Picture of the Day
Swimming Santa
A diver wearing a Santa Claus costume swims in a large fish tank at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo on Friday. Read
Famous faces
An employee of Kyugetsu, a Japanese traditional doll company, poses with special "hagoita" battledores featuring U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, in Tokyo on Thursday. Each year, the wooden racquets feature images of major newsmakers. Read
Space-themed art panel
Visitors look at an art panel that will illuminate if a shooting star is detected over Japan. The panel, at the COREDO Muromachi shopping and entertainment complex in Tokyo's Nihombashi area, is on display as part of a space-themed event being held at the complex until Jan 17, 2021. Read
Baccarat Eternal Lights
Visitors to Yebisu Garden Place in Tokyo observe the Baccarat Eternal Lights display, which features a huge 5-meter-tall chandelier tower showcase. The event runs until Jan 11, 2021. Read
Liberty light
A replica of the Statue of Liberty is lit up at Odaiba in Tokyo on Tuesday night. Read
Osaka Castle
Visitors walk on the grounds of Osaka Castle in Osaka on Monday. Read
Cosplaying around
People take part in a cosplay event at the Yunohira hot spring resort in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on Sunday. Read
Top gun
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sits in the cockpit of an F-4EJ Kai fighter jet of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force after reviewing troops at Iruma Air Base in Sayama in Saitama Prefecture, on Saturda. Suga inspected military aircraft at a Japan Air Self-Defense Force review. Read
Park performance
Akira Mizutani, a member of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, performs music from the opera "The Merry Widow" for a group of daycare children walking through a park in Tokyo on Friday. Read
Japan's biggest ginkgo tree
Japan's biggest ginkgo tree, located in Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture, is lit up on Thursday night. The tree, designated as a natural treasure, is 22 meters in girth and 31 meters high. It is believed to be over 1,000 years old. Read
