Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers players, including Shohei Ohtani (R) and Roki Sasaki (2nd from R), sprint out of the dugout after the team secured a walk-off victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in a baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 3, 2026.

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (R) is pictured in the dugout with teammate Roki Sasaki after being kept out of the starting lineup for the team's baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 3, 2026, due to physical issues.

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (R) is pictured in the dugout with teammate Roki Sasaki after being kept out of the starting lineup for the team's baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 3, 2026, due to physical issues.

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (R) is pictured in the dugout with teammate Roki Sasaki after being kept out of the starting lineup for the team's baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 3, 2026, due to physical issues.

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (R) is pictured in the dugout with teammate Roki Sasaki after being kept out of the starting lineup for the team's baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 3, 2026, due to physical issues.

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (R) is pictured in the dugout with teammate Roki Sasaki after being kept out of the starting lineup for the team's baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 3, 2026, due to physical issues.

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (R) is pictured in the dugout with teammate Roki Sasaki after being kept out of the starting lineup for the team's baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 3, 2026, due to physical issues.

Asparagus curry in Hiroshima

Asparagus curry in Hiroshima

Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki (R) samples a local curry featuring green asparagus from Hiroshima Prefecture in Hiroshima on May 24, 2010.

Football: French Ligue 1

Football: French Ligue 1

Ayase Ueda (R) of Lille plays during the second half of a Ligue 1 football match against Toulouse in Toulouse, France, on Sept. 3, 2026, making his debut for the club.

Ukraine-India talks

Ukraine-India talks

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (R) and his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar hold a joint press conference following their talks in Kyiv on Sept. 3, 2026.

George Lucas museum in Los Angeles

George Lucas museum in Los Angeles

Film director George Lucas (R) speaks during a media preview of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles on Sept. 2, 2026, ahead of its opening to the public on Sept. 22.

Boxing: WBA minimumweight title match

Boxing: WBA minimumweight title match

Japanese boxer Takeshi Ishii (R) celebrates after knocking out Wilfredo Mendez of Puerto Rico in the first round of their WBA minimumweight world title match at Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 2, 2026. Ishii rewrote Naoya Inoue's record for the fastest knockout by a Japanese male boxer in a world title bout.

Boxing: WBA minimumweight title match

Boxing: WBA minimumweight title match

Japanese boxer Takeshi Ishii (R) lands a punch on Wilfredo Mendez of Puerto Rico in the first round of their WBA minimumweight world title match at Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 2, 2026. Ishii rewrote Naoya Inoue's record for the fastest knockout by a Japanese male boxer in a world title bout. ==Kyodo

Memorial ceremony for former lightweight world champion Ishimatsu

Memorial ceremony for former lightweight world champion Ishimatsu

Undisputed super bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue (2nd from R) poses for a photo at a memorial ceremony for Guts Ishimatsu, the first Japanese boxer to win a lightweight world title who later became a household name as a TV personality and actor, in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2026. Ishimatsu, whose real name was Yuji Suzuki, died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on June 2.

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman (R) is greeted by teammates Tommy Edman (L) and Shohei Ohtani at home base after his three-run home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sept. 2, 2026.

Boxing: WBA light flyweight title match

Boxing: WBA light flyweight title match

Japanese boxer Daiya Kira (R) celebrates after defeating Venezuelan Carlos Canizales by technical knockout in the seventh round of their WBA light flyweight world title match at Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 2, 2026.

WBA light flyweight title match

WBA light flyweight title match

Japanese boxer Daiya Kira (R) fights against Venezuelan Carlos Canizales in the seventh round of their WBA light flyweight world title match at Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 2, 2026.

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (C) high-fives Freddie Freeman (R) after the two and Tommy Edman (L) scored on a three-run double by Mookie Betts in the third inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sept. 1, 2026, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (C) high-fives Freddie Freeman (R) after the two and Tommy Edman (L) scored on a three-run double by Mookie Betts in the third inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sept. 1, 2026, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

Japan PM Takaichi, defense minister Koizumi

Japan PM Takaichi, defense minister Koizumi

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (C) receive a guard of honor at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2026, as they meet senior members of the Japan Self-Defense Forces during an annual meeting. (Pool photo)

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Baseball: Cardinals vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (C) high-fives Freddie Freeman (R) after the two and Tommy Edman (L) scored on a three-run double by Mookie Betts in the third inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sept. 1, 2026, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito visits Kumamoto

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito visits Kumamoto

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (far R) arrives at Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto on Sept. 1, 2026, to meet staff who cared for patients in the aftermath of a major earthquake that hit the region in late July. (Pool photo)

Vietnamese ambassador to United Nations in Hiroshima

Vietnamese ambassador to United Nations in Hiroshima

Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Nations Do Hung Viet (L) holds talks with Hiroshima Gov. Mika Yokota (R) at the prefectural government headquarters in the western Japan city on Sept. 1, 2026. The ambassador presided over the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in New York in April through May.

Cross-municipality governments disaster drill

Cross-municipality governments disaster drill

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (front, 2nd from R) attends a disaster drill, jointly held by several municipality governments in the Tokyo metropolitan area, in Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture on Sept. 1, 2026, the 103rd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.

Cross-municipality governments disaster drill

Cross-municipality governments disaster drill

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (2nd from R) practices using an Automated External Defibrillator during a disaster drill, jointly held by several municipality governments in the Tokyo metropolitan area, in Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture on Sept. 1, 2026, the 103rd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.

Cross-municipality governments disaster drill

Cross-municipality governments disaster drill

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) attends a disaster drill, jointly held by several municipality governments in the Tokyo metropolitan area, in Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture on Sept. 1, 2026, the 103rd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. U.S. military personnel were also present at the drill to cooperate in medical relief activities.

Football: Premier League

Football: Premier League

Goalkeeper Zion Suzuki of Aston Villa (front, R) makes his debut for the club in an English Premier League football match against Arsenal in Birmingham, Britain, on Aug. 31, 2026.

Football: Premier League

Football: Premier League

Goalkeeper Zion Suzuki (R) of Aston Villa makes his debut for the club in an English Premier League football match against Arsenal in Birmingham, Britain, on Aug. 31, 2026.

Football: Premier League

Football: Premier League

Goalkeeper Zion Suzuki (far R) of Aston Villa makes his debut for the club in an English Premier League football match against Arsenal in Birmingham, Britain, on Aug. 31, 2026.

Football: Premier League

Football: Premier League

Goalkeeper Zion Suzuki (far R) of Aston Villa makes his debut for the club in an English Premier League football match against Arsenal in Birmingham, Britain, on Aug. 31, 2026.

Football: Premier League

Football: Premier League

Goalkeeper Zion Suzuki (far R) of Aston Villa makes his debut for the club in an English Premier League football match against Arsenal in Birmingham, Britain, on Aug. 31, 2026.

Football: Premier League

Football: Premier League

Goalkeeper Zion Suzuki (2nd from R) of Aston Villa makes his debut for the club in an English Premier League football match against Arsenal in Birmingham, Britain, on Aug. 31, 2026.

Japan-Belgium defense talks

Japan-Belgium defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (2nd from R) and his Belgian counterpart Theo Francken (3rd from R) take part in a Japanese drum performance event following their talks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2026.

Japan-Belgium defense talks

Japan-Belgium defense talks

Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken (R), accompanied by his Japanese counterpart Shinjiro Koizumi, receives a guard of honor at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2026.

Japan-Belgium defense talks

Japan-Belgium defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with his Belgian counterpart Theo Francken at his ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2026.

Japan-Belgium defense talks

Japan-Belgium defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (R) shakes hands with his Belgian counterpart Theo Francken at his ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2026.

Basketball: World Cup Asian qualifying

Basketball: World Cup Asian qualifying

Japan's Rui Hachimura (R) passes the ball during the fourth quarter of a 2027 Basketball World Cup Asian qualifying second-phase match against Qatar at Toyota Arena Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2026.

G20 finance meeting in North Carolina

G20 finance meeting in North Carolina

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama (C) and Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda (R) attend the first day of a two-day meeting of the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Asheville, North Carolina, on Aug. 31, 2026.

Football: Dutch Eredivisie

Football: Dutch Eredivisie

Feyenoord's Ayase Ueda (R) nets for the third straight game in the second half of a Dutch Eredivisie football match against ADO Den Haag in Rotterdam in the Netherlands on Aug. 30, 2026.

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Tigers

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Tigers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (R) celebrates after a victory over the Detroit Tigers in a baseball game on Aug. 30, 2026, at Comerica Park in Detroit.

Japan-Chile talks

Japan-Chile talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (front, R) holds talks with Chilean Foreign Minister Francisco Perez MacKenna (front, L) in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2026.

Japan-Chile talks

Japan-Chile talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (front, R) holds talks with Chilean Foreign Minister Francisco Perez MacKenna (front, L) in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2026.

PM Takaichi meets with top executives of chipmakers

PM Takaichi meets with top executives of chipmakers

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) meets with Kioxia Holdings Corp. President Hiroo Ota (C) and Sandisk Corp. Chairman David Goeckeler at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2026.

PM Takaichi meets with top executives of chipmakers

PM Takaichi meets with top executives of chipmakers

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) poses for a photo with Kioxia Holdings Corp. President Hiroo Ota (C) and Sandisk Corp. Chairman David Goeckeler at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2026.

Football: Spanish La Liga

Football: Spanish La Liga

Takefusa Kubo (R) of Real Sociedad and Alvaro Carreras of Real Madrid are pictured during the first half of a Spanish La Liga football match in Madrid on Aug. 26, 2026.

Football: Spanish La Liga

Football: Spanish La Liga

Takefusa Kubo (R) of Real Sociedad and Alvaro Carreras of Real Madrid vie for the ball during the first half of a Spanish La Liga football match in Madrid on Aug. 26, 2026.

Football: Spanish La Liga

Football: Spanish La Liga

Takefusa Kubo (R) of Real Sociedad and Marc Cucurella of Real Madrid vie for the ball during the second half of a Spanish La Liga football match in Madrid on Aug. 26, 2026.

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (R) is greeted by Max Muncy after scoring on an RBI single by Mookie Betts in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 26, 2026, at Truist Park in Atlanta.

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Braves

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (R) is greeted by Max Muncy after scoring on an RBI single by Mookie Betts in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Aug. 26, 2026, at Truist Park in Atlanta.

Japan-Kuwait talks

Japan-Kuwait talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah pose for a photo at the premier's office in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2026.