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JFA braces as Aguirre named in Spanish match-fixing complaint

TOKYO, Japan - Kazutake Nishizawa, media officer of the Japan Football Association, meets the press in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Dec. 16, 2014, after Japan manager Javier Aguirre was named by Spain's anticorruption prosecutor for alleged match fixing in a 2011 game in the country's top-flight soccer league. Nishizawa said the JFA will undertake information gathering on its own.

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N. Koreans mark 70th anniv. of Kim Jong Il's birth

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People in North Korea bow during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. Kim Jong Il died Dec. 17, 2011, of a heart attack at the age of 69.

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Kim Jong Un reviews military parade

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un applauds as he reviews a military parade during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the country's late leader and his father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. Kim Jong Il died Dec. 17, 2011, of a heart attack at the age of 69.

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Kim Jong Un commemorates 70th anniv. of Kim Jong Il's birth

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un waves during an event to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late North Korean leader and his father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. Kim Jong Il died Dec. 17, 2011, of a heart attack at the age of 69 after ruling the country for 17 years.

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Baghdad after Iraq War

BAGHDAD, Iraq - People celebrate at Tahrir Square in Baghdad on Dec. 16, 2011, as the U.S. forces withdraw from Iraq.

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Japan declares 'cold shutdown' of Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on the night of Dec. 16, 2011. Noda said the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has achieved a stable state of cold shutdown, nine months after the outbreak of one of the world's worst nuclear accidents.

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King in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Robert King, U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights, answers questions from reporters in Beijing on Dec. 16, 2011, after holding two days of talks with Ri Gun, director of the U.S. Affairs Department at North Korea's Foreign Ministry, on possible U.S. food aid to Pyongyang.

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Japan declares 'cold shutdown' of Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (4th from L) and members of his Cabinet attend a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2011. At the meeting, Noda said the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has achieved a stable state of cold shutdown, nine months after the outbreak of one of the world's worst nuclear accidents.

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Okada becomes China soccer team's coach

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japan coach Takeshi Okada speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2011, after signing with China's Super League side Hangzhou Greentown as their new manager.

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Envoys shown film on girl kidnapped by N. Korean agents

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front R) speaks after the screening for ambassadors in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2011, of a documentary film of a Japanese girl kidnapped by North Korean agents in 1977. Left of Noda are (from R to L) Shigeru Yokota, father of the girl, Megumi, Shigeo Iizuka, head of a group of abductees' relatives, Megumi's mother, Sakie, and Cabinet minister for the abduction issue Kenji Yamaoka.

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Korean actor Lee delivers message for kids in quake-hit areas

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean actor Lee Byung Hun (R) receives a letter of gratitude from Ken Hayami (L), executive director of the Japan Committee for UNICEF, in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2011, for assistance and donations it has received from South Korea after the March quake and tsunami in Japan. Lee, a special representative for the Korean Committee for the United Nations Children's Fund, delivered a message at UNICEF House in Tokyo's Minato Ward expressing his support for children living in areas hit by the disaster.

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News photo exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Kotoshogiku holds women's national soccer team player Karina Maruyama in front of their respective photos at the opening of a news photo exhibition began at a Tokyo department store on Dec. 16, 2011.

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Santa in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Santa Claus from Finland visits a kindergarten in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2011.

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Santa in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Santa Claus from Finland visits a kindergarten in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2011.

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F-15s resume flights

KANAZAWA, Japan - Photo shows F-15 fighters at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2011. The air force resumed drills using the F-15s the same day, following their suspension after an external fuel tank fell off a fighter on Oct. 7.

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Honda's N Box displayed at Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co.'s compact vehicle N Box, one of its most spacious compact cars and which it will start selling on Dec. 16, 2011, is on display on Dec. 1, 2011, at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, opened to the media. The auto show opens to the public from Dec. 3 to 11 after an opening ceremony on Dec. 2.

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new model of Sharp's Galapagos tablet computer

TOKYO, Japan - Models display Sharp Corp.'s new Galapagos tablet computer in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2011. The tablet, which will be launched on Dec. 9, allows users to access a high-speed Internet connection with built-in mobile communication technology.

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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.