Gavin Hellier / Panning shot of a Shinkansen bullet train passing through harvested rice fields, with Mount Fuji in the background, Honshu, Japan, November 2017. Hellier

Jami Tarris / Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata) in hot spring, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Tony Wu / Fireflies (Luciola parvula himebotaru) flashing at night for courtship and reproduction. Gifu, Japan. Composite image

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) emerging from hole and reaching up to the surface in order to breathe, Hino River, Tottori-ken, Japan, September.

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) eating the eggs of another pair, Hino River, Tottori-ken, Japan, September.

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) watching a fish swim by, Hino River, Tottori-ken, Japan, September.

Ingo Arndt / Japanese macaque sitting portrait {Macaca fuscata} Joshin-etsu NP, Japan

Ingo Arndt / Japanese macaque baby portrait {Macaca fuscata} Joshin-etsu NP, Japan

Ingo Arndt / Japanese macaque baby {Macaca fuscata} Joshin-etsu NP, Japan

Ingo Arndt / Japanese macaque being groomed in hot thermal spring {Macaca fuscata} Joshin-etsu NP, Japan

Ingo Arndt / Japanese macaque chewing bark {Macaca fuscata} Joshin-etsu NP, Japan

Ingo Arndt / Japanese macaques with young in hot spring {Macaca fuscata} Joshin-etsu NP, Japan