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Funeral for N. Korea's senior official

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken Dec. 16, 2013, in Pyongyang, North Korea, shows the gravestone of Kim Kuk Thae, a member of the Political Bureau of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, and a wreath of flowers (L front) sent from the country's leader Kim Jong Un. The state funeral for Kim Kuk Thae was held the same day.

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Funeral for N. Korea's senior official

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A state funeral is held in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Dec. 16, 2013, for Kim Kuk Thae, a member of the Political Bureau of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.

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2012 Miss International

TOKYO, Japan - Ikumi Yoshimatsu, the 2012 Miss International winner, holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2013. Yoshimatsu said she was asked by the Miss International organizer to refrain from attending the 2013 pageant after she had received threats. She was absent from the event the following day despite tradition that the previous year's winner crowns the new title holder.

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Sao Paulo soccer stadium

SAO PAOLO, Brazil - A soccer stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to be used for the opening ceremony of the 2014 soccer World Cup finals is shown to reporters on Dec. 16, 2013. Part of the facility's roof remains collapsed since a fatal accident in November 2013.

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Sao Paulo soccer stadium

SAO PAOLO, Brazil - A soccer stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to be used for the opening ceremony of the 2014 soccer World Cup finals is shown to reporters on Dec. 16, 2013. Part of the facility's roof remains collapsed since a fatal accident in November 2013.

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Abe, abduction victim's kin

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) talks with Shigeru Yokota (L) and Sakie Yokota (R), during a gathering in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2013, for the return of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea. The Yokotas' daughter, Megumi, was taken to North Korea in 1977 at age 13 and has become a symbol of the abductions issue.

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Unseen parts of Imperial Palace to open to public

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2010 shows the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. The Imperial Household Agency said Dec. 16, 2013, that it will open parts of the palace previously inaccessible to the public in the spring and fall of 2014 to commemorate Emperor Akihito's 80th birthday, which falls on Dec. 23, 2013.

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U.N. chief

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Dec. 16, 2013.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose shows a bag he said he used to carry 50 million yen in cash he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital group, during a committee session of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 16, 2013. Inose, who won the governorship in December 2012's election, has been under fire for making contradictory explanations over his receipt of the money in November 2012.

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Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose shows a bag he said he used to carry 50 million yen in cash he received from the scandal-hit Tokushukai hospital group, during a committee session of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Dec. 16, 2013. Inose, who won the governorship in December 2012's election, has been under fire for making contradictory explanations over his receipt of the money in November 2012.

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Eve of 2nd anniv. of Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A North Korean woman offers flowers in front of giant bronze statues of state founder Kim Il Sung and the country's second leader, Kim Jong Il, on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2013, a day before the second anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il.

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Eve of 2nd anniv. of Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean military personnel salute in front of giant bronze statues of state founder Kim Il Sung and the country's second leader, Kim Jong Il, on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2013, a day before the second anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il.

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Eve of 2nd anniv. of Kim Jong Il's death

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean women offer flowers in front of giant bronze statues of state founder Kim Il Sung and the country's second leader, Kim Jong Il, on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2013, a day before the second anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il.

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Anniv. of fatal gang rape in India

NEW DELHI, India - A rally for women's rights is held in New Delhi on Dec. 16, 2013, the first anniversary of the fatal gang rape of a student on a bus in the Indian capital.

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Jang Song Thaek

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows Jang Song Thaek (L), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and then vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, after viewing a military parade during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader and Kim's father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. Jang was executed Dec. 12, 2013, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the regime.

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U.S. chopper crash-lands in eastern Japan city

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a U.S. Navy helicopter after crash-landing in an empty lot in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2013. The incident involving the MH-60 helicopter injured two of its four-man crew.

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U.S. chopper crash-lands in eastern Japan city

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a U.S. Navy helicopter after crash-landing in an empty lot in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2013. The incident involving the MH-60 helicopter injured two of its four-man crew.

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China foreign minister

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R front) answers reporters' questions in Beijing on Dec. 16, 2013.

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JAL pilots in Christmas costumes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines pilots, some wearing Santa Claus and other Christmas costumes, visit children at a nursery school within Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 16, 2013.

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JAL pilots in Christmas costumes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines pilots, some wearing Santa Claus and other Christmas costumes, visit children at a nursery school within Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 16, 2013.

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Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue answer reporters' questions at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2013. They told U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy the same day that they are hoping that President Barack Obama will visit their cities, both of which were hit by U.S. atomic bombs in World War II.

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Japan-Arab economic forum

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Toshimitsu Motegi (4th from L in front) poses with participants of the third Japan-Arab Economic Forum meeting in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2013.

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J-Power to apply for Oma nuclear plant safety inspection

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2013 shows the Oma nuclear power plant, which is under construction in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Aomori. Electric Power Development Co., or J-Power, will apply on Dec. 16, 2014 to the Nuclear Regulation Authority for a safety screening for the plant.

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Robot set challenge of passing top university exam

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 16, 2013 shows Noriko Arai, a mathematician at Japan's National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo who leads the "Can a Robot Get into the University of Tokyo?" project, or the Todai Robot Project for short, to research the field of artificial intelligence.

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, leaving a national memorial service in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2012, to mark the first anniversary on Dec. 17 of the death of Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, attending a national memorial service in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2012, to mark the first anniversary on Dec. 17 of the death of Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek (L), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, after viewing a military parade during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader and Kim's father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."