Hokkaido, Japan – Sara Takanashi in action during the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Ladies, Normal Hill Individual (HS100) at Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium, January 10, 2015. (Photo by Hitoshi Mochizuki/AFLO)
Tokyo, Japan – Japanese girls dressed in colorful kimonos pose for the camera in front of the Tokyo Tower during the Coming of Age Day celebration ceremony in downtown Tokyo, January 12, 2015. The “Coming of Age Day” is a Japanese holiday held in order to congratulate and encourage all those who have become adults (20 years old) in Japan. The annually celebration is held on the second Monday of January at local and prefectural offices, as well as after-parties amongst family and friends. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)
New South Wales, Australia – Fans cheer on the Japan team during the AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 Group D match between Japan 4-0 Palestine at Newcastle Stadium, January 12, 2015. (Photo by Kenzaburo Matsuoka/AFLO)
Tokyo, Japan – A digital eyewear enabling multitude of hands free wireless mobile computing applications such as location based services, logistics and maintenance is demonstrated on the opening day of the first Wearable Expo in Tokyo on Wednesday, January 14, 2015. The three-day exhibition showcased the cutting edge wearable tech devices and all related technologies. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)
Tokyo, Japan – Nobel laureate Shuji Nakamura arrives at Tokyo’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan on Friday, January 16, 2015. Nakamura, teaching at University of California, Santa Barbara, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 along with two Japanese researchers, Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano. (Photo by Haruyoshi Yamaguchi/AFLO)
