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Kobe kids put paper lanterns on river cleaned by locals

OSAKA, Japan - Children put handmade paper lanterns on the Shinminato River in Kobe, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on Aug. 7, 2014. The river was once filled with filth following the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake but has since been cleaned by local people.

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Painting on round fan likely drawn by Utamaro found

TOKYO, Japan - "Uchiwa-e," a painting on an "uchiwa" round fan believed to have been drawn by famous feudal-era "ukiyoe" woodblock print artist Kitagawa Utamaro, is shown in this file photo taken on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Candlelight vigil for Hiroshima mudslide victims

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Monks and local residents light candles forming the date "8.20" on Oct. 7, 2014, at a memorial service for the repose of the souls of 74 victims killed in the Aug. 20 mudslides in Hiroshima, western Japan.

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Lawmakers observe moment of silence for disaster victims

TOKYO, Japan - Attendees at the House of Councillors Budget Committee observe a moment of silence on Oct. 7, 2014, in Tokyo, for the victims of massive mudslides in Hiroshima, western city, on Aug. 20, and the eruption of Mt. Ontake in central Japan on Sep. 27.

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Kurozumi-kyo grassroots Shinto chief chants sunrise prayer

TOKYO, Japan - Muneharu Kurozumi (L), chief patriarch of the Kurozumi-kyo school of grassroots Shinto, chants a purification sunrise prayer at the sect's headquarters in Okayama, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on Aug. 7, 2014. The practice has continued since the foundation of the sect in 1814, with this year marking its 200th anniversary.

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Young Palestinians live inside Gaza hospital

GAZA, Palestine Autonomous Area - Young Palestinians taking shelter in the precincts of a hospital in the Gaza Strip smile on Aug. 7, 2014, amid the military conflict between Hamas and Israel in the Middle Eastern region.

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Sunset in Gaza

GAZA, Palestine Autonomous Region - The sun sets on a port in Gaza on Aug. 7, 2014.

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People in Gaza

GAZA, Palestine Autonomous Region - A woman holds a baby in a school where she takes refuge in Gaza on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Children in Gaza

GAZA, Palestine Autonomous Region - A girl taking refuge with other children on the premises of a hospital looks into a camera lens in Gaza on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Bags of radioactive waste from cleanup work getting torn

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Bags containing radioactive waste from decontamination work associated with the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster are piled up in five tiers at one of the provisional storage sites in the Futaba district of Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 7, 2014, with some bags beginning to tear due to wear.

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Bags of radioactive waste from cleanup work getting torn

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - One of the bags containing radioactive waste from decontamination work associated with the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster is partially broken after being exposed to the weather for a long time at one of the provisional storage sites in the Futaba district of Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 7, 2014.

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USJ may see largest monthly visitor turnout in August

OSAKA, Japan - The number of visitors to Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, western Japan, in August may surpass the monthly record of some 1.31 million, registered in August 2001, due to the popularity of a new attraction based on the Harry Potter film franchise that opened on July 15. The photo was taken on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Novelist Natsume's letter for author aspirant found

TOKYO, Japan - A letter written by renowned Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume for a woman who failed to win a prize novel competition is shown on Aug. 7, 2014, in which Natsume consoled her by writing that winning a prize is not important.

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New genus, species of titanosaur found in Hyogo

KOBE, Japan - Haruo Saegusa, chief researcher at the Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo in Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, holds fossil remains on Aug. 7, 2014, of a partial skeleton of a titanosaur dating from the Lower Cretaceous period that were unearthed in the prefecture. The dinosaur represents a new genus and species of titanosauriform sauropods.

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People mourn for loved ones in Gaza cemetery

GAZA, Palestine Autonomous Region - People mourn for their relatives at a cemetery in Gaza City in the Palestine Autonomous region on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Gold medalist Hanyu unveils new free program

TORONTO, Canada - Photo taken Aug. 7, 2014, in Toronto, Canada, shows men's Olympic and world championship gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu. He unveiled a new free program, "Phantom of the Opera."

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Tribute to colleagues killed in Gaza

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. workers observe a moment of silence at the United Nations headquarters on Aug. 7, 2014, for 11 U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) staff killed over the last month in Gaza conflict.

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Gold medalist Hanyu unveils new free program

TORONTO, Canada - Photo taken Aug. 7, 2014, in Toronto, Canada, shows men's Olympic and world championship gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu. He unveiled a new free program, "Phantom of the Opera."

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ASEAN foreign ministers gather in Myanmar capital

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Foreign ministers from the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations pose after a dinner in Myanmar's capital Naypyitaw on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Oda tees off on 10th hole in PGA Championship

LOUISVILLE, United States - Komei Oda of Japan hits his tee shot on the 10th hole in the opening round of the PGA Championship at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Homeless Palestinians live in hospital yard in Gaza

GAZA, Palestine Autonomous Region - People who have lost their homes in the Gaza Strip of the Palestine Autonomous Region one month into Israel's military campaign live in the premises of a hospital in the city of Gaza on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Matsuyama tees off on 10th hole in PGA Championship

LOUISVILLE, United States - Hideki Matsuyama of Japan hits his tee shot on the 10th hole in the opening round of the PGA Championship at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Kids gather at bombed school in Gaza

GAZA, Palestine Autonomous Region - Palestinian children gather at a ravaged school in the Jabalia refugee camp on Aug. 7, 2014, after bombing by the Israeli military in the northern Gaza Strip in the Palestine Autonomous Region.

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Floats drawn at festival in tsunami-hit north Japan region

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Illuminated floats are drawn at a "moving star festival" in the Takata district of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 7, 2014, before the launch of land reclamation for housing construction after the March 2011 disaster that hit the northeastern Japan region.

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U.N. disarmament representative speaks in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Angela Kane, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, refers to strong discontent among nonnuclear-armed countries about the lack of progress in disarmament talks involving nuclear powers during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014.

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1,000-km relay through quake-hit region completed

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Kasumi Ishikawa (L) hands over sashes to Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014, after crossing the finishing line of a 1,000-kilometer relay through Japan's northeastern region damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

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Runners finish 1,000-km relay through quake-hit region

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese table tennis player Kasumi Ishikawa (front R) and other runners cross the finishing line in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014, after a 1,000-kilometer relay through Japan's northeastern region damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

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Homeless Palestinians live in school building in Gaza

GAZA, Palestine Autonomous Region - People who have lost their homes in the Gaza Strip in the Palestine Autonomous Region one month into Israel's military campaign live in a school building in the city of Gaza on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Miyagi accepts probe to find site for nuke waste disposal

TOKYO, Japan - Miyagi Governor Yoshihiro Murai (L) hands over a document to Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014, to accept government-funded research in the prefecture to find a candidate site for the final disposal of some of the radiation-tainted waste from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Storage batteries for solar power used in smart grid test

FUKUOKA, Japan - A Kyushu Electric Power Co. official shows storage batteries for solar energy used in the utility's experiment in the "smart grid" next generation electricity supply system on Aug. 7, 2014, under way in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Hiroshima city eyes hosting 2016 summit of economic powers

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Members of a task force set up by the Hiroshima municipal government seeking to host a summit of economic powers in 2016 meet in the western Japan city on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Power consumption meter used in smart grid network test

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. displays a power consumption meter on Aug. 7, 2014, distributed to households in the utility's experiment in the "smart grid" next generation electricity supply system now under way in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Death camp survivor speaks after Khmer Rouge ruling

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - An 80-year-old survivor of a Khmer Rouge death camp answers questions from reporters in Phnom Penh on Aug. 7, 2014, after a special court sentenced to life imprisonment two of the most senior leaders of the brutal communist regime that ruled Cambodia in the second half of the 1970s.

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Prime peach season hits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Farmer Toru Kikuta checks out ripe peaches ready for harvest at his orchard in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 7, 2014, as the peach season hits its peak. Fukushima Prefecture is Japan's second-largest producer of the fruit.

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Prime peach season hits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Workers sort peaches by size and sugar content on Aug. 7, 2014, in the city of Fukushima as the fruit produced in the northeastern Japanese prefecture readies for shipment during the peak season. Fukushima Prefecture is Japan's second-largest producer of peaches.

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Clay figures found lined up at tomb mound in western Japan

FUJIIDERA, Japan - Clay figures are lined up in circles on a terrace (foreground) at the Higashiyama rectangular-shaped tomb mound in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 7, 2014. The tomb, built in the early fifth century, is attached to the Konda-gobyoyama tumulus believed to belong to Emperor Ojin, described in ancient documents as Japan's 15th emperor.

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Clay figures found arranged in circles at ancient tomb

FUJIIDERA, Japan - Clay figures arranged in 11 circles on a terrace at the Higashiyama rectangular-shaped tomb mound in Habikino, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, are shown to the press on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Kansai airport concession sale draws 150 firms

OSAKA, Japan - Representatives from about 150 Japanese and foreign companies and organizations participate in a briefing session by New Kansai International Airport Co. in Izumisano, western Japan, on its plan to sell the management rights to Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport (also known as Itami airport) on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Astronaut Wakata pays courtesy call on PM Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Koichi Wakata (L), the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station, presents Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with an autographed panel during a courtesy call at his office in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014. Wakata served as ISS commander in the last two months of his six-month mission from November 2013 during his fourth trip to space.

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Toyota unveils turbo-engine output line for new Lexus

KANDA, Japan - A turbocharged engine production line for the new Lexus NX at a factory of Toyota Motor Corp.'s local subsidiary in Kanda, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is shown to the press on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Baseball proponents vow to reinstate sport as Olympic game

TOKYO, Japan - Some participants in Olympic baseball games in the past 30 years vow to make efforts to reinstate baseball as an official Olympic event in a talk show at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014. The event, held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Japan's win in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics as a demonstration event, was joined by (from L) former player Katsumi Hirosawa, and former managers Masatake Yamanaka, Reiichi Matsunaga, Yoshinobu Suzuki, Katsuji Kawashima and Kozo Otagaki.

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Floats clash at festival in tsunami-hit north Japan region

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Two floats clash with each other at a "fighting star festival" in the Kesen district of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 7, 2014, before the launch of land reclamation for housing construction after the March 2011 disaster that hit the northeaster Japan region.

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People draw floats at festival in tsunami-hit north Japan

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People draw floats at a "moving star festival" in the Takata district of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 7, 2014, before the launch of land reclamation for housing construction after the March 2011 disaster that hit the northeaster Japan region.

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Gov't commends ballerina for winning Benois award

TOKYO, Japan - Ballet dancer Mariko Kida (R) gets commendations from Cultural Agency head Masanori Aoyagi in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014, for winning this year's Benois de la Danse competition in the ballerina category in May as the first Japanese to receive the prestigious Russian award.

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Private-level Korea-Japan Forum opens meeting in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japanese Chairman Yuzaburo Mogi (R) of the private-level Korea-Japan Forum, honorary CEO and chairman of Kikkoman Corp., and his South Korean counterpart Yu Myung Hwan, the country's former foreign and trade minister, attend an opening ceremony for the group's annual meeting in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 7, 2014.

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Ballerina Kida all smiles after cited by Cultural Agency

TOKYO, Japan - Ballet dancer Mariko Kida holds a trophy given to her by the Cultural Agency commissioner in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014, for winning this year's Benois de la Danse competition in the ballerina category in May as the first Japanese to get the prestigious Russian award.

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Sony to release curved 4K LCD TV in China

BEIJING, China - Sony Corp. announces in Beijing on Aug. 7, 2014, that it will release a TV with a curved liquid crystal display screen for 4K ultra high-definition broadcasting in China in September.

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Daikin to sell new air purifier in Sept.

OSAKA, Japan - Dikin Industries Ltd. unveils in Osaka on Aug. 7, 2014, a new sensor-mounted air purifier capable of detecting PM2.5 pollutants ahead of its launch in September.

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Okinawa gov. announces candidacy for 3rd term

NAHA, Japan - Hirokazu Nakaima, governor of Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, attends a press conference in the prefectural capital Naha on Aug. 7, 2014, to formally announce his candidacy for a third four-year term. Okinawa's gubernatorial election is scheduled for Nov, 16, 2014.

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Japan pavilion's picture at Expo Milano 2015

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of Expo Milano 2015 hold an artist's impression of a Japanese pavilion in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014, with a miniature model of the pavilion in front. A record number of 25 Japanese local governments will participate in the Italian exposition under the pavilion's theme "Harmonious Diversity."