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6th anniversary of U.S. copter crash in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Doves are released during a ceremony marking the sixth anniversary of the crash of a military helicopter from the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station on the campus of Okinawa International University in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 13, 2010. Participants at the ceremony called for the suspension of all flights by U.S. military aircraft.

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Mariners' Ichiro hits 2 singles, 3 strikeouts against Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki singles to center in the third inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Aug. 13, 2010. Ichiro hit two singles and had three strikeouts as his team won 3-2.

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Mariners' Ichiro hits 2 singles, 3 strikeouts against Indians

CLEVELAND, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki hits an infield single to short in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Aug. 13, 2010. Ichiro hit two singles and had three strikeouts as his team won 3-2.

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Forex counters crowded amid strong yen

OSAKA, Japan - People queue at a foreign exchange counter to convert their yen in Osaka on Aug. 13, 2010, amid the recent strengthening of the Japanese currency.

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6th anniversary of U.S. copter crash in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - People take part in a ceremony near a charred tree to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the crash of a military helicopter from the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station on the campus of Okinawa International University in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 13, 2010.

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Samurai on steel horses

HAKODATE, Japan - A troop of ''samurai'' bikers wait to make runs during a history festival in the town of Matsumae, Hokkaido, on Aug. 13, 2010.

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N. Korea envoy lashes out at Japan

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Song Il Ho, North Korean ambassador for normalization talks with Japan, speaks during an interview at a hotel in Pyongyang on Aug. 13, 2010. Song said North Korea is ''disappointed'' by Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's recent apology only to South Korea over Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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N. Korea envoy lashes out at Japan

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Song Il Ho, North Korean ambassador for normalization talks with Japan, speaks during an interview at a hotel in Pyongyang on Aug. 13, 2010. Song said North Korea is ''disappointed'' by Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's recent apology only to South Korea over Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

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Brazil group calls for continued JAL flights to Sao Paulo

TOKYO, Japan - Kokei Uehara (L), honorary chairman of the Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture and Social Services, meets with senior vice transport minister Taizo Mikazuki at the transport ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2010. Uehara asked Mikazuki to help Japan Airlines Corp., currently undergoing state-backed rehabilitation, to review a plan to suspend flights to Sao Paulo from September.

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4 Japanese killed in traffic accident in Abu Dhabi

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A spokesman for JGC Corp. answers questions from reporters about a car accident in the United Arab Emirates that killed three of its Japanese employees and another of an affiliate, at the company's headquarters in Yokohama on Aug. 13, 2010. Five people, including the four Japanese, were killed in Abu Dhabi, after the minivan carrying them slammed into a trailer truck on Aug. 11.

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Pyongyang amusement park in full swing

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans go on a ride at Pyongyang's Kaeson Youth Park, which was refurbished earlier in the year, on Aug. 13, 2010. According to its guide, the park featuring six new rides has 5,000 visitors a day.

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Pyongyang amusement park in full swing

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Customers fill a fast-food restaurant in Pyongyang's Kaeson Youth Park, which was refurbished earlier in the year, on Aug. 13, 2010. According to its guide, the park featuring six new rides has 5,000 visitors a day.

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Pyongyang amusement park in full swing

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A North Korean woman takes a picture with a digital camera at Pyongyang's Kaeson Youth Park, which was refurbished earlier in the year on Aug. 13, 2010. According to its guide, the park featuring six new rides has 5,000 visitors a day.

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Hoaglund, director of film 'Anpo' on Japan-U.S. security pact

TOKYO, Japan - Linda Hoaglund who directed the documentary film ''Anpo,'' poses in front of a movie poster in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Aug. 13, 2010. Hoaglund said she will be happy if her film offers viewers in Japan a chance to think about what kind of future they want to build.

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Japan gear up for world blind soccer c'ship

NARITA, Japan - Members of Japan's national team for the World Blind Football Championship pose at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Aug. 13, 2010, prior to departing for Britain to participate in the event.