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Japan Princess Hisako visits ceramic museum

Japanese Princess Hisako looks at ceramic dogs she donated to the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum in Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. The princess donated over 200 ceramic dogs for the exhibition that will run from Dec. 13 through July 26, 2026.

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Japan Princess Hisako visits ceramic museum

Japanese Princess Hisako looks at ceramic dogs she donated to the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum in Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. The princess donated over 200 ceramic dogs for the exhibition that will run from Dec. 13 through July 26, 2026.

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Japan Princess Hisako visits ceramic museum

Japanese Princess Hisako looks at ceramic dogs she donated to the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum in Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. The princess donated over 200 ceramic dogs for the exhibition that will run from Dec. 13 through July 26, 2026.

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Japan Princess Hisako visits ceramic museum

Japanese Princess Hisako speaks at a ceremony on Dec. 12, 2025, marking the start the following day of a ceramics exhibition at the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum in Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Over 200 ceramic dogs donated by the princess are on display at the exhibition that runs through July 26, 2026.

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Japan Princess Hisako visits ceramic museum

Japanese Princess Hisako speaks at a ceremony on Dec. 12, 2025, marking the start the following day of a ceramics exhibition at the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum in Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Over 200 ceramic dogs donated by the princess are on display at the exhibition that runs through July 26, 2026.

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Japan Princess Hisako visits ceramic museum

Japanese Princess Hisako looks at ceramic dogs she donated to the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum in Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. The princess donated over 200 ceramic dogs for the exhibition that will run from Dec. 13 through July 26, 2026.

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Japan Princess Hisako visits ceramic museum

Japanese Princess Hisako looks at ceramic dogs she donated to the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum in Seto in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Dec. 12, 2025. The princess donated over 200 ceramic dogs for the exhibition that will run from Dec. 13 through July 26, 2026.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

The icebreaker Soya's logo is painted over as a ceremony to decommission the ship, the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 12, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of a sarin nerve gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult on Tokyo's subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at the subway's Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 1995, was killed in the attack.

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Nikkei plunges in Tokyo

A stock monitor (L) at a currency trading company in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average ending over 1,000 points lower on July 12, 2024, from the previous day's record-high finish.

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Emperor, empress visit quake-hit town in Ishikawa Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako (L) bow near the site of a landslide that left over 10 people killed in the Ishikawa Prefecture town of Anamizu on April 12, 2024, following a powerful earthquake in central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1. (Pool photo)

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'Hinoemata Kabuki' performed in Fukushima Pref.

HINOEMATA, Japan - Villagers perform "Hinoemata Kabuki" in Hinoemata, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 12, 2014. The Kabuki performing tradition has been passed on among the villagers for over 270 years.

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'Hinoemata Kabuki' performed in Fukushima Pref.

HINOEMATA, Japan - Villagers perform "Hinoemata Kabuki" in Hinoemata, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 12, 2014. The Kabuki performing tradition has been passed on among the villagers for over 270 years.

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Osaka high-tech exhibition attracts 900,000 visitors

OSAKA, Japan - A girl looks at robots and other high-tech exhibits at Active Lab., an intellectual entertainment space in Knowledge Capital of Grand Front Osaka in Osaka, western Japan, on March 12, 2014. Active Lab. attracted over 900,000 visitors in the 10 months since opening in April 2013, about double the initial annual goal.

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Temperature tops 30 C in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Cherry blossoms bloom due to unseasonable heat in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on Oct. 12, 2013. The temperature in central Tokyo reached 31.3 C the same day, setting a record for the second day in a row for a temperature of over 30 C to be observed in the capital at this time of year, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Temperature tops 30 C in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows pedestrians in Tokyo's Ginza district on Oct. 12, 2013, with the thermometer on the wall of the building in the background reading 30 C. The temperature in central Tokyo reached 31.3 C the same day, setting a record for the second day in a row for a temperature of over 30 C to be observed in the capital at this time of year, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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EU wins Nobel Peace Prize

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Photo shows the headquarters of the European Union in Brussels on Oct. 12, 2012. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the European Union the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize the same day for contributing with its forerunners for over six decades "to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe."

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EU wins Nobel Peace Prize

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Photo shows the headquarters of the European Union in Brussels on Oct. 12, 2012. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the European Union the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize the same day for contributing with its forerunners for over six decades "to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe."

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S. Korea's Yeosu expo closes

SEOUL, South Korea - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon visits Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea in the coastal city of Yeosu in southern South Korea on Aug. 12, 2012. The world exhibition closed the same day after a 93-day run, having drawn over 8 million visitors.

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S. Korea's Yeosu expo closes

SEOUL, South Korea - People wait in line in front of the Japan Pavilion at Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea in the coastal city of Yeosu in southern South Korea on Aug. 12, 2012. The world exhibition closed the same day after a 93-day run, having drawn over 8 million visitors.

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S. Korea's Yeosu expo closes

SEOUL, South Korea - People wait in line in front of the Japan Pavilion at Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea in the coastal city of Yeosu in southern South Korea on Aug. 12, 2012. The world exhibition closed the same day after a 93-day run, having drawn over 8 million visitors.

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Yamada Denki to buy out Best Denki

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows the parent store of home electronics retailer Best Denki Co. in Fukuoka in southwestern Japan on July 12, 2012. Yamada Denki Co. will buy out its competitor Best Denki in a bid to secure its foothold as the top home electronics retailer in Japan by creating a group with sales of over 2 trillion yen, industry sources said the same day.

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Yamada Denki to buy out Best Denki

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2009 shows LABI1, a huge store of home electronics retailer Yamada Denki Co., in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district. Yamada Denki will buy out its competitor Best Denki Co. in a bid to secure its foothold as the top home electronics retailer in Japan by creating a group with sales of over 2 trillion yen, industry sources said July 12, 2012.

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Prisoners released on amnesty in Myanmar

YANGON, Myanmar - Female prisoners walk on a street after being released from a prison in the suburbs of Yangon, Myanmar, on Oct. 12, 2011, as part of an amnesty. Myanmar plans to free over 6,300 prisoners starting the same day while the country's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi urged the government to release all political prisoners.

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Quake anniversary in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - People sing and pray at a memorial ceremony for earthquake victims in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2011, the first anniversary of the disaster that claimed over 200,000 lives.

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Ishikawa plays in Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

PEBBLE BEACH, United States - Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa reacts after teeing off on the 5th hole during the second round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament at Spyglass Hill Golf Course in Pebble Beach, California, on Feb. 12, 2010. The 18-year-old Japanese money title winner mixed six birdies with five bogeys and a double bogey en route to a 1-over 73 that dropped him into a tie for 131st at 3 over.

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Ishikawa plays in Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

PEBBLE BEACH, United States - Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa looks at his club during the second round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament at Spyglass Hill Golf Course in Pebble Beach, California, on Feb. 12, 2010. The 18-year-old Japanese money title winner mixed six birdies with five bogeys and a double bogey en route to a 1-over 73 that dropped him into a tie for 131st at 3 over.

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Japan Airlines files for bankruptcy protection

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of Japan Airlines Corp. leave the company's headquarters building in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Jan. 12, 2010, the day when Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy protection with group liabilities totaling over 2 trillion yen.

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Japan Airlines files for bankruptcy protection

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of Japan Airlines Corp. leave the company's headquarters building in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Jan. 12, 2010, the day when Japan's top air carrier filed for bankruptcy protection with group liabilities totaling over 2 trillion yen.

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Ishikawa continues to struggle at Korea Open

CHEONAN, South Korea - Japanese teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa (C) shakes hands with his caddie after wrapping up the third round of the Korea Open at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club in Cheonan on Sept. 12, 2009. Ishikawa could only manage a 1-over 72, leaving him five shots behind co-leaders Rory McIlroy (L) and Kim Dae Sub.

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Judo: World championships

Andy Granda (R) of Cuba, winner in the men's over-100-kilogram at the judo world championships, shakes hands with second-placed Tatsuru Saito of Japan at a medal ceremony following their match on Oct. 12, 2022, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.