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Eagles ace Tanaka

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka holds the certificates in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2013, that Guinness World Records issued recognizing his record-breaking season. The 25-year-old Tanaka went 24-0 this season and, coupled with his 28-game winning streak that began on Aug. 26, 2012 plus two wins in the postseason, had a 30-game winning streak.

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Japan, N. Korea students meet in Pyongyang

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese and North Korean university students talk at Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies in Pyongyang on Aug. 23, 2012, at an exchange held as part of a program organized by a Tokyo-based civic group.

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Relatives see body of Japanese journalist slain in Syria

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Photo taken Aug. 23, 2012, shows a mosque in Istanbul, where relatives of slain Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto saw her body the same say. Yamamoto was killed on Aug. 20, 2012, in Aleppo, northern Syria, while covering the civil war in the country.

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Prayers for unidentified souls at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - A woman prays for the repose of the souls of unidentified deceased people before tombstones illuminated by candlelight during the Sentokuyo event at Adashino Nenbutsuji, a Buddhist temple, in Kyoto on Aug. 23, 2012.

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Relatives see body of Japanese journalist slain in Syria

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Kazutaka Sato, the common-law husband of Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, who was slain on Aug. 20, 2012, in Aleppo, northern Syria, while covering the civil war in the country, speaks at a hotel in Istanbul on Aug. 23, 2012. Relatives of Yamamoto saw her body earlier on Aug. 23 in Istanbul, after it was airlifted from Kilis in southern Turkey near the border with Syria.

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S. Korean protesters claim sovereignty over disputed islets

SEOUL, Japan - Members of a civic group stage a protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Aug. 23, 2012, claiming sovereignty over the South Korean-held islets, known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.

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Iwasaki, Dempsey meet in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Self-Defense Forces' Chief of Joint Staff Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki (L) and U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey answer reporters' questions after their meeting at the Pentagon in Washington on Aug. 23, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Slain Japanese reporter's body transferred to Istanbul

KILIS, Turkey - Kazutaka Sato talks to his dead partner Mika Yamamoto after a casket containing her body arrives at an airport in southern Turkey, on Aug. 23, 2012, prior to its transfer by plane to Istanbul. Yamamoto, 45, was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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S. Korean protesters claim sovereignty over disputed islets

SEOUL, Japan - Members of a civic group stage a protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Aug. 23, 2012, claiming sovereignty over the South Korean-held islets, known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.

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Slain Japanese reporter's body transferred to Istanbul

KILIS, Turkey - Kazutaka Sato (front R) carries a casket containing the body of his partner Mika Yamamoto from a hospital in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Aug. 23, 2012, prior to its transfer by plane to Istanbul. Yamamoto, 45, was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 during a clash between rebels and forces loyal to the Syrian government.

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Emperor, empress in Karuizawa

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko stroll in a cabbage field in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 23, 2012, during their summer vacation. Mt. Asama can be seen in the background. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress in Karuizawa

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko stroll in a cabbage field in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 23, 2012, during their summer vacation. (Pool photo)

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Tomioka silk mill

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 23, 2012, shows the Tomioka silk mill in Gunma Prefecture, which was completed in 1872 as Japan's first silk plant using then state-of-the-art Western technology. Japan formally decided Aug. 23, 2012, to recommend that UNESCO approve the silk mill as a World Cultural Heritage site.

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Emperor, empress in Karuizawa

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko stroll in a cabbage field in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 23, 2012, during their summer vacation. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress to vacation in Nagano

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko are seen Aug. 23, 2012, at JR Tokyo Station shortly before their departure aboard a shinkansen bullet train for Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, where the couple plans to vacation until Aug. 27.

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International animation festival in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Hiroshima International Animation Festival opens at Aster Plaza in Hiroshima on Aug. 23, 2012. The event, which has been held generally biennially since 1985, is to run through Aug. 27.

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Baby giant panda at Wakayama theme park

TANABE, Japan - Eleven-year-old giant panda Rauhin cuddles Aug. 23, 2012, her newborn, a female cub born Aug. 10, at Adventure World, an animal theme park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. The baby cub was shown to the press shortly before it was shown to the general public later in the day. (Pool photo)

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Tomioka silk mill as World Cultural Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2012 shows the Tomioka silk mill in Gunma Prefecture, which was completed in 1872 as Japan's first silk plant using then state-of-the-art Western technology. Japan formally decided Aug. 23, 2012, to recommend that UNESCO approve the silk mill as a World Cultural Heritage site.