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Job fair for Saudi students in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Around 30 companies seeking recruits brief Saudi students in Japan about their businesses and job openings at a fair in Tokyo organized by the Saudi Arabian Embassy on March 13, 2014.

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Job fair for Saudi students in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Around 30 companies seeking recruits brief Saudi students in Japan about their businesses and job openings at a fair in Tokyo organized by the Saudi Arabian Embassy on March 13, 2014.

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Japan-U.S. ceremony on Iwoto Island

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 13, 2013, shows a scene from a joint ceremony held by Japan and the United States on Iwoto Island to commemorate the 29,000 who died in one of the most grueling battles of World War II, known as the Battle of Iwojima. Around 270 veterans, their families and government officials from the two countries attended. (Pool photo)

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Japan-U.S. ceremony on Iwoto Island

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 13, 2013, shows a scene from a joint ceremony held by Japan and the United States on Iwoto Island to commemorate the 29,000 who died in one of the most grueling battles of World War II, known as the Battle of Iwojima. Around 270 veterans, their families and government officials from the two countries attended. (Pool photo)

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Japan-U.S. ceremony on Iwoto Island

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 13, 2013, shows people who attended a joint ceremony held by Japan and the United States on Iwoto Island to commemorate the 29,000 who died in one of the most grueling battles of World War II, known as the Battle of Iwojima. Around 270 veterans, their families and government officials from the two countries attended. (Pool photo)

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Archery event at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Young women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 wearing traditional attire take aim in the "Toshiya" archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013. Around 1,500 people from across the country, including those celebrating their coming of age, took part in the event.

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Archery event at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Young women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 wearing traditional attire take aim in the "Toshiya" archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013. Around 1,500 people from across the country, including those celebrating their coming of age, took part in the event.

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Archery event at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Young women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 wearing traditional attire take aim in the "Toshiya" archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013. Around 1,500 people from across the country, including those celebrating their coming of age, took part in the event.

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75th anniversary of Nanjing massacre

NANJING, China - Police officers carry flower wreaths during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the start of the Nanjing massacre, at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in the former Chinese capital of Nanjing, on Dec. 13, 2012. Some 9,000 people including around 100 Japanese attended the ceremony.

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Japanese join Dresden memorial

DRESDEN, Germany - Haruyo Nihei (3rd from R), a survivor of a 1945 U.S. air raid on Tokyo, joins a human chain after a memorial service in Dresden, Germany, on Feb. 13, 2012. A total of 14 survivors of U.S. raids on Japanese cities during World War II joined events marking the 67th anniversary of Allied air raids on Dresden to mourn the around 25,000 victims.

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Brazilian slum

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Children fly a kite in Santa Marta, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Dec. 13, 2011. The population of slum dwellers in Brazil stood at around 11.4 million in 2010, almost doubling over the previous 10 years, according to Brazilian authorities.

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Brazilian slum

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo shows Santa Marta, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Dec. 13, 2011. The population of slum dwellers in Brazil stood at around 11.4 million in 2010, almost doubling over the previous 10 years, according to Brazilian authorities.

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Environment minister Hosono joins decontamination work

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Goshi Hosono (R front) scrapes off the topsoil of a residential garden in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2011, to decontaminate radioactive materials from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture with around 60 volunteer workers.

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Robot exhibition in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Robot ''wakamaru'' is demonstrated during a preview of a robot exhibition at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 13, 2011. The exhibition featuring around 1,000 robots, figures and models opened on July 14 and will run through Aug. 28.

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Chinese police maintain heavy security in Guangdong

GUANGZHOU, China - Armed police officers stand on a street on the outskirts of Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong Province, on June 13, 2011, following three nights of protests and rioting, reportedly involving around 1,000 migrant workers, that began June 10.

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Families pray for victims at Okawa elementary school

SENDAI, Japan - Family members of the March 11 tsunami victims at Okawa Elementary School pray during a memorial ceremony at the school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 13, 2011. The school, where around 70 percent of the students were killed or remain missing, will hold an opening ceremony for the new term on April 21 at another elementary school in the vicinity.

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Lavender in full bloom in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Tourists walk in fields of lavender in full bloom at Farm Tomita in the town of Nakafurano in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on July 13, 2010. Around 60,000 lavender seedlings were planted in a 12-hectare field along with poppies and linaria, attracting tourists from across Japan.

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Nagasaki archbishop to meet U.N. chief in May

NAGASAKI, Japan - Mitsuaki Takami, the archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki, looks at the ''bombed Mary,'' a scorched wooden head of a Virgin Mary statue, during a press conference in Nagasaki on April 13, 2010. Takami said he will take the head, which was found among ruins around 500 meters from ground zero after the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, during his trip to the United States, where he will meet U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and attend a U.N. nuclear disarmament conference.

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Around 470 dignitaries invited to Imperial Palace gathering

TOKYO, Japan - (From R to L) Empress Michiko, Emperor Akihito, Crown Prince Naruhito and other imperial family members raise their glasses during a gathering at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2009. Around 470 dignitaries, including Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, were invited to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the emperor's enthronement. (Pool photo)

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Around 470 dignitaries invited to Imperial Palace gathering

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito addresses a gathering at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2009, to which around 470 dignitaries, including members of the imperial family and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, were invited to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the emperor's enthronement. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Around 470 dignitaries invited to Imperial Palace gathering

TOKYO, Japan - Around 470 dignitaries, including members of the imperial family and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, attend a gathering at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2009, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Emperor Akihito's enthronement. (Pool photo)

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World forum on gastronomy tourism

Zurab Pololikashvili (on screen), secretary general of the U.N. World Tourism Organization, speaks at the opening ceremony of the seventh World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism on Dec. 13, 2022, in Nara, western Japan. The event, the first in Japan and mainly organized by the U.N. agency, will run through Dec. 15, with about 500 people from around 40 countries expected to participate.

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World forum on gastronomy tourism

Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2022, shows booths of Japanese municipalities set up at the venue of the seventh World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism in Nara, western Japan, that opened the same day. The event, the first in Japan and mainly organized by the U.N. World Tourism Organization, will run through Dec. 15, with about 500 people from around 40 countries expected to participate.