US: Time-Lapse Shows Heavy Snow Blanketing Ohio State University’s South Oval

Time-lapse footage shows snow accumulating over a 24-hour period on Sunday, January 25, at the South Oval on the Ohio State University campus. A major winter storm swept across the U.S., bringing widespread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain. The storm has caused seven deaths and massive power outages affecting hundreds of thousands of people.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants are seated at the University of Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Jan. 17, 2026, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan.

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants are seated at the University of Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Jan. 17, 2026, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan. (Pool photo)

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants are seated at the University of Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Jan. 17, 2026, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan. (Pool photo)

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Unified university entrance exams in Japan

Applicants walk at a University of Tokyo campus in the Japanese capital on Jan. 17, 2026, as the two-day unified university entrance examinations are set to begin across Japan.

U.N. University in Tokyo

U.N. University in Tokyo

File photo taken on Jan. 8, 2026, shows the building housing the United Nations University headquarters in Tokyo.

Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor runner Sota Orita crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2026, securing the university's third consecutive year of victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor runner Sota Orita crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2026, securing the university's third consecutive year of victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor runner Sota Orita crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2026, securing the university's third consecutive year of victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor runner Sota Orita crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2026, securing the university's third consecutive year of victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay

Aoyama Gakuin University anchor runner Sota Orita crosses the finish line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2026, securing the university's third consecutive year of victory in the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay.

PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

PM's Erroneous Remarks On Taiwan Spark Rally In Tokyo - Japan

Koichi Nakano, a professor of international politics at Sophia University in Tokyo, speaks during a rally in front of the Japanese Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 23, 2025. Japanese citizens held a rally on Tuesday evening in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo, demanding that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retract her erroneous remarks on Taiwan and criticizing comments by a senior government official advocating nuclear armament. Photo by Jia Haocheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

[Breaking News]Nobel laureate Sakaguchi returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - University of Osaka professor Shimon Sakaguchi, co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, meets the press upon his arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2025, following the award ceremony in Stockholm. (Kyodo)

Nobel laureate Sakaguchi returns to Japan

Nobel laureate Sakaguchi returns to Japan

University of Osaka professor Shimon Sakaguchi, co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, shows his Nobel medal to the press after arriving at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2025, following the award ceremony in Stockholm.

Nobel laureate Sakaguchi returns to Japan

Nobel laureate Sakaguchi returns to Japan

University of Osaka professor Shimon Sakaguchi, co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, meets the press upon his arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2025, following the award ceremony in Stockholm.

Nobel laureate Sakaguchi returns to Japan

Nobel laureate Sakaguchi returns to Japan

University of Osaka professor Shimon Sakaguchi, co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, meets the press upon his arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2025, following the award ceremony in Stockholm.

Nobel laureate Sakaguchi returns to Japan

Nobel laureate Sakaguchi returns to Japan

University of Osaka professor Shimon Sakaguchi, co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, meets the press upon his arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2025, following the award ceremony in Stockholm.

Japan crown prince at biology award ceremony

Japan crown prince at biology award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 5 Kyodo - Japanese Crown Prince Akihito (far L) chats with University of Cambridge Professor Emeritus Edred John Henry Corner, the winner of the 1985 International Prize for Biology, while Japanese Crown Princess Michiko (2nd from R) chats with the professor's wife after the award ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 1985. (Kyodo)

Japan crown prince at biology award ceremony

Japan crown prince at biology award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 5 Kyodo - University of Cambridge Professor Emeritus Edred John Henry Corner (L, front) receives the 1985 International Prize for Biology in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 1985, with Japanese Crown Prince Akihito (top, L) and Crown Princess Michiko attending the award ceremony.(Kyodo)

Order of Culture Award

Order of Culture Award

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa, a co-winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry (R) receives the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, from Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2025. (Pool photo)

Order of Culture Award

Order of Culture Award

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa, a co-winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2025, after receiving the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, at an Imperial Palace ceremony.

Order of Culture Award

Order of Culture Award

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa, a co-winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2025, after receiving the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, at an Imperial Palace ceremony.

Nobel Prize in chemistry co-winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry co-winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, delivers a speech in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025.

Novel laureate Kitagawa

Novel laureate Kitagawa

Photo taken at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2025, shows Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) holding online talks with Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa (L) a day after he was named a co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2025.

Novel laureate Kitagawa

Novel laureate Kitagawa

Photo taken at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2025, shows Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba holding online talks with Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa a day after he was named a co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2025.

Novel laureate Kitagawa

Novel laureate Kitagawa

Photo taken at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2025, shows Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa holding online talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba a day after he was named a co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2025.

Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 7 Kyodo - Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, attends a press conference in Suita, Osaka Prefecture in western Japan, on Oct. 6, 2025, after the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced that he won this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with U.S. scientists Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell, for their "groundbreaking" discoveries on how the immune system is kept in check. (Kyodo)

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa (L), in the western Japan city, talks over the phone with Asahi Kasei Corp. honorary fellow and 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Akira Yoshino, in Tokyo, on Oct. 8, 2025, after Kitagawa was named one of the three winners of the prize earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Nobel Prize in chemistry winner Kitagawa

Kyoto University distinguished professor Susumu Kitagawa (L), in the western Japan city, talks over the phone with Asahi Kasei Corp. honorary fellow and 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Akira Yoshino, in Tokyo, on Oct. 8, 2025, after Kitagawa was named one of the three winners of the prize earlier in the day for developing porous materials that can store and release gases such as natural gas.

Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Combined photo shows Shimon Sakaguchi (L), a distinguished professor at Osaka University, in Osaka in western Japan, and Yoshinori Ohsumi, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 2016, in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, speaking on the phone after Sakaguchi was named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with two American scientists the previous night for their "groundbreaking" discoveries on how the immune system is kept in check, on Oct. 6, 2025.

Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba calls Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, from the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2025, to congratulate him on winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba calls Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, from the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2025, to congratulate him on winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba calls Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, from the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2025, to congratulate him on winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Japan emperor at U.N. University ceremony

Japan emperor at U.N. University ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito speaks at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of United Nations University in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japan emperor at U.N. University ceremony

Japan emperor at U.N. University ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako chat with graduate school students during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of United Nations University in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japan emperor at U.N. University ceremony

Japan emperor at U.N. University ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako chat with graduate school students during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of United Nations University in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japan emperor at U.N. University ceremony

Japan emperor at U.N. University ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of United Nations University in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2025. (Pool photo)

Holdout of students inside University of Tokyo auditorium

Holdout of students inside University of Tokyo auditorium

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 24 Kyodo - Riot police fire a water cannon toward the University of Tokyo's Yasuda Auditorium in Tokyo on Jan. 18, 1969, after hardline leftist students barricaded themselves inside the building during a siege by the police. (Kyodo)

Confrontation among leftist Japanese students in 1960s

Confrontation among leftist Japanese students in 1960s

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 24 Kyodo - Leftist students aligned with the Japanese Communist Party (R) clash with students critical of the party (L) at a University of Tokyo campus in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 1969. (Kyodo)

Diet summons key figure in HIV scandal

Diet summons key figure in HIV scandal

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 24 Kyodo - Takeshi Abe, former head of the Health and Welfare Ministry's AIDS study team and former vice president of Teikyo University, raises his hand to testify as unsworn witness at a House of Representatives committee session in Tokyo in April 1996 over his connection with HIV infections through tainted blood products in the early 1980s. An expert on hemophilia treatment, Abe is regarded as the key figure who influenced a ministry decision to continue the use of unheated blood products in 1984.(Kyodo)

Space suit made using "Nishijin-ori" weaving

Space suit made using "Nishijin-ori" weaving

Photo taken in Kyoto on Aug. 7, 2025, shows a prototype of a space suit that was made using Kyoto's traditional "Nishijin-ori" weaving. The suit, developed under a space project involving Kyoto University, a Tokyo space venture company and other entities, will be displayed at the World Exposition in Osaka from Aug. 10.

Saori Minami

Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

Left-wing students during 1960s

Left-wing students during 1960s

Left-wing students regarded as confronting the Japanese Communist Party guard the road leading to the University of Tokyo's Yasuda Auditorium (background) while warming by a bonfire at the university's Hongo campus in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 1969.

Left-wing students during 1960s

Left-wing students during 1960s

Left-wing students regarded as confronting the Japanese Communist Party guard the road leading to the University of Tokyo's Yasuda Auditorium (background) while warming by a bonfire at the university's Hongo campus in Tokyo on Jan. 12, 1969.

Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Nobel committee chair in Japan

Nobel committee chair in Japan

Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, speaks during a disarmament event at Sophia University in Tokyo on July 27, 2025.

Nobel committee chair in Japan

Nobel committee chair in Japan

Jorgen Watne Frydnes (R), chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, shakes hands with Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, following a press conference at Sophia University in Tokyo on July 27, 2025.

Nobel Peace Prize Committee chair in Japan

Nobel Peace Prize Committee chair in Japan

Jorgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, speaks during a disarmament event at Sophia University in Tokyo on July 27, 2025.