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Panel proposes preservation of tsunami-hit school

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - File photo taken on Jan. 22, 2014, shows a classroom of Kadonowaki Elementary School in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki that was hit by the March 2011 tsunami and fire. An expert panel proposed on Dec. 22, 2014, that the school building be preserved in its current state to hand down the legacy of the disaster.

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Arima Kinen horse race

FUNABASHI, Japan - Orfevre wins the Arima Kinen by an astounding eight lengths at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Dec. 22, 2013, as the two-time Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe runner-up and 2011 Japanese triple crown champion ends his career on an emphatic note.

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Arima Kinen horse race

FUNABASHI, Japan - Orfevre (R) wins the Arima Kinen by an astounding eight lengths at Nakayama Racecourse in Chiba Prefecture on Dec. 22, 2013, as the two-time Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe runner-up and 2011 Japanese triple crown champion ends his career on an emphatic note.

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Building housing Akiba culture shops

TOKYO, Japan - Customers are pictured at K-Books in ''Akiba Cultures Zone,'' a building with shops selling goods and services related to the Akihabara (Akiba) subculture in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Dec. 22, 2011.

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Building housing Akiba culture shops

TOKYO, Japan - Shop attendants pose before manikins at casual wear shop ''Akiba Asobi Kan: Jam Gakuen'' in ''Akiba Cultures Zone,'' a building with shops selling goods and services related to the Akihabara (Akiba) subculture in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Dec. 22, 2011.

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Building housing Akiba culture shops

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2011, shows ''Akiba Cultures Zone,'' a building with shops selling goods and services related to the Akihabara (Akiba) subculture in Tokyo's Akihabara district.

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Transport ministry mulling random body search of airport passengers

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a security check area in the international departure lobby at Narita airport near Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2011. The transport ministry is considering strengthening antiterrorism measures at international airports in Japan from as early as April by conducting body searches on randomly selected passengers, according to airport sources.

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Calendar to support pets in Fukushima

ROME, Italy - A member of the Japanese Speaking Guides Association in Rome on Dec. 22, 2011, holds a calendar, which was made to support pets affected by the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. The association plans to donate the proceeds from sales of the calendar to animal protection groups in Japan.

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Japanese quake-hit students invited to Kremlin

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife Svetlana (5th from R in front) and a group of Japanese high school and university students pose at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Dec. 22, 2011. The group of students who lost family members in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami visited the seat of Russia's presidential office at the invitation of the president's wife.

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Japanese quake-hit students invited to Kremlin

MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's wife Svetlana (R) shakes hands with a high school student at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Dec. 22, 2011. A group of 17 Japanese high school and university students who lost family members in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami visited the seat of Russia's presidential office at the invitation of the president's wife.

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N. Koreans mourn Kim Jong Il

NAMPO, North Korea - A condolence area is set up at a machinery plant in Nampo, North Korea, on Dec. 22, 2011, for late leader Kim Jong Il.

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S. Korea, China hold high-level talks

BEIJING, China - Lim Sung Nam, South Korea's top nuclear envoy, arrives at Beijing international airport on Dec. 22, 2011. Lim held talks the same day with Wu Dawei, China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs.

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N. Koreans mourn Kim Jong Il

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans gather in front of a new portrait of late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Dec. 22, 2011.

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N. Koreans mourn Kim Jong Il

NAMPO, North Korea - People grieve in Nampo, North Korea, on Dec. 22, 2011, over the death of leader Kim Jong Il.

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Sumo wrestlers in disaster drill

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (C) and about 60 other sumo wrestlers take a boat tour on the Sumida River in Tokyo as part of a disaster drill on Dec. 22, 2011.

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N. Korea border area

DANDONG, China - People unload cargo from a boat and load it onto a truck on the North Korean side of the Yalu River in a photo taken from Dandong, on the Chinese side, on Dec. 22, 2011.

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Asada set for emotional return at national c'ships

OSAKA, Japan - Former two-time world champion Mao Asada speaks during a press conference in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 22, 2011. She has vowed to pull out all the stops in what is set to be a highly emotional return to the rink at the national championships getting under way the following day, after the recent death of her mother Kyoko.

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N. Korea border area

DANDONG, China - People walk below a slogan praising leader Kim Jong Il on the North Korean side of the Yalu River in a photo taken from Dandong, on the Chinese side, on Dec. 22, 2011. North Korea announced Dec. 19 that Kim had died.

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Asada set for emotional return at national c'ships

OSAKA, Japan - Former two-time world champion Mao Asada practices in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, on Dec. 22, 2011. She has vowed to pull out all the stops in what is set to be a highly emotional return to the rink at the national championships getting under way the following day, after the recent death of her mother Kyoko.

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N. Korea border area

SEOUL, South Korea - A North Korean soldier looks through binoculars in Panmunjom on the North Korean side of the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas on Dec. 22, 2011. The figure in front is a South Korean soldier standing on the South Korean side.

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Kyoto University to study Buddhism in Bhutan

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University assistant professor Seiji Kumagai holds materials on Buddhism in Bhutan during a press conference in Kyoto on Dec. 22, 2011. He said the university and a royal institute in Bhutan will launch a joint project in January 2012 to research Buddhism in the Himalayan country.

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Girl missing since Indian Ocean tsunami reunited with parents

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Meri Yulanda (C), is pictured with her parents in her hometown of Meulaboh city in Aceh province, Indonesia, on Dec. 22, 2011. The 17-year-old was reunited with her parents after going missing in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

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Fukushima gov. requests compensation for all affected residents

TOKYO, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (L) submits a petition to Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2011. Sato urged the central government to extend eligibility for compensation in connection with the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power complex to all residents of the prefecture.

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TEPCO to raise electricity bills

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Nishizawa, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks during a news conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2011. Nishizawa said the company has decided to raise electricity charges for corporate users from next April and will also seek household electricity bill hikes at an early date in the face of its increasingly tough business environment.

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Toyota's new sports car 86

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2011, shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s new 2-liter coupe ''86'' (hachiroku), displayed at the Nagoya Motor Show in Nagoya, which runs through Dec. 25.

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KDDI to open foothold in quake-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Tadashi Onodera (C), chairman of KDDI Corp., poses with Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama (R) in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Dec. 22, 2011. The operator of ''au'' mobile phone services said the same day it will set up a foothold in the city to register and manage subscribers' data as part of its efforts to create employment in the northeastern Japan region ravaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Mourning period for Kim Jong Il

PAJU, South Korea - Photo taken in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 22, 2011, shows a village in North Korea. Figures are seen at the lower left. Pyongyang announced Dec. 19 that the country's leader Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17.

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Mourning period for Kim Jong Il

DANDONG, China - Photo taken on Dec. 22, 2011, shows flowers placed at Dandong station, China. People brought them while heading for Pyongyang, following news that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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Mourning period for Kim Jong Il

PAJU, South Korea - Photo taken in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 22, 2011, shows North Korea's flag being flown at half-mast in a village in North Korea, which is located about 10 kilometers away from where the photo was taken. Pyongyang announced Dec. 19 that the country's leader Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17.

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Mourning period for Kim Jong Il

DANDONG, China - A woman with a bouquet of flowers heads for an international train bound for Pyongyang, at Dandong station, China, on Dec. 22, 2011, following news that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has died.

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Site of 1996-1997 hostage crisis in Peru

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken April 22, 1997, shows the then residence of the Japanese ambassador in Lima, from which smoke is coming, after the Peruvian military forced their way in the same day to end a four-month hostage crisis that began on Dec. 17, 1996, and that claimed the lives of 17 people. A condominium is planned to be built on the site, Japanese embassy sources said Dec. 12, 2011.