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Foster family facility opened in northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Staff members of the "Children's Village Tohoku" attend an opening ceremony for the facility for foster families in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 19, 2014. The facility, comprising three foster family houses and a staff residence, will accept children who lost their parents in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku as well as those unable to live with their parents.

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Foster family facility opened in northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - The Children's Village Tohoku, a facility for foster families in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, opens on Dec. 19, 2014, to accept children who lost their parents in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku as well as those unable to live with their parents.

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Japan's quake-hit Tohoku area thanks Taiwan for support

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Hiroaki Takahashi (L), head of the Tohoku Tourism Promotion Organization, presents in Taipei on Dec. 19, 2014, a certificate of appreciation for Taiwan's support for the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku after it was hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Mascot characters from Japan join tourism blitz in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Mascot characters from six prefectures in Japan's northeastern region of Tohoku join a tourism campaign in Taipei on Dec. 19, 2014, urging Taiwanese people to visit the region recovering from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Writer of well-known A-bomb comic book 'Barefoot Gen' dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2011 shows Keiji Nakazawa, author of "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen), an iconic Japanese comic about the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing. Nakazawa died of lung cancer on Dec. 19 at a hospital in the western Japanese city, people close to him said Dec. 25, 2012. He was 73.

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Santa in quake-hit area

KESENNUMA, Japan - Santa Claus, visiting from Finland, delivers presents on Dec. 19, 2012, to a group of children in a nursery school in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture that was hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Christmas tree in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Kenichi Kurosawa (R), a 40-year-old plumber, and Takeru Okuda, a 19-year-old college student, stand in front of a Christmas tree in disaster-hit Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 24, 2011. Kurosawa placed the Christmas tree at the site where his home office was located, in memory of the victims of the March quake and tsunami and to wish for the reconstruction of the disaster-hit areas.

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N. Korea border area

DANDONG, China - People walk below a slogan praising leader Kim Jong Il on the North Korean side of the Yalu River in a photo taken from Dandong, on the Chinese side, on Dec. 22, 2011. North Korea announced Dec. 19 that Kim had died.

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Mourning period for Kim Jong Il

PAJU, South Korea - Photo taken in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 22, 2011, shows a village in North Korea. Figures are seen at the lower left. Pyongyang announced Dec. 19 that the country's leader Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17.

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Mourning period for Kim Jong Il

PAJU, South Korea - Photo taken in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 22, 2011, shows North Korea's flag being flown at half-mast in a village in North Korea, which is located about 10 kilometers away from where the photo was taken. Pyongyang announced Dec. 19 that the country's leader Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il, Japan PM Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2002 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shaking hands after holding talks at the Paekhwawon state guest house in Pyongyang. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, that Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17.

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N. Korean soldiers at a dock

DANDONG, China - Photo taken from the Chinese border city of Dandong shows North Korean soldiers working at a dock in North Korea on Dec. 21, 2011. North Korea appears to have blocked mobile phone services in areas bordering China since the announcement of the death of its leader Kim Jong Il on Dec. 19, 2011, Chinese traders said Dec. 21, 2011.

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Cyclist in N. Korea

DANDONG, China - Photo taken from the Chinese border city of Dandong shows a man on a bicycle riding past a North Korean flag flying at half mast in North Korea on Dec. 21, 2011. North Korea announced the death of its leader Kim Jong Il on Dec. 19, 2011.

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U.N. peacekeeping training center

BOGOR, Indonesia - A drill involving the Indonesian military is conducted as an opening ceremony for a training center for members of U.N. peacekeeping missions is held in Bogor, Indonesia, on Dec. 19, 2011.

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U.N. peacekeeping training center

BOGOR, Indonesia - An Indonesian soldier is seen beside vehicles painted with ''UN'' markings as an opening ceremony for a training center for members of U.N. peacekeeping missions is held in Bogor, Indonesia, on Dec. 19, 2011.

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Japanese quake-hit youths visit Moscow school

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian students (back) cheer as Japanese students (front) sing ''The One and Only Flower in the World'' at a school in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2011. A group of 17 Japanese high school and university students who lost their relatives in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster visited the school to meet Russian youths. The Japanese from four high schools and two universities in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures were invited to Moscow's school No. 1535 by Russia's educational authorities on a goodwill program.

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Citizens in Pyongyang react to Kim's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A young woman cries on Mansu Hill in central Pyongyang on Dec. 19, 2011, following news that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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Citizens in Pyongyang react to Kim's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women cry on Mansu Hill in central Pyongyang on Dec. 19, 2011, following news that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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Citizens in Pyongyang react to Kim's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A woman (R) cries on Mansu Hill in central Pyongyang on Dec. 19, 2011, following news that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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Citizens gather in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Citizens gather in front of a bronze statue of Kim Il Sung, North Korea's founder and former leader who died in 1994, at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang on Dec. 19, 2011, following news that Kim Jong Il, Kim Il Sung's son and successor, had died.

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Citizens gather in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People gather around the huge bronze statue of Kim Il Sung, North Korea's founder and former leader who died in 1994, on Mansu Hill in central Pyongyang on Dec. 19, 2011, following news that Kim Jong Il, Kim Il Sung's son and successor, has died.

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Citizens in Pyongyang react to Kim's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Citizens cry on Mansu Hill in central Pyongyang on Dec. 19, 2011, following news that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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Citizens in Pyongyang react to Kim's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Citizens in Pyongyang react on Dec. 19, 2011, to news that leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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Citizens in Pyongyang react to Kim's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A boy and his mother cry on Mansu Hill in central Pyongyang on Dec. 19, 2011, following news that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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Malaysia launches train service using Japan coaches

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia - A train arrives at Johor Bahru Station in southern Malaysia on Dec. 19, 2011, as Malaysia launched a new train service the same day consisting of 14 coaches donated by the Japanese government. The Malayan Tiger Train will operate on the Malaysian east coast between Tumpat in northeastern Kelantan State to Johor Bahru, the capital of the southernmost state Johor.

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Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un

TOKYO, Japan - Combined undated file photos show (from L to R) North Korea's founder and former leader Kim Il Sung, his son and successor Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong Il's son Kim Jong Un. North Korea said Dec. 19, 2011, that Kim Jong Il had died and indicated Kim Jong Un will succeed him.

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S. Korean soldiers near border with N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean soldiers stand guard near the military demarcation line with North Korea on Dec. 19, 2011. North Korea said the same day its leader Kim Jong Il had died. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan PM Noda on Kim's death

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks with reporters at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2011, following news that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il had died.

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S. Korean soldier near border with N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean soldier stands guard near the military demarcation line with North Korea on Dec. 19, 2011. North Korea said the same day its leader Kim Jong Il had died. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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S. Koreans react to reports of Kim Jong Il's death

SEOUL, South Korea - A member of a conservative group holds up a special edition of a newspaper reporting the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Seoul, on Dec. 19, 2011.

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Woman in Pyongyang reacts to Kim's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A woman (front) reacts on Dec. 19, 2011, to news that leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

BEIJING, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il waves while reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il had died two days earlier at the age of 69.

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N. Koreans in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Young North Korean women head for the country's embassy in Beijing on Dec. 19, 2011, after Pyongyang's announcement that leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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Ex-Japan PM Koizumi on Kim's death

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi listens to a reporter's question in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2011, following news that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il had died. Koizumi, who held talks with Kim twice while prime minister, said Japan does not need to change its stance on North Korea -- a dual track of dialogue and pressure -- following Kim's death.

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Mother of abductee Megumi Yokota

KAWASAKI, Japan - Sakie Yokota, whose daughter Megumi Yokota was abducted to North Korea in 1977 at age 13, speaks to reporters in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 19, 2011, after North Korea announced the death of its leader Kim Jong Il.

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Citizens gather in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Citizens gather in Pyongyang on Dec. 19, 2011, following news that leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

BEIJING, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R) walks off after reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010. To the left is the leader's third son Kim Jong Un. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il had died two days earlier at the age of 69.

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Citizens in Pyongyang react to Kim's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Citizens in Pyongyang react on Dec. 19, 2011, to news that leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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Young woman in Pyongyang reacts to Kim's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A young woman in Pyongyang cries on Dec. 19, 2011, following news that leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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N. Koreans in Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Koreans grieve at the country's embassy in Beijing on Dec. 19, 2011, after Pyongyang's announcement that leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

TOKYO, Japan - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) walks off after reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2010. To the right is Kim's third son Kim Jong Un. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il had died two days earlier at the age of 69.

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S. Koreans react to reports of Kim Jong Il's death

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a conservative group stage a rally in Seoul, on Dec. 19, 2011, after North Korea announced the death of its leader Kim Jong Il.

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N. Koreans in Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Koreans visit the country's embassy in Beijing on Dec. 19, 2011, after Pyongyang's announcement that leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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S. Koreans react to reports of Kim Jong Il's death

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of a conservative group hold a special edition of a newspaper reporting the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in Seoul, on Dec. 19, 2011.

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N. Koreans in Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Koreans head for the country's embassy in Beijing on Dec. 19, 2011, after Pyongyang's announcement that leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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N. Koreans in Beijing

BEIJING, China - North Koreans visit the country's embassy in Beijing on Dec. 19, 2011, after Pyongyang's announcement that leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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Citizens in Pyongyang react to Kim's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Citizens in Pyongyang react on Dec. 19, 2011, to news that leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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Nadeshiko stamps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows special stamps commemorating the women's national soccer team ''Nadeshiko Japan'' winning the Women's World Cup in the summer of 2011 in Germany. Japan Post Holdings Co. said on Dec. 19, 2011, it will sell the 10 sticker-type stamps to come with six special postcards, each featuring pictures of the soccer players during the tournament. They will be sold for 3,980 yen, including shipping.

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Citizens in Pyongyang react to Kim's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Citizens in Pyongyang react on Dec. 19, 2011, to news that leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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Citizens in Pyongyang react to Kim's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Citizens in Pyongyang react on Dec. 19, 2011, to news that leader Kim Jong Il has died.