A capybara eats grass in a carved pumpkin at World Freshwater Aquarium Aquatotto Gifu in the Gifu Prefecture city of Kakamigahara, central Japan, on Oct. 29, 2022, ahead of Halloween. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
An annual water-discharge fire drill is held on Oct. 30, 2022, in Shirakawa-go, a World Heritage site famous for traditional "gassho-zukuri" thatched farmhouses in the Gifu Prefecture village of Shirakawa, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Equinox wins the autumn Tenno-sho at Tokyo Racecourse in the Japanese capital on Oct. 30, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Orix Buffaloes manager Satoshi Nakajima is tossed in the air by his players after the team claimed the Japan Series baseball title in Game 7 against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian holds a press conference in Beijing on Oct. 31, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Animation director Goro Miyazaki (far left) and officials take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 31, 2022, the day before Ghibli Park opens to the public. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Visitors watch a whale shark swim in the main tank called Kuroshio Sea at Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Nov. 1, 2022. Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, one of the largest aquariums in the world, is celebrating its 20th anniversary the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro Hakuen (C), formerly Ichikawa Ebizo, speaks to reporters at Kabukiza Theater in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2022, in front of a stage curtain celebrating his assumption of his family's prestigious and centuries-old stage name of Danjuro. (Kyodo)
A hot air balloon flies over the southwestern Japan city of Saga, as the Saga International Balloon Fiesta begins on Nov. 2, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows hot air balloons flying over the southwestern Japan city of Saga, as the Saga International Balloon Fiesta begins on Nov. 2, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Hot air balloons reflect on the glassy surface of the Kase River in the southwestern Japan city of Saga, as the Saga International Balloon Fiesta begins on Nov. 2, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Gingko and maple trees at Shiramizu Amidado hall, an architectural national treasure located in Ganjoji Temple in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are lit up on Nov. 2, 2022. The "Amida Night" illumination event will be held from Nov. 6 to Nov. 13. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A test illumination is carried out at Eikando Zenrinji, a temple in Japan's ancient capital Kyoto, on Nov. 2, 2022. This year the event, in which about 3,000 maple trees are lit up at night, will be held from Nov. 5 to Dec. 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Evacuees from Ukraine after Russian's invasion of their country currently studying at the Japan University of Economics in Dazaifu, southwestern Japan, perform traditional Japanese dance at a Noh stage in Fukuoka on Nov. 3, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Miyagi government officials watch a news report on ballistic missiles fired by North Korea, at the Miyagi government headquarters in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc.'s Queen Beetle high-speed ferry leaves Hakata port in Fukuoka in southwestern Japan for South Korea's Busan on Nov. 4, 2022. The ferry service connecting the two cities resumed the same day for the first time since March 2020 in line with the easing of Japan's coronavirus border restrictions last month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A test illumination is carried out at Eikando Zenrinji, a temple in Japan's ancient capital Kyoto, on Nov. 2, 2022. This year the event, in which about 3,000 maple trees are lit up at night, will be held from Nov. 5 to Dec. 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian holds a press conference in Beijing on Oct. 31, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Animation director Goro Miyazaki (far L) and officials take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Oct. 31, 2022, the day before Ghibli Park opens to the public. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Orix Buffaloes manager Satoshi Nakajima is tossed in the air by his players after the team claimed the Japan Series baseball title in Game 7 against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Daichi Kamada (C) of Eintracht Frankfurt scores from the penalty spot during a Champions League game against Sporting Lisbon in Lisbon on Nov. 1, 2022. (Kyodo)
Gingko and maple trees at Shiramizu Amidado hall, an architectural national treasure located in Ganjoji Temple in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are lit up on Nov. 2, 2022. The "Amida Night" illumination event will be held from Nov. 6 to Nov. 13. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Gingko and maple trees at Shiramizu Amidado hall, an architectural national treasure located in Ganjoji Temple in Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, are lit up on Nov. 2, 2022. The "Amida Night" illumination event will be held from Nov. 6 to Nov. 13. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Evacuees from Ukraine after Russian's invasion of their country currently studying at the Japan University of Economics in Dazaifu, southwestern Japan, perform traditional Japanese dance at a Noh stage in Fukuoka on Nov. 3, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Miyagi government officials watch a news report on ballistic missiles fired by North Korea, at the Miyagi government headquarters in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc.'s Queen Beetle high-speed ferry leaves Hakata port in Fukuoka in southwestern Japan for South Korea's Busan on Nov. 4, 2022. The ferry service connecting the two cities resumed the same day for the first time since March 2020 in line with the easing of Japan's coronavirus border restrictions last month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
