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Japan's Fukushima, partner Kaido ranked in top 100 global thinkers

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Mizuho Fukushima (L), leader of the Japanese minor opposition Social Democratic Party, and her partner, lawyer Yuichi Kaido, in images taken on Dec. 6, 2010, and on Jan. 14, 2009, respectively. The couple were ranked 29th in the U.S. magazine Foreign Policy's top 100 global thinkers of 2011 for their antinuclear activism.

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Website connects big ideas with small spaces

TOKYO, Japan - A man (L) sells organic vegetables from the tailgate of his vehicle in a space made available by a Tokyo beauty parlor in front of its door on its business holiday Dec. 14, 2010. He capitalized on the Nokisaki.com website acting as an intermediary for landowners who want to rent vacant or idling ''nokisaki'' (eaves of the house) spaces at relatively low costs and tenants who wish to lease such areas by the hour, day or week.

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Panasonic's 1-door refrigerator in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A woman shows the inside of a Panasonic Corp. one-door refrigerator, mainly targeting middle-class households, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Dec. 14, 2010.

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Japan inn brings legendary service to Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - This photo taken Dec. 14, 2010, shows the Radium-Kagaya International Hotel in the Beitou hot spa resort in Taipei. The inn, operated by a joint venture of the Kagaya Group of Japan and the Radium Group of Taiwan, has brought Japanese-style hospitality to Taiwan.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui, a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, wears his new Oakland Athletics jersey at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010. Matsui and the major league baseball club have agreed on a one-year contract.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui, a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, speaks at a press conference at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010, after signing a one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui, a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, speaks at a press conference at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010, after signing a one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui, a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, puts on his new Oakland Athletics jersey with the help of General Manager Billy Beane at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010. Matsui and the major league baseball club have agreed on a one-year contract.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui (R), a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, shakes hands with Hiroshi Inomata, Japanese consul general in San Francisco, at a press conference at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010, after signing a one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics. At center is general manager Billy Beane.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui, a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, speaks at a press conference at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010 after signing a one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui, a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, speaks at a press conference at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010 after signing a one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics.

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Matsui signs 1-yr deal with A's

OAKLAND, United States - Hideki Matsui, a former Los Angeles Angels outfielder, puts on his new Oakland Athletics jersey with the help of General Manager Billy Beane at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in California on Dec. 14, 2010. Matsui and the major league baseball club have agreed on a one-year contract.

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Campbell cancels trip to Asia

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. The U.S. State Department said Dec. 14, 2010, that Campbell has cancelled a round of visits to China, South Korea and Japan due to health problem.

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Japan-China youth and private sector exchange

BEIJING, China - Natsuo Yamaguchi (R), head of Japan's opposition New Komeito party, and Wang Jiarui, the head of the Communist Party of China's International Department, shake hands in Beijing on Dec. 14, 2010. The two parties agreed that the two countries should promote youth and private-sector exchanges to enhance bilateral relations. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Nobel laureate Negishi leaves Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Nobel Prize winner in chemistry Eiichi Negishi (L), accompanied by his wife Sumire, speaks to reporters before leaving Stockholm on Dec. 14, 2010. Nigishi said his stay in the Swedish capital for the award ceremony and other events was ''splendid.''

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Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Toru Iwasa (2nd from L), an executive of the Zen natural food seller in Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, talks with a local trader in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Dec. 14, 2010, during a business event to promote Japanese food products there hosted by the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

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Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Kenzo Takemoto (R), president of Kobe-based Takemoto Trading Co., pitches his company's products to local traders in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Dec. 14, 2010, during a business event to promote Japanese food products overseas hosted by the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

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S. Korea, U.S. suspect more N. Korean enrichment sites

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's foreign minister Kim Sung Hwan speaks at a press conference in Seoul on Dec. 14, 2010, commenting on a newspaper report that South Korea and the United States are trying to find out if North Korea is clandestinely operating more undisclosed uranium enrichment facilities, in addition to a plant at Yongbyon that the North recently showed to a visiting U.S. expert. Kim said the report is unconfirmed.

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Japan firms pitch food products in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Hidefumi Kimura (R), president of Kimura Drink Co., pitches his company's products to local traders in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok on Dec. 14, 2010, during a business event to promote Japanese food products overseas hosted by the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

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Panasonic to sell low-priced air-conditioner in India

MUMBAI, India - Dec. 14 Kyodo - Panasonic Corp. of Japan unveils a new lineup of air-conditioners for the Indian market, including the low-cost Cube AC model to be priced at 15,500 rupees (about 28,700 yen) in Mumbai on Dec. 14, 2010.

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Nobel laureate Negishi leaves Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Nobel Prize winner in chemistry Eiichi Negishi (L) and his wife Sumire wave before leaving the Swedish capital Stockholm on Dec. 14, 2010.

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Drill to block arms transport to N. Korea

NARITA, Japan - Riot police officers in protective suits dispose of mock chemicals during an air cargo inspection drill at Narita airport near Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2010, to block transport of materials related to weapons of mass destruction to North Korea.

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Drill to block arms transport to N. Korea

NARITA, Japan - Riot police officers in protective suits take part in an air cargo inspection drill at Narita airport near Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2010, to block transport of materials related to weapons of mass destruction to North Korea.

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Prince Tomohito undergoes surgery

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoundo Hospital director Satoshi Ebihara briefs reporters on the operation for throat cancer on Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2010. He said the 64-year-old prince had two cancerous lesions removed during surgery performed the same day by Ebihara at the hospital in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.

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Drill to block arms transport to N. Korea

NARITA, Japan - A riot police officer in a protective suit takes part in an air cargo inspection drill at Narita airport near Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2010, to block transport of materials related to weapons of mass destruction to North Korea.

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Orix names Inoue as president

TOKYO, Japan - Financial services firm Orix Corp. vice president Makoto Inoue (R) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2010, after the company named him as next president and chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1. Yoshihiko Miyauchi (L) will remain as Orix group chief executive officer.

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Kan visits Iwoto Island to inspect recovery of WWII remains

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan offers flowers at a memorial for Japanese soldiers who died in World War II on Iwoto Island, also known as Iwojima, on Dec. 14, 2010. He visited the island to inspect the government's ongoing efforts to recover the soldiers' remains. (Pool photo)

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Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors to form minicar venture

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President and Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn (L) and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Osamu Masuko shake hands after a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2010. The two automakers announced a comprehensive tie-up agreement to form a joint venture for the development of minivehicles for the Japanese market.

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Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors to form minicar venture

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President and Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn (L) and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Osamu Masuko attend a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2010. The two automakers announced a comprehensive tie-up agreement to form a joint venture for the development of minivehicles for the Japanese market.

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Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors to form minicar venture

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President and Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn (L) pours water for Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Osamu Masuko during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2010. The two automakers announced a comprehensive tie-up agreement to form a joint venture for the development of minivehicles for the Japanese market.

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U.S. carrier returns to Yokosuka

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The U.S. carrier George Washington arrives at its home port of Yokosuka in Kanagawa Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2010. The carrier took part in joint military drills with South Korea in the Yellow Sea following N. Korea's bombardment of South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, and with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces off Okinawa Prefecture.

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7th time lucky for apprentice police dog Kinako

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Dog trainer Shinji Kameyama gives a pat to Labrador retriever Kinako in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 14, 2010, as the Kagawa police said the same day that the dog has passed this year's test to become a police dog after failing for six years in a row and is set to start working in January 2011.

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1st-class seats on Hayabusa bullet train

RIFU, Japan - Photo shows seats in the GranClass first-class car of East Japan Railway Co.'s E5-type Hayabusa bullet train, which was opened to the media on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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1st-class seats on Hayabusa bullet train

RIFU, Japan - Photo shows seats in the GranClass first-class car of East Japan Railway Co.'s E5-type Hayabusa bullet train, which was opened to the media on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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Hayabusa bullet train

RIFU, Japan - The E5-type Hayabusa bullet train is unveiled to the media by East Japan Railway Co. on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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Sengoku at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku of Japan points to a reporter while taking questions during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2010. Sengoku, as the top spokesman and closest aide to Prime Minister Naoto Kan, faces the challenge of salvaging Kan's falling approval ratings.

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Hayabusa bullet train commercial model unveiled

RIFU, Japan - A logo featuring a falcon design is seen on East Japan Railway Co.'s E5-type Hayabusa (Falcon) bullet train on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.