Wrestlers train during a practice session at a sumo camp in Tottori Johoku High School in Tottori, Japan, on July 29, 2025.(Phot by Louise Delmotte/AP Photo)
People sail boats around floating lanterns during the Lantern Floating Festival in Tokyo, Japan, on July 31, 2025. About a thousand lanterns, inscribed with messages of gratitude, hope, and wishes, are released onto the water.(Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
The Aomori Nebuta Festival begins with people marching alongside the elaborate “Nebuta” floats on August 2, 2025, in Aomori, Japan.(Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
A 9-year-old boy plays in a fountain to cool off at a park as the Japanese government issues a heatstroke alert for Tokyo and other prefectures on August 4, 2025.(Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)
A young boy walks toward a large photograph of Hiroshima devastated by the world’s first atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on August 5, 2025. The city prepared to mark the 80th anniversary of the bombing.(Photo by Franck Robichon/EPA)
Heat haze shimmers in the background as pedestrians with umbrellas cross a street on a hot day in Tokyo on August 5, 2025.(Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)
A young girl visits the Children’s Peace Monument ahead of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on August 5, 2025.(Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)
A young man and woman prepare to ring the bell in memory of those lost during the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima on August 6, 2025.(Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)
People dressed in white robes carefully clean dust off the Great Buddha statue in Nara, Japan, on August 7, 2025.(Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
A visitor holding a parasol prays for the victims of the atomic bombing in front of the Peace Statue at Peace Park in Nagasaki on August 8, 2025, a day ahead of the 80th anniversary.(Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)
A churchgoer prays during an early morning mass at Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki on August 9, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing.(Photo by Franck Robichon/ EPA)
A vehicle is stuck in a ditch following heavy rain in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, on August 12, 2025.(Photo by Naoki Hiraoka/Kyodo News via AP Photo)
The grounds of a temple are enveloped in a magical atmosphere under the soft light of lanterns in Aomori, Japan, on August 13, 2025.(Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
Members of the animal rights group PETA protest the alleged use of monkeys in the Thai coconut industry outside Thailand’s embassy in Tokyo on August 14, 2025.(Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Photo)
White doves are released as a tribute to the war dead at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on August 15, 2025, as Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its surrender in World War II.(Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)
A fireball streaks across the sky, as seen from Kumamoto, Japan, on August 19, 2025. The celestial display was a very bright meteorite falling to Earth.(Photo by MARUPEKE/@MARUBATU7 via Reuters)
Women wearing braided straw hats dance as the Owara Kaze-no-Bon festival begins in Toyama, Japan, on September 1, 2025. The festival is believed to be over 300 years old.(Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
Prince Hisahito, son of Crown Prince Akishino, wearing ancient ceremonial costume, attends his coming-of-age ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on September 6, 2025, his 19th birthday.(Photo by Japan Pool via JIJI Press/EPA)
Prince Hisahito leaves for his ceremony by carriage at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on September 6, 2025.(Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via Reuters)
The moon appears from behind the Tokyo Skytree during a total lunar eclipse in the early hours of September 8, 2025. The “Blood Moon” was visible across Asia, Europe, and Africa.(Photo by JIJI Press/AFP Photo)
