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Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - May 4-10

- May 10, 2024 - 20:16 All,Feature,Japan

A rare Biwa trout, out of 250,000 trout fry hatched in the fall of 2022 at a fish farm in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, is cobalt blue-colored. (Kyodo)

Horses ridden by local young men charge up a slope at Tado Taisha shrine in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, during a traditional festival to pray for good harvest. The ritual dates back hundreds of years, but this year, the organizers removed a 2-meter-high earthen wall obstacle that the horses had been made to jump over and also made the slope less steep to lessen the burden on the horses following complaints of animal abuse. (Kyodo)

Infants take part in a "crying baby" sumo contest at Mikumano shrine in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture. (Kyodo)

Some 550 blue "koinobori" carp streamers collected from across the country fly in Higashimatsushima in Miyagi Prefecture on Children's Day in Japan -- in memory of children killed in the March 2011 quake and tsunami that devastated the region. (Kyodo)

Marseille-born rapper Jul transfers the Paris Olympic flame to a cauldron after it arrives in the southern French city from Greece. (Kyodo) Marseille-born rapper Jul transfers the Paris Olympic flame to a cauldron after it arrives in the southern French city from Greece. (Kyodo) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida eats some cantaloupe melon from Hokota, Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo, during a meeting with the city's mayor at his office in Tokyo. (Kyodo) Japan's environment minister apologizes to Shigemitsu Matsuzaki, vice chairman of a Minamata mercury-poisoning disease victims' group, in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, after ministry officials interrupted remarks by some victims of the disease by muting their microphones at a meeting in the prefecture last week. (Kyodo) May 9 Emperor Naruhito talks to grand cordon recipients during an awarding ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. (Kyodo) South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says at a press conference to mark the second anniversary of his presidency that his country and Japan are ready to move forward based on mutual trust built over the years, while noting historical issues may act as a hindrance. (Kyodo) Koki Machida of Royale Union Saint-Gilloise is congratulated by his teammates after scoring against Antwerp in the first half of the Belgian Cup final in Brussels. (Kyodo) May 10 Cyclists compete during stage 1 of the Tour de Kumano three-day race in Kozagawa in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama. (Kyodo) Yokohama F Marinos manager Harry Kewell speaks at a press conference in Yokohama, a day ahead of the team's meeting with Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates in the first leg of the Asian Champions League final. (Kyodo) A memorial service is held for giant panda Tan Tan at Oji Zoo in the western Japan city of Kobe. Japan's oldest giant panda, she died at 28 at the end of March 2024. (Kyodo) Back number: Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - April 27-May 3 Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - April 20-26 Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - April 13-19 Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - April 6-12

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