Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel and U.S. Marine Corps personnel attend a ceremony at the GSDF's Kengun base in Kumamoto, ahead of their joint exercise Resolute Dragon designed to strengthen capability to defend remote islands. (Kyodo)
Visitors look at shoes displayed at a footwear exhibition in Pyongyang. (Kyodo)
Cosmos flowers are in full bloom at Akebonoyama park in Kashiwa in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan. (Kyodo)
Traditional cormorant fishing called "ukai" is performed on the Nagara River in the central Japan city of Gifu on the night of the year's last day of fishing using trained cormorants to catch fish. (Kyodo)
Wooden "speedboats" rowed by shirtless men compete in a traditional boating race as part of the Mifune festival on the Kumano River running near World Heritage-listed Kumano Hayatama Taisha Grand Shrine in Shingu in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama. (Kyodo)
Japanese Princess Kako attends the closing ceremony of the National Sports Festival in the southwestern Japan city of Kagoshima. (Kyodo)
Pallets of imported Beaujolais Nouveau wine arrive to Tokyo's Haneda airport, ahead of the French wine's release on Nov. 16. (Kyodo)
People snap photos of a "gutsy" watermelon found growing in the center median of a busy Osaka road at the Osaka city hall in western Japan, where it was displayed for a day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A Ground Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey arrives at an airport on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, the first flight of a GSDF Osprey to the southern island prefecture. People gathered to protest the tilt-rotor aircraft's presence over safety concerns. (Kyodo)
Candidate registration begins in Indonesia ahead of a February 2024 presidential election. Twice-elected President Joko Widodo cannot run for reelection because of a term limit. (Kyodo)
Photo taken by a remotely operated camera in Tarumizu, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows Sakurajima volcano erupting in the southwestern Japan prefecture. (Kyodo)
Japanese Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, visits former Empress Michiko at Akasaka Estate to celebrate her 89th birthday. (Kyodo)
A taxi adorned with an illustration of shogi-playing characters begins service in Seto, Aichi Prefecture, the hometown of shogi prodigy Sota Fujii. On Oct. 11, Fujii won the last of the traditional board game's eight titles, making him the first player ever to hold them all simultaneously. (Kyodo)
A cap cloud is seen over Mt. Fuji. The cloud is called kasagumo in Japanese, literally meaning hat cloud. (Kyodo)
Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
