Archive for September, 2011

Sports

The Intercollegiate Swimming Championships 2011日本学生水泳選手権

The Intercollegiate Swimming Championships 2011日本学生水泳選手権

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, Modern Japan

Tokyo’s Morning Rush Hour

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 […]

News, Pictures of the Week, Politics, Sports

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

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. […]

News, Politics

Noda Forms New Cabinet野田新内閣が発足 皇居で任命・認証式

Noda Forms New Cabinet野田新内閣が発足 皇居で任命・認証式

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 […]

News, Politics

Japan’s New Administration Kicks Off野田新体制が始動 党三役人事固まる (資料写真)

Japan’s New Administration Kicks Off野田新体制が始動 党三役人事固まる (資料写真)

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 […]