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Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Giant pandas, (from top L, clockwise) Rauhin, Yuihin, Fuhin and Saihin, are pictured at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, on May 11, 2025, Sept. 18, 2022, Dec. 24, 2024 and Aug. 14, 2024, respectively. All four giant pandas on loan to the western Japan zoo are set to leave on June 28, 2025, to return to China.

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Giant pandas at western Japan zoo

Giant pandas -- (from top L, clockwise) Rauhin, Yuihin, Saihin and Fuhin -- are pictured at Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 11, 2025, Sept. 18, 2022, Aug. 14, 2024, and Dec. 24, 2024, respectively.

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Nissan minivan for campers

Photo taken in Yokohama on Sept. 18, 2024, shows Nissan Motor Co.'s NV200 Vanette Myroom, a minivan converted from a commercial vehicle for campers. The vehicle, equipped with a bed for overnight use, will go on sale in December 2024.

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Nissan minivan for campers

Photo taken in Yokohama on Sept. 18, 2024, shows Nissan Motor Co.'s NV200 Vanette Myroom, a minivan converted from a commercial vehicle for campers. The vehicle, equipped with a bed for overnight use, will go on sale in December 2024.

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Illuminated kochia field in eastern Japan park

A field of kochia plants is lit up in various colors for the media at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, ahead of its special 10-day lighting event starting Sept. 27.

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Illuminated kochia field in eastern Japan park

A field of kochia plants is lit up in various colors for the media at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, ahead of its special 10-day lighting event starting Sept. 27.

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Fed cuts key rate by 0.5 point

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference in Washington on Sept. 18, 2024, after the Fed decided at a policy-setting meeting to reduce its key interest rate by a larger-than-usual 0.5 percentage point, its first rate cut in four and a half years.

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Exhibitions on "go for broke" WWII Japanese-American soldiers

Retired U.S. Army general and former Secretary of Veteran Affairs Eric Shinseki makes a speech near the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 18, 2024, after the National Veterans Network and the U.S. National Army Museum announced a plan to hold roving exhibitions across the United States from 2026 on second-generation Japanese-American soldiers who fought on most dangerous fronts in Europe during World War II after they were classified by the U.S. government as enemy aliens to prove their loyalty to the nation.

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Exhibitions on "go for broke" WWII Japanese-American soldiers

Retired U.S. Army general and former Secretary of Veteran Affairs Eric Shinseki makes a speech near the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 18, 2024, after the National Veterans Network and the U.S. National Army Museum announced a plan to hold roving exhibitions across the United States from 2026 on second-generation Japanese-American soldiers who fought on most dangerous fronts in Europe during World War II after they were classified by the U.S. government as enemy aliens to prove their loyalty to the nation. ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Marlins

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (L) advances to third base on a throwing error by Miami Marlins catcher Nick Fortes after stealing second base in the first inning of a baseball game on Sept. 18, 2024, at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Marlins

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (R) chats with teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto (L) in the dugout during a baseball game against the Miami Marlins on Sept. 18, 2024, at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Marlins

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani is pictured in the dugout during a baseball game against the Miami Marlins on Sept. 18, 2024, at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida.

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Football: Champions League

Celtic's Daizen Maeda (R) hugs teammate Reo Hatate after scoring the team's fourth goal in the second half of a Champions League football match against Slovan Bratislava on Sept. 18, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Football: Champions League

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi celebrates after scoring the team's second goal in the second half of a Champions League football match against Slovan Bratislava on Sept. 18, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Football: Champions League

Celtic's Daizen Maeda (R) celebrates with teammate Kyogo Furuhashi after scoring the team's fourth goal in the second half of a Champions League football match against Slovan Bratislava on Sept. 18, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Football: Champions League

Celtic's Kyogo Furuhashi (L) scores the team's second goal in the second half of a Champions League football match against Slovan Bratislava on Sept. 18, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Football: Champions League

Celtic's Daizen Maeda (R) scores the team's fourth goal in the second half of a Champions League football match against Slovan Bratislava on Sept. 18, 2024, in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Fed cuts key rate by 0.5 point

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference in Washington on Sept. 18, 2024, after the Fed decided at a policy-setting meeting to reduce its key interest rate by a larger-than-usual 0.5 percentage point, its first rate cut in four and a half years.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Marlins

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani steals second base, his 49th stolen base of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins on Sept. 18, 2024, at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Marlins

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins on Sept. 18, 2024, at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Marlins

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins on Sept. 18, 2024, at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Marlins

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (R) steals second base, his 49th stolen base of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins on Sept. 18, 2024, at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Marlins

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (L) steals second base, his 49th stolen base of the season, in the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins on Sept. 18, 2024, at loanDepot park in Miami, Florida.

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Japan PM Kishida at economic report meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) speaks during a meeting on the government's monthly economic report at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2024.

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Japan PM Kishida at economic report meeting

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting on the government's monthly economic report at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2024.

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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, makes a speech in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 27 election.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Digital Minister Taro Kono, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, makes a speech in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 27 election.

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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, makes a speech in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 27 election.

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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, makes a speech in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 27 election.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, makes a speech in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 27 election.

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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, makes a speech in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 27 election.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Japanese economic security minister Sanae Takaichi, a candidate in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, makes a speech in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 27 election.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Toshimitsu Motegi, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, a candidate in the party's leadership election, makes a speech in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 27 election.

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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, makes a speech in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024, ahead of the Sept. 27 election.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2024.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2024.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian leaves after concluding a press conference in Beijing on Sept. 18, 2024.

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Ishii to be new leader of Komeito party

Keiichi Ishii, secretary general of the Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2024. He will be elevated unopposed to the presidency of Komeito later in the month after no other candidate entered the race to replace incumbent Natsuo Yamaguchi.

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Ishii to be new leader of Komeito party

Keiichi Ishii, secretary general of the Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2024. He will be elevated unopposed to the presidency of Komeito later in the month after no other candidate entered the race to replace incumbent Natsuo Yamaguchi.

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Ishii to be new leader of Komeito party

Keiichi Ishii, secretary general of the Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2024. He will be elevated unopposed to the presidency of Komeito later in the month after no other candidate entered the race to replace incumbent Natsuo Yamaguchi.

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"Kiritampo" northeastern Japan local specialty

Local specialty "kiritampo" -- mashed rice pressed on a skewer and then grilled -- is made in front of the press at a restaurant in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Sept. 18, 2024, using recently harvested rice.

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"Kiritampo" northeastern Japan local specialty

Local specialty "kiritampo" -- mashed rice pressed on a skewer and then grilled -- is made in front of the press at a restaurant in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Sept. 18, 2024, using recently harvested rice.

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"Kiritampo" northeastern Japan local specialty

Local specialty "kiritampo" -- mashed rice pressed on a skewer and then grilled -- is made in front of the press at a restaurant in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Sept. 18, 2024, using recently harvested rice.

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Giant panda at western Japan zoo

Giant panda Yuihin is pictured next to artificial snow given to her on her eighth birthday at the Adventure World zoo and amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 18, 2024. Yuihin was given an eight-sided ice block as well.

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Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska

Olena Zelenska (R), wife of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on June 18, 2024. She announced that the annual Kyiv Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen, initiated by her in 2021, will take place in the Ukrainian capital on Sept. 12 with the theme of child security.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Tochinoshin

Former ozeki-ranked sumo wrestler Tochinoshin, whose real name is Levan Gorgadze, poses for a photo at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2023. Seen on the left is a poster of his retirement ceremony to be held on Feb. 4, 2024.