Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Pep rally ahead of Paralympics

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito speaks during a pep rally for Japanese para athletes in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2026, ahead of the upcoming Milan Cortina Paralympics.

E

Pep rally ahead of Paralympics

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito speaks during a pep rally for Japanese para athletes in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2026, ahead of the upcoming Milan Cortina Paralympics.

E

Pep rally ahead of Paralympics

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko attend a pep rally for Japanese para athletes in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2026, ahead of the upcoming Milan Cortina Paralympics.

E

Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Noda

Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Yoshihiko Noda (R) speaks during a pep rally for alliance members in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2026, after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the House of Representatives earlier in the day for a snap general election on Feb. 8.

E

Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Saito

Centrist Reform Alliance co-leader Tetsuo Saito (back, C) raises his fist during a pep rally for alliance members in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2026, after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the House of Representatives earlier in the day for a snap general election on Feb. 8.

E

Athletes attend pep rally ahead of Olympics

FUNABASHI, Japan, Jan. 19 Kyodo - Japanese athletes wave during a pep rally held in Funabashi near Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2026, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. (Kyodo)

E

Pep rally ahead of Olympics

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito speaks during a pep rally held for Japanese athletes in Funabashi near Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2026, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. Seated next to him is Crown Princess Kiko.

E

Pep rally ahead of Olympics

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito speaks during a pep rally held for Japanese athletes in Funabashi near Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2026, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

E

Pep rally ahead of Olympics

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend a pep rally held for Japanese athletes in Funabashi near Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2026, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

E

Athletes attend pep rally ahead of Olympics

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (on screen) delivers a video message during a pep rally held for Japanese athletes in Funabashi near Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2026, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

E

Athletes attend pep rally ahead of Olympics

Japanese athletes wave during a pep rally held in Funabashi near Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2026, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

E

Athletes attend pep rally ahead of Olympics

Japanese athletes wave during a pep rally held in Funabashi near Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2026, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

E

Athletes attend pep rally ahead of Olympics

Japanese athletes wave during a pep rally held in Funabashi near Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2026, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

E

Athletes attend pep rally ahead of Olympics

Figure skater Kaori Sakamoto speaks during a pep rally held for Japanese athletes in Funabashi near Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2026, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

E

Athletes attend pep rally ahead of Olympics

Figure skater Kaori Sakamoto speaks during a pep rally held for Japanese athletes in Funabashi near Tokyo on Jan. 18, 2026, ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

E

LDP leadership race

Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi (R) raises his fist during a pep rally at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2025, after filing his candidacy for the Oct. 4 LDP presidential election.

E

LDP leadership race

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a pep rally at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2025, after filing his candidacy for the ruling party's Oct. 4 leadership election.

E

LDP leadership race

Former Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi speaks at a pep rally in front of JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2025, after filing his candidacy for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Oct. 4 leadership election.

E

Pep rally for Chinese taking part in JET Program

Young Chinse who will take part in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program are served sushi during a pep rally at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on April 5, 2025. About 40 participants will have a hands-on experience in Japan teaching languages to local students and working for local communities and governments to promote exchanges between Japan and China.

E

Pep rally for Chinese taking part in JET Program

A pep rally is held at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on April 5, 2025, for about 40 young Chinese who will take part in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program. The participants will have a hands-on experience in Japan teaching languages to local students and working for local communities and governments to promote exchanges between Japan and China.

E

Japanese media titan Tsuneo Watanabe dies

Japanese media titan Tsuneo Watanabe heads to a pep rally for the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball club in Tokyo in March 2012. Watanabe, a representative director and editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, died on Dec. 19, 2024, aged 98.

E

Hidankyo rally ahead of Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

Shigemitsu Tanaka (3rd from L, front row) of the atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo, which won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, poses during a pep rally in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 4, 2024, before attending the award ceremony in Oslo on Dec. 10.

E

Hidankyo rally ahead of Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

Shigemitsu Tanaka of the atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo, which won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, speaks during a pep rally in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 4, 2024, before attending the award ceremony in Oslo on Dec. 10.

E

DMG MORI holds yacht race send-off party

DMG MORI holds a yacht race send-off party. Pictured are President Masahiko Mori (center right) and Kojiro Shiraishi (center left).=October 3,2024,Tokyo

E

DMG MORI holds yacht race send-off party

DMG MORI holds a yacht race send-off party. Photo shows Kojiro Shiraishi.=October 3,2024,Tokyo

E

DMG MORI holds yacht race send-off party

DMG MORI holds a yacht race send-off party. Photo shows Kojiro Shiraishi.=October 3,2024,Tokyo

E

DMG MORI holds yacht race send-off party

DMG MORI holds a yacht race send-off party. Photo shows DMG Mori Seiki President Masahiko Mori.=October 3,2024,Tokyo

E

DMG MORI holds yacht race send-off party

DMG MORI holds a yacht race send-off party. Photo shows President Masahiko Mori (right) and Kojiro Shiraishi (left).=October 3,2024,Tokyo

E

DMG MORI holds yacht race send-off party

DMG MORI holds a yacht race send-off party. Photo shows DMG Mori Seiki President Masahiko Mori.=October 3,2024,Tokyo

E

DMG MORI holds yacht race send-off party

DMG MORI holds a yacht race send-off party. Pictured are President Masahiko Mori (center right) and Kojiro Shiraishi (center left).=October 3,2024,Tokyo

E

Pep rally by Japan's Olympic delegation

TOKYO, Japan, July 5 Kyodo - Japan's Paris Olympic delegation holds a pep rally after its launch ceremony in Tokyo on July 5, 2024. (Kyodo)

E

Pep rally by Japan's Olympic delegation

Japanese breakdancer Shigeyuki Nakarai (2nd from R) and fencer Misaki Emura (far R), the flagbearers for the opening ceremony of the upcoming Paris Olympics, prepare to attend a pep rally held after the Japanese Olympic delegation's launch ceremony in Tokyo on July 5, 2024.

E

Pep rally by Japan's Olympic delegation

Japan's Paris Olympic delegation holds a pep rally after its launch ceremony in Tokyo on July 5, 2024.

E

ep rally by Japan's Olympic delegation

Japanese breakdancer Shigeyuki Nakarai (front, L) and fencer Misaki Emura (front, R), the flagbearers for the opening ceremony of the upcoming Paris Olympics, prepare to attend a pep rally held after the Japanese Olympic delegation's launch ceremony in Tokyo on July 5, 2024.

E

Pep-up rally by Japan's Olympic delegation

Japan's Paris Olympic delegation holds a pep-up rally after its launch ceremony in Tokyo on July 5, 2024.

E

Basketball: Pep rally ahead of Olympics

Members of the Japan men's and women's basketball teams pose for a photo during a pep rally held in Tokyo on June 28, 2024, ahead of the Paris Olympics.

E

Basketball: Pep rally ahead of Olympics

Members of the Japan men's and women's basketball teams pose for a photo during a pep rally held in Tokyo on June 28, 2024, ahead of the Paris Olympics.

E

Japanese delegation for Sochi Paralympics

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Japanese delegation for the Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, pose for photos during a pep rally at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 5, 2014. A total of 20 Japanese athletes will take part in the March 7-16 Paralympics.

E

Pep rally for Japan national team for World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Coach Takeshi Okada and the 23-member squad of the Japanese national team for soccer's World Cup finals in South Africa attend a pep rally for them at Samurai Blue Park in Tokyo on May 22, 2010. The temporary park, with a large statue of Sakamoto Ryoma, a samurai famous for brokering the alliance between the Satsuma and Choshu clans during the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate, opened the same day as a venue for the team's supporters with events and public viewing planned.

E

Pep rally for Japan national team for World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Coach Takeshi Okada and the 23-member squad of the Japanese national team for soccer's World Cup finals in South Africa attend a pep rally for them at Samurai Blue Park in Tokyo on May 22, 2010. The temporary park, with a large statue of Sakamoto Ryoma, a samurai famous for brokering the alliance between the Satsuma and Choshu clans during the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate, opened the same day as a venue for the team's supporters with events and public viewing planned.

E

Pep rally for Japan national team for World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Coach Takeshi Okada and the 23-member squad of the Japanese national team for soccer's World Cup finals in South Africa attend a pep rally for them at Samurai Blue Park in Tokyo on May 22, 2010. The temporary park opened the same day as a venue for the team's supporters with events and public viewing planned.

E

Pep rally for Japan national team for World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Coach Takeshi Okada (front left) and the 23-member squad, including midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura (front right), of the Japanese national team for soccer's World Cup finals in South Africa attend a pep rally for them at Samurai Blue Park in Tokyo on May 22, 2010. The temporary park opened the same day as a venue for the team's supporters with events and public viewing planned.

E

Japan's ski jumpers get pepped ahead of Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese ski jumpers for the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games (from L to R) Shohei Tochimoto, Daiki Ito and Takanobu Okabe, pose during a pep rally in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2010, ahead of their participation in the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

E

Vocational school students hold pep rally ahead of job hunts

TOKYO, Japan - Some 3,000 vocational school students set to graduate in the spring of 2005 hold a pep rally at Hibiya Park in downtown Tokyo on March 4 to bolster their spirits before they set out to look for jobs amid a difficult employment situation.

E

Sogo launches end-of-year gift campaign to boost sales

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Employees of the Yokohama branch of Department store operator Sogo Inc. attend a pep rally at a branch in Yokohama's Nishi Ward on Oct. 25 before starting the day's business. Most of Japan's big retailers are about to launch their end-of-year gift campaign.

E

Sogo launches end-of-year gift campaign to boost sales

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Employees of the Yokohama branch of Department store operator Sogo Inc. attend a pep rally at a branch in Yokohama's Nishi Ward on Oct. 25 before starting the day's business. Most of Japan's big retailers are about to launch their end-of-year gift campaign. (Kyodo)

E

Baseball: Yomiuri Giants pep rally

Former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (R) and Tsuneo Watanabe, editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, attend a pep rally for the baseball club in Tokyo on March 22, 2021, four days before the start of the season. (Pool photo)

E

Baseball: Yomiuri Giants pep rally

Former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima attends a pep rally for the baseball club in Tokyo on March 22, 2021, four days before the start of the season. (Pool photo)

E

Baseball: Yomiuri Giants pep rally

Tsuneo Watanabe, editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, speaks in Tokyo on March 22, 2021, during a pep rally for the Yomiuri Giants baseball club four days before the start of the season. (Pool photo)

E

Swimming: Ikee attends pep rally for Tokyo Olympics

Swimming star Rikako Ikee, back to competition after leukemia treatment, meets the press in Tokyo on April 17, 2021, after attending a pep rally hosted by Nihon University for swimmers competing in this summer's Tokyo Olympics. Ikee dramatically earned her spot on Japan's Olympic team as she won all four events she entered at the recently wrapped up national championships in Tokyo. (Pool photo)