Archive for December, 2018

News

Crowds for New Year at Haneda airport

Crowds for New Year at Haneda airport

December 30, 2018, Tokyo, Japan – International terminal of Tokyo’s Haneda airport is crowded with tourists to travel abroad on Sunday, December 30, 2018. Major railway stations, airports and highways […]

Society

Emperor Akihito’s 85th birthday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo

Emperor Akihito’s 85th birthday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo

Japan’s Emperor Akihito waves to well-wishers who gathered to celebrate his 85th birthday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan on December 23, 2018. (Photo by Pasya/AFLO) Japan’s Emperor Akihito […]

News, Society

Marunouchi Christmas Parade

Marunouchi Christmas Parade

(All photos by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) Some 300 office workers in Marunouchi area dressed up as Santa Claus to participate in “Marunouchi Christmas Parade” on the illuminated Nakadori street in Marunouchi […]

Features, Traditional Japan

Japanese emperor Akihito celebrates 85th birthday

Japanese emperor Akihito celebrates 85th birthday

(All photos by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO) Japanese emperor Akihito celebrated his 85th birthday on December 23 at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. The emperor will abdicate on April 30 next year, […]

Robots

AIBO robots attend funeral ceremony

AIBO robots attend funeral ceremony

Chiba, Japan – December 20, 2018: Sony’s pet robot AIBO are lined up in front of an altar for funeral ceremony at the Kofukuji temple in Isumi, Chiba prefecture, Japan, […]