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Benchmark bond yield hits 18.5-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond ending at 1.935 percent, its highest in about 18 and a half years, on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Benchmark bond yield hits 18.5-year high

A financial monitor in Tokyo shows the yield on the newly issued benchmark 10-year government bond ending at 1.935 percent, its highest in about 18 and a half years, on Dec. 4, 2025.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat departs for final voyage

The Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, departs from its home port of Kushiro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 4, 2025, for its final voyage after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship will be decommissioned on Nov. 12 after traveling about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth

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JCG's oldest patrol boat departs for final voyage

The Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, departs from its home port of Kushiro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 4, 2025, for its final voyage after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship will be decommissioned on Nov. 12 after traveling about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth.

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Exhibition honoring late fashion designer Hanae Mori

An exhibition of the work of late Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori is held at Iwami Art Museum in Masuda in the western Japan prefecture of Shimane on Oct. 4, 2025. About 400 items, including five dresses belonging to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, are on display at the exhibition, which is being held through Dec. 1 to mark the 100th anniversary next January of the birth of Mori, who was brought up in Shimane Prefecture and died at 96 in 2022.

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Exhibition honoring late fashion designer Hanae Mori

An exhibition of the work of late Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori is held at Iwami Art Museum in Masuda in the western Japan prefecture of Shimane on Oct. 4, 2025. About 400 items, including five dresses belonging to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, are on display at the exhibition, which is being held through Dec. 1 to mark the 100th anniversary next January of the birth of Mori, who was brought up in Shimane Prefecture and died at 96 in 2022.

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University of Tokyo's new academic program

University of Tokyo President Teruo Fujii (L) holds a press conference on April 4, 2025, at the university to announce the establishment of a new academic program, UTokyo College of Design, in September 2027, marking the first time in about 70 years that Japan's top academic institution will have launched a new faculty. The five-year bachelor's and master's program, led by Prof. Miles Pennington (R), prospective dean, will be conducted only in English, with half of enrollment quota of 100 allocated to foreign students.

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Scarecrow festival in northeastern Japan

Locally made scarecrows resembling Major League Baseball players Shohei Ohtani (C) and Yusei Kikuchi (R) are displayed with about 80 others at a scarecrow festival in Shiwa in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sep. 4, 2024.

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Nikon to launch more efficient microscope for infertility treatment

Photo taken in Tokyo on July 4, 2024, shows an inverted microscope developed by Nikon Corp. for use in micro-insemination to treat infertility. The microscope, to be launched by a Nikon subsidiary on July 5, utilizes simple buttons and a touch screen close to the embryologist's hands, reducing the steps required for operation by about 75 percent.

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Cobalt blue Biwa trout

Photo taken on May 4, 2024, shows cobalt blue Biwa trout at a fish-raising farm in Maibara in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. Only this trout, one of about 250,000 trout fry hatched in the fall of 2022, is cobalt blue-colored.

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Cobalt blue Biwa trout

Photo taken on May 4, 2024, shows cobalt blue Biwa trout at a fish-raising farm in Maibara in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. Only this trout, one of about 250,000 trout fry hatched in the fall of 2022, is cobalt blue-colored.

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Japan's 1st-ever in-train wrestling

YAMAGATA, Japan, July 4 Kyodo - The first-ever in-train wrestling match is held in Yamagata Prefecture, northern Japan, on July 4, 2015. Around 50 fans were aboard to see famous masked wrestler the Great Sasuke and nine others grappling for about 40 minutes.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy sees off kids invited to B787-9 flight

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (3rd from L) sees off Japanese and American elementary school students invited by All Nippon Airways Co. for a sightseeing flight aboard a Boeing 787-9 plane at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2014. The 787-9 is about 6 meters longer than the normal Boeing 787.

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Longer-body Boeing 787-9 parked at Haneda

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co.'s Boeing 787-9 aircraft, about 6 meters longer than the normal 787, is parked at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2014. Some 80 Japanese and American elementary school children were invited for a sightseeing flight, the first in the world of the Boeing 787-9 with passengers. A Boeing 787-8 is parked behind.

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Kids enjoy sightseeing flight aboard Boeing 787-9

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese and American elementary school children, invited on a sightseeing flight aboard All Nippon Airways Co.'s Boeing 787-9, enjoy the occasion on Aug. 4, 2014. The aircraft is about six meters longer than the conventional Boeing 787.

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Anti-Japan group stages protest in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, China - About 10 members of an anti-Japanese group stage a demonstration near the Consulate General of Japan in Hong Kong on July 4, 2014, following the Japanese Cabinet's decision to enable the exercise of the right to collective self-defense.

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Sela Pass, northeastern India

SELA PASS, India - People walk through the Sela Pass at an altitude of about 4,200 meters in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on April 4, 2014.

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S. Koreans vote in local elections

SEOUL, South Korea - People check their names on voting register at a polling station in Seoul on June 4, 2014, before casting their ballots in local elections seen as a mid-term referendum on South Korean President Park Geun Hye's administration. Voting started at 6 a.m. at about 13,600 polling stations nationwide and vote counting will begin shortly after the polling stations close at 6 p.m.

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S. Koreans vote in local elections seen as referendum on Park gov't

SEOUL, South Korea - Voters in polling booths at a polling station in Seoul on June 4, 2014, cast their ballots in local elections seen as a mid-term referendum on South Korean President Park Geun Hye's administration. Voting started at 6 a.m. at about 13,600 polling stations nationwide and vote counting will begin shortly after the polling stations close at 6 p.m.

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36m-long sushi roll made in disaster-hit Higashimatsushima

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Some 100 residents in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, make a "norimaki" sushi roll with a length of about 36 meters during a local festival held outside of temporary housing on May 4, 2014.

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Police, fire authorities examine fire site in central Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A bullet train on the Tokaido Shinkansen line runs on Jan. 4, 2014, by the site near the JR Yurakucho Station in central Tokyo where the previous day a fire caused bullet train service to be suspended for about five hours.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy under a new monetary framework, displaying Kuroda's resolve to pursue further monetary easing to achieve a 2 percent inflation target in about 2 years to fight deflation.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy under a new monetary framework, displaying Kuroda's resolve to pursue further monetary easing to achieve a 2 percent inflation target in about 2 years to fight deflation.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy under a new monetary framework, displaying Kuroda's resolve to pursue further monetary easing to achieve a 2 percent inflation target in about 2 years to fight deflation.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy under a new monetary framework, displaying Kuroda's resolve to pursue further monetary easing to achieve a 2 percent inflation target in about 2 years to fight deflation.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a press conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The central bank decided to further ease its monetary policy under a new monetary framework, displaying Kuroda's resolve to pursue further monetary easing to achieve a 2 percent inflation target in about 2 years to fight deflation.

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KLM begins Fukuoka-Amsterdam flights

FUKUOKA, Japan - A KLM Boeing 777 jet carrying about 300 passengers lands at Fukuoka airport at around 8 a.m. on April 4, 2013, with fire trucks on a taxiway spraying an arch of water to welcome the aircraft. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched a direct fight service between Fukuoka and Amsterdam the same day, becoming the first carrier to regularly connect the southwestern Japanese city with Europe.

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KLM begins Fukuoka-Amsterdam flights

FUKUOKA, Japan - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines employees and others pose for photos in front of a KLM Boeing 777 jet after the aircraft carrying about 300 passengers landed at Fukuoka airport on April 4, 2013. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched a direct fight service between Fukuoka and Amsterdam the same day, becoming the first carrier to regularly connect the southwestern Japanese city with Europe.

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KLM begins Fukuoka-Amsterdam flights

FUKUOKA, Japan - A KLM Boeing 777 jet carrying about 300 passengers lands at Fukuoka airport at around 8 a.m. on April 4, 2013, with airport officials and others welcoming the aircraft. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched a direct fight service between Fukuoka and Amsterdam the same day, becoming the first carrier to regularly connect the southwestern Japanese city with Europe.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan policymakers hold a meeting at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease its monetary policy under a new monetary framework in a bid to achieve a 2 percent inflation target in about 2 years to fight deflation. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - New Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda arrives at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The BOJ decided later in the day to further ease its monetary policy under a new monetary framework in a bid to achieve a 2 percent inflation target in about 2 years to fight deflation. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - New Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a policy meeting at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease its monetary policy under a new monetary framework in a bid to achieve a 2 percent inflation target in about 2 years to fight deflation. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - New Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda (L) and economic revitalization minister Akira Amari attend a policy meeting at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on April 4, 2013. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease its monetary policy under a new monetary framework in a bid to achieve a 2 percent inflation target in about 2 years to fight deflation. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukui museum seeking roots of Japan dinosaurs

SURANAREE, Thailand - Photo taken Feb. 4, 2013, shows an excavation site in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, about 260 kilometers northeast of Bangkok, where Japan's Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum and Thailand's Khorat Fossil Museum are conducting a joint fossil excavation project.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show a ballpark in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (R).

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Haramachi thermal power plant in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (R).

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show Sendai port in Miyagi Prefecture on March 25, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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Health conditions in temporary housing

SENDAI, Japan - An elderly person uses a walker between temporary housing units in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2012. About 30% of those aged 65 years or older living in temporary housing in the town, which was severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, are facing difficulties in walking following the disaster and have not recovered, according to a survey of the around 16,000 town residents.

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Protest in China

GUANGZHOU, China - About 200 local residents gather in front of the city hall in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, on Nov. 4, 2011, to protest over alleged corruption by a local Communist Party official.

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Countdown to Asian Games in Guangzhou

GUANGZHOU, China - About 5,000 people attend a ceremony marking 100 days before the opening of the 16th Asian Games at a gymnasium in the host city of Guangzhou in China's Guangdong Province on Aug. 4, 2010.

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Evacuation of elementary students to countryside

TOKYO, Japan - Groups of elementary school students are evacuated out of Tokyo to escape air raids. Across Japan, there were about 400,000 such children who lived away from their parents due to evacuation to the countryside. This file photo was taken on Aug. 4, 1944.

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Court orders TSE to pay 10.7 bil. yen in damages to Mizuho

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Saito, president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2009, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the Tokyo Stock Exchange to pay damages of about 10.7 billion yen to Mizuho Securities Co., saying the Tokyo bourse is more to blame in a case of botched trading in 2005 that caused the brokerage to incur hefty losses.

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Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

People stage a rally in Kyiv on Aug. 4, 2022, to protest against an explosion that killed about 50 people in late July at the Olenivka prison camp housing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Russian-controlled area in Donetsk.

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Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

People lie on the ground during a rally in Kyiv on Aug. 4, 2022, to protest against an explosion that killed about 50 people in late July at the Olenivka prison camp housing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Russian-controlled area in Donetsk.

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Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

People stage a rally in Kyiv on Aug. 4, 2022, to protest against an explosion that killed about 50 people in late July at the Olenivka prison camp housing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Russian-controlled area in Donetsk.

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Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

People stage a rally in Kyiv on Aug. 4, 2022, to protest against an explosion that killed about 50 people in late July at the Olenivka prison camp housing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Russian-controlled area in Donetsk.

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Protest against deaths of Ukrainian POWs

People stage a rally in Kyiv on Aug. 4, 2022, to protest against an explosion that killed about 50 people in late July at the Olenivka prison camp housing Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Russian-controlled area in Donetsk.