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S. Korea's Park up before IOC

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - South Korean soccer player Park Jong Woo heads for a disciplinary hearing by the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 11, 2013. The IOC held the hearing for Woo, who stirred controversy at the 2012 London Olympics by raising a banner in the bronze-medal match against Japan proclaiming his country's sovereignty over the Sea of Japan islets known as Takeshima in Japanese and Dokdo by Koreans.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show the "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 11, 2012 (top), one and a half years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and after the tree was cut down, preserved and replanted in the same place on Feb. 13, 2014 (bottom).

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2 years after quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in October 2008 (top), on Feb. 26, 2012 (center), about a year after a nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and on March 3, 2013. From back to front are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors. The bottom photo shows a cover on the No. 1 reactor building used to prevent radioactive particles from being dispersed. Cranes are at work at No. 3 and No. 4 reactor buildings.

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2 years after quake

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture in December 2000 (top), on Feb. 26, 2012 (center), about a year after a nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, and on March 3, 2013. From right to left are the buildings housing the No. 1 to No. 4 reactors.

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Empress chose kimono to support emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko bow to bereaved families of victims of the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, during a government ceremony in Tokyo on March 11, 2012, to mark the first anniversary of the disaster. The empress chose to wear a kimono and Japanese sandals so she could move more easily to support the emperor, who had been discharged from the hospital a week earlier after undergoing heart bypass surgery on Feb. 18, in the event he were to fall, a senior Imperial Household Agency official said on March 15. (Pool photo)

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N. Korea power succession

BEIJING, China - People ride bicycles in Pyongyang in the afternoon on Feb. 11, 2012. The fields are covered with snow and the temperature was below 0 C.

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Tokyo eateries offer chance to support recovery efforts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 4, 2012, shows the signboard of a nonprofit Japanese-style pub named Reconstruction Support Tavern, which opened in Tokyo's Ginza district in January the same year to aid recovery efforts in areas hit by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The tavern, open until late September 2012, aims to donate its monthly profits of over 1 million yen to the prefectural governments of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.

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Prince hopes for strengthening anti-disaster measures

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito speaks during an international symposium on the 2011 disaster and tsunami warning systems, at the United Nations University in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Feb. 16, 2012. He expressed hope for taking lessons from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami to strengthen anti-disaster measures in Japan and the rest of the world. (Pool photo)

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Prince hopes for strengthening anti-disaster measures

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito speaks during an international symposium on the 2011 disaster and tsunami warning systems, at the United Nations University in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Feb. 16, 2012. He expressed hope for taking lessons from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami to strengthen anti-disaster measures in Japan and the rest of the world. (Pool photo)

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Business in Pyongyang under new leader

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People are seen pushing an electricity-driven trolley bus from behind in Pyongyang on Feb. 11, 2012.

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Remembering civil rights activist

SEATTLE, United States - Jay Hirabayashi (2nd from R), son of civil rights activist Gordon Hirabayashi, Judge Mary Schroeder (2nd from L) and other people associated with the late Hirabayashi, who fought the United States' internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, attend an event to commemorate his activities on Feb. 11, 2012, in Seattle. Gordon Hirabayashi, who was jailed for violating the curfew and internment orders, appealed his conviction before the U.S. Supreme Court and lost. Decades later in 1987, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in an opinion authored by Schroeder, overturned his conviction after he reopened his case in 1983.

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Asada finishes 2nd in Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - (From L) Japan's Mao Asada, Ashley Wagner and Caroline Zhang, both from the United States, show their medals at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2012. Wagner won the championships while Asada and Zhang took second and third place, respectively.

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Wagner wins at Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Ashley Wagner performs during the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2012. The U.S. champion won her first international title.

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Murakami finishes 4th at Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Kanako Murakami performs during the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2012. The former junior world champion finished fourth.

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Asada finishes 2nd at Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2012. The two-time world champion finished second to U.S. champion Ashley Wagner.

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Asada finishes 2nd at Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2012. The two-time world champion finished second to U.S. champion Ashley Wagner.

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Murakami finishes 4th at Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Kanako Murakami performs during the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2012. The former junior world champion finished fourth.

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Asada finishes 2nd at Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2012. The two-time world champion finished second to U.S. champion Ashley Wagner.

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Asada finishes 2nd at Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Mao Asada poses with her silver medal after finishing second in the women's competition at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2012.

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Japanese cuisine clinic in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Cooks learn how to prepare raw fish at Michelin-starred seafood restaurant Oceana in New York on Feb. 11, 2012. The Japanese Consulate General in New York hosted the clinic to promote Japanese cuisines.

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Japanese cuisine clinic in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Sushi chef Toshio Suzuki (L) explains the meaning of the Japanese phrase ''Itadakimasu'' (thank you for the food) before teaching cooks how to prepare raw fish at Michelin-starred seafood restaurant Oceana in New York on Feb. 11, 2012. The Japanese Consulate General in New York hosted the clinic to promote Japanese cuisines.

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Kagawa scores winner in Bundesliga

DORTMUND, Germany - Japan and Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa (C) slides home the only goal of a Bundesliga game against Bayer Leverkusen in Dortmund, Germany, on Feb. 11, 2012.

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Okazaki scores in Bundesliga

STUTTGART, Germany - Stuttgart's Shinji Okazaki (C) scores a goal with a header during a Bundesliga game against Hertha Berlin in Stuttgart, Germany, on Feb. 11, 2012. Stuttgart won 5-0.

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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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11 months after tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Japan Coast Guard divers search for remains of people missing in the March 2011 quake and tsunami in an operation in the Pacific off Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 11, 2012. Some 3,300 people remained missing 11 months after the disaster.

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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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Protest in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Demonstrators protest Greek austerity measures in front of the parliament building in Athens on Feb. 11, 2012.

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Mourning wreath in front of Greek parliament

ATHENS, Greece - Photo taken Feb. 11, 2012, shows a mourning wreath placed by demonstrators in front of Greece's parliament in Athens. Parliament approved an austerity bill on Feb. 13, 2012, to secure a second bailout fund from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.

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Suu Kyi election campaign

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi calls for support in her constituency in Kawmhu Township, Myanmar, on Feb. 11, 2012, ahead of the upcoming April 1 by-elections. (Photo by Yukichika Murayama)

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Darth Vader in event

FUKUOKA, Japan - A person clad as Darth Vader of the Star Wars series movies take part in an event to call for good passenger manners at the subway's Tenjin Station in Fukuoka on Feb. 11, 2012.

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Flying flamingos

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Flamingos take wings during a show at Miyazaki City Phoenix Zoo in Miyazaki Prefecture on Feb. 11, 2012.

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Tokyo Gate Bridge

TOKYO, Japan - Electric vehicles and other eco-cars pass Tokyo Gate Bridge on Tokyo Bay as part of a ceremony on Feb. 11, 2012, a day before the opening of the bridge.

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Tokyo Gate Bridge

TOKYO, Japan - Electric vehicles and other eco-cars pass Tokyo Gate Bridge on Tokyo Bay as part of a ceremony on Feb. 11, 2012, a day before the opening of the bridge.

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267-kilogram chocolate ring

OSAKA, Japan - A 267-kilogram ''finger ring'' made by chocolate and candy is completed in Osaka on Feb. 11, 2012, and was recognized as the world's largest by the Guinness World Records. The work is an event prior to the Valentine's Day on Feb. 14, which is regarded in Japan as a day for women to give chocolate to men.

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267-kilogram chocolate ring

OSAKA, Japan - A 267-kilogram ''finger ring'' made by chocolate and candy is completed in Osaka on Feb. 11, 2012, and was recognized as the world's largest by the Guinness World Records. The work is an event prior to the Valentine's Day on Feb. 14, which is regarded in Japan as a day for women to give chocolate to men.

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Suu Kyi election campaign

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi receives flowers from her supporters in her constituency in Kawmhu Township, Myanmar, on Feb. 11, 2012, ahead of the upcoming April 1 by-elections. (Photo by Yukichika Murayama)

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Antinuclear power rally

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel Prize in literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe speaks as about 12,000 people joined a rally calling for abandoning nuclear power in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on Feb. 11, 2012.

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Antinuclear power rally

TOKYO, Japan - About 12,000 people demonstrate in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward after a rally calling for abandoning nuclear power on Feb. 11, 2012.

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Emperor undergoes heart reexamination

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko head to University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Feb. 11, 2012. The emperor will undergo a more detailed heart exam after an electrocardiogram suggested a possible deficient blood supply to the heart.

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Comedian Shizu-chan takes step toward Olympics

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese comic Shizuyo Yamasaki (L) beats Sayako Suzuki to capture the women's middleweight national boxing title in Hiroshima on Feb. 11, 2012. Yamasaki, known as Shizu-chan from the Yoshimoto Creative Agency's comic duo ''Nankai Candies,'' took a step toward attaining her dream -- competing in an upcoming amateur boxing competition at the London Olympics.

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Comedian Shizu-chan takes step toward Olympics

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese comic Shizuyo Yamasaki holding the gold medal after capturing the women's middleweight national boxing title in Hiroshima on Feb. 11, 2012. Yamasaki, known as Shizu-chan from the Yoshimoto Creative Agency's comic duo ''Nankai Candies,'' took a step toward attaining her dream -- competing in an upcoming amateur boxing competition at the London Olympics.

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11 months after tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Police officers offer a prayer at a site where a police box used to be in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 11, 2012. A police officer who was on duty at the police box went missing 11 months ago when the March 2011 quake and tsunami hit the area. Behind them is a large fishing boat brought by the tsunami still remaining ashore.

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Emperor undergoes heart reexamination

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito enters University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Feb. 11, 2012. He will undergo a more detailed heart exam after an electrocardiogram suggested a possible deficient blood supply to the heart.

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Hatsune Miku snow statue

SAPPORO, Japan - A new 3-meter-tall snow statue of Hatsune Miku, a girl idol character for singing software, is built at Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido on Feb. 11, 2012. A previous Miku statue collapsed on its own on Feb. 7, 2012, apparently due to warm weather, injuring a passer-by.

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U.N. Forest Hero

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Shigeatsu Hatakeyama, a Japanese environmental preservation activist in Miyagi Prefecture, one of the areas hardest hit by the March 11, 2011, disaster. The United Nations Forum on Forests said on Feb. 8, 2012, that Hatakeyama has been selected to win its Forest Hero award for the Asian region as a contributor to sustainable forest management.

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5 Chinese to resume job training after surviving tsunami

NARITA, Japan - Five Chinese trainees arrive at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. They returned to Japan to resume training at a seafood-processing plant in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, after surviving the March 11, 2011, tsunami that swept away the company's executive officer who helped them to escape and later lost his life.