(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – Thousands of runners fill the streets in front the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building where the starting point of the Tokyo Marathon begins. (Photo by Daiju Kitamura/AFLO SPORT) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Feb. 27, 2011 – Tokyo, [...]

Hayama, Japan – A general view between the 2012 Japan National Team and the World Championship Team selection race in Kanagawa, Japan, February 12, 2012. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/AFLO SPORT) Tokyo, Japan – Protesters march with anti-nuclear signs started from Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, February 11, 2012, who numbered around 12,000 according to the organiser, [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) (L to R) Masaru Hosoi, Kazuo Ogura, Wakako Tsuchida, Reiko Shiota, Shintaro Ishihara Governor of Tokyo, Kohei Uchimura, Yuko Arakida, Masato Mizuno during the press conference for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games candidate Tokyo application file in Tokyo, Japan, February 16, 2012. (Photo by [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Actor Jude Law attends the Japan premiere for the film “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” in Tokyo, Japan, February 16, 2012. (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Actor Jude Law poses on the red carpet for the media during the [...]

(Click on the images above to view the full gallery) Konosu, Japan – A huge pyramid of Japanese dolls adorns the city hall lobby for Girls’ Festival in Konosu, Saitama prefecture on Wednesday, February 12, 2012. The city, located some 40km north of Tokyo, is known as “Doll Town” for a number of factories making [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) February 13, 2012: Actor Jude Law and his children, Iris and Rudy, arrive at Narita International Airport in Chiba prefecture, Japan on February 13, 2012. He is visiting Japan to promote his new Sherlock Holmes movie, “Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows.” (Click on [...]

Tokyo, Japan – Japans Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda addresses a national rally to demand Russia the return of the Northern Territories in Tokyo, February 7, 2012. The Northern Territories – four Kuril islands off the eastern coast of Hokkaido, Japans northernmost main island – have been the center of a Japan-Russo dispute over their sovereignty [...]

\ (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) February 9, 2012, Yokohama, Japan – Visitors look at the Canon EOS C300 digital cine camera at the CP+ Camera and Photo Imaging Show 2012. The event is held from February 9-12. (Photo by Christopher Jue/AFLO) (Click on the image above to view the [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) February 8, 2012, Yokohama, Japan – Businessmen walk past the Nissan “Leaf” vehicle on display at the company’s headquarters. In this third fiscal quarter, Nissan reported a net income rise to 3.2 percent to 82.7 billion ten (USD $1.07 billion). The company’s operating profit was [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) February 8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan – A throng of professional school students swarms to the stage at the climax of a send-off rally on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Although Japan’s jobless rate in December 2011 improved 0.1 point from November to 4.6 percent, still 2.75 [...]

Tokyo, Japan – Japanese model Nanao appears at a press conference for the film “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” at Tokyo International Forum on January 30, 2012. The film will be released from February 10th in Japan. (Photo by Yumeto Yamazaki/AFLO) Tokyo, Japan – Actress Rooney Mara attends the Japan premiere for the film [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) February 3, 2012, Tokyo, Japan – Fumio Otsubo, President of Panasonic Corporation speaks during a press conference at its head office in downtown Tokyo. Panasonic expects its worst-ever net loss of 780 billion yen (approximately $10.2 billion US dollars) compared to the previous forecast of [...]