Picture of the Day
Paintings of Painting
Artworks titled "Paintings of Painting," created by Japanese artist Teppei Takeda, are displayed at the Art Basel in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Art Basel is one of the world's most prestigious modern and contemporary art exhibitions. Read
Cruise control
Actor Tom Cruise greets fans on the red carpet at the Japan premiere of "Top Gun: Maverick" in Yokohama on Tuesday afternoon. Cruise, 59, who is on his 24th visit to Japan, was last here in 2018. The megastar held up the release of the sequel to the 1986 film… Read
Feeding time
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, second right, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, feed carp before their dinner at Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo on Tuesday. Read
Dinner time
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, and his wife Yuko Kishida welcome U.S. President Joe Biden at Happoen garden for dinner in Tokyo on Monday night. Read
Reflections
Chicago Cubs' Seiya Suzuki, of Japan, looks to the field before a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Chicago on Sunday. Read
Rice-planting event
Children take part in a rice-planting event at Roppongi Hills in Tokyo on Saturday. This normally annual event, which has not been held for the past two years due to the coronavirus, gathered about 100 local residents and employees from Roppongi Hills. Read
Seoul mates
Environmental activists protest against the Japanese government's decision to release treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, near the Japanese embassy in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday. Japan's nuclear regulator on Wednesday approved plans by the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to release its treated radioactive wastewater… Read
Fan out
Priests throw heart-shaped uchiwa fans from the balcony of a drum tower during the traditional uchiwamaki ceremony at Toshodai-ji temple in Nara on Thursday. The ceremony to ward off evil spirits and harmful insects was held behind closed doors due to concerns over COVID-19. Read
Kanda Matsuri
Young Shinto priestesses called miko participate in a ceremonial rite for the biennial festival, Kanda Matsuri, at Kanda shrine in Tokyo on Wednesday. The festival held for the happiness of shrine parishioners and the safety of Japan was once supported by the Tokugawa shogunate in the 17th century. It is… Read
Restaurant alley
A worker is silhouetted as he walks along a small alley of restaurants in Tokyo. Read
