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Transportation development around Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Photo taken Aug. 24, 2012, shows the new terminal building of an airport in a suburb of Vladivostok, where flight services began on July 23.

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Transportation development around Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Photo taken Aug. 24, 2012, shows an Aeroexpress train connecting the center of Vladivostok to a new airport terminal in a suburb of the city.

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Body of Japanese journalist killed in Syria returns home

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Rumi Shinagawa (L), elder sister of slain Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, and Yamamoto's husband and colleague Kazutaka Sato (R) speak to reporters at an airport in Istanbul on Aug. 24, 2012. They accompanied the body of Mika Yamamoto, who was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 while covering the civil war, back to Narita airport near Tokyo where they arrived on Aug. 25.

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Talks between IAEA, Iran

VIENNA, Austria - Herman Nackaerts (L), deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Ali Asghar Soltanieh (R), Iran's envoy to the IAEA, hold a press conference in Vienna on Aug. 24, 2012, after talks between the U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran over the country's suspected development of nuclear weapons.

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Merkel, Samaras meet in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras hold a news conference in Berlin on Aug. 24, 2012, after their first meeting since Samaras took office in June.

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Suzuki to set up skill development institute in India

AHMEDABAD, India - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki answers reporters' questions near Ahmedabad in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Aug. 24, 2012, after meeting with Narendra Modi, the chief minister of the state. Suzuki said in the meeting the Japanese carmaker plans to set up a skill development institute in the state to help train Indian workers.

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H.K. boat activists protest against Japanese government

HONG KONG, China - Hong Kong activists protest against the Japanese government in front of the building housing the Japanese Consulate General in Hong Kong on Aug. 24, 2012. The group members crash-landed a fishing boat on Aug. 15 on Uotsuri Island, the largest of a small group of uninhabited islands known in Japan as the Senkakus, which China claims and calls Diaoyu.

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Body of Japanese journalist killed in Syria returns home

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Rumi Shinagawa (L front), elder sister of slain Japanese journalist Mika Yamamoto, Yamamoto's husband and colleague Kazutaka Sato (2nd from L front) and Yamamoto's younger sister Kae Yamamoto (far R), head to an airport in Istanbul on Aug. 24, 2012. They accompanied the body of Mika Yamamoto, who was killed in Aleppo, northern Syria, on Aug. 20 while covering the civil war, back to Narita airport near Tokyo where they arrived on Aug. 25.

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Gemba meets with S. Korea envoy Shin

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin Kak Soo (C) arrives at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, to meet with Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba. Gemba summoned Shin to lodge a protest over the return of a letter Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda had sent to South Korean President Lee Myung Bak protesting Lee's recent trip to one of the islets at the center of a territorial dispute.

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Gemba meets with S. Korea envoy Shin

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin Kak Soo (R) leaves the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, after meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba. Gemba summoned Shin to lodge a protest over the return of a letter Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda had sent to South Korean President Lee Myung Bak protesting Lee's recent trip to one of the islets at the center of a territorial dispute.

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S. Korea responds to Noda's remarks on territorial dispute

SEOUL, South Korea - Cho Tai Young, a spokesman for South Korea's foreign ministry, holds a press conference in Seoul on Aug. 24, 2012. He made a comment on Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's remarks on a territorial dispute over a small group of sparsely inhabited islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

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Gemba meets with S. Korea envoy Shin

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, after meeting with South Korean Ambassador to Japan Shin Kak Soo. Gemba summoned Shin to lodge a protest over the return of a letter Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda had sent to South Korean President Lee Myung Bak protesting Lee's recent trip to one of the islets at the center of a territorial dispute.

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Train track damaged by downpour in Kyushu

ASO, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2012, shows train track wreckage in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture. Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) showed to the media a section of the JR Hohi Line severely damaged by torrential rain in July. Train service in the area is still suspended.

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Train track damaged by downpour in Kyushu

ASO, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2012, shows train track wreckage in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture. Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) showed to the media a section of the JR Hohi Line severely damaged by torrential rain in July. Train service in the area is still suspended.

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Train track damaged by downpour in Kyushu

ASO, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2012, shows a stretch of damaged train track of the JR Hohi Line in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture. Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) showed to the media a section of the railroad line on which service is still suspended due to damage caused by a downpour in July.

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara on Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara gives a press conference at the metropolitan government office on Aug. 24, 2012. Ishihara said his government will conduct another survey of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in October after conducting one in August and that he will also go to the islands with the survey team.

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BOJ's Shirakawa meets with business leaders

OSAKA, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (L) exchanges opinions with business leaders of the Kansai region in Osaka on Aug. 24, 2012.

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BOJ's Shirakawa at news conference

OSAKA, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa gives a news conference in Osaka on Aug. 24, 2012.

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PM Noda speaks on territorial disputes

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda expresses his views on territorial disputes with South Korea and China at a news conference at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012.

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PM Noda speaks on territorial disputes

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda expresses his views on territorial disputes with South Korea and China at a news conference at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012.

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Japan trade fair opens in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - A three-day Japanese trade fair showing Japanese food, made-in-Japan items and Japan tours opens in Shanghai on Aug. 24, 2012.

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Lower house adopts resolutions on Takeshima, Senkaku

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's lower house adopts a resolution Aug. 24, 2012, criticizing the landing of Chinese activists on the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. The House of Representatives also adopted the same day a resolution in protest at South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's recent visit to disputed islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, and his comments concerning the Japanese emperor.

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Lower house adopts resolutions on Takeshima, Senkaku

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda returns to his seat in the House of Representatives on Aug. 24, 2012, after the adoption of a resolution in protest at South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's recent visit to disputed islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, and his comments concerning the Japanese emperor. The House of Representatives also adopted the same day a resolution criticizing the landing of Chinese activists on the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Lower house adopts resolutions on Takeshima, Senkaku

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's lower house adopts a resolution Aug. 24, 2012, in protest at South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's recent visit to disputed islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, and his comments concerning the Japanese emperor. The House of Representatives also adopted the same day a resolution criticizing the landing of Chinese activists on the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Tokyo Disneyland opens new Goofy attraction

CHIBA, Japan - Children play inside Goofy's Paint and Play House, a new attraction at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2012. During a 90-second ride, up to eight persons get to redecorate the house of the popular Goofy dog character by using a simulated spray paint system to change the colors of its walls and furniture.

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Japanese princess to study at Univ. of Edinburgh

NARITA, Japan - Princess Mako, a granddaughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, is seen at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, prior to her departure for Britain to study at the University of Edinburgh. The 20-year-old princess, the eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, will stay in Britain through late May 2013.

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Tougher prison terms for juvenile delinquents

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Makoto Taki holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012. The ministry is considering raising the maximum jail term for juvenile delinquents from the current 15 years, a ministry official said the same day, as crime victims and those involved in lay judge trials say the gap in punishments between adult offenders and juvenile ones is too large.

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IPPNW congress opens in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A world congress of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, or IPPNW, opens in Hiroshima on Aug. 24, 2012. The congress will run through Aug. 26.

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Japanese princess to study at Univ. of Edinburgh

NARITA, Japan - Princess Mako, a granddaughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, is seen at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, prior to her departure for Britain to study at the University of Edinburgh. The 20-year-old princess, the eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, will stay in Britain through late May 2013.

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FM Gemba on Takeshima issue

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, on Japan's flaring dispute with South Korea over islets between the two countries.

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Brokerages in Japan urged to prevent insider trading

TOKYO, Japan - An emergency meeting attended by about 50 brokerages is held at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Aug. 24, 2012, co-organized by the Japan Securities Dealers Association and the bourse, following a series of insider trading scandals involving employees of major securities firms. The association demanded brokerages scrutinize their corporate governance practices to prevent insider trading, amid growing distrust in the stock market by investors.

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Lower house adopts resolutions on Takeshima, Senkaku

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda enters the Diet in Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012. Japan's lower house adopted later in the day a resolution in protest at South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's recent visit to disputed islets in the Sea of Japan, known as Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, and his comments concerning the Japanese emperor, as well as a resolution criticizing the landing of Chinese activists on the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Tokyo Disneyland to open new Goofy attraction

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an image of Tokyo Disneyland's new attraction called Goofy's Paint and Play House. The theme park near Tokyo said on Feb. 20, 2012, that it will open the attraction on Aug. 24, 2012.

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Kazuo Inamori, founder, honorary chairman of Kyocera, dies

Photo taken in September 2012 shows Kazuo Inamori, founder and honorary chairman of electronics maker Kyocera Corp. He died on Aug. 24, 2022, at the age of 90.