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UNICEF staffer fights Ebola in Sierra Leone via dialog

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiko Sakurai, a specialist at the United Nations Children's Fund, speaks in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2014, about her work fighting Ebola fever in Sierra Leone by explaining to local people the importance of hygiene measures.

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Japanese antiwar journalist Muno turns 100

TOKYO, Japan - Takeji Muno, a prominent antiwar journalist in Japan whose career has included covering both wartime prime ministers, Fumimaru Konoe and Hideki Tojo, speaks during an interview in Saitama north of Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2014, ahead of his 100th birthday on Jan.2, 2015. Wary of the "smells of war" brought about by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies such as a national secrecy law and the push for the right to exercise collective self-defense, Muno vowed to continue to speak out for as long as he lives.

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Lawyer helps Korean kids take pride despite hate speech

KYOTO, Japan - Lawyer Shiki Tomimasu holds leaflets in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 2, 2014, detailing the July 2014 decision by the Osaka High Court ordering a group of anti-Korean activists that engaged in hate speech against a Korean school in Kyoto to pay damages to the school. Tomimasu says he hopes the leaflets, written in Japanese and Korean, will help Korean students relinquish their distrust against Japanese society and take pride in their culture and ethnicity.

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Filipino woman married to South Korean acts as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean ruling party legislator Jasmine Lee (C) chats with her staff in front of the Capitol Building in Seoul during a plenary session break on Dec. 2, 2014. Lee, originally from the Philippines, helps women who moved to South Korea as the result of an international marriage. (Photo by KIM MIN HUI)

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Ration distribution point in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria - Men receive relief goods such as cooking oil and a bag of rice at a ration distribution point in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 2, 2014.

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Kerosene shortage in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria - A man shops for a wood stove instead of a kerosene heater (R) at a hardware market in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 2, 2014. In addition to the limited food supply, Syrians are facing a petroleum shortage due to the prolonged civil war.

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Japan's average gasoline price falls to 1-year low

TOKYO, Japan - A display at a gas station in Tokyo shows regular gasoline priced at 147 yen per liter on Dec. 3, 2014. The retail price of regular gasoline in Japan had dropped 20 weeks in a row to the lowest level in one year, the government's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy said the same day, with the average price dropping 0.90 yen from Nov. 25 to 157.40 yen per liter as of Dec. 1, its lowest level since Dec. 2, 2013.

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'Fossil' award to Japan for moves worsening global warming

LIMA, Peru - Members of the Climate Action Network gives Japan a "Fossil of the Day" award during a U.N. conference on climate change in Lima on Dec. 2, 2014, for "funding coal and gas power stations in developing countries, in particular Indonesia, with money meant for scaling up climate action."

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Ex-China senior leader Zhou's photo gone at museum

BEIJING, China - Former senior Chinese Communist Party leader Zhou Yongkang is conspicuously absent in the October 2007 group photo of then Chinese President Hu Jintao's leadership, posted at Beijing's National Museum of China, as seen in a picture taken on Dec. 2, 2014, due to recent graft charges against Zhou.

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Ex-China bigwig Zhou's photo erased at state museum

BEIJING, China - Former senior Chinese Communist Party leader Zhou Yongkang (far L in the bottom group photo of October 2007 under then Chinese President Hu Jintao's administration) is erased in the same photo above posted at Beijing's National Museum of China in a picture taken on Dec. 2, 2014, due to a crackdown on Zhou for graft charges.

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Space probe Hayabusa2 to be launched

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - The impending launch of an H-2A rocket installed with the Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer has drawn a crowd of observers, as the rocket is moved from the assembly plant to its launch pad on Dec. 2, 2014, at the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan. The rocket is expected to be launched on Dec. 3.

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H.K. "Occupy Central" leaders call off campaign

HONG KONG, China - (From L) Chan Kin-man, a scholar, Benny Tai, a law professor, and Rev. Chu Yiu-ming hold a press conference in Hong Kong on Dec. 2, 2014. The three organizers of a pro-democracy civil disobedience movement said they will surrender to police and call off the occupation campaign that has lasted for 66 days but has yet to achieve any major objective.

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Space probe Hayabusa2 to be launched

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - The impending launch of an H-2A rocket installed with the Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer has drawn a crowd of observers, as the rocket is moved from the assembly plant to its launch pad on Dec. 2, 2014, at the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan. The rocket is expected to be launched on Dec. 3.

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Otsuka to buy U.S. biopharmaceutical firm Avanir for $3.5 bil.

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Higuchi, president of Otsuka Holdings Co., attends a press conference in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Dec. 2, 2014, on the planned acquisition by its subsidiary Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. of California-based biopharmaceutical firm Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $3.54 billion through a tender offer to be followed by a merger. The Japanese nutrition product and drug manufacturer will pay $17 per Avanir share in the takeover bid through its U.S. subsidiary.

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Disabiled persons invited to Kobe Luminarie before opening

KOBE, Japan - People with disabilities attend Kobe Luminarie in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2014, before the official opening of the light festival on Dec. 4. The annual festival is held to commemorate the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake that hit western Japan in 1995.

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Daiwa House to release hearing support system

OSAKA, Japan - Hearing support device Comuoon for people with a hearing disability is shown on Dec. 2, 2014, in Osaka, Japan. Daiwa House Industry Co. announced the same day that it will sell the system, priced at 210,600 yen, in cooperation with Universal Sound Design Inc.

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H.K. student leader continues hunger strike

HONG KONG, China - Joshua Wong, head of Hong Kong student group Scholarism, continues his indefinite hunger strike in the Admiralty district of the territory on Dec. 2, 2014. Wong, 18, along with two student members began the hunger strike the previous day to press for a second round of talks with the government over Beijing's decision on Hong Kong's upcoming leadership election.

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Public tooth-brushing booth in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman brushes her teeth inside a tooth-shaped booth in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Dec. 2, 2014. Dental care products maker Sunstar Inc. set up the trial booth the same day, claiming it is Japan's first public facility dedicated to brushing teeth. Equipped with tap water, a mirror and a tutorial video on proper ways to brush teeth, the free facility will open for two days, aimed at promoting tooth brushing in workplaces.

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Taiwan President Ma to resign as KMT boss

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou, who is stepping down as head of the Nationalist Party following the KMT's crushing defeat in nationwide local elections, according to a KMT press statement released Dec. 2, 2014.

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Site for new turbine buildings for Nishi Nagoya power plant

NAGOYA, Japan - The planned construction site for turbine buildings of Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Nishi Nagoya Thermal Power Station Group No. 7 is seen in Tobishima Village, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 2, 2014. The construction is part of a project to refurbish the power station to replace the existing units with LNG-fueled, more efficient Group No. 7.

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Campaigning begins for Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties stump across Japan on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for a lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party, Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party, Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party.

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Campaigning begins for Japan general election

TOKYO, Japan - Leaders of the ruling and opposition parties stump across Japan on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for a lower house election. They are (from R to L, top row to bottom row) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the Liberal Democratic Party, Banri Kaieda of the Democratic Party of Japan, Kenji Eda, co-leader of the Japan Innovation Party, Natsuo Yamaguchi of the Komeito party, Takeo Hiranuma of the Party for Future Generations, Kazuo Shii of the Japanese Communist Party, Ichiro Ozawa of the People's Life Party, Tadatomo Yoshida of the Social Democratic Party and Hiroyuki Arai of the New Renaissance Party.

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Groundbreaking ceremony at Nishi Nagoya thermal plant

NAGOYA, Japan - Akihisa Mizuno, president of Chubu Electric Power Co., speaks after the groundbreaking ceremony for the Nishi Nagoya Thermal Power Station Group No. 7 in Tobishima Village, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 2, 2014.

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Campaigning starts for general election

UONUMA, Japan - People's Life Party President Ichiro Ozawa makes a speech in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for the Dec. 14 lower house election.

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Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

SOMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kicks off his party's campaign for the Dec. 14 general election in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan city of Soma on Dec. 2, 2014. Abe has said his "Abenomics" policy mix is the only way to end deflation and revive the economy.

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Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

SOMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kicks off his party's campaign for the Dec. 14 general election in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan city of Soma on Dec. 2, 2014. Abe has said his "Abenomics" policy mix is the only way to end deflation and revive the economy.

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Campaigning starts for general election

SHIBUKAWA, Japan - Yuko Obuchi, who is running in the Dec. 14 general election with the backing of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, bows to her supporters in the central Japan city of Shibukawa on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of the official campaigning. Obuchi gave up her trade minister post due to political fund scandal in October.

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Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

SOMA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe kicks off his party's campaign for the Dec. 14 general election in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan city of Soma on Dec. 2, 2014. Abe has said his "Abenomics" policy mix is the only way to end deflation and revive the economy.

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Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii kicks off his party's campaign for the Dec. 14 general election in Tokyo's busy Shinjuku district on Dec. 2, 2014. Opposition parties, including the JCP, are pushing alternatives to "Abenomics," the economic policy package of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which they say has widened the gap between haves and have-nots.

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Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

OSAKA, Japan - Toru Hashimoto, co-leader of the opposition Japan Innovation Party, kicks off his party's campaign for the Dec. 14 general election in Osaka on Dec. 2, 2014. The opposition camp will try to end the one-party dominance by the Liberal Democratic Party, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Campaigning starts for general election

TOKYO, Japan - Midori Matsushima, who is running in the Dec. 14 general election with the backing of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, waves to voters from a campaign car in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of the official campaigning. Matsushima gave up her justice minister post over possible violation of the election law in October.

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Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Kenji Eda, co-leader of the opposition Japan Innovation Party, kicks off his party's campaign for the Dec. 14 general in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 2, 2014. The opposition camp will try to end the one-party dominance by the Liberal Democratic Party, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Campaigning starts for general election

NAGAOKA, Japan - Yuko Mori, acting chief of the People's Life Party, makes a speech in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for the Dec. 14 lower house election.

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Election campaign begins for general election

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Arai, leader of the New Renaissance Party, starts the general election campaign on Dec. 2, 2014, in Tokyo. The ruling coalition aims at another victory on Dec. 14, while the opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the LDP, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Campaigning for Dec. 14 Japanese general election begins

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2014, shows people clapping their hands as they listen to a speech by a candidate running for the Dec. 14 general election in Yokohama, near Tokyo, at the start of the official campaigning. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party aims at another victory, while the opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the LDP, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Campaigning starts for general election

TSUYAMA, Japan - Takeo Hiranuma, chairman of the small opposition Party for Future Generation, makes a speech in the western Japan city of Tsuyama on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of the official campaigning for the Dec. 14 lower house election.

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Campaigning for Dec. 14 Japanese general election begins

IWAKI, Japan - People listen to a stump speech by a candidate running for the Dec. 14 general election in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan city of Iwaki on Dec. 2, 2014, at the start of official campaigning. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party aims at another victory, while the opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the LDP, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Campaigning for Dec. 14 general election begins

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 2, 2014, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows voters listening to a speech by a candidate running for the Dec. 14 general election in front of Futamatagawa Station in Yokohama, near Tokyo, at the start of the official campaign. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party aims at another victory, while the opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the LDP, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Election campaign begins with focus on "Abenomics"

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of the Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of the Liberal Democratic Party, starts the general election campaign on Dec. 2, 2014, in Yokohama, near Tokyo. The ruling coalition aims at another victory on Dec. 14, while the opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the LDP, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Election campaign begins for general election

IWAKI, Japan - Banri Kaieda, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, shakes hands with voters in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan city of Iwaki on Dec. 2, 2014, when the official campaign for the Dec. 14 general election kicked off. The opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the Liberal Democratic Party, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Year-end clean-up held at Dogo Onsen Honkan

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Workers engage in year-end clean-up operations at the Dogo Onsen Honkan, a time-honored wooden hot spring facility in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 2, 2014.

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Campaigning starts for general election

SHIBUKAWA, Japan - Yuko Obuchi, who is running in the Dec. 14 general election with the backing of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, makes a speech in the central Japan city of Shibukawa on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of the official campaigning. Obuchi gave up her trade minister post due to political fund scandal in October.

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Election campaign begins for general election

IWAKI, Japan - Banri Kaieda, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, launches the campaign for the Dec. 14 general election by giving a speech in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan city of Iwaki on Dec. 2, 2014. The opposition camp will try to stop one-party dominance by the Liberal Democratic Party, which held nearly 300 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives before it was dissolved two weeks ago.

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Campaigning starts for general election

USUKI, Japan - Tadatomo Yoshida, chief of the opposition Social Democratic Party, makes a speech in Usuki in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita on Dec. 2, 2014, the first day of official campaigning for the Dec. 14 lower house election.

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8 millionth visitor to Taiwan for 2013

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Japan's Aya Omote (R), who was Taiwan窶冱 8 millionth visitor for 2013, attends a welcoming ceremony in Taipei on Jan. 2, 2014, with Taiwan's Premier Jiang Yi-huah. The newlywed from Niigata Prefecture arrived with her husband on Dec. 31 to spend their honeymoon and the New Year in Taiwan.