Piece of mortar found on Sanyo Shikansen tracks

Piece of mortar found on Sanyo Shikansen tracks

OGORI, Japan - Photo shows an 8-kilogram piece of mortar found Dec. 1 on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line bullet-train tracks inside a tunnel in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Tunnel inspectors found the fragment, which had apparently fallen from a 3-meter-high wall in the tunnel between Shin-Shimonoseki and Asa stations. No accidents were reported immediately.

Huge mahjong tiles used in open-air match

Huge mahjong tiles used in open-air match

BEIJING, China - A young man positions an 8-kilogram mahjong tile in an open-air match in Qingxiling, Hebei Province, on Oct. 18. The game, sponsored by the Japan-China Friendship Association and Beijing's international friendship association to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, was played on a 10 x 10 meter table. Some 500 local people moved the tiles following four players' directions.

Piece of mortar found on Sanyo Shikansen tracks

Piece of mortar found on Sanyo Shikansen tracks

OGORI, Japan - Photo shows an 8-kilogram piece of mortar found Dec. 1 on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line bullet-train tracks inside a tunnel in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Tunnel inspectors found the fragment, which had apparently fallen from a 3-meter-high wall in the tunnel between Shin-Shimonoseki and Asa stations. No accidents were reported immediately. (Kyodo)

Small reconnaissance chopper on reactor building

Small reconnaissance chopper on reactor building

TOKYO, Japan - Handout photo shows an 8-kilogram reconnaissance helicopter (small dark object at C) that, due to an engine glitch, was forced to land on the roof of the building housing the crippled No. 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on June 24, 2011. The T-Hawk was flying to measure radiation levels. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co.) (Kyodo)

Huge mahjong tiles used in open-air match

Huge mahjong tiles used in open-air match

BEIJING, China - A young man positions an 8-kilogram mahjong tile in an open-air match in Qingxiling, Hebei Province, on Oct. 18. The game, sponsored by the Japan-China Friendship Association and Beijing's international friendship association to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, was played on a 10 x 10 meter table. Some 500 local people moved the tiles following four players' directions.