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Jang Song Thaek

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows Kim Jong Un (C front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, saluting as he walks beside a hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), then vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, is also present. Jang was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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Report on U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - An employee of the Okinawa prefectural government checks the content of the environmental impact assessment report on the relocation of a U.S. Marine base within the prefecture at the government office in Naha on Jan. 5, 2012. Delivering the report to the prefectural government drew public attention late 2011 after protesters blocked the report's submission and the Defense Ministry managed to get it through by delivering it in the predawn hours of Dec. 28 when protesters were scarce.

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Samoa shifts to west of dateline

APIA, Samoa - An employee at a post office in Apia, the Samoan capital, on Dec. 28, 2011, shows stamps commemorating the South Pacific island nation's shift from east of the international dateline to west of it on Dec. 31, 2011.

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Products of traditional Japanese dyehouse

TOKYO, Japan - A range of products using Futaba Inc.'s dyed fabrics are displayed in a shop adjacent to its workshop in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Dec. 28, 2011. (Clockwise from L) The products are a clock, a mirror, a lampshade, chopstick holders, sandals and accessories.

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Japanese pitcher Okajima

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japanese left-hander Hideki Okajima, a former Boston Red Sox reliever. Okajima has agreed to terms with the New York Yankees on a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training, an article on the Yankees' website said Dec. 28, 2011.

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Japanese PM Noda, Indian PM Singh

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh shake hands after they signed a joint statement at a state guesthouse in New Delhi on Dec. 28, 2011.

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Funeral for Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A hearse carrying the coffin of Kim Jong Il passes through the square in front of the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, with soldiers of the North Korean people's army lined up, on Dec. 28, 2011.

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Japanese PM Noda in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a state guesthouse in New Delhi on Dec. 28, 2011.

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Japanese PM Noda, Indian PM Singh

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attend a joint press conference at a state guesthouse in New Delhi on Dec. 28, 2011.

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Japanese PM Noda meets Indian PM Singh

NEW DELHI, India - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands at a state guesthouse in New Delhi on Dec. 28, 2011.

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Kim Jong Un with father's hearse

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Jong Un (L front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his successor, salutes beside the hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle and presumed guardian Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, and Ri Yong Ho (R), chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, are also in the photo.

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Kim Jong Un with father's hearse

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Jong Un (C front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his successor, salutes as he walks beside the hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle and presumed guardian Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, and Ri Yong Ho (R front), chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, are also present.

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Funeral for Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A funeral motorcade for Kim Jong Il passes through the square in front of the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, in Pyongyang, where soldiers of the North Korean people's army lined up, on Dec. 28, 2011.

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Funeral motorcade for Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The funeral motorcade including a car exhibiting a large portrait of the late Kim Jong Il drives by the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011.

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Funeral motorcade for Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The hearse carrying the coffin of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is surrounded by people in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011.

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Funeral motorcade for Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The funeral motorcade including a car exhibiting a large portrait of the late Kim Jong Il drives through Pyongyang on a snowy road on Dec. 28, 2011.

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Japan PM Noda greeted by Indian PM Singh

NEW DELHI, India - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (2nd from R) and his wife Gursharan Kaur (R) greet Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from L) and his wife Hitomi (L) in New Delhi on Dec. 28, 2011.

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Japan PM Noda in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda delivers a speech in New Delhi on Dec. 28, 2011.

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Japan PM Noda in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) attends a welcoming ceremony in New Delhi on Dec. 28, 2011.

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Kim Jong Il funeral

BEIJING, China - Photo captured from Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television shows the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's heir apparent Kim Jong Un (front R) walking beside the limousine carrying the elder Kim's body during his funeral in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011.

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N. Korea on funeral day for Kim Jong Il

DANDONG, China - Photo taken from Dandong, China on the border with North Korea shows a cyclist near a propaganda banner for Kim Jong Il, the late North Korean leader, in North Korea on Dec. 28, 2011. The country held Kim's funeral the same day.

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N. Korean soldiers near border with China

DANDONG, China - Photo taken from Dandong, China on the border with North Korea shows soldiers in North Korea on Dec. 28, 2011. North Korea held leader Kim Jong Il's funeral the same day.

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N. Korean soldier on border with S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - A North Korean soldier holds binoculars in front of a building on the North Korean side of the joint security area between South Korea and North Korea, on Dec. 28, 2011. North Korea held leader Kim Jong Il's funeral the same day.

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South Koreans watch TV news on Kim Jong Il's funeral

SEOUL, South Korea - People at a train station in Seoul on Dec. 28, 2011, watch a news program reporting on the funeral of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il held in Pyongyang the same day.

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N. Koreans mourn Kim Jong Il

BEIJING, China - North Koreans head to the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on Dec. 28, 2011, timing their visit to coincide with Kim Jong Il's funeral in Pyongyang.

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Nagoya planetarium recognized as world's biggest

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura holds the certificate during a press conference in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2011. The city of Nagoya announced that the planetarium at Nagoya City Science Museum has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's largest. After being renovated at a cost of 2.5 billion yen, the planetarium opened in March 2011 with a diameter of 35 meters. It breaks the previous record held by Ehime Prefectural Science Museum by 5 meters.

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Futenma report delivered to Okinawa Pref. office

NAHA, Japan - Cardboard boxes containing a key environmental impact assessment report are seen piled up in the janitor's room of the Okinawa prefectural hall at 5:49 a.m. on Dec. 28, 2011. The Defense Ministry managed to deliver the report on relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture to the prefectural government office early in the morning after failing to do so earlier due to opposition from local residents. The report was delivered shortly after 4 a.m. to the prefectural government office in Naha.

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Japanese golfer Sugihara dies at 74

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese golfer Teruo Sugihara speaks in an interview in June 2010. Sugihara, with a professional career lasting more than 50 years, died of prostate cancer on Dec. 28, 2011, at the age of 74.

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Nagoya planetarium recognized as world's biggest

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo shows the planetarium at Nagoya City Science Museum in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in March 2011. The city of Nagoya announced on Dec. 28, 2011, that the planetarium has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's largest. After being renovated at a cost of 2.5 billion yen, the planetarium opened in March with a diameter of 35 meters. It breaks the previous record held by Ehime Prefectural Science Museum by 5 meters.

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Environment minister Hosono in press conference

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Environment Minister Goshi Hosono speaks to reporters in the city of Fukushima on Dec. 28, 2011, after meeting with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato and other local leaders over decontamination efforts near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In the meeting, Hosono formally asked that an interim storage facility for radioactively contaminated soil and other waste be built in Futaba county in Fukushima Prefecture.

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N. Koreans mourn Kim Jong Il

DANDONG, China - A North Korean woman heads to an event to mourn Kim Jong Il in Dandong, China, on Dec. 28, 2011, timed to coincide with the late leader's funeral in Pyongyang.

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S. Koreans watch TV news related to Kim Jong Il's funeral

SEOUL, South Korea - People at a train station in Seoul watch a news program on Dec. 28, 2011, related to the funeral of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. The funeral was held in Pyongyang the same day.

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Futenma report delivered to Okinawa Pref. office

NAHA, Japan - Protesters sit in the corridor in front of the janitor's room in the Okinawa prefectural hall where a key environmental impact assessment report was delivered on Dec. 28, 2011. The Defense Ministry managed to deliver the report on relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture to the prefectural government office early in the morning after failing to do so earlier due to opposition from local residents. The report reached the prefectural government office in Naha shortly after 4 a.m.

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9 DPJ lawmakers submit resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Uchiyama (front) and other lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan head to the party secretary general's room in the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2011. Nine DPJ lawmakers including Uchiyama submitted their resignation to the party in protest at DPJ leader and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's policies.

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kim Jong Un (C front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, saluting as he walks beside a hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, is also present. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after leader Kim Jong Un, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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Nikkei hits 22-month high

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at a Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the closing level of Japan's Nikkei stock index on the afternoon of Jan. 4, 2013. It ended the day's session at 10,688.11, up 292.93 points from the previous session on Dec. 28 and its highest close since March 4, 2011. The U.S. dollar trading in the upper 87 yen range is also shown.

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1950 Chinese diplomatic draft sees Senkakus as part of Ryukyus

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, which China and Taiwan also claim. A Chinese diplomatic draft in 1950 on a peace treaty with Japan indicated Chinese recognition of the Senkaku Islands as part of the Ryukyu Islands, sources familiar with the document said Dec. 28, 2012.

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Magician invited to Kim Jong Il's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese magician Tenko Hikita. Her manager said Dec. 21, 2011, that North Korea has invited her to attend the funeral of its leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Dec. 28.

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Kobe 'Luminarie' illuminations

KOBE, Japan - Illuminations surrounding a fountain, an artwork titled ''fountain of prayer'' and created to wish for the reconstruction of tsunami-hit areas in northeastern Japan, are lit in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, on the night of Nov. 28, 2011, in a rehearsal for the Dec. 1-12 ''Luminarie'' illumination event. This year's theme for the annual event, which commemorates the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated Kobe and its vicinity, is ''Luci di speranza'' (ray of hope). (Photo was taken with fish-eye lens)

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Kobe 'Luminarie' illuminations

KOBE, Japan - People look at some of the ''Luminarie'' illuminations in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, on the night of Nov. 28, 2011, after they were lit in a rehearsal for the Dec. 1-12 illumination event. This year's theme for the annual event, which commemorates the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated Kobe and its vicinity, is ''Luci di speranza'' (ray of hope).

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S. Korean President Lee considering visit to Japan in mid-December

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (L) chats with Kozo Watanabe (R), a senior lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Japan, in Seoul on Nov. 28, 2011. Lee told a delegation of Japanese lawmakers led by Watanabe that he is considering ''visiting Japan on Dec. 17 and 18.''

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Ozawa indicted over fund misreporting

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010, expressing his will to appear before a parliamentary ethics panel to explain his alleged involvement in a funds scandal. Ozawa was indicted on Jan. 31, 2011, over accounting irregularities involving his political funds body.

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Sasebo spinning tops

SASEBO, Japan - Sasebo spinning top craftsman Sadaemon Yamamoto decorates spinning tops with painting of rabbits at his shop ''Sasebo Koma Hompo'' in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2010, to mark the coming year of rabbit in 2011.

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Outgoing Miyazaki Gov. Higashikokubaru

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Outgoing Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks at a press conference in Miyazaki City on Dec. 28, 2010. Higashikokubaru said he has not decided on his future course after the end of his term on Jan. 20, 2011, denying media reports that he is likely to run in a Tokyo gubernatorial election in the spring of 2011.

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Ex-GSDF head Kimizuka, who led 2011 quake rescue operation, dies

Photo taken in August 2013 shows Eiji Kimizuka, the chief of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force. Kimizuka, who led the SDF rescue and relief operations after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami along the northeastern coast of Japan's main island of Honshu, died Dec. 28, 2015, defense sources said Dec. 29 without specifying the cause. He was 63. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sasebo spinning tops

SASEBO, Japan - Sasebo spinning top craftsman Sadaemon Yamamoto decorates spinning tops with painting of rabbits at his shop ''Sasebo Koma Hompo'' in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2010, to mark the coming year of rabbit in 2011. (Kyodo)

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Report on U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - An employee of the Okinawa prefectural government checks the content of the environmental impact assessment report on the relocation of a U.S. Marine base within the prefecture at the government office in Naha on Jan. 5, 2012. Delivering the report to the prefectural government drew public attention late 2011 after protesters blocked the report's submission and the Defense Ministry managed to get it through by delivering it in the predawn hours of Dec. 28 when protesters were scarce. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa indicted over fund misreporting

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010, expressing his will to appear before a parliamentary ethics panel to explain his alleged involvement in a funds scandal. Ozawa was indicted on Jan. 31, 2011, over accounting irregularities involving his political funds body. (Kyodo)

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Japanese pitcher Okajima

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japanese left-hander Hideki Okajima, a former Boston Red Sox reliever. Okajima has agreed to terms with the New York Yankees on a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training, an article on the Yankees' website said Dec. 28, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Young Japan farmers aim at 'cool' agribusiness

TOKYO, Japan - Yusuke Shino (L), 28, who runs a farm in Chiba Prefecture with other young farmers, sells vegetables at a weekend farmers' market held in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2011. (Kyodo)