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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in New York

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

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Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in New York

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

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Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in New York

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

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Lightning over Koshien Stadium

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Security forum in Beijing

Chinese National Defense Minister Dong Jun (C) arrives at the venue of the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing on Sept. 12, 2024, as the three-day security forum begins in the Chinese capital.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi waves to supporters at a ceremony to kick off his campaign in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024, after filing his candidacy in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sept. 27 leadership election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. (Pool photo)

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) speaks at a ceremony to kick off his campaign at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024, after filing his candidacy in the ruling party's Sept. 27 leadership election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter Aiko take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter Aiko take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter Aiko take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter Aiko take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Lunar lander developed by Japanese startup

Photo taken at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Tsukuba, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2024, shows the lunar rover Tenacious mounted on the lunar lander Resilience, developed by Tokyo-based Japanese space startup ispace Inc. The company announced the same day a plan to launch the lander on a SpaceX rocket no earlier than December 2024.

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Lunar lander developed by Japanese startup

Photo taken at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Tsukuba, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2024, shows the lunar lander Resilience, developed by Tokyo-based Japanese space startup ispace Inc. The company announced the same day a plan to launch the lander on a SpaceX rocket no earlier than December 2024.

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Lunar lander developed by Japanese startup

Photo taken at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Tsukuba, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2024, shows the lunar lander Resilience, developed by Tokyo-based Japanese space startup ispace Inc. The company announced the same day a plan to launch the lander on a SpaceX rocket no earlier than December 2024.

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Lunar lander developed by Japanese startup

Photo taken at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tsukuba Space Center in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Tsukuba, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2024, shows the lunar lander Resilience, developed by Tokyo-based Japanese space startup ispace Inc. The company announced the same day a plan to launch the lander on a SpaceX rocket no earlier than December 2024.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi makes a policy speech at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024, after filing his candidacy in the ruling party's Sept. 27 leadership election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese economic security minister Sanae Takaichi makes a policy speech at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024, after filing her candidacy in the ruling party's Sept. 27 leadership election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba makes a policy speech at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024, after filing his candidacy in the ruling party's Sept. 27 leadership election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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Japan-Finland defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (R) and his Finish counterpart, Antti Hakkanen, shake hands ahead of their talks in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Photo taken on Sept. 12, 2024, shows a banner featuring past presidents of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party hanging on the wall of the LDP headquarters in Tokyo as official campaigning for the Sept. 27 leadership election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began the same day.

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N. Korea fires ballistic missiles

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara meets the press in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024, after North Korea launched ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan earlier in the day.

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N. Korea fires ballistic missiles

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024, after North Korea launched ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan earlier in the day.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese economic security minister Sanae Takaichi (front) attends a ceremony in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024, to launch her campaign to become the ruling Liberal Democratic Party president. Campaigning for the Sept. 27 leadership election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially began the same day.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Toshimitsu Motegi, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a ceremony in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024, to launch his campaign to become the party's president. Campaigning for the Sept. 27 leadership election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially began the same day.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024, as official campaigning for the Sept. 27 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election to choose his successor began the same day.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, speaks to the press in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024. Campaigning for the Sept. 27 election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially began the same day.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, speaks to the press in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024. Campaigning for the Sept. 27 election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially began the same day.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, speaks to the press in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024. Campaigning for the Sept. 27 election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially began the same day.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, speaks to the press in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024. Campaigning for the Sept. 27 election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially began the same day.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, speaks to the press in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2024. Campaigning for the Sept. 27 election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially began the same day.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, speaks during a seminar at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 12, 2024. Campaigning for the Sept. 27 election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially began the same day.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, speaks during a seminar at a Tokyo hotel on Sept. 12, 2024. Campaigning for the Sept. 27 election to choose the successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida officially began the same day.

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Football: U-23 Asian Cup qualification

Japan midfielder Koki Saito (front, L) kicks ball during the first half of a football match against Bahrain in the qualifying round of the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Bahrain's capital Manama on Sept. 12, 2023.

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Football: U-23 Asian Cup qualification

Japan midfielder Kuryu Matsuki (front) prepares to kick the ball during the first half of a match against Bahrain in the qualifying round of the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Bahrain's capital Manama on Sept. 12, 2023.

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Football: U-23 Asian Cup qualification

Members of Japan's Under-22 men's national football team pose for a photo in Bahrain's capital Manama on Sept. 12, 2023, where they secured their place at the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup finals after a 0-0 draw with Bahrain.

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Football: U-23 Asian Cup qualification

Japan forward Mao Hosoya (L) dribbles the ball during the first half of a match against Bahrain in the qualifying round of the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Bahrain's capital Manama on Sept. 12, 2023.