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Niece of Japanese POW visits his grave in Australia

COWRA, Australia - Yasuko Hayashi (R), a niece of Michiaki Wakaomi who died of illness in 1945 as a prisoner of war in Australia, visits his grave at the Japanese War Cemetery in Cowra, eastern Australia, with her husband on Aug. 5, 2014, following the confirmation of Wakaomi's grave earlier this year.

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No. of koalas kept at Japanese zoos dropping

NAGOYA, Japan - One of five koala bears kept at Nagoya's Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens eats eucalyptus on Aug. 5, 2014. The cost of cultivating the plant is rising while the number of koalas kept at Japanese zoos is declining as they age.

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Anti-TPP group protests in front of U.S. trade office

WASHINGTON, United States - A civic organization opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade initiative raises a banner saying "Secret TPP Negotiations Here" in front of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 5, 2014.

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Postwar photos exhibited in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - Osami Imamura, head of a group recording the air raids on Aomori, explains photos believed to have been taken by U.S. troops of the Allied Occupation forces stationed in Aomori Prefecture shortly after World War II at a photo exhibition in Aomori city on Aug. 5, 2014.

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Musical on state secrecy law to be played in autumn

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the musical troupe "Musical Guild q." practice at a studio in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2014, for "The Secret Garden" stage play, based on the premise that a citizen is arrested on a charge of violating a controversial state secrecy law. The play is scheduled for late October.

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Ex-WWII manned torpedo pilot recalls wartime days

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Yoshitome looks at photos taken when he was a manned torpedo pilot for a suicide mission during the closing days of World War II in Sapporo in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Aug. 5, 2014.

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Aerial view of ancient tumuluses in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - The Miyakozuka tomb mound in Asuka in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nara, found to have been shaped like a pyramid and built in the late sixth century, is seen at the bottom of this photo taken on Aug. 5, 2014. The Ishibutai tumulus is located in the middle.

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Big stone coffin found in 6th-century tumulus

NARA, Japan - A large stone coffin is shown in this photo taken on Aug. 5, 2014, inside the Miyakozuka tomb mound in Asuka in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nara, which is found to have been shaped like a pyramid. The tumulus was built in the late sixth century.

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Stones found piled up in staircase pattern at tumulus

NARA, Japan - Archaeologists find stones piled up in a staircase pattern on the east side of the Miyakozuka tomb mound in Asuka in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nara, as shown in this photo taken on Aug. 5, 2014. Built in the late sixth century, the tumulus was shaped like a pyramid, according to the archaeologists.

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Aaerial view of ancient tumulus in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - The Miyakozuka tomb mound in Asuka in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nara is seen in this aerial photo taken on Aug. 5, 2014. Archaeologists say the sixth-century tumulus was a flat-topped burial mound made by piling up stones in a staircase pattern.

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Temporary housing in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Lights remain off on the night of Aug. 5, 2014, at a temporary housing facility in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. An increasing number of residents who had taken shelter at the facility since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster have moved out, while some 90,000 people still live in the prefabricated temporary housing in the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.

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Safety control improved in factory

OIZUMI, Japan - A monitoring device installed at the side of a production line of the factory of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. is pictured on Aug. 5, 2014, in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. The factory's safety controls are being improved after a disgruntled worker laced frozen food products with pesticide last year.

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Safety control improvement required

OIZUMI, Japan - A security monitor installed on the ceiling of Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc. factory is pictured on Aug. 5, 2014, in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. The factory's safety controls are being improved after a disgruntled worker laced frozen food products with pesticide last year.

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Girl swept away by 2004 tsunami reunited with family

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Raudhatul Jannah (R) and her mother Jamaliah speak to reporters in the Indonesian state of Aceh on Aug. 5, 2014, about their happy reunion after the daughter, then 4, was swept away by the 2014 tsunami following a devastating earthquake off Sumatra.

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Yankees' Kuroda pitches against Detroit Tigers

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda of Japan reacts after allowing a run-tying RBI single to the Detroit Tigers' Alex Avila in the seventh inning on Aug. 5, 2014, at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Yankees lost 4-3 in 12 innings.

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Gathering held at N.Y. church to pray for world peace

NEW YORK, United States - Some 200 people attend a gathering at a New York church on Aug. 5, 2014, to pray for the realization of a world free from nuclear weapons as a bell sounds at 7:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, or 8:15 a.m. in Japan, when an atomic bomb was dropped 69 years ago on Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Japan, U.S. take step forward in beef, pork tariffs talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Hiroshi Oe, deputy chief TPP negotiator of Japan, speaks to reporters in Washington on Aug. 5, 2014, after the two-day talks with his U.S. counterpart Wendy Cutler. Oe said the two countries took a "step forward" in negotiations over Japan's proposed exceptional tariffs on beef and pork under a Pacific Rim free trade agreement.

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Fukushima students meet Hiroshima A-bomb survivor

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Maya Fukuda (front far R) and other middle and high school students from Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, listen to the tragic history of atomic bombing survivor Taeko Teramae in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2014. The students in turn told Teramae of their own experiences with the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power accident.

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Yankees' Kuroda pitches against Detroit Tigers

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda of Japan pitches against the Detroit Tigers on Aug. 5, 2014, at Yankee Stadium in New York. Kuroda worked seven solid innings, but the Yankees lost 4-3 in 12 innings.

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Japan, Ukraine sign joint statement on energy

KIEV, Ukraine - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (L) shakes hands with Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Prodan in Kiev, Ukraine, on Aug. 5, 2014, after signing a joint statement on bilateral energy cooperation.

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Hanagasa Festival starts in Yamagata

YAMAGATA, Japan - People dance in the main street of the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2014, as the Hanagasa Festival started there. Around 13,000 people from 150 groups will take part in the dancing during the three-day festival.

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China quake death toll nears 600 amid ongoing rescue efforts

LUDIAN, China - Children's bags are left among the rubble of collapsed houses in Ludian County of Zhaotong City in southwestern China's Yunnan Province on Aug. 5, 2014, following a devastating earthquake. The 6.5-magnitude quake which struck at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 3 was centered in the county.

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Kashiwa, Lanus before Suruga Bank Championship

KASHIWA, Japan - (From L) Japan's Kashiwa Reysol captain Hidekazu Otani and Kashiwa manager Nelsinho stand for photos with Argentina's CA Lanus manager Guillermo Barros Schelotto and Lanus captain Maximiliano Velazquez in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Aug. 5, 2014, the day before facing off in the Suruga Bank Championship.

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Hiroshima to mark 69th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman lights a candle in front of a cenotaph for atomic bomb victims in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 5, 2014, prior to the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing the next day.

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Hanagasa Festival starts in Yamagata

YAMAGATA, Japan - People dance in the main street of the northeastern Japanese city of Yamagata on Aug. 5, 2014, as the Hanagasa Festival started there. Around 13,000 people from 150 groups will take part in the dancing during the three-day festival.

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Japanese-Filipino man seeks Japanese citizenship

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Miyake (R), who was born in the Philippines to a Japanese father and Filipino mother before the end of World War II, speaks at a press conference at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2014, during his visit to Japan to seek Japanese citizenship.

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Japanese-Filipino war children seek Japanese citizenship

TOKYO, Japan - A group of people who were born in the Philippines to Japanese fathers and Filipino mothers before and during World War II hold a press conference at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2014, during their visit to Japan to seek Japanese citizenship.

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Nurse reports on Ebola outbreak

TOKYO, Japan - Terumi Yoshida, a Doctors Without Borders nurse deployed in Sierra Leone, reports about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2014.

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Emergency food brought to quake victims in China

ZHAOTONG, China - Chinese police officers carry emergency food on Aug. 5, 2014, Longtoushan under Ludian County of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, southwestern China, after a major earthquake struck the area on Aug. 3.

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Residents walk through debris in quake-hit China

ZHAOTONG, China - Residents walk through debris of destroyed houses in Longtoushan under Ludian County of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, southwestern China, on Aug. 5, 2014, after a major earthquake struck the area on Aug. 3.

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China quake death toll tops 400 amid ongoing rescue efforts

ZHAOTONG, China - A man (R) in earthquake-hit Zhaotong, in southern China's Yunnan Province, wails amid the devastation on Aug. 5, 2014. The death toll from the quake two days earlier surpassed 400 as rescuers raced to find survivors.

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China quake death toll tops 400 amid ongoing rescue efforts

ZHAOTONG, China - Photo taken Aug. 5, 2014, shows the wreckage of a village in southern China's Yunnan Province, which was hit by a powerful earthquake two days earlier. The death toll from the quake has surpassed 400 as rescuers race to find survivors.

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Families lose loved ones in China quake

ZHAOTONG, China - Residents who lost their family members walk through debris on Aug. 5, 2014, in Longtoushan under Ludian County of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, southwestern China, which was hit by a major earthquake on Aug. 3.

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Conductor adds coal on 'stove train' in northern Japan

AOMORI, Japan - A conductor adds coal to a stove in a carriage of a "stove train" operated by Tsugaru Railway Co. in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 5, 2014, in a rare event timed with a local fire festival. The stove train is a feature of the railway operator in winter.

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China quake death toll tops 400 amid ongoing rescue efforts

ZHAOTONG, China - People in earthquake-hit Zhaotong, in southern China's Yunnan Province, shelter from the sun beneath umbrellas on Aug. 5, 2014. The death toll from the quake two days earlier surpassed 400 as rescuers raced to find survivors.

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Passengers eat ice cream on 'stove train'

AOMORI, Japan - Passengers eat ice cream in a carriage of a "stove train" operated by Tsugaru Railway Co. in Goshogawara, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 5, 2014, in a rare event timed with a local fire festival. The stove train is a feature of the railway operator in winter.

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Helicopter flies over quake-hit China town

ZHAOTONG, China - A helicopter flies over Longtoushan under Ludian County of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, southwestern China, on Aug. 5, 2014, after a major earthquake struck the area on Aug. 3.

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China quake death toll tops 400 amid ongoing rescue efforts

ZHAOTONG, China - Rescue workers recover and carry away a body in earthquake-hit Zhaotong in southern China's Yunnan Province on Aug. 5, 2014. The death toll from the quake two days earlier surpassed 400 as rescuers raced to find survivors.

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Toyota posts record high operating profit for April-June

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Managing Officer Takuo Sasaki briefs the press Aug. 5, 2014, on the automaker's financial results for the April-June quarter. Toyota group operating profit grew 4.4 percent from a year earlier to an all-time high of 692.73 billion yen for the quarter as brisk sales in North America more than offset a lackluster performance in Japan, where a sales tax hike April 1 triggered a sales decline.

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Collapsed school building photographed

ZHAOTONG, China - Photo taken on Aug. 5, 2014, shows a collapsed school building in Longtoushan under Ludian County of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, southwestern China. A major quake struck the area on Aug. 3.

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Sharp unveils new LDC TV for 4K broadcasting

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. announces in Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2014, that it will release two new liquid crystal display TV models in the Aquos family for 4K ultra-high resolution broadcasting on Sept. 10.

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STAP cells paper co-author Sasai commits suicide

KOBE, Japan - Riken staff are surrounded by reporters on Aug. 5, 2014, in the western Japan city of Kobe, following the suicide of Yoshiki Sasai, deputy director of the Riken Center for Developmental Biology and a co-author of controversial research papers on so-called STAP cells.

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Figure skater Asada cuts ribbon for her photo exhibition

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese figure skater Mao Asada cuts the ribbon to open an exhibition of her photos and other items at Takashimaya Department Store in Kyoto, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2014.

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Strong quake in southwestern China kills hundreds

ZHAOTONG, China - A woman in Zhaotong in southern China's Yunnan Province looks at the wreckage of her house on Aug. 5, 2014, that collapsed in a powerful earthquake. Hundreds of people were killed by the quake.

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Dance before cenotaph for Korean A-bomb victims in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - South Korean women perform a requiem dance in front of a cenotaph for Korean victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima in the western Japan city on Aug. 5, 2014.

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Strong quake in southwestern China kills hundreds

ZHAOTONG, China - Rescue workers transfer an injured person in Zhaotong in southern China's Yunnan Province on Aug. 5, 2014, following a powerful earthquake. Hundreds of people were killed by the quake.

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Gov't decides on support measures for abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Cabinet ministers and others attend a meeting on Aug. 5, 2014, in Tokyo, at which the government decided to improve support measures for those who were abducted by North Korea.

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Strong quake in southwestern China kills hundreds

ZHAOTONG, China - Family members cover the body of a child with cardboard on Aug. 5, 2014, in Zhaotong in southern China's Yunnan Province, following a powerful earthquake. Hundreds of people were killed by the quake.

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Gov't decides on support measures for abductees

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) attends a meeting on Aug. 5, 2014, in Tokyo, at which the government decided to improve support measures for those who were abducted by North Korea.

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STAP paper co-author Sasai commits suicide

KOBE, Japan - Photo shows Japanese scientist Yoshiki Sasai, a co-author of controversial research papers on so-called STAP cells. He committed suicide on Aug. 5, 2014, at an institute of the government-affiliated Riken in the western Japan city of Kobe.