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Lawyer Takimoto

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Taro Takimoto answers reporters' questions after meeting Makoto Hirata, a former leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, at a police station in Tokyo on Jan. 3, 2012. Hirata has been detained at the police station since turning himself in to police late on Dec. 31, 2011, after being on the run for more than 16 years.

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Kindergarten OKs 60 mil. yen in damages over tsunami deaths

SENDAI, Japan - The relatives of four kindergarteners who died in a pickup bus that was swamped by high waves in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in March 2011, attend a press conference in Sendai in the prefecture on Dec. 3, 2014, holding the photos of the children, after a settlement at the Sendai High Court. The privately run Hiyori kindergarten admitted it did not take sufficient measures to deal with a tsunami, agreeing to pay 60 million yen in damages and offer an apology over their deaths.

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Osaka-Cairo flights resume

CAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian tourism minister Hisham Zaazou (R) hands flowers to travelers from Japan at Cairo airport on Dec. 3, 2012, as EgyptAir's direct flights linking Cairo and Kansai international Airport near Osaka, western Japan, resumed after they were suspended following political unrest in February 2011.

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Japanese ski jumper Takanashi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 3, 2011, shows Japanese teenage ski jumper Sara Takanashi. Takanashi, 15, placed second in a World Cup event on Jan. 8, 2012, in Hinterzarten, Germany, becoming the first Japanese female jumper to stand on the podium in the three events held so far on the inaugural World Cup ski jumping circuit.

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Kashiwa supporters celebrate club's 1st J-League title

SAITAMA, Japan - Supporters of Kashiwa Reysol are joyous after their club captured its first J-League championship by beating Urawa Reds 3-1 at Saitama Stadium in Saitama on Dec. 3, 2011.

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Havenaar to leave Kofu to play in Europe

SAITAMA, Japan - Mike Havenaar (L) of Ventforet Kofu and Omiya Ardija defender Kim Young Gwon compete for the ball in the first half of a J-League game at NACK 5 Stadium in Saitama on Dec. 3, 2011. The Japan striker is set to leave the club to play in Europe, a Kofu executive said the same day.

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Christmas illumination in disaster-hit Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - People look at a Christmas illumination that was lit up on Dec. 3, 2011, in quake- and tsunami-hit Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. It will be exhibited through Christmas Day.

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Kashiwa beat Urawa, win 1st J-League title

SAITAMA, Japan - Kashiwa Reysol's coach Nelsinho is tossed in the air at Saitama Stadium in Saitama on Dec. 3, 2011, after a 3-1 victory over Urawa Reds to capture the club's first J-League championship. Kashiwa became the first club to win J1 and J2 titles in consecutive years.

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Kashiwa beat Urawa, win 1st J-League title

SAITAMA, Japan - Kashiwa Reysol's Jorge Wagner (R) scores in the first half of a J-League game against Urawa Reds at Saitama Stadium in Saitama on Dec. 3, 2011. Kashiwa captured its first J-1 title by beating Urawa 3-1.

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Kashiwa beat Urawa, win 1st J-League title

SAITAMA, Japan - Players of Kashiwa Reysol celebrate their first J-League title at Saitama Stadium in Saitama on Dec. 3, 2011, after beating Urawa Reds 3-1. Kashiwa became the first club to win J1 and J2 titles in consecutive years.

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Nissan's Leaf EV wins Car of the Year Japan award

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Shiga, chief operating officer of Nissan Motor Co., holds the trophy while standing beside the Leaf electric vehicle at the Tokyo Motor Show on Dec. 3, 2011. The Leaf was selected as the 2011-2012 Car of the Year Japan award winner.

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Families from Fukushima Pref. aboard U.S. destroyer Mustin

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Families from quake- and tsunami-hit Fukushima Prefecture visit the U.S. guided-missile destroyer Mustin, which took part in Operation Tomodachi, at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Dec. 3, 2011. ''Helping Hands,'' a group of U.S. military personnel families who have been supporting people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, invited them to the base.

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U.S. experts return from N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Charles Ferguson, president of the Federation of American Scientists, is surrounded by members of the media upon arrival from Pyongyang at Beijing international airport in China on Dec. 3, 2011. Ferguson said a group of U.S. nuclear and Korean affairs experts did not visit the North's main nuclear complex in Yongbyon during its five-day trip.

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Keene museum to open in Niigata Pref.

NIIGATA, Japan - Donald Keene (R), a renowned scholar of Japanese literature who decided to live permanently in Japan, gives a certificate of donation including his book collection and furniture for the opening of a museum to Yasushi Yoshida, president of confectionery maker Bourbon Corp., in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 3, 2011. The Kashiwazaki-based company became the sponsor of the museum honoring Keene that is expected to open in the city in the fall of 2013 at the earliest.

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U.S. experts return from N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Joel Wit, former U.S. Department of State official in charge of North Korean affairs, is surrounded by reporters upon arrival at Beijing international airport from Pyongyang on Dec. 3, 2011. Wit, a visiting scholar at the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and other U.S. experts on Korean affairs entered North Korea on Nov. 29, 2011.

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Tokyo Motor Show opens to public

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at the new models on display at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show held at Tokyo Big Sight on Dec. 3, 2011, the opening day for the general public.

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Seven-colored Rainbow Bridge

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo's Rainbow Bridge is illuminated with by lights in seven colors Dec. 3, 2010, to give an appearance true to its name. The 798-meter-long bridge crossing northern Tokyo Bay is being lit up between nightfall and midnight until Jan. 3, 2011.

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Nissan's EV Leaf

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Toshiyuki Shiga, chief operating officer of Nissan Motor Co., unveils its Leaf electric vehicle at its head office in Yokohama on Dec. 3, 2010. The automaker plans to begin selling the EV on Dec. 20 in Japan, by the year-end in the United States and in early 2011 in Europe.

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Nissan's EV Leaf

YOKOHAMA, Japan - This photo shows Nissan Motor Co.'s Leaf electric vehicle being unveiled at the automaker's head office in Yokohama on Dec. 3, 2010. The automaker plans to begin selling the EV on Dec. 20 in Japan, by the year-end in the United States and in early 2011 in Europe.

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Nissan's EV Leaf

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nissan Motor Co.'s Leaf electric vehicle is unveiled at its head office in Yokohama on Dec. 3, 2010. The automaker plans to begin selling the EV on Dec. 20 in Japan, by the year-end in the United States and in early 2011 in Europe.

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Nissan's EV Leaf

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Toshiyuki Shiga, chief operating officer of Nissan Motor Co., introduces its Leaf electric vehicle at its head office in Yokohama on Dec. 3, 2010. The automaker plans to begin selling the EV, which Nissan describes as 100 percent electric and zero-emission, on Dec. 20 in Japan, later in the month in the United States and in early 2011 in Europe.

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Nissan's EV Leaf

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. unveils the Leaf electric vehicle at its head office in Yokohama on Dec. 3, 2010. The automaker plans to begin sales of the EV, which Nissan describes as 100 percent electric and zero-emission, on Dec. 20 in Japan, later in the month in the United States and in early 2011 in Europe.