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Sino-Japanese ties very important: China's Li

BEIJING, China - Taizo Nishimuro (L), president of Japan Post Holdings Co. who heads the New Japan-China Friendship Committee for the 21st Century on the Japanese side, talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2014. The committee, an advisory body to the two governments, held a formal meeting for the first time since October 2011. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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Nikkei hits 22-month high

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at a Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the closing level of Japan's Nikkei stock index on the afternoon of Jan. 4, 2013. It ended the day's session at 10,688.11, up 292.93 points from the previous session on Dec. 28 and its highest close since March 4, 2011. The U.S. dollar trading in the upper 87 yen range is also shown.

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Decontamination work in Fukushima

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 4, 2011, shows workers wearing protective suits using a high-pressure water sprayer to wash the premises of the Okuma town office in Fukushima Prefecture to reduce radioactive materials in the wake of the nuclear crisis. The Environment Ministry said Jan. 26, 2012, it plans to complete decontamination activities in part of the evacuation zones around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant by March 2014.

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Hosokawa clan's artifacts

FUKUOKA, Japan - Former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa stands in front of some artifacts from the Eisei-Bunko Museum, which holds treasures of the Hosokawa clan, during a preview on Dec. 26, 2011, of a special exhibition to be held from Jan. 1, 2012, through March 4, 2012, at Kyushu National Museum in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Hosokawa is the 18th head of the clan that has lasted some 700 years and ruled the Kumamoto domain in feudal Japan.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from front to back) the No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 reactors of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 4, 2011.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows (from R) the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 reactors of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 4, 2011.

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Japan declares 'cold shutdown' of Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 4, 2011, shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Dec. 16 the plant has achieved a stable state of cold shutdown, nine months after the outbreak of one of the world's worst nuclear accidents.

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Singing 'Ode to Joy'

SENDAI, Japan - People in Sendai, northeastern Japan, sing Beethoven's ''Ode to Joy'' with people in Osaka, western Japan, shown on a screen, on Dec. 4, 2011, in an event using a video link to connect the two cities.

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Decontamination work in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Workers decontaminate the roof of the Okuma town office near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 4, 2011.

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PM Noda at ILO regional meeting

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda gives a speech during the International Labor Organization's 15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 4, 2011.

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ILO regional meeting

KYOTO, Japan - The International Labor Organization's 15th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting begins on Dec. 4, 2011, in Kyoto, western Japan. Around 450 participants will discuss labor issues in the region during the meeting concluding Dec. 7.

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Fujita wins JT Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Fujita holds the victor's trophy after winning the Nippon Series JT Cup at Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club in Tokyo on Dec. 4, 2011.

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Transcend defends Japan Cup Dirt title

OSAKA, Japan - Transcend (L) gallops to victory at the Japan Cup Dirt at Hanshin Racecourse in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 4, 2011. The five-year-old Transcend defended his title with a comfortable victory.

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3 Ferraris wrecked

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 4, 2011, shows three Ferraris wrecked in an accident on an expressway in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan. Ten people were slightly injured in the pileup involving eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini, two Mercedes-Benz and two Japanese cars, according to police. A group of luxury sports car fans were believed to be driving together when the accident occurred.

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Umbrellas with smiling faces of children

KOBE, Japan - Umbrellas bearing the smiling faces of children from areas hit by natural disasters around the world are opened in front of a statue of a robot cartoon character in Kobe, western Japan, on Dec. 4, 2011, to wish for the reconstruction of northeastern Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Half marathon at Angkor relics

SIEM REAP, Cambodia - Japanese two-time Olympic women's marathon medalist Yuko Arimori (front R) runs in an international half marathon at the Angkor Watt relics in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on Dec. 4, 2011. The event was held at the World Heritage site area to call for abolition of antipersonnel land mines.

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Tokyo Sky Tree and Mt. Fuji

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 4, 2011, shows Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, with Mt. Fuji in the background. The 634-meter broadcasting tower is the world's tallest tower, while the 3,776-meter mountain is Japan's highest.

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Tokyo Sky Tree and Mt. Fuji

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 4, 2011, shows Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, with Mt. Fuji in the background. The 634-meter broadcasting tower is the world's tallest tower, while the 3,776-meter mountain is Japan's highest.

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Voting in Russian Far East

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A man casts his vote for the Russian lower house election in a polling station in Vladivostok in the Russian Far East on Dec. 4, 2011.

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A. Inoki, Ultraman in disaster-hit Iwaki

IWAKI, Japan - Antonio Inoki (R), a Japanese former professional wrestling star, and Ultraman, a popular live action TV series hero, shake hands in quake- and tsunami-hit Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 4, 2011. A free combat sports event and Ultraman show is scheduled to be held in the city on Dec. 4, 2011, in support of the reconstruction of areas devastated by the March 11 disasters.

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A. Inoki visits disaster-hit Iwaki

IWAKI, Japan - Antonio Inoki (R), a Japanese former professional wrestling star, and Iwaki Mayor Takao Watanabe raise their fists at city hall in quake- and tsunami-hit Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 4, 2011. A free combat sports event organized by Inoki will be held in the city on Dec. 4, 2011, in support of the reconstruction of areas devastated by the March 11 disasters.

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Shosoin repository at Todaiji temple

NARA, Japan - Officials of the Imperial Household Agency and other messengers attend the annual ritual to open the doors of the treasure house in Shosoin repository at Todaiji temple in the city of Nara on Oct. 4, 2011. Treasures including the artifacts that belonged to Emperor Shomu in the Nara Period will be examined and cleaned by the time of a ceremony to close the doors on Dec. 1. Sixty-three items from the repository will be displayed at the 63rd annual exhibition to be held from Oct. 29 to Nov. 14 at Nara National Museum.

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Comedian Hazama back in Japan

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama resumes running on Jan. 4, 2011, after arriving in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on the final leg of his run-and-sail ''Earth Marathon.'' Hazama plans to complete his round-the-world odyssey on Jan. 21 in Osaka, where he started on Dec. 17, 2008.