Pictures of the Week (Jan. 30 – Feb. 3)

Pictures of the Week (Jan. 30 – Feb. 3)

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 [...]

Panasonic Third-Quarter Results

Panasonic Third-Quarter Results

(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 [...]

Diet Lower House Budget Committee Meeting

Diet Lower House Budget Committee Meeting

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) February 2, 2012, Tokyo, Japan – Japans Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka, right, receives a piece of advice from his aid during a Diet lower house Budget Committee meeting in Tokyo. Tanaka, who was appointed in January, was caught in a cross fire as a senior [...]

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Nissin Cup Noodles Museum Grand Opening

September 17, 2011 : Yokohama, Japan – A mother and a daughter visit an optical illusion installation during the grand opening of the Nissin Cup Noodles Museum. Visitors can learn about the history of the Cup Noodles product and partake in a session to make their own homemade instant ramen noodles at the museum’s “Chikin [...]

Business

Pictures of the Week (Sept. 12 – Sept. 16)

Tokyo, Japan – A man injured in a scuffle with Police is cared for by fellow protesters at an anti-cuclear protest on the 6 month anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which lead to a nuclear meltdown at TEPCO’s Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. (Photo by B.Meyer-Kenny/2.0 Images) Jinan, China – (L to R) [...]

News

Tokyo Game Show 2011

September 15th, 2011 : Chiba, Japan – Sony’s campaign girl poses for pictures with the PlayStation Vita during the Tokyo Game Show 2011 in Makuhari near Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Game Show, which is the world’s largest computer entertainment festival, is held from September 17th to 18th with enjoyment of playing video games. Visitors can [...]

News

Panasonic EVOLTA World Challenge IV

Sept. 15, 2011 – Tokyo, Japan – Tomotaka Takahashi poses for a photograph as he holds up the new swim robot during the Panasonic EVOLTA World Challenge IV press conference. The next EVOLTA challenge will take place in Hawaii at the Ironman Triathlon Course, total of approximately 230km in 3 events that include swimming, biking [...]

Sports

Organization Ceremony: Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2011

The Japan Artisitc Gymnastics National Team pose for photographers during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, regarding the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2011 Tokyo, September 12, 2011. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT)

Business

Pictures of the Week (Sept. 5 – Sept. 9)

A display of a designer fish tank in the “Art Aquarium” exhibition held at Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo, Japan, September 8, 2011. There are over 1,000 of golden fish on display with colorful lights and uniquely shaped of tanks. Traditionally the goldfish is a common Japanese pet but they are rarely seen in such [...]

Entertainment

A Thousand Horizons Linkin Park + Good Smile Company Charity Show

Sept. 9, 2011 – Tokyo, Japan – (L-R) Dave Pharrell, Joe Hahn, Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda attend “A Thousand Horizons” show at Nicofarre, Nico Nico Douga’s new generation of a music club venue in the entertainment district of Roppongi. This unique charity art show is to honor the victims of the March 11 Tohoku [...]

News

March 11 Tohoku Six Month Anniversary

Minamisanriku, Japan – A masked worker stands in front of a mountain of debris and rubble as the recovery and reconstruction progress goes on in Minamisanriku, Miyagi, some 395km northeast of Tokyo, on September 8, 2011. September 11 marks six months since the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeast region of Japan. The [...]

News

Art Aquarium Exhibition

Tokyo, Japan – A golden fish in a designer fish tank in the “Art Aquarium” exhibition held at Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo, Japan, September 8, 2011. There are over 1,000 of golden fish on display with colorful lights and uniquely shaped of tanks. Traditionally the goldfish is a common Japanese pet but they are [...]

Sports

2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: Asian Qualifier 3rd Round – Uzbekistan 1-1 Japan

Odil Ahmedov (UZB), Makoto Hasebe (JPN) battle for the ball during the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 Asian Qualifier Third Round Group C match between Uzbekistan 1-1 Japan at Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, September 6, 2011. (Photo by Jinten Sawada/AFLO)

Sports

The Intercollegiate Swimming Championships 2011

Ryosuke Irie competes in the Intercollegiate Swimming Championships, men’s 100m Backstroke final at Yokohama International Pool in Kanagawa, Japan, September 4, 2011. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT)

Features

Tokyo’s Morning Rush Hour

Tokyo, Japan – People wait for the train at Shinjuku Station. Morning commuters typically spend over one hour on the train going to work. Trains are usually so packed that train platform staff have to push commuters to fit in the train so that the doors can close shut. (Photo by Yumeto Yamazaki/AFLO)

News

Pictures of the Week (Aug. 29 – Sept. 2)

Risa Miyashita competes during The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Daegu 2011, during the women’s Javelin Throw Qualification at Daegu Stadium in Daegu, South Korea on September 1, 2011. (Photo by Takashi Okui/AFLO) Japan’s new Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda (C), poses with his Cabinet ministers during a formal photo session following a swearing-in ceremony [...]

News

Noda Forms New Cabinet

Japan’s new Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda (C) poses with his Cabinet ministers during a formal photo session following a swearing-in ceremony before Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday, September 2, 2011. Noda, 54, formed his Cabinet with relatively unknown lawmakers to tackle a tall task to reconstruct the quake-hit area and [...]

News

Japan’s New Administration Kicks Off

Japan’s Prime Minister-nominee, Yoshihiko Noda, appoints Azuma Koshiishi, a veteran lawmaker with close ties with ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa, as secretary-general on Tuesday, August 30,2011. Noda also names former Foreign Min Seiji Maehara as policy chief and former Chief Cabinet Sec Hirofumi Hirano as Diet affairs chief. Hirano is a Sept. 2009 file photo, [...]

politics

Finance Minister Noda as Japan’s New Prime Minister

August 29, 2011 – Tokyo, Japan – A young woman holds up The Asahi Newspaper as Japan’s ruling party has selected Finance Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, as Japan’s new Prime Minister. He will be the nation’s sixth PM in five years. (Photo by Christopher Jue/AFLO)

politics

DPJ Presidential Election Candidates News Conference

August 27, 2011, Tokyo, Japan – Five candidates in the Democratic Party of Japan’s presidential election hold a joint news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Saturday, August 27, 2011, the day after Prime Minister Naoto Kan has announced his resignation. They are, from left: former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara; former [...]

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