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Students join job experience program in disaster-hit town

SENDAI, Japan - Marin Imai (extreme L) and other students of Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, western Japan, process seaweed at a fishery plant in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2014, during a job experience program designed to support the town's reconstruction from the earthquake and tsunami that ravaged the northeastern Japan region in 2011.

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Fukushima Gov. indicates accepting radioactive waste storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yuhei Sato, governor of the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima, attends a meeting on Aug. 29, 2014, at the prefectural office. Sato indicated his acceptance of a central government plan to store radioactive waste from radiation decontamination operations following the March 2011 nuclear disaster in the prefecture.

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Saury unloaded at Ofunato fish market

OFUNATO, Japan - A catch of saury is unloaded at a fishing port in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 29, 2014. The fish market facility, completed in April this year, was hit by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 while it was under construction.

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Japan-born N. Korea striker Chong

TOKYO, Japan - Chong Tese, North Korea national team striker who used to play in Japan and is now at German second-division club Bochum, poses for photos with children at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011. The Japanese and North Korean national teams will play in Saitama on Sept. 2, 2011, in a qualifying match for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

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Japan's Murofushi wins gold at worlds

DAEGU, South Korea - Japan's Koji Murofushi shows his gold medal at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 29, 2011, after finishing first in the men's hammer throw. It was the Olympic gold medalist's first gold at the world championships in seven tries.

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Men's 110m hurdles final at worlds

DAEGU, South Korea - Cuba's Dayron Robles (R) touches Liu Xiang of China (L) during the men's 110-meter hurdles final at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 29, 2011. Robles was disqualified despite finishing first in the race due to the contact, and Liu was bumped up to second place.

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Sharapova advances to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Heather Watson of Britain in her first round match of the women's singles at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 29, 2011. Sharapova advanced to the second round by beating Watson 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

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Japan's Morita at U.S. Open tennis

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Ayumi Morita plays against Laura Robson of Britain in a women's singles first round match of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 29, 2011. Morita dropped out of the match due to right shoulder pain.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki doubles to right-center in the 1st inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on Aug. 29, 2011, extending his hitting streak to a 12th consecutive game. The Mariners won the game 5-3.

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Matsui gets 488th double in his career

CLEVELAND, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Oakland Athletics doubles down the left field line in the sixth inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Aug. 29, 2011. It was Matsui's 488th double in his combined career in Japan and the United States.

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Gaddafi's private jet

TRIPOLI, Libya - Engineers have fun in the bedroom of a seized private jet of Muammar Gaddafi during maintenance work at Tripoli airport in Libya on Aug. 29, 2011.

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Gaddafi's private jet

TRIPOLI, Libya - Photo shows the cabin of a seized private jet of Muammar Gaddafi containing luxurious sofas during maintenance work at Tripoli airport in Libya on Aug. 29, 2011.

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North Korean soccer team arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - North Korea's national soccer team is welcomed at Tokyo's Haneda airport on the night of Aug. 29, 2011, shortly after arriving via Beijing. The team is scheduled to play Japan on Sept. 2 in the city of Saitama near Tokyo in the third round of Asian qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

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Gaddafi's private jet

TRIPOLI, Libya - Engineers have fun in the bedroom of a seized private jet of Muammar Gaddafi during maintenance work at Tripoli airport in Libya on Aug. 29, 2011.

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Indians' Fukudome vs. Athletics

CLEVELAND, United States - Cleveland Indians outfielder Kosuke Fukudome hits a run-scoring double down the right field line in the sixth inning of a game against the Oakland Athletics at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Aug. 29, 2011. Fukudome went 2-for-3 with one RBI in a 2-1 victory.

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Murofushi wins gold at world c'ships

DAEGU, South Korea - Japan's Koji Murofushi makes his sixth and final attempt during the men's hammer throw final at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 29, 2011. He won the gold medal.

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Japan's Soeda at U.S. Open tennis

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Go Soeda plays against Kevin Anderson of South Africa in a men's singles first round match of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 29, 2011. Anderson defeated Soeda 6-1, 6-3, 6-0.

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Sharapova advances to U.S. Open 2nd round

NEW YORK, United States - Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Heather Watson of Britain in her first round match of the women's singles at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 29, 2011. Sharapova advanced to the second round by beating Watson 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

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Japan's Doi at U.S. Open tennis

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Misaki Doi (R) gets her leg checked after injuring it during a first-round match of the women's singles at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 29, 2011. Doi played against Laura Pous-Tio of Spain but dropped out of the match due to the injury.

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Japan's Nishikori at U.S. Open tennis

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori plays against Flavio Cipolla of Italy in a men's singles first round match of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 29, 2011. Nishikori dropped out of the match due to lower back pain.

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North Korean soccer team arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - North Korea's national soccer team is welcomed at Tokyo's Haneda airport on the night of Aug. 29, 2011, shortly after arriving via Beijing. The team is scheduled to play Japan on Sept. 2 in the city of Saitama near Tokyo in the third round of Asian qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

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Murofushi wins gold at world c'ships

DAEGU, South Korea - Japan's Koji Murofushi makes his second attempt during the men's hammer throw final at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 29, 2011. He won the gold medal.

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Palestine children's painting for Japan kids

TOKYO, Japan - Filippo Grandi (L), commissioner general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), shakes hands with an official of Japan's Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011 in front of a painting by children in Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip for Japanese children in areas hit by March earthquake and tsunami disaster. In a speech in Tokyo the same day, Grandi expressed appreciation for Japanese people's understanding, in the aftermath of the March 11 disasters, for the suffering of Palestinian refugees and presented the painting to Japan.

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Murofushi wins gold at world c'ships

DAEGU, South Korea - Japan's Koji Murofushi, holding up a Japanese national flag, responds to cheers after winning the gold medal in the men's hammer throw at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 29, 2011.

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Exhibition on A-bombing of Hiroshima, Nagasaki in Russia

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Joji Fukahori (L), a survivor of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, shows Russian students how to make paper cranes at the Saint-Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies on Aug. 29, 2011. The students were visiting an exhibition of materials from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that started there the same day. The 80-year-old Fukahori, who lost his mother and three siblings due to the atomic blast, shared his experiences with a Russian audience during the exhibit's opening ceremony.

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Murofushi wins gold at world c'ships

DAEGU, South Korea - Japan's Koji Murofushi, wearing a Japanese national flag on his back, responds to cheers after winning the gold medal in the men's hammer throw at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 29, 2011.

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Murofushi wins gold at world c'ships

DAEGU, South Korea - Japan's Koji Murofushi shows his gold medal after winning the men's hammer throw at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 29, 2011.

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12 women's magazines in electronic book

TOKYO, Japan - Models promote ''Viewn for Woman,'' a new electronic book service to distribute contents of 12 women's magazines, during an event in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011. Viewn Corp., subsidiary of Softbank Corp., began the flat-rate service the same day first for Apple's iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

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Murofushi wins gold at world c'ships

DAEGU, South Korea - Japan's Koji Murofushi looks at the course of the hammer he threw in his second attempt in the men's hammer throw final at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 29, 2011. He won the gold medal. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Murofushi wins gold at world c'ships

DAEGU, South Korea - Japan's Koji Murofushi reacts after his first attempt in the men's hammer throw final at the world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea, on Aug. 29, 2011. He won the gold medal. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Gov't to provide tuition waivers to pro-Pyongyang schools

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's education minister Yoshiaki Takaki holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011. Takaki said he was asked by Prime Minister Naoto Kan earlier in the day to resume screening procedures to provide tuition waivers to pro-Pyongyang high schools in Japan. The procedures have been frozen since a North Korean artillery attack on a South Korean island last November.

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Moon rover by Tohoku University

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuya Yoshida (L), professor of Tohoku University, presents a prototype of a moon rover in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011. The Space Robotics Lab at university's Aerospace Engineering Department has been developing the moon rover to participate in the Google Lunar X PRIZE, international competition of lunar exploration technology to award to the first privately funded teams with a total of $30 million in prizes, which expires when all prizes are claimed or at the end of 2015.

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Noda next Japan prime minister

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 29, 2011, shortly after being elected president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. As the new ruling party leader, Noda is all-but-certain to also become Japan's new prime minister, succeeding Naoto Kan who announced his resignation on Friday.

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Noda to succeed Kan as Japan PM

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (3rd from L), outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan (3rd from R) and lawmakers who ran for the presidential election of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan -- former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi (L), farm minister Michihiko Kano (2nd from L), industry minister Banri Kaieda (2nd from R) and former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R) -- shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, after Noda was elected as the DPJ president. Noda will also succeed Kan as the Japanese prime minister.

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Noda to succeed Kan as Japan PM

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (3rd from L), outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan (3rd from R) and lawmakers who ran for the presidential election of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan -- former transport minister Sumio Mabuchi (L), farm minister Michihiko Kano (2nd from L), industry minister Banri Kaieda (2nd from R) and former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (R) -- shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, after Noda was elected as the DPJ president. Noda will also succeed Kan as the Japanese prime minister.

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Noda next Japan prime minister

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) bows as he was elected president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, winning a runoff with industry minister Banri Kaieda. Noda will succeed Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Noda next Japan prime minister

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) bows as he was elected president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, winning a runoff with industry minister Banri Kaieda. Noda will succeed Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Noda next Japan prime minister

TOKYO, Japan - People watch a TV program announcing the election of Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda as the new president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, at an electronics store in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011. Noda will succeed Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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DPJ leader election

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan (front) sits among fellow Democratic Party of Japan members at a meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, as candidates to succeed him as party leader and prime minister give speeches prior to a vote.

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Maehara loses leader race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) reacts after he failed to survive the first vote of a leadership election of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011. Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda won a runoff later that day with industry minister Banri Kaieda to succeed Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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DPJ leader election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) moves toward the podium to deliver his candidate's speech during a Democratic Party of Japan meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, where members will vote to pick a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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DPJ leader election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese transport minister Sumio Mabuchi (C) moves toward the podium to deliver his candidate's speech during a Democratic Party of Japan meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, where members will vote to pick a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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DPJ leader election

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's industry minister Banri Kaieda (C) attends a meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, of his Democratic Party of Japan to hear speeches of candidates before holding a vote to pick a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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DPJ leader election

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's farm minister Michihiko Kano (C) heads to a meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, of his Democratic Party of Japan to hear speeches of candidates before holding a vote to pick a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Ozeki Harumafuji with sumo rankings

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Harumafuji from Mongolia shows the banzuke rankings of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011. The tournament to be held from Sept. 11 to 25 at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo will be only the second basho in history not to feature Japanese yokozuna or ozeki, the top two ranks.

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Bonitos at Fukushima port

IWAKI, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 29, 2011, shows bonitos unloaded at Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, for the first time since the March 11 tsunami and the ensuing radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Discharging of fish resumed in July at the port which was damaged by the tsunami.

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DPJ leader election

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (back) raises his fists before his supporters in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011, prior to a meeting of his Democratic Party of Japan to hear speeches of candidates before holding a vote to pick a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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DPJ kingpin Ichiro Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, kingpin of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, heads to a meeting of DPJ lawmakers who belong to his faction at a hotel in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2011. Ozawa has decided to back industry minister Banri Kaieda in the party's presidential election to be held on Aug. 29, 2011, which will pick a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan, a lawmaker close to Ozawa said Aug. 26.

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Economy minister Banri Kaieda

TOKYO, Japan - Journalists' IC recorders are placed on a table as Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda holds a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Aug. 26, 2011, to announce his candidacy for the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election to be held on Aug. 29, 2011, which will pick a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan. (Pool photo)

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5 candidates to succeed PM Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows the five declared candidates for the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election to be held on Aug. 29, 2011, which will pick a successor to outgoing Prime Minister Naoto Kan. They are (from L to R) former Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Sumio Mabuchi, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda and former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara.