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Elizabeth Saunders Home

LOS ANGELES, United States - Kei LaFleur (L) and Midori Acker hold a photo of Miki Sawada, the founder of the Elizabeth Saunders Home in Japan. Both women spent time at the orphanage and met in person for the first time at Acker's home in Kerrville, Texas on Aug. 19, 2014.

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Seiko's new Astron series shown in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Shinji Hattori (L), chairman and group CEO of Seiko Holdings Corp., and Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic show off Seiko Watch Corp.'s new Astron series on Aug. 19, 2014, in New York. The new series went on sale Sept. 19.

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Indian doctor posts photos of children born via surrogacy

MUMBAI, India - Anirruddha Malpani, a fertility specialist at the Malpani Infertility Clinic, stands by photos of surrogate children delivered at his clinic in Mumbai, India, on Aug. 19, 2014.

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Surrogate mother in Mumbai, India

MUMBAI, India - A surrogate mother, with her back turned to the camera, is seen in Mumbai, India, on Aug. 19, 2014. The Indian government last year placed stricter regulations on foreign visitors seeking surrogacy services in the country.

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Official record of Emperor Hirohito's life

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 19, 2014, shows part of the official record of the 87-year life of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa. On Sept. 9, the Imperial Household Agency released the 61-volume record after spending 24 years compiling it. (Pool photo)

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Mementos left by Godzilla movie art director on display

FUKUOKA, Japan - A visitor watches pictures displayed in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 19, 2014, as part of mementos left by the late Yasuyuki Inoue, a Japanese art director of special effects involved in the production of Godzilla movies.

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Work room of Godzilla movie art director exhibited

FUKUOKA, Japan - The work room of the late Yasuyuki Inoue, a Japanese art director of special effects involved in the production of Godzilla movies, is displayed on Aug. 19, 2014, at an exhibition of his mementos in Koga, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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River floodgate blamed for sagging eel population

TSUKUBA, Japan - A floodgate at the mouth of the Hitachi-Tonegawa River flowing from Lake Kasumigaura in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, is shown on Aug. 19, 2014. The floodgate reportedly blocks eel fry from entering the lake, contributing to a decline in the eel population.

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Draw ceremony for Incheon Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - A ceremony for the draw for team sports at the Incheon Asian Games 2014 takes place in Incheon, South Korea, on Aug. 21, 2014. The Asian Games will open on Sept. 19, 2014.

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Protesters march against killing of African-American teen

FERGUSON, United States - Protesters march along a street in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 19, 2014, in protest against the killing of an unarmed African-American teenager by a Caucasian police officer on Aug. 9.

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U.S. National Guard deployed to defuse chaos in Ferguson

FERGUSON, United States - Missouri National Guard troops stand beside a combat vehicle in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 19, 2014, after the city attracted demonstrators protesting the killing of an unarmed African-American teenager by a Caucasian police officer on Aug. 9.

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Exhibit in Osaka reviews racial discrimination in soccer

OSAKA, Japan - An exhibition is under way at the Osaka Human Rights Museum in Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 19, 2014, to raise awareness of racial discrimination in football games. The exhibition, running until Sept. 20, is the first sport-related event in the museum's history of about 30 years.

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Japanese student peace envoys deliver anti-nuke signatures to U.N.

GENEVA, Switzerland - Masaki Koyanagi (C), one of 20 Japanese high school students visiting the United Nations Office in Geneva, hands over a stack of signatures collected in a campaign calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons to the deputy secretary general of the Conference on Disarmament on Aug. 19, 2014.

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Japanese student peace envoys deliver anti-nuke signatures to U.N.

GENEVA, Switzerland - A group of Japanese high school students serving as peace envoys pose for photos after delivering about 130,000 signatures, collected during a campaign calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons, at the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on Aug. 19, 2014.

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N. Korean team arrives in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean delegation arrives at Incheon's airport, west of Seoul, on Aug. 19, 2014, to participate in events beginning the following day prior to the 17th Incheon Asian Games. The Games will be held from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4.

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Ceremony marks 25th anniversary of 'Pan-European Picnic'

SOPRON, Hungary - People cross the border from Hungary into Austria on Aug. 19, 2014, in a ceremony near the Hungarian town of Sopron to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the "Pan-European Picnic" that enabled a large number of East German citizens to flee to Austria, paving the way for pulling down the Iron Curtain.

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Nagasaki student peace envoy attends disarmament confab

GENEVA, Switzerland - Masaki Koyanagi (L), one of 20 Japanese high school students visiting the United Nations Office at Geneva, attends the Conference on Disarmament with Japanese Ambassador Toshio Sano on Aug. 19, 2014.

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Long queue of trucks at Turkey checkpoint bordering Syria

KILIS, Turkey - Many trucks carrying chiefly construction materials wait in a long queue to pass through a border crossing in southern Turkey bordering Syria on Aug. 19, 2014, three days after the abduction of a Japanese by Islamic State militants was announced.

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Junior high schoolers from disaster-hit areas hold summit

KOBE, Japan - Two students (far R) of Yotsukura junior high school from Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, talks about the degree of recovery from the 2011 earthquake that hit northeastern Japan during a "summit of junior high school students in disaster-stricken areas" in Kobe, western Japan, on Aug. 19, 2014. The gathering was joined by 13 schools from six prefectures, including Nagasaki where pyroclastic flows from Mt. Unzen killed scores of people in 1991.

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Site of border crossing near Syria shown

KILIS, Turkey - The Oncupinar border crossing in southern Turkey, through which Japanese businessman Haruna Yukawa allegedly captured by Islamic State militants is believed to have entered Syria, is shown in this photo taken on Aug. 19, 2014.

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Japan to decide in 2015 on nuclear share of power generation

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) attends a government meeting on national energy policy on Aug. 19, 2014, in Tokyo, Japan. He said Japan aims to decide the percentage of electricity to be generated by nuclear power by late 2015.

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Japanese mascot figure helps sales at Taiwan's 7-Eleven

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima (L) is flanked by the southwestern Japanese prefecture's popular mascot character Kumamon holding an "OPEN-chan" doll, a mascot of 7-Eleven stores in Taiwan, in Taipei on Aug. 19, 2014. The prefecture and President Chain Store Corp., Taiwan's operator of 7-Eleven stores, agreed the same day to collaborate for the sale of 25 Kumamon-bearing items at the stores.

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Minister checks barrier-free environment at station

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Sakurada, senior vice minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, passes in a wheelchair through a ticket gate at East Japan Railway Co.'s Sendagaya Station in Tokyo on Aug. 19, 2014, to check the environment for physically disabled people prior to the 2020 Olympic Games.

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Minister checks barrier-free environment at Narita airport

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshitaka Sakurada, senior vice minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology, rides a wheelchair to check the environment for physically disabled people at Narita International Airport on Aug. 19, 2014, prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

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Kintetsu Real Estate unveils 'Home for 2020'

OSAKA, Japan - Kintetsu Real Estate Co. displays a model "Home for 2020" for a family of middle-aged or older parents with an unmarried child to the press in Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 19, 2014, amid the prospect of such families increasing due to the aging population and fewer children in Japan.

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Paper-made statue of Buddhist figure repaired at Japan temple

NARA, Japan - A paper statue of the bodhisattva Ksitigarbha, believed to date from the 18th century, is shown after repair work to the press at the Gangoji Institute for Research of Cultural Property at Gango-ji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Aug. 19, 2014. Paper statues are said to have been affordable even to ordinary people.

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Condo developer Daikyo unveils 'Home for 2020'

OSAKA, Japan - Condominium developer Daikyo Inc. displays a model "Home for 2020" for a family of middle-aged or older parents with an unmarried child to the press in Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 19, 2014, amid the prospect of such families increasing due to the aging population and fewer children in Japan.

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Japan, U.S. conduct joint rescue drill in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - Soldiers of U.S. Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, and local Japanese firefighters carry "injured" people at the port of Mutsuogawara in the prefecture's Rokkasho village on Aug, 19, 2014, during a joint drill on the assumption that an F-16 fighter of the base crashed, injuring 11 people. Japan Coast Guard members and local Japanese police also took part.

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Defense official explains Osprey transfer plan to fishermen

SAGA, Japan - Akihiro Tsuchimichi (R), head of the Kyushu Defense Bureau, explains a plan to transfer MV-22 Osprey military transport aircraft from Okinawa to Saga airport in the southwestern prefecture of Saga to a senior official of a local fisheries cooperative in Saga city on Aug. 19, 2014.

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Triage decision in Japan-U.S. joint drill

AOMORI, Japan - Soldiers of U.S. Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, and local Japanese firefighters simulate the confirmation of a triage decision to determine the priority of patients for treatment based on the severity of their conditions during their joint drill at the port of Mutsuogawara in the prefecture's Rokkasho village on Aug. 19, 2014.

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Confiscated packs of dried hemp displayed at police station

SAITAMA, Japan - Many packs of dried hemp, confiscated from a building in Tokyo, are displayed at a police station in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 19, 2014.

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Saga governor speaks to press about Osprey transfer plan

SAGA, Japan - Saga Governor Yasushi Furukawa answers questions at a regular press conference on Aug. 19, 2014, about a plan to transfer MV-22 Osprey military transport aircraft to Saga airport in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, from Okinawa.

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Main stadium for Incheon Asian Games ready for opening

INCHEON, South Korea - The main stadium for the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, is ready for the opening ceremony on Sept. 19, 2014, as seen in this file photo taken on Aug. 5.

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Koshien Stadium marks 90th anniversary

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - The second game of Japanese professional baseball's annual all-star series takes place at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on July 19, 2014. The stadium commemorated the 90th anniversary of its opening on Aug. 1.