In Photos: Mainichi pictures honored at Kansai press awards

This photo by Mainichi photographer Kenji Ikai titled "Exhausted on the final corner," featuring skaters at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games, won a silver award in the Kansai Press Photographers Association awards. Pictured fallen on the ice at left is Japanese speed skater Nana Takagi. In the center is Miho Takagi and at right is Ayano Sato. (Mainichi)

This photo by Daiki Takikawa titled "Like a battlefield" won a gold award in the news category of the Kansai Press Photographers Association awards. The photo, taken on July 8, 2022, shows an investigator holding what appears to be a firearm seized from the home of Tetsuya Yamagami, the man suspected of assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Mainichi)

This compilation of photos on a 69-day Pacific Ocean crossing by Japanese yachtsman Kenichi Horie captured by Daiki Takikawa won a silver award in the news compilation section of the Kansai Press Photographers Association awards. (Mainichi)

This compilation of photos by Tatsuya Fujii titled "Japanese track and field athletes: light and shadows" won a silver award at the Kansai Press Photographers Association awards. (Mainichi)

This compilation of photos by Tatsuya Fujii titled "What is happiness for animals?" won a silver award in the Kansai Press Photographers Association awards. (Mainichi)