(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) December 19, 2011, Tokyo, Japan – Evening newspaper extras reporting on the headline of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il are distributed to pedestrians in Tokyo. On Monday, North Korea announced that the country’s top leader died of “great mental and physical [...]

Kyoto, Japan – Seihan Mori, chief abbot at Kiyomizu Buddhist Temple writes on a wooden platform a Chinese character, “Kizuna” meaning “Bond,” during a ceremony at Kiyomizu Buddhist Temple in Kyoto on December 12, 2011. The character was chosen from 49,6997 applications submitted for consideration to best symbolize Japanese mind after the devastating earthquake and [...]

(Click on the image to view the full gallery) Dec 14, 2011, Tokyo, Japan – Housing and building material manufacturer Lixil Corp. showcases the company’s Inax brand toilet “Statis” covered in 72,000 Swarovski crystals valued approximately at $128,000 USD. (Photo by Christopher Jue/AFLO) (Click on the image to view the full gallery) Lixil showroom manager [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) AI, Tito Jackson, Marlon Jackson and Jackie Jackson attend the Amway Japan charity event in Tokyo, Japan, December 12, 2011. The Jacksons visited Japan to perform at the “Michael Jackson Tribute Live” in Tokyo on December 13and 14. (Click on the image above to view [...]

Nozomi Okuhara attempts to hit the birdie during the 65th All Japan Badminton Championships Women’s Singles at Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, December 8, 2011. (Photo by Jun Tsukida/AFLO SPORT) President Shuichi Takayama of the scandal-hit Olympus Corp. closes his eyes during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel on December 7, 2011, a [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) December 7, 2011, Tokyo, Japan – President Shuichi Takayama of the scandal-hit Olympus Corp. closes his eyes during a news conference at a Tokyo hotel, a day after an independent panel set up by the Japanese optical equipment company released the results of its investigation [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – Christmas illuminations – hundreds of thousands of colorful light-emitting diodes – turn Tokyo night into the wonderful world of fantasy at Roppingi’s Midtown on December 2, 2011. (Photo byNatsuki Sakai/AFLO) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan [...]

Tokyo, Japan – Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) during the 48th Japan Golf Tour Nippon Series JT Cup 1st Round at Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club, December 1, 2011. (Photo by YUTAKA/AFLO SPORT) Tokyo, Japan – Japanese actress Yuki Amami on stage during the “Real Steel” Japan premiere, November 29, 2011. Tokyo, Japan – Carlos Ghosn, President and [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) November 30, 2011, Tokyo, Japan – Carlos Ghosn, president and CEO of Nissan Motor Co., presents its concept car “PIV 3″ during a press preview of the Tokyo Motor Show. The Tokyo Motor Show opened to the press Wednesday as Japanese automakers unveiled a bevy [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) (L-R) Ryuji Ito,  Abdullah Kobayashi, DECEMBER 19, 2010 – Pro Wrestling: Fluorescent Light Tubes Deathmatch during the Big Japan Pro-Wrestling “BJW” event at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa, Japan. (Photo by Yukio Hiraku/AFLO) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) (T-B) Ryuji [...]

Tokyo, Japan – In his shirt sleeves, Michael Woodford, former Chief Executive Officer of Japan’s Olympus Corp., pounds away the management of the 92-year-old camera and endoscope maker as he speaks before the foreign and domestic media during a news conference at the Foreign Press Club in Tokyo on Friday, November 25, 2011. Woodford returned [...]

(Click on the image to view the full gallery) Here’s a graphic from our Japanese partner site to show the construction of Tokyo Sky Tree. We have photographs from all angles so please contact us if you interested in running a story or in this animated graphic. (Click on the image to view the full [...]