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Princess Mako finishes studies at British university

EDINBURGH, Britain - Princess Mako (R), a granddaughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, is shown around a library of the University of Edinburgh by Timothy O'Shea, principal of the university, on May 27, 2013. The princess studied art history and other subjects at the university from September 2012.

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Princess Mako finishes studies at British university

EDINBURGH, Britain - Princess Mako (R), a granddaughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, looks at a book with Timothy O'Shea, principal of the University of Edinburgh, at the university's library on May 27, 2013. The princess studied art history and other subjects at the university from September 2012.

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Matsui featured on postage stamps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows stamps featuring pictures of Hideki Matsui, who announced an end to his stellar baseball career in late 2012. Japan Post Co. on March 27, 2013, began accepting orders for postage stamps and postcards featuring pictures of Matsui.

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'Miracle pine' found to be 173 years old

SENDAI, Japan - File photo taken in September 2012 shows the "miracle pine" that survived the massive March 2011 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, northeastern Japan. The tree was assessed as 173 years old, the local municipal office said Feb. 27, 2013.

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Maestro Ozawa conducts elementary school choir

KAWASAKI, Japan - Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa directs a choir at Minami-Ikuta Elementary School in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 27, 2013. Ozawa conducted the choir of 340 primary school pupils the same day, his first public performance since ill health forced him to suspend musical activities in March 2012.

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Winner in Japanese writing

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Jan. 27, 2013 in Beijing shows Li Xinchen, who took first place in a 2012 Japanese-language essay contest for Chinese students, holding a book containing prize-winning essays from the latest running of the annual contest.

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Fukuoka Detention House

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 27, 2012 shows the Fukuoka Detention House in Sawara Ward in Fukuoka City, where death row inmate Yukinori Matsuda was executed by hanging on Sept. 27, 2012.

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Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese outfielder Hideki Matsui (L) announces his retirement from baseball during a press conference in New York on Dec. 27, 2012. The 38-year-old slugger, a two-time All-Star and former World Series MVP with the New York Yankees, had been a free agent since his release from the Tampa Bay Rays in August 2012.

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Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese outfielder Hideki Matsui announces his retirement from baseball during a press conference in New York on Dec. 27, 2012. The 38-year-old slugger, a two-time All-Star and former World Series MVP with the New York Yankees, had been a free agent since his release from the Tampa Bay Rays in August 2012.

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Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese outfielder Hideki Matsui announces his retirement from baseball during a press conference in New York on Dec. 27, 2012. The 38-year-old slugger, a two-time All-Star and former World Series MVP with the New York Yankees, had been a free agent since his release from the Tampa Bay Rays in August 2012.

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Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese outfielder Hideki Matsui holds a bouquet after a press conference in New York on Dec. 27, 2012, where he announced his retirement from baseball. The 38-year-old slugger, a two-time All-Star and former World Series MVP with the New York Yankees, had been a free agent since his release from the Tampa Bay Rays in August 2012.

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Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese outfielder Hideki Matsui announces his retirement from baseball during a press conference in New York on Dec. 27, 2012. The 38-year-old slugger, a two-time All-Star and former World Series MVP with the New York Yankees, had been a free agent since his release from the Tampa Bay Rays in August 2012.

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Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese outfielder Hideki Matsui bows after a press conference in New York on Dec. 27, 2012, where he announced his retirement from baseball. The 38-year-old slugger, a two-time All-Star and former World Series MVP with the New York Yankees, had been a free agent since his release from the Tampa Bay Rays in August 2012.

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Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese outfielder Hideki Matsui announces his retirement from baseball during a press conference in New York on Dec. 27, 2012. The 38-year-old slugger, a two-time All-Star and former World Series MVP with the New York Yankees, had been a free agent since his release from the Tampa Bay Rays in August 2012.

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Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese outfielder Hideki Matsui announces his retirement from baseball during a press conference in New York on Dec. 27, 2012. The 38-year-old slugger, a two-time All-Star and former World Series MVP with the New York Yankees, had been a free agent since his release from the Tampa Bay Rays in August 2012.

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Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese outfielder Hideki Matsui becomes visibly emotional as he announces his retirement from baseball during a press conference in New York on Dec. 27, 2012. The 38-year-old slugger, a two-time All-Star and former World Series MVP with the New York Yankees, had been a free agent since his release from the Tampa Bay Rays in August 2012.

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Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese outfielder Hideki Matsui announces his retirement from baseball during a press conference in New York on Dec. 27, 2012. The 38-year-old slugger, a two-time All-Star and former World Series MVP with the New York Yankees, had been a free agent since his release from the Tampa Bay Rays in August 2012.

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China's Xi, U.N. General Assembly President Jeremic

BEIJING, China - Vuk Jeremic (L), president of the U.N. General Assembly, shakes hands with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 27, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Antinuclear Tomorrow Party decides to split by year-end

OSAKA, Japan - Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada meets the press in Osaka on Dec. 27, 2012. The antinuclear Tomorrow Party of Japan, launched a month ago by Kada, decided the same day to split into two groups by the end of the year due to internal conflicts over personnel matters.

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Arabian Oil to withdraw from oilfield development business

TOKYO, Japan - Arabian Oil Co. President Kazutoshi Hoyano (R) and Fumio Sekiya, president of its parent AOC Holdings Inc., hold a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2012. Arabian Oil will virtually withdraw from its long-standing oilfield development activities and significantly scale down operations, the parent company said the same day.

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Kabuki master's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Nakamura Kankuro (C), son of the late Kabuki master Nakamura Kanzaburo (in portrait at top), speaks during a funeral for Kanzaburo at Tsukiji Honganji temple in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2012. At R is Kanzaburo's other son, Shichinosuke, and at L is Shochiku Co. Chairman Nobuyoshi Otani. (Pool photo)

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Toshiba eyes more M&As

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. President Norio Sasaki is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2012. Sasaki said the company aims to pursue mergers and acquisitions in its core infrastructure business, including power generation and transmission systems, as part of its global expansion.

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Nikkei climbs back to level before March 2011 quake

TOKYO, Japan - A display in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the closing level of Japan's Nikkei stock index on Dec. 27, 2012. It closed at 10,322.98, up 92.62 points from the previous day and its highest mark since March 10, 2011 -- the day before a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan.

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Japan new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2012. Suga indicated the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is eager to review a 1993 statement on the issue of "comfort women" by Yohei Kono, Suga's predecessor as top government spokesman.

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Battle of Okinawa film group to disband in March

NAHA, Japan - Members of a civil group which has collected film footage of the Battle of Okinawa -- to highlight the misery of the war -- announce at a press conference at the Okinawa prefecture offices in Naha on Dec. 27, 2012, that it will conclude its activities on March 15 since it has fulfilled its mission. Established in 1983, the group has collected video footage from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and screened it, while producing documentary films that include testimonies from survivors of the battle.

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Farewell to Kabuki master Kanzaburo

TOKYO, Japan - Relatives of the late Kabuki master Nakamura Kanzaburo enter Kabuki-za theater in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2012. From L are Kanzaburo's sons and Kabuki actors Kankuro and Shichinosuke, Kankuro's wife Ai Maeda and (front R) Kanzaburo's wife Yoshie. Kankuro holds Kanzaburo's remains. A funeral was held later in the day for Kanzaburo. (Pool photo)

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Japan new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2012. Suga indicated the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is eager to review a 1993 statement on the issue of "comfort women" by Yohei Kono, Suga's predecessor as top government spokesman.

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Japan new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Finance Minister Taro Aso speaks during a press conference in Tokyo in the early hours of Dec. 27, 2012. Aso, a former prime minister, assumed the posts of deputy prime minister, finance minister, and financial services minister under Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe.

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Japan new Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Finance Minister Taro Aso speaks during a press conference in Tokyo in the early hours of Dec. 27, 2012. Aso, a former prime minister, assumed the posts of deputy prime minister, finance minister, and financial services minister under Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe.

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Shinto adapting to era of globalization

TOKYO, Japan - Ambassadors to Japan and their family members carry a "mikoshi" portable shrine at Kanda Myojin, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, on Oct. 27, 2012 during a seminar about Shintoism co-hosted by the Association of Shinto Shrines.

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Irish veterinarian cracks open Japan racing circles

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Deep Brillante (back) winning the Japanese Derby at Tokyo Racecourse on May 27, 2012. The thoroughbred was raised at Paca Paca Farm, owned by Irish-born veterinarian Harry Sweeney, in Hidaka, Hokkaido.

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Irish veterinarian cracks open Japan racing circles

SAPPORO, Japan - Harry Sweeney, owner of Paca Paca Farm, relaxes at his office in Hidaka, Hokkaido on Nov. 27, 2012.

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Gaza fishing

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Authority - A fisherman casts a net into the sea off the coast of the Palestinian self-governing area of Gaza on Nov. 27, 2012, while Israel continues its sea blockade.

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Gaza fishing

GAZA, Palestinian Authority - Photo taken on Nov. 27, 2012, shows fisherpersons' boats at a port in the Palestinian self-governing area of Gaza, while Israel continues its sea blockade.

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Gaza fishing

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Authority - A boat laden with fishing gear leaves a port in the Palestinian self-governing area of Gaza on Nov. 27, 2012, while Israel continues its sea blockade.

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Japan envoy to U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Japan's new Ambassador to the United States, Kenichiro Sasae, speaks during a press conference at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Nov. 27, 2012.

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Ex-Hiroshima mayor

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba. The United Nations Association of Germany said on Nov. 27, 2012, that Akiba will receive the 2013 Otto Hahn Peace Medal, a prominent German honor, for his continued calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons and promotion of peace while he was a mayor.

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Snowstorm in Hokkaido

MURORAN, Japan - Photo shows a signboard, felled by a snowstorm, crushing a vehicle in Muroran, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 27, 2012.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada, unveils the name of a new party she will establish, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), during a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012. Kada has called for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power.

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Arafat grave

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Authority - Photo shows the grave of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the Palestinian self-governing area of Ramallah on Nov. 27, 2012. The grave was excavated the same day to look into an allegation that Arafat might have been poisoned.

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Ozawa to join hands with Shiga governor

TOKYO, Japan - Influential politician Ichiro Ozawa tells reporters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on the night of Nov. 27, 2012, that the People's Life First party, led by Ozawa, will merge with a new party to be established by Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada. Both parties are against nuclear energy.

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Noda announces election pledges

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announces his Democratic Party of Japan's pledges at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Nov. 27, 2012. In the pledges released ahead of the Dec. 16 House of Representatives election, the ruling party promised to phase out nuclear energy in the 2030s and fight deflation by cooperating with the Bank of Japan.

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Arafat grave

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Authority - Photo shows the grave of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the Palestinian self-governing area of Ramallah on Nov. 27, 2012. The grave was excavated the same day to look into an allegation that Arafat might have been poisoned.

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Noda announces election pledges

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announces his Democratic Party of Japan's pledges at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district on Nov. 27, 2012. In the pledges released ahead of the Dec. 16 House of Representatives election, the ruling party promised to phase out nuclear energy in the 2030s and fight deflation by cooperating with the Bank of Japan.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada, unveils the name of a new party she will establish, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), during a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012. Kada has called for the gradual phasing out of nuclear power.

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Japan supports returning Indonesians

JAKARTA, Indonesia - The Japanese Embassy in Indonesia holds an information session in Jakarta on Nov. 27, 2012, to help Indonesians who have returned home after failing to pass the Japanese state exam to qualify as caregivers and nurses find employment, taking advantage of their knowledge of Japan's culture and language.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (R), announces at a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012, that she will establish a new party, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party). To the left is Tetsunari Iida, a well-known renewable energy proponent, who will assume the post of acting president of the party.

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Nagoya mayor to join hands with Shiga governor

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura holds a press conference in the central Japanese city on Nov. 27, 2012. A small party co-led by Kawamura and veteran lawmaker Shizuka Kamei decided the same day to merge with a new party to be established by Shiga Gov. Yukiko Kada. Both parties are against nuclear energy.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (R), announces at a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012, that she will establish a new party, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party). To the left is Tetsunari Iida, a well-known renewable energy proponent, who will assume the post of acting president of the party.

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Shiga governor to form new party

OTSU, Japan - The governor of Shiga Prefecture, Yukiko Kada (R), unveils the name of a new party she will establish, called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party), during a press conference in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Nov. 27, 2012. To the left is Tetsunari Iida, a well-known renewable energy proponent, who will assume the post of acting president of the party.

Princess Mako finishes studies at British university

Princess Mako finishes studies at British university

Matsui featured on postage stamps

'Miracle pine' found to be 173 years old

Maestro Ozawa conducts elementary school choir

Winner in Japanese writing

Fukuoka Detention House

Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

Hideki Matsui retires from baseball

China's Xi, U.N. General Assembly President Jeremic

Antinuclear Tomorrow Party decides to split by year-end

Arabian Oil to withdraw from oilfield development business

Kabuki master's funeral

Toshiba eyes more M&amp;As

Nikkei climbs back to level before March 2011 quake

Japan new Cabinet

Battle of Okinawa film group to disband in March

Farewell to Kabuki master Kanzaburo

Japan new Cabinet

Japan new Cabinet

Japan new Cabinet

Shinto adapting to era of globalization

Irish veterinarian cracks open Japan racing circles

Irish veterinarian cracks open Japan racing circles

Gaza fishing

Gaza fishing

Gaza fishing

Japan envoy to U.S.

Ex-Hiroshima mayor

Snowstorm in Hokkaido

Shiga governor to form new party

Arafat grave

Ozawa to join hands with Shiga governor

Noda announces election pledges

Arafat grave

Noda announces election pledges

Shiga governor to form new party

Japan supports returning Indonesians

Shiga governor to form new party

Nagoya mayor to join hands with Shiga governor

Shiga governor to form new party

Shiga governor to form new party

Toshiba eyes more M&As