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CROWN PRINCESS IN TOKYO

Crown Princess Victoria watches a Kendo demonstration during a visit to JSC Camp Meguro in Tokyo, Japan on October 14, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to Japan and South Korea from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN TOKYO

Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, Crown Princess Victoria and Lieutenant General Amio Sato at a Kendo demonstration as they visit JSC Camp Meguro in Tokyo, Japan, on October 14, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to Japan and South Korea from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN TOKYO

Crown Princess Victoria watches a Kendo demonstration during a visit to JSC Camp Meguro in Tokyo, Japan on October 14, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to Japan and South Korea from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN TOKYO

Crown Princess Victoria watches a Kendo demonstration during a visit to JSC Camp Meguro in Tokyo, Japan on October 14, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to Japan and South Korea from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN TOKYO

Crown Princess Victoria watches a Kendo demonstration during a visit to JSC Camp Meguro in Tokyo, Japan on October 14, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to Japan and South Korea from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN TOKYO

Crown Princess Victoria watches a Kendo demonstration during a visit to JSC Camp Meguro in Tokyo, Japan on October 14, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to Japan and South Korea from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN TOKYO

Crown Princess Victoria watches a Kendo demonstration during a visit to JSC Camp Meguro in Tokyo, Japan on October 14, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to Japan and South Korea from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN TOKYO

Crown Princess Victoria watches a Kendo demonstration during a visit to JSC Camp Meguro in Tokyo, Japan on October 14, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to Japan and South Korea from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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CROWN PRINCESS IN TOKYO

Crown Princess Victoria watches a Kendo demonstration during a visit to JSC Camp Meguro in Tokyo, Japan on October 14, 2025. Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are on an official visit to Japan and South Korea from October 9 to 15.Photo: Jessica Gow/TT/Code 10070

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Women compete in kendo at Japan's martial arts Mecca for 1st time

Mihiro Kondo (C, R) and Tai Watanabe (C, L) compete in the women's final at the national kendo championships at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan on Nov. 3, 2024. The Nippon Budokan, Japan's martial arts Mecca, hosted women's kendo competition for the first time at the tournament, which has been held annually since 1962.

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Women compete in kendo at Japan's martial arts Mecca for 1st time

Competitors line up during the opening ceremony of the national kendo championships at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan on Nov. 3, 2024. The Nippon Budokan, Japan's martial arts Mecca, hosted women's kendo competition for the first time at the tournament, which has been held annually since 1962.

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Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima practices "kendo" Japanese fencing in June 1959.

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LADIES OF THEPOLICE

LADIES OF THEPOLICE, Women's police officer (Ginza), Ginza 4-chome police box, women's social advancement, training, kendo, judo, wedding parade of the Crown Prince and Masako Owada=Date:1994, Place:Tokyo, JAPAN

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Kendo gaining popularity in China

SHANGHAI, China - Chinese kendo aficionados are seen practicing at a gymnasium in Shanghai on April 13, 2014. Manners typical of kendo, a Japanese martial art similar to fencing, depicted in a Japanese manga comic books are believed to have helped boost its popularity among young people in China.

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Kendo gaining popularity in China

SHANGHAI, China - A Chinese woman practices kendo, a Japanese martial art similar to fencing, in Shanghai on April 13, 2014. Kendo is gaining popularity in China, especially among young, relatively wealthy white-collar workers.

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Japan's Takami wins women's individual at kendo worlds

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Japan's Yukiko Takami speaks to reporters after victory in the women's individual event in the World Kendo Championships in Sao Paulo Aug. 29, 2009.

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Japan's Takami wins women's individual at kendo worlds

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Japan's Yukiko Takami (L) attacks Sachie Shoji of Japan to win the women's individual event in the World Kendo Championships in Sao Paulo on Aug. 29, 2009.

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Japan's Teramoto wins men's individual world kendo c'ships

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Japan's Shoji Teramoto speaks to reporters after winning in the men's individual in the World Kendo Championships in Sao Paulo Aug. 28, 2009.

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Japan's Teramoto wins men's individual world kendo c'ships

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Japan's Shoji Teramoto (L) attacks a South Korean player to win in the men's individual in the World Kendo Championships in Sao Paulo Aug. 28, 2009.

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Britain's Prince Charles, his wife Camilla visit Keio University

TOKYO, Japan - Britain's Prince Charles (L) holds up a bamboo sword at Keio University in Tokyo on Oct. 28 after watching a demonstration of traditional Japanese ''kendo''. At center is his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

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Ando wins 1st national kendo crown

TOKYO, Japan - Aichi police officer Kaigo Ando beats defending champion and Tokyo police officer Hidenori Iwasa in overtime to win his first title at the national kendo championship at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Nov. 3.

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MPD holds classes on the art of making safe arrests

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran police officers perform techniques in Tokyo on July 12 on how to make safe and effective arrests for classes newly launched by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) following an increase in assaults against policemen and women in the line of duty. MPD officials said the Tokyo police are the first in Japan to hold such classes in which about 40 techniques, some of which are derived from judo, kendo and aikido, are taught in order to produce ''strong policemen.''

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Eiga wins 1st national kendo crown

TOKYO, Japan - World champion Naoki Eiga of the Hokkaido police department claims his first kendo national championship crown at Nippon Budoukan in Tokyo on Nov. 3, denying defending champion Masahiro Miyazaki a record seventh title with an overtime victory in the final. Eiga (R) scored a decisive strike to the wrist to seal the title moments after he deftly dodged Miyazaki's (L) attempted strike at his head in a match that lasted 7 minutes, 45 seconds.

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Jordan king watches ''kendo'' performance

TOKYO, Japan - Jordanian King Abdullah II (L on the podium), accompanied by Emperor Akihito (R), watches a ''kendo'' performance Dec. 3 during a visit to the ''Saineikan,'' a martial arts hall for palace police officers located in the Imperial Palace grounds.

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Miyazaki wins fifth all-Japan kendo crown

Kanagawa police officer Masahiro Miyazaki is all smiles after claiming an unprecedented fifth kendo national championship crown Nov. 3 with a victory over Osaka rival Yoshihisa Eto at the Nippon Budokan. Miyazaki, a holder of the seventh dan, beat sixth-dan Eto with a strike to the head to regain the title he let slip away last year.

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The Ramen Girl (2008)

Brittany Murphy Characters: Abby Film: The Ramen Girl (2008) Director: Robert Allan Ackerman 23 October 2008 Date: 23 October 2008

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Prime Minister Tanaka steps down

The post-Tanaka struggle. How long will the politics without the people continue? President Gerald Rudolph Ford attends a welcome sporting event at the Nippon Budokan, watches kendo and judo, President Ford visits the Kinkakuji Temple, President Ford boards an airplane to return to Japan, the plane takes off, members of the Diet enter the Diet, Chief Cabinet Secretary Noboru Takeshita reads Prime Minister Tanaka's resignation letter on his behalf, LDP Legislative Assembly. Date of shooting unknown, Date of release: November 29, 1974.

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Crown Prince Naruhito visits Osaka police school

Crown Prince Naruhito receives a briefing about "kendo" Japanese fencing tools at an Osaka prefectural police school in Tajiri, western Japan, on July 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince Charles, his wife Camilla visit Keio University

TOKYO, Japan - Britain's Prince Charles (L) holds up a bamboo sword at Keio University in Tokyo on Oct. 28 after watching a demonstration of traditional Japanese ''kendo''. At center is his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. (Kyodo)

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Kendo

Kendo is one of the Japanese martial arts. The participants wear protectors and use a bamboo sword. They try to strike the opponent on the head, the right hand or the torso. A tare is worn on the waist during practice.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐45‐0]

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Kendo

Kendo is one of the Japanese martial arts. The participants wear protectors and use a bamboo sword. They try to strike the opponent on the head, the right hand or the torso. A tare is worn on the waist during practice.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number84‐1‐0]

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Kendo

Kendo is one of the Japanese martial arts. The participants wear protectors and use a bamboo sword. They try to strike the opponent on the head, the right hand or the torso. A tare is worn on the waist during practice.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐123‐0]

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Kendo

Kendo is one of the Japanese martial arts. The participants wear protectors and use a bamboo sword. They try to strike the opponent on the head, the right hand or the torso. A tare is worn on the waist during practice.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number50‐7‐0]

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Youths from disaster-hit Iwate invited to Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Naoya Niisato (2nd from L in front), a third-year student of Kamaishi Junior High School in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, speaks at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow on Aug. 17, 2011. Twenty-eight members of kendo swordsmanship clubs at a junior high school and a university in disaster-hit Iwate Prefecture paid a courtesy visit to the ministry during their trip to Moscow and Krasnoyarsk from Aug. 16 to 22. The trip was realized after an invitation was issued after a proposal by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife, Svetlana. (Kyodo)

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Kendo

Kendo ==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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New coronavirus

Photo taken May 12, 2020, shows a member of Kyushu Gakuin Lutheran High School's kendo club wearing a plastic shield under a metal face mask in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan. A former member of the club donated 80 face shields to the club amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan prince visits Hawaii

Japanese Prince Akishino (2nd from L) and his wife Princess Kiko (L) look in on a kendo Japanese martial art lesson at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii in Honolulu on June 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan prince visits Hawaii

Japanese Prince Akishino (2nd from L) and his wife Princess Kiko (L) look in on a kendo Japanese martial art lesson at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii in Honolulu on June 5, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Takami wins women's individual at kendo worlds

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Japan's Yukiko Takami (L) attacks Sachie Shoji of Japan to win the women's individual event in the World Kendo Championships in Sao Paulo on Aug. 29, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Takami wins women's individual at kendo worlds

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Japan's Yukiko Takami speaks to reporters after victory in the women's individual event in the World Kendo Championships in Sao Paulo Aug. 29, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Teramoto wins men's individual world kendo c'ships

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Japan's Shoji Teramoto speaks to reporters after winning in the men's individual in the World Kendo Championships in Sao Paulo Aug. 28, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Teramoto wins men's individual world kendo c'ships

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Japan's Shoji Teramoto (L) attacks a South Korean player to win in the men's individual in the World Kendo Championships in Sao Paulo Aug. 28, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Ando wins 1st national kendo crown

TOKYO, Japan - Aichi police officer Kaigo Ando beats defending champion and Tokyo police officer Hidenori Iwasa in overtime to win his first title at the national kendo championship at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Nov. 3. (Kyodo)

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MPD holds classes on the art of making safe arrests

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran police officers perform techniques in Tokyo on July 12 on how to make safe and effective arrests for classes newly launched by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) following an increase in assaults against policemen and women in the line of duty. MPD officials said the Tokyo police are the first in Japan to hold such classes in which about 40 techniques, some of which are derived from judo, kendo and aikido, are taught in order to produce ''strong policemen.''

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Eiga wins 1st national kendo crown

TOKYO, Japan - World champion Naoki Eiga of the Hokkaido police department claims his first kendo national championship crown at Nippon Budoukan in Tokyo on Nov. 3, denying defending champion Masahiro Miyazaki a record seventh title with an overtime victory in the final. Eiga (R) scored a decisive strike to the wrist to seal the title moments after he deftly dodged Miyazaki's (L) attempted strike at his head in a match that lasted 7 minutes, 45 seconds.

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Jordan king watches ''kendo'' performance

TOKYO, Japan - Jordanian King Abdullah II (L on the podium), accompanied by Emperor Akihito (R), watches a ''kendo'' performance Dec. 3 during a visit to the ''Saineikan,'' a martial arts hall for palace police officers located in the Imperial Palace grounds.

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Miyazaki wins fifth all-Japan kendo crown

Kanagawa police officer Masahiro Miyazaki is all smiles after claiming an unprecedented fifth kendo national championship crown Nov. 3 with a victory over Osaka rival Yoshihisa Eto at the Nippon Budokan. Miyazaki, a holder of the seventh dan, beat sixth-dan Eto with a strike to the head to regain the title he let slip away last year. ==Kyodo