Picture of the Day
Cloudy countdown
Tokyo Skytree is illuminated Wednesday night to mark 100 days to go until the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Read
Kusama exhibit in New York
The sculpture "I Want to Fly to the Universe" by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama stands in the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx borough of New York on Tuesday. Ticket sales for the expansive exhibit have been brisk in a pandemic-weary city hungry for more outdoor cultural events. Read
Distant Olympic rings
The Olympic rings on a barge are seen in the Odaiba district of Tokyo on Monday. Read
Torch relay in Nara
A roadside is jammed with people watching the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture, on Sunday. Read
Doping control
Nobuyuki Iizuka, right, group manager of Doping Control Personal Management Group, Testing Department, Japan Anti-Doping Agency, speaks to participants during an online field cast volunteer training at the Tokyo 2020 headquarters in Tokyo on Saturday. Read
Spread out
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga holds a government task force meeting to discuss strengthening anti-coronavirus measures in Tokyo, Kyoto and Okinawa, in Tokyo on Friday night. Read
Plenty of space
A man walks on a parking lot at a shopping mall in Tokyo on Thursday. Read
Red alert
The Tower of Sun in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, is lit up in red on Wednesday night, after the prefecture logged a record 878 new cases of coronavirus the same day. The "red alert" signifies a medical state of emergency due to the increased strain on the prefecture's health care system. Read
Wear to be seen
A man wearing a samurai wig and a companion are seen in Tokyo on Tuesday. Read
