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Xinjiang aims for 12 percent GDP growth

URUMQI, China - Governor of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Nur Bekri speaks during an interview on Aug. 19, 2010, in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang. Nur said the region will aim for 12 percent economic growth in the five-year period starting in 2011, adding that economic development is the foundation to resolve all issues in the region.

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Coast guard's copter retrieved from sea

TADOTSU, Japan - The cockpit of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture is pulled from the water at the site of the accident, on Aug. 19, 2010, a day after the fatal crash that killed four and left one other missing.

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Totoro at nuclear power PR facility

IWAKI, Japan - A stuffed toy of Totoro is used to promote electricity conservation at a public relations facility for nuclear power plants in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2010. Studio Ghibli, known for releasing animated films featuring environmental issues, decided to withdraw a Ghibli character shop from the facility.

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Coast guard's copter retrieved from sea

TADOTSU, Japan - The cockpit of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture is pulled from the water at the site of the accident, on Aug. 19, 2010, a day after the fatal crash that killed four and left one other missing.

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Coast guard's copter retrieved from sea

TADOTSU, Japan - The cockpit of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture is moved from the water on to a vessel, at the site of the accident on Aug. 19, 2010, a day after the fatal crash that killed four and left one other missing.

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Coast guard's copter retrieved from sea

TADOTSU, Japan - The cockpit of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture is pulled from the water at the site of the accident, on Aug. 19, 2010, a day after the fatal crash that killed four and left one other missing.

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Coast guard's copter retrieved from sea

TADOTSU, Japan - The cockpit of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea off Sanagi Island in Kagawa Prefecture is pulled from the water at the site of the accident, on Aug. 19, 2010, a day after the fatal crash that killed four and left one other missing.

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (2nd from R) listens to former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L) speak at an intraparty gathering following a seminar by an intraparty group led by Hatoyama on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (4th from L) applauds during a speech by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (3rd from L) at a gathering following a seminar held by an intraparty group led by Hatoyama on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (C) applauds during a speech by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L) at a gathering following a seminar by an intraparty group led by Hatoyama on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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Ozawa considers whether to run in DPJ presidential election

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan kingpin Ichiro Ozawa (C) raises his cup with fellow DPJ lawmakers at a gathering following a seminar held by an intraparty group led by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (2nd from L) on Aug. 19, 2010, in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. Ozawa is reportedly considering whether he will run in the ruling party's presidential election in September.

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Coast guard's copter part retrieved from sea

TAKAMATSU, Japan - A rear part of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter which went down into the Seto Inland Sea was retrieved and carried to a coast guard base in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2010. Four people died and one went missing in the accident.

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Female senior mechanic of JAL

TOKYO, Japan - Miki Muto, the first female Japan Airlines mechanic in charge of final checkups on mid- to large-size passenger carriers, conducts checkups on an airplane prior to its departure at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 19, 2010.

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Japan envoy, Okinawa governor meet in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa (L) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima shake hands at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Aug. 19, 2010. Nakaima asked Niwa to help realize direct flights between Okinawa and Beijing to lure more Chinese tourists to the island prefecture.

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Family OKs organ donation from brain-dead man

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Doctors enter a hospital in western Japan to remove organs from a brain-dead man for transplant on Aug. 19, 2010. His family consented for the man's organs to be donated, although he had not expressed his intention to donate in writing, in the second such case in Japan under a revised transplant law.

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Coast guard apologizes for copter accident

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Toshihiro Hayashi, head of the Japan Coast Guard's 6th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, apologizes over a fatal coast guard helicopter accident in which four people were killed and one remains missing during a press conference at the headquarters in Hiroshima on Aug. 19, 2010.

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Search after coast guard copter crash

TADOTSU, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officers examine debris from a crashed coast guard helicopter in the Seto Inland Sea off the town of Tadotsu, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2010. The chopper crashed the previous day, leaving four of the five personnel on board dead and the remaining one missing.

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Probe of deadly copter crash

TADOTSU, Japan - The debris of a Japan Coast Guard helicopter is recovered from the sea off Sanagi Island in Tadotsu, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 19, 2010. Five people aboard were killed in the crash.

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Japan's Kagawa scores 2 goals in Europa League match

DORTMUND, Germany - Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa (R) vies for the ball with Garabagh Agdam defender Maksim Medvedev during a Europa League playoff in Dortmund, Germany, on Aug. 19, 2010. Kagawa from Japan scored two goals against the Azerbaijani club in the match including his first since joining the German club.

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Japan's Kagawa scores 2 goals in Europa League match

DORTMUND, Germany - Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa (R) is congratulated by teammates after scoring the opener against Garabagh Agdam in the 13th minute of a Europa League playoff in Dortmund, Germany, on Aug. 19, 2010. Kagawa from Japan scored two goals against the Azerbaijani club in the match including his first since joining the German club.

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Kitajima wins 100 breaststroke at Pan Pacs

IRVINE, United States - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima (C) celebrates after winning the 100-meter breaststroke final in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 19, 2010.

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Kitajima wins 100 breaststroke at Pan Pacs

IRVINE, United States - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima acknowledges the crowd after winning the 100-meter breaststroke final in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 19, 2010.

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Chinese aircraft carrier

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows a shipbuilding yard on Shanghai's Changxing Island on Aug. 19, 2010. China is believed to be starting construction on its first aircraft carrier at the plant shortly.

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Chinese aircraft carrier

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows a shipbuilding yard on Shanghai's Changxing Island on Aug. 19, 2010. China is believed to be starting construction on its first aircraft carrier at the plant shortly.

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Dressing up in Harajuku style

TOKYO, Japan - Two young women dress in Harajuku styles at a paid changing booth at the Uratake Girl's Style shop in the fashionable Tokyo area on Aug. 19, 2010.

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Chinese aircraft carrier

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows a shipbuilding yard on Shanghai's Changxing Island on Aug. 19, 2010. China is believed to be starting construction on its first aircraft carrier at the plant shortly.

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Japan grabs silver in 800 relay at Pan Pacs

IRVINE, United States - Sho Uchida, Japan's anchor in the men's 800-meter freestyle relay, dives into the pool at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 19, 2010. Japan won the silver.

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Japan grabs silver in 800 relay at Pan Pacs

IRVINE, United States - Takeshi Matsuda (R), Yoshihiro Okumura (C), Yuki Kobori (2nd from L) and Sho Uchida (down L) celebrate after Japan finishing second in the men's 800-meter freestyle relay at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 19, 2010.

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Koga wins 50-meter backstroke at Pan Pacs

IRVINE, United States - Japan's Junya Koga waves after winning the 50-meter backstroke final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 19, 2010.

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Koga wins 50-meter backstroke at Pan Pacs

IRVINE, United States - Japan's Junya Koga swims in the 50-meter backstroke final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 19, 2010. Koga won the gold.

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Kitajima wins 100 breaststroke at Pan Pacs

IRVINE, United States - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima (3rd from R), two-time Olympic breaststroke champion, dives into water at the start of the 100-meter breaststroke final in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 19, 2010. Kitajima won the gold.

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Kitajima wins 100 breaststroke at Pan Pacs

IRVINE, United States - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, two-time Olympic breaststroke champion, waves to crowds after winning the 100-meter breaststroke final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 19, 2010.

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Gov't prepares for chopper dispatch to flood-hit Pakistan

NARITA, Japan - Members of a Self-Defense Force advance team prepare to depart Narita airport for flood-hit Pakistan on Aug. 19, 2010. The Japanese government began preparing the same day for the dispatch of a helicopter unit to the region on a humanitarian relief mission.

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Kitajima wins 100 breaststroke at Pan Pacs

IRVINE, United States - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, two-time Olympic breaststroke champion, swims in the 100-meter breaststroke final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 19, 2010. Kitajima won the gold.

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Kitajima wins 100 breaststroke at Pan Pacs

IRVINE, United States - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, two-time Olympic breaststroke champion, swims in the 100-meter breaststroke final at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 19, 2010. Kitajima won the gold.

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Jimi, Volcker meet in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Financial Services Minister Shozaburo Jimi (L) meets former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker in New York on Aug. 19, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Matsui hits 3-run homer

BOSTON, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a three-run homer to right in the sixth inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 19, 2010. Matsui went 1-for-4 as the team won 7-2.

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Matsui hits 3-run homer

BOSTON, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui runs after hitting a three-run homer to right in the sixth inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 19, 2010. Matsui went 1-for-4 as the team won 7-2.

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Matsui hits 3-run homer

BOSTON, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a three-run homer to right in the sixth inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 19, 2010. Matsui went 1-for-4 as the team won 7-2.

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Kitajima at Pan Pacific C'shimps

IRVINE, United States - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, two-time Olympic breaststroke champion, swims in the men's 100-meter breaststroke qualifier at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 19, 2010. Kitajima advanced to the final.

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Kitajima at Pan Pacific C'shimps

IRVINE, United States - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, two-time Olympic breaststroke champion, swims in the men's 100-meter breaststroke qualifier at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Aug. 19, 2010. Kitajima advanced to the final.

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Return home from Haiti mission

CHITOSE, Japan - Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force meet colleagues and relatives as they arrived at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan, upon return from a reconstruction mission in quake-hit Haiti on Aug. 19, 2010, for rotation.

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Return home from Haiti mission

CHITOSE, Japan - Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force meet colleagues and relatives as they arrived at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan, upon return from a reconstruction mission in quake-hit Haiti on Aug. 19, 2010, for rotation.

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100,000th Hayabusa capsule viewer

TOKYO, Japan - Moe Nakajima, 11, (C) and her parents pose for photos in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2010, after she became the 100,000th viewer of a capsule taken back to Earth from the asteroid Itokawa by the Hayabusa unmanned space probe. The capsule has been exhibited in Kanagawa Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture and Tokyo since July. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, was examining particles found in a container in the capsule for asteroid surface samples.

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Vietnamese wins Fields Medal for 1st time

HYDERABAD, India - (From L to R) Elon Lindenstrauss, Stanislav Smirnov, Cedric Villani and Ngo Bao Chau pose for photos with Pratibha Patil (R), the president of India, after winning the Fields Medal on Aug. 19, 2010, at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Hyderabad, India. Chau became the first Vietnamese-born mathematician to win the prestigious prize.

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Japanese students present signatures for nuke disarmament

GENEVA, Switzerland - Japanese high school messengers of peace hand a representative of the U.N. Conference on Disarmaments some 75,000 signatures calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons, at the U.N. office in Geneva, Switzerland, on Aug. 19, 2010.

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U.S. boy calls for 'peace forest' in N. Korea trip

BEIJING, China - Jonathan Lee, a 13-year-old American, gets into a car while surrounded by reporters in Beijing on Aug. 19, 2010, after returning from a one-week trip to North Korea. Lee said he pushed an idea to create a ''children's peace forest'' in the demilitarized zone that divides North and South Korea.

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Japanese students present signatures for nuke disarmament

GENEVA, Switzerland - Masanori Aoki (standing,) a 17-year-old from Japan, delivers a speech to call on the abolishment of nuclear weapons at the U.N. office in Geneva, Switzerland, on Aug. 19, 2010. Six Japanese high school messengers of peace presented the U.N. Conference on Disarmaments with some 75,000 signatures supporting the cause.

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Chinese Vice President Xi meets with Nagasaki gov.

BEIJING, China - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R) and Nagasaki Gov. Hodo Nakamura speak during their meeting in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Aug. 19, 2010. Xi called for the promotion of exchanges between local regions of the two countries.

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Organs transported

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Organs removed from a brain dead man at a hospital in western Japan are transported on Aug. 19, 2010, for patients waiting for transplants. The man's family consented for his organs to be donated, although he had not expressed his intentions in writing, the second such case in Japan under a revised organ transplant law.