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'Barefoot Gen' marks 40th anniversary of publication

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken July 6, 2011, shows the late Keiji Nakazawa, author of "Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen)," a Japanese manga series describing the life of a 6-year-old boy called Gen before and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. The series marked the 40th anniversary of its publication in 2013. Nakazawa died in December 2012.

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Tsunami debris on U.S. shores

PORTLAND, United States - Azusa Kojima (L) and Hiroshi Kaneko of the Japan Environmental Action Network meet with U.S. groups on how to collaborate over the problem of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami landing on North American shores in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 6, 2012.

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A-bomb surviving bonsai from Hiroshima

KYOTO, Japan - A man marvels at a bonsai tree which survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, at an exhibition in Kyoto on Nov. 25, 2011. It was the public debut of the black pine tree, estimated to be 300-400 years old, which was placed at about 2.5 kilometers from the hypocenter of the atomic blast on Aug. 6, 1945.

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Boeing 787 'Dreamliner'

EVERETT, United States - Photo taken Aug. 6, 2011, shows Boeing Co.'s advanced B-787 aircraft called the ''Dreamliner'' in Everett in the state of Washington. All Nippon Airways Co. is scheduled to receive contractual delivery of the first 787 at the Boeing plant in the U.S. city on Sept. 25, 2011, Pacific Daylight Time, followed by a commemoration ceremony the next day. The aircraft is scheduled to arrive at Haneda international airport in Tokyo on Sept. 28, Japan time. ANA plans to launch domestic flight services with the Dreamliner from November.

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Flood-hit N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2011 shows a railroad, which were partially swept away by heavy rain and flooding in late July, near a farm in Hwanghaenam Province, North Korea.

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Flood-hit N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People work to reconstruct an area near a farm in Hwanghaenam Province, North Korea on Aug. 6, 2011. The area was hit by heavy rain and flooding in late July.

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Engagement, wedding ring sales rise

SENDAI, Japan - Photo shows a jewelry shop inside a department store in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2011. Sales of engagement and wedding rings have increased sharply at major department stores in Sendai in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, with many couples apparently buying them as a proof of ties deepened by the disaster.

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China's 1st aircraft carrier on sea trials

BEIJING, China - China's first aircraft carrier Varyag is seen anchored at a dock at Dalian port on Aug. 6, 2011. The Soviet-built conventional-power warship left for sea trials on Aug. 10, after having been under repair and refitting at the port since 2002.

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Ex-Japanese Foreign Minister Maehara on Etorofu

NEMURO, Japan - Former Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (2nd from R) speaks with a local reporter on Etorofu Island, one of four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido, on Aug. 6, 2011. He was visiting the island under a bilateral visa-free exchange program.

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U.N. chief Ban in interview

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at Kennedy international airport in New York on Aug. 6, 2011. Ban said in the interview that Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan is eager to attend the United Nations' high-level meeting on nuclear safety and security on Sept. 22, indicating the premier's ambition to stay in office longer than he has indicated.

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Boeing unveils Dreamliner for delivery to ANA

EVERETT, United States - U.S. aircraft maker Boeing and Japanese airline All Nippon Airways unveil the first 787 Dreamliner to be delivered to ANA, at Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington on Aug. 6, 2011. ANA will be the first airline in the world to begin commercial flights using the state-of-the-art aircraft.

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Boeing unveils Dreamliner for delivery to ANA

EVERETT, United States - U.S. aircraft maker Boeing and Japanese airline All Nippon Airways unveil the first 787 Dreamliner to be delivered to ANA, at Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington on Aug. 6, 2011. ANA will be the first airline in the world to begin commercial flights using the state-of-the-art aircraft.

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Boeing unveils Dreamliner for delivery to ANA

EVERETT, United States - U.S. aircraft maker Boeing produces 787 Dreamliners at its factory in Everett, Washington on Aug. 6, 2011. The Japanese airline All Nippon Airways will be the first airline in the world to begin commercial flights of the state-of-the-art aircraft.

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Bruce Lee's coat auctioned off

HONG KONG, China - Greg Manning (R), a memorabilia trader from the United States, poses for photos with his wife in Hong Kong on Aug. 6, 2011, shortly after successfully bidding for a fur-lined blue costume coat (worn by his wife) that belonged to kung fu legend Bruce Lee for HK$600,000. Manning said the price was a lot less than he had expected to pay.

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Piano that survived atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese pianist Mami Hagiwara is pictured with a piano that survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in Mazda Stadium in the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack. To mark the anniversary, a concert was held before a night game between the Hiroshima Carp and the Yomiuri Giants at the stadium, with Hagiwara, a 24-year-old Hiroshima native who won first prize in the piano division of the Geneva International Music Competition in 2010, playing the piano.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People float lanterns carrying peace messages on the Motoyasu River near the Atomic Bomb Dome (in the background) in Hiroshima on the night of Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city, to console the souls of those who died in the river after rushing there for water following the attack.

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Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

NAHA, Japan - Pacita Okuma (R), a 69-year-old second-generation Japanese-Filipino, lays her hand on the shoulder of Manzo Okuma, her 95-year-old Japanese father, at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 6, 2011. The father, who immigrated to the Philippines before World War II and married a local woman, was reunited with his daughter for the first time in 66 years after he was deported to Japan after the war.

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Japanese film director Shindo's new work

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese movie director Kaneto Shindo, holding flowers, gives a speech on the stage at a theater in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 2011, when his latest work ''Ichimai no Hagaki'' (A Postcard) premiered.

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Japanese-Filipino's reunion with father

NAHA, Japan - Pacita Okuma (R), a 69-year-old second-generation Japanese-Filipino, smiles at Manzo Okuma, her 95-year-old Japanese father, at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 6, 2011. The father, who immigrated to the Philippines before World War II and married a local woman, was reunited with his daughter for the first time in 66 years after he was deported to Japan after the war.

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Japanese film director Shindo's new work

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese movie director Kaneto Shindo receives applause as he heads for the stage at a theater in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 2011, when his latest work ''Ichimai no Hagaki'' (A Postcard) premiered.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman participating in a ceremony in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to commemorate the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city, offers a prayer at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the exact moment of the attack 66 years ago.

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Culture festival starts in Brazil to support Japan

PETROPOLIS, Brazil - Brazilian children wave Japanese national flags in a square where a Japanese Shinto shrine gate stands in Petropolis, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, on Aug. 6, 2011. They were attending the opening ceremony of a festival of Japanese culture to support Japan's efforts to rebuild after the March 11 disaster. The festival will run through Aug. 28.

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Japanese film director Shindo's new work

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese movie director Kaneto Shindo gives a speech on the stage at a theater in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 2011, when his latest work ''Ichimai no Hagaki'' (A Postcard) premiered.

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World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Participants of the World Cosplay Summit 2011 strike poses at the Osu Kannon temple in Nagoya, central Japan, on Aug. 6, 2011. Around 500 cosplayers from Japan and 16 other countries are taking part in the three-day event that began the same day.

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World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Participants of the World Cosplay Summit 2011 strike poses at the Osu Kannon temple in Nagoya, central Japan, on Aug. 6, 2011. Around 500 cosplayers from Japan and 16 other countries are taking part in the three-day event that began the same day.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R, front) and other people participating in a ceremony in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to commemorate the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city, offer prayers at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the exact moment of the attack 66 years ago.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman prays in front of the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city at 3:55 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at a press conference in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman prays in front of the Children's Peace Monument, dedicated to the child victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city at 4:30 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack.

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Demonstration against nuclear power plants in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Demonstrators take to the streets in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, calling for the closure of nuclear power plants.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People pray in front of the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city at 6:24 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People stage a die-in protest in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome (L, back) in Hiroshima at 8:17 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima is pictured at 8:05 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the U.S. attack on the western Japan city.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman prays in front of the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city at 3:56 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack.

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Star Festival in disaster-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Around 3,000 green bamboo logs with colorful streamers and strips of paper are arranged in a row in the main commercial arcade of the earthquake- and tsunami-hit city of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, as the annual Star Festival starts on Aug. 6, 2011.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman stares at the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city at 4:38 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman carrying a baby prays in front of the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima for the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city at 5:19 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) hands a city government official a book containing the names of 5,785 people who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city whose deaths have been confirmed over the past year, to place it in the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park at 8:02 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack. The total number of atomic-bomb victims has reached 275,230.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima is pictured at 5 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the U.S. attack on the western Japan city.