Visitors walk in the rain on a street adorned with Chinese lanterns in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on Jan. 22, 2023. The Nagasaki Lantern Festival started the same day to coincide with the start of the Lunar New Year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Ozeki Takakeisho (C) holds the Emperor's Cup during a ceremony held after his win in the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 22, 2023, at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A woman takes a photo of her child in front of a "Slam Dunk" poster at a movie theater in Seoul on Jan. 23, 2023. The manga-to-film adaptation of Takehiko Inoue's 1990s sports anime series has drawn more than 1 million moviegoers in South Korea in the two weeks since its release. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese monkeys snuggle to keep warm at a zoo in Tonosho in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2023, shows "hina" traditional Japanese dolls unveiled by doll maker Kyugetsu Co., featuring Yakult Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami (bottom R), figure skater Kaori Sakamoto (bottom L), competitive swimmer Rikako Ikee (upper R), judoka Uta Abe (upper C) and table tennis player Mima Ito (upper L). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
An outdoor thermometer shows the temperature at minus 25 C in the Hokkaido town of Rikubetsu, northern Japan, on the morning of Jan. 25, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Monks and firefighters participate in a fire hose exercise during an annual drill at World Heritage-listed Horyuji Temple in the Nara Prefecture town of Ikaruga, western Japan, on Jan. 26, 2023. Jan. 26 was designated in 1955 as a day to raise awareness of protecting cultural assets from fire after one of the temple buildings burned down on Jan. 26, 1949. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken on Jan. 26, 2023, in the Shiga Prefecture city of Kusatsu, western Japan, shows icicles formed in trees on the shore of Lake Biwa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Defending champion Mima Ito plays against Hiyori Okazaki in the women's singles fourth round at the table tennis national championships in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
