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Emperor, empress host autumn garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito (L front) and Empress Michiko, followed by Crown Prince Naruhito (R in background) and Prince Akishino, walk toward guests during an autumn garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2014. Around 2,100 guests were invited to the garden party hosted by the emperor and empress.

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Emperor, empress host autumn garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko talk with Akira Kano, Sochi Paralympics alpine skiing gold medalist, during an autumn garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2014. Around 2,100 guests were invited to the garden party hosted by the emperor and empress.

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Emperor, empress host autumn garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito (L in front) and Empress Michiko, followed by Crown Prince Naruhito (R in 2nd line) and Prince Akishino, walk toward guests during an autumn garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2014. Around 2,100 guests were invited to the garden party hosted by the emperor and empress.

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Emperor, empress host autumn garden party

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito (R, foreground) and Empress Michiko walk toward guests during an autumn garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2014. Around 2,100 guests were invited to the garden party hosted by the emperor and empress.

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Battery-powered train runs for 8.5 km

AKITA, Japan - A train made of specially hardened cardboard and powered by 99 D-size dry cell batteries runs on a disused rail line in the city of Odate in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2014. The train, developed by Panasonic Corp. to highlight the performance of the company's latest dry cell batteries, ran for 8.5 kilometers in two hours carrying around 10 elementary school children. A total of 34 children rode the train in turns.

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Battery-powered train runs for 8.5 km

AKITA, Japan - A train made of specially hardened cardboard and powered by 99 D-size dry cell batteries runs on a disused rail line in the city of Odate in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2014. The train, developed by Panasonic Corp. to highlight the performance of the company's latest dry cell batteries, ran for 8.5 kilometers in two hours carrying around 10 elementary school children. A total of 34 children rode the train in turns.

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Battery-powered train runs for 8.5 km

AKITA, Japan - A train made of specially hardened cardboard and powered by 99 D-size dry cell batteries runs on a disused rail line in the city of Odate in Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2014. The train, developed by Panasonic Corp. to highlight the performance of the company's latest dry cell batteries, ran for 8.5 kilometers in two hours carrying around 10 elementary school children. A total of 34 children rode the train in turns.

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Princess Mako attends int'l book fair in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Mako (C), the eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, listens to an explanation at a Malaysian booth at the Tokyo International Book Fair in Tokyo on July 2, 2014. Princess Mako serves as honorary president of the fair in which around 1,530 publishing companies from 25 countries are taking part.

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Princess Mako attends int'l book fair in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Mako (C), the eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, attends a tape-cutting ceremony to open the Tokyo International Book Fair in Tokyo on July 2, 2014. Princess Mako serves as honorary president of the fair in which around 1,530 publishing companies from 25 countries are taking part.

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Japan experiences spring-like warmth

TOKYO, Japan - People walk without wearing jackets in Tokyo's Ginza district on Feb. 2, 2013, when Japan experienced spring-like warmth. The mercury rose to around 20 C in the Tokyo metropolitan area and the Kansai region in western Japan, levels normally seen in March to April.

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Japan experiences spring-like warmth

TOKYO, Japan - People walk without wearing jackets in Tokyo's Ginza district on Feb. 2, 2013, when Japan experienced spring-like warmth. The mercury rose to around 20 C in the Tokyo metropolitan area and the Kansai region in western Japan, levels normally seen in March to April.

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Sand festival in Kagoshima

MINAMISATSUMA, Japan - Photo taken May 2, 2012, shows sculptures of sand of the Mouth of Truth (R) and other sightseeing spots in Rome to celebrate the movie ''Roman Holiday,'' on display as part of an annual sand festival in Minamisatsuma, Kagoshima Prefecture. The festival, which began the same day, showcases around 100 sculptures of sand from a local dune created by citizens and artists invited from abroad and featuring items and scenes from movies, plays and anime.

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Fire at Moscow skyscraper under construction

MOSCOW, Russia - Photo taken on the night of April 2, 2012, shows a fire at the top of a skyscraper under construction in Moscow City, a district of high-rise buildings in the Russian capital. The fire was extinguished several hours after it broke out around 8 p.m. No one was injured.

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Fire at Moscow skyscraper under construction

MOSCOW, Russia - Photo taken on the night of April 2, 2012, shows a fire at the top of a skyscraper under construction in Moscow City, a district of high-rise buildings in the Russian capital. The fire was extinguished several hours after it broke out around 8 p.m. No one was injured.

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NTT East employee held in bribery case

TOKYO, Japan - Police investigators enter the headquarters of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 2, 2012. A 36-year-old employee of the company was arrested the same day on suspicion of receiving around 1.3 million yen in kickbacks from a telecom-related company in connection with the regional telephone operator's Flet's TV business, police said.

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TSE system error temporarily suspends trading of 241 issues

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshinori Suzuki (2nd from L), chief information officer of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and other officials bow in apology during a press conference at the exchange in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012. The TSE said it halted trading of 241 issues, or around 10 percent of all issues listed on the bourse, from the start of the morning session due to a server glitch in its market data distribution system, causing a decline of around 5 percent in trading value.

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Nissan COO Shiga

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co.'s Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga explains the automaker's consolidated results for the April-September first half, when it posted a group net profit of 183.43 billion yen, down 12.0 percent from a year earlier, in Yokohama on Nov. 2, 2011. Shiga said its worldwide production could be cut by around 60,000 units due to the effects of supply chain disruptions stemming from the flooding in Thailand.

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People in Zawiyah, Libya

ZAWIYAH, Libya - A man on Sept. 2, 2011, points to the site where forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi dug up the bodies of protesters in Zawiyah, about 50 kilometers west of Tripoli. Gaddafi's troops destroyed a mosque after suppressing anti-Gaddafi protests and dug up the bodies of around 30 protesters buried near the mosque.

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People in Zawiyah, Libya

ZAWIYAH, Libya - People gather to pray on Sept. 2, 2011, at the ruins of a mosque flattened by Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Zawiyah, about 50 kilometers west of Tripoli. Gaddafi's troops destroyed the mosque after suppressing anti-Gaddafi protests and dug up the bodies of around 30 protesters buried near the mosque.

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Crown Prince Naruhito attends opening of Nippon Jamboree

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito addresses the opening ceremony of the 15th Nippon Jamboree hosted by the Scout Association of Japan in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2010. Boys from around 40 countries take part in the gathering.

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Crown Prince Naruhito attends opening of Nippon Jamboree

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito waves as he attends the opening ceremony of the 15th Nippon Jamboree hosted by the Scout Association of Japan in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2010. Boys from around 40 countries take part in the gathering.

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Japanese A-bomb survivors, mayors march for nuke-free world

NEW YORK, United States - The ''bombed Mary,'' a statue found around 500 meters from ground zero after the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, is placed on the altar during a mass at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in New York on May 2, 2010, a day before the U.N. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. The statue was brought to New York by Mitsuaki Takami, archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki.

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13th death anniversary of X JAPAN guitarist 'hide' marked

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony to mark the 13th death anniversary of popular rock band X JAPAN's lead guitarist Hideto Matsumoto, known as ''hide,'' is held at Tsukiji Hongan-ji, a Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple, in Tokyo on May 2, 2010. Around 35,000 people attended the ceremony. (Pool photo)

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Watches worth 300 mil. yen stolen from store in Tokyo's Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tenshodo, a watch and jewelry store in Tokyo's Ginza district, on Jan. 2, 2010. Around 200 high-end watches worth about 300 million yen were discovered the same day to have been stolen from the store.

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Watches worth 300 mil. yen stolen from store in Tokyo's Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - A hole (R, below) can be seen in the wall of Tenshodo, a watch and jewelry store in Tokyo's Ginza district, on Jan. 2, 2010. Around 200 high-end watches worth about 300 million yen were discovered the same day to have been stolen from the store.