Athletics: Fukuoka International Marathon

Athletics: Fukuoka International Marathon

Ethiopia's Bayelign Yegzaw (front) wins the Fukuoka International Marathon ahead of Japanese runner-up Yusuke Nishiyama (back) at Heiwadai Athletic Stadium in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 7, 2025.

[Breaking News]Construction site for TSMC plant in Japan

KIKUYO, Japan, Oct. 24 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 24, 2025, shows the construction site for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s second Japanese plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The first TSMC plant in the country can be seen in the background. (Kyodo)

TSMC plant in Japan

TSMC plant in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2025, shows the construction site for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s second Japanese plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

TSMC plant in Japan

TSMC plant in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2025, shows Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first Japanese plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

TSMC plant in Japan

TSMC plant in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2025, shows Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first Japanese plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

TSMC plant in Japan

TSMC plant in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2025, shows Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first Japanese plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

TSMC plant in Japan

TSMC plant in Japan

Photo taken on Oct. 18, 2025, shows Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s first Japanese plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

Construction site for TSMC plant in Japan

Construction site for TSMC plant in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 24, 2025, shows the construction site for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s second Japanese plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The first TSMC plant in the country can be seen in the background.

Construction site for TSMC plant in Japan

Construction site for TSMC plant in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 24, 2025, shows the construction site for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s second Japanese plant in Kikuyo in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The first TSMC plant in the country can be seen in the background.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Murayama in 2024

Former Japanese Prime Minister Murayama in 2024

Former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama poses for a photo on Feb. 23, 2024, in the southwestern Japan city of Oita, ahead of his 100th birthday on March 3.

Japan tourism promotion in Hanoi

Japan tourism promotion in Hanoi

Members of the opera company at Huis Ten Bosch seaside resort in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, perform a piece from their repertoire set in Vietnam and the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki, during an event promoting Japanese regional tourism in Hanoi on Sept. 30, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet an atomic bomb survivor at Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Princess Aiko is seen off at Nagasaki Airport in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 13, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Princess Aiko is seen off at Nagasaki Airport in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 13, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Princess Aiko is seen off at Nagasaki Airport in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 13, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet atomic bomb survivors at a care facility for hibakusha in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako look at an exhibition of artwork by disabled people at Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako look at an exhibition of artwork by disabled people at Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako look at an exhibition of artwork by disabled people at Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (far R) and Empress Masako visit Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, visit a care facility for atomic bomb survivors in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 13, 2025. (Pool photo)

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese emperor's family in Nagasaki

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at ground zero in the Nagasaki Peace Park in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Sept. 12, 2025.

Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (3rd from L) inspects the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga on Sept. 7, 2025, as a ceremony was held the same day marking the opening in July of the camp, built in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to host its fleet of Osprey transport aircraft. The 17 V-22 Osprey aircraft have already been transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (front) is pictured at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga after boarding a V-22 Osprey transport aircraft on Sept. 7, 2025, as a ceremony was held the same day marking the opening in July of the camp, built in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to host its fleet of Osprey aircraft. The 17 V-22 Osprey aircraft have already been transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks on Sept. 7, 2025, during a ceremony marking the opening in July of the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga, built in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu for its fleet of Osprey aircraft. The 17 V-22 Osprey aircraft have already been transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far R) receives a list of demands from representatives of groups of atomic bomb survivors in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2025, after attending a memorial ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (far, L) receives a list of demands from representatives of groups of atomic bomb survivors in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2025, after attending a memorial ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II. (Pool photo)

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (back, R) meets with representatives of groups of atomic bomb survivors on Aug. 9, 2025, after attending a memorial ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki in World War II.

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from L) visits Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on Aug. 9, 2025, after attending a memorial ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II. (Pool photo)

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from L) visits Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on Aug. 9, 2025, after attending a memorial ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II. (Pool photo)

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a memorial ceremony held at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba prepares to place a wreath during a memorial ceremony at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba prepares to place a wreath during a memorial ceremony at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city in World War II.

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

80th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba observes a moment of silence during a memorial ceremony at Peace Park in Nagasaki at 11:02 a.m. on Aug. 9, 2025, the exact time when a U.S. atomic bomb was dropped on the southwestern Japan city 80 years earlier in World War II.

Twin actors starred in NHK drama series

Twin actors starred in NHK drama series

FUKUOKA, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Japanese twin actors Mana Mikura (L) and Kana Mikura, both playing starring roles in public broadcaster NHK's television drama series "Futarikko," visit the ACROS Fukuoka multi-purpose hall in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on March 8, 1997, for the recording of a TV commercial related to the Asian Development Bank.(Kyodo)

Upper house election campaigning

Upper house election campaigning

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba makes a campaign speech in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on July 9, 2025, ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election.

Upper house election campaigning

Upper house election campaigning

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba makes a campaign speech in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on July 9, 2025, ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election.

Upper house election campaigning

Upper house election campaigning

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba makes a campaign speech in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on July 9, 2025, ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election.