setting fires, dumping manure, and driving their trucks onto roadblocks.

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Giant monument of Myakmyak

Giant monument of Myakmyak installed in front of Osaka City Hall.=Date:December 1, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Giant monument of Myakmyak

Giant monument of Myakmyak installed in front of Osaka City Hall.=Date:December 1, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Exterior view of Sakai City Hall

Exterior view of Sakai City Hall=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Signboard at Sakai City Hall

Signboard at Sakai City Hall=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Exterior of Tondabayashi City Hall, signboard

Exterior of Tondabayashi City Hall, signboard=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Exterior view of Sakai City Hall

Exterior view of Sakai City Hall=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Exterior of Tondabayashi City Hall, signboard

Exterior of Tondabayashi City Hall, signboard=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Exterior view of Sakai City Hall

Exterior view of Sakai City Hall=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Sakai City Hall Flag

Sakai City Hall Flag=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Exterior view of Sakai City Hall

Exterior view of Sakai City Hall=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Exterior view of Sakai City Hall

Exterior view of Sakai City Hall=Date:October 23, 2023, Place:Osaka

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"Gutsy" watermelon displayed in Osaka

People snap photos of a "gutsy" watermelon found growing in the center median of a busy Osaka road at the Osaka city hall in western Japan on Oct. 18, 2023, where it was displayed for a day.

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"Gutsy" watermelon displayed in Osaka

A watermelon dubbed "gutsy" that was found growing in the center median of a busy Osaka road is put on display at the Osaka city hall in western Japan on Oct. 18, 2023.

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Appearance, logo and signage of Johnny's Shop Osaka

Appearance, logo and signage of Johnny's Shop Osaka=Date:October 16, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Appearance, logo and signage of Johnny's Shop Osaka

Appearance, logo and signage of Johnny's Shop Osaka=Date:October 16, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Appearance, logo and signage of Johnny's Shop Osaka

Appearance, logo and signage of Johnny's Shop Osaka=Date:October 16, 2023, Place:Osaka

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Hanshin Tigers' legend Randy Bass

Former Hanshin Tigers' two-time Triple Crown slugger and Hall of Famer Randy Bass speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in the city of Osaka, western Japan, on March 30, 2023.

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Hanshin Tigers' legend Randy Bass

Former Hanshin Tigers' two-time Triple Crown slugger and Hall of Famer Randy Bass speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in the city of Osaka, western Japan, on March 30, 2023.

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Club coach fired over student's suicide

OSAKA, Japan - Officials of the Osaka City Board of Education bow at the outset of a press conference at the Osaka city hall on Feb. 13, 2013. The board the same day fired a 47-year-old basketball coach at a senior high school for alleged violence against a male student who committed suicide in December 2012.

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High school students make cardboard models of "Gundam" robot

OSAKA, Japan - Cardboard likenesses of robots from the popular "Gundam" Japanese animation series, produced by students at Higashiyodo Technical High School in Osaka, are displayed at the entrance hall of an office building in the western Japan city on Oct. 10, 2014, as part of an art event.

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Cardboard models of 'Gundam' character displayed in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Cardboard likenesses of robots from the popular "Gundam" Japanese animation series are displayed at the entrance hall of an office building in Osaka as part of an art event on Oct. 10, 2014. The model robots were made by students at Higashiyodo Technical High School in the western Japan city.

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Ex-comedian designs bicycle basket cover to fend off purse snatchers

OSAKA, Japan - Artist and former comedian Jimmy Onishi (L) poses with Yao Mayor Seita Tanaka in promoting a bicycle basket cover that Onishi designed to thwart purse snatchers, at the Yao city hall in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 7, 2014.

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New Buddhism hall Seiryuden in Kyoto

OSAKA, Japan - The Shoren-in Temple's Seiryuden "Gomado" hall in Kyoto is lit up on Oct. 3, 2014. The newly completed facility featuring a large wooden platform stage in the western Japanese city's Yamashina Ward will open to the public on Oct. 8. The temple is in the city's Higashiyama Ward.

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Goods featuring Hello Kitty and local mascot promote old pond

TONDABAYASHI, Japan - Products featuring "Sayarin," a local mascot promoting Osakasayama City in Osaka Prefecture, and Hello Kitty were shown at Osakasayama City hall on Sept. 1, 2014. The goods were put on sale to promote the western Japanese city's Sayamaike, Japan's oldest reservoir dating back to the Asuka period (592-710).

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Machikane croc fossil to become registered monument

OSAKA, Japan - Toyonaka Mayor Keiichiro Asari and Machikane-kun, the western Japanese city's mascot character, show their delight at Toyonaka city hall in Osaka Prefecture on June 20, 2014, as Osaka University's fossil of Machikane Crocodylidae is expected to become a registered monument of Japan.

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Conductor Nishimoto named 'Osaka Cultural ambassador'

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (L) presents conductor Tomomi Nishimoto with a certificate at the city hall in Osaka on June 9, 2014, as Nishimoto was commissioned as "the Osaka International Cultural Ambassador."

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Kawachinagano marks 60th anniversary of city status

TONDABAYASHI, Japan - "Danjiri" floats gather before the city hall of Kawachinagano in Osaka Prefecture during an event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of municipalization on May 18, 2014.

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Re-elected Osaka mayor

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto holds a press conference at Osaka city hall in Osaka, western Japan, on March 24, 2014, a day after his re-election.