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S. Korea's private delegation meets Kim Yong Nam

PYONGYANG, North Korea - (From L) Lee Hee Ho (L), the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, North Korea's Kim Yong Nam, president of Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, and Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong Un pose for photos in Pyongyang on Dec. 27, 2011. An unofficial condolence delegation from South Korea, including Lee and Hyun, paid respects to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Chinese patrol boat on Yalu River

DANDONG, China - Photo taken from Dandong on the Chinese side shows a Chinese boat patrolling the Yalu River, running between China and North Korea (far side), on Dec. 27, 2011.

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Muji-brand operator gives $200,000 to protect Amazon basin

TOKYO, Japan - Ecuadorian Ambassador to Japan Leonardo Carrion (L) and Masaaki Kanai, president of Japanese retailer Ryohin Keikaku Co., shake hands in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2011. Ryohin Keikaku signed a deal to provide $200,000 to protect an ecological site in Ecuador.

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Edano visits manufacturer of nuclear reactor

KOBE, Japan - ADDING FRONT AFTER L FOR HIS POSITION Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano (2nd from L, front) inspects Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Kobe shipyard, a production site for nuclear reactors, in Hyogo Prefecture on Dec. 27, 2011.

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Japan PM Noda arrives in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and his wife Hitomi (C) arrive in New Delhi on Dec. 27, 2011.

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Widow of Kim Dae Jung in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Lee Hee Ho (L), the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, and Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament, shake hands in Pyongyang on Dec. 27, 2011. Lee arrived in the country the previous day, accompanied by a 17-member entourage, to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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People in N. Korea

DANDONG, China - Photo taken from the Chinese border city of Dandong, Liaoning Province, shows people working on a ship in North Korea on Dec. 27, 2011.

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S. Korea's private condolence delegation returns from N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of an unofficial South Korean condolence delegation to North Korea are surrounded by the media upon their arrival in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 27, 2011. They paid tribute to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang.

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Widow of Kim Dae Jung in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Lee Hee Ho (R), the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, and Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's parliament, meet in Pyongyang on Dec. 27, 2011. Lee arrived in the country the previous day, accompanied by a 17-member entourage, to mourn the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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S. Korea's private condolence delegation returns from N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Lee Hee Ho (C), the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, and other members of an unofficial South Korean condolence delegation arrive in Paju, South Korea, on Dec. 27, 2011. They paid tribute to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang.

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Protests in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 27, 2011, shows cardboard boxes containing some 7,000 pages of a key environmental impact assessment report for relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, carried by a delivery company van after it arrives at the prefectural government office in Naha. The van turned back without delivering the document to the office after it was surrounded by people opposed to the relocation plan.

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Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks in an interview at the prefectural government building in Naha on Dec. 27, 2011. Nakaima expressed his intention to not reject receiving the government's key environmental assessment report on relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Protests in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - People opposed to the relocation of a U.S. base within the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa surround a delivery company van carrying a key environmental impact assessment report for the relocation plan, after it arrives at the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 27, 2011, in an attempt to prevent the Defense Ministry from submitting the report to the office. The vehicle turned back without delivering the document.

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TEPCO outside director Sudo

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 in Tokyo shows Fumio Sudo. Japan's central government is in the final stages of arranging the appointment of Sudo, a Tokyo Electric Power Co. outside director, as the utility's next chairman, sources close to the matter said on Dec. 27, 2013.

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Nikkei climbs back to level before March 2011 quake

TOKYO, Japan - A display in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the closing level of Japan's Nikkei stock index on Dec. 27, 2012. It closed at 10,322.98, up 92.62 points from the previous day and its highest mark since March 10, 2011 -- the day before a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan.

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N. Korean soldier defects to South

SEOUL, South Korea - File photo shows the Gyeongui Line road from the South Korean side of the border with the North on Dec. 27, 2011. A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Oct. 6, 2012, across the heavily armed border after killing two of his superiors, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

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Karaoke box for one

TOKYO, Japan - A man sings a song in a booth at a ''One Kara'' karaoke box near JR Kanda station in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2011. The karaoke box has only single-person booths for customers who want to sing alone.

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Japan PM Noda leaves for India

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and his wife Hitomi wave at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 27, 2011, as they leave for New Delhi, India.

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Japan decides to relax arms export ban

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura holds a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2011, after the government decided to ease restrictions on arms exports.

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S. Korean daily rethinks March 12 'Japan Sinks' headline

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows page from Dec. 27, 2011 edition of the South Korean daily JoongAng Ilbo, on which is pictured two versions of the newspaper's front page from March 12, 2011, the day after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan. On the left is the front page as it appeared that day, bearing the headline ''Japan Sinks.'' On the right is the page as the newspaper now believes it should have appeared, with the headline ''Cheer Up, Japan.'' The daily said the original headline was inspired by a famous Japanese science fiction novel entitled ''Japan Sinks,'' about an earthquake destroying Japan. The JoongAng Ilbo said it received complaints, and now believes the headlined was inappropriate.

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Japan PM Noda leaves for India

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda waves at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 27, 2011, as he leaves for New Delhi, India.

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China-South Korea high-level talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun (R) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Park Suk Hwan shake hands in Seoul on Dec. 27, 2011, at the beginning of their talks to discuss the situation on the Korean Peninsula following the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Protests in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - People opposed to the relocation of a U.S. base within the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa surround a courier firm's van after it arrives at the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 27, 2011, in an attempt to prevent the Defense Ministry from submitting by mail a key environmental impact assessment report to the office. The document marks another step in the controversial plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within Okinawa.

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Protests in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - People opposed to the relocation of a U.S. base within the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa shout a slogan in unison in front of the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 27, 2011, in an attempt to prevent the Defense Ministry from submitting by mail a key environmental impact assessment report to the office. The document marks another step in the controversial plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within Okinawa.

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DPJ lawmaker Saito to leave DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Sept. 21, 2008, shows House of Representatives member Yasunori Saito of the Democratic Party of Japan. Saito said Dec. 27, 2011, in his blog that he will leave the ruling party to protest DPJ leader and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's intention to raise the consumption tax and join talks on a U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.

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Returned Korean archives on display in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Ancient royal Korean archives handed over by Japan are displayed to the public on Dec. 27, 2011, the first day of an exhibition at the National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul. Over 1,200 volumes of the archives that Japan seized and removed during its colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula were transferred to South Korea in 2011.

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Returned Korean archives on display in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Ancient royal Korean archives handed over by Japan are displayed to the public on Dec. 27, 2011, the first day of an exhibition at the National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul. Over 1,200 volumes of the archives that Japan seized and removed during its colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula were transferred to South Korea in 2011.

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Toyota's new coupe 86

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. unveils its new 2-liter coupe ''86'' (hachiroku) in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2011. The car, which Toyota will begin selling in the spring, was named in a reference to popular sports models launched in the 1980s. Toyota will present the prototype model of the 86, equipped with what the automaker claims is the world's first horizontally opposed D-45 engine, at the Tokyo Motor Show from Dec. 3 to 11, 2011.

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Toyota's new coupe 86

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (front) stands by the automaker's new 2-liter coupe ''86'' (hachiroku) unveiled in Oyama, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 27, 2011. The car to go on sale next spring was named in a reference to popular sports models launched in the 1980s. Toyota will present the prototype model of the 86, equipped with what the automaker claims is the world's first horizontally opposed D-45 engine, at the Tokyo Motor Show from Dec. 3 to 11, 2011.

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Comedian completes Eurasia leg of global marathon

QINGDAO, China - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama arrives at a port in Qingdao in Shandong Province, eastern China, on Dec. 27, 2010, completing the Eurasia leg of his run-and-sail ''Earth marathon.'' He is aiming to complete his round the world trip in Osaka on Jan. 21, 2011.

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Gov't, Okinawa to outline new development law

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2010, after meeting with Cabinet members. The central government and the prefecture agreed to outline the framework of a new law by the summer of 2011 to replace the current law on support for Okinawa's development, which expires at the end of March 2012.