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Toyota President Toyoda

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken May 11, 2011, shows Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp. The Wall Street Journal picked Toyoda as one of 12 ''Corporate Executives to Watch Next Year'' on Dec. 30, 2011, saying 2012 may be a ''make or break year'' for the chief of the top Japanese automaker.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show (from R front) the No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 reactor buildings at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2011 (top), about nine months after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years after the disaster on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

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EU's Hedegaard in press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Connie Hedegaard, the European Union's climate action commissioner, speaks at a press conference in Durban, South Africa, on Dec. 11, 2011, after the end of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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Drummers from disaster-hit area perform in Paris

PARIS, France - Japanese taiko drummers from Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, an area hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, perform at Champ de Mars park in Paris on Dec. 11, 2011, as part of a fundraising campaign.

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Ethiopia's Girma wins Honolulu Marathon

HONOLULU, United States - Ethiopia's Woynishet Girma crosses the finishing line to win the women's title at the Honolulu Marathon in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Dec. 11, 2011, with a time of 2:31:41.

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Kenya's Chelimo wins Honolulu Marathon

HONOLULU, United States - Kenya's Nicholas Chelimo approaches the finishing line at the Honolulu Marathon in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Dec. 11, 2011. He finished first with a time of 2:14:55, winning the men's title for the second year in a row.

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Barcelona arrive in Japan for Club World Cup

NARITA, Japan - Lionel Messi (C) and other players of European champions Barcelona arrive at Narita airport on the night of Dec. 11, 2011. The team will play Al-Sadd of Qatar in the semifinals of the Club World Cup in Yokohama on Dec. 15.

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Dortmund's Kagawa against Kaiserslautern

DORTMUND, Germany - Shinji Kagawa (L) of Borussia Dortmund competes for the ball against Kaiserslautern's Rodnei Francisco de Lima in Dortmund, Germany, on Dec. 11, 2011. Kagawa scored a goal, his fourth this season. The game ended 1-1.

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Grand Slam Tokyo judo meet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Takamasa Anai (bottom), ranked first in the world in the 100-kilogram class, loses in the semifinals to South Korea's Hwang Hee Tae (top) on the final day of the three-day judo meet at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2011.

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China marks 10th anniversary of WTO participation

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 11, 2011, marking the 10th anniversary of China's joining the World Trade Organization. On left is WTO Director General Pascal Lamy clapping.

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Grand Slam Tokyo judo meet

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's world bronze medalist Mika Sugimoto (R) defeats top-ranked Megumi Tachimoto (L) on points in an all-Japanese final in the women's over 78-kilogram class on the final day of the three-day judo meet at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2011.

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China marks 10th anniversary of WTO participation

BEIJING, China - A ceremony is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 11, 2011, marking the 10th anniversary of China's joining the World Trade Organization.

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Beethoven's Ninth Symphony performed in quake-hit Iwate city

KAMAISHI, Japan - Citizens' choir and orchestra performed Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Dec. 11, 2011, for the 34th consecutive year, despite the hardships caused by the devastating earthquake and tsunami exactly nine months ago.

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Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - Many people visit the Tokyo Motor Show at Tokyo Big Sight hall in the capital's Koto Ward on Dec. 11, 2011, the final day of the event.

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India's anti-graft crusader begins to fast again

NEW DELHI, India - Indian anticorruption crusader Anna Hazare fasts in New Delhi on Dec. 11, 2011, to protest proposals by a parliamentary standing committee on anti-graft measures.

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India's anti-graft crusader begins to fast again

NEW DELHI, India - Indian anticorruption crusader Anna Hazare (L) fasts in New Delhi on Dec. 11, 2011, to protest proposals by a parliamentary standing committee on anti-graft measures.

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Joie de Vivre wins Hanshin Juvenile Fillies

OSAKA, Japan - Fourth pick Joie de Vivre (13) wins a Grade 1 race in only her second career start at the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies, the race to decide the best 2-year-old filly, at Hanshin Racecourse in Hyogo Prefecture on Dec. 11, 2011.

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China marks 10th anniversary of WTO participation

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) attends a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 11, 2011, marking the 10th anniversary of China's joining the World Trade Organization.

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Climate talks reach accord

DURBAN, South Africa - Xie Zhenhua (L), vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, and Todd Stern (R), U.S. climate talks envoy, are pictured at the U.N. climate talks in Durban, South Africa, in the early hours of Dec. 11, 2011. The 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, agreed to launch a new framework in 2020 including major emitters China and the United States aimed at tackling greenhouse gas emissions, while extending the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.

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Climate talks reach accord

DURBAN, South Africa - Participants applaud as the U.N. climate talks reach an accord in Durban, South Africa, in the early hours of Dec. 11, 2011. The 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, agreed to launch a new framework in 2020 including major emitters China and the United States aimed at tackling greenhouse gas emissions, while extending the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.

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Climate talks reach accord

DURBAN, South Africa - Christiana Figueres (front L), executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, and South African foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane hug after the U.N. climate talks reached an accord in Durban, South Africa, in the early hours of Dec. 11, 2011. The 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, agreed to launch a new framework in 2020 including major emitters China and the United States aimed at tackling greenhouse gas emissions, while extending the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012.

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Toyota's new coupe 86

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. unveils its new 2-liter coupe ''86'' (hachiroku) in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2011. The car, which Toyota will begin selling in the spring, was named in a reference to popular sports models launched in the 1980s. Toyota will present the prototype model of the 86, equipped with what the automaker claims is the world's first horizontally opposed D-45 engine, at the Tokyo Motor Show from Dec. 3 to 11, 2011.

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Toyota's new coupe 86

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (front) stands by the automaker's new 2-liter coupe ''86'' (hachiroku) unveiled in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2011. The car to go on sale next spring was named in a reference to popular sports models launched in the 1980s. Toyota will present the prototype model of the 86, equipped with what the automaker claims is the world's first horizontally opposed D-45 engine, at the Tokyo Motor Show from Dec. 3 to 11, 2011.

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Winter illuminations light up Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - People walk on a street lit up by winter illuminations in Osaka's Kita Ward on Dec. 11, 2010. The illumination event runs through Jan. 16, 2011.

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Popularity of bunnies bouncing in Japan on Year of the Rabbit

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A girl strokes a rabbit at Usagi Cafe in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 11, 2010. The cafe has been a key attraction in the area since its opening in November as people prepare New Year cards for 2011, the Year of the Rabbit.

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Tohoku bullet train services to be extended to Aomori City

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2009 shows a new model of train, nicknamed on May 11, 2010, as ''Hayabusa (falcon),'' to be introduced to the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in the spring of 2011. East Japan Railway Co. said the same day that the bullet train services will be extended to Shin-Aomori on Dec. 4 with the opening of a roughly 80-kilometer section in northeastern Japan.