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Woodford drops comeback bid as Olympus president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2011, shows former Olympus Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Woodford. He said on Jan. 6, 2012, that he will give up his bid to regain the presidency of the scandal-mired optical and medical equipment maker.

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Tokyo Skytree

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters, on Dec. 6, 2013. The number of visitors to the observatory deck of the tower topped 10 million the same day since its opening on May 22, 2012.

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Emperor returns from India

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 6, 2013, returning from their official visit to India marking the 60th anniversary in 2012 of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and India.

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Imperial Palace illuminated

TOKYO, Japan - The Imperial Household Agency conducts a rehearsal on Dec. 21, 2012 for illuminating the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, ahead of illuminating the palace between Dec. 23, the birthday of Emperor Akihito, and Jan. 6, 2013.

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Imperial Palace illuminated

TOKYO, Japan - The Imperial Household Agency conducts a rehearsal on Dec. 21, 2012 for illuminating the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, ahead of illuminating the palace between Dec. 23, the birthday of Emperor Akihito, and Jan. 6, 2013.

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Marijuana legalization

SEATTLE, United States - People celebrate marijuana legalization in the state of Washington at a park in Seattle on Dec. 6, 2012.

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Nobel laureates Yamanaka, Gurdon

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka (L), a professor at Kyoto University in Japan, shakes hands with British researcher John Gurdon at a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 6, 2012. They will attend an award ceremony Dec. 10 in Stockholm to be jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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"Paperless" at COP18

DOHA, Qatar - Photo shows two-dimensional codes on a signboard at the venue of the 18th Conference of Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 6, 2012. The latest documents can be obtained online on mobile devices by reading the codes as part of efforts to promote paperless documentation.

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"Paperless" at COP18

DOHA, Qatar - Participants in the 18th Conference of Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change read documents on computers in Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 6, 2012. Documents are distributed online to promote paperless documentation.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka, a professor at Kyoto University, speaks during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm to be jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka, a professor at Kyoto University, speaks during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm to be jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka (L), a professor at Kyoto University, speaks during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon (R) of Britain will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm to be jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka (L), a professor at Kyoto University, speaks during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon (R) of Britain will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm to be jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Nobel laureates' autographs

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Photo shows a chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, signed on Dec. 6, 2012, by Shinya Yamanaka of Japan and John Gurdon of Britain in accordance with a tradition. They were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types. (Pool photo)

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Nobel laureates' autographs

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A woman holds a chair at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, signed on Dec. 6, 2012, by Shinya Yamanaka of Japan and John Gurdon of Britain in accordance with a tradition. They were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types. (Pool photo)

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Yankees' Granderson in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - New York Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson speaks on social contributions at Waseda University in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2012.

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Mo Yan in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Chinese writer Mo Yan speaks during a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden on Dec. 6, 2012. Mo is there to attend the ceremony to award him this year's Nobel Prize in literature.

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Professor Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka, a professor of Kyoto University, answers reporters' questions in front of the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, after meeting with other Nobel prize awardees on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm after he and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Moon Jae In (R), a South Korean presidential candidate from the opposition Democratic United Party, and former independent presidential candidate Ahn Cheol Soo shake hands after their meeting in Seoul on Dec. 6, 2012.

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Professor Yamanaka in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shinya Yamanaka, a professor of Kyoto University, answers reporters' questions in front of the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, after meeting with other Nobel prize awardees on Dec. 6, 2012. Yamanaka will attend an award ceremony in Stockholm after he and John Gurdon of Britain were jointly awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to develop into other cell types.

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Angelella, Iwasaki talk

TOKYO, Japan - Lt. Gen. Salvatore Angelella (C), commander of U.S. forces in Japan, and Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki (R), chief of the Japanese Defense Ministry's Joint Staff, talk outside the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2012, in front of a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor deployed to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Chief of U.S forces in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Lt. Gen. Salvatore Angelella, commander of U.S. forces in Japan, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2012.

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Robot for work at Fukushima nuclear plant

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows MHI-MEISTeR robot cutting off a pipe during a demonstration in Kobe on Dec. 6, 2012. The robot was developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. for work at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which was crippled by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Robot for work at Fukushima nuclear plant

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s MHI-MEISTeR robot at its unveiling in Kobe on Dec. 6, 2012. The robot was developed for work at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which was crippled by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Japan-bound Filipino health workers

MANILA, Philippines - The fifth batch of Japan-bound Filipino health workers under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement formally begin their pre-training in the Japanese language in the Manila area on Dec. 6, 2012, ahead of their deployment in June 2013.

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Kim Jong Il's former chef

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese sushi chef who cooked for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2012.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

MIYAKO ISLAND, Japan - A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor is unloaded from the military transport ship Osumi at Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2012, to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 6, 2012, shows a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor having been deployed at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Asaka training field in Saitama Prefecture to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

MIYAKO ISLAND, Japan - A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor is unloaded from the military transport ship Osumi at Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2012, to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan general election

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Shinzo Abe, leader of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with voters after giving a stump speech in front of JR Wakayama station in Wakayama Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election. Opinion polls by major Japanese media outlets predict that the LDP is on course to win a majority in the election, which would see it return to power after three years in opposition.

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Japan general election

INAZAWA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, waves at voters ahead of giving a stump speech in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election. Opinion polls by major Japanese media outlets predict that the major opposition Liberal Democratic Party is on course to win a majority in the election, which would see it return to power after three years in opposition.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Myoko (front) and the Kongo, Aegis destroyers carrying SM-3 missile interceptors, leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012. A total of three Aegis destroyers armed with SM-3 missile interceptors left the port for deployment in the East China Sea and Sea of Japan to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan general election

INAZAWA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, gives a stump speech in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election. Opinion polls by major Japanese media outlets predict that the major opposition Liberal Democratic Party is on course to win a majority in the election, which would see it return to power after three years in opposition.

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Japan general election

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Shinzo Abe, leader of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, gives a stump speech in front of JR Wakayama station in Wakayama Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election. Opinion polls by major Japanese media outlets predict that the LDP is on course to win a majority in the election, which would see it return to power after three years in opposition.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Chokai, an Aegis destroyer carrying an SM-3 missile interceptor, leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012. A total of three Aegis destroyers armed with SM-3 missile interceptors left the port for deployment in the East China Sea and Sea of Japan to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Myoko (front) and the Kongo, Aegis destroyers carrying SM-3 missile interceptors, leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012. A total of three Aegis destroyers armed with SM-3 missile interceptors left the port for deployment in the East China Sea and Sea of Japan to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Myoko (front) and the Kongo, Aegis destroyers carrying SM-3 missile interceptors, leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012. A total of three Aegis destroyers armed with SM-3 missile interceptors left the port for deployment in the East China Sea and Sea of Japan to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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S. Korean presidential election contenders

SEOUL, South Korea - Moon Jae In (L) of the main opposition Democratic Party and Ahn Cheol Soo, a former university professor and software mogul, shake hands in Seoul on Nov. 6, 2012. The two men are among the candidates in the South Korean presidential election to be held Dec. 19.

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S. Korean presidential election contenders

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken Nov. 6, 2012, shows (from L to R, front row) Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party, Moon Jae In of the main opposition Democratic Party and Ahn Cheol Soo, a former university professor and software mogul, attending an event held on the square in front of the Seoul city office. The three are running in the South Korean presidential election to be held Dec. 19.

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Moon Jae In (L) from the Democratic United Party and Ahn Cheol Soo, a former university professor and software mogul, shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on Nov. 6, 2012. The South Korean presidential candidate from the main opposition party and an independent hopeful held a private meeting to discuss picking a single candidate to boost the chance of winning the Dec. 19, 2012, election.

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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.