Ameyoko street market in Tokyo's Ueno area is crowded with people shopping for ingredients for New Year dishes. (Kyodo)
Kento Momota en route to winning the men's singles final at the national badminton championships at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza in Tokyo. (Kyodo)
Former world No.1 women's tennis player Naomi Osaka speaks to the press, in Brisbane, Australia, ahead of the 2024 Brisbane International, her first tournament after giving birth to her daughter in July. (Kyodo)
The year-end Jumbo lottery draw is held in Tokyo, with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and Minister for Internal Affairs and Communication Takeaki Matsumoto in attendance. (Kyodo)
Emperor Naruhito expresses hope that people will continue to support each other with compassion in the coming year in his New Year address released on New Year's Day, while noting how the world has been grappling with ongoing conflicts and natural disasters. Pictured is his daughter, Princess Aiko, as she enters the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo wearing her tiara. (Kyodo)
Japan overwhelm Thailand 5-0 in a men's international football friendly at Tokyo's National Stadium. (Kyodo)
A large fire rages in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast, triggering tsunami and fires in the central Japan prefecture. (Kyodo)
At least 30 people have been confirmed dead in the powerful earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas in central Japan on New Year's Day, as more reports of damage come in and rescuers race to find survivors. (Kyodo)
Photo shows a market known as a famous tourist spot burning down in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa following a strong earthquake that rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast the previous day. (Kyodo)
The first runners of 23 teams start in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on the first day of the two-day 100th Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay. Aoyama Gakuin University takes a first-day lead of 2 minutes, 38 seconds over defending champion Komazawa University.(Kyodo)
A Japan Airlines passenger jet collides with a Japan Coast Guard plane at Tokyo's Haneda airport, causing both aircraft to catch fire and killing five coast guard members, while all 379 on board Flight 516 from Sapporo escaped without life-threatening injuries. (Kyodo)
The Japan Coast Guard plane that collided with a Japan Airline jetliner at Tokyo's Haneda airport did not have permission to enter the runway, according to flight control communications released by the transport ministry. (Kyodo)
Photo shows a Japan Coast Guard plane that collided with a Japan Airlines passenger jet on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport. (Kyodo)
Aoyama Gakuin University wins the 100th Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay in a record total time of 10 hours, 41 minutes, 25 seconds. (Kyodo)
The year's first tuna sale is held at a wholesale market in Nachikatsuura, a port town in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo)
Search and rescue operations continue in Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan after it was rocked by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, with the death toll rising to 78 and many still unaccounted for. (Kyodo)
Ichikoto, a maiko traditional Japanese female entertainer, arranges flowers at a New Year's ceremony of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana floral art in Kyoto. (Kyodo)
Photo shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 114.24 million yen ($800,000) at a New Year's auction at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market. (Kyodo)
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) addresses the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's New Year gathering at the party's headquarters in Tokyo. (Kyodo)
Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2024, from a Kyodo News airplane shows a fire in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa after a strong earthquake rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken on Jan. 1, 2024, from a Kyodo News airplane shows a fire in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa after a strong earthquake rocked a wide area on the Sea of Japan coast. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken Jan. 2, 2024, shows a Japan Airlines airplane engulfed in flames on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport. (Kyodo)
Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
