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American GE man remembered by Fukushima citizens

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiteru Naka, a former employee of General Electric Co. of the United States, visits the tomb of Edward Cook, an American who was a GE official, at a cemetery of Hosenji Buddhist temple in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2011. Cook, who worked as GE official when the project to build the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi complex was under way, had his ashes interred at the cemetery about 8 kilometers from the plant at his own request. Naka, now president of a subcontractor for the Fukushima Plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., is working to tackle the crisis at the nuclear complex.

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Caviar farm in disaster-hit Kamaishi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 9, 2011, shows a sturgeon farm to harvest caviar which was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture. The company Kamaishi Caviar, known as the first to produce farmed caviar on a commercial basis in Japan, was disbanded as all sturgeons at its facilities died in the disaster.

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Car-sharing services spreading

NAGOYA, Japan - A woman stands by a vehicle for the ''Cariteco'' car-sharing service in Nagoya on Aug. 9, 2011. Car-sharing services are spreading in the Tokai region which includes Japan's third-largest business area centered on Nagoya, with reduced fees and more cars available to members.

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Zaveri Bazar in Mumbai

MUMBAI, India - Photo taken on Aug. 9, 2011, shows Zaveri Bazar in Mumbai, western India. The first of three fatal bomb blasts in Mumbai occurred in the bazaar on July 13, 2011.

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Zaveri Bazar in Mumbai

MUMBAI, India - Photo taken on Aug. 9, 2011, shows Zaveri Bazar in Mumbai, western India. The first of three fatal bomb blasts in Mumbai occurred in the bazaar on July 13, 2011.

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Suetsuna, Maeda advance to top 16

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Satoko Suetsuna (front) and Miyuki Maeda play in the second round of the women's doubles at the World Badminton Championships in London on Aug. 9, 2011. The pair beat the Indonesian pair of Andini Suci Rizky and Della Destiara Haris 21-14, 21-15 to advance to the third round.

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Nagasaki's 66th anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - The head of a Virgin Mary statue (front) destroyed in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing leaves Peace Park in the city of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2011, for a procession to commemorate the victims of the bombing on the 66th anniversary of the attack. Nagasaki's peace statue is seen in the background.

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China's 1st aircraft carrier on sea trials

BEIJING, China - Photo (top) taken on Aug. 9, 2011 shows China's first aircraft carrier Varyag anchored at a dock at Dalian port. 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. Photo (bottom) taken on Aug. 10, 2011 shows the dock at Dalian port after the warship left there.

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Nagasaki's 66th anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - Lanterns are released down the Urakami River in the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2011, to commemorate the victims of U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japanese city on the 66th anniversary of the attack.

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Suetsuna, Maeda advance to top 16

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Miyuki Maeda (R) and Satoko Suetsuna play in the second round of the women's doubles at the World Badminton Championships in London on Aug. 9, 2011. The pair beat the Indonesian pair of Andini Suci Rizky and Della Destiara Haris 21-14, 21-15 to advance to the third round.

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TEPCO logs 572 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa (2nd from L) and other executives bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2011. The utility reported a group net loss of 571.76 billion yen for the April to June period after booking massive costs to deal with the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and increases in fuel expenses for power generation.

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TEPCO logs 572 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa (front L) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2011. The utility reported a group net loss of 571.76 billion yen for the April to June period after booking massive costs to deal with the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and increases in fuel expenses for power generation.

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Nagasaki University, IAEA tie up

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki University President Shigeru Katamine (R) and Rethy Chem, an official of the International Atomic Energy Agency, shake hands at the university in Nagasaki City on Aug. 9, 2011. The two institutes agreed to tie up on education and research on the medical treatment of radiation exposure.

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Yen rises amid global stock falls

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) chats with Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa shortly before a House of Councillors committee meeting begins in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2011. Noda stressed during the meeting the need to take solid steps to address the rising yen in addition to currency market interventions.

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Nagasaki's 66th anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - Catholics holding torches proceed to Urakami Cathedral in the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2011, to commemorate the victims of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japanese city on the 66th anniversary of the attack.

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Seawall operated by tsunami

SAKAI, Japan - Hitachi Zosen Corp. shows to reporters in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2011, a seawater barrier that automatically rises from the ground or seabed using the buoyant force of tidal waves. The Japanese heavy machinery and engineering firm said it has started to accept orders for the seawater barrier it has developed.

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Nagasaki's 66th anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - A ceremony to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing is held at Peace Park in the city of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 9, 2011.

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Nagasaki's 66th anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - A woman offers a thousand paper cranes on Aug. 9, 2011, at Peace Park in the city of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, where the ceremony to commemorate the 66th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing was held the same day.

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Fukushima decontamination

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Workers remove grass before work to decontaminate the soil in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 9, 2011. Radioactive materials have contaminated the soil following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Children's orchestra mourns disaster victims

KAMAISHI, Japan - Prominent conductor Yutaka Sado leads a students' orchestra beside a beach in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2011. The event was held in the area hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to mourn the victims of the disaster.

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U.N. chief Ban, Kitazawa meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) and Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa shake hands at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2011. Kitazawa suggested it would be difficult for Japan to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces to Southern Sudan for a U.N. peacekeeping mission for the time being, responding to a request by the U.N. chief.

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Nagasaki's 66th anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - A woman offers a thousand paper cranes to a peace statue at Peace Park in the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2011, the 66th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city.

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U.N. chief Ban, Kitazawa meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R) and Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) meet at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2011. Kitazawa suggested it would be difficult for Japan to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces to Southern Sudan for a U.N. peacekeeping mission for the time being, responding to a request by the U.N. chief.

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Man took 60 mil. yen from nephew's accounts

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a ''baby hatch'' facility for unwanted babies at Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto City in January 2011. Police sources said on Aug. 9, 2011, that a 49-year-old man is suspected of embezzling about 60 million yen from the bank accounts of his young nephew who was in his legal custody and leaving the boy at the baby hatch.

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Nagasaki's 66th anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - Women pray during a morning mass at Urakami Cathedral in the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2011, the 66th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city.

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Nagasaki's 66th anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - A girl prays before a peace statue at Peace Park in the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2011, the 66th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city.

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Nagasaki's 66th anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - A woman and her children pray before a monument to commemorate Korean victims of atomic bombing at Peace Park in the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2011, the 66th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city.

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Nagasaki's 66th anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - A woman offers prayers for the victims of the atomic bombing during a morning mass at Urakami Cathedral in the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2011, the 66th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city.

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Nagasaki's 66th anniversary of atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan - People form a human chain around a monument at the epicenter of the atomic bomb blast at Peace Park in the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2011, the 66th anniversary of U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city.

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Nagasaki peace statue cleaned

NAGASAKI, Japan - The Peace Statue in Nagasaki Peace Park is cleaned on July 16, 2011, ahead of the anniversary of the Aug. 9, 1945, U.S. atomic bombing of the city.