Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
Vancouver Olympic figure skating silver medalist Mao Asada (5th from R) performs on the first day of an ice show staged by her in the Shiga Prefecture capital of Otsu, western Japan, on Sept. 10, 2022. The show, called "Beyond," will tour over 10 prefectures through March 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Vancouver Olympic figure skating silver medalist Mao Asada (front) performs on the first day of an ice show staged by her in the Shiga Prefecture capital of Otsu, western Japan, on Sept. 10, 2022. The show, called "Beyond," will tour over 10 prefectures through March 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A Kamome bullet train is pictured at a Kyushu Railway Co. depot in the Nagasaki Prefecture city of Omura, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 11, 2022, ahead of the Sept. 23 start of commercial services on the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Line in Saga and Nagasaki prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Children pose in front of a Kamome bullet train at a Kyushu Railway Co. depot in the Nagasaki Prefecture city of Omura, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 11, 2022, ahead of the Sept. 23 start of commercial services on the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Line in Saga and Nagasaki prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki reads a newspaper article about himself in the prefectural capital Naha on Sept. 12, 2022, after winning a second four-year-term in a gubernatorial election the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain celebrates with the victor's trophy after beating Casper Ruud of Norway in the men's singles final at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 11, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
An annual major cleaning is carried out of the 120-meter-high Ushiku Daibutsu great Buddha statue in the Ibaraki Prefecture city of Ushiku, eastern Japan, on Sept. 12, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Police officers patrol at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 13, 2022, ahead of the Sept. 27 state funeral of slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A financial data screen on a Tokyo street shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average plunging on Sept. 14, 2022, following steep falls overnight on Wall Street as strong U.S. inflation data fanned fears of aggressive interest rate hikes in the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Giant panda Eimei is pictured on Sept. 14, 2022, his 30th birthday, at the Adventure World amusement park in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, with ice blocks shaped in the form of the number 30 given as a present. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People pay their respects as the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II lies in state at Westminster Hall in London on Sept. 14, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A visitor tries out a virtual reality game at the Tokyo Game Show at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba near Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
The Tokyo Game Show opens at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba near Tokyo on Sept. 15, 2022, returning to a fully in-person format for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. About 600 companies and organizations from 37 countries and regions are participating in the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Sept. 3~9
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Aug. 27~Sept. 2
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Aug. 20~26
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - Aug. 13~19
