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New Japan-Philippines defense pact

Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuya Endo (R) and Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro exchange notes in Manila on Aug. 12, 2025, ahead of the coming into force in September of the Reciprocal Access Agreement, aimed at enhancing bilateral defense and security cooperation.

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New Japan-Philippines defense pact

(From L) Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro and Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuya Endo pose for a photo after the two countries exchanged notes in Manila on Aug. 12, 2025, ahead of the coming into force in September of the Reciprocal Access Agreement, aimed at enhancing bilateral defense and security cooperation.

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New Japan-Philippines defense pact

(From L) Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro and Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuya Endo pose for a photo after the two countries exchanged notes in Manila on Aug. 12, 2025, ahead of the coming into force in September of the Reciprocal Access Agreement, aimed at enhancing bilateral defense and security cooperation.

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Restoration of 'miracle pine'

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A part of the trunk of the "miracle pine" that initially withstood the massive March 2011 tsunami is suspended from a crane to be planted into the ground in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2013, as restoration of the tree reached the final stage. The remnants of the tree were dissected in September 2012 into several parts for anti-decay treatment.

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Guinness cites wrestler Yoshida for 15 straight world titles

NAGOYA, Japan - Invincible women's wrestler Saori Yoshida (R) receives a Guinness World Records certificate during an event in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 12, 2014, for her unprecedented 15th consecutive world championship win in September.

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New Komeito chief Yamaguchi secures another term

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito party chief Natsuo Yamaguchi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2014, after securing another two-year term until September 2016. No other candidates filed for the party's presidential election.

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Fukushima nuclear plant chief feared catastrophe for eastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Pool photo taken Nov. 12, 2011, shows Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaking to reporters at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture. According to government documents obtained by Kyodo News on Aug. 30, 2014, Yoshida said in testimony before his death that he had feared catastrophic damage to eastern Japan while he was struggling to contain the crisis in March 2011. The government will release his 400-page testimony in September.

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Disgraced former sumo coach dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 2007 shows Junichi Yamamoto, a former sumo wrestler and coach. Yamamoto, who was fired by the Japan Sumo Association for his involvement in the death of a junior wrestler, has died at the age of 64 after suffering from lung cancer, a JSA source said Aug. 12, 2014. Known as the head stablemaster of Tokitsukaze, he was given a five-year prison sentence in the manslaughter case.

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World Cup trophy comes to quake-hit city

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Visitors poses for photos with the World Cup trophy at the municipal Takata Elementary School in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 12, 2014, where the trophy arrived on its world tour. The trophy left Brazil last September on a tour to promote the World Cup soccer finals in that country. Students at Prefectural Takata High School, whose building was completely destroyed by the 2011 great quake and tsunami, asked the event promoter to send the trophy to the city.

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Tomari nuclear plant spent fuel pool shown to press

SAPPORO, Japan - The spent fuel pool at the No. 3 reactor of the Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, is shown to the press on March 12, 2014. It was the first time for Hokkaido Electric Power Co. to show the facility to the media since September 2008, when it was still under construction.

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Hokkaido's Tomari reactor containment vessel shown to press

SAPPORO, Japan - Circular pipes of a cooling system set up on the upper part of a containment vessel of the No. 3 reactor at the Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido are shown to the press on March 12, 2014. It was the first time Hokkaido Electric Power Co. had revealed the facility to the media since September 2008, when it was still under construction.

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Kanji characterizing 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe answers reporters' questions at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2013. While "wa" was chosen as the Chinese character best symbolizing 2013's national ethos in Japan, Abe said he chose "yume" meaning dream as the year's kanji, as Tokyo won its bid in September to host the 2020 Olympic Games.

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Sushi-shaped donuts

BANGKOK, Thailand - A high-school girl in Bangkok tastes a donut that looks like sushi in the Thai capital on Aug. 12, 2013. Mister Donut will offer the "Sushido" until the end of September.

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Sam Rainsy

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy. Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni pardoned Sam Rainsy on July 12, 2013. The pardon paves the way for Rainsy, in self-exile even before being sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison by Cambodian courts in September 2010, to enter the campaign for Cambodia's July 28 national elections.

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LCCs reviving women's dream of becoming flight attendants

OSAKA, Japan - Eri Otsubo, who works as a flight attendant for Peach Aviation Ltd., is seen at Kansai airport on Feb. 12, 2013. Otsubo, who has a daughter at kindergarten, was employed by the low cost carrier in September last year, realizing the dream she had abandoned when a university student.

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Bridge off Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Engineers work on a 3.1-kilometer bridge under construction to connect Russky Island, off Vladivostok, and the Russian mainland in the early hours of April 12, 2012. Russia plans to complete the bridge by the time it hosts an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in the Far Eastern city in September 2012.

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Classes resume after typhoon

GOJO, Japan - Students of Oto Elementary School and Oto Junior High School in Gojo, Nara Prefecture, head to another school in the same city on September 12, 2011. Their classes resumed at the other school the same day after the closure of their schools due to torrential rain triggered by a typhoon.

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Ozawa at work in Nagano

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa speaks at a news conference on Aug. 12, 2010, in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, where he is directing the Saito Kinen Matsumoto music festival. Ozawa thanked his friends and staff for their support during the time he underwent surgery for esophagus cancer, ahead of his scheduled performance at the festival in September.

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Spokesman denies Cabinet reshuffle before Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 12, 2010. Sengoku said Prime Minister Naoto Kan is unlikely to reshuffle his Cabinet until September in spite of his party's defeat in a House of Councillors election.

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Doraemon cartoonist museum groundbreaking ceremony

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Masako Fujimoto, the widow of ''manga'' cartoon artist Fujiko F. Fujio who created the feline robot series ''Doraemon,'' participates in a groundbreaking ceremony for a museum dedicated to the cartoonist in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 12, 2010. The three-story museum is scheduled to open in September 2011.