Vancouver Olympic figure skating silver medalist Mao Asada (5th from R) performs on the first day of an ice show staged by her in the Shiga Prefecture capital of Otsu, western Japan, on Sept. 10, 2022. The show, called "Beyond," will tour over 10 prefectures through March 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Vancouver Olympic figure skating silver medalist Mao Asada (front) performs on the first day of an ice show staged by her in the Shiga Prefecture capital of Otsu, western Japan, on Sept. 10, 2022. The show, called "Beyond," will tour over 10 prefectures through March 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A Kamome bullet train is pictured at a Kyushu Railway Co. depot in the Nagasaki Prefecture city of Omura, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 11, 2022, ahead of the Sept. 23 start of commercial services on the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Line in Saga and Nagasaki prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Children pose in front of a Kamome bullet train at a Kyushu Railway Co. depot in the Nagasaki Prefecture city of Omura, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 11, 2022, ahead of the Sept. 23 start of commercial services on the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Line in Saga and Nagasaki prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain celebrates with the victor's trophy after beating Casper Ruud of Norway in the men's singles final at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 11, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
An annual major cleaning is carried out of the 120-meter-high Ushiku Daibutsu great Buddha statue in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Ushiku, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Giant panda Eimei is pictured on Sept. 14, 2022, his 30th birthday, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, with ice blocks shaped in the form of the number 30 given as a present. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Kamome bullet trains are pictured at a Kyushu Railway Co. depot in the Nagasaki Prefecture city of Omura, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 11, 2022, ahead of the Sept. 23 start of commercial services on the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Line in Saga and Nagasaki prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
