Here is a selection of Kyodo News photos taken this week in Japan and beyond.
A shogi board game with "human pieces" is played on April 15, 2023, in the northeastern Japan city of Tendo in Yamagata Prefecture, the largest producer in Japan of shogi pieces. High school students in armor or kimono moved on a 15-meter square shogi board under instructions from two professional shogi players. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Japanese boxing brothers Yudai (L) and Ginjiro Shigeoka celebrate winning their respective WBC and IBF interim minimumweight title bouts at Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 16, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
A police officer conducts security checks on people at the venue of a stump speech by Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 16, 2023, the day after an explosive was thrown at the premier ahead of his speech at a fishing port in the western Japan city of Wakayama. Kishida was not harmed in the blast. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken at Tobu Railway Co.'s rail yard in Kuki, north of Tokyo in Saitama Prefecture, shows an interior of the new Spacia X limited express train on April 16, 2023. The train will operate from July 15, linking Tokyo's Asakusa Station and Tochigi Prefecture's Nikko national park and Kinugawa hot spring resort. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
The first ladies of Japan and the United States -- Yuko Kishida (L) and Jill Biden -- plant a cherry tree in the White House grounds in Washington on April 17, 2023, in honor of the longtime friendship between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Toyota Motor Corp. unveils its all-new Lexus LM multi-purpose vehicle at the Auto Shanghai motor show in Shanghai on April 18, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani takes warm-up swings ahead of a baseball game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on April 18, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People wearing masks of the characters in the Japanese anime sports film First Slam Dunk pose for photo in Shanghai on April 19, 2023, in front of a promotional display for the film ahead of its release across China on April 20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Kurobe Gorge Railway Co.'s "torokko" train crosses a steel bridge in Kurobe in Toyama Prefecture, central Japan, on April 20, 2023. The railway resumed partial operations the same day after a nearly five-month suspension during the winter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
People walk in short sleeve shirts as temperatures exceed 25C in Tokyo on April 20, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo shows a partial solar eclipse seen above a lighthouse in Kushimoto in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 20, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
Photo taken at the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on April 21, 2023, shows the "masakaki" ritual offering sent by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. (Kyodo)
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Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - April 8~14
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - April 1-7
Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - March 25~31
