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Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at 88

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa receives a bouquet from a student after performing at a junior high school in Yamanouchi in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Aug. 2, 2010. Ozawa died at 88 on Feb. 6, 2024, of heart failure.

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Seiji Ozawa at work in Nagano

YAMANOUCHI, Japan - Seiji Ozawa receives a bouquet after conducting a concert at Yamanouchi Junior High School in the city of Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2010.

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Dodger's Kuroda allows homer vs. Padres

LOS ANGELES, United States - Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda pinches his nose after allowing a three-run homer by San Diego Padres outfielder Will Venable in the fourth inning at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2010. Kuroda logged his 10th loss of the season in a 10-5 defeat.

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Dodger's Kuroda takes 10th loss

LOS ANGELES, United States - Los Angeles Dodgers starting right hander Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2010. Kuroda logged his 10th loss of the season in a 10-5 defeat.

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Dodger's Kuroda records 10th loss

LOS ANGELES, United States - Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda looks down in the dugout after allowing five runs in four innings against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2010. Kuroda logged his 10th loss of the season in a 10-5 defeat.

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Dodger's Kuroda takes 10th loss

LOS ANGELES, United States - Los Angeles Dodgers starting right hander Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2010. Kuroda logged his 10th loss of the season in a 10-5 defeat.

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Dodger's Kuroda allows homer vs. Padres

LOS ANGELES, United States - Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda watches San Diego Padres outfielder Will Venable (behind) circling the bases after Venable hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2010. Kuroda logged his 10th loss of the season in a 10-5 defeat.

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N. Korea's Arirang mass games

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean performers dance near the flags of the country and China on the opening day of the annual Arirang mass games in Pyongyang on Aug. 2, 2010, with new scenes focusing on closer ties with China. Some 100,000 performers took part in the event, which runs through October.

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Dodger's Kuroda takes 10th loss

LOS ANGELES, United States - Los Angeles Dodgers starting right hander Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Aug. 2, 2010. Kuroda logged his 10th loss of the season in a 10-5 defeat.

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Aomori Nebuta Festival

AOMORI, Japan - A large float featuring samurai warriors, covered by a vinyl sheet due to rain, proceeds down a street during the Aomori Nebuta Festival in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 2, 2010.

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Greek woman runs 540-km memorial marathon

MARATHON, Greece - Greek long-distance runner Maria Polyzou (C) celebrates with friends on Aug. 2, 2010 in Marathon after completing a 540-kilometer Athens-Sparta-Marathon course. The Greek women's marathon record-holder ran for eight days to commemorate the 2,500th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon, in which a soldier ran from the battlefield to Athens to carry the news of a Greek victory.

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N. Korean, Indonesian foreign ministers meet

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun (R) emerge from their meeting in Jakarta on Aug. 2, 2010.

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N. Korea's Arirang mass games

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean performers hold up color cards to show a slogan wishing ''eternal friendship'' with China on the opening day of the Arirang mass games on Aug. 2, 2010, in Pyongyang. The first day's performances, with some 100,000 participants, included many new scenes focusing on closer ties with China.

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N. Korea's Arirang mass games

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean performers in costumes of North Korean and Chinese children and pandas, a symbolic animal of China, dance on the opening day of the Arirang mass games in Pyongyang on Aug. 2, 2010, with new scenes focusing on closer ties with China. Some 100,000 performers took part in the event, which runs through October.

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Aomori Nebuta Festival

AOMORI, Japan - A large float featuring samurai warriors, covered by a vinyl sheet due to rain, proceeds down a street during the Aomori Nebuta Festival in Aomori, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 2, 2010.

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U.N. head Ban commits to realize nuke-free world

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks during an interview at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Aug. 2, 2010, prior to his departure for Japan where he will visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ban expressed his commitment to realize a world without nuclear weapons within his lifetime.

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U.S., S. Korea discuss additional sanctions on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Robert Einhorn (R), special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control to the U.S. State Department, and Daniel Glaser, the Treasury Department's deputy assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, meet the press in Seoul on Aug. 2, 2010. They are visiting South Korea to discuss additional sanctions on North Korea.

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U.S., S. Korea discuss additional sanctions on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Robert Einhorn (front), special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control to the U.S. State Department, and Daniel Glaser (back), the Treasury Department's deputy assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, meet the press in Seoul on Aug. 2, 2010. They are visiting South Korea to discuss additional sanctions on North Korea.

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Matsui's 'No More Nagasakis' painting to be exhibited

NAGASAKI, Japan - Japanese painter Morio Matsui discusses his painting, ''No More Nagasakis,'' at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on Aug. 2, 2010. The 2.15-by-10 meter painting will be put on public display at the museum from Aug. 3 to 31.

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N. Korean, Indonesian foreign ministers meet

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun (R) emerge from their meeting in Jakarta on Aug. 2, 2010.

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UNDP goodwill envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Misako Konno (R), in her capacity as a U.N. Development Program goodwill ambassador, visits Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2010.

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Crown Prince Naruhito attends opening of Nippon Jamboree

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito addresses the opening ceremony of the 15th Nippon Jamboree hosted by the Scout Association of Japan in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2010. Boys from around 40 countries take part in the gathering.

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U.S., S. Korea discuss additional sanctions on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Robert Einhorn, special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control to the U.S. State Department, speaks during a news conference in Seoul on Aug. 2, 2010. Einhorn is visiting South Korea to discuss additional sanctions on North Korea.

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Yahoo Japan president on Google tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Yahoo Japan Corp. President Masahiro Inoue speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2010. Inoue said Yahoo Japan will continue to compete with Google Inc. even after adopting Google's Internet search engine and online advertisement technology.

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Crown Prince Naruhito attends opening of Nippon Jamboree

FUJINOMIYA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito waves as he attends the opening ceremony of the 15th Nippon Jamboree hosted by the Scout Association of Japan in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2010. Boys from around 40 countries take part in the gathering.

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Hiroshima mayor wins Ramon Magsaysay Award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hiroshima City Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, who was announced as one of the recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay awards, known as Asia's version of the Nobel Prize, on Aug. 2, 2010.

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Emperor at farm institute

TSUKUBA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko look at silkworms at the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Emperor at farm institute

TSUKUBA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko look at silkworms at the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Emperor at farm institute

TSUKUBA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Kan meets with African Union Commission chief Ping

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) shakes hands with African Union Commission Chairman Jean Ping at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2010, ahead of their talks to discuss cooperation between Japan and the regional organization on economic development as well as peace and security on the continent.

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Emperor at farm institute

TSUKUBA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Police raid Fukuoka gang office over sumo gambling scandal

FUKUOKA, Japan - Tokyo police raid the office of the Izu-gumi gang group affiliated with Japan's largest crime syndicate the Yamaguchi-gumi, in Fukuoka, on Aug. 2, 2010, in connection with the illegal gambling scandal rocking the traditional Japanese sport of sumo.

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U.S., S. Korea discuss additional sanctions on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Robert Einhorn, special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control to the U.S. State Department, responds to questions from reporters after talks with South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong Joon in Seoul on Aug. 2, 2010, over additional sanctions on North Korea.

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Hiroshima to urge Japan to withdraw from U.S. nuclear umbrella

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba unveils in Hiroshima on Aug. 2, 2010, an outline of the peace declaration he will deliver in an upcoming annual ceremony to commemorate the 1945 atomic bombing of the city on Aug. 6.

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U.S., S. Korea discuss additional sanctions on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Robert Einhorn (R), special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control to the U.S. State Department, holds talks with South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong Joon (L, front) in Seoul on Aug. 2, 2010, over additional sanctions on North Korea.

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U.S., S. Korea discuss additional sanctions on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Robert Einhorn (L), special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control to the U.S. State Department, shakes hands with South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Yong Joon in Seoul on Aug. 2, 2010, ahead of their talks over additional sanctions on North Korea.

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U.S., S. Korea discuss additional sanctions on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Robert Einhorn (L), special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control to the U.S. State Department, holds talks with South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac in Seoul on Aug. 2, 2010, over additional sanctions on North Korea.

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Haneda's new int'l terminal shown to media

TOKYO, Japan - A commercial area with scenery recreating the Edo period (1603-1867) at the new five-story international terminal building at Tokyo's Haneda airport is shown to the media on Aug. 2, 2010, in advance of its opening in October.

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Haneda's new int'l terminal shown to media

TOKYO, Japan - A departure lobby of the new international terminal building at Tokyo's Haneda airport is shown to the media on Aug. 2, 2010, in advance of its opening in October.

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U.S., S. Korea discuss additional sanctions on N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Robert Einhorn (L), special adviser for nonproliferation and arms control to the U.S. State Department, shakes hands with South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac in Seoul on Aug. 2, 2010, ahead of their talks over additional sanctions on North Korea.