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Tennis: Nishikori

Former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori of Japan plays against compatriot Kaichi Uchida in the quarterfinals of the men's singles at the Yokohama Keio Challenger tennis tournament in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025. Nishikori returned to competition after a hiatus of about three months due to a back injury.

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Tennis: Nishikori

Former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori of Japan plays against compatriot Kaichi Uchida in the quarterfinals of the men's singles at the Yokohama Keio Challenger tennis tournament in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025. Nishikori returned to competition after a hiatus of about three months due to a back injury.

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Tennis: Nishikori

Former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori of Japan plays against compatriot Kaichi Uchida in the quarterfinals of the men's singles at the Yokohama Keio Challenger tennis tournament in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 21, 2025. Nishikori returned to competition after a hiatus of about three months due to a back injury.

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Drill conducted ahead of 30th anniv. of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a drill against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons attacks together with firefighters and police officers in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 190 people took part in the drill, conducted simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a subway train.

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Drill conducted ahead of 30th anniv. of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a drill against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons attacks together with firefighters and police officers in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 190 people took part in the drill, conducted simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a subway train.

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Drill conducted ahead of 30th anniv. of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a drill against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons attacks together with firefighters and police officers in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 190 people took part in the drill, conducted simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a subway train.

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Drill conducted ahead of 30th anniv. of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a drill against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons attacks together with firefighters and police officers in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. About 190 people took part in the drill, conducted simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a subway train.

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Aftermath of deadly Christmas market attack in Germany

People pray in a church in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on Dec. 21, 2024, near the Christmas market where a man drove a car into the crowd on Dec. 20, killing five people and injuring about 200.

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Aftermath of deadly Christmas market attack in Germany

People pray in a church in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on Dec. 21, 2024, near the Christmas market where a man drove a car into the crowd on Dec. 20, killing five people and injuring about 200.

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Japanese drum performance in Vladivostok

Members of Japan's drum performance group called "Nobushi," based in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, play at a square in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Sept. 21, 2024. About 2,000 people filled the square during the two-day event through Sept. 22, part of an international Asia-Pacific theatrical festival.

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Japanese drum performance in Vladivostok

Members of Japan's drum performance group called "Nobushi," based in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, play at a square in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Sept. 21, 2024. About 2,000 people filled the square during the two-day event through Sept. 22, part of an international Asia-Pacific theatrical festival.

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Illumination event in Tokyo

A tree-lined street in Tokyo's Shibuya area is illuminated with about 770,000 blue LED lights on Dec. 21, 2023.

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Anti-nuclear power rally in Tokyo

A rally against nuclear power plants is held in Tokyo on March 21, 2023, with about 4,700 people from across the nation marching in the Shibuya area for the annual event that started after the March 2011 nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Anti-nuclear power rally in Tokyo

A rally against nuclear power plants is held in Tokyo on March 21, 2023, with about 4,700 people from across the nation marching in the Shibuya area for the annual event that started after the March 2011 nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Anti-nuclear power rally in Tokyo

A rally against nuclear power plants is held in Tokyo on March 21, 2023, with about 4,700 people from across the nation marching in the Shibuya area for the annual event that started after the March 2011 nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture.

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Drill on missile attack

People take part in an evacuation drill in the Okinawa Prefecture capital of Naha, southern Japan, on Jan. 21, 2023, under a scenario that a ballistic missile was fired from an unspecified country. About 90 people evacuated during the drill organized between the central and Okinawa governments.

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Drill on missile attack

People take part in an evacuation drill in the Okinawa Prefecture capital of Naha, southern Japan, on Jan. 21, 2023, under a scenario that a ballistic missile was fired from an unspecified country. About 90 people evacuated during the drill organized between the central and Okinawa governments.

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Drill on missile attack

Children take part in an evacuation drill in the Okinawa Prefecture capital of Naha, southern Japan, on Jan. 21, 2023, under a scenario that a ballistic missile was fired from an unspecified country. About 90 people evacuated during the drill organized between the central and Okinawa governments.

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Drill on missile attack

People take part in an evacuation drill in the Okinawa Prefecture capital of Naha, southern Japan, on Jan. 21, 2023, under a scenario that a ballistic missile was fired from an unspecified country. About 90 people evacuated during the drill organized between the central and Okinawa governments.

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World Peace Forum in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi addresses the opening ceremony for the third World Peace Forum at Beijing's Tsinghua University on June 21, 2014. About 500 people, including former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, are attending the two-day forum, organized by the university in partnership with the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs.

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World Peace Forum in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama makes a speech at the third World Peace Forum at Beijing's Tsinghua University on June 21, 2014. About 500 people are attending the two-day forum, organized by the university in partnership with the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs.

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Lighting of Olympic torch for Rio Games

OLYMPIA, Greece, April 21 Kyodo - Greek actress Katerina Lehou (C), playing the role of high priestess, walks with the Olympic flame during the torch lighting ceremony for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in Olympia, Greece, on April 21, 2016. About 12,000 torch bearers will run with the flame in a relay through Greece and Brazil, culminating at the opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 5.

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Figure skater Asada appears in ice show in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mao Asada (L), Japan's three-time women's world figure skating champion who is sitting out this season, and Daisuke Takahashi, the men's Vancouver Olympic bronze medalist who retired from competitive figure skating in October, smile while speaking to reporters after their performance at an ice show in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Dec. 21, 2014. Asada performed in public for the first time in about five months.

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Figure skater Asada appears in ice show in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mao Asada (L), Japan's three-time women's world figure skating champion who is sitting out this season, and Daisuke Takahashi, the men's Vancouver Olympic bronze medalist who retired from competitive figure skating in October, wave to the crowd during the finale of an ice show in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Dec. 21, 2014. Asada performed in public for the first time in about five months.

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Figure skater Asada appears in ice show in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mao Asada (front), Japan's three-time women's world figure skating champion who is sitting out this season, and Daisuke Takahashi, the men's Vancouver Olympic bronze medalist who retired from competitive figure skating in October, perform during an ice show in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Dec. 21, 2014. Asada performed in public for the first time in about five months.

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Japan PM Abe enjoys golf for 1st time in 4 months

CHIGASAKI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plays golf for the first time in about four months at a golf course in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 21, 2014, ahead of a special parliamentary session on Dec. 24, during which he will be re-elected as premier.

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Repaired Shosoin treasure house in Nara shown to press

NARA, Japan - The Shosoin repository, a national treasure in Nara, western Japan, is shown to the press on Oct. 21, 2014, following the completion of its first major repairs in about 100 years. Featuring an "azekura" log-cabin style with a raised floor, the treasure house will be open to the public from Oct. 25 for the first time since 2011.

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Torrential rains cause widespread mudslides in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Traces of widespread mudslides caused by torrential rains remain in the Asaminami district of Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 21, 2014. About 90 people have been killed or reported missing in residential zones created at the foot of mountains.

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Hakuho presents blood-donation car to Red Cross

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (C) presents a blood-donation vehicle to the Japanese Red Cross Society in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2014, taking over the role played by the late sumo great Taiho, whose real name was Koki Naya, for about 40 years from 1969. Naya's wife Yoshiko (L) also attends the presentation ceremony.

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Giant squid

TOTTORI, Japan - Photo shows a giant squid landed at a port in the town of Iwami, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 21, 2014. The squid caught by a trawler was 3.4 meters long and estimated to have been a total of about 8 meters including its lost long tentacles.

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Blue diamond ring

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows a ring with a 3.11 carat blue diamond for sale at GRAFF jewelry shop at the Mitsukoshi department store in the city of Fukuoka on Jan. 21, 2014, the opening day of the London-based jeweler's first outlet on the main island of Kyushu. The ring is priced at about one billion yen.

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Blue diamond ring

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows a ring with a 3.11 carat blue diamond for sale at GRAFF jewelry shop at the Mitsukoshi department store in the city of Fukuoka on Jan. 21, 2014, the opening day of the London-based jeweler's first outlet on the main island of Kyushu. The ring is priced at about one billion yen.

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Japan doctor offers medical relief abroad

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuko Kurosaki, president of the Japanese arm of Doctors without Borders, speaks on May 21, 2013 at the entity's office in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Kurosaki, who assumed her current position in March 2010, has offered humanitarian medical aid as a volunteer surgeon on a total of 11 missions to such countries as Sri Lanka, Somalia and Jordan since 2001. Most recently she was in Syria for about a month from mid-April.

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Gold Christmas tree

TOKYO, Japan - Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. displays a Christmas tree made with about 40 kilograms of pure gold at its Ginza outlet in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2012. The 2.4-meter-tall tree is priced at 350 million yen.

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Gold Christmas tree

TOKYO, Japan - Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. displays a Christmas tree made with about 40 kilograms of pure gold at its Ginza outlet in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2012. The 2.4-meter-tall tree is priced at 350 million yen.

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Muslims protest in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - About 300 Muslims living in Japan stage a protest in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2012, over a U.S. film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad. The film has sparked outcries by Muslims in many countries.

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Muslims protest in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - About 300 Muslims living in Japan stage a protest in Tokyo on Sept. 21, 2012, over a U.S. film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad. The film has sparked outcries by Muslims in many countries.

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Nissan to sell Datsun vehicles in India

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn speaks at a press conference at the Nissan headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on March 21, 2012. He said the automaker plans to release a model under its revived Datsun brand in India for about $4,000, or around 330,000 yen.

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Self-propelled endoscope

OSAKA, Japan - A woman holds a self-propelled, remote-controlled capsule endoscope in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on June 21, 2011. A research team in western Japan has successfully captured images inside a human stomach and colon using the endoscope, about 1 centimeter in diameter and 4.5 cm in length. The team that developed the device consists of researchers from such institutes as Ryukoku University and Osaka Medical College.

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Fukushima high school takes students to Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - High school students from Fukushima Prefecture watch an assembly process for trucks at a plant of Hino Motors Ltd. in Hino, western Japan, on June 21, 2011. Odaka Industrial High School in the city of Minamisoma took about 150 third-year students to Tokyo for a three-day tour of companies in the capital region to help them find jobs amid a lack of local offers due to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power station.

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770-gram gold coins for 770-year-old festival

FUKUOKA, Japan - A woman holds a large oval coin made of about 770 grams of pure gold in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on June 21, 2011. Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. unveiled the coins that day, a day before putting them on the market for 7.70 million yen each to mark the presumed 770th anniversary of the Hakata Gion Yamakasa summer festival in Fukuoka.

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Self-propelled endoscope

OSAKA, Japan - A man holds a self-propelled, remote-controlled capsule endoscope in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on June 21, 2011. A research team in western Japan has successfully captured images inside a human stomach and colon using the endoscope, about 1 centimeter in diameter and 4.5 cm in length. The team that developed the device consists of researchers from such institutes as Ryukoku University and Osaka Medical College.

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Too many vending machines?

TOKYO, Japan - A man buys a beverage from a vending machine in Tokyo on May 21, 2011. Nongovernmental groups and local authorities are taking actions to reduce the number of vending machines operating in the country -- about 5.2 million -- following moves by the industry and households to conserve power to cope with Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s damaged power supply capacity.

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Nissan plant in China

SHANGHAI, China - A man works at a Nissan Motor Co. plant in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, on Dec. 21, 2010. New car sales in China reached about 16.40 million units in the first 11 months of 2010 as the Asian country remained the world's largest car market for the second straight year.

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Bears in town

IDE, Japan - Three bears descend a tree in the yard of a house in a residential area in Ide, Yamagata Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2010, after staying in the tree for about four and a half hours. The animals returned to the wild. Residents evacuated the neighborhood while pupils of an elementary school were ordered to stay home.

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Workers at Omron's China factory on strike

GUANGZHOU, China - Photo taken on July 21, 2010, shows Omron Corp.'s factory in Guangzhou, China, where around 300 workers went on strike the same day, partially disrupting the facility's automotive electronics manufacturing operation. The workers are demanding a monthly salary increase of about 40 percent.

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Lanterns light up Tokyo business district

TOKYO, Japan - About 600 lanterns are seen placed at a fountain square in Tokyo's business district of Marunouchi on Dec. 21, 2009. The lanterns bear pictures and messages by celebrities and children calling for conservation of the environment.

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Lanterns light up Tokyo business district

TOKYO, Japan - About 600 lanterns are seen placed at a fountain square in Tokyo's business district of Marunouchi on Dec. 21, 2009. The lanterns bear pictures and messages by celebrities and children calling for conservation of the environment.

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Uniqlo holds early-morning sale to mark 60th anniv. of founding

TOKYO, Japan - Customers shop at the Uniqlo casual wear chain store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping area Nov. 21, 2009, as the company implemented an early-morning sale at about 400 shops to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of its operator.

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Uniqlo holds early-morning sale to mark 60th anniv. of founding

TOKYO, Japan - Customers line up in front of the Uniqlo casual wear chain store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping area Nov. 21, 2009, as the company implemented an early-morning sale at about 400 shops to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of its operator.