Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 16, 2021.... ( Mainichi/ Toshiki Miyama) TOKYO--The head of the

Takeshi Kitano( Mainichi/ Toshiki Miyama) TOKYO( Kyodo)--A car carrying Japanese comedian and

Rikako Ikee celebrates after she and her teammates set a new Japanese record in the women's 200-meter relay, at Sagamihara Green Pool in Sagamihara's Chuo Ward on July 4, 2021.... The record of 1: 39.67 was set during an event in the city of Sagamihara in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.... It was the second day in a row for her and her teammates to mark a new Japanese record....

The Supreme Court is seen in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward in this Feb.... 31 House of Representatives election, the rate at which voters sought to dismiss justices was higher for those who ruled that a Civil Code stipulation that prevents married couples from having separate surnames was constitutional, a Mainichi Shimbun analysis showed.... Of the 11 who were subject to review, the justices who ruled the Civil Code stipulation as" constitutional" in the Supreme Court Grand Bench ruling in June were T

This file photo shows a police car's red lights flashing.... 14 for stealing and driving a police car for some 20 kilometers after his van ran out of gas on an expressway in southwest Japan.... Expressway traffic units from both Kumamoto and Fukuoka prefectural police arrived on the scene in the predawn hours of Oct....

Blue Impulse aerobatic jets are seen flying above Tokyo in this photo taken in the capital's Shinjuku Ward on Aug.... 24, the day the Paralympic Games begin.... As they turned north while changing formation, the aircraft took a flight clockwise above central Tokyo and skywrote five lines around Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo Station and Tokyo Tower, entertaining spectators on the ground....

Japan's Naomi Osaka is seen on July 27, 2021, in the third round of the Tokyo Olympic women's singles tournament at Ariake Tennis Park.... 4 at Melbourne Park before the Australian Open kicks off at the same venue from Jan.... Osaka, who also won the Australian Open in 2019, resumed training last month, ending a self-imposed break from tennis....

Rikako Ikee celebrates after winning the women's 50-meter freestyle at the national championships at the Aquatics Centre on April 10, 2021.... Kosuke Hagino, the 400 IM gold and 200 IM silver medalist in Brazil, will swim the 200 IM and in the 4x200 freestyle relay.... He is joined in the relay by Katsuhiro Matsumoto, who will be bidding for gold in the 200 freestyle....

Skateboarder Momiji Nishiya of Japan smiles after successfully performing a trick during the Tokyo Olympics women's skateboard final at Ariake Urban Sports Park, on July 26, 2021.... The award will be presented to medalists who are either from the prefecture or represent an Osaka Prefecture local company.... 15 that it would award 54 athletes who finished their Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic events between fourth and eighth place honorary prizes as well....

Lawyers and others speak to reporters after the Supreme Court ruled constitutional the Civil Code provision banning married couples from having separate surnames, on June 23, 2021, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.... In September 2021, a piece titled" Operation Coconut" was posted to online blog platform Note ahead of the lower house dissolution.... Its writer was Yoshihisa Aono, CEO of software development firm Cybozu Inc....