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Japan's oldest person dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2010 shows Chiyono Hasegawa, who died Dec. 2, 2011, at the age of 115 in a nursing home in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. She was Japan's oldest person. The government said Jirouemon Kimura, a 114-year-old man in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, is now the country's oldest person.

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China's aircraft carrier construction

BEIJING, China - Cranes stand near the No. 3 dock of Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co. in Changxingdao, Shanghai, on Dec. 2, 2010. It has been rumored that the facility will be used to construct China's first aircraft carrier.

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Peugeot's 3008HYbrid4

BOLOGNA, Italy - Visitors look at a model of PSA Peugeot Citroen's 3008HYbrid4, the world's first diesel-electricity hybrid mass-produced car, at an international motor show in Bologna, Italy, on Dec. 2, 2010.

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3 held for drug smuggling

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows the Singaporean-registered freighter Sun Honor docked in Muroran, Hokkaido, on Dec. 2, 2010. Police said on Dec. 6 they have arrested two Chinese crew members of the ship and a Japanese man on suspicion of smuggling some 5 kilograms of illegal stimulants into Japan.

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COP 16 climate change conference

CANCUN, Mexico - Members of an environment conservation organization mount a rally in Cancun, Mexico, on Dec. 2, 2010, holding the characters ''KP'' which stand for Kyoto Protocol, and call on Japan for more active measures on the anti-global warming issue.

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Old favorite sports car's revival as EV

KYOTO, Japan - An electricity-powered model of the one-time popular sports car Tommykaira ZZ is unveiled at Kyoto University on Dec. 2, 2010. Green Lord Motors Co., a Kyoto-based venture business, created the replica of the car as an electric vehicle.

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Japan loses 2022 World Cup bid

ZURICH, Switzerland - Japan's 2022 World Cup bidding committee chief and FIFA board member Junji Ogura speaks to reporters in Zurich, Switzerland, on Dec. 2, 2010, after Japan lost the bid. FIFA awarded the hosting rights for the 2022 tournament to Qatar.

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Kashima Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 2, 2010, shows Kashima Stadium, home of the Kashima Antlers professional soccer team, in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture.

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Kim Kyung Tae wins Japan money title

TOKYO, Japan - Kim Kyung Tae of South Korea takes a shot during the first round of the Nippon Series JT Cup tournament at Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club on Dec. 2, 2010. Kim snatched the JGTO money champion title after winning the tournament.

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Luminarie illuminations in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - People admire the Luminarie illuminations in Kobe on Dec. 2, 2010. The annual event started in memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.

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Luminarie illuminations in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - People admire the Luminarie illuminations in Kobe on Dec. 2, 2010. The annual event started in memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka returns home

NARITA, Japan - Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka of Japan returns to Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 2, 2010. Matsuzaka, who only earned nine wins in his fourth year in the major leagues, pledged to work hard during the off-season.

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Luminarie illuminations in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - People admire the Luminarie illuminations in Kobe on Dec. 2, 2010. The annual event started in memory of the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake.

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Ishikawa plays Nippon-Series JT Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa of Japan hits from bunker on the 18th hole during the first round of the season-ending Nippon Series JT Cup tournament at Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club on Dec. 2, 2010.

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China calls for N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu speaks at a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2010. China urged five other parties of the six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programs the same day to support a Chinese proposal to convene an emergency head-of-delegation meeting.

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Ajinomoto Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Ajinomoto Stadium, home of professional soccer clubs FC Tokyo and Tokyo Verdy, in Tokyo's Chofu on Dec. 2, 2010.

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Kashima Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 2, 2010, shows Kashima Stadium, home of the Kashima Antlers professional soccer team, in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture.

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Ajinomoto Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Ajinomoto Stadium, home of professional soccer clubs FC Tokyo and Tokyo Verdy, in Tokyo's Chofu on Dec. 2, 2010.

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Vocaloid character Miku to promote Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Sapporo Mayor Fumio Ueda (L) and Crypton Future Media Inc. President Hiroyuki Ito shake hands in Sapporo on Dec. 2, 2010, after signing a contract to use singing vocaloid character Hatsune Miku (picture in the back) to promote the city.

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Sea Shepherd heads for mission to obstruct whalers

HOBART, Australia - Members of the anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society depart from a port in the Tasmanian city of Hobart, Australia, on the Steve Irwin, on Dec. 2, 2010. Sea Shepherd's three-vessel fleet departed on a mission to obstruct Japanese whaling in the Antarctic waters as the hunting season begins.

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Reelected Okinawa governor asks for base to be moved

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and reelected Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima shake hands as they met at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2010. Nakaima asked Kan to work to move the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station outside Okinawa Prefecture.

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Government appreciates Hayabusa project

TOKYO, Japan - Professor Junichiro Kawaguchi (2nd from R in front), director of the Hayabusa asteroid probe project of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Banri Kaieda (3rd from R in front), state minister for space development, line up for a photo session at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2010. The government awarded 118 entities involved in the Hayabusa project including companies and universities for providing hopes and dreams to people through the project.

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Sea Shepherd heads for mission to obstruct whalers

HOBART, Australia - Paul Watson, head of the anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, speaks to reporters on Dec. 2, 2010, in the Tasmanian city of Hobart, Australia. Sea Shepherd vessels left Australia on a mission to disrupt Japanese whaling in Antarctic waters as the hunting season begins.

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Shimane nuke reactor reactivated

MATSUE, Japan - Workers in the main control room activate the No. 2 reactor of the Shimane nuclear power station of Chugoku Electric Power Co. in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2010. The company reactivated the reactor eight months after the operation was suspended over defective inspections.

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Government appreciates Hayabusa project

TOKYO, Japan - Professor Junichiro Kawaguchi (L), director of the Hayabusa asteroid probe project at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, receives a certificate of appreciation from Banri Kaieda, state minister for space development, at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2010, on behalf of 118 entities involved in the project, including companies and universities.

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Anti-whaling vessels depart for Antarctica waters

HOBART, Australia - Sea Shepherd anti-whaling vessels wait for departure on Dec. 2, 2010, from a port in Hobart, Australia, to Antarctic waters on a campaign against Japanese whaling.

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Hirayama's unfinished work unveiled

KAMAKURA, Japan - Michiko Hirayama (L), wife of the late Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama, and their daughter Yayoi unveil flower paintings drawn by Hirayama at his atelier in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 11, 2010. Hirayama, who is best known for his works themed on the Silk Road and Buddhism, passed away on Dec. 2, 2009.

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Hirayama's unfinished work unveiled

KAMAKURA, Japan - Michiko Hirayama (L), wife of the late Japanese painter Ikuo Hirayama, and their daughter Yayoi unveil Hirayama's unfinished work at his atelier in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 11, 2010. Hirayama, whose photo is being held by Michiko, passed away Dec. 2, 2009, and had been working on the painting from last July to September from his hospital bed.

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Japanese storyteller to perform at U.N.

OSAKA, Japan - ''Rakugo'' comic storyteller Katsura Koharudanji poses during a news conference on Dec. 2, 2009, where he told reporters he will be performing at the United Nations Headquarters and Carnegie Hall in New York in February 2010. The internationally active performer of Japanese comic monologue in the ''kamigata'' style with instruments said he will be performing two classic rakugo stories at the U.N. with French, Spanish and Chinese subtitles.