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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Naoki Nakamura (R) of Japan and compatriot Ren Nikaido smile after winning the World Cup men's ski jumping silver and bronze, respectively, in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Naoki Nakamura (R) of Japan and compatriot Ren Nikaido pose after winning the World Cup men's ski jumping silver and bronze, respectively, in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Naoki Nakamura of Japan (R) and compatriot Ren Nikaido pose after winning the World Cup men's ski jumping silver and bronze, respectively, in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Naoki Nakamura of Japan (R) and compatriot Ren Nikaido pose after winning the World Cup men's ski jumping silver and bronze, respectively, in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Domen Prevc of Slovenia competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping gold in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Domen Prevc of Slovenia competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping gold in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Domen Prevc of Slovenia competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping gold in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Domen Prevc of Slovenia competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping gold in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Ren Nikaido of Japan competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping bronze in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Ren Nikaido of Japan competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping bronze in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Ren Nikaido of Japan competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping bronze in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Naoki Nakamura of Japan competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping silver in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Naoki Nakamura of Japan competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping silver in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Naoki Nakamura of Japan competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping silver in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Naoki Nakamura of Japan poses after winning the World Cup men's ski jumping silver in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup in Laax

Kokomo Murase of Japan poses after winning the women's slopestyle gold at a snowboarding World Cup in Laax, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup in Laax

Kokomo Murase of Japan poses after winning the women's slopestyle gold at a snowboarding World Cup in Laax, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup in Laax

Kokomo Murase of Japan poses after winning the women's slopestyle gold at a snowboarding World Cup in Laax, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup in Laax

Kokomo Murase of Japan competes en route to winning the women's slopestyle gold at a snowboarding World Cup in Laax, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup in Laax

Kokomo Murase of Japan competes en route to winning the women's slopestyle gold at a snowboarding World Cup in Laax, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup in Laax

Yuto Kimura of Japan poses after winning the men's slopestyle silver at a snowboarding World Cup in Laax, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup in Laax

Yuto Kimura of Japan poses after winning the men's slopestyle silver at a snowboarding World Cup in Laax, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup in Laax

Yuto Kimura of Japan competes en route to winning the men's slopestyle silver at a snowboarding World Cup in Laax, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup in Laax

Yuto Kimura of Japan competes en route to winning the men's slopestyle silver at a snowboarding World Cup in Laax, Switzerland, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup

Ramona Hofmeister (C) of Germany celebrates after winning the women's parallel giant slalom gold at a snowboarding World Cup in Bansko, Bulgaria, on Jan. 17, 2026, alongside silver medalist Aleksandra Krol-Walas (L) of Poland and bronze medalist Tsubaki Miki of Japan.

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Snowboard: World Cup

Tsubaki Miki of Japan competes en route to winning the women's parallel giant slalom bronze at the snowboarding World Cup in Bansko, Bulgaria, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup

Tsubaki Miki of Japan competes en route to winning the women's parallel giant slalom bronze at the snowboarding World Cup in Bansko, Bulgaria, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup

Tsubaki Miki of Japan competes en route to winning the women's parallel giant slalom bronze at a snowboarding World Cup in Bansko, Bulgaria, on Jan. 17, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup

Elisa Caffont (C) of Italy celebrates after winning the women's parallel giant slalom gold at a snowboarding World Cup in Bansko, Bulgaria, on Jan. 18, 2026, alongside silver medalist Tsubaki Miki (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Ramona Hofmeister of Germany.

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Snowboard: World Cup

Tsubaki Miki of Japan competes en route to winning the women's parallel giant slalom silver at a snowboarding World Cup in Bansko, Bulgaria, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Snowboard: World Cup

Tsubaki Miki of Japan competes en route to winning the women's parallel giant slalom silver at a snowboarding World Cup in Bansko, Bulgaria, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Japan: Uncontained Forest Fire Expands Across Mount Ougiyama in Yamanashi

The forest fire on Mount Ougiyama in Yamanashi Prefecture scorched approximately 383 hectares since it first ignited on January 8. While authorities lifted evacuation orders for local residents on Sunday, January 18, the blaze remains uncontained with no reported injuries.

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Japan: Uncontained Forest Fire Expands Across Mount Ougiyama in Yamanashi 2

The forest fire on Mount Ougiyama in Yamanashi Prefecture scorched approximately 383 hectares since it first ignited on January 8. While authorities lifted evacuation orders for local residents on Sunday, January 18, the blaze remains uncontained with no reported injuries.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Domen Prevc (C) of Slovenia poses after winning the World Cup men's ski jumping gold in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 18, 2026, alongside silver medalist Ryoyu Kobayashi (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Daniel Tschofenig of Austria.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan waves to the crowd after winning the World Cup men's ski jumping silver in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping silver in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping silver in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Daniel Tschofenig of Austria competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping bronze in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Daniel Tschofenig of Austria competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping bronze in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Daniel Tschofenig of Austria competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping bronze in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Sapporo

Domen Prevc of Slovenia competes en route to winning the World Cup men's ski jumping gold in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Jan. 18, 2026.

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31st anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

Bamboo lanterns are lit at a park in Kobe on Jan. 17, 2026, to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the western Japan city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,400 people.

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31st anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

Bamboo lanterns are lit at a park in Kobe on Jan. 17, 2026, to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the western Japan city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,400 people.

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31st anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

Bamboo lanterns are lit at a park in Kobe on Jan. 17, 2026, to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the western Japan city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,400 people.

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31st anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

Lanterns are lit at a park in Kobe on Jan. 17, 2026, to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the western Japan city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,400 people.

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31st anniversary of Great Hanshin Earthquake

Lanterns are lit at a park in Kobe on Jan. 17, 2026, to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the western Japan city and its vicinity, killing more than 6,400 people.

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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 7

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Japan: Massive Train Disruption Impacts Hundreds of Thousands in Tokyo Area 6

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused by overnight construction work near Tamachi Station. The disruption caused widespread chaos for morning commuters, with some passengers forced to evacuate from a stranded train by walking along the railroad tracks.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in China

Nika Prevc of (C) Slovenia poses after winning the women's World Cup ski jumping gold in Zhangjiakou, China, on Jan. 16, 2026, alongside silver medalist Nozomi Maruyama (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Selina Freitag of Germany.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in China

Nozomi Maruyama of Japan competes en route to winning the women's World Cup ski jumping silver in Zhangjiakou, China, on Jan. 16, 2026.