People carry a decorated float at Kushida Shrine in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka during the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival on July 15, 2025, marking the finale of the 15-day event dating back over 780 years. (Kyodo/Kotaro Ueda)

People carry a decorated float at Kushida Shrine in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka during the annual Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival on July 15, 2025, marking the finale of the 15-day event dating back over 780 years. (Kyodo/Kotaro Ueda)

KYODO PHOTOS OF THE MONTH

July 2025

Climbers atop Mt. Fuji hail the sunrise on July 1, 2025, the day the mountain's Yoshida Trail opened as the official climbing season begins for Japan's highest peak, which straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures. (Kyodo/Taichi Nagahisa)

An aurora is observed by the crew of the Japanese icebreaker Shirase in Antarctica in February of 2025. Kyodo/Accompanying  journalist

Summit-bound climbers ascend the Yoshida Trail on the Yamanashi side of Mt. Fuji, with trails of light from their headlamps captured in this long exposure photo taken at 4:05 a.m. on July 1, 2025, the first day of this year's official climbing season. (Kyodo/Taichi Nagahisa)

Summit-bound climbers ascend the Yoshida Trail on the Yamanashi side of Mt. Fuji, with trails of light from their headlamps captured in this long exposure photo taken at 4:05 a.m. on July 1, 2025, the first day of this year's official climbing season. (Kyodo/Taichi Nagahisa)

Japanese artistic swimmers perform in the team technical routine final at the world aquatics championships in Singapore on July 22, 2025. (Kyodo/Kazumi Fukudome)

Japanese artistic swimmers perform in the team technical routine final at the world aquatics championships in Singapore on July 22, 2025. (Kyodo/Kazumi Fukudome)

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers speaks at a press conference in Atlanta on July 14, 2025, a day before the 2025 MLB All-Star Game. (Kyodo/Kotaro Ohashi)

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers speaks at a press conference in Atlanta on July 14, 2025, a day before the 2025 MLB All-Star Game. (Kyodo/Kotaro Ohashi)

Japan's Kodai Naraoka is pictured in action in a men's singles second-round match at the Japan Open badminton championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on July 17, 2025. (Kyodo/Shinichiro Tanaka)

Japan's Kodai Naraoka is pictured in action in a men's singles second-round match at the Japan Open badminton championships at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on July 17, 2025. (Kyodo/Shinichiro Tanaka)

Geiko and maiko, or apprentice geiko, clad in "yukata" summer kimonos pray for good health and improvement in their performances at Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 3, 2025. (Kyodo/Nana Yumura)

Geiko and maiko, or apprentice geiko, clad in "yukata" summer kimonos pray for good health and improvement in their performances at Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 3, 2025. (Kyodo/Nana Yumura)

People stroll by a decorated float in Kyoto on July 14, 2025, ahead of a parade set for July 17 as part of the Gion Festival, one of the three biggest festivals in Japan. (Kyodo/Nana Yumura)

People stroll by a decorated float in Kyoto on July 14, 2025, ahead of a parade set for July 17 as part of the Gion Festival, one of the three biggest festivals in Japan. (Kyodo/Nana Yumura)

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers and his wife Mamiko walk the red carpet during a Major League Baseball event ahead of the All-Star Game at Truist Park in Atlanta on July 15, 2025. (Kyodo/Yuya Shino)

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers and his wife Mamiko walk the red carpet during a Major League Baseball event ahead of the All-Star Game at Truist Park in Atlanta on July 15, 2025. (Kyodo/Yuya Shino)

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