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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki released on parole

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki (L) shakes hands with Ichiro Ozawa, former leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, during a party in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2011, held to celebrate his release earlier in the day on parole from a prison in Tochigi Prefecture. Suzuki was imprisoned in December 2010 for bribery and other offenses.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki released on parole

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2011, following his release earlier in the day on parole from a prison in Tochigi Prefecture. He was imprisoned in December 2010 for bribery and other offenses.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki released on parole

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki (R) is released on parole from a prison in Tochigi Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2011, after being imprisoned in December 2010 for bribery and other offenses.

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Japan's Fukushima, partner Kaido ranked in top 100 global thinkers

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Mizuho Fukushima (L), leader of the Japanese minor opposition Social Democratic Party, and her partner, lawyer Yuichi Kaido, in images taken on Dec. 6, 2010, and on Jan. 14, 2009, respectively. The couple were ranked 29th in the U.S. magazine Foreign Policy's top 100 global thinkers of 2011 for their antinuclear activism.

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee in interview

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui speaks during an interview at his home in a suburb of Taipei on Dec. 6, 2010. Lee said ruling and opposition parties need to resolve their differences and conflicts for the further development of Taiwan.

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Biofuel vehicles for Dakar Rally

NAGOYA, Japan - Members of a Toyota Auto Body Co. team pose near their vehicles for the Dakar Rally in Chiba on Dec. 6, 2010. The team will take part in the off-road race through Argentina and Chile using vehicles powered only by biodiesel.

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Yeonpyeong Island after attack

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - South Korean soldiers walk down a hill after finishing a task on Yeonpyeong Island on Dec. 6, 2010. Those present on the island are mostly South Korean soldiers, as residents have fled after the Nov. 23 shelling by North Korea.

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Yeonpyeong Island after attack

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - Trucks pass by a wall of a soccer ground damaged by North Korean shelling on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, on Dec. 6, 2010.

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Yeonpyeong Island after attack

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - A man repairs a house damaged by North Korean shelling on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korean, on Dec. 6, 2010.

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Yeonpyeong Island after attack

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - South Korean soldiers ride on the back of a truck on Dec. 6, 2010, on Yeonpyeong Island, a South Korean territory near the western sea border. Most of the island's current inhabitants are soldiers, as residents evacuated after the Nov. 23 North Korean shelling.

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Yeonpyeong Island after attack

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - Photo shows a building damaged by North Korean shelling against the backdrop of the night sky on Dec. 6, 2010, on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea. The ruined buildings have been left as most residents of the island have evacuated.

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Stojkovic J-League manager of the year

TOKYO, Japan - Dragan Stojkovic (L), manager of Nagoya Grampus, celebrates being named J-League soccer manager of the year during a ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010, after steering his club to the championship title.

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J-League top scorers Kennedy, Maeda

TOKYO, Japan - Nagoya Grampus' Josh Kennedy (L) and Jubilo Iwata's Ryoichi Iwata pose during a ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010, after becoming the first joint winners of the J-League soccer Golden Boot award since 2006.

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Nobel laureates Suzuki, Negishi in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Photo taken on Dec. 6, 2010, shows a chair which winners of the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry Akira Suzuki and Eiichi Negishi signed at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm. Suzuki and Negishi are scheduled to attend the award ceremony at the Swedish capital on Dec. 10.

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Nobel laureates Suzuki, Negishi in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Akira Suzuki (L) and Eiichi Negishi, Japanese winners of the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry along with American chemist Richard Heck, share a laugh as Negishi holds a chair with their autographs at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 6, 2010. They are scheduled to attend the award ceremony at the Swedish capital on Dec. 10.

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Japan's Nakasone meets with S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (L) meets with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak in Seoul on Dec. 6, 2010. The 92-year-old veteran was visiting South Korea as the Japanese head of a bilateral cooperation committee.

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Yeonpyeong Island after attack

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - A resident of South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island fixes his house on Dec. 6, 2010, which was damaged in North Korea's artillery attack on the island the previous month.

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Yeonpyeong Island after attack

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - A resident of South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island fixes his house on Dec. 6, 2010, which was damaged in North Korea's artillery attack on the island the previous month.

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Toshiba sells new TV models in India

MUMBAI, India - Photo taken on Dec. 6, 2010, in Mumbai, India shows Toshiba Corp.'s new TV models. Toshiba said on the same day that it will launch 10 models, including the ''Power TV series'' and ''55ZL800,'' for the Indian market from late December.

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Kan's press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku (L) stares at Prime Minister Naoto Kan prior to a press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010.

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Kan's press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at a press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010. Kan, who doubles as president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, said he will try to seek closer ties with small parties to stabilize his government's power base.

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Kan's press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at a press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010. Kan, who doubles as president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, said he will try to seek closer ties with small parties to stabilize his government's power base. (Pool photo)

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Hitachi develops technology to recycle rare earths

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 6, 2010, shows separated parts of hard disk drive motors which contain rare earths in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture. Hitachi Ltd. said it had developed technology to collect rare earths from components in electric appliances and recycle enough for about 10 percent of the group's usage from 2013.

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Anpanman bootleg

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a T-shirt bearing the images of illegally redesigned characters of the popular animation series Anpanman that Osaka's Naniwa Police Station unveiled on Dec. 6, 2010, following their crackdown on a case of alleged piracy.

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Kan's press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at a press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010. Kan, who doubles as president of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, said he will try to seek closer ties with small parties to stabilize his government's power base.

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Mazda president at Tokyo press club

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Yamanouchi, president of Mazda Motor Corp., speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010. Yamanouchi hinted the automaker might open plants in emerging markets such as Brazil, India and Russia.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill

KANAZAWA, Japan - An F-16 fighter of the U.S. military takes off from the Komatsu base of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force in Ishikawa Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2010, to take part in a joint air drill.

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Saito joins Nippon Ham

TOKYO, Japan - Yuki Saito, the No. 1 draft pick of the Nippon Ham Fighters, shows the number 18 that the professional baseball club has given to the rookie at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010. Saito, a star pitcher at Waseda University, signed with the club the same day.

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Fallen lawmaker Suzuki enters jail

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, an outspoken politician convicted of crimes including bribery, waves to supporters as he arrives at the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office on Dec. 6, 2010. The former House of Representatives member, who has protested his innocence since being charged in 2002, was incarcerated in the Tokyo Detention House the same day.

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Softbank President Son

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Masayoshi Son, president of Softbank Corp., in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010. Son doubles as president of the company's mobile phone arm, Softbank Mobile Corp.

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American researcher receives Japan's Int'l Prize for Biology

TOKYO, Japan - American researcher Nancy Moran (L front), professor at Yale University, receives the 2010 International Prize for Biology in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010. Japanese Emperor Akihito (back L) and Empress Michiko (back R) attend the award ceremony for the prize which was instituted in 1985 to commemorate Emperor Hirohito, father of Emperor Akihito, and his devotion to biological research as well as to offer tribute to the present emperor.

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Ex-lawmaker Suzuki before jailing

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (L), leader of the New Party Daichi, pays homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010, before his expected incarceration for bribery and other crimes.

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Kan, SDP leader Fukushima meet

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and opposition Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2010. Fukushima urged Kan to uphold Japan's longstanding arms export ban policy or likely risk losing her party's cooperation over the fiscal 2011 budget.

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Training tour guides for Chinese visitors to Japan

GIFU, Japan - Sun Zhaohua (L), who is training to become a tour guide for Chinese tourists visiting Japan, speaks at the start of a training course in Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2010. A real estate firm is providing the three-month program under a government job training program.

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Japan finance minister to resign

TOKYO, Japan - This Dec. 17, 2009 file photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L), Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) and Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii attending a meeting at the prime minister's office. Hatoyama picked Kan on Jan. 6, 2010 as the new finance minister, replacing Fujii.

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Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Dec. 15, 2009, file photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama moving past Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) and Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii (2nd from L) after giving a press conference at the premier's office. Fujii was replaced with Kan, deputy prime minister, on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.