EditorialA message of encouragement from the innkeeper of the Sakura Ryokan, in the town of Kamojima, Japan, March 2023. (Marta Giaccone/The New York Times)
EditorialTurkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan visit wounded and rescued people at Basaksehir Cam and Sakura State Hospital in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey - 13 Feb 2023
EditorialThe women’s finalists of the Vans Pipe Masters, from left: winner Molly Picklum, Bettylou Sakura Johnson, Caity Simmers and Carissa Moore, on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii, Dec. 18, 2022. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones/The New York Times)
EditorialFrom coronavirus quarantine at a hotel in Australia, Nur Sajat is pictured on a laptop monitor in Brisbane, Australia, on Oct. 20, 2021. (Faye Sakura/The New York Times)
EditorialSakura Yosozumi, 19, of Japan raised her hands celebrating as she completed a run during the women’s park skateboarding final at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialSakura Yosozumi won gold and Kokona Hiraki won silver, both for Japan, in the women?s park skateboarding final. No American earned a medal in the event. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialSakura Kokumai of the United States competes in her women’s kata karate match at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialSakura Kokumai of the United States competes in her women’s kata elimination round karate match at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialSakura Yosozumi of Japan falls in the women's park skateboarding finals at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)