Archive for October, 2016

Features, Modern Japan

Japan celebrates national Health and Sports Day

Japan celebrates national Health and Sports Day

Reina Satake & Chisato Doihata perform in Tokyo’s Shibuya district as part of a special event on Japan’s National Health & Sports Day to promote the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and […]

Entertainment, International Celebrities

Hailee Steinfeld arrives in Japan!

Hailee Steinfeld arrives in Japan!

(Photo by Aflo) American singer and actress Hailee Steinfeld arrived at Narita International Airport in Chiba, Japan on October 9. It is her third visit to Japan this year!   […]

Olympic Games, Sports

Japanese Rio Olympic & Paralympic Games Medalists Parade in Tokyo

Japanese Rio Olympic & Paralympic Games Medalists Parade in Tokyo

Japanese medalists of Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games wave to spectators during a parade from Ginza to Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan. (All photos by AFLO) Over 80 medalists from the […]

Sports, Wheels

Lewis Hamilton makes his own fun at the Japanese F1 Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton makes his own fun at the Japanese F1 Grand Prix

(L-R) Lewis Hamilton (GBR) shares a joke with Fernando Alonso (ESP) on OCTOBER 6, 2016 during a press conference for the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit in […]

News, Society, Uncategorized

Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

(Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) Japan’s microbiologist Yoshinori Ohsumi won Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries in cell recycling system known as autophagy. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe […]