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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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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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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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USJ to open new theme park in Asia

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken Oct. 10, 2012, shows Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. The Hollywood-themed amusement park's operator, USJ Co., said Feb. 20, 2014, it plans to open one or more new theme parks by 2020, with potential sites identified in Japan and in emerging Asian countries.

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Ex-Maldivan President Nasheed at rally in Male

MALE, Maldives - Mohamed Nasheed (C, front row), former president of the Maldives, attends a rally with supporters in Male, the capital of the Maldives, on Feb. 10, 2012. Nasheed, the nation's first democratically elected leader, says he was ousted in a military-backed coup while new President Mohamed Waheed Hassan says Nasheed resigned on his own volition.

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Obama in press conference

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference at the White House in Washington on Feb. 10, 2012.

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Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Canada's Patrick Chan performs during the men's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 10, 2012. The reigning world champion won the championships.

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Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 10, 2012. The two-time world champion grabbed the lead with a high-caliber performance in the short program.

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New disaster management minister

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Nakagawa speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2012, after assuming the post of minister in charge of disaster management.

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Suu Kyi receives UNESCO award

YANGON, Myanmar - Ryuhei Hosoya (L), executive director of the Office of the UNESCO Director General, hands a trophy to Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi in Yangon on Feb. 10, 2012. Suu Kyi was chosen as the 2002 winner of the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence, but had been unable to receive the award as she had been under house arrest on and off from 1989 to 2010.

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Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during the men's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 10, 2012. The defending champion finished a distant second to reigning world champion Patrick Chan.

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Nishikori loses to Karlovic

MIKI, Japan - Kei Nishikori (L) of Japan and Ivo Karlovic of Croatia are pictured ahead of their first-round match of the Davis Cup World Group at Bourbon Beans Dome in Hyogo Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2012. Karlovic defeated Nishikori 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.

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Hirano unveils Reconstruction Agency logo

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano (L), head of the newly formed Reconstruction Agency, unveils the agency's logo at a press conference at the agency in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2012.

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Suu Kyi meets minority leader

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and ethnic Karen group leader Saw Htay Maung (L) attend a press conference in Yangon on Feb. 10, 2012.

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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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11 months after tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Restoration work is under way as many gravestones remain tumbled in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 10, 2012, nearly 11 months after the March 2011 quake and tsunami.

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Taiwan's Liao

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Undated file photo shows Liao Liou-yi, former secretary general of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party. On Feb. 10, 2012, Liao was named chairman of the Association for East Asian Relations -- a semi-official organization attached to the Foreign Ministry and which handles Taipei's relations with Tokyo.

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11 months after tsunami

KAMAISHI, Japan - Lights are lit at temporary housing units in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, for people hit by the March 2011 quake as evening came down on Feb. 10, 2012, nearly 11 months after the disaster.

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Soeda at Davis Cup World Group

MIKI, Japan - Go Soeda of Japan is pictured after beating Ivan Dodig of Croatia 6-7(3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5, in the first round of the Davis Cup World Group at Bourbon Beans Dome in Hyogo Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2012.

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S. Korean lawmakers visit industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean lawmakers hold a press conference in Paju, South Korea, on Feb. 10, 2012, upon returning from a joint inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city Kaesong.

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11 months after tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Ravage of the March 2011 tsunami remains in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 10, 2012, nearly 11 months after the disaster.

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S. Korean lawmakers visit industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean lawmakers return to Paju, South Korea, on Feb. 10, 2012, from a joint inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city Kaesong.

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11 months after tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Burned cars are piled up and a large ship brought by the March 2011 tsunami remained ashore in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 10, 2012, nearly 11 months after the disaster.

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Film promotion

FUKUOKA, Japan - Actor Kenichi Matsuyama and actress Eri Murakawa promote their new movie ''Bokutachi Kyuko A Ressha de Iko'' at JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 10, 2012.

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Hot spring bath for horses

HAKODATE, Japan - Racehorses take a bath at a hot spring bath for horses in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on Feb. 10, 2012. The bath, part of the Hakodate Race Course facilities, is used for therapeutic purposes by racehorses from across the nation that have suffered injuries during races.

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Darvish leaves for U.S.

NARITA, Japan - Texas Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish is pictured at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Feb. 10, 2012, ahead of his departure for the United States.

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Dismantling Fugen nuclear reactor

TSURUGA, Japan - A worker engages in work to dismantle the Fugen prototype nuclear reactor, shut down permanently in 2003, in a shielded area to prevent radiation leakage in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Feb. 10, 2012. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency disclosed part of the dismantling procedures to the media the same day. The decommissioning process, which started in 2008, is expected to be completed in fiscal 2028.

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S. Korean lawmakers head to industrial complex in N. Korea

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties wave in Paju, South Korea, on Feb. 10, 2012, before heading to the joint inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city Kaesong. It is the first visit to the complex by South Korean lawmakers after the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in December 2011.

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Japan launches postquake reconstruction agency

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Tatsuo Hirano, the Cabinet minister who heads a new agency to promote the reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, put up a signboard bearing the name of the agency at the new entity in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2012, as it was launched the same day. (Pool Photo)

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Ehime Maru-Greeneville collision anniversary

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Relatives of the victims of the Ehime Maru, the fishing training boat that was involved in a collision with U.S. nuclear submarine Greeneville off Hawaii that claimed the lives of nine aboard the boat, offer flowers at a monument at Uwajima Fisheries High School in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Feb. 10, 2012. The fisheries training school held a memorial service to mark the 11th anniversary of the incident.

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White tiger cubs at Kagoshima zoo

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2012, shows white tiger cubs shown to the public for the first time at Hirakawa Zoological Park in the city of Kagoshima, southwestern Japan. The male and female cubs were born in November the previous year.

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Police wind up support mission in disaster-hit Iwate

OFUNATO, Japan - Police officers from across Japan who have supported operations in disaster-hit Iwate Prefecture line up at a send-off ceremony in Ofunato in the Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2012. They will return to their original prefectures as they wrap up their mission.

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Japan launches postquake reconstruction agency

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, the Cabinet minister who heads a new agency to promote reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo as the agency was launched on Feb. 10, 2012.

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Sapporo to make Pokka subsidiary

TOKYO, Japan - Sapporo Holdings Ltd. Managing Director Tsutomu Kamijo (L), who is set to become the next president of the holding firm of beverage makers, Masatoshi Hori, president of another beverage producer Pokka Corp. (C) and Takao Murakami, current president of Sapporo Holdings (R), shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2011. The two companies said Sapporo will turn Pokka into a subsidiary in late March as a first step to integrate their management in April 2012, in an effort to better compete in drink and food markets amid an adverse business environment.