Anon Matsufuji of Japan competes in the boulder discipline during the semifinals of the Asian Games women's boulder and lead sport climbing competition in Shaoxing, China. (Kyodo)
A float signifying a whale spouting water is carried at the Nagasaki Kunchi festival at Suwa Shrine in Nagasaki on the opening day of the three-day festival dating back over 380 years. (Kyodo)
Simone Biles of the United States performs en route to winning the women's balance beam final at the artistic gymnastics world championships in Antwerp, Belgium. (Kyodo)
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses the U.N.-hosted Internet Governance Forum in Kyoto, western Japan. (Kyodo)
The death toll from a large-scale, surprise attack on Israel by Palestinian militant group Hamas and retaliatory strikes from Israel rises to around 1,200. (Kyodo)
Tokyo Tower is lit up in special colors to commemorate World Mental Health Day. (Kyodo)
The death toll from a series of earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan tops 2,400, with more than 2,000 others injured. (Kyodo)
The newly renovated whisky museum in the Suntory Yamazaki Distillery in Shimamoto, Osaka Prefecture, is shown to the press ahead of its Nov. 1 reopening to the public. (Kyodo)
Los Angeles Airport Police officer Yuri Nagata serves as a police station chief for a day in Japan's Mie Prefecture. The 42-year-old Tokyo native moved to the United States when she was 18 and was admitted into a police academy at age 34. A mother of two, Nagata says balancing work and child-rearing is definitely doable, but notes the importance of a family that is supportive of working mothers. (Kyodo)
Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido in northern Japan, and the Japanese Olympic Committee abandon their bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and instead decide to aim for 2034 or later. (Kyodo)
Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii wins the last of the traditional board game's eight titles, making him the first player ever to hold them all simultaneously. In the photo, Fujii reviews his match against Takuya Nagase after beating him. (Kyodo)
A northern pika, a near-threatened rabbit-like species, is seen near Lake Shikaribetsu in Shikaoi, a town in Hokkaido. This type of pika only lives in mountainous areas of the northern Japanese island and is sometimes referred to as a survivor of the ice age. (Kyodo)
A penthouse of a high-rise condominium being built north of JR Osaka Station in western Japan will have a whopping 2.5 billion yen ($16.7 million) price tag. The 46-story, 484-unit building Grand Green Osaka is designed with a palace in mind. Pictured is the penthouse's model room. (Kyodo)
The Japanese government decides to seek a court order to strip the Unification Church of its religious corporation status after a nearly yearlong probe into the controversial group over alleged malicious practices, culture minister Masahito Moriyama says. (Kyodo)
Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route carpeted with autumn foliage in the town of Tateyama in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo)
Anticipation builds among Japanese fans ahead of the men's national football team's friendly match against Canada at Denka Big Swan Stadium in Niigata, northwest of Tokyo. (Kyodo)
Gen Suzuki (R), a transgender man, smiles at a press conference in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, a day after the Hamamatsu branch of the Shizuoka Family Court granted him the right to be listed as a man in his family registry without having to undergoing sex reassignment surgery. (Kyodo)
Back number:
