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Abe, Yudhoyono sign FTA, agree to tackle climate change

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hold a joint press conference after signing a bilateral free trade agreement and confirming a shared commitment to tackling global warming beyond 2012 at the presidential palace in Jakarta on Aug. 20.

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Japanese wins World Sudoku Championship in London

TOKYO, Japan - The UK Puzzle Association announces on Aug. 20, 2014, that Kota Morinishi (R), a Tokyo University Graduate School student, won the 2014 World Sudoku Championship held in London, Britain, earlier this month. The 25-year-old Japanese also won the 2012 International Sudoku Tournament in Beijing as shown in this file photo taken in May that year.

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Japan reach Women's U-20 World Cup semis

TOKYO, Japan - Japan players celebrate after beating South Korea 3-1 at National Stadium in Toyo on Aug. 30, 2012, to reach the semifinals of the Under-20 Women's World Cup soccer tournament for the first time.

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Wake for journalist killed in Syria

TSURU, Japan - Photo shows the altar for and a portrait of Mika Yamamoto, a Japanese journalist killed in Syria while covering the civil war there, at a wake held for her in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture on Aug. 27, 2012. Yamamoto, 45, an award-winning journalist, was shot dead Aug. 20 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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Body of journalist returns to her parents' home

TSURU, Japan - Koji Yamamoto, father of Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, who was killed in Syria while covering the civil war there, speaks in front of his home in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 26, 2012, after her body was carried there. The police conducted an autopsy earlier that day at a university hospital in Tokyo. Yamamoto, 45, an award-winning journalist, was shot dead Aug. 20 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo during a clash believed to have been between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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Young Nadeshiko beat Switzerland

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Hikaru Naomoto (8) scores her team's fourth goal on penalty kick during the second half of their Under-20 Women's World Cup Group A final game against Switzerland at National Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2012. Japan won 4-0, setting up a quarterfinal match with South Korea.

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Young Nadeshiko beat Switzerland

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Asuka Nishikawa (L back) scores her team's third goal during the second half of their Under-20 Women's World Cup Group A final game against Switzerland at National Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2012. Japan won 4-0, setting up a quarterfinal match with South Korea.

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Body of journalist returns to her parents' home

TSURU, Japan - A casket containing the body of Mika Yamamoto, a Japanese journalist killed in Syria while covering the civil war there, is carried into her parents' home in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, after police conducted an autopsy on Aug. 26, 2012 at a university hospital in Tokyo. Yamamoto, 45, an award-winning journalist, was shot dead Aug. 20 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo during a clash believed to have been between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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Young Nadeshiko beat Switzerland

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Yoko Tanaka scores her and her team's second goal on a free kick during the second half of their Under-20 Women's World Cup Group A final game against Switzerland at National Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2012. Japan won 4-0, setting up a quarterfinal match with South Korea.

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Young Nadeshiko beat Switzerland

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photos show Japan's Yoko Tanaka scoring her team's first goal on a free kick with her right foot during the first half (L) and the second on a free kick with her left during the second half (R) of an Under-20 Women's World Cup Group A final game against Switzerland at National Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2012. Japan won 4-0, setting up a quarterfinal match with South Korea.

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Young Nadeshiko beat Switzerland

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Yoko Tanaka scores her team's first goal on a free kick during the first half of their Under-20 Women's World Cup Group A final game against Switzerland at National Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2012. Japan won 4-0, setting up a quarterfinal match with South Korea.

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Young Nadeshiko beat Switzerland

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Yoko Tanaka scores her team's first goal on a free kick during the first half of their Under-20 Women's World Cup Group A final game against Switzerland at National Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2012. Japan won 4-0, setting up a quarterfinal match with South Korea.

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Police conduct autopsy on journalist killed in Syria

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying the body of Mika Yamamoto, a Japanese journalist killed in Syria while covering the civil war there, leaves a university hospital in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward after police conducted an autopsy on Aug. 26, 2012. Yamamoto, 45, an award-winning journalist, was shot dead Aug. 20 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo during a clash believed to have been between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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Police conduct autopsy on journalist killed in Syria

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2004 shows Mika Yamamoto, a Japanese journalist killed in Syria on Aug. 20, 2012, while covering the civil war there. Yamamoto, 45, an award-winning journalist, was shot dead in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo during a clash believed to have been between rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

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Candles lit for people of Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Parents and children enjoy the beauty of candle light at Fukushima Race Course in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 25, 2012. About 20,000 candles were lit, with messages of encouragement written on their holders by people from throughout Japan, during an event to encourage the people of Fukushima Prefecture, who are still suffering from the damage wrecked by the nuclear crisis following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Candles lit for people of Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Children enjoy the beauty of candle light at Fukushima Race Course in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 25, 2012. About 20,000 candles were lit, with messages of encouragement written on their holders by people from throughout Japan, during an event to encourage the people of Fukushima Prefecture, who are still suffering from the damage wrecked by the nuclear crisis following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Body of Japanese journalist killed in Syria returns home

NARITA, Japan - Japanese journalist Kazutaka Sato gives a news conference at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2012, after the body of his wife and colleague Mika Yamamoto arrived that day at the airport from Istanbul, accompanied by Sato and her relatives. Yamamoto was shot dead on Aug. 20 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo while covering the civil war.

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Body of Japanese journalist killed in Syria returns home

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a casket containing the body of Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2012, after it arrived at the airport from Istanbul. Yamamoto was shot dead on Aug. 20 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo while covering the civil war.

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Body of Japanese journalist killed in Syria returns home

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a casket containing the body of Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2012, after it arrived at the airport from Istanbul. Yamamoto was shot dead on Aug. 20 in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo while covering the civil war.

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Body of Japanese journalist killed in Syria returns home

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Rumi Shinagawa (L), elder sister of slain Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, and Yamamoto's husband and colleague Kazutaka Sato (R) speak to reporters at an airport in Istanbul on Aug. 24, 2012. They accompanied the body of Mika Yamamoto, who was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 while covering the civil war, back to Narita airport near Tokyo where they arrived on Aug. 25.

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Body of Japanese journalist killed in Syria returns home

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Rumi Shinagawa (L front), elder sister of slain Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, Yamamoto's husband and colleague Kazutaka Sato (2nd from L front) and Yamamoto's younger sister Kae Yamamoto (far R), head to an airport in Istanbul on Aug. 24, 2012. They accompanied the body of Mika Yamamoto, who was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 while covering the civil war, back to Narita airport near Tokyo where they arrived on Aug. 25.

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Japanese princess to study at Univ. of Edinburgh

NARITA, Japan - Princess Mako, a granddaughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, is seen at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, prior to her departure for Britain to study at the University of Edinburgh. The 20-year-old princess, the eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, will stay in Britain through late May 2013.

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Japanese princess to study at Univ. of Edinburgh

NARITA, Japan - Princess Mako, a granddaughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, is seen at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, prior to her departure for Britain to study at the University of Edinburgh. The 20-year-old princess, the eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, will stay in Britain through late May 2013.

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Relatives see body of Japanese journalist slain in Syria

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Photo taken Aug. 23, 2012, shows a mosque in Istanbul, where relatives of slain Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto saw her body the same say. Yamamoto was killed on Aug. 20, 2012, in Aleppo, northern Syria, while covering the civil war in the country.

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Relatives see body of Japanese journalist slain in Syria

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Kazutaka Sato, the common-law husband of Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, who was slain on Aug. 20, 2012, in Aleppo, northern Syria, while covering the civil war in the country, speaks at a hotel in Istanbul on Aug. 23, 2012. Relatives of Yamamoto saw her body earlier on Aug. 23 in Istanbul, after it was airlifted from Kilis in southern Turkey near the border with Syria.

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Slain Japanese reporter's body transferred to Istanbul

KILIS, Turkey - Kazutaka Sato talks to his dead partner Mika Yamamoto after a casket containing her body arrives at an airport in southern Turkey, on Aug. 23, 2012, prior to its transfer by plane to Istanbul. Yamamoto, 45, was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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Slain Japanese reporter's body transferred to Istanbul

KILIS, Turkey - Kazutaka Sato (front R) carries a casket containing the body of his partner Mika Yamamoto from a hospital in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Aug. 23, 2012, prior to its transfer by plane to Istanbul. Yamamoto, 45, was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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Citizen Holdings President Tokura

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Tokura, president of Citizen Holdings Co., is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2012. Tokura said the company plans to acquire a luxury Swiss watch brand within three years, a move aimed at enhancing its competitive edge in key markets including China.

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Slain Japanese reporter's body arrives in Kilis

KILIS, Turkey - Photo shows the covered body of slain Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, as it arrives at a hospital in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Aug. 22, 2012. Yamamoto, 45, was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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Japan draw with New Zealand in U-20 Women's World Cup

RIFU, Japan - Japan's Ayaka Michigami (13) heads her team's second goal against New Zealand during the second half of a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Group A match at Miyagi Stadium in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2012. Japan and New Zealand drew 2-2.

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Japan draw with New Zealand in U-20 Women's World Cup

RIFU, Japan - Japan's Ayaka Michigami (13) heads her team's second goal against New Zealand during the second half of a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Group A match at Miyagi Stadium in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2012. Japan and New Zealand drew 2-2.

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Japan draw with New Zealand in U-20 Women's World Cup

RIFU, Japan - Japan's Yoko Tanaka (C) scores her team's first goal against New Zealand, which hit Bridgette Armstrong (2) en route, during the first half of a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Group A match at Miyagi Stadium in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2012. Japan and New Zealand drew 2-2.

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Japan draw with New Zealand in U-20 Women's World Cup

RIFU, Japan - Japan's Yoko Tanaka (L front) scores her team's first goal against New Zealand during the first half of a FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Group A match at Miyagi Stadium in the town of Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 22, 2012. Japan and New Zealand drew 2-2.

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N. Korea showcases development at Rason economic zone

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken Aug. 20, 2012, shows the No. 3 Pier at Rajin Port in the special economic zone of Rason in the northeast of North Korea. North Korea gave Kyodo News a tour of the port, where construction projects are under way with Chinese and Russian help to upgrade port facilities.

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Journalist Yamamoto dead in Syrian clash

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2005 shows Mika Yamamoto, an award-winning veteran Japanese journalist, speaking about the significance of female journalists covering war, during a symposium in Tokyo. Yamamoto, 45, while covering the civil war in Syria, died Aug. 20, 2012, while accompanying the rebel Free Syrian Army, the Japanese government said Aug. 21. She was killed in Aleppo in northern Syria, during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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Journalist Yamamoto dead in Syrian clash

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Mika Yamamoto, an award-winning veteran Japanese journalist. Yamamoto, 45, while covering the civil war in Syria, died Aug. 20, 2012, while accompanying the rebel Free Syrian Army, the Japanese government said Aug. 21. She was killed in Aleppo in northern Syria, during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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Japanese students from quake-hit areas wind up U.S. trip

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures in northeastern Japan that were badly hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster present a report during a gathering in Washington on Aug. 20, 2012, wrapping a mini-tour of the United States.

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Kagawa makes Premier League debut

LIVERPOOL, Britain - Shinji Kagawa (L) makes his Premier League debut with Manchester United during the first half of a match against Everton in Liverpool, England, on Aug. 20, 2012. To the right is teammate Wayne Rooney. United lost 1-0.

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Personal effects of Korean victims of Japan's forced labor

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken in Seoul on Aug. 20, 2012, shows the personal effects of victims of forced mobilization by Japanese authorities in Korea while the peninsula was under Japanese rule between 1910 and 1945, gathered and unveiled by the Commission on Verification and Support for the Victims of Forced Mobilization under Japanese Colonialism in Korea, a South Korean government agency. The agency said the same day around 226,000 people had registered as victims of the forced mobilization since a fact-finding investigation began in 2005.

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Tokyo Tower in Olympic colors

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 20, 2012, from the observatory of the Roppongi Hills commercial complex in Tokyo's Minato Ward shows Tokyo Tower lit in Olympic colors, with illuminations in blue, green, red and yellow, and the unilluminated part at the top representing black. The tower was lit up in the colors to commemorate a parade by Japanese Olympic athletes held the same day in the Ginza district of the Japanese capital.

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International trade fair in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An international trade fair opens in the special economic zone of Rason, northeastern North Korea, on Aug. 20, 2012.

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Chinese politician's wife gets suspended death sentence

HEFEI, China - People enter the courthouse in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei on Aug. 20, 2012, to sit in on the trial of Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Chinese Communist Party boss Bo Xilai. The court sentenced Gu to death with a two-year reprieve for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.

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Personal effects of Korean victims of Japan's forced labor

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken in Seoul on Aug. 20, 2012, shows the personal effects of victims of forced mobilization by Japanese authorities in Korea while the peninsula was under Japanese rule between 1910 and 1945, gathered and unveiled by the Commission on Verification and Support for the Victims of Forced Mobilization under Japanese Colonialism in Korea, a South Korean government agency. The agency said the same day around 226,000 people had registered as victims of the forced mobilization since a fact-finding investigation began in 2005.

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PM Noda meets Olympic athletes

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) poses for a photo with Homare Sawa (L), a star of Japan's women's soccer team, and three-time champion wrestler Saori Yoshida, as the government honors Japan's Olympic athletes at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Chinese politician's wife gets suspended death sentence

HEFEI, China - Police officers march in front of the courthouse in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei on Aug. 20, 2012. The court sentenced Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Chinese Communist Party boss Bo Xilai, the same day to death with a two-year reprieve for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood.

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Myanmar ends censorship of local print media

YANGON, Myanmar - Local journalists stage a demonstration in Yangon on Aug. 4, 2012, calling for the end of media censorship after the Myanmar government ordered the temporary suspension of two local weekly papers. The government announced on Aug. 20 that it has decided to abolish censorship of the country's print media.

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Japan Olympic medalists parade in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese gymnasts Kohei Uchimura (L) and Kazuhito Tanaka wave during a parade by Olympic athletes in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on Aug. 20, 2012. Some 500,000 people filled the streets of the district in central Tokyo for the parade celebrating Japan's London 2012 Olympians, whose 38-medal haul was the country's largest total from a single Olympic Games. (Pool photo)

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Park elected S. Korea ruling party presidential candidate

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye, a senior lawmaker of South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party and a daughter of former President Park Chung Hee, smiles at a party convention held on the outskirts of Seoul on Aug. 20, 2012, after being chosen as the party's candidate for the Dec. 19 presidential election.

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Park elected S. Korean ruling party presidential candidate

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye, a senior lawmaker of South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party and a daughter of former President Park Chung Hee, delivers a speech at a party convention held on the outskirts of Seoul on Aug. 20, 2012, after being chosen as the party's candidate for the Dec. 19 presidential election.

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Crown prince's family

NASUSHIOBARA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L), his wife Crown Princess Masako (R) and their 10-year-old daughter Princess Aiko wave at a crowd upon their arrival at JR Nasushiobara station in Tochigi Prefecture on Aug. 20, 2012. The family will spend about two weeks at a local imperial villa, where they vacation every summer. (Pool photo)