Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, shouts traditional "Banzai (long life)" cheers with other Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers shortly after winning of the ruling party pr...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to journalists following a strong earthquake, at his official residence in Tokyo. A powerful earthquake has hit northern Japan near a majo...
A penguin is poured water to cool it off from a visitor at Shinagawa Aqua Park in Tokyo. The mercury is expected to reach 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) in Tokyo.
A boy looks at jellyfishes in a tank at Shinagawa Aqua Park in Tokyo.
A tourist clad in traditional Japanese summer kimonos or "yukata" takes a selfie with pinwheels at Asakusa district n Tokyo.
Children look around models of Doraemon, a Japanese popular animation character, displayed at Tokyo's Roppongi Hills as part of a summer event by Japan's broadcasting company, in T...
Bereaved family members arrive for a national memorial ceremony for the war dead at Nippon Budokan martial arts hall in Tokyo. Japan marked Wednesday the 73rd anniversary of the en...
A man walks in wind and rain as Typhoon Shanshan approaches in Tokyo. Rain is lashing Tokyo and dozens of flights have been canceled as the typhoon, packing maximum sustained winds...
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pose for a photo prior to a meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo. Guterres i...
People cool down under a cooling mist spot at a building in Tokyo. Hot weather has set in with temperatures rising up over 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) in Tokyo, acco...
Children play in the water to cool off at a park in Tokyo.
A man holds a child at a water fall to cool off at a park in Tokyo. Heat wave continues in the metro areas as temperature goes up high at 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit)...
Thermometer reads 40.3 degree Celsius (104.54 degree Fahrenheit) in Kumagaya city, north of Tokyo.
Children cool themselves off in a public water fountain in downtown Seoul, South Korea.
People make their way in the scorching heat at a business district in Tokyo.
People shade themselves from the heat of the sun with umbrellas as they pass the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo.
A woman holds a portable fan at a business district in Tokyo.
People cool down under the cooling mist spot in Tokyo. Searing hot temperatures are forecast for wide swaths of Japan and South Korea in a long-running heat wave.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic mascot "Miraitowa" and Paralympic mascot "Someity" walk on the pier after their water parade with town's landmark "Rainbow Bridge" as back ground in Tokyo.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic mascot "Miraitowa", left, and Paralympic mascot "Someity", right, appear at stage during their debut event in Tokyo. The official mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olym...
