Kyodo Photos of the Month

KYODO PHOTOS OF THE MONTH

March 2025

A Steller's sea eagle flies above drift ice off Rausu in Hokkaido on March 5, 2025. (Kyodo/Junko Ozaki)

A ceremony is held on the submarine Raigei marking its delivery to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force at a shipyard of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in Kobe on March 6, 2025. The 84-meter submarine weighing about 3,000 tons will be deployed at the MSDF's base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture. (Kyodo/Keiji Uesho)

The monument to the "Miracle Pine," the only tree that survived in a coastal forest flattened by the deadly tsunami in March 2011 in northeastern Japan, is pictured in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2025, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. (Kyodo/Haruna Furuhashi)

Sunset seeps through the skeletal ruins of the tsunami-hit former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 2025, the eve of the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. In the far background is a visitor at the nearby memorial park. (Kyodo/Shingo Fukuma)

Flurries of snow fall on Tokyo Tower on March 4, 2025. (Kyodo/Hiroki Yamauchi)

A sightseeing boat approaches whirlpools at Naruto Strait off Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, on March 1, 2025. (Kyodo/Yuka Hamada)

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Members of MISAMO, a subunit of K-pop girls group TWICE, throw the ceremonial first pitch before an exhibition game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Hanshin Tigers at Tokyo Dome on March 16, 2025. (Kyodo/Michi Ono)

The Electric Power Pavilion -- Eggs of Possibilities, hosted by the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan at the upcoming World Exposition in Osaka, is shown to the press on March 5, 2025. (Kyodo/Kenzaburo Fukuhara)

A Self-Defense Forces helicopter attempts to extinguish a forest fire in a mountainous area in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 4, 2025. (Kyodo/Tomoaki Ito)

Rikako Ikee competes in the women's 100 meters butterfly final at the swimming national championships at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on March 20, 2025. (Kyodo/Iori Sagisawa)

Onosato defeats Takerufuji on the 12th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Edion Arena Osaka on March 20, 2025. (Kyodo/Kotaro Ueda)

Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, western Japan, is lit up during a test event on March 24, 2025, a day before the start of its spring special night viewing through April 3. (Kyodo/Nana Yumura)

Miho Takagi of Japan competes in the women's 1,500 meters at the speed skating world single-distance championships on March 16, 2025, in Hamar, Norway. (Kyodo/Juntaro Yokoyama)

People walk under cherry blossoms in Tokyo's Ueno Park on March 30, 2025. (Kyodo/Mizuki Ikari)

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