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NPB admits changing ball for current season

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo in August 2010 shows Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner Ryozo Kato showing off a new ball, as well as its cross section, to be used by the 12 professional baseball teams of the Japanese Central and Pacific leagues from the 2011 season. NPB admitted June 11, 2013, that it had changed its official ball prior to the start of the current season, which has seen markedly more home runs.

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Brain-dead boy's organs to be transplanted

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in August 2010 shows Osaka University Hospital in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. A boy aged between 10 and 14 was declared brain-dead with family consent for the first time in Japan on April 12, 2011. The boy's heart is set to be transplanted to a male patient aged under 20 at the Osaka hospital.

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Summer holiday exodus peaks

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers board the Tokaido Shinkansen Line at JR Tokyo Station on August 12, 2010. The annual rush of travelers heading to their hometowns and resorts during Japanese ''Bon'' summer holiday season peaked the same day, with people packing roads, railways and airports.

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Summer holiday exodus peaks

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers pass through ticket gates of the Tokaido Shinkansen Line at JR Tokyo Station on August 12, 2010. The annual rush of travelers heading to their hometowns and resorts during Japanese ''Bon'' summer holiday season peaked the same day, with people packing roads, railways and airports.

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Court declares last year's election unconstitutional

FUKUOKA, Japan - People hold up a banner calling for equal value for each vote in front of the Fukuoka High Court on March 12, 2010, after the court ruled the general election in August 2009 unconstitutional due to a sharp disparity in the value of each vote. The court became the third high court to rule the House of Representatives election unconstitutional.

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Driver found guilty over Utah bus accident

CEDAR CITY, United States - Yasushi Mikuni (2nd from R) sheds tears in the district court in Cedar City, Utah, on Aug. 5, 2011. Mikuni, 27, was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison by the court over an accident that killed three Japanese tourists and injured 12 others in Utah in August 2010. Mikuni was driving the bus carrying the tourists. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Driver found guilty over Utah bus accident

CEDAR CITY, United States - Yasushi Mikuni enters the district court in Cedar City, Utah, on Aug. 5, 2011. Mikuni, 27, was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison by the court over an accident that killed three Japanese tourists and injured 12 others in Utah in August 2010. Mikuni was driving the bus carrying the tourists. (Kyodo)

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Brain-dead boy's organs to be transplanted

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in August 2010 shows Osaka University Hospital in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. A boy aged between 10 and 14 was declared brain-dead with family consent for the first time in Japan on April 12, 2011. The boy's heart is set to be transplanted to a male patient aged under 20 at the Osaka hospital. (Kyodo)

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Court declares last year's election unconstitutional

FUKUOKA, Japan - People hold up a banner calling for equal value for each vote in front of the Fukuoka High Court on March 12, 2010, after the court ruled the general election in August 2009 unconstitutional due to a sharp disparity in the value of each vote. The court became the third high court to rule the House of Representatives election unconstitutional. (Kyodo)