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Sumo: London tournament

Yokozuna Onosato (C) is pictured sightseeing in London with fellow sumo wrestlers on Oct. 14, 2025. About 120 sumo wrestlers are set to take part in a five-day tournament from Oct. 15 at the Royal Albert Hall in the Japan Sumo Association's first overseas exhibition tour in 20 years.

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Exercise ball introduced at city office in southwestern Japan

Employees at the Fukuoka city government office in southwestern Japan sit on exercise balls while on duty on May 14, 2024. About 100 employees aged 40 or older and without a daily exercise habit took part in the three-month trial to examine if the use of such balls would improve their muscle strength and balance.

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Exercise ball introduced at city office in southwestern Japan

Employees at the Fukuoka city government office in southwestern Japan sit on exercise balls while on duty on May 14, 2024. About 100 employees aged 40 or older and without a daily exercise habit took part in the three-month trial to examine if the use of such balls would improve their muscle strength and balance.

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Gov't to buy land around damaged Fukushima plant for waste storage

TOKYO, Japan - This aerial photo taken by a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 14, 2013, shows a coastal area in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, around the severely damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. The government plans to acquire about 19 square kilometers of land chiefly around the plant to build facilities for the long-term storage of radioactive and other waste piling up in the decontamination process.

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Gov't to buy land around damaged Fukushima plant for waste storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (L, standing) speaks at a meeting with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (3rd from R) and four other local town mayors in Fukushima on Dec. 14, 2013. Ishihara asked the local leaders to accept a government plan to acquire about 19 square kilometers of land around the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant and to build facilities for the long-term storage of radioactive and other waste there.

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"Densukesuika" watermelon

ASAHIKAWA, Japan, June 14 Kyodo - Photo taken June 14, 2018, in the northern Japan city of Asahikawa shows a "Densukesuika" watermelon (L) that fetched the highest price of 550,000 yen (about $5,000) at the season's first auction the same day.

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Fabric woven by 2,700 people in sympathy with disaster victims

KOBE, Japan - A "Saori-ori" freely woven piece involving about 2,700 people affected by big disasters, including tsunami-hit Thais, is shown in Kobe on Jan. 14, 2015, en route to completion on Jan. 17, 2015, with the ultimate length of 311 meters to signify the 3/11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster of 2011 in northeastern Japan. Jan. 17 marked the 20th anniversary of the devastating 1995 quake that hit Kobe and vicinity.

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Runners start at 2014 Honolulu Marathon

HONOLULU, United States - Runners dressed in various costumes start at the Honolulu Marathon in Hawaii on Dec. 14, 2014. Some 30,000 runners took part, including about 13,000 Japanese.

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Japanese group heads for N. Korea to visit graves of kin

TOKYO, Japan - A group of Japanese citizens are pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 14, 2014, before their departure for Pyongyang via Beijing to pay their respects at the graves of relatives who died in North Korea around the end of World War II. About 34,600 Japanese are believed to have died of hunger and disease around the end of the war in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, which was under Japanese rule from 1910 to 1945.

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Mega solar power plant opens on Awaji Island

OSAKA, Japan - An opening ceremony is held for Energy Bank Japan Co.'s mega sola power plant on Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on April 14, 2014. The plant is capable of generating about 9,000 kW of electricity, enough for supply to some 2,800 homes a year.

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Mega solar power plant begins operating on Awaji Island

OSAKA, Japan - Energy Bank Japan Co. begins the full-fledged operation of a mega solar power plant on Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on April 14, 2014. The plant is capable of generating about 9,000 kW of electricity, enough for supply to some 2,800 homes a year.

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Tokyo couple tie knot on train

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiko Suzuki (L) and Sayaka Tsuchiya pose for photos on a platform at JR Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013, ahead of getting aboard a Yamanote Line train entirely reserved for their wedding ceremony while making a circuit on the loop line. Suzuki, 27, and Tsuchiya, 28, were chosen from among couples who applied for a train wedding offered by East Japan Railway Co. About 150 guests took part in the ceremony on the running train.

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Tokyo couple tie knot on train

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiko Suzuki (L) and Sayaka Tsuchiya pose for photos after their wedding ceremony on a running Yamanote Line train in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013. Suzuki, 27, and Tsuchiya, 28, were chosen from among couples who applied for a train wedding offered by East Japan Railway Co. About 150 guests took part in the ceremony conducted while the train, entirely reserved for the event, made a circuit on the loop line. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo couple tie knot on train

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiko Suzuki (L) and Sayaka Tsuchiya are pictured after their wedding ceremony on a running Yamanote Line train in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2013. Suzuki, 27, and Tsuchiya, 28, were chosen from among couples who applied for a train wedding offered by East Japan Railway Co. About 150 guests took part in the ceremony conducted while the train, entirely reserved for the event, made a circuit on the loop line. (Pool photo)

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Problem in Boeing 787

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 14, 2013, shows a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, on which All Nippon Airways Co. found a problem in the wiring of a fire extinguisher for an engine. ANA delayed the flight from Tokyo's Haneda airport to Frankfurt for about 1 hour and 40 minutes due to the problem.

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Bridgestone workers protest in Italy

ROME, Italy - About 250 employees of a Bridgestone group company demonstrate in front of the Italian Ministry of Economic Development in Rome on March 14, 2013, against the planned closure of the company's factory in Bari, southern Italy.

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Workers, police crash in Beijing

BEIJING, China - About 50 migrant workers from rural areas (back) demand wage payments in front of the residence of a company executive in Beijing on Jan. 14, 2013. At front are armed police officers guarding the area.

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Workers, police crash in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A police officer seizes a man after about 50 migrant workers from rural areas demanded wage payments in front of the residence of a company executive in Beijing on Jan. 14, 2013.

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Workers, police crash in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Armed police officers remove about 50 migrant workers from rural areas who demanded wage payments in front of the residence of a company executive in Beijing on Jan. 14, 2013.

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Workers, police crash in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Armed police officers remove about 50 migrant workers from rural areas who demanded wage payments in front of the residence of a company executive in Beijing on Jan. 14, 2013.

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Workers, police crash in Beijing

BEIJING, China - About 50 migrant workers from rural areas (front) demand wage payments in front of the residence of a company executive in Beijing on Jan. 14, 2013. At back are armed police officers guarding the area.

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Mainali to leave Japan on June 15 for Nepal

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kamiyama (R), who headed a group of lawyers for Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepalese man granted a retrial over a 1997 Tokyo murder, holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 14, 2012. Earlier the same day it was decided Mainali will leave Japan on June 15 to return to Kathmandu for the first time in about 18 years. Kamiyama said he is "greatly relieved" and praised Mainali's inner strength that enabled him to endure 15 years of imprisonment in Japan.

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Homeless boys in Serbia

BELGRADE, Serbia - Three homeless boys aged 12 to 13 are seen sharing blankets as they lie in an underground mall in below zero temperatures in Belgrade, Serbia, on Feb. 14, 2012. Local media say about 600 children are homeless in Belgrade, in addition to an estimated 3,000 homeless adults.

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Antinuclear conference in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A two-day global antinuclear conference begins in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 14, 2012. About 3,000 people from some 30 countries, including politicians, civic group members and environmental activists, are taking part in the event.

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French Embassy celebrates revolution anniversary in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - French culture minister Frederic Mitterrand speaks on July 14, 2011, during a reception held in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, by the French Embassy in Japan to celebrate the 1789 French Revolution anniversary. About 640 people affected by the March 11 earthquake-tsunami disaster were invited to the event.

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French Embassy celebrates revolution anniversary in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - People affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami attend a reception held July 14, 2011, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, by the French Embassy in Japan to celebrate the 1789 French Revolution anniversary. The embassy invited about 640 people affected by the disasters.

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Osaka landmark Tsutenkaku resumes illumination

OSAKA, Japan - Tsutenkaku Tower, a landmark in Osaka in western Japan, resumes its usual light-up during the nighttime on May 14, 2011, for the first time in about two months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern and eastern Japan.

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Osaka landmark Tsutenkaku resumes illumination

OSAKA, Japan - Tsutenkaku Tower, a landmark in Osaka in western Japan, resumes its usual light-up during the nighttime on May 14, 2011, for the first time in about two months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern and eastern Japan.

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Empty town near Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Stray cows are seen in the town of Futaba, about 3 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, on April 14, 2011, after evacuation by residents.

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Empty town near Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on April 14, 2011, shows an empty street in the town of Futaba, about 3 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, after evacuation by residents. The sign on the banner reads ''Nuclear power, energy of a bright future.''

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Takayama Spring Festival

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Floats lit up by lanterns parade through the streets of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, during the Takayama Spring Festival on April 14, 2011. Around 74,000 people attended the festival, about 30 percent lower than the previous year, apparently due to the March 11 quake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Int'l athletic chief on Japan quake

TOKYO, Japan - Lamine Diack, president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, speaks during an interview in Japan on March 14, 2011. Diack said the IAAF had prepared about $250,000 for Japan's track and field facilities which were damaged by the historic earthquake and tsunami disasters.

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Egypt courts tourists

CAIRO, Egypt - About 300 people from the tourism industry, some holding signs written in several languages including English, Japanese and Chinese, court tourists near the Sphinx and pyramids in Giza, Egypt, on Feb. 14, 2011. Tourism in Egypt was hit by antigovernment demonstrations that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak from power.

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Osaka bourse inaugurates J-Gate derivatives trading system

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Securities Exchange President Michio Yoneda (L) receives a gift from Lars Ottersgard, senior vice president of Nasdaq OMX Market Technology, in Osaka on Feb. 14, 2011. A new financial derivatives trading system, named J-Gate, went into operation that day at the OSE, handling buy and sell orders about 20 times faster than previously. The new system was developed by Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.

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Panasonic to sell low-priced air-conditioner in India

MUMBAI, India - Dec. 14 Kyodo - Panasonic Corp. of Japan unveils a new lineup of air-conditioners for the Indian market, including the low-cost Cube AC model to be priced at 15,500 rupees (about 28,700 yen) in Mumbai on Dec. 14, 2010.

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Japanese monkeys take a dip in 'onsen' spa

HAKODATE, Japan - Japanese monkeys warm themselves in a special ''onsen'' hot spring at Hakodate City Tropical Garden in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 14, 2009. About 100 monkeys at the park soaked in the pool, some all day long, after park officials filled it with hot water from a nearby hot spa resort.

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Gov't opens Isahaya lock gates for 2-month probe

ISAHAYA, Japan - The farm ministry opens Isahaya Bay's lock gates in Nagasaki Prefecture on April 24 as part of its probe, to last about two months, into the cause of poor seaweed harvests in the area. Seawater was allowed into the freshwater reservoir (foreground) for the first time in five years since the gates were closed April 14, 1997.