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Fukushima nuclear plant chief feared catastrophe for eastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Pool photo taken Nov. 12, 2011, shows Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaking to reporters at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture. According to government documents obtained by Kyodo News on Aug. 30, 2014, Yoshida said in testimony before his death that he had feared catastrophic damage to eastern Japan while he was struggling to contain the crisis in March 2011. The government will release his 400-page testimony in September.

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Ozu to become Japan's top prosecutor

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Aug. 12, 2011, shows Hiroshi Ozu, chief of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office. Ozu will be promoted to Japan's prosecutor-general, or chief of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office, to replace Haruo Kasama, justice ministry and prosecution sources said on July 4, 2012.

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People in Mogadishu

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 12, 2011, shows a girl who fled from famine in her hometown and moved to Mogadishu, Somalia.

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People in Mogadishu

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds her malnourished child at a hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Aug. 12, 2011. The hospital room was filled with starving children.

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Ishikawa at PGA C'ship

JOHNS CREEK, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa is pictured during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Aug. 12, 2011.

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Ikeda at PGA C'ship

JOHNS CREEK, United States - Japan's Yuta Ikeda responds to cheers from spectators after sinking a birdie putt on the ninth hole during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Aug. 12, 2011.

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26th anniversary of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines President Masaru Onishi speaks to reporters at the site of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet crash at Osutaka Ridge in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2011, the 26th anniversary of the accident. Family members and friends of the 520 victims climbed to the mountain accident site to mark the anniversary of the crash, the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukushima at NEC Karuizawa 72

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Akiko Fukushima takes her second shot on the 11th hole during the first round of the NEC Karuizawa 72 in Nagano Prefecture on Aug. 12, 2011. Fukushima shot a 6-under 66 to hold a two-stroke lead after the first round.

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Japanese Badminton pair secure medal at worlds

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Satoko Suetsuna (L) and Miyuki Maeda play against Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii of Indonesia in their women's doubles quarterfinal match at the world badminton championships in London on Aug. 12, 2011. The Japanese pair defeated the Indonesian pair 21-15, 21-17 to become the first Japanese medalists at the worlds since 2007.

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U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan

HONG KONG, China - The U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan makes a port call in Hong Kong on Aug. 12, 2011. The inside of the nuclear-powered vessel was shown to the media the same day.

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26th anniversary of 1985 jumbo jet crash

UENO, Japan - Children ring a bell to pray for the souls of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash before a monument, which was built for repose of their souls, on the crash site called the ''Osutaka Ridge'' in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2011, the 26th anniversary of the accident. All but four of the 524 passengers and crew members were killed as the Boeing 747 from Tokyo to Osaka crashed into the mountain in Ueno. It remains the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history to date.

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26th anniversary of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Japan Airlines President Masaru Onishi offers a prayer on Aug. 12, 2011, in front of a memorial for the victims of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet crash in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on the 26th anniversary of the accident. The crash, the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history, claimed 520 lives. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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26th anniversary of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Family members of victims of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet crash, including actress Yukiko Maisaka (2nd from R), offer flowers and prayers during a memorial event in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2011, the 26th anniversary of the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history. Maisaka is a daughter of singer Kyu Sakamoto, known for the international hit song ''Sukiyaki,'' who was killed in the crash.

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26th anniversary of JAL jet crash

UENO, Japan - Family members of victims of the 1985 JAL jumbo jet crash commemorate the victims in front of stone tablets on which the victims' names are engraved in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2011, the 26th anniversary of the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history.

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Suu Kyi meets senior Myanmar official

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. Suu Kyi met with Labor and Relief Affairs Minister Aung Kyi in Yangon on Aug. 12, 2011, for the second time in less than three weeks, according to Myanmar government sources.

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Cabinet members OK new nuclear agency

TOKYO, Japan - Goshi Hosono, minister in charge of the nuclear crisis, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 12, 2011, after a meeting at which Prime Minister Naoto Kan and relevant Cabinet ministers agreed to set up a new nuclear safety agency under the Environment Ministry, in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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26th anniversary of 1985 jumbo jet crash

UENO, Japan - Relatives of victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash join their hands in prayers before a grave marking at the crash site called ''Osutaka Ridge'' in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2011, the 26th anniversary of the accident. All but four of the 524 passengers and crew members were killed as the Boeing 747 from Tokyo to Osaka crashed into the mountain in Ueno. It remains the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history to date.

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26th anniversary of 1985 jumbo jet crash

UENO, Japan - Children blow bubbles to pray for the souls of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash before a monument, which was built for repose of their souls, on the crash site called the ''Osutaka Ridge'' in the village of Ueno, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2011, the 26th anniversary of the accident. All but four of the 524 passengers and crew members were killed as the Boeing 747 from Tokyo to Osaka crashed into the mountain in Ueno. It remains the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history to date.