Picture of the Day
Judoka
Koga Wakana of Japan, in white, and Maria Celia Laborde of the United States fight in the final of the women's 48kg category of the Judo Masters tournament in the Papp Laszlo Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary on Friday. Wakana won the gold medal. Read
Gold pedal
Japan's Keiko Sugiura celebrates on the podium after winning gold in The Women's C3 Individual Pursuit on day one of the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Glasgow, Scotland, on Thursday. Read
Rose-colored glass
A rose shot in Higashi Ward, Nagoya, on Wednesday. Image captured with Soviet-era lens: a Helios 44-2, aka the "bokeh monster." Read
Cooling off
People cool themselves outside Kadokawa Culture Museum in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, on Saturday. Read
Great heights
Britain's Aidan Heslop is seen in action during the men's 27-meter high dive at the World Aquatics Championships at Seaside Momochi Beach Park in Fukuoka on Tuesday. Read
Seeing the sights
A sightseeing bus makes its way through Tokyo's Akihabara district on Monday. Read
Japan fans
Japanese fans attend the Women’s World Cup soccer match between Japan and Zambia at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand, on Saturday night. Read
Petal power
A lotus flower is seen at Shinobazu Pond in Tokyo's Ueno Park on Sunday morning. The flower, which usually blooms in mid-July in Tokyo, attracts hundreds of people to in the early morning hours when all the petals are open before they close later in the day. Photo by Burcu… Read
Kawasaki music festival
A poster at JR Kawasaki Station advertises Festa Summer Muza Kawasaki, a midsummer music festival which runs from July 22 to Aug 11. https://www.kawasaki-sym-hall.jp/festa/index_e.php Read
Umbrella manners
A manner poster on the wall of a subway station in Tokyo asks commuters to be careful with umbrellas. Read
