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Japan's Princess Kako visits imperial graveyard

Japan's Princess Kako visits the mausoleum of Emperor Showa, her great-grandfather, at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on May 16, 2025, ahead of her trip to Brazil in June. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Kako visits imperial graveyard

Japan's Princess Kako visits the mausoleum of Empress Kojun, her great-grandmother and wife of Emperor Showa, at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on May 16, 2025, ahead of her trip to Brazil in June. (Pool photo)

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Wildfires Worsened By Extreme Heat - Brazil

A drone photo taken on September 9, 2024 shows a wildfire in the Permanent Preservation Area on the western side of the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, in the State of Goias, Brazil. Brazil is suffering another terrible fire season, with Sao Paulo state, the Amazon and the Pantanal wetlands recording massive blazes. The dry period in Brazil usually lasts from August to October. But climate experts with the World Weather Attribution, a group of scientists investigating the effects of climate change on extreme weather, said this past June was the country's "driest, hottest, and windiest" month since records began in 1979. Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfires Worsened By Extreme Heat - Brazil

A drone photo taken on September 9, 2024 shows a wildfire in the Permanent Preservation Area on the western side of the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, in the State of Goias, Brazil. Brazil is suffering another terrible fire season, with Sao Paulo state, the Amazon and the Pantanal wetlands recording massive blazes. The dry period in Brazil usually lasts from August to October. But climate experts with the World Weather Attribution, a group of scientists investigating the effects of climate change on extreme weather, said this past June was the country's "driest, hottest, and windiest" month since records began in 1979. Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfires Worsened By Extreme Heat - Brazil

A drone photo taken on September 9, 2024 shows a wildfire in the Permanent Preservation Area on the western side of the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, in the State of Goias, Brazil. Brazil is suffering another terrible fire season, with Sao Paulo state, the Amazon and the Pantanal wetlands recording massive blazes. The dry period in Brazil usually lasts from August to October. But climate experts with the World Weather Attribution, a group of scientists investigating the effects of climate change on extreme weather, said this past June was the country's "driest, hottest, and windiest" month since records began in 1979. Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfires Worsened By Extreme Heat - Brazil

A drone photo taken on September 9, 2024 shows a wildfire in the Permanent Preservation Area on the western side of the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, in the State of Goias, Brazil. Brazil is suffering another terrible fire season, with Sao Paulo state, the Amazon and the Pantanal wetlands recording massive blazes. The dry period in Brazil usually lasts from August to October. But climate experts with the World Weather Attribution, a group of scientists investigating the effects of climate change on extreme weather, said this past June was the country's "driest, hottest, and windiest" month since records began in 1979. Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfires Worsened By Extreme Heat - Brazil

A drone photo taken on September 9, 2024 shows a wildfire in the Permanent Preservation Area on the western side of the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, in the State of Goias, Brazil. Brazil is suffering another terrible fire season, with Sao Paulo state, the Amazon and the Pantanal wetlands recording massive blazes. The dry period in Brazil usually lasts from August to October. But climate experts with the World Weather Attribution, a group of scientists investigating the effects of climate change on extreme weather, said this past June was the country's "driest, hottest, and windiest" month since records began in 1979. Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Annular solar eclipse observed in Americas

STORY: Annular solar eclipse observed in Americas DATELINE: Oct. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Mexico City CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of annular solar eclipse recorded in Mexico, Salvador, Venezuela and Colombia STORYLINE: An annular solar eclipse was observed on Saturday in Americas. It was the second and last solar eclipse of the year. The solar eclipse's annular band began in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and passed through several countries including the United States, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, and Brazil before ending in the western Atlantic Ocean, according to the Purple Mountain Observatory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. A partial eclipse could be seen in North America (except for the extreme west and northeast), South America (except for the south), the eastern Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean (except for the north and southeast), and the extreme west of Africa. Solar eclipses also have other three types: total solar eclipse, partial sol

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BRAZIL-BAHIA-FOREST FIRE

(230923) -- BAHIA, Sept. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 22, 2023 shows a fire-stricken area in Riachao Das Neves, western Bahia, Brazil. According to the National Center for Prevention and Combat of Forest Fires, the fires are being fanned by strong winds, high temperatures, and dry weather. (Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua)

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BRAZIL-BAHIA-FOREST FIRE

(230923) -- BAHIA, Sept. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 21, 2023 shows an extensive area of the Serra das Bandeiras forest on fire in Barreiras, western Bahia, Brazil. According to the National Center for Prevention and Combat of Forest Fires, the fires are being fanned by strong winds, high temperatures, and dry weather. (Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua)

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BRAZIL-BAHIA-FOREST FIRE

(230923) -- BAHIA, Sept. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 21, 2023 shows an extensive area of the Serra das Bandeiras forest on fire in Barreiras, western Bahia, Brazil. According to the National Center for Prevention and Combat of Forest Fires, the fires are being fanned by strong winds, high temperatures, and dry weather. (Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua)

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Japan-Brazil talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (far R) and his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira (far L) meet in Hiroshima on May 19, 2023, the first day of a Group of Seven summit that took place in the western Japan city.

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Japan-Brazil talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (R) and his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira meet in Hiroshima on May 19, 2023, the first day of a Group of Seven summit that took place in the western Japan city.

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Spouses of G-7 leaders in Hiroshima

Spouses of Group of Seven leaders, (from L) Kim Keon Hee of South Korea, Iriana Joko Widodo of Indonesia, Yuko Kishida of Japan, Ambari Azali of Comoros and Janja da Silva of Brazil, pose for a photo at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 21, 2023, the final day of the three-day summit in the western Japan city. (Pool photo)

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A-bomb survivors in S. America publish testimonies

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Takashi Morita (R), president of the Peace Association of Atomic Bomb Victims in Brazil, and Junko Watanabe, a member of the group's board of directors, show a collection of testimonies from 90 atomic bomb survivors who have later emigrated to South America, during a press conference at the Hiroshima City Hall in western Japan on Nov. 7, 2014.

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A-bomb victim in Brazil speaks to high school students

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kunihiko Bonkohara (R), vice president of the Association of Atomic Bomb Victims in Brazil, speaks to students at a high school in Sao Paulo on July 21, 2014, about his exposure to radiation from the U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, western Japan, in 1945.

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Kakitani leaves for Switzerland to play for Basel

OSAKA, Japan - Japan striker Yoichiro Kakitani speaks to reporters at Osaka International Airport, western Japan, on July 16, 2014, before leaving for Switzerland to play for Basel. Kakitani played in two games for Japan at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.

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Kakitani leaves for Switzerland to play for Basel

OSAKA, Japan - Japan striker Yoichiro Kakitani waves at Osaka International Airport, western Japan, on July 16, 2014, before leaving for Switzerland to play for Basel. Kakitani played in two games for Japan at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.

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World Cup players of Cerezo, Frontale receive flowers

OSAKA, Japan - Four members of Cerezo Osaka and Kasawaki Frontale who played in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil -- (from L) Yoshito Okubo (Frontale), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo), Yoichiro Kakitani (Cerezo) and Diego Forlan (Cerezo) -- receive bouquets of flowers before their J-League match at Kincho Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on July 15, 2014. Kakitani left for Switzerland the following day to play for Basel.

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Brazilian supporter cheers at World Cup in Brazil

BRASILIA, Brazil - A child wearing a Brazilian flag on his shoulders holds portraits of Neymar (L) and David Luiz of Brazil in a match against Cameroon at the FIFA World Cup finals in Brasilia, central western Brazil, on June 23, 2014.

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Penguins walk in national World Cup team jerseys

MATSUE, Japan - Penguins, each wearing a uniform like the jersey of Japan's national football team, walk in Matsue Vogel Park in Matsue, western Japan, on June 11, 2014, ahead of the start of the FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil.

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Audi World Cup model

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken June 6, 2014, shows special limited-edition "World Cup model" vehicles in the Japanese team's colors unveiled by Audi Japan KK at its biggest outlet in the Kinki region. The outlet opened the same day in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, ahead of the soccer extravaganza in Brazil.

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Japan envoy visits stadium for Japan-Colombia World Cup match

CUIABA, Brazil - Japanese Ambassador to Brazil Kunio Umeda (L) and leaders of the Japanese-Brazilian community in the South American country examine a stadium in the mid-western Brazilian city of Cuiaba on April 23, 2014, ahead of a game there between Japan and Colombia during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

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Wildlife in Pantanal

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo taken on April 22, 2012, shows Paraguay caiman in a river in the Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil.

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Wildlife in Pantanal

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo taken on April 22, 2012, shows capybaras taking to the waters in the Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil.

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Wildlife in Bonito, Pantanal

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photos show piraputanga in a fresh stream in the town of Bonito on April 21, 2012 (top), and piranha from a river in the Pantanal wetlands, on April 20, 2012 (bottom), both in western Brazil.

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Pantanal wetlands

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo taken on April 22, 2012, shows the Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil.

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Wildlife in Pantanal

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photos show birds in the Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil -- blue-and-yellow macaws on April 20, 2012 (top), and a roseate spoonbill on April 22, 2012 (bottom).

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Wildlife in Pantanal

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo taken on April 20, 2012, shows a black-collared hawk catching fish in a river in the Pantanal wetlands in western Brazil.

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Nature in Bonito

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo taken on April 21, 2012, shows a Blue Lake cave near the town of Bonito, western Brazil.

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Renovated migration center opens in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - The Kobe Center for Overseas Migration and Cultural Interaction opened in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on June 3 after the renovation of a building used by Japanese emigrants in the 20th century, marking the centennial of the departure from the western Japan port city of the first ship carrying Japanese emigrants to Brazil. The center is now aimed at helping foreign residents in Japan. It will also put on display rooms restored to their state at the time of the emigrations as well as farm equipment used by the Japanese migrants.

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Ceremony celebrates centenary of Japanese emigration to Brazil

KOBE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito addresses a ceremony in Kobe, western Japan, on April 28 marking the centenary this year of Japanese emigration to Brazil. The first group of Japanese emigrants left Kobe port on April 28, 1908, arriving at a Brazilian port on June 18, 1908, on the Kasato Maru. Prince Naruhito, honorary president for the Japan-Brazil Exchange Year, plans to visit Brazil in June.

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Japan's first legation in Brazil found in outskirts of Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - This Western-style house in Petropolis on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro served as Japan's first legation in Brazil.

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Zico opens photo exhibition

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Japan soccer coach Zico poses before a panel at a photograph exhibition of his professional career in Rio de Janeiro on July 14. Zico opens the exhibition at the soccer center he owns in the beach district of Recreio in the western area of Rio de Janeiro.

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Zico surprised with JFA invitation to coach squad

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Former Brazil midfielder Zico speaks at his soccer center on July 10 in the beach district of Barra da Tijuca in western Rio de Janeiro. He said he was surprised with the invitation from Japan's Football Association to coach the national squad for the next World Cup competition. (World Cup 2002)

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Photo exhibition of 1995 Great Hanshin quake opens in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A photo exhibition opened July 29 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, covering the devastating earthquake that hit Kobe and its vicinity in western Japan in 1995 and subsequent reconstruction of the area. Hyogo Prefectural Gov. Toshitami Kaihara (2nd from R) attended an opening ceremony for the exhibition, which shows Brazilians who contributed some 82 million yen to relief efforts how the area has recovered. More than 6,400 people lost their lives in the magnitude-7.2 quake, which hit the Hanshin region Jan. 17 1995.

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Guangzhou Evergrande book place in final four of FIFA Club World Cup

China's Guangzhou Evergrande FC's manager Luiz Felipe Scolari of Brazil celebrates with his players after beating Mexico's Club America 2-1 in their quarterfinal match at the FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournament in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 13, 2015. The Asian champions will face FC Barcelona in the semifinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Zico surprised with JFA invitation to coach squad

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Former Brazil midfielder Zico speaks at his soccer center on July 10 in the beach district of Barra da Tijuca in western Rio de Janeiro. He said he was surprised with the invitation from Japan's Football Association to coach the national squad for the next World Cup competition. (World Cup 2002)

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Renovated migration center opens in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - The Kobe Center for Overseas Migration and Cultural Interaction opened in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on June 3 after the renovation of a building used by Japanese emigrants in the 20th century, marking the centennial of the departure from the western Japan port city of the first ship carrying Japanese emigrants to Brazil. The center is now aimed at helping foreign residents in Japan. It will also put on display rooms restored to their state at the time of the emigrations as well as farm equipment used by the Japanese migrants. (Kyodo)

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Crown Prince Naruhito attends ceremony by Brazilian parliament

BRASILIA, Brazil - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (L) smiles with a medal offered at a ceremony organized by the Brazilian parliament in Brasilia on June 18. June 18 marks the 100th anniversary of the arrival at Santos port in southeastern Brazil in 1908 of the first ship carrying Japanese immigrants, the Kasato Maru, which departed in April that year from the western Japan port of Kobe carrying 781 Japanese people. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Crown Prince Naruhito meets people of Japanese descent

BRASILIA, Brazil - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito meets with people of Japanese descent at the official residence of the Japanese ambassador in Brasilia on June 18. June 18 marks the 100th anniversary of the arrival at Santos port in southeastern Brazil in 1908 of the first ship carrying Japanese immigrants, the Kasato Maru, which departed in April that year from the western Japan port of Kobe carrying 781 Japanese people. (Pool photo) (Kyodo).

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Ceremony celebrates centenary of Japanese emigration to Brazil

KOBE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito addresses a ceremony in Kobe, western Japan, on April 28 marking the centenary this year of Japanese emigration to Brazil. The first group of Japanese emigrants left Kobe port on April 28, 1908, arriving at a Brazilian port on June 18, 1908, on the Kasato Maru. Prince Naruhito, honorary president for the Japan-Brazil Exchange Year, plans to visit Brazil in June. (Kyodo)

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A-bomb survivors in S. America publish testimonies

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Takashi Morita (R), president of the Peace Association of Atomic Bomb Victims in Brazil, and Junko Watanabe, a member of the group's board of directors, show a collection of testimonies from 90 atomic bomb survivors who have later emigrated to South America, during a press conference at the Hiroshima City Hall in western Japan on Nov. 7, 2014. (Kyodo)

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A-bomb victim in Brazil speaks to high school students

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kunihiko Bonkohara (R), vice president of the Association of Atomic Bomb Victims in Brazil, speaks to students at a high school in Sao Paulo on July 21, 2014, about his exposure to radiation from the U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, western Japan, in 1945. (Kyodo)

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World Cup players of Cerezo, Frontale receive flowers

OSAKA, Japan - Four members of Cerezo Osaka and Kasawaki Frontale who played in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil -- (from L) Yoshito Okubo (Frontale), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo), Yoichiro Kakitani (Cerezo) and Diego Forlan (Cerezo) -- receive bouquets of flowers before their J-League match at Kincho Stadium in Osaka, western Japan, on July 15, 2014. Kakitani left for Switzerland the following day to play for Basel. (Kyodo)

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Penguins walk in national World Cup team jerseys

MATSUE, Japan - Penguins, each wearing a uniform like the jersey of Japan's national football team, walk in Matsue Vogel Park in Matsue, western Japan, on June 11, 2014, ahead of the start of the FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil. (Kyodo)

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Zico opens photo exhibition

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Japan soccer coach Zico poses before a panel at a photograph exhibition of his professional career in Rio de Janeiro on July 14. Zico opens the exhibition at the soccer center he owns in the beach district of Recreio in the western area of Rio de Janeiro. (Kyodo)

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Photo exhibition of 1995 Great Hanshin quake opens in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A photo exhibition opened July 29 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, covering the devastating earthquake that hit Kobe and its vicinity in western Japan in 1995 and subsequent reconstruction of the area. Hyogo Prefectural Gov. Toshitami Kaihara (2nd from R) attended an opening ceremony for the exhibition, which shows Brazilians who contributed some 82 million yen to relief efforts how the area has recovered. More than 6,400 people lost their lives in the magnitude-7.2 quake, which hit the Hanshin region Jan. 17 1995.