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Ice skating academy by Mao Asada

Vancouver Olympic figure skating silver medalist Mao Asada holds a figure skating clinic for children at her Mao Rink in Tachikawa, Tokyo, on Oct. 9, 2025. Asada opened her ice skating academy in August, coaching 12 children selected via an audition in a bid to train them to become internationally competitive skaters.

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Mao Asada's new ice skate rink

Vancouver Olympic figure skating silver medalist Mao Asada performs at an ice skating rink she opened in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, during a ceremony marking its completion on Nov. 8, 2024. Mao Rink, which has 1,000 seats for spectators, will open to the general public on Nov. 11. Asada has said she will use the rink for her ice show and that the rink meets standards for holding international competitions.

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Mao Asada's new ice skate rink

Vancouver Olympic figure skating silver medalist Mao Asada performs at an ice skating rink she opened in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, during a ceremony marking its completion on Nov. 8, 2024. Mao Rink, which has 1,000 seats for spectators, will open to the general public on Nov. 11. Asada has said she will use the rink for her ice show and that the rink meets standards for holding international competitions.

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Fujii defends Osho title

Sota Fujii, who holds all eight shogi titles, poses after defending the Osho title 4-0 in a best-of-seven series against Tatsuya Sugai in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Feb. 8, 2024. Fujii clinched his first title, Kisei, in July 2020, and won or defended all 19 title matches he has fought since then.

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Fujii defends Osho title

Sota Fujii, who holds all eight shogi titles, poses after defending the Osho title 4-0 in a best-of-seven series against Tatsuya Sugai in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Feb. 8, 2024. Fujii clinched his first title, Kisei, in July 2020, and won or defended all 19 title matches he has fought since then.

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Fujii defends Osho title

Sota Fujii, who holds all eight shogi titles, attends a press conference after defending the Osho title 4-0 in a best-of-seven series against Tatsuya Sugai in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Feb. 8, 2024. Fujii clinched his first title, Kisei, in July 2020, and won or defended all 19 title matches he has fought since then.

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Fujii defends Osho title

Sota Fujii, who holds all eight shogi titles, poses after defending the Osho title 4-0 in a best-of-seven series against Tatsuya Sugai in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Feb. 8, 2024. Fujii clinched his first title, Kisei, in July 2020, and won or defended all 19 title matches he has fought since then.

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Japan's oldest Asian elephant Hanako

TACHIKAWA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 5, 2012, shows Asian elephant Hanako at Inokashira Park Zoo in western Tokyo. An event to mark the 65th birthday of Hanako, the oldest elephant in Japan, was held the same day. Since her actual birthday is not known, the zoo regards her as older by a year on Jan. 1 every year.

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Damages given over base noise

TACHIKAWA, Japan - One of plaintiffs holds a banner telling their supporters of their victory after the Hachioji branch of the Tokyo District Court ordered the government May 13 to pay around 160 million yen in compensation to 242 out of the 325 people who sued the government over aircraft noise at the U.S. forces' Yokota air base in western Tokyo. But the court rejected the plaintiffs' other demands for a ban on night flights and for damages from future aircraft noise.

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Bronze replica of Roman statue unveiled in western Tokyo

TACHIKAWA, Japan - A bronze replica of a statue depicting the legendary twin founders of Rome being nursed by a female wolf is unveiled to the public in a ceremony in Chofu, western Tokyo, on Nov. 13, 2001. The ceremony at Tokyo Stadium was held to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the signing of a friendship agreement between Rome and Tokyo. Italian Ambassador to Japan Gabriele Menegatti and Chofu Mayor Katsuyuki Yoshio attended the ceremony.

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Japanese to complete 22,000-km Arctic trek in 2002

TACHIKAWA, Japan - A 57-year-old adventurer from Tokyo said he hopes to complete his 22,000-kilometer trek by dog sled across the Arctic from central Siberia to eastern Greenland in July 2002, more than five years since he set out on the journey and traveling nearly double the current long-distance record. Kazuo Kojima said he embarked on the trip because he wanted to follow the route supposedly taken by ancestors of the Inuits to reach the North American continent some 20,000 years ago. This photo was taken in May 2001, when Kojima and his Canadian teammate reached northern Canada after traveling some 2,500 km.

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1st foot race held at Yokota Air Base runway

TACHIKAWA, Japan - Some 2,300 amateur runners take part in the first foot race held on the 3,350-meter runway at the U.S. Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo Aug. 1 during an annual Japan-U.S. friendship festival. The base has caught public attention since Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara vowed to seek its return or joint use by the U.S. military and civilian airlines.

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Sumo summer tour amid coronavirus pandemic

Sumo wrestlers are wearing face masks at an arena in Tachikawa, Tokyo, on Aug. 5, 2022, during a summer sumo tour, the first regional tour held since December 2019, following a series of cancellations due to the coronavirus pandemic.