Japan's Daiki Hashimoto celebrates after performing in the horizontal bar final of the men's

Daiki Hashimoto, of Japan, competes on the pommel horse during the men's all-around finals in the

The Lotte Marines' Daiki Iwashita pitches during a Pacific League game against the Rakuten Eagles

Japan's Daiki Kajiwara plays a shot against South Korea's Kim Jung Jun in the men's WH2 badminton

Sanae Takaichi( Mainichi/ Daiki Takikawa) TOKYO( Kyodo)--Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends

Orix lefty Daiki Tajima....

Daiki Tajima, Ogino took Orix closer and former major leaguer Yoshihisa Hirano deep to open the ninth

Small white" baikamo" flowers bloom in a clear stream in the Shiga Prefecture city of Maibara.... Its flowers--about 1 centimeter in diameter--resemble plum flowers.... According to the Maibara Municipal Government, baikamo began to flower earlier than usual this year, at the beginning of May, and they are typically at their most spectacular until around August....

Kazuma Kaya of Japan competes in the men's pommel horse final on the sixth day of the artistic gymnastics world championships on Oct.... On the sixth day at Kitakyushu General Gymnasium, Kaya scored 14. 900 points and finished in a tie for second with China's Weng Hao behind the 15. 266 scored by gold medalist Stephen Nedoroscik of the United States.... Japan's six-time world all-around champion Kohei Uchimura will compete in Sunday's horizontal bar final, while Tokyo Olympic all-around champi

Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi soars through the air during the first stage of the 70th Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Dec.... The Iwate Prefecture native was fifth after the first round but secured the victory with the longest jump of the day in the second round, flying 141 meters.... Norwegian jumpers took the next three spots, with Halvor Egner Granerud second with 299.2 points, Robert Johansson third on 298.6 and Marius Lindvik 5.7 points behind the winner in fourth.