Illuminated kochia field in eastern Japan park

Illuminated kochia field in eastern Japan park

A field of kochia plants is lit up at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2025, the first day of a special 12-day lighting event.

Illuminated kochia field in eastern Japan park

Illuminated kochia field in eastern Japan park

A field of kochia plants is lit up at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2025, the first day of a special 12-day lighting event.

Garden of Peace at UNESCO headquarters restored

Garden of Peace at UNESCO headquarters restored

Photo taken on Sept. 12, 2025, shows Garden of Peace at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, recently restored by Japanese landscape designers following years of degradation. The 1,700-square-meter garden was created by Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) in the 1950s.

Crown prince's family watches dance performance

Crown prince's family watches dance performance

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (3rd from L), his wife Crown Princess Kiko (3rd from R), their daughter Princess Kako (L) and their son Prince Hisahito (R) watch a Ryukyu dance performance at a Noh theater in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

Prince Hisahito watches dance performance

Prince Hisahito watches dance performance

Japanese Prince Hisahito watches a Ryukyu dance performance at a Noh theater in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet an atomic bomb survivor at Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches in a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2025.

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches in a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2025.

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches in a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2025.

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches in a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2025.

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches in a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2025.

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches in a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2025.

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches in a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Sumo: Onosato performs ring-entering ritual

Sumo: Onosato performs ring-entering ritual

Sumo grand champion Onosato (C) performs a ring-entering ritual at Nominosukune Shrine in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2025, ahead of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament starting on Sept. 14 in Tokyo. The shrine, located within walking distance of the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena, enshrines Nominosukune, considered the god of sumo. (Pool photo)

Sumo: Onosato performs ring-entering ritual

Sumo: Onosato performs ring-entering ritual

Sumo grand champion Onosato (C) performs a ring-entering ritual at Nominosukune Shrine in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2025, ahead of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament starting on Sept. 14 in Tokyo. The shrine, located within walking distance of the Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena, enshrines Nominosukune, considered the god of sumo. (Pool photo)

Japan begins discussions on draft basic AI plan

Japan begins discussions on draft basic AI plan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during his government's inaugural meeting to discuss a draft basic plan on its artificial intelligence strategy at the prime minister's office on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japan begins discussions on draft basic AI plan

Japan begins discussions on draft basic AI plan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during his government's inaugural meeting to discuss a draft basic plan on its artificial intelligence strategy at the prime minister's office on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japan begins discussions on draft basic AI plan

Japan begins discussions on draft basic AI plan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) speaks during his government's inaugural meeting to discuss a draft basic plan on its artificial intelligence strategy at the prime minister's office on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japan begins discussions on draft basic AI plan

Japan begins discussions on draft basic AI plan

The Japanese government holds an inaugural meeting to discuss a draft basic plan on its artificial intelligence strategy at the prime minister's office on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family heads for Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family heads for Nagasaki

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko are pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 12, 2025, ahead of their flight to Nagasaki, the last in a series of trips to honor the war dead as this year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Japanese emperor's family heads for Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family heads for Nagasaki

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko are pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 12, 2025, ahead of their flight to Nagasaki, the last in a series of trips to honor the war dead as this year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Japan Finance Minister Kato

Japan Finance Minister Kato

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato speaks during a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2025, after he and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent issued a joint statement on foreign exchange, agreeing to continue close consultations on currency to ensure market stability.

Nikkei stock index hits new intraday high

Nikkei stock index hits new intraday high

Monitors at a foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo show the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average setting an intraday record above the 44,800 line on Sept. 12, 2025.

Fukuma loses by default in shogi title series

Fukuma loses by default in shogi title series

Combined photo taken on Sept. 8, 2024, and in July 2022, respectively, shows professional shogi players in the women's category Tomoka Nishiyama (L) and Kana Fukuma. Nishiyama defended her Osho women's title as her competitor Fukuma withdrew from the third match of a best-of-three series due to ill health on Oct. 29, 2024. Fukuma earlier said she would be sidelined from competition between Nov. 17, 2024, and Feb. 12, 2025, due to pregnancy.

New commercial complex in Tokyo waterfront

New commercial complex in Tokyo waterfront

Photo taken on Tokyo's waterfront area on June 12, 2025, shows high-rise building Tower S (C, L), one of the two buildings constituting the Blue Front Shibaura commercial complex being developed by JR East and Nomura Real Estate Development Co. Housing about 40 shops, most of them restaurants, and a 217-room hotel, Tower S, located on the south side of the complex, will fully open on Sept. 1, while another building is slated to be completed on the north side in fiscal 2030.

New commercial complex in Tokyo waterfront

New commercial complex in Tokyo waterfront

Photo taken on Tokyo's waterfront area on June 12, 2025, shows high-rise building Tower S (C, L), one of the two buildings constituting the Blue Front Shibaura commercial complex being developed by JR East and Nomura Real Estate Development Co. Housing about 40 shops, most of them restaurants, and a 217-room hotel, Tower S, located on the south side of the complex, will fully open on Sept. 1, while another building is slated to be completed on the north side in fiscal 2030.

Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun

Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun

Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun is pictured at the Xiangshan Forum, a multilateral security forum, in Beijing on Sept. 12, 2024.

Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 12, 2024, shows the Great Ring, a gigantic wooden structure symbolizing the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in the western Japan city of Osaka. The wooden part of the ring, about 2 kilometers in circumference, was completed in August, with the rest of the structure planned to be completed in February 2025 ahead of the start in April 2025 of the six-month world event.

Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

Gigantic ring of 2025 World Expo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 12, 2024, shows the Great Ring, a gigantic wooden structure symbolizing the site of the 2025 World Exposition on an artificial island in the western Japan city of Osaka. The wooden part of the ring, about 2 kilometers in circumference, was completed in August, with the rest of the structure planned to be completed in February 2025 ahead of the start in April 2025 of the six-month world event.

Baseball: Ohtani's Angels jersey donated to Smithsonian museum

Baseball: Ohtani's Angels jersey donated to Smithsonian museum

A No. 17 Los Angeles Angels jersey worn by two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani during a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers on July 27, 2023, is on display on Sept. 12, 2024 at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington following its donation. Ohtani threw the first complete-game shutout of his major league career in Game 1 and blasted two homers in Game 2 as the Angels won both games.

Baseball: Ohtani's Angels jersey donated to Smithsonian museum

Baseball: Ohtani's Angels jersey donated to Smithsonian museum

A No. 17 Los Angeles Angels jersey worn by two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani during a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers on July 27, 2023, is on display on Sept. 12, 2024 at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington following its donation. Ohtani threw the first complete-game shutout of his major league career in Game 1 and blasted two homers in Game 2 as the Angels won both games.

Baseball: Ohtani's Angels jersey donated to Smithsonian museum

Baseball: Ohtani's Angels jersey donated to Smithsonian museum

A No. 17 Los Angeles Angels jersey worn by two-way baseball star Shohei Ohtani during a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers on July 27, 2023, is on display on Sept. 12, 2024 at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington following its donation. Ohtani threw the first complete-game shutout of his major league career in Game 1 and blasted two homers in Game 2 as the Angels won both games.

Harris at presidential campaign rally

Harris at presidential campaign rally

Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sept. 12, 2024.

Ex-Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori dies

Ex-Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori dies

The coffin containing the body of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori lies in state at the national museum in Lima on Sept. 12, 2024.

Ex-Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori dies

Ex-Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori dies

The coffin containing the body of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori leaves the home of his eldest daughter, Keiko Fujimori, in Lima on Sept. 12, 2024.

Ex-Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori dies

Ex-Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori dies

The coffin containing the body of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is carried to the national museum in Lima on Sept. 12, 2024.

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in New York

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in New York

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki delivers a lecture at Columbia University in New York on Sept. 12, 2024.

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in New York

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in New York

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki delivers a lecture at Columbia University in New York on Sept. 12, 2024.

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in New York

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in New York

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks to reporters in New York on Sept. 12, 2024.

Lightning over Koshien Stadium

Lightning over Koshien Stadium

Lightning strikes over Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo on Sept. 12, 2024.

ECB president

ECB president

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde attends a press conference in Frankfurt on Sept. 12, 2024, following the Governing Council's monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt on Sept. 12, 2024.

Trade fair in Beijing

Trade fair in Beijing

Photo taken on Sept. 12, 2024, shows Japan's booth at the China International Fair for Trade in Services opening in Beijing the same day for a five-day run.

Trade fair in Beijing

Trade fair in Beijing

Photo taken on Sept. 12, 2024, shows Japan's booth at the China International Fair for Trade in Services opening in Beijing the same day for a five-day run.