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Brazilian slum

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Children fly a kite in Santa Marta, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Dec. 13, 2011. The population of slum dwellers in Brazil stood at around 11.4 million in 2010, almost doubling over the previous 10 years, according to Brazilian authorities.

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Brazilian slum

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Photo shows Santa Marta, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Dec. 13, 2011. The population of slum dwellers in Brazil stood at around 11.4 million in 2010, almost doubling over the previous 10 years, according to Brazilian authorities.

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Lack of snow at ski resorts

SAPPORO, Japan - Yoshimitsu Sakai, manager of the Mt. Racey ski resort in Yubari, checks the condition of man-made snow on a slope on Dec. 13, 2010. The ski resort in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido postponed its initial opening date of Nov. 27 due to a lack of snow.

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Nobel laureate Negishi at Swedish univ.

UPPSALA, Sweden - Nobel Prize winner in chemistry Eiichi Negishi delivers a lecture at Uppsala University in Sweden on Dec. 13, 2010. Negishi, a professor at Purdue University in the United States, produced his well-thumbed periodic table of elements from his pocket, showing it to the audience and telling them it was fundamental to his research.

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Nobel laureate Negishi at Swedish univ.

UPPSALA, Sweden - Nobel Prize winner in chemistry Eiichi Negishi delivers a lecture at Uppsala University in Sweden on Dec. 13, 2010. Negishi, a professor at Purdue University in the United States, produced his well-thumbed periodic table of elements from his pocket, showing it to the audience and telling them it was fundamental to his research.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki sacked

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who was fired from the post by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Dec. 13, 2010.

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Diet testimony from Ozawa still up in air

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a power broker in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, is surrounded by reporters as he leaves after a meeting with other party members in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010. The party failed to decide that day whether to put to a vote a decision on summoning Ozawa to appear before a parliamentary ethics panel to have him testify over a political funds scandal involving his political body.

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Megumi Tachimoto wins women's 78 kg at Grand Slum judo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Megumi Tachimoto (top) beats Cuba's Idalys Ortiz in the women's 78-kilogram final at the Grand Slam Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010.

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World champion Anai wins in 100 kg of judo Grand Slam

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Takamasa Anai (L) beats Israel's Ariel Zeevi in the men's 100-kilogram final at the Grand Slam Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010.

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Nobel laureate Suzuki back home

NARITA, Japan - Nobel Prize in chemistry laureate Akira Suzuki holds up his medal during a press conference at Narita airport near Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010, upon his return from an award ceremony in Sweden.

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Haruka Tachimoto wins women's 70 kg at Grand Slum judo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Haruka Tachimoto (L) beats the Netherlands' Edith Bosch in the women's 70-kilogram final at the Grand Slam Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010.

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Berliner Philharmoniker 1st concertmaster

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese violinist Daishin Kashimoto speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010, after he was officially picked as one of the first concertmasters of the Berliner Philharmoniker.

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Hilton plans live wedding party video service

TOKYO, Japan - Hilton Worldwide demonstrates a service that will bring people who are unable to attend a wedding reception at its hotel and those present at the party together through a live video service via an iPad tablet computer at Hilton Tokyo hotel on Dec. 13, 2010. The U.S. hotel chain operator said it will begin offering the service in Japan, especially targeting the grandparents of a bride and groom, who may be in frail health and unable to attend the wedding.

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Figure skaters Oda and Murakami

TOKYO, Japan - Figure skaters Nobunari Oda (L) and Kanako Murakami pose for photos beside a Christmas tree in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010. They said in a press conference they will do their best to win a berth for the figure skating world championships in Tokyo in March 2011.

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Yoji Yamada to shoot film based on 'Tokyo Story'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada takes part in a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010. The 79-year-old director, who will mark 50 years next year since his debut, said he will shoot a film ''Tokyo Kazoku (family)'' based on Yasujiro Ozu's masterpiece ''Tokyo Story,'' shifting the setting to the present day.

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Daihatsu launches new Move

TOKYO, Japan - Daihatsu Motor Co. President Koichi Ina stands beside the newly redesigned mini passenger vehicle Move in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010. The carmaker said the model has the highest-level fuel efficiency for a gasoline-powered automobile except hybrid cars in Japan.

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DPJ divided over Ozawa's fate

TOKYO, Japan - Azuma Koshiishi (C), leader of the House of Councillors caucus of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, heads for a meeting with other DPJ executives at its head office in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010. The party brass held the meeting at a time when infighting has become tense among senior party members over the issue of how to handle Ichiro Ozawa's political funds scandal.

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Kyoto geisha start New Year preparations

KYOTO, Japan - Geisha entertainers and maiko apprentice geisha line up to greet the Kyomai dance master Inoue Yachiyo (L) at her home in Kyoto on Dec. 13, 2010. The annual ''kotohajime'' event signaled the start of preparations for the New Year in the city's Hanamachi entertainment quarter.

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DPJ divided over Ozawa's fate

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada, secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, leaves his office in the parliamentary building in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010. As the No. 2 man in the party, Okada faces the challenge of dealing with infighting among other DPJ lawmakers over the issue of how to handle Ichiro Ozawa's political funds scandal.

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JR West blasted for poor mishap info handling

OSAKA, Japan - Michio Utsunomiya, head of the transport safety department at West Japan Railway Co., bows in apology at a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 13, 2010. Utsunomiya admitted that the company, known commonly as JR West, failed to make public 10 cases from 2005 to 2009 in which its trains went over the speed limit, activating the automatic train stopping system at the curve in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, where a derailment killed 107 people.