(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) OCTOBER 8, 2011 – Rie Tanaka (JPN) performs  about during the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women’s Qualification at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. The Artisitic Gymnastics World Championships Tokyo 2011 is held from October 7-16. (Photo by Daiju Kitamura/AFLO SPORT)

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Aiko Nakamura (JPN) in action on the court during the HP Japan Women’s Open Tennis 2011, Women’s singles first round match at Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka, Japan, October 10, 2011. (Photo by Akihiro Sugimoto/AFLO SPORT) (Click on the image above to view the full [...]

October 6, 2011 – Japanese pay tribute to Steve Jobs at the demise of the Apple co-founder in front of its store at Tokyo’s bustling Ginza district. Jobs, who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died peacefully surrounded by family, said [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) October 6, 2011 – Ryo Ishikawa watches his approach shot to the 13th green during the Canon Open Golf Tournament 1st Round at Totsuka Country Club, Kanagawa, Japan. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Masamichi Ito [...]

(Click on the image above to view the fully gallery) A Japanese visitor takes a photo of the wax figure of Johnny Depp at the Madame Tussauds museum exhibit. The world’s 13th Madame Tussauds museum showcases 19 wax figures of  celebrity musicians and movie stars. (Photo by Christopher Jue/AFLO) (Click on the image above to [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Visitors have their hands on Sony’s binoculars, capable of high-quality digital recording in 2D and 3D during Ceatec Japan 2011, one of the largest electronics and information technology trade shows in Asia, held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, October 4, 2011. A total of [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) September 29, 2011, Tokyo, Japan – Masayoshi Son, left, president of SoftBank Corp., unveils a new line of smartphones and a mobile communication device for the winter and spring seasons during a press conference in Tokyo on Thursday, September 29, 2011. (Photo by AFLO) (Click [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) A maid cos-player hands out a leaflet to a man on the street. Akihabara is a well-known district in Tokyo for people who have obsessive interests particularly in manga, anime or video games. The Japanese term used for these types of people is called “otaku.” [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – The first all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft ordered by All Nippon Airways Co. comes to landing at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on a flight from Everett, Washington, U.S.A., on Wednesday, September 28, 2011. The world’s first carbon-composite passenger jetliner will make commercial flights [...]

(L to R) Jelena Mrdjenovich (CAN) lands a strong left punch to Fujin Raika (JPN) during the WBC Female Super Feather weight final Elimination bout at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, September 22, 2011. Jelena Mrdjenovich won the fight on points after ten rounds. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO) Models pose with Nikon’s new digital camera [...]

September 21, 2011 : Yokohama, Japan – Typhoon No.15 Roke hits eastern Japan on September 21, 2011. The typhoon which has already prompted calls for the evacuation of over 1 million people hit land today approximately 200 km South West of Tokyo. It is expected to travel up the coast through Tokyo and to the [...]

Tokyo, Japan – Anti-Nuclear protesters gather at the ‘Sayonara-Nukes’ Anti Nuclear rally held in Meiji Park on September 19, 2011. Police and local media estimates put numbers attending at between 20-50,000. (Photo by Bruce Meyer-Kenny/AFLO)