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Tokyo Game Show 2014 begins

CHIBA, Japan - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. demonstrates its virtual reality headset designed for use with its game console, PlayStation 4, at the Tokyo Game Show 2014 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, east of the capital, on Sept. 18, 2014. One of the world's three major game shows begins the same day for a run until Sept. 21, expecting to draw 220,000 visitors.

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Tokyo Game Show 2014 begins

CHIBA, Japan - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. demonstrates its virtual reality headset designed for use with its game console, PlayStation 4, at the Tokyo Game Show 2014 at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, east of the capital, on Sept. 18, 2014. One of the world's three major game shows begins the same day for a run until Sept. 21, expecting to draw 220,000 visitors.

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Tokyo Game Show 2014 begins

CHIBA, Japan - The Tokyo Game Show 2014 begins at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, east of the capital, on Sept. 18, 2014. One of the world's three major game shows, with this year's showcase reflecting the rise of indie developers and smartphone gaming, will run until Sept. 21, expecting to draw 220,000 visitors.

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Tokyo Game Show 2014 begins

CHIBA, Japan - The opening ceremony for the Tokyo Game Show 2014 is held at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, east of the capital, on Sept. 18, 2014. One of the world's three major game shows, with this year's showcase reflecting the rise of indie developers and smartphone gaming, will run until Sept. 21, expecting to draw 220,000 visitors.

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Indian Ocean tsunami memorial

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - A memorial ceremony is held in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Dec. 26, 2013, to mark the ninth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people.

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Indian Ocean tsunami memorial

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - A memorial ceremony is held in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Dec. 26, 2013, to mark the ninth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people.

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Pink flower 'carpet' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tourists stroll through a field of pink moss phlox, called shibazakura in Japanese, at Yachonomori Garden in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on April 24, 2010. About 220,000 plants grow in the field of around 40,000 square meters.

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Pink flower 'carpet' in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tourists stroll through a field of pink moss phlox, called shibazakura in Japanese, at Yachonomori Garden in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on April 24, 2010. About 220,000 plants grow in the field of around 40,000 square meters.

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Stosur wins Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Third seed Samantha Stosur of Australia returns the ball to Italian Francesca Schiavone during the final of the Japan Women's Open tennis tournament at Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka on Oct. 18, 2009. Stosur won 7-5, 6-1 to claim her first WTA Tour singles title at the $220,000 event.

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Gov't told to pay damages for denying lawyer access to client

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Honen Kubo (L), the state-appointed defense counsel for Peruvian Jose Manuel Torres Yagi, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting and killing a girl in the city of Hiroshima in 2005, speaks to reporters in Hiroshima on March 13 after the Hiroshima District Court ordered the state to pay him 220,000 yen in compensation after he was denied access to his client. Yagi was in the custody of prosecutors at the time.

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'Kobe Luminarie' running until Christmas

KOBE, Japan - ''Kobe Luminarie,'' an annual display of lights in Kobe set up in memory of the victims of the 1995 devastating Great Hanshin Earthquake, begins on Dec. 12. The display using 220,000 electric bulbs will continue until Christmas.

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Takayama festival gets under way

TAKAYAMA, Japan - High-wheeled floats are pulled through the streets of Takayama, a medieval castle town in central Japan, as the Takayama Festival begins on Oct. 9. City officials expects 220,000 people to visit the city during the festival's two-day session.

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Monument in Hiroshima peace park vandalized

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Two men work March 6 to clean the monument under the arch-shaped cenotaph at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park which was found vandalized with paint the previous night. The cenotaph is dedicated to the 220,000 victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city.