(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Forty participants purify oneself by splashing themselves with cold water during the cold-endurance ceremony, “Kanchu-Misogi” at Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, January 14, 2012. (Photo by AFLO) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Let the cold water splashing race begin! [...]

Tokyo, Japan – A group of Japanese men wearing only head bands and loincloths pray for good health in a traditional ice-water bath to celebrate the New Year at a Shinto shrine in downtown Tokyo, January 8, 2012. It is an occasion to prove one’s manhood by enduring frigid temperatures in the freezing ice water. [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) RAINBOW poses on the red carpet during the 26th Golden Disk Awards in Osaka, Japan. This well-known Korean music award took place for the first time overseas and was held for two days starring famous Korean pop groups, January 11. 2012. (Photo by Akihiro Sugimoto/AFLO) [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) (L-R) Homare Sawa, Lionel Messi, JANUARY 9, 2012 – Football / Soccer : Homare Sawa with the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year trophy and Lionel Messi, FIFA World Player of the Year with the FIFA Ballon d’Or trophy during the during the FIFA [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) January 8, 2012, Tokyo, Japan – Japanese National Team Members: (L to R) Masashi Eriguchi (JPN), Saori Yoshida (JPN), Kohei Uchimura (JPN), Yukari Kinga (JPN), Naoki Tsukahara (JPN), Satoko Urata (JPN) pose for photographers during a press conference for the 30th Olympic Summer Games London [...]

January 6, 2011, Tokyo, Japan – Members of the Tokyo Fire Department parade in front of the viewing stand during the annual “Dezomeshiki,” a New Years Fire Review. Spectacular demonstrations featured firefighting drills, rescue, first aid and a parade of fire engines and helicopters. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) January 2, 2012, Kanagawa, Japan – Ryuji [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) January 2, 2012 – Runners start off at the starting line during the 88th Hakone Ekiden Race in Kanagawa, Japan. (Photo by YUTAKA/AFLO SPORT) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Ryuji Kashiwabara (Toyo-Univ) runs with determination as fans cheer him on. [...]

A BIG HAPPY 2012 to all of you out there in the world! Christopher Jue here at the desk, checking in from the Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, where I’m spending my New Years celebration. Last but not least, everyone at Aflo/Nippon News also wishes you the very best in 2012 and we hope the [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) December 27, 2011, Tokyo, Japan  – The Japan National Team attends a celebration event at Tokyo Dome City for becoming the champions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) December 27, 2011, Tokyo, Japan – U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos (L) and his wife (R) take a bite out of a Wendy’s hamburger during the re-launch celebration of its fast food restaurant in the Omotesando district part of Tokyo. In December 2009, Wendy’s [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) (L to R) Zhang Yawen and Reiko Shiota (Nihon Unisys) compete during the Nippon League 2011, Women’s Doubles at the 2nd Yoyogi Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, December 25, 2011. (Photo by Daiju Kitamura/AFLO SPORT) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Nihon [...]

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