"Momoiro Toiki" flowers, a type of pink petunia, are in full bloom at Mother Farm in the Chiba Prefecture city of Futtsu, eastern Japan, on Aug. 22, 2020. (Kyodo)
Fireworks are set off in the Akita Prefecture city of Daisen, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 22, 2020, with the hope of an early end to the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo)
People walk past PR panels for the Tokyo Paralympics in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on Aug. 23, 2020. The postponed Paralympics will begin on Aug. 24, 2021. (Kyodo)
Kashima Antlers defender Atsuto Uchida makes a pass during the second half of a J-League football match against Gamba Osaka in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 23, 2020, in the former Japan international's last game of his career. (Kyodo)
Members of Greenpeace Japan stage a protest in front of the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. head office in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2020, after a freighter operated by the Japanese shipping company ran aground off Mauritius in the Indian Ocean in late July and started spilling fuel oil in early August. (Kyodo)
Photo taken Aug. 25, 2020, shows a four-wheeled robot inspecting facilities at a gas-fired power plant operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. in Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. The robot, shown to the media, is meant to detect irregularities such as gas leakage at power plants, with Kansai Electric planning to introduce it on a larger scale in fiscal 2021. (Kyodo)
North Korean citizens visit Mansu Hill in Pyongyang to offer flowers on Aug. 25, 2020, the 60th anniversary of the beginning of former leader Kim Jong Il's "military-first leadership." (Kyodo)
Tamotsu Shimada, head of Team Inari, poses as the official logo of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai World Exposition, designed by the team, is unveiled in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 25, 2020. (Kyodo)
Photo taken on Aug. 26, 2020, shows saury fish on sale at a fishmonger in Nemuro on the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido with a price tag of 350 yen each, much more expensive than last year. The catch of saury has been underwhelming at Hanasaki port in the city, known as having the largest hauls of saury in Japan, since the fishing season started in the region in July. (Kyodo)
About 50 people, mostly salaried workers, take part in a morning yoga session on the rooftop of the 230-meter-high Shibuya Sky building in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2020, before going to work. (Kyodo)
A sniffer dog and handler patrol JR Ueno Station for explosives in Tokyo on Aug. 27, 2020. East Japan Railway Co. has started a trial of having sniffer dogs on duty at stations as part of its efforts to strengthen anti-terrorism measures. (Kyodo)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a government task force meeting on the novel coronavirus at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2020. The prime minister will step down from his post due to health concerns, a source from his ruling Liberal Democratic Party said the same day. (Kyodo)
Tamotsu Shimada, head of Team Inari, poses as the official logo of the 2025 Osaka-Kansai World Exposition, designed by the team, is unveiled in the western Japan city of Osaka on Aug. 25, 2020. (Kyodo)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a government task force meeting on the novel coronavirus at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2020. The prime minister will step down from his post due to health concerns, a source from his ruling Liberal Democratic Party said the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
