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Fukushima nuke plant worker checked before taking break

TOKYO, Japan - A worker (R) at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant receives a check for detection of radioactive materials before taking a break inside a rest vehicle in this file photo taken on Aug. 13, 2014.

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Ferry service to end between north Japan and Sakhalin

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Heart Land Ferry Co.'s ferryboat linking Wakkanai in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido and Sakhalin in the Russian Far East is anchored at Wakkanai port on Aug. 13, 2014. The company announced the end of service between the two cities at the end of September due to a continuing deficit.

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Man speaks about Rausu 'kombu' sea tangle

KUSHIRO, Japan - Kazuaki Ida of the Rausu Fisheries Cooperative Association explains the attractiveness of local "kombu" sea tangle in Rausu Town on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 13, 2014. Tours to learn about "kombu," a specialty of Rausu, started in August before the 10th anniversary next year of Shiretoko's addition to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites.

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KFC chain stresses use of Japan-raised chickens only

TOKYO, Japan - A statute of Colonel Sanders holds a poster in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2014, saying the Kentucky Fried Chicken chain uses only chickens raised in Japan amid a food safety scandal in China.

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Kids enjoy shaved natural ice in Nikko, Japan

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Children and their mother enjoy eating bowls of shaved ice made from natural ice in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2014. Shaved natural ice is now regarded as a local summer specialty.

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Kurdish "peshmerga" forces rely on old weapons

ERBIL, Iraq - Photo shows members of Kurdish "peshmerga" forces in Makhmour, northern Iraq, on Aug. 13, 2014. A Soviet-made machinegun is seen mounted on the rear deck of a truck (back).

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Northern Iraqi residents hurriedly leave war-torn city

MAKHMOUR, Iraq - Residents in Makhmour, northern Iraq, go through a check point by car with household effects on Aug. 13, 2014, to escape from the recent escalation of a military conflict between Islamic militants and the Peshmerga forces of Kurdistan.

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Debris-littered street hit by U.S. airstrikes in Iraq

ERBIL, Iraq - Young people watch a battle-torn street of Makhmour, northern Iraq, on Aug. 13, 2014, following U.S. airstrikes against Islamic militants and the ensuing recapture of the town by the Peshmerga forces of Kurdistan.

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Battered restaurant in northern Iraq

MAKHMOUR, Iraq - The damaged inside of an upmarket restaurant in Makhmour, northern Iraq, is shown on Aug. 13, 2014, after the latest military exchanges between Islamic militants and the Peshmerga forces of Kurdistan aided by U.S. airstrikes.

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Japanese play Chopin ballade in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese pianist Ikuyo Nagata (R) and compatriot violinist Reiko Watanabe play a duet of Belgian musician Eugene Ysaye's transcription of the Chopin ballade No. 1 at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 13, 2014. It was the first time the legendary Belgian violinist's 100-year-old arrangement for the violin and piano has been played. Nagata "deciphered" Ysaye's musical notes over about three years.

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Sports cycling body wants permanent track in Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Brian Cookson, president of the Union Cycliste Internationale, calls on the organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games to build a permanent cycling track rather than a temporary course in an interview in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2014.

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S. Koreans demand justice from Japan for WWII sex slavery

SEOUL, South Korea - South Koreans, including women forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese military during World War II, gather in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Aug. 13, 2014, to demand an apology and compensation from Japan.

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Ota lobbies for Malaysia-Singapore high-speed rail project

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai speaks to Kyodo News after talks with Japanese transport minister Akihiro Ota in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Aug. 13, 2014. Ota lobbied for Japan's participation in a high-speed rail project linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

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N. Korea has new proposal for N.E. Asia: Natalegawa

JAKARTA, Indonesia - New North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong (L) talks with Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa in Jakarta on Aug. 13, 2014.

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Ota lobbies for Malaysia-Singapore high-speed rail project

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Visiting Japanese transport minister Akihiro Ota (L) and Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai shake hands prior to talks in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Aug. 13, 2014. Ota lobbied for Japan's participation in a high-speed rail project linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

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Stork flies to rice paddy in Yonago on Japan Sea coast

YONAGO, Japan - An Oriental white stork feeds in a rice paddy in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, on the Japan Sea coast on Aug. 13, 2014. Identification tags attached to both legs suggest that the bird flew from the Hyogo Park of the Oriental White Stork in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, where it left its nest in June.

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All-night 'Gujo Odori' dance festival starts

GUJO, Japan - An all-night "Gujo Odori" dance festival starts on Aug. 13, 2014 in Gujo, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. The four-day festival is designated as an important intangible folk cultural asset in the country.

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Torch relay for Asian Games starts in S. Korea's Incheon

INCHEON, South Korea - A woman holds up the 2014 Asian Games torch in Incheon, South Korea, on Aug. 13, 2014, as the torch relay started in the city. The torch will be relayed across the country before the Asian Games scheduled to begin in the city on Sept. 19.

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U.S. wanted impact appraisal for inland area in base transfer

TOKYO, Japan - An internal U.S. military document of April 2006, a copy of which was obtained by Kyodo News, shows that the United States wanted Japan to conduct an environmental impact assessment on an inland area in Okinawa Prefecture in connection with an agreement to relocate the U.S. Air Corps' Futenma air station in Ginowan to the Henoko district in Nago, as seen in this photo taken on Aug. 13, 2014.

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Torch relay for Asian Games starts in S. Korea's Incheon

INCHEON, South Korea - A woman holds up the 2014 Asian Games torch in Incheon, South Korea, on Aug. 13, 2014, as the torch relay started in the city. The torch will be relayed across the country before the Asian Games scheduled to begin in the city on Sept. 19.

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Okinawa university marks 10th anniv. of chopper crash

NAHA, Japan - Students and staff at Okinawa International University in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, gather on Aug. 13, 2014, in front of the stump of a tree burned down when a helicopter from the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station crashed onto its campus 10 years ago. They demanded that the U.S. base, located in the city center, be shut down without further delay.

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Imperial couple visits exhibit of objects unearthed in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (C) visit an exhibition of important archeological articles unearthed in Japan at the Edo-Tokyo Museum in Tokyo on Aug. 13, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Projection mapping starts at sand museum in western Japan

TOTTORI, Japan - A "3D projection mapping" project to display animated images on sand statues starts at the Sand Museum in Tottori, western Japan, on Aug. 13, 2014. The city is known for the Tottori Sand Dunes.

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Two holy flames for Asian Games combined for torch relay

INCHON, South Korea - Two holy flames, lit separately in Inchon, South Korea, and New Delhi, India, for the Asian Games opening in the South Korean city in September are carried forward to be combined in a ceremony on Aug. 13, 2014, ahead of the start of a torch relay.

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Torch relay for Asian Games starts in S. Korea's Incheon

INCHEON, South Korea - Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong Bok (L) and Kim Young Soo, executive president of the Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee, put together torches lit in New Delhi, India, and in Incheon during a ceremony in the South Korean city on Aug. 13, 2014, before the start of the torch relay for the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 Asian Games. The Olympic Council of Asia picked New Delhi for the occasion because it hosted the inaugural Asian Games in 1951.

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People protest base relocation plan in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - People sit in front of the gate of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2014, to protest the planned landfill work for the relocation of the Futenma air station in Ginowan to the Henoko district in the northern Okinawa city.

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Workers unload supplies for base relocation in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Workers unload what appear to be buoys from a truck near the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2014. The Japanese government has begun preparatory work for the relocation of the Futenma air station in Ginowan to the Henoko district in Nago.

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Mayor urges immediate removal of U.S. base

NAHA, Japan - Mayor Atsushi Sakima of Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, calls for the prompt removal of a major U.S. military base from the city at a press conference in his office on Aug. 13, 2014, on the 10th anniversary of a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crash at Okinawa International University. No local residents were hurt in the accident.

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Japanese economy to return to recovery path

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters on Aug. 13, 2014, in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after the government released GDP data for the April-June quarter. Abe said that the government will do its utmost to ensure the Japanese economy returns to a recovery path.

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Japanese economy to return to recovery path

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters on Aug. 13, 2014, in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after the government released GDP data for the April-June quarter. Abe said that the government will do its utmost to ensure the Japanese economy returns to a recovery path.

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Sumo wrestlers donate 'dohyo' ring to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - Members of the Association of Sumo Wrestlers pose with junior high-school students of tsunami-hit Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, at a ceremony to donate a "dohyo" ring to the northeastern Japanese city on Aug. 13, 2014, about three years and a half after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit the region.

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Summer holiday exodus peaks

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 13, 2014, shows a shinkansen platform at JR Tokyo station in Tokyo, Japan, crowded with travelers heading for their hometowns for the Buddhist Bon holidays. The return rush will come on Aug. 16 and 17.

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Summer holiday exodus peaks

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 13, 2014, shows a shinkansen platform at JR Tokyo station in Tokyo, Japan, crowded with travelers heading for their hometowns for the Buddhist Bon holidays. The return rush will come on Aug. 16 and 17.

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Japan's GDP shrinks annual 6.8% in April-June

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari attends a press conference on Aug. 13, 2014, at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo, after the government announced that the economy shrank an annualized real 6.8 percent in the April to June quarter, apparently due to the consumption tax hike on April 1.

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Summer holiday exodus peaks

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 13, 2014, shows a shinkansen platform at JR Tokyo station in Tokyo, Japan, crowded with travelers heading for their hometowns for the Buddhist Bon holidays. The return rush will come on Aug. 16 and 17.

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Sumo wrestlers donate 'dohyo' ring to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - Members of the Association of Sumo Wrestlers, including yokozuna Hakuho (3rd from R), mimic the pose of 19th-century grand champion Hidenoyama Raigoro depicted in a statue at Iwaisaki cape, which withstood the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in 2011, before a ceremony to donate a "dohyo" sumo ring to the city government of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 13, 2014.

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Sumo wrestlers donate 'dohyo' ring to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - A "dohyo" sumo ring donated to the municipal government of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by the Association of Sumo Wrestlers is shown ahead of a dedication ceremony on Aug. 13, 2014, about three years and a half after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit the region.

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'Dohyo' sumo ring donated to tsunami-hit town

KESENNUMA, Japan - A "dohyo" sumo ring donated to the municipal government of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, by the Association of Sumo Wrestlers is shown ahead of a dedication ceremony on Aug. 13, 2014, about three and a half years after the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami hit the region.