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Paris Grand Slam judo

PARIS, France - Japan's Megumi Tachimoto stands on the podium during the award ceremony after winning the women's over-78 kilogram gold at the Paris Grand Slam judo competition in the French capital on Feb. 10, 2013.

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Paris Grand Slam judo

PARIS, France - Japan's Megumi Tachimoto (R) takes on Cuba's London Olympic champion Idalys Ortiz during the women's over-78 kilogram final at the Paris Grand Slam judo competition in the French capital on Feb. 10, 2013. Tachimoto defeated Ortiz, who was disqualified for her fourth penalty, and won the gold.

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Paris Grand Slam judo

PARIS, France - Japan's Megumi Tachimoto (L) takes on Cuba's London Olympic champion Idalys Ortiz during the women's over-78 kilogram final at the Paris Grand Slam judo competition in the French capital on Feb. 10, 2013. Tachimoto defeated Ortiz, who was disqualified for her fourth penalty, and won the gold.

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Kim Jong Il statue

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Combination photo shows the remodeled statue of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) wearing a type of jacket on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Feb. 10, 2013, compared with one with an overcoat in December 2012.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Asada won the competition with a total of 205.45 points, the world's highest score of the season.

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Nordic combined World Cup in Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - (From L) Akito Watabe of Japan, Christoph Bieler of Austria and Miroslav Dvorak of the Czech Republic stand on the podium at a World Cup Nordic combined event in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 10, 2013. Bieler won the competition and Watabe and Dvorak finished second and third respectively.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter some 1,500 meters above ground shows the full view of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Akiko Suzuki performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Suzuki took the silver medal with a total of 190.08 points.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter some 1,500 meters above ground shows the building housing the No. 4 reactor of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. At top are the base of a facility under construction to remove spent fuel from the pool in the building.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Asada won the competition with a total of 205.45 points, the world's highest score of the season.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter some 1,500 meters above ground shows the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. From bottom right to top left are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Asada won the competition with a total of 205.45 points, the world's highest score of the season.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. Seen in front are tanks containing water contaminated by radioactive materials. In the background are the buildings housing (from L) the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Asada won the competition with a total of 205.45 points, the world's highest score of the season.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Asada won the competition with a total of 205.45 points, the world's highest score of the season.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Asada won the competition with a total of 205.45 points, the world's highest score of the season.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Kanako Murakami performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Murakami took the bronze medal with a total of 181.03 points.

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Four Continents figure skating championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs in the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 10, 2013. Asada won the competition with a total of 205.45 points, the world's highest score of the season.

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Unnamed donor sends gold ingots to Miyagi fish market

SENDAI, Japan - Kunio Suno, president of a fish market in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, holds two gold ingots worth around 10 million yen in total, on Feb. 14, 2013. The ingots were sent to the fish market in the disaster-hit city by an unnamed donor in Nagano.

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Unnamed donor sends gold ingots to Miyagi fish market

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2013, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, shows two gold ingots worth around 10 million yen in total that were sent to a fish market in the disaster-hit city by an unnamed donor in Nagano.

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Knife and vehicle attack in Guam

GUAM, United States - A Japanese family prays for the victims of a knife and vehicle attack after placing offerings at the site of the incident in Guam on Feb. 14, 2013. A knife-wielding man stabbed bystanders on the night of Feb. 12 after crashing his car into a convenience store in a major tourist area on the Pacific resort island, killing three Japanese and injuring 10 other Japanese and one local.

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Knife and vehicle attack in Guam

GUAM, United States - Photo taken in Guam on Feb. 14, 2013, shows a tire track left at the site of a knife and vehicle attack. A knife-wielding man stabbed bystanders on the night of Feb. 12 after crashing his car into a convenience store in a major tourist area on the Pacific resort island, killing three Japanese and injuring 10 other Japanese and one local.

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Lunar New Year in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans visit Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on the Lunar New Year on Feb. 10, 2013.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter some 1,500 meters above ground shows the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. At top right are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors. At bottom left are tanks containing water contaminated by radioactive materials.

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Lunar New Year in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean children roller-skate at a square in Pyongyang on the Lunar New Year on Feb. 10, 2013.

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Lunar New Year in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Soldiers offer flowers at Mansu Hill, where statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and former leader Kim Jong Il are located, in Pyongyang on the Lunar New Year on Feb. 10, 2013.

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Lunar New Year in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People visit Mansu Hill, where statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung (L) and former leader Kim Jong Il are located, in Pyongyang on the Lunar New Year on Feb. 10, 2013. North Korea has unveiled the remodeled Kim Jong Il statue wearing a type of jacket, compared with a previous overcoat.

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Fireworks to celebrate Lunar New Year

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in Beijing in the early hours of Feb. 10, 2013, shows fireworks set off to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

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Online threats cases

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2013 on Enoshima Island in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows a cat thought to have been used by the man suspected of sending a series of threatening e-mails in 2012. A memory card containing a virus that can remotely control computers had been attached to the collar of a cat on the small island. A man caught on a security camera (back C) approaching the cat resembles a man arrested in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2013, over the e-mails, the police said.

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E-mail threats arrest

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2013 on Enoshima Island in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows a cat thought to have been used by the man suspected of sending a series of threatening e-mails in 2012. A memory card containing a virus that can remotely control computers had been attached to the collar of a cat on the small island. A man caught on a security camera (upper right) approaching the cat resembles a man arrested in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2013, over the e-mails, the police said.

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Hindu festival in India

ALLAHABAD, India - Sadhus, or ascetics, bathe near the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna River during the holy Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela, in Allahabad, northern India, on Feb. 10, 2013.

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Lunar New Year in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean children roller-skate at a square in Pyongyang on the Lunar New Year on Feb. 10, 2013.

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E-mail threats arrest

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2013 on Enoshima Island in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, shows a cat thought to have been used by the man suspected of sending a series of threatening e-mails in 2012. A memory card containing a virus that can remotely control computers had been attached to the collar of a cat on the small island. A man caught on a security camera approaching the cat resembles a man arrested in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2013, over the e-mails, the police said.

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Hindu festival in India

ALLAHABAD, India - Sadhus, or ascetics, head to bathing during the holy Hindu festival of Kumbh Mela, in Allahabad, northern India, on Feb. 10, 2013.

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Takanashi sweeps doubleheader at Zao

YAMAGATA, Japan - Photo shows the first jump of Japan's Sara Takanashi at a World Cup women's ski jumping event at Zao in Yamagata Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. Takanashi swept a doubleheader that day.

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Japanese man offers money to Russian students

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Koichi Muto (far R) observes a first-year class in the Japanese-language department at Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok on Feb. 27, 2013. Muto, a former restaurant owner in Japan's Akita Prefecture, has continued to offer grants of his own money to students learning Japanese at the Russian university for more than 10 years.

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Japanese man offers money to Russian students

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Koichi Muto (L back) observes a first-year class in the Japanese-language department at Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok on Feb. 27, 2013. Muto, a former restaurant owner in Japan's Akita Prefecture, has continued to offer grants of his own money to students learning Japanese at the Russian university for more than 10 years.

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Japan copyright body chief Tokura

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tokura, chairman of the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, meets the press at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2013, after submitting a written request to Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to work for the termination of a royalty payment system, under which Japan is required to pay royalties to 15 victor nations of World War II for around 10 years longer than the 50-year copyright protection period. Japan is the only country subject to such treatment due to its wartime failure to pay royalties to its enemies for music, novels and art.

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Actor named as envoy for Japan-ASEAN ties

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) hands a document to Japanese actor and singer Ryotaro Sugi at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2013, as Sugi was appointed as special ambassador to promote the 40th anniversary of cooperative ties between Japan and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Yankees' Granderson suffers injury

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson returns to the dugout after being struck on the right arm by a pitch thrown by Toronto Blue Jays' J.A. Happ during the first inning of a preseason game in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 24, 2013. The left-handed batter suffered a broken forearm which is expected to need 10 weeks to heal.

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Yankees' Granderson suffers injury

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson is struck on the right arm by a pitch thrown by Toronto Blue Jays' J.A. Happ during the first inning of a preseason game in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 24, 2013. The left-handed batter suffered a broken forearm which is expected to need 10 weeks to heal.

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Lunar New Year in China

BEIJING, China - People set off firecrackers in Beijing on Feb. 9, 2013. China entered a weeklong holiday period the same day, ahead of the start of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, on Feb. 10.

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Lunar New Year in China

BEIJING, China - People visit a park in Beijing on Feb. 9, 2013. China entered a weeklong holiday period the same day, ahead of the start of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, on Feb. 10.

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Lunar New Year in China

BEIJING, China - Dancers perform at a park in Beijing on Feb. 9, 2013. China entered a weeklong holiday period the same day, ahead of the start of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, on Feb. 10.

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Lunar New Year in China

BEIJING, China - A woman holds a snake doll at a park in Beijing on Feb. 9, 2013. China entered a weeklong holiday period the same day, ahead of the start of the Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, on Feb. 10.

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Young volunteers stay to support victims of March 2011 disaster

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Volunteer Yusuke Kato (L), holding a dosimeter, explains to a tour participant about a checkpoint set up 10 kilometers north of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the March 2011 disaster. Photo was taken Feb. 2, 2013, in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture.

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Olympic rings set up at Sochi airport

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows giant Olympic rings, measuring around 10 meters by 15 meters, at the airport in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 4, 2013. The Sochi Winter Olympics will begin Feb. 7, 2014.

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Olympic rings set up at Sochi airport

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows giant Olympic rings, measuring around 10 meters by 15 meters, at the airport in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 4, 2013. The Sochi Winter Olympics will begin Feb. 7, 2014.

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Deep sea exploration vessel Chikyu

NAGOYA, Japan - Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. unveils to the press the deep sea exploration vessel Chikyu at Shimizu port in Shizuoka Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2012, ahead of its departure Feb. 12 for Pacific waters off central Japan where it will conduct preparatory drilling for the world's first seabed methane hydrate production tests in early 2013.

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JR East to build Shinkansen trains capable of 400 kph

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will build two prototype Shinkansen bullet trains capable of reaching a top speed of 400 kilometers per hour (their images shown in photo), the railway operator said Feb. 10. JR East will give the trains test runs from 2005 to 2008 in northeastern Japan, aiming to launch them by 2013. Photo provided by JR East. (Kyodo)