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Woman makes film about Palestinian hip-hop musicians

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 11, 2013, in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward shows Jackie Reem Salloum, an Arab American filmmaker and artist who has directed a documentary film about Palestinian hip-hop musicians expressing anger and frustration against the situation in the Middle East.

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IAEA, Iran hold talks

VIENNA, Austria - Reza Najafi (L), Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, and IAEA Deputy Director General Tero Varjoranta hold a press conference after their talks in Vienna on Dec. 11, 2013.

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Crown prince returns home from Mandela memorial

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito is pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport upon his arrival on the night of Dec. 11, 2013, from Johannesburg, where he attended a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela.

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Crown prince returns home from Mandela memorial

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on the night of Dec. 11, 2013, from Johannesburg, where he attended a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela.

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Southeast Asian Games

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar athletes march during the opening ceremony of the 27th Southeast Asian Games in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Dec. 11, 2013.

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Ishiba hints at restriction on press, soon retracts remarks

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Ishiba, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2013. Ishiba hinted that media news gathering activities would be restricted under the controversial secrecy law if journalists report on sensitive information. Shortly after the conference he retracted the comments.

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Monks without borders formed to fight poverty, discrimination

KYOTO, Japan - The first meeting of a group called "monks without borders," established by monks from different Buddhist schools in Japan and several other countries to address poverty, discrimination and other social issues, is held in Kyoto City on Dec. 11, 2013.

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Foreign travelers in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign tourists pose with Japanese students on a school excursion in front of the Kaminarimon gate of Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Dec. 11, 2013. Japan is likely to achieve its goal of drawing 10 million foreign travelers in 2013 as government data showed the same day that the number of foreign visitors to Japan totaled about 9.5 million between January and November.

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Japanese opposition lawmaker says he will give up Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Higashikokubaru, an opposition Japan Restoration Party member of the House of Representatives, speaks at a news conference in the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2013, after submitting a note to leave the party. Higashikokubaru, a popular former Miyazaki governor, said he will also give up his lower house seat.

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People calm in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children play in the snow in front of large portraits of the late Kim Il Sung (L), founding father of North Korea, and the late Kim Jong Il, father of current North Korean leader Kim Jon Un, in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Dec. 11, 2013. Pyongyang said on Dec. 9 that Jang Song Thaek, uncle of Kim Jong Un, has been stripped of all his posts.

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People calm in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People carry shovels and picks in the snow-covered North Korean capital Pyongyang on Dec. 11, 2013. Pyongyang said on Dec. 9 that Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has been stripped of all his posts.

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People calm in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People wearing winter coats wait for a street car in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Dec. 11, 2013. North Korea announced the purge of Jang Song Thaek, uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on Dec. 9.

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People calm in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Workers remove snow on a road in front of a large signboard lauding North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Dec. 11, 2013. North Korea announced the purge of Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of Kim, on Dec. 9.

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Higashikokubaru says to give up Diet seat

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Hideo Higashikokubaru, a Japanese lawmaker from the Japan Restoration Party. Higashikokubaru said Dec. 11, 2013, he will give up his seat in parliament and leave his party due to differences in opinion on policy. He won a seat with the party in proportional representation for the Kinki region in December 2012's House of Representatives election.

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People calm in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People go by bicycle on a bridge in Pyongyang on Dec. 11, 2013, as the North Korean capital is covered with light snow. North Korea announced the purge of Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on Dec. 9.

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Security meeting

TOKYO, Japan - A meeting with security experts is held at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2013, attended by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R side, 3rd from front) and Cabinet ministers concerned.

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Security meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front) speaks at a meeting with security experts at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2013.

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Crowds line streets to see Mandela's casket

PRETORIA, South Africa - People wave to a car carrying the casket of Nelson Mandela in Pretoria on Dec. 11, 2013. The casket of Mandela, who died on Dec. 5, will be put on view to the public at the Union Buildings in the capital until Dec. 13.

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Demonstration in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - Antigovernment demonstrators (back) face security forces (front) in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on Dec. 11, 2013.

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Panasonic's 4K tablet

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows Panasonic Corp.'s "4K" tablet computer dubbed Toughpad 4K UT-MB5. The Japanese electronics maker said Dec. 11, 2013, it will postpone the launch of the product until mid-February due to glitches found to affect radio waves of other electric appliances.

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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).