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Four giant pandas at western Japan zoo

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 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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Baseball: Orix ace Yamamoto wins Sawamura Award

Baseball: Orix ace Yamamoto wins Sawamura Award

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2022, shows Orix Buffaloes right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto throwing a four-hit shutout against the SoftBank Hawks at Kyocera Dome in Osaka. Yamamoto won the Sawamura Award on Oct. 24, 2022, for a second straight year.

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Baseball: Orix ace Yamamoto wins Sawamura Award

Baseball: Orix ace Yamamoto wins Sawamura Award

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2022, shows Orix Buffaloes right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto roaring after pitching a complete-game shutout against the SoftBank Hawks at Kyocera Dome in Osaka. Yamamoto won the Sawamura Award on Oct. 24, 2022, for a second straight year.

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Japanese Princess Kako at airport

Japanese Princess Kako at airport

Japanese Princess Kako is pictured upon arrival at Tottori airport in the western Japan city of Tottori on Sept. 24, 2022.

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Japanese Princess Kako

Japanese Princess Kako

Japanese Princess Kako (C) watches a wheelchair basketball game at a sports facility for the disabled in the western Japan city of Tottori on Sept. 24, 2022.

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Japanese Princess Kako

Japanese Princess Kako

Japanese Princess Kako speaks (L) with wheelchair basketball players after watching a game at a sports facility for the disabled in the western Japan city of Tottori on Sept. 24, 2022.

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Japanese Princess Kako

Japanese Princess Kako

Japanese Princess Kako speaks (L) with a wheelchair basketball player after watching a game at a sports facility for the disabled in the western Japan city of Tottori on Sept. 24, 2022.

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List of over 120,000 Japanese American internment detainees completed

List of over 120,000 Japanese American internment detainees completed

People on Sept. 24, 2022, look at a roster listing over 120,000 Japanese Americans sent to internment camps during World War II after being considered "enemy aliens" in the United States. The list was completed 80 years after the signing of an Executive Order by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in February 1942, two months after Japan's Pearl Harbor attack, which authorized the U.S. military to evict residents in specific areas.

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List of over 120,000 Japanese American internment detainees completed

List of over 120,000 Japanese American internment detainees completed

People attend a ceremony at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles on Sept. 24, 2022, to mark the completion of a roster listing over 120,000 Japanese Americans sent to internment camps during World War II after being considered "enemy aliens" in the United States. The year 2022 marks the 80th anniversary of the signing of an Executive Order by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in February 1942, two months after Japan's Pearl Harbor attack, which authorized the U.S. military to evict residents in specific areas.

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Aftermath of Typhoon Talas in central Japan

Aftermath of Typhoon Talas in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 24, 2022, shows collapsed houses in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Hamamatsu, central Japan, following a landslide brought on by torrential rain from Typhoon Talas.

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Aftermath of Typhoon Talas in central Japan

Aftermath of Typhoon Talas in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 24, 2022, shows a collapsed lattice tower in Shizuoka, central Japan, following torrential rain caused by Typhoon Talas.

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Aftermath of Typhoon Talas in central Japan

Aftermath of Typhoon Talas in central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 24, 2022, shows a collapsed lattice tower in Shizuoka, central Japan, following torrential rain caused by Typhoon Talas.

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Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

Photo taken on Sept. 24, 2022, shows a booth of Japanese mayonnaise maker Kewpie Corp. at an event marking the 50th anniversary on Sept. 29 of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic relations at a shopping mall in Beijing.

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Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

A woman demonstrates Ikebana Japanese flower arrangement on Sept. 24, 2022, at an event marking the 50th anniversary on Sept. 29 of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic relations in Beijing.

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Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

People line up on Sept. 24, 2022, for the opening of an event marking the 50th anniversary on Sept. 29 of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic relations in Beijing.

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Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

A woman demonstrates Ikebana Japanese flower arrangement on Sept. 24, 2022, at an event marking the 50th anniversary on Sept. 29 of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic relations in Beijing.

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Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

A Honda electric vehicle is on display on Sept. 24, 2022, at an event marking the 50th anniversary on Sept. 29 of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic relations in Beijing.

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Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

Japanese Ambassador to China Hideo Tarumi (2nd from R) poses for a photo on Sept. 24, 2022, during an event marking the 50th anniversary on Sept. 29 of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic relations in Beijing.

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Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

Former Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua (2nd from R) looks at an electric scooter on Sept. 24, 2022, during an event marking the 50th anniversary on Sept. 29 of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic relations in Beijing.

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Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

Japanese Ambassador to China Hideo Tarumi sits in the driver's seat of a Honda electric vehicle on Sept. 24, 2022, during an event marking the 50th anniversary on Sept. 29 of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic relations in Beijing.

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Baseball: Angels vs. Twins

Baseball: Angels vs. Twins

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels warms up ahead of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis on Sept. 24, 2022.

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Basketball: Wizards' Hachimura

Basketball: Wizards' Hachimura

Rui Hachimura (R) of the Washington Wizards is pictured during the team's training camp in Washington on Sept. 24, 2022.

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Russia Foreign Minister Lavrov in N.Y.

Russia Foreign Minister Lavrov in N.Y.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a press conference in New York on Sept. 24, 2022.

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Golf: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship

Golf: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship

Hinako Shibuno of Japan reacts after missing a putt for birdie on the 10th hole during the second round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Arkansas, on Sept. 24, 2022.

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Golf: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship

Golf: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship

Yuka Saso of Japan meets the press after finishing second after the second round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Arkansas, on Sept. 24, 2022.

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Kawamura's "Hyakka" wins San Sebastian best director award

Kawamura's "Hyakka" wins San Sebastian best director award

Japanese film director Genki Kawamura speaks at San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain's San Sebastian on Sept. 24, 2022, after his "Hyakka" (A Hundred Flowers) won Silver Shell for Best Director.

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Golf: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship

Golf: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship

Yuka Saso of Japan lines up a putt on the 17th hole during the second round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship at Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Arkansas, on Sept. 24, 2022.

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Kawamura's "Hyakka" wins San Sebastian best director award

Kawamura's "Hyakka" wins San Sebastian best director award

Japanese film director Genki Kawamura poses at San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain's San Sebastian on Sept. 24, 2022, after his "Hyakka" (A Hundred Flowers) won Silver Shell for Best Director.

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Longest connected paper cranes

Longest connected paper cranes

A total of 579,658 paper cranes created by children and connected via a string are certified by Guinness World Records as the longest chain of connected origami cranes as they are measured at 15.58 kilometers at an event in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Sept. 24, 2022.

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Longest connected paper cranes

Longest connected paper cranes

A total of 579,658 paper cranes created by children and connected via a string are certified by Guinness World Records as the longest chain of connected origami cranes as they are measured at 15.58 kilometers at an event in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Sept. 24, 2022.

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Princess Kako in Tottori

Princess Kako in Tottori

Japanese Princess Kako (2nd from R) watches a wheelchair basketball game at a sports facility for the disabled in the western Japan city of Tottori on Sept. 24, 2022.

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Princess Kako in Tottori

Princess Kako in Tottori

Japanese Princess Kako (C) watches a wheelchair basketball game at a sports facility for the disabled in the western Japan city of Tottori on Sept. 24, 2022.

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Princess Kako in Tottori

Princess Kako in Tottori

Japanese Princess Kako waves from an inside a vehicle on Sept. 24, 2022, after arriving at Tottori airport to visit a sports facility for the disabled in the western Japan city.

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Princess Kako in Tottori

Princess Kako in Tottori

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at Tottori airport on Sept. 24, 2022, to visit a sports facility for the disabled in the western Japan city.

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Princess Kako in Tottori

Princess Kako in Tottori

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at Tottori airport on Sept. 24, 2022, to visit a sports facility for the disabled in the western Japan city.

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