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Tokyo Metro puts handy-size cakes on sale

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Metro Co. unveils the baked confectionery "Tokyo Metro Rainbow" in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2014. The product has three different flavors and comes in packages with colors matching those of three subway lines: green for the Chiyoda Line, gold for Yurakucho Line and purple for the Hanzomon Line.

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Pyongyang girls cheer for 'Antonio' Inoki

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean girls cheer Japanese upper house member and former professional wrestler Kanji "Antonio" Inoki (far L), who co-hosted a pro wrestling event in Pyongyang, upon entering a gymnasium in the capital city on Aug. 30, 2014.

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Nishikori rolls into round of 16 at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori expresses joy after beating Argentina's Leonardo Mayer in a U.S. Open match on Aug. 30, 2014, in New York. Nishikori beat Mayer 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the round of 16.

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N. Korean women applaud pro wrestling in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean women in traditional costumes applaud during a professional wrestling event held jointly by Japanese and North Korean sports officials in Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014.

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Women show off Haruki Murakami's autograph in London

LONDON, Britain - Fans of Haruki Murakami show off his autograph after the Japanese author's book signing event held along with the sale of the English version of his latest novel at a bookstore in London on Aug. 30, 2014. A large number of people waited in line for the event.

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Nishikori rolls into round of 16 at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot during a U.S. Open match against Argentina's Leonardo Mayer on Aug. 30, 2014, in New York. Nishikori beat Mayer 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 to advance to the round of 16.

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Sen Genshitsu conducts 'kencha shiki' in Sao Paulo

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Japanese tea master Sen Genshitsu, the previous and 15th grand master of the Urasenke school of Japanese tea ceremony, conducts a "kencha shiki" or tea-offering ceremony in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Aug. 30, 2014, during an event to mark the 60th anniversary of branches he established in South America and Mexico.

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Balloons hoisted to height of 2011 tsunami at Paris event

PARIS, France - Balloons are floated to the height of the tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku in March 2011, during an event in Paris on Aug. 30, 2014, planned by high school students from the three prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate in the region to call attention to the recovery and attractiveness of Tohoku.

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3D images of Tomioka Silk Mill projected on warehouse wall

TOMIOKA, Japan - A three-dimensional image of the Tomioka Silk Mill is projected on the wall of a cocoon warehouse at the newly added UNESCO World Heritage site on Aug. 30, 2014, to promote the historic factory in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Tohoku students sing in opening ceremony of event in Paris

PARIS, France - High school students from the three prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate in the Tohoku region, northeastern Japan ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, sing at the opening ceremony of an event in Paris on Aug. 30, 2014, to call attention to the recovery and attractiveness of Tohoku.

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Tohoku students raise good-catch flags in Paris

PARIS, France - Japanese high school students wave fishermen's flags signifying a big catch during the opening ceremony of an event in Paris on Aug. 30, 2014, to call attention to the recovery and attractiveness of Tohoku, Japan's northeastern region ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

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Big crowd watches 3D images of Tomioka Silk Mill on wall

TOMIKOKA, Japan - A big crowd of people watches a three-dimensional image of the Tomioka Silk Mill projected on the wall of a cocoon warehouse at the newly added UNESCO World Heritage site on Aug. 30, 2014, to promote the historic factory in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Visitors watch stone Buddhas lit by bonfire

USUKI, Japan - Visitors view stone Buddha sculptures under the light of a bonfire in Usuki, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 30, 2014.

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India's Modi visits Japan to boost security ties

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Kyoto State Guest House in Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2014, after Modi arrived at Kansai International Airport near Osaka for a five-day visit to Japan earlier in the day. The two leaders will hold a summit in Tokyo on September 1. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun)

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India's Modi visits Japan to boost security ties

KYOTO, Japan - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L), along with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C), feeds carp in a pond at the Kyoto State Guest House in Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2014. Modi arrived at Kansai International Airport near Osaka for a five-day visit to Japan earlier in the day. The two leaders will hold a summit in Tokyo on September 1. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun)

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India's Modi visits Japan to boost security ties

KYOTO, Japan - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) is greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he arrives at the Kyoto State Guest House in Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2014. Modi arrived at Kansai International Airport near Osaka for a five-day visit to Japan earlier in the day. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun)

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Fukushima nuclear plant chief feared catastrophe for eastern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Pool photo taken Nov. 12, 2011, shows Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaking to reporters at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture. According to government documents obtained by Kyodo News on Aug. 30, 2014, Yoshida said in testimony before his death that he had feared catastrophic damage to eastern Japan while he was struggling to contain the crisis in March 2011. The government will release his 400-page testimony in September.

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India's Modi visits Japan to boost security ties

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Kyoto State Guest House in Kyoto on Aug. 30, 2014, after Modi arrived at Kansai International Airport near Osaka for a five-day visit to Japan earlier in the day. The two leaders will hold a summit in Tokyo on September 1. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun)

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N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People watch a pro wrestling match at the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014, as the two-day combat sports event begins. The event, with 21 fighters from Japan, Brazil, China, France and the United States participating, is expected to attract about a total of 40,000 spectators, mostly North Koreans.

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Float of 'hell king' drawn at spa resort festival

NOBORIBETSU, Japan - A float featuring "Emma Daio" (the Great King of Hell) is drawn during the annual "Jigoku Matsuri" (Hell Festival) at the Noboribetsu spa resort in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 30, 2014.

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N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People watch a pro wrestling match at the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014, as the two-day combat sports event begins. The event, with 21 fighters from Japan, Brazil, China, France and the United States participating, is expected to attract about a total of 40,000 spectators, mostly North Koreans.

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N. Korean women amazed at pro wrestling in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean women in traditional costumes watch a professional wrestling event held jointly by Japanese and North Korean sports officials in Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014.

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Huge bean mosaic aiming for world record completed

KUSHIRO, Japan - People pose for a photo in front of a 500-square-meter mosaic, using beans produced in Tokachi, Hokkaido, completed in Nakasatsunai Village in Japan's northernmost prefecture on Aug. 30, 2014. They will seek official recognition of their work by Guinness World Records as the world's biggest mosaic made of beans.

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N. Korean woman pictures pro wrestler Sapp in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A North Korean woman takes a picture of Bob Sapp, a U.S. mixed martial artist, as he walks to the ring during a professional wrestling event held jointly by Japanese and North Korean sports officials in Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014.

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Kids carry devil palanquin at spa resort festival

NOBORIBETSU, Japan - Children carry on their shoulders a devil palanquin during the annual "Jigoku Matsuri" (Hell Festival) at the Noboribetsu spa resort in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 30, 2014.

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N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People applaud as a professional wrestler appears at the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014, on the first day of the two-day combat sports event. The event, with 21 fighters from Japan, Brazil, China, France and the United States participating, is expected to attract about a total of 40,000 spectators, mostly North Koreans.

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Girl competes in "geta" sandal toss competition

YONAGO, Japan - A girl tosses a Japanese "geta" sandal at a competition in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 30, 2014. The "Gegege no Kitaro Geta Toss Competition" features "Gegege no Kitaro," a phantom boy created by comic artist Shigeru Mizuki born in the city on the Sea of Japan in 1922.

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N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Tourists from Japan take photos at the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014, before the start of a combat sports event. The two-day event, with 21 fighters from Japan, Brazil, China, France and the United States participating, is expected to attract about a total of 40,000 spectators, mostly North Koreans.

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N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People gather at the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014, to watch a combat sports event. The two-day event, with 21 fighters from Japan, Brazil, China, France and the United States participating, is expected to attract about a total of 40,000 spectators, mostly North Koreans.

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N. Korea, Japanese lawmaker stage 2-day combat sports event

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Antonio Inoki, a Japanese wrestler-turned-lawmaker, acknowledges the crowd at the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in North Korea's capital Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014, before the start of a combat sports event.

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150th anniversary of Kobe Naval Training Center

KOBE, Japan - Minako Koyama, great-great-granddaughter of Katsu Kaishu (1823-1899), a statesman and naval engineer, pays a floral tribute at a ceremony on Aug. 30, 2014, in front of a memorial for the Kobe Naval Training Center in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, opened under Katsu's initiative 150 years ago.

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Japanese lawmaker Inoki meets N. Korea's ceremonial head of state

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Antonio Inoki (L), a Japanese wrestler-turned-lawmaker, and Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea and ceremonial head of state, shake hands at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014, prior to their talks. Inoki, a member of the House of Councillors, arrived in Pyongyang on Aug. 28 to co-host a two-day combat sports event.

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150th anniversary of Kobe Naval Training Center

KOBE, Japan - Minako Koyama (L), great-great-granddaughter of Katsu Kaishu (1823-1899), a statesman and naval engineer, and Masuo Fujimoto, head of a group of descendents of the men of the Kanrin Maru, Japan's first screw-driven steamship that Katsu captained on a visit to the United States in 1860, attend a ceremony on Aug. 30, 2014 in Kobe, western Japan, marking the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Kobe Naval Training Center.

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Japanese lawmaker Inoki meets N. Korea's ceremonial head of state

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Antonio Inoki (L), a Japanese wrestler-turned-lawmaker, and Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea and ceremonial head of state, pose for a photo at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014, prior to their talks. Inoki, a member of the House of Councillors, arrived in Pyongyang on Aug. 28 to co-host a two-day combat sports event.

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'Horse meat summit' held to vitalize local economies

YAMAGATA, Japan - Various mascot characters from across Japan gather in Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture, on Aug. 30, 2014, for the first "Japan Horse Meat Summit" to vitalize local economies through traditional food culture.

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Residents protest against Osprey deployment at Saga airport

SAGA, Japan - Hundreds of residents in the southwestern Japanese city of Saga rally in front of the city hall on Aug. 30, 2014, to protest against the central government's plan to deploy V-22 Osprey transport aircraft at a local airport.

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Japanese lawmaker Inoki meets N. Korea's ceremonial head of state

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Antonio Inoki (L), a Japanese wrestler-turned-lawmaker, and Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea and ceremonial head of state, shake hands at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014, prior to their talks. Inoki, a member of the House of Councillors, arrived in Pyongyang on Aug. 28 to co-host a two-day combat sports event.

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Japanese lawmaker Inoki meets N. Korea's ceremonial head of state

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Antonio Inoki (L), a Japanese wrestler-turned-lawmaker, talks with Kim Yong Nam (R), president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea and ceremonial head of state, at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang on Aug. 30, 2014. Inoki, a member of the House of Councillors, arrived in Pyongyang on Aug. 28 to co-host a two-day combat sports event.

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Indian nationalist Chandra Bose in 1943

TOKYO, Japan - Indian nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose is seen in this photo taken in 1943. A request to bring back his remains kept at Renkoji, a Buddhist temple in Tokyo, to India may be answered during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official visit to Japan from Aug. 30, 2014.

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Mitsubishi Electric to launch new 4K TV model

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Electric Corp. unveils a super-high-resolution liquid crystal display TV model, "REAL 4K," at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 25. It will be put on the market on Oct. 30, 2014.

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Parts of Boeing 747's primary wing to be displayed

NARITA, Japan - Two cross-sectional parts of the primary wing of a Boeing 747 wide-body commercial airliner, dubbed the jumbo jet, are shown at the Museum of Aeronautical Sciences in Shibayama, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on July 30, 2014, ahead of their permanent display from Aug. 1.

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Golfer Ishikawa leaves for U.S. for PGA Championship

NARITA, Japan - Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa gets a bouquet of flowers at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, before his departure for the U.S. on July 30, 2014, for the PGA Championship opening on Aug. 7 in Louisville, Kentucky. "I will put more emphasis on my scores than on my ranking in the tourney," he said.

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Inside view of Museum of Aeronautical Sciences

NARITA, Japan - An inside view of the Museum of Aeronautical Sciences in Shibayama, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, is shown on July 30, 2014. The museum is set to display from Aug. 1 various things related to the Boeing 747 jumbo jet, including cross-sectional parts of its primary wing.

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Foreign cosplayers visit Japan ministry before int'l event

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Parliamentary Vice Foreign Minister Seiji Kihara (3rd from L) poses with six young people from China, Finland and Mexico dressed as characters from Japanese animation, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 30, 2014. They are in Japan to attend the 12th World Cosplay Summit, which runs from July 26 to Aug. 3 in Nagoya, western Japan.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Panoramic photos show the Shishiori area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, 2011, four days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, on Aug. 30, 2012, and on Feb. 14, 2014.

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Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukasu

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 30, 2012, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows super skyscraper Abeno Harukasu in Osaka, which reached its ultimate height of 300 meters the same day. The tallest building in Japan, located in Osaka's Abeno Ward, is set to open in the spring of 2014.

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Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukasu

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 30, 2012, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows super skyscraper Abeno Harukasu in Osaka, which reached its ultimate height of 300 meters the same day. The tallest building in Japan, located in Osaka's Abeno Ward, is set to open in the spring of 2014.

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Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukasu

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 30, 2012, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows super skyscraper Abeno Harukasu (back) in Osaka, which reached its ultimate height of 300 meters the same day, with Osaka's traditional landmark Tsutenkaku tower also shown (L front). The tallest building in Japan, located in Osaka's Abeno Ward, is set to open in the spring of 2014.

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Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukasu

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 30, 2012, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows super skyscraper Abeno Harukasu in Osaka, which reached its ultimate height of 300 meters the same day, with a sign bearing the Japanese phrase that means "tallest in Japan" seen displayed on the roof. The tallest building in Japan, located in Osaka's Abeno Ward, is set to open in the spring of 2014.

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Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukasu

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 30, 2012, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows super skyscraper Abeno Harukasu in Osaka, which reached its ultimate height of 300 meters the same day. The tallest building in Japan, located in Osaka's Abeno Ward, is set to open in the spring of 2014.