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Cambodia bids farewell to former King Sihanouk

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A special vehicle (front) carrying the casket of former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk proceeds in central Phnom Penh on Feb. 1, 2013. Cambodia began its final farewell to Sihanouk, who died in October 2012 at the age of 89, with his casket carried on a float through the streets of the capital in a 6-kilometer funeral procession.

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Cambodia bids farewell to former King Sihanouk

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A special vehicle carrying the casket of former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk proceeds in central Phnom Penh on Feb. 1, 2013. Cambodia began its final farewell to Sihanouk, who died in October 2012 at the age of 89, with his casket carried on a float through the streets of the capital in a 6-kilometer funeral procession.

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Lawmaker Noda calls baby son 'mentor'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Seiko Noda is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2012, about the controversy over her childbearing at age 50 about a year ago. Noda, a six-term lower house legislator and a member of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, gave birth to her son Masaki in January 2011 through artificial insemination. She said Masaki is her ''mentor'' who trains her as a politician.

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Lawmaker Noda calls baby son 'mentor'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Seiko Noda is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2012, about the controversy over her childbearing at age 50 about a year ago. Noda, a six-term lower house legislator and a member of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, gave birth to her son Masaki in January 2011 through artificial insemination. She said Masaki is her ''mentor'' who trains her as a politician.

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IAEA official visits Iran

VIENNA, Austria - International Atomic Energy Agency Deputy Director General Herman Nackaerts speaks to reporters at Vienna airport on Feb. 1, 2012, upon returning from Iran.

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Suu Kyi supports NLD candidate

HLEGU, Myanmar - Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the opposition National League for Democracy, in Hlegu, Myanmar, on Feb. 15, 2012, delivers an endorsement speech for her party's candidate for the April 1, 2012, parliamentary by-elections.

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Retiring shinkansen trains

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows 100 series (L) and 300 series shinkansen bullet trains in Fukuoka Prefecture on Feb. 1, 2012. Both series of trains will be retired March 16, 2012, on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines.

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Myanmar opposition leader Suu Kyi in election campaign

KAWMHU, Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi (L), leader of Myanmar's opposition party the National League for Democracy, delivers a speech in her electoral district south of Yangon on Feb. 11, 2012. The visit was Suu Kyi's first stumping tour to the Kawmhu township for the April 1, 2012, parliamentary by-elections.

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Myanmar opposition leader Suu Kyi in election campaign

KAWMHU, Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi (2nd from L on podium), leader of Myanmar's opposition party the National League for Democracy, delivers a speech in her electoral district south of Yangon on Feb. 11, 2012. The visit was Suu Kyi's first stumping tour to the Kawmhu township for the April 1, 2012, parliamentary by-elections.

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Maruti Suzuki's Swift Dzire

MUMBAI, India - Shinzo Nakanishi, managing director of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., unveils the new Swift Dzire in Mumbai, western India, on Feb. 1, 2012. The subsidiary of Japanese automaker Suzuki Motor Corp. and India's biggest automaker announced Feb. 9, 2012, that it has sold over 10 million passenger cars in India since starting operations in December 1983.

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Rabbit cafe in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 1, 2012, shows merchandise with a rabbit motif at a rabbit cafe ''Usagi no Ehon'' (rabbit picture books) in Tokyo's Shimokitazawa district.

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World Cup forward Yano back with Albirex

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken at Kansai International Airport on July 1, 2010, shows Japanese soccer player Kisho Yano. The 27-year-old forward, a member of the 2010 World Cup squad, has returned to his old club Albirex Niigata, the J-League first division team announced on Feb. 8, 2012. He was released by German club Freiburg late in the previous year.

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Japan restaurant workers lead food drive in E. Africa

DADAAB, Kenya - Yuichiro Hirose (L), who is in charge of Japanese restaurant chain operator Zensho Co.'s aid work, hands a milk pack to a child at a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, on Feb. 1, 2012.

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Japan restaurant workers lead food drive in E. Africa

DADAAB, Kenya - Yuichiro Hirose (L), who is in charge of Japanese restaurant chain operator Zensho Co.'s aid work, hands out milk packs to children at a refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, on Feb. 1, 2012.

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Malnourished child at refugee camp in Kenya

DADAAB, Kenya - A woman uses a feeding tube to give milk to a malnourished child at a refugee camp hospital in Dadaab, Kenya, on Feb. 1, 2012. Many of the refugees at the camp are from Somalia, fleeing famine and conflicts in the Horn of Africa.

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Japanese competitive eater Kobayashi

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi during an interview with Kyodo News in New York on July 1, 2010. The 33-year-old former hot dog eating champion won an annual chicken wing eating contest in Philadelphia on Feb. 3, 2012, downing a record 337 wings in 30 minutes.

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Ban, Abbas in West Bank

RAMALLAH, West Bank - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands after a joint press conference in Ramallah in the West Bank on Feb. 1, 2012.

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Cars trapped in snow in Aomori Pref.

AOMORI, Japan - Photo shows cars stranded on a snowy road in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on the evening of Feb. 1, 2012.

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IAEA team returns from Iran

VIENNA, Austria - Herman Nackaerts, deputy director general for safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to reporters at an airport in Vienna on Feb. 1, 2012, after holding talks with Iranian officials. A senior IAEA team led by Nackaerts visited Iran over Tehran's alleged ambition to develop nuclear weapons.

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Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief Manabe

KADENA, Japan - Ro Manabe (back), the Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief, speaks with a member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly in the town of Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 1, 2012, over his lecture linked to the upcoming Ginowan mayoral election. Ginowan hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Actor Watanabe encourages students

FUKUOKA, Japan - Japanese actor Ken Watanabe answers questions by university students who will begin working in April, at a movie theater in the city of Fukuoka on Feb. 1, 2012. Watanabe gave them a cheering message in the event held before the release of the film ''Hayabusa -- Harukanaru Kikan'' (Hayabusa - Returning home from far away) about the project in which the Hayabusa space probe successfully returned to Earth, in which he played the leading part.

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Sharp's Sakai plant in Osaka Pref.

OSAKA, Japan - Aerial photo taken Jan. 28, 2012, shows Sharp Corp.'s Sakai plant in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. The electronics maker said Feb. 1, 2012, the company is likely to fall into the red in the business year ending March 31, 2012, revising its financial results forecast downward due to greater-than-expected price declines in liquid crystal display televisions and solar batteries as well as the global economic slowdown.

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Sony deputy president Hirai to become president

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Sony Corp. Executive Deputy President Kazuo Hirai. Sony announced Feb. 1, 2012, that Hirai will replace Howard Stringer as president and chief executive officer as of April 1, 2012.

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New rails for disaster-hit railway company

NODA, Japan - Workers on Feb. 1, 2012, lay new railroad rails in the village of Noda, Iwate Prefecture, an area hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as the work began the same day in the village. Sanriku Railway Co. aims at fully resuming its services in April 2014.

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Heavy snow in Akita

AKITA, Japan - A man shovels snow on a street in the city of Akita, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 1, 2012. An avalanche occurred at a hot spring resort in Akita Prefecture the same day.

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Heavy snowfall in Niigata Pref.

NIIGATA, Japan - A man removes snow from the roof of a house in the city of Tokamachi, Niigata Prefecture, on Feb. 1, 2012.

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NTT Docomo's Disney smartphone

TOKYO, Japan - Two models of NTT Docomo Inc.'s new ''Disney Mobile on docomo'' smartphones are pictured in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2012. The mobile phone service operator said the same day it will launch the smartphones, featuring Disney characters and offering various services in cooperation with Walt Disney Co. (Japan) Ltd., from late in the month.

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Toyota Aqua hybrid compact car

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s Aqua hybrid compact car. The automaker said Feb. 1, 2012, the number of orders placed for the Aqua as of Jan. 31, 2012, was about 120,000, greatly exceeding its sales goal of 12,000 units a month. The car was released on Dec. 26, 2011.

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Radiation decontamination efforts in Kawauchi village

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Women decontaminate a school room curtain exposed to radioactive material at an elementary school gymnasium in the village of Kawauchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 1, 2012. The mayor of Kawauchi on the previous day called on villagers who were forced to relocate after the nuclear power plant crisis to return home.

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Scattering peanuts at Tsutenkaku Tower

OSAKA, Japan - People throw peanuts at the Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka's Naniwa Ward, western Japan, on Feb. 1, 2012. People in Japan customarily throw beans to drive away demons and welcome good luck at traditional ''setsubun'' events in early February.

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Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. President Shoji Muneoka (L center) and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. President Hiroshi Tomono (R center) speak to reporters after a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2011. The No. 1 and No. 3 steelmakers in Japan announced the same day their plan to merge by Oct. 1, 2012, to become the world's second-largest steelmaker in terms of crude steel production capacity.