(4)Party leaders start canvassing tours

(4)Party leaders start canvassing tours

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling and opposition leaders started stumping nationwide on Oct. 11. Delivering campaign speeches are (anticlockwise from top right) Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Shinzo Abe, new Komeito Party leader Takenori Kanzaki, Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan, Socialist Democratic Party leader Takako Doi, Japanese Communist Party chairman Kazuo Shii and New Conservative Party leader Hiroshi Kumagai.

Gymnastics: Murakami gets silver at worlds

Gymnastics: Murakami gets silver at worlds

Combined photo shows Japan's Mai Murakami performing on (anticlockwise from top) the floor exercise, the balance beam, the vault and the uneven bars in the women's individual all-around final at the world gymnastics championships in Doha on Nov. 1, 2018. She finished second. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

(4)Party leaders start canvassing tours

(4)Party leaders start canvassing tours

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling and opposition leaders started stumping nationwide on Oct. 11. Delivering campaign speeches are (anticlockwise from top right) Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Shinzo Abe, new Komeito Party leader Takenori Kanzaki, Democratic Party of Japan leader Naoto Kan, Socialist Democratic Party leader Takako Doi, Japanese Communist Party chairman Kazuo Shii and New Conservative Party leader Hiroshi Kumagai. (Kyodo)

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

A computer screen photographed at the Mie prefectural government office in Tsu, central Japan, shows (anticlockwise from top R) Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura, Mie Gov. Eikei Suzuki and Gifu Gov. Hajime Furuta holding a video conference on April 6, 2020. The conference was called as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to declare a state of emergency in big cities following a recent surge in coronavirus infections. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

High court orders suspension of nuclear reactor in western Japan

High court orders suspension of nuclear reactor in western Japan

Photo taken Nov. 6, 2017, shows (anticlockwise from top R) the No. 1, 2 and 3 reactors of the Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The Hiroshima High Court on Dec. 13 revoked a lower court decision and ordered the suspension of the No. 3 reactor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's Uchimura wins men's all-round gold

Japan's Uchimura wins men's all-round gold

Combined photo shows (from R in down anticlockwise) Kohei Uchimura of Japan performing the "Cassina" technique on the horizontal bar during the artistic gymnastics men's individual all-around final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Aug. 10, 2016. Uchimura defended his Olympic title in the event, coming from behind to defeat Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo