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Halilhodzic's job is safe, JFA says

TOKYO, Aug. 10 Kyodo - Japan Football Association technical director Masahiro Shimoda (R) speaks to reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 10, 2015, after returning from the country's last-place outing at the four-team East Asian Cup in Wuhan, China. Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic will not be losing his job any time soon, Shimoda said.

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Underground shelter of Imperial Japanese Army

TOKYO, Aug. 10 Kyodo - The Defense Ministry unveils to the press on Aug. 10, 2015, an underground shelter, built during World War II by the Imperial Japanese Army, within the ministry's premises in Tokyo's Ichigaya area.

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One-year anniversary of shooting death of Michael Brown

FERGUSON, Missouri, Aug. 10 Kyodo - People march in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9, 2015, the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown by a white Ferguson police officer that provoked violent riots.

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Utility shows procedures for resuming Sendai reactor

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan, July 14 Kyodo - A Kyushu Electric Power Co. official explains to reporters about the procedures for resuming the No. 1 reactor of its Sendai Nuclear Power Station in the southwestern Japanese city of Satsumasendai on July 14, 2015. The utility plans to reactivate the reactor around Aug. 10 to generate and transmit electricity around Aug. 13.

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Man shows photos of B-29s crashed in 1945

SENDAI, Japan - Hiroshi Kawamata speaks in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2014, about his experience with showing pictures of U.S. B-29 bombers taken four months after they crashed on the ridge of Mt. Fubo in Shiraishi, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 1945, the day of the so-called Great Tokyo Air Raids. Residents in the city are planning to hold a memorial service for 34 crew members killed in the three B-29 crashes, in 2015, the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War.

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Tax hike legislation enacted in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2012, after parliament passed legislation to double the 5-percent sales tax rate by October 2015.

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Tax hike legislation enacted in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers vote on a bill to raise the consumption tax rate during a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2012. The contentious legislation to double the 5-percent sales tax rate by October 2015 was passed by the upper chamber.

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Thousands protest against resumption of U.S. base relocation work

About 3,800 people protest in front of the gates of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2015, against the Japanese government's plan to resume work for the planned relocation of a U.S. military base. Tokyo suspended the work for a month from Aug. 10 as part of efforts to defuse tensions with the local authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Thousands protest against resumption of U.S. base relocation work

People protest in front of the gates of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 5, 2015, against the Japanese government's plan to resume work for the planned relocation of a U.S. military base. Tokyo suspended the work for a month from Aug. 10 as part of efforts to defuse tensions with the local authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese fishing boat returns home after Russia's seizure

Photo taken Sept. 1, 2015, at a port in Japan's northeastern city of Nemuro shows a Japanese salmon fishing boat, the Hoko Maru No. 10, which was seized by Russian authorities in July for fishing more than its quota. It was allowed to leave Kunashiri, one of the Russian-held islands claimed by Japan, on Aug. 31, and returned home with its 11 crew members. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Yankees' Tanaka goes 7 innings to earn 10th win

New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka pitches during a game against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field in Atlanta on Aug. 28, 2015. The team's 15-4 win against the Braves made Tanaka the fourth Japanese pitcher to earn 10-plus wins in each of his first two seasons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Yankees' Tanaka goes 7 innings to earn 10th win

New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka pitches during a game against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field in Atlanta on Aug. 28, 2015. The team's 15-4 win against the Braves made Tanaka the fourth Japanese pitcher to earn 10-plus wins in each of his first two seasons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Otani throws 8 shutout innings for 13th win

Shohei Otani pitches in the Nippon Ham Fighters' 3-0 victory over the Seibu Lions at Sapporo Dome on Aug. 26, 2015. Otani struck out 10 batters en route to his Japanese baseball-leading 13th win of the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jubilant Tokaidai Sagami battery hugs each other after victory

Tokaidai Sagami pitcher Shinnosuke Ogasawara (R) and catcher Ren Nagakura embrace each other in celebration after the team from Kanagawa Prefecture beat Miyagi Prefecture's Sendai Ikuei 10-6 in a breathtaking final of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 20, 2015. It was the school's first title in 45 years and its second overall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokaidai Sagami wins second national HS baseball title

Elated Tokaidai Sagami players gather at the pitcher's mound after the team from Kanagawa Prefecture beat Miyagi Prefecture's Sendai Ikuei 10-6 in the national high school baseball championship final at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 20, 2015. It was the school's first title in 45 years and its second overall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Self-made rocket lifts off in national high school rocketry contest

A rocket made by students lifts off in a national high school rocketry contest in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 17, 2015. The contest was joined by 10 teams from seven senior high schools in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aoki goes 3-for-5

San Francisco Giants outfielder Norichika Aoki hits a single during the first inning of a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 21, 2015. Aoki went 3-for-5 for his first three-hit game since June 10, and the Giants beat the Pirates 6-4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokaidai Sagami wins Japanese high school baseball c'ship

Players of Tokaidai Sagami celebrate after a 10-6 win over Sendai Ikuei in the final of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on Aug. 20, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. war veteran praises Japan's war-renouncing Constitution

U.S. war veteran Charles Butler, 87, a resident of the State of Colorado, says in an interview in San Diego, California, on Aug. 10, 2015, that he was never at the front of war while on duty in the U.S. Marine Corps. He commended Japan for maintaining the war-renouncing Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokaidai Sagami wins Japanese high school baseball c'ship

Players of Tokaidai Sagami celebrate after a 10-6 win over Sendai Ikuei in the final of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on Aug. 20, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hirosaki Castle tower raised off foundation to reconstruct stone walls

People watch on Aug. 16, 2015 the first such operation in 100 years to raise the three-story tower of Hirosaki Castle in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, off its foundation for repairs. The 14.4-meter high, 400-ton castle tower was raised 10 centimeters off its foundation by 27 hydraulic jacks, and will now be moved on carriages 70 meters by rail to allow its stone wall foundation to be reconstructed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hirosaki Castle tower raised to reconstruct stone walls

The three-story tower of Hirosaki Castle in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, is raised 10 centimeters off its foundation by 27 hydraulic jacks on Aug. 16, 2015, during the first "Hikiya" operation at the castle in 100 years. The 14.4-meter high, 400-ton castle tower will now be moved on carriages 70 meters by rail to allow its stone wall foundation to be reconstructed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman in Nagasaki offers paper cranes for friends

Shigeko Iwamoto, 86, offers 7,000 folded paper cranes at a memorial facility dedicated to victims of the 1945 bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of the southwestern Japanese city. She has made cranes every year since 10 years ago in memory of her friends who died while working at the same factory as she did when the bomb was dropped. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tazawa blows save vs Marlins in place of Uehara

Ichiro Suzuki singles to left field in the ninth inning of the Miami Marlins' 5-4, 10-inning win over the Boston Red Sox at Marlins Park on Aug. 11, 2015. Red Sox reliever Junichi Tazawa blew a one-run lead in the ninth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tazawa blows save vs Marlins in place of Uehara

Ichiro Suzuki singles to left field in the ninth inning of the Miami Marlins' 5-4, 10-inning win over the Boston Red Sox at Marlins Park on Aug. 11, 2015. Red Sox reliever Junichi Tazawa blew a one-run lead in the ninth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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15,000 fireworks set off for quake victims in 3 prefectures

Fireworks explode over the town of Ogatsu in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2015. About 15,000 fireworks were set off from 10 locations along the coasts of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures in memory of the victims of the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. More than 15,800 died and over 2,500 people remain listed as missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese soccer player Sawa ties the knot

Photo shows Japanese professional soccer player Homare Sawa. Sawa, 36, who led the Japan women's national team as captain when it won the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, announced Aug. 11, 2015, that she has tied the knot with a man in his 30s. She declined to reveal the name or release a photo of her husband whom she said has been a friend for the past 10 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World champion Seto suffering from right heel injury

Japanese swimmer Daiya Seto acknowledges the crowd after winning his second consecutive 400-meter individual medley title at the world championships in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 9, 2015. Seto will undergo tests for an injury to his right heel, a source familiar with the matter said on Aug. 10. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan foreign minister joins Asian colleagues in regional meetings

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from R) holds hands with his counterparts from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, China and South Korea in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 6, 2015, ahead of their regional meetings. On the far left is Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, while South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se is in the center. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cat stationmaster Tama remains popular 50 days after death

A Shinto ritual is held at Kishi train station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 10, 2015, 50 days after the death of Tama, a popular cat stationmaster of the station. The station continues to have many visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Park wants Abe statement to uphold views of past governments

South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Noh Kwang Il makes remarks in Seoul on Aug. 10, 2015, on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement to be issued later in the week on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. The South Korean ministry said that the Japanese government is urged to clearly state it is upholding the historical perception of past governments and resolve issues arising from the past history. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean, Thai foreign ministers hold talks in Bangkok

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong (L) and his Thai counterpart Gen. Tanasak Patimapragorn shake hands in Bangkok on Aug. 10, 2015. Ri is the first top North Korean diplomat to visit Thailand in a decade. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan set to restart nuclear reactor

Security guards stand in front of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2015. The company said it will restart the No. 1 reactor of the plant the following day, becoming the first Japanese utility to restart a reactor under a set of new tighter safety regulations adopted since the Fukushima meltdowns in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Transport safety board begins probe into shinkansen power failure

Photo taken Aug. 9, 2015, shows a scarred car of the Sakura 561 bullet train that has been stopped since it came to an emergency stop a day earlier due to a power failure. The Japan Transport Safety Board launched an investigation on Aug. 10 into the power failure on the train running in southwestern Japan. An aluminum panel had fallen off the second car of the eight-car train and apparently hit the train body, according to West Japan Railway Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe admits difficulties changing Constitution through formal process

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks in a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2015. Abe admitted difficulties changing the nation's Constitution through a formal amendment process given that a majority of the public is unlikely to support such a move. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Underground shelter of Imperial Japanese Army

The Defense Ministry unveils to the press on Aug. 10, 2015, an underground shelter, built during World War II by the Imperial Japanese Army, within the ministry's premises in Tokyo's Ichigaya area. At front is Defense Minister Gen Nakatani. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mechanics receive lecture ahead of 30th anniversary of plane crash

About 100 mechanics of the Japan Airlines group receive a lecture on the 1985 crash of a JAL flight, killing 520 people, next to the wreckage of the jumbo jet displayed at the airline's Safety Promotion Center at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 10, 2015, ahead of the 30th anniversary on Aug. 12 of the world's deadliest single-plane crash. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan set to restart nuclear reactor

Security guards stand in front of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2015. The company said it will restart the No. 1 reactor of the plant the following day, becoming the first Japanese utility to restart a reactor under a set of new tighter safety regulations adopted since the Fukushima meltdowns in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan set to restart nuclear reactor

Former Japanese Prime Minister and antinuclear advocate Naoto Kan makes a speech in front of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2015. The company said on Aug. 10 that it will restart the reactor the following day, the first Japanese utility to do so under a set of new, tighter safety regulations adopted since the Fukushima meltdowns in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo police begin recruitment activity by using digital signage

Digital signage installed at JR Tokyo Station encourages people to apply to become police officers under the Metropolitan Police Department on Aug. 10, 2015. The department will conduct recruitment activity until Aug. 16 using similar displays at major JR stations in the capital and across the nation ahead of its employment examination in September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan set to restart nuclear reactor

People stage a sit-in protest in front of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2015, as the company is set to restart the No. 1 reactor of the plant the following day, becoming the first Japanese utility to restart a reactor under a set of new tighter safety regulations adopted since the Fukushima meltdowns in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan set to restart nuclear reactor

Photo taken in July 2015 from a Kyodo News airplane shows the No. 1 reactor of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. The company said on Aug. 10 that it will restart the reactor the following day, the first Japanese utility to do so under a set of new tighter safety regulations adopted since the Fukushima meltdowns in 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Underground shelter of Imperial Japanese Army

The Defense Ministry unveils to the press on Aug. 10, 2015, an underground shelter, built during World War II by the Imperial Japanese Army, within the ministry's premises in Tokyo's Ichigaya area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mechanics receive lecture ahead of 30th anniversary of plane crash

About 100 mechanics of the Japan Airlines group receive a lecture on the 1985 crash of a JAL flight, killing 520 people, next to the wreckage of the jumbo jet displayed at the airline's Safety Promotion Center at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 10, 2015, ahead of the 30th anniversary on Aug. 12 of the world's deadliest single-plane crash. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mechanics receive lecture ahead of 30th anniversary of plane crash

About 100 mechanics of the Japan Airlines group observe a moment of silence to commemorate the 520 people killed in the 1985 crash of a JAL flight, next to the wreckage of the jumbo jet displayed at the airline's Safety Promotion Center at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 10, 2015. They received a lecture on the world's deadliest single-plane crash ahead of its 30th anniversary on Aug. 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Giant panda's third birthday

A birthday cake made of ice is given to Yuhin at the Adventure World leisure facility in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture on Aug. 10, 2015, to celebrate the female giant panda's third birthday. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't suspends work on relocating U.S. base within Okinawa

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane in March 2015 shows waters off the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, where the Japanese government plans to build a replacement facility for the Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma in the same prefecture. The Japanese government suspended work on Aug. 10, 2015, on the planned relocation of the U.S. military base for a month as part of efforts to defuse tensions with local authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't suspends work on relocating U.S. base within Okinawa

Protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 10, 2015, expressing their opposition to the Japanese government's plan to build a replacement facility in waters off the camp for the Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma in the same prefecture. The Japanese government suspended work the same day on the planned relocation of the U.S. military base for a month as part of efforts to defuse tensions with local authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyo Tire books 30 bil. yen in special loss over substandard devices

Takuji Yamamoto, president of Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., holds a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 10, 2015. The company said the same day it booked a special loss of 30.4 billion yen ($244 million) for the January to June period to cover costs to replace its substandard quake-absorbing devices. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Barnette locks down 1st monthly honor

Yakult Swallows closer Tony Barnette and second baseman Tetsuto Yamada pose for photos in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2015, as they were named the Central League pitcher and player of the month for July. Barnette saved all eight games he appeared in, while Yamada led the league with a .434 batting average, 10 home runs and 25 RBIs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo