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D. Kameda set for rematch with champion Denkaosen

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese boxer Daiki Kameda speaks during a news conference at Kameda boxing gym on Dec. 19, 2009, announcing that he will have a rematch with WBA flyweight champion Denkaosen Kaowichit in Kobe on Feb. 7, 2010.

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D. Kameda set for rematch with champion Denkaosen

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese boxer Daiki Kameda speaks during a news conference at Kameda boxing gym on Dec. 19, 2009, announcing that he will have a rematch with WBA flyweight champion Denkaosen Kaowichit in Kobe on Feb. 7, 2010.

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Abductee's kin attends U.N. meeting in Geneva

GENEVA, Switzerland - Teruaki Masumoto, secretary general of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, speaks to reporters at the U.N. Office at Geneva on Dec. 7, 2009. Masumoto, who sat in on a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting there to review the rights situation in North Korea, expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of progress on the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals, including his sister.

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Prime Minister Hatoyama talks with ex-Soviet President Gorbachev

TOKYO, Japan - Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (L), accompanied by House of Representatives member Muneo Suzuki, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2009, after talks with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

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Kashima's Ogasawara named J-League Player of the Year

TOKYO, Japan - Kashima Antlers midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara smiles with the J-League Player of the Year trophy during an award ceremony in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2009.

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Grand Slam record breaker Sugiyama enjoying life off court

TOKYO, Japan - Ai Sugiyama, the 34-year-old former tennis doubles world No. 1, speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2009. Sugiyama, who retired after the Toray Pan Pacific Open in October, said she is loving life outside the WTA Tour.

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Ishikawa named MVP, Ikeda is Rookie of the Year

TOKYO, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa (L), Yuta Ikeda (C) and Isao Aoki, special adviser at the Japan Golf Tour Organization, shake hands during an award ceremony at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2009. Ishikawa, an 18-year-old golf star who became this year's money list winner, received the Most Valuable Player award while Ikeda, who was second on the money list, got the Rookie of the Year award.

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Ishikawa named MVP, Ikeda is Rookie of the Year

TOKYO, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa, an 18-year-old golf star who became this year's money list winner in Japan, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2009 after receiving the Most Valuable Player award from the Japan Golf Tour Organization.

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Ishikawa named MVP, Ikeda is Rookie of the Year

TOKYO, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa, an 18-year-old golf star who became this year's money list winner, poses for photos during an award ceremony at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2009, after being named Most Valuable Player by the Japan Golf Tour Organization.

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'Time has come' for Japan to decide on fate of Futemma: Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters about the issue of the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2009.

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Taiwan president meets Japanese press

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou speaks to a group of Japanese reporters at the presidential office in Taipei on Dec. 7, 2009. Ma indicated he will work on signing a proposed economic cooperation framework agreement with China.

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Japan, World Bank to enhance cooperation over global issues

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting World Bank President Robert Zoellick (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2009, before their talks. They agreed to deepen cooperation in addressing climate change and other pressing global issues.

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Bosworth meets with Wi ahead of Pyongyang visit

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, talks with Wi Sung Lac (R), South Korea's top nuclear envoy, during a meeting in Seoul on Dec. 7, 2009. The meeting came a day before Bosworth's planned three-day visit to North Korea.

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Ishikawa named MVP, Ikeda is Rookie of the Year

TOKYO, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa (R), an 18-year-old golf star who became this year's money list winner, and his rival Yuta Ikeda pose during a Japan Golf Tour Organization award ceremony at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2009. Ishikawa received a total of nine awards including Most Valuable Player while Ikeda, 23, who came second in the money ranking, was selected as the Rookie of the Year.

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Japan, Arab states hold economic forum

TOKYO, Japan - Delegates to the Japan-Arab ministerial economic forum, the first of its kind, pose for a group photo during the opening ceremony at a hotel in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2009. Japan proposed holding a policy dialogue with Arab nations on water development and supply issues.

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Hatoyama says nearing decision on U.S. base

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama enters the premier's office in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2009. Hatoyama said the same day that the time has come for the government to make a decision on the fate of the controversial U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Bosworth meets with Wi ahead of Pyongyang visit

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), top U.S. negotiator on North Korean nuclear issues, shakes hands with Wi Sung Lac, South Korea's top nuclear envoy, before their meeting in Seoul on Dec. 7, 2009. The meeting came a day before Bosworth's planned three-day visit to North Korea.

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Old Yamanote Line train replica marks line's centennial

TOKYO, Japan - A replica of an old train on the Yamanote Line arrives at JR Yurakucho Station in Tokyo on Sept. 7, 2009, as East Japan Railway Co. began running it to commemorate the centennial of naming the Tokyo line. The dark brown train, which resembles the type of train used until around 50 years ago, will run on the Yamanote Line through Dec. 4.