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Smokey temple in Taipei ahead of ban on incense burning

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Visitors offer incense at Hsing Tian Kong temple in Taipei on Aug. 25, 2014, ahead of the temple's prohibition of incense burning due to air pollution.

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Fukushima Gov. indicates accepting radioactive waste storage

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 25, 2014, shows the candidate site to build storage facilities for radioactive waste from radiation decontamination operations following the nuclear disaster at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi complex in northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima.

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Yankees Ichiro has multiple hits

KANSAS CITY, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki hits a single in the third inning of a game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, the United States, on Aug. 25, 2014. The Yankees won 8-1, with Ichiro registering multiple hits for the second game in a row.

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Yankees Ichiro has multiple hits

KANSAS CITY, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki hits a single in the third inning of a game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, the United States, on Aug. 25, 2014. The Yankees won 8-1, with Ichiro registering multiple hits for the second game in a row.

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Japan striker Havenaar of Cordoba debuts in Spanish league

MADRID, Japan - Japanese newcomer Mike Havenaar (rear) of Cordoba CF fights for the ball with Real Madrid CF forward Karim Benzema in the second half of his Spanish league debut match in Madrid on Aug. 25, 2014. Real Madrid won 2-0.

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N. Korea keeps watch on U.S-S. Korea military drills

NEW YORK, United States - North Korean Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Ri Tong Il attends a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York, the United States, on Aug. 25, 2014. He threatened that Pyongyang is ready to intensify its countermeasures in response to joint military drills being carried out by the United States and South Korea.

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Nara cruises into U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kurumi Nara returns a shot during the first round of the U.S. Open in New York, the United States, on Aug. 25, 2014. Nara defeated Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada 6-2, 6-1 to advance to the second round.

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Japan striker Havenaar of Cordoba debuts in Spanish league

MADRID, Spain - Japanese newcomer Mike Havenaar (R) of Cordoba CF fires a shot as Real Madrid CF forward Karim Benzema tries to block him in the first half of his Spanish league debut match in Madrid on Aug. 25, 2014. Real Madrid won 2-0.

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Kimiko Date-Krumm falls to Venus Williams

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm returns a shot during the first round of the U.S. Open in New York, the United States, on Aug. 25, 2014. Date-Krumm fell to two-time U.S. Open champion Venus Williams 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

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Syrian FM stresses Damascus' role against Islamic State

DAMASCUS, Syria - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem says at a press conference in Damascus on Aug. 25, 2014, that his country must take part in any plan to adjust air strikes against the Islamic State militants, adding that it is ready to cooperate with the international community to fight terrorism.

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Suntory's Yamazaki Distillery

OSAKA, Japan - Suntory Holdings Ltd. shows its Yamazaki Distillery to the press in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 25, 2014. The distillery has been operating at full capacity for the past few years due to the high demand for whisky.

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Nara cruises into U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kurumi Nara smiles after winning the first round of the U.S. Open in New York, the United States, on Aug. 25, 2014. Nara defeated Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada 6-2, 6-1 to advance to the second round.

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British fundraiser reaches tsunami-hit Japan school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Dominic Farwell-Cooke, a British fundraiser, visits Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2014, reaching the finish line of his epic motorcycle trip from Britain to Japan in aid of orphans from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. At the school, about three-fourths of the students and most teachers died or remain unaccounted for in the wake of the disaster.

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Fuji launches new automatic sports sedan WRX S4

TOKYO, Japan - Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. launches a new automatic all-wheel-drive sports sedan, WRX S4, at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2014.

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British fundraiser reaches tsunami-hit Japan school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Dominic Farwell-Cooke, a British fundraiser, prays in front of the cenotaph at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on Aug. 25, 2014, after reaching the finish line of his epic motorcycle trip from Britain to Japan in aid of orphans from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. At the school, about three-fourths of the students and most teachers died or remain unaccounted for in the wake of the disaster.

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Japan to open pre-WWII court-martial minutes to public

TOKYO, Japan - Some of the minutes of trials over an attempted coup in Japan on Feb. 26, 1936, are shown in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2014. The "2.26 Incident" files will be among court-martial documents during and before World War II to be opened to the public at the National Archives of Japan from next April.

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British fundraiser reaches tsunami-hit Japan school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Dominic Farwell-Cooke, a British fundraiser, prays in front of the cenotaph at Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on Aug. 25, 2014, after reaching the finish line of his epic motorcycle trip from Britain to Japan in aid of orphans from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. At the school, about three-fourths of the students and most teachers died or remain unaccounted for in the wake of the disaster.

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Aftermath of mudslides in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The names of people who are missing since recent massive landslides are posted at an elementary school gymnasium, which is used as an evacuation center, in the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 25, 2014. The death toll from the rain-triggered disaster that occurred Aug. 20 has risen to 58, with 28 others still missing.

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'Go Master' Wu gets China's peace contribution award

ODAWARA, Japan - Chinese-born "Go Master" Wu Qingyuan, who has the highest "9 dan" rank in "Go" or Japanese chess, receives the Peace and Development Contribution Award from the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2014.

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Documents on Korean envoys to Japan eyed for UNESCO list

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Officials of Japanese and South Korean local governments and private organizations meet in Shimonoseki, western Japan, on Aug. 25, 2014, to discuss plans to seek the listing on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register of documents on Korean dynasty envoys dispatched to Japan mainly during the Edo period (1603-1868). They agreed to apply for registration in 2016.

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Mie finishes 2nd in national high school baseball c'ship

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Hayato Nagano, captain of Mie, receives the second-place plaque at the closing ceremony at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2014, after the team's 3-4 loss to Osaka Toin in the final of Japan's national high school baseball championship. (Pool photo)

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Mascot characters form "party" to vivify local economies

SAITAMA, Japan - Six mascot characters from as many cities in four prefectures (Iwate, Tochigi, Saitama and Kanagawa) gather at JR Omiya Station in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 25, 2014, to form a "Yuru-to" party to make a sales pitch for their respective regional economies.

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Osaka Toin wins national high school baseball championship

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Makoto Nakamura, captain of Osaka Toin, receives the champions' flag after the team's 4-3 victory over Mie in the final game of Japan's national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Ishiba not to take new post for national security legislation

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Ishiba, the secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, meets the press after appearing in a TBS radio program in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2014. Ishiba, a former defense minister, indicated in the program he will turn down Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's offer to become state minister in charge of national security legislation.

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Osaka chamber launches seminar on 'big data' for small firms

OSAKA, Japan - The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry holds the first meeting of a seminar launched by the OCCI to study how to utilize "big data" for small and midsize companies in the city of Osaka, Japan, on Aug. 25, 2014.

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Women mimic actress Ayase's Glico ad pose in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Women imitate the "one-leg stand" pose of popular actress Haruka Ayase shown on a curtain draped over a huge Ezaki Glico Co. signboard in the Dotonbori area of Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 25, 2014. The original signboard is being remodeled.

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Toyota revives Land Cruiser 70

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture on Aug. 25, 2014, shows the Land Cruiser 70 van of Toyota Motor Corp. Toyota said the same day it has reintroduced the heavy-duty sport utility vehicle in Japan for the first time after it ended domestic sales of the model in 2004 due to stricter regulations for diesel engine exhaust gas emissions.

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Toyota revives Land Cruiser 70

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture on Aug. 25, 2014, shows the pickup truck version of the Land Cruiser 70 sport utility vehicle of Toyota Motor Corp. Toyota said the same day it has reintroduced the heavy-duty SUV in Japan for the first time after it ended domestic sales of the model in 2004 due to stricter regulations for diesel engine exhaust gas emissions.

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Japan, N. Korea kids' art exhibition

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Pupils at Rungra elementary school in Pyongyang look at pictures drawn by Japanese and North Korean children that depict their desire for peace on Aug. 25, 2014. The exhibition was organized by a group comprising Japanese nongovernmental organizations and other entities that started holding exhibitions of pictures drawn by children from Japan, and both North and South Korea in 2001.

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Inoki to co-host martial arts event in N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese parliamentarian and former pro-wrestling star Antonio Inoki holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 25, 2014, on a martial arts event he will co-host later in the month in Pyongyang. The opposition Party for Future Generations member of the House of Councillors is co-hosting the two-day event from Aug. 30 with North Korean authorities.

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Inoki to co-host martial arts event in N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese parliamentarian and former pro-wrestling star Antonio Inoki (C), who will co-host a martial arts event in Pyongyang, and some of the athletes taking part in the event pose for photos at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 25, 2014. The opposition Party for Future Generations member of the House of Councillors is co-hosting the two-day event from Aug. 30 with North Korean authorities.

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Osaka Toin wins championship at Koshien

KOSHIEN, Japan - Members of Osaka Toin High School baseball team celebrate as they defeated Mie Highschool 4-3 in the final of the 96th national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan on Aug. 25, 2014.

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Abe briefed on SDF operations in mudslide-hit Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is briefed about the Self-Defense Forces' activities on Aug. 25, 2014, in the wake of devastating mudslides in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima. (Pool photo)

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Abe visits mudslide-hit area in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits an area hit by devastating mudslides in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 25, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japan, China, S. Korea to promote new logistics system

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Lee Ju Young, Japanese transport minister Akihiro Ota, Zhou Haitao, vice minister of the Chinese Ministry of Transport, (from L to R) shake hands after signing a joint statement by the 5th Trilateral Ministerial Conference on Transport and Logistics in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Aug. 25, 2014. The statement reaffirms their commitment to the three goals of trilateral logistics cooperation -- creating a seamless logistics system, developing environment-friendly logistics, and achieving a balance between logistics security and efficiency.

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Abe visits disaster-hit area

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talks on Aug. 25, 2014 with evacuees from a deadly landslide that hit Japan's western city of Hiroshima. The death toll from the disaster has risen to 52 so far.

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Volunteers carry out mud in mudslide-hit area in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Volunteer workers carry bags of mud removed from houses in a mudslide-hit area in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 25, 2014.

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Japan to disclose Fukushima nuclear plant chief's testimony

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces on Aug. 25, 2014, in Tokyo that the government will release transcripts of interviews with those who had key roles in handling the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex next month. The interviewees include the late Masao Yoshida, who headed the plant when the crisis broke out in March 2011.

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Names of 28 missing people in Hiroshima released

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui attends a press conference on Aug. 25, 2014, as the municipal government released the names of 28 residents feared missing in deadly mudslides. The death toll from the natural disaster has risen to 52 so far.

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Residents remove mud in landslide-hit area in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Residents in a mudslide-hit area in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima remove mud off the road on Aug. 25, 2014.

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Japan, China, S. Korea holds ministerial confab on logistics

TOKYO, Japan - The 5th Trilateral Ministerial Conference on Transport and Logistics is underway in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2014. Japanese transport minister Akihiro Ota, Zhou Haitao, vice minister of the Chinese Ministry of Transport, and South Korean Oceans and Fisheries Minister Lee Ju Young attended the conference.

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Defense Minister, Saga Gov. talk over Osprey deployment

SAGA, Japan - Opponents of the planned deployment of Osprey transport aircraft at Saga airport stage a rally in front of the Saga prefectural office in the city of Saga, western Japan, on Aug. 25, 2014, as Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera met with Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa there.

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Defense Minister, Saga Gov. talk over Osprey deployment

SAGA, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (L) and Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa meet in the city of Saga, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 25, 2014, for talks over planned deployment of Osprey transport aircraft at Saga airport. Furukawa asked Onodera to provide a full accounting of the plan to the local public.

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Aftermath of landslides in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Search and rescue operations continue in the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 25, 2014, five days after massive landslides caused by heavy downpours hit the western Japan city. The death toll from the landslides has so far risen to 52, while 28 are still missing.

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Defense Minister, Saga Gov. talk over Osprey deployment

SAGA, Japan - Opponents of the planned deployment of Osprey transport aircraft at Saga airport stage a rally in front of the Saga prefectural office in the city of Saga, western Japan, on Aug. 25, 2014, as Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera met with Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa there.

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Aftermath of landslides in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Search and rescue operations continue in the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 25, 2014, five days after massive landslides caused by heavy downpours hit the western Japan city. The death toll from the landslides has so far risen to 52, while 28 are still missing.

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Panasonic to sell new refrigerators

OSAKA, Japan - One of nine large-sized refrigerators Panasonic Corp. plans to sell from Sept. 25, 2014, is shown in Osaka on Aug. 21. It says the refrigerators can better preserve the freshness of vegetables compared with conventional counterparts due to an automatic humidity-control filter attached to the vegetable compartment.