Archive for August, 2015

Other Sports, Sports

World Yo-Yo Contest 2015

World Yo-Yo Contest 2015

On Sunday the World Yo-Yo Contest 2015 came to Japan with the finals being held at at Bellesalle Akihabara in Tokyo. Our photographer Naoki Morita was there to see contestants […]

Anime, Bizarre

Comic Market 88 Summer 2015

Comic Market 88 Summer 2015

The Comic Market 88 Summer 2015 exhibition was held at at Tokyo Big Sight over the weekend. Thousands of manga and anime fans attended the first day of the Comic […]

Pictures of the Week

Pictures of the Week (Aug. 8 – Aug. 14)

Pictures of the Week (Aug. 8 – Aug. 14)

Nara, Japan – Go Kandori in action during the Inter-High School Judo Championships, Men’s -90kg at Tenri University Somanouchi Gymnasium, August 10, 2015. (Photo by AFLO SPORT) Gunma, Japan – […]

News, Politics

70th Anniversary End of World War II

70th Anniversary End of World War II

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tokyo, Japan – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers a bouquet of flowers to the war dead at the government […]

Traditional Japan

Sannosai Festival 2015

Sannosai Festival 2015

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Kawasaki, Japan – Participants carry traditional Mikoshi altars to the Shinto Temple of Inage during the Sannosai Festival in the […]