Japan-Philippines defense talks

Japan-Philippines defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) and his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Teodoro attend a press event after their talks in Manila on May 5, 2026.

Japan-Indonesia defense talks

Japan-Indonesia defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) and his Indonesian counterpart Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin attend a press event in Jakarta on May 4, 2026.

Japan-Indonesia defense talks

Japan-Indonesia defense talks

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (L) and his Indonesian counterpart Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin attend a press event in Jakarta on May 4, 2026.

Conference on press freedom in Zambia

Conference on press freedom in Zambia

UNESCO holds an international conference on press freedom in Lusaka, Zambia, on May 4, 2026, marking World Press Freedom Day.

Conference on press freedom in Zambia

Conference on press freedom in Zambia

Ambassador Yudai Kano, Japan's permanent representative to UNESCO, speaks during an international conference on press freedom hosted by UNESCO in Lusaka, Zambia, on May 4, 2026, to mark World Press Freedom Day.

NPT review conference

NPT review conference

Jiro Hamasumi, secretary general of Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, meets the press in New York on May 1, 2026, after addressing the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

NPT review conference

NPT review conference

Jiro Hamasumi, secretary general of Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, meets the press in New York on May 1, 2026, after addressing the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

NPT review conference

NPT review conference

Jiro Hamasumi, secretary general of Hidankyo, Japan's leading organization of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, meets the press in New York on May 1, 2026, after addressing the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Japan-Australia summit

Japan-Australia summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press following a meeting with her Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in Canberra on May 4, 2026.

Japan-Australia summit

Japan-Australia summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press following a meeting with her Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in Canberra on May 4, 2026.

Japan-Australia summit

Japan-Australia summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press following a meeting with her Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in Canberra on May 4, 2026.

Japan-Australia summit

Japan-Australia summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press following a meeting with her Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in Canberra on May 4, 2026.

Japan-Australia summit

Japan-Australia summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and her Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese attend a press event after their talks in Canberra on May 4, 2026.

Japan-Australia summit

Japan-Australia summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and her Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese attend a press event after their talks in Canberra on May 4, 2026.

Japan-Australia summit

Japan-Australia summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and her Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese attend a press event after their talks in Canberra on May 4, 2026.

Japan-Australia summit

Japan-Australia summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and her Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese attend a press event after their talks in Canberra on May 4, 2026.

Japan-Australia summit

Japan-Australia summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and her Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese attend a press event after their talks in Canberra on May 4, 2026.

Japan-Australia summit

Japan-Australia summit

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and her Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese attend a press event after their talks in Canberra on May 4, 2026.

Boxing: Inoue vs. Nakatani

Boxing: Inoue vs. Nakatani

Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue of Japan holds a press conference in Yokohama near Tokyo on May 3, 2026, a day after retaining his title with a victory over countryman and challenger Junto Nakatani in their title match at Tokyo Dome.

Boxing: Inoue vs. Nakatani

Boxing: Inoue vs. Nakatani

Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue of Japan holds a press conference after retaining his title with a victory over countryman and challenger Junto Nakatani in their title match at Tokyo Dome on May 2, 2026.

Boxing: Inoue vs. Nakatani

Boxing: Inoue vs. Nakatani

Challenger Junto Nakatani of Japan holds a press conference after losing to countryman and undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue in their title match at Tokyo Dome on May 2, 2026.

Japan-Vietnam talks

Japan-Vietnam talks

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung speaks at a joint press conference with Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi in Hanoi on May 2, 2026.

Japan-Vietnam talks

Japan-Vietnam talks

Vietnamese Prime Minister Le Minh Hung speaks at a joint press conference with Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi in Hanoi on May 2, 2026.

Japan-Vietnam talks

Japan-Vietnam talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a joint press conference with her Vietnamese counterpart Le Minh Hung in Hanoi on May 2, 2026.

Japan-Vietnam talks

Japan-Vietnam talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a joint press conference with her Vietnamese counterpart Le Minh Hung in Hanoi on May 2, 2026.

Japan-Vietnam talks

Japan-Vietnam talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and her Vietnamese counterpart Le Minh Hung hold a joint press conference in Hanoi on May 2, 2026.

Japan-Vietnam talks

Japan-Vietnam talks

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) and her Vietnamese counterpart Le Minh Hung hold a joint press conference in Hanoi on May 2, 2026.

Top currency official meets press after intervention

Top currency official meets press after intervention

Japanese Vice Finance Minister for International Affairs Atsushi Mimura meets the press in Tokyo on May 1, 2026, a day after Japanese authorities intervened in the currency market to arrest the yen's further fall after it weakened to around 160 to the dollar.

Japan Society head in Tokyo

Japan Society head in Tokyo

Joshua W. Walker, president of New York-based Japan Society, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on May 1, 2026.

ECB President Lagarde

ECB President Lagarde

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde holds a press conference in Frankfurt on April 30, 2026, following the ECB's Governing Council meeting where the benchmark deposit rate was decided to be maintained at 2 percent.

Finance minister's comments on currency market

Finance minister's comments on currency market

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama meets the press in Tokyo on April 30, 2026, hinting at stepping into the currency market to arrest the dollar's further rise against the yen as the U.S. currency spurted to the mid-160 yen level earlier in the day.

Japan PM phone talks with Iranian president

Japan PM phone talks with Iranian president

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 30, 2026, following phone talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Japan PM phone talks with Iranian president

Japan PM phone talks with Iranian president

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 30, 2026, following phone talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Final press conference of U.S. Fed chief Powell

Final press conference of U.S. Fed chief Powell

U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell holds his final press conference in Washington on April 29, 2026, capping his eight years as Fed chief with the key federal funds target rate on hold amid inflation concerns. He said after the two-day policy-setting meeting he will remain on the board for "a period of time" after his term ends in mid-May.

WHO chief at press conference

WHO chief at press conference

World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks at a press conference in Geneva on April 29, 2026.

Boxing: world title bout between Inoue and Nakatani

Boxing: world title bout between Inoue and Nakatani

Former unified bantamweight world champion Junto Nakatani of Japan speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 30, 2026, before taking on countryman and undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue at Tokyo Dome on May 2.

Boxing: world title bout between Inoue and Nakatani

Boxing: world title bout between Inoue and Nakatani

Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue of Japan (C) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 30, 2026, before taking on countryman and challenger Junto Nakatani, a former unified bantamweight world champion, at Tokyo Dome on May 2.

Boxing: world title bout between Inoue and Nakatani

Boxing: world title bout between Inoue and Nakatani

Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue of Japan speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 30, 2026, before taking on countryman and challenger Junto Nakatani, a former unified bantamweight world champion, at Tokyo Dome on May 2.

Boxing: world title bout between Inoue and Nakatani

Boxing: world title bout between Inoue and Nakatani

Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue of Japan speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 30, 2026, before taking on countryman and challenger Junto Nakatani, a former unified bantamweight world champion, at Tokyo Dome on May 2.

CTBTO head at U.N.

CTBTO head at U.N.

Robert Floyd, executive secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, holds a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 29, 2026, during the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda Press Conference

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda Press Conference

Press conference by Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda at the Bank of Japan headquarters.=April 28,2026,Tokyo

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda Press Conference

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda Press Conference

Press conference by Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda at the Bank of Japan headquarters.=April 28,2026,Tokyo

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda Press Conference

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda Press Conference

Press conference by Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda at the Bank of Japan headquarters.=April 28,2026,Tokyo

BOJ policy-setting meeting

BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda holds a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on April 28, 2026, following a two-day policy-setting meeting.

BOJ policy-setting meeting

BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda holds a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on April 28, 2026, following a two-day policy-setting meeting.

Retirement press conference of pairs figure skaters Miura, Kihara

Retirement press conference of pairs figure skaters Miura, Kihara

Milan Cortina Olympics figure skating pairs gold medalist Riku Miura speaks during a retirement press conference with her partner Ryuichi Kihara at a hotel in Tokyo on April 28, 2026.

Retirement press conference of pairs figure skaters Miura, Kihara

Retirement press conference of pairs figure skaters Miura, Kihara

Milan Cortina Olympics figure skating pairs gold medalist Riku Miura speaks during a retirement press conference with her partner Ryuichi Kihara at a hotel in Tokyo on April 28, 2026.

Retirement press conference of pairs figure skaters Miura, Kihara

Retirement press conference of pairs figure skaters Miura, Kihara

Milan Cortina Olympics figure skating pairs gold medalist Ryuichi Kihara speaks during a retirement press conference with his partner Riku Miura at a hotel in Tokyo on April 28, 2026.

Retirement press conference of pairs figure skaters Miura, Kihara

Retirement press conference of pairs figure skaters Miura, Kihara

Milan Cortina Olympics figure skating pairs gold medalists Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara attend a retirement press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on April 28, 2026.

Retirement press conference of pairs figure skaters Miura, Kihara

Retirement press conference of pairs figure skaters Miura, Kihara

Milan Cortina Olympics figure skating pairs gold medalists Riku Miura (L) and Ryuichi Kihara attend a retirement press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on April 28, 2026.