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Chemical weapons watchdog

OSLO, Norway - Former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officer Ichiro Akiyama, who was the first director of the Inspectorate Division at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, on Dec. 9, 2013, in Oslo, Norway, holds an invitation letter for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to be held in the city the following day, where the OPCW will receive the prize.

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Malaysian prime minister

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News at his office in Putrajaya, the federal administrative capital of Malaysia, on Dec. 9, 2013.

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Chemical weapons watchdog

OSLO, Norway - Former Japan Ground Self-Defense Force officer Ichiro Akiyama, who was the first director of the Inspectorate Division at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, speaks in an interview in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 9, 2013. Akiyama has been invited to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in the city the following day, where the OPCW will receive the prize.

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Malaysian prime minister

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News at his office in Putrajaya, the federal administrative capital of Malaysia, on Dec. 9, 2013.

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Japan, Indonesia end aluminum venture

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Nippon Asahan Aluminium Co. President Yoshihiko Okamoto (L) and Indonesian Industry Minister Mohamad Suleman Hidayat sign an agreement in Jakarta on Dec. 9, 2013. The Japanese consortium and the Indonesian government formally terminated a contract under which they cooperated to run aluminum production company PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium, or Inalum.

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Abe on secrecy law

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2013. He said the controversial secrecy law is essential for Japan to share sensitive information to cope with security threats, and he tried to assuage mounting public concern that it will threaten the public's right to know.

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Abe on secrecy law

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2013. He said the controversial secrecy law is essential for Japan to share sensitive information to cope with security threats, and he tried to assuage mounting public concern that it will threaten the public's right to know.

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Abe on secrecy law

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2013. He said the controversial secrecy law is essential for Japan to share sensitive information to cope with security threats, and he tried to assuage mounting public concern that it will threaten the public's right to know.

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Demonstration in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment demonstrators surround the prime minister's office in Bangkok, Thailand, on Dec. 9, 2013. Under relentless pressure from protesters determined to bring down her government, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced the dissolution of the lower house of parliament to pave the way for an election within two months.

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Demonstration in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment demonstrators surround the prime minister's office in Bangkok, Thailand, on Dec. 9, 2013. Under relentless pressure from protesters determined to bring down her government, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced the dissolution of the lower house of parliament to pave the way for an election within two months.

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Japan crown prince

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito is pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 9, 2013, before leaving for South Africa on Monday to attend the funeral service for former South African President Nelson Mandela.

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Japan crown princess

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Princess Masako enters the Imperial Palace to greet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2013. The princess turned 50 the same day.

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Your Party splits up

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Eda (front) and more than a dozen other lawmakers head to submit letters of resignation from Your Party to the party's secretary general, Keiichiro Asao, at the Diet building in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2013.

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U.S. trade representative

SINGAPORE, Singapore - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman is pictured on the third day of a multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade meeting in Singapore on Dec. 9, 2013.

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Demonstration in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment demonstrators head to the prime minister's office in Bangkok, Thailand, on Dec. 9, 2013. Under relentless pressure from protesters determined to bring down her government, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced the dissolution of the lower house of parliament to pave the way for an election within two months.

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Protests in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai antigovernment demonstrators cheer after hearing that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra announced dissolution of the lower house of parliament to pave the way for a new election, in front of the Government House in Bangkok on Dec. 9, 2013.

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TPP meeting

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan's senior vice minister of the Cabinet Office, speaks with reporters ahead of a third-day meeting of ministers from the countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, in Singapore on Dec. 9, 2013.

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Protests in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - An antigovernment demonstration is staged in front of the Government House in Bangkok on Dec. 9, 2013.

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Japan vice minister Nishimura

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Senior Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office Yasutoshi Nishimura walks after holding talks with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman in Singapore on Dec. 9, 2013.

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Thai PM Yingluck

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. Yingluck on Dec. 9, 2013, announced dissolution of the lower house of parliament to pave the way for a new election, as mass protests aimed at bringing down her democratically elected government continue in Bangkok.

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kim Jong Un (C front), son of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, saluting as he walks beside a hearse carrying the coffin of the elder Kim in Pyongyang on Dec. 28, 2011. The younger Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek (behind Kim Jong Un), a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, is also present. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after leader Kim Jong Un, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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U.S. trade chief Froman

SINGAPORE, Singapore - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman is pictured after holding talks with Japanese Senior Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office Yasutoshi Nishimura in Singapore on Dec. 9, 2013.

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TPP meeting

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan's senior vice minister of the Cabinet Office, heads for a third-day meeting of ministers from the countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade talks, in Singapore on Dec. 9, 2013.

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, leaving a national memorial service in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2012, to mark the first anniversary on Dec. 17 of the death of Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's uncle and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, attending a national memorial service in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2012, to mark the first anniversary on Dec. 17 of the death of Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on July 25, 2013, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (far L) and Jang Song Thaek (2nd from L), Kim's uncle and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, walking in a cemetery in Pyongyang for soldiers who died during the Korean War. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek (L), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, after viewing a military parade during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the late leader and Kim's father Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on Feb. 16, 2012. North Korea said Dec. 9, 2013, that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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Abe visits tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from R, standing) meets residents of temporary housing in Rikuzentakata, a northeastern Japanese city ravaged by the 2011 tsunami, on Feb. 9, 2013. The one-day visit to the city in Iwate Prefecture is Abe's third to a disaster-stricken area since assuming the premiership for the second time on Dec. 26. (Pool photo)

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Abe visits tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and reconstruction minister Takumi Nemoto lay a floral tribute at a cenotaph for the victims of the 2011 tsunami, in Rikuzentakata, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2013. The one-day visit to the city in Iwate Prefecture is Abe's third to a disaster-stricken area since assuming the premiership for the second time on Dec. 26.

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Abe visits tsunami-hit Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) on Feb. 9, 2013, visits Rikuzentakata, a northeastern Japanese city ravaged by the 2011 tsunami. The one-day visit to the city in Iwate Prefecture is his third to a disaster-stricken area since assuming the premiership for the second time on Dec. 26.

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State-of-the-art shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - The E6-type shinkansen bullet train pulls into JR Tokyo Station on Dec. 9, 2010, for a test run ahead of the start of its commercial use planned for 2013.

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State-of-the-art shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - The E6-type shinkansen bullet train pulls into JR Tokyo Station on Dec. 9, 2010, for a test run ahead of the start of its commercial use planned for 2013.