(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Two men dressed as women show off the rainbow flag proudly during the Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade in downtown Tokyo, April 29, 2012. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) A man wears an animal costume during [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Undated – Shibasaburo Kitasato (1853-1931) was a Japanese physician and bacteriologist. He studied under Dr. Robert Koch in the University of Berlin from 1885 to 1891. In 1889, he was the first person to grow the tetanus bacillus in pure culture, and in 1890 cooperated [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) April 25, 2012, Yokohama, Japan – Nissan’s new Cima car is shown on display at the company’s showroom headquarters. Nissan Motor Co. announced on Wednesday that the company will launch the all new Cima luxury hybrid sedan, which will go on sale May 21 from [...]

Tokyo, Japan – American Designer Tommy Hilfiger (L) and Actress Jessica Alba ® expresses themselves during the opening event for the new Tommy Hilfiger flagship store in Omotesando, an upmarket shopping area in the Harajuku district of Tokyo, April 16, 2012. The shop opened to the public on April 18 and will be the brand’s [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) April 19, 2012, Tokyo, Japan – Michael Woodford shows a copy of the book he wrote about the $1.7 billion cover-up by Olympic Corp. and his dismissal as its president during a news conference at Tokyo’s Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan on Thursday, April 19, [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) April 18, 2012, Tokyo, Japan – A 18-meter high full-scale model of the popular Gundam robot from the Japanese anime series created by Sunrise studios, is on display in front of Diver City Tokyo Plaza, [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) April 16, 2012, Tokyo, Japan : Actress Jessica Alba appears at the opening event for the new Tommy Hilfiger flagship store in Omotesando, an upmarket shopping street in the Harajuku district of Tokyo. The shop opens to the public on April 18 and will be [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – A group of people shouted against nuclear power plants during a demonstration at streets of Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan on April 15, 2012. This was the first time in the big city and organized by a local couple, Mr. and Mrs. Makabe. [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Japan’s Yu Darvish of the Texas Rangers throws a pitch during the baseball game against the Seattle Mariners at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas, United States, April 9, 2012. (Photo by AFLO) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Yu [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Kyoto, Japan – A couple in traditional Japanese wear take pictures of cherry blossoms. Hanami is one of the oldest traditions in Japan, which is to admire the cherry blossoms. Last year this tradition was interrupted in the northeast of Japan, because of the big [...]

Tokyo, Japan – (L-R) Lynn Collins, JOY, Taylor Kitsch and Andrew Stanton attend the Japan premiere for the film “John Carter,” April 1, 2012. Yokosuka, Japan – (L-R) Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgard, Taylor Kitsch, Tadanobu Asano, Rihanna and Peter Burg attend the press conference for the film “Battleship” on the deck of the USS George [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – Shutter-happy cherry blossoms viewers take pictures of two cats on the branch at Ueno Park on Friday, April 6, 2012. It’s springtime in Tokyo and time to stop and appreciate fragile pale pink blossoms in full bloom all over the nation’s capital. [...]