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Flower art depicts Shohei Ohtani

Photo taken on May 2, 2024, shows an image of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani swinging a bat made from about 30,000 flowers at a flower garden in Sera in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan.

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Flower art depicts Shohei Ohtani

Photo taken on May 2, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an image of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani swinging a bat made from about 30,000 flowers at a flower garden in Sera in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan.

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Flower art depicts Shohei Ohtani

Photo taken on May 2, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an image of Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani swinging a bat made from about 30,000 flowers at a flower garden in Sera in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan.

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Ice fall festival in Hokkaido

Tourists visit an ice fall festival in Kamikawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2024. The annual event, featuring about 30 ice sculptures lit up in seven colors, will run through March 17.

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Ice fall festival in Hokkaido

Tourists visit an ice fall festival in Kamikawa, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2024. The annual event, featuring about 30 ice sculptures lit up in seven colors, will run through March 17.

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People lounge during orchestra concert

People lounge in hammocks during an orchestra performance in Yokohama near Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2023. About 500 concertgoers were allowed to converse, post social media comments and take photographs throughout the event.

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People lounge during orchestra concert

People lounge in hammocks during an orchestra performance in Yokohama near Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2023. About 500 concertgoers were allowed to converse, post social media comments and take photographs throughout the event.

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People lounge during orchestra concert

People lounge on beanbags during an orchestra performance in Yokohama near Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2023. About 500 concertgoers were allowed to converse, post social media comments and take photographs throughout the event.

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15-year-high gasoline prices in Japan

A price board at a gas station in Nagoya, central Japan, shows regular gasoline at 175 yen ($1.23) per liter on Aug. 2, 2023. Industry ministry data released the same day shows the average retail price for regular gasoline in Japan hit 176.70 yen per liter as of July 31, its highest in about 15 years.

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15-year-high gasoline prices in Japan

A price board at a gas station in Tokyo shows regular gasoline at 180 yen ($1.27) per liter on Aug. 2, 2023. Industry ministry data released the same day shows the average retail price for regular gasoline in Japan hit 176.70 yen per liter as of July 31, its highest in about 15 years.

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15-year-high gasoline prices in Japan

A price board at a gas station in Tokyo shows regular gasoline at 180 yen ($1.27) per liter on Aug. 2, 2023. Industry ministry data released the same day shows the average retail price for regular gasoline in Japan hit 176.70 yen per liter as of July 31, its highest in about 15 years.

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Overweight elephant in Japan zoo

Photo taken on June 2, 2023, shows overweight female African elephant Mao at Morioka Zoo in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Mao, who has been put on a weight-loss plan, weighs about 3,800 kilograms.

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Huge paper collage made to pray for Tohoku

KOBE, Japan - About 700 people take part in an event in Kobe, western Japan, on Feb. 2, 2014, to complete a huge collage, 40.5 meters in length and 1.8 meters in height, using hand-ripped pieces of colored paper. The photographed part of the collage depicts (from L) the "chagu chagu umakko" horse festival in Iwate Prefecture, the famous "Miharu Takizakura" cherry tree in the town of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, and the Sendai Tanabata Festival in Miyagi Prefecture. The artwork was recognized as a world record by the Guinness World Records.

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Panasonic eyes 200 bil. yen sales in care business in FY2025

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. envisages expanding sales in its elderly care-related business to the 200 billion-yen (about $1.91 billion as of Sept. 2, 2014) level in fiscal 2025 as increased demand is expected from aging postwar baby boomers. Employees conduct maintenance of a care bed at its Osaka Rental Center in Osaka Prefecture's Kadoma on Aug. 29, 2014.

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Cosplayers from around world gather in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken in Nagoya, Japan, on Aug. 2, 2014, shows a Russian team winning first prize at the World Cosplay Championship wearing the costumes of characters from the popular videogame "The Legend of Zelda." Costume players representing about 20 countries gathered in the central Japan city.

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Aomori Nebuta Festival begins for 6-day-run

AOMORI, Japan - Large lantern floats depicting human figures parade through the streets in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 2, 2014, the first day of the six-day Aomori Nebuta Festival. The largest float called Nebuta is about nine meters wide, about five meters tall, and weighs about four tons. According to organizers, the festival attracts as many as three million people every year.

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Sunflowers in full bloom in Hokkaido's sunflower village

SAPPORO, Japan - Sunflowers are in full bloom at Himawari-no-Sato (Sunflower Village), Japan's biggest sunflower field, in the town of Hokuryu in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, on Aug. 2, 2014. About 1.5 million sunflowers are planted in the field of 23 hectares.

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Sunflowers in full bloom in Hokkaido's sunflower village

SAPPORO, Japan - Sunflowers are in full bloom at Himawari-no-Sato (Sunflower Village), Japan's biggest sunflower field, in the town of Hokuryu in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, on Aug. 2, 2014. About 1.5 million sunflowers are planted in the field of 23 hectares.

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Goods unearthed from tumulus on display in Nara

KASHIHARA, Japan - A male member of staff (R) shows a replica of a gold earring with a long chain, one of the articles found in the Niizawa Senzuka tumulus group, comprising about 600 burial mounds concerned with the Silk Road route, in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on July 2, 2014. Some of the articles are on display at the Kashihara City Museum of History at a two-month exhibition under way from July 5.

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Hong Kong pro-democracy protests

HONG KONG, China - Police officers forcibly remove a pro-democracy demonstrator staging a sit-in in central Hong Kong in the early hours of July 2, 2014. About 510,000 people took part in an annual pro-democracy demonstration that started the previous day, marking the territory's 17th anniversary of its handover to China.

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Hong Kong pro-democracy protests

HONG KONG, China - Police officers forcibly remove a pro-democracy demonstrator staging a sit-in in central Hong Kong in the early hours of July 2, 2014. About 510,000 people took part in an annual pro-democracy demonstration that started the previous day, marking the territory's 17th anniversary of its handover to China.

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Hong Kong pro-democracy protests

HONG KONG, China - Police officers forcibly remove a pro-democracy demonstrator staging a sit-in in central Hong Kong in the early hours of July 2, 2014. About 510,000 people took part in an annual pro-democracy demonstration that started the previous day, marking the territory's 17th anniversary of its handover to China.

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Hong Kong pro-democracy protests

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy demonstrators stage a sit-in in central Hong Kong in the early hours of July 2, 2014. About 510,000 people took part in an annual pro-democracy demonstration that started the previous day, marking the territory's 17th anniversary of its handover to China.

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Dai-ichi Life poised to buy U.S. insurer Protective

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2011 shows the headquarters of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. Dai-ichi Life is poised to acquire Protective Life Corp. of the United States for about 500 billion yen ($4.9 billion), sources familiar with the matter said June 2, 2014.

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1,200 T-shirts hung on beach for art exhibition

KOCHI, Japan - About 1,200 T-shirts were hung as a display on the beach in the Kuroshio town, Kochi Prefecture, on May 2, 2014, a day before the opening of a T-shirts art exhibition.

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Yearly Sand Festa opens in Kagoshima Pref.

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - People attend the annual Sand Festa exhibition on May 2, 2014, in the sand dune area of Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, which opened under the theme of Japanese treasures. The event featuring about 100 sand sculptures by Japanese and foreign sculptors as well as children runs through May 31, 2014.

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Tsunami alert after Chile quake

HONOLULU, United States - Photo shows Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, around 3:30 a.m. on April 2, 2014, the time when a tsunami was expected to arrive. Waves of about 45 centimeters were spotted there, considered a normal height, according to a local official. Tsunamis of over 50 cm were observed in some areas in Hawaii that day after a magnitude 8.2 quake hit Chile on April 1.

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Crown Prince Naruhito attends WOC opening ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito addresses an opening ceremony for the World Ophthalmology Congress in Tokyo on April 2, 2014. Some 17,000 researchers from about 130 countries and areas are attending a five-day meeting.

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Chinese group sues Mitsubishi Materials over wartime forced labor

SHIJIAZHUANG, China - A lawyer representing 149 Chinese plaintiffs speaks to reporters in Shijiazhuang, Heibei Province, on April 2, 2014, after filing a lawsuit against Japan's Mitsubishi Materials Corp seeking 227 million yuan (about $37 million) in compensation from the company for wartime forced labor in Japan.

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Hokkaido brewers unearth sake aged under snow

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Workers of a sake brewery in Biei, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, dig out a container of this year's new brew of rice wine aged under snow on April 2, 2014. The sake had matured in the snow for about 100 days, a process said to create a smoother texture for the liquor.

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Giant isopod not eating

TOBA, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 2, 2014, at Toba Aquarium in Toba, Mie Prefecture, shows a giant isopod, a creature often called a "scavenger of the deep." The crustacean from Mexico, measuring about 29 centimeters and weighing about 1 kilogram, was near bait (L), but did not eat. According to the aquarium, it has not eating anything since it ate fish in January 2009.

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Sand sculpture event

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - An event exhibiting about 100 sand sculptures featuring animals begins in Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, on May 2, 2013.

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Sand sculpture event

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - An event exhibiting about 100 sand sculptures featuring animals begins in Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture, on May 2, 2013.

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Suu Kyi at refugee camp in Thailand

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi waves as she boards an airplane after visiting Mae La refugee camp near Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on June 2, 2012. The camp houses about 50,000 ethnic Karen and other Myanmar refugees. Suu Kyi is in Thailand on her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years.

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Suu Kyi at refugee camp in Thailand

MAE SOT, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi answers reporters' questions after visiting Mae La refugee camp near Mae Sot, northwestern Thailand, on June 2, 2012. The camp houses about 50,000 ethnic Karen and other Myanmar refugees. Suu Kyi is in Thailand on her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years.

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1st shipment from Kirin plant in Sendai since March disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co. President Koichi Matsuzawa (L) and Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai pose with cases of beer in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2011, during a ceremony to mark the first shipment of beer from the company's Sendai plant in about eight months since it was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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1st shipment from Kirin plant in Sendai since March disaster

SENDAI, Japan - People see off the first shipment of beer from Kirin Brewery Co.'s Sendai plant in about eight months in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2011, since the plant was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Mandarin ducks come to Japan from north

YONAGO, Japan - Mandarin ducks rest at the Hino River in the town of Hino in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 2, 2011. Around 700 Mandarin ducks were spotted the same day on or around the river, where about 1,000 of the birds annually winter after flying in from the north.

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People in Zawiyah, Libya

ZAWIYAH, Libya - A man on Sept. 2, 2011, points to the site where forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi dug up the bodies of protesters in Zawiyah, about 50 kilometers west of Tripoli. Gaddafi's troops destroyed a mosque after suppressing anti-Gaddafi protests and dug up the bodies of around 30 protesters buried near the mosque.

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Returning home for the lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Photo taken on Feb. 2, 2011, shows the village of Shihuazhen in China's Hubei Province. The village, like many farming villages in inland China, sees most of its laborers migrate to major cities to find work. China has about 200 million migrant workers.

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JSA Chair Hanaregoma at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma bows in apology for yet another scandal involving the national sport at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2011. The chairman said, however, he was not able to confirm the truth of the allegation after summoning about 10 people the same day for questioning over cellphone text messages implying rigged bouts.

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Volcanic ash reaches Hawks training ground

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Softbank Hawks infielder Yuichi Honda (L) covers his month as outfielder Hiroshi Shibahara looks up at the sky as volcanic ash from the eruption of Shinmoe Peak in the Kirishima mountain range rained on the club's training ground in Miyazaki City on Feb. 2, 2011. The training ground is about 45 kilometers away from the peak located on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, which erupted for the seventh time since Jan. 26 the same day.

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'Yuru-kyara' festival in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - About 50 mascot characters called ''Yuru-kyara,'' meaning gentle or relaxed characters, gather during a festival at Nagoya Castle in Aichi Prefecture on Oct. 2, 2010.

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Toyota to file for recall of luxury Lexus models Monday

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. will file on July 5 for a recall of eight models, including luxury Lexus cars, due to an engine defect that could cause the vehicles to stop while in motion, affecting about 90,000 units in Japan, company officials said on July 2, 2010. The recall will cover the top-of-the-line LS460 sedan (file photo) and other Lexus models -- the LS600h, LS600hL, GS350, GS450h, GS460 and IS350 -- as well as the Toyota Crown.

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Watches worth 300 mil. yen stolen from store in Tokyo's Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tenshodo, a watch and jewelry store in Tokyo's Ginza district, on Jan. 2, 2010. Around 200 high-end watches worth about 300 million yen were discovered the same day to have been stolen from the store.

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Watches worth 300 mil. yen stolen from store in Tokyo's Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - A hole (R, below) can be seen in the wall of Tenshodo, a watch and jewelry store in Tokyo's Ginza district, on Jan. 2, 2010. Around 200 high-end watches worth about 300 million yen were discovered the same day to have been stolen from the store.

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Maple trees lit up at Kyoto temple

A test illumination is carried out at Eikando Zenrinji, a temple in Japan's ancient capital Kyoto, on Nov. 2, 2022. This year the event, in which about 3,000 maple trees are lit up at night, will be held from Nov. 5 to Dec. 4.

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Maple trees lit up at Kyoto temple

A test illumination is carried out at Eikando Zenrinji, a temple in Japan's ancient capital Kyoto, on Nov. 2, 2022. This year the event, in which about 3,000 maple trees are lit up at night, will be held from Nov. 5 to Dec. 4.

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Maple trees lit up at Kyoto temple

A test illumination is carried out at Eikando Zenrinji, a temple in Japan's ancient capital Kyoto, on Nov. 2, 2022. This year the event, in which about 3,000 maple trees are lit up at night, will be held from Nov. 5 to Dec. 4.