Picture of the Day
Japan gets new U.S. envoy
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, right, swears in William F Hagerty IV, to be U.S. Ambassador to Japan, as his wife Chrissy Hagerty holds the Bible, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex, Thursday. Read
Getting a grilling
A man cooks yakitori at an izakaya in Tokyo on Wednesday night. Read
Foot bath
People take a foot bath at Tokyo Midtown in Roppongi on Tuesday night. Read
Countdown
Images of Japanese fashion model and singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu are projected on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building during the Tokyo 2020 flag tour festival for the 2020 Games in Tokyo, Monday night. Japan began its three-year countdown to the Olympics on Monday with concerts, races and other events meant to drum… Read
Gyoza station
Customers eat gyoza dumplings at a restaurant set up on an unused platform at Ryogoku train station in Tokyo on Sunday. Customers can cook frozen dumplings by themselves at the restaurant which is open until July 28. Read
On Edge
Yoshihide Muroya of Japan taxis his Edge 540 V3 plane during the qualifying session of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Kazan, Russia, on Saturday. Read
Flying penguins
African penguins swim in a water tank placed on the roof of an aquarium in Tokyo. Read
Cooling off
Children enjoy themselves in front of Tokyo Skytree on Thursday. Read
Catalyst for Change
Martha Savage, mother of late New Zealander Kelly Robert Savage, who was working as an English teacher in Japan, arrives with his portrait for a press conference in Tokyo. The New Zealand family said it wants to be a catalyst for change in mental health care in Japan following the… Read
Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson gestures as he looks at a humanoid robot at Research Institute for Science and Engineering at Waseda University's campus in Tokyo on Thursday. Johnson visited the robotics center at the university, which collaborates with the University of Birmingham, according to Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Read
