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Quake exhibition in New Zealand

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2013, in Christchurch, New Zealand, shows "Quake City" (back), a facility displaying remnants of the February 2011 earthquake and other exhibits related to the disaster. The facility was shown to the media the same day, prior to opening to the public on Feb. 15.

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Quake exhibition in New Zealand

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2013, in Christchurch, New Zealand, shows the spire of a cathedral damaged in the February 2011 earthquake, at "Quake City", a facility displaying remnants of the earthquake and other exhibits related to the disaster. The facility was shown to the media the same day, prior to its opening to the public on Feb. 15.

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Tsunami in Japan: 5 years on

SENDAI, March 5 Kyodo - Combined photos show an area of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, in northeastern Japan on April 27, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by massive tsunami; and the same area nearly five years later on Feb. 14, 2016. Seedlings of Japanese black pine trees, planted as part of efforts to prevent disaster, sway in wind.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show an area of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, which hosts the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The top photo was taken on April 14, 2011, about a month after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and the bottom photo on Feb. 28, 2014.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Panoramic photos show the Shishiori area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, 2011, four days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, on Aug. 30, 2012, and on Feb. 14, 2014.

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Woman sends Tohoku relief goods to Syrian refugees

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2014 shows Maiko Sato, who launched a project to send blankets and clothes that were donated to people in the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku hit by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake but remain unused to Syrian refugees who have been driven out of their homes by the civil war in the country.

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Disaster-hit building in Japan, scene of man's survival from tsunami

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Yuichi Yonezawa squats on top of the chimney of his building in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2014, reenacting the time he survived the March 2011 tsunami. Although much of the surrounding area has been vacated, Yonezawa intends to preserve the building as a lesson for younger generations about natural disasters and put up a sign on the chimney indicating the water level where the tsunami reached.

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Hanyu's authgraphs, messages on display at Sendai rink

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 14, 2014, shows Sochi Olympics figure skating gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu's autographs and messages on a bulletin board calling for support for post-disaster reconstruction work at Ice Rink Sendai, a former training base for Hanyu in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Miyagi was one of the three prefectures in northeastern Japan ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Chubu Electric seeks to restart Hamaoka nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Masatoshi Sakaguchi (R), vice president of Chubu Electric Power Co., hands applications to an official of the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2014, for a state safety assessment of one of its reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant. The plant in central Japan was forced to shut down in 2011 as the previous government viewed operation of the complex as too risky.

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Disaster-hit cats head to Tokyo

SENDAI, Japan - Cats are taken out from an animal management center in Sendai, northeastern Japan, to be accepted by a cat protection group in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Feb. 14, 2012. The group has cooperated in finding new homes in Tokyo and its vicinity for cats from Sendai. Many kittens have been born in areas hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami among cats who have lost their original owners and became stray.

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Disaster-hit cats head to Tokyo

SENDAI, Japan - A cat is taken out from an animal management center in Sendai, northeastern Japan, to be accepted by a cat protection group in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Feb. 14, 2012. The group has cooperated in finding new homes in Tokyo and its vicinity for cats from Sendai. Many kittens have been born in areas hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami among cats who have lost their original owners and became stray.

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Christchurch quake aftermath

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - People view a sealed-off district in a central part of Christchurch, New Zealand, on June 14, 2011. The area was struck by a major earthquake on Feb. 22.

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Pyramid-shaped hotel in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken on Feb. 14, 2011, shows the pyramid-shaped, 105-story Ryugyong Hotel under construction in Pyongyang. Exterior work on the hotel was completed recently, locals said Feb. 17. Construction began in 1987, but was halted in the early 1990s due to financial reasons. It resumed in 2008.

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North Korea celebrates leader Kim's 69th birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - An image of Kim Jong Un, the third son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and leader-in-waiting, is projected on a screen during an artistic performance at an event to celebrate the elder Kim's 69th birthday in Pyongyang on Feb. 14, 2011, two days before his birthday.

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Heart surgeon death

TOKYO, Japan - Juro Wada, then professor at Sapporo Medical University, speaks during a news conference at the university after conducting Japan's first heart transplant surgery in August 1968. Wada later faced an accusation of manslaughter over the surgery, which was eventually dropped due to insufficient evidence. Wada died of pneumonia at age 88 on Feb. 14, 2011.

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Heart surgeon death

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 1999 shows Juro Wada, a professor emeritus at Sapporo Medical University who performed Japan's first heart transplant surgery in 1968. Wada died of pneumonia at age 88 on Feb. 14, 2011.

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Angels' Takahashi starts spring camp

TEMPE, United States - Los Angeles Angels pitcher Hisanori Takahashi pitches on the first day of spring training camp in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 14, 2011.

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Thai-Cambodia dispute

NEW YORK, United States - Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong speaks to reporters at U.N. Headquarters in New York on Feb. 14, 2011. The U.N. Security Council expressed ''grave concern'' the same day over recent armed clashes between Cambodian and Thai forces at the border between the countries and called on both sides to establish a ''permanent'' cease-fire.

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Thai-Cambodia dispute

NEW YORK, United States - Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya speaks to reporters at U.N. Headquarters in New York on Feb. 14, 2011. The U.N. Security Council expressed ''grave concern'' the same day over recent armed clashes between Cambodian and Thai forces at the border between the countries and called on both sides to establish a ''permanent'' cease-fire.

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Sanyo to take down Piccadilly ad

LONDON, Britain - Photo taken on Feb. 14, 2011, shows Japanese electronics maker Sanyo Electronics Co.'s neon-light advertisement display at Piccadilly Circus in central London. Company officials said the same day they will take it down by the end of this year.

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka prepares for spring training

FORT MYERS, United States - Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka prepares in Fort Myers, Florida, on Feb. 14, 2011, a day before the start of spring training camp.

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka prepares for spring training

FORT MYERS, United States - Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka prepares in Fort Myers, Florida, on Feb. 14, 2011, a day before the start of spring training camp.

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Ronaldo announces retirement

TOKYO, Japan - Former Brazilian striker Ronaldo (C) celebrates after scoring the opening goal in the final against Germany in the 2002 World Cup in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on June 30, 2002, which Brazil won 2-0. The 34-year-old announced his retirement from professional football Feb. 14, 2011, due to weight control problems stemming from a thyroid disease.

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Egypt courts tourists

CAIRO, Egypt - About 300 people from the tourism industry, some holding signs written in several languages including English, Japanese and Chinese, court tourists near the Sphinx and pyramids in Giza, Egypt, on Feb. 14, 2011. Tourism in Egypt was hit by antigovernment demonstrations that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak from power.

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N. Korea prepares for leader Kim's 69th birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A cow pulls a cart in Pyongyang on Feb. 14, 2011, prior to leader Kim Jong Il's 69th birthday on Feb. 16.

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S.T. to buy whole of Earth Chemical's stake in Fumakilla

TOKYO, Japan - S.T. Corp. President Takashi Suzuki (L) and Fumakilla Ltd. President Kazuaki Oshimo speak in a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2011. S.T. will buy the whole of Earth Chemical Co.'s shareholding in Fumakilla in March 2011, raising its stake in the insecticide maker to 25.69 percent from the current 15.16 percent.

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Japan business leader in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japan Business Federation head Hiromasa Yonekura (L) meets Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) in Jakarta on Feb. 14, 2011.

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Osaka bourse inaugurates J-Gate derivatives trading system

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Securities Exchange President Michio Yoneda (L) receives a gift from Lars Ottersgard, senior vice president of Nasdaq OMX Market Technology, in Osaka on Feb. 14, 2011. A new financial derivatives trading system, named J-Gate, went into operation that day at the OSE, handling buy and sell orders about 20 times faster than previously. The new system was developed by Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.

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DPJ executives move to suspend Ozawa's party membership

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa smiles holding a box of chocolates as a St. Valentine's Day gift after speaking in a seminar in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2011. DPJ executives moved the same day to suspend the party membership of Ozawa, who has been indicted over a funds scandal, until after the end of his trial which is expected to begin later in 2011.

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Ex-Coast Guard member speaks on Senkaku video leak

TOKYO, Japan - Masaharu Isshiki, a former member of the Japan Coast Guard, speaks in a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2011. He said his unauthorized posting on the Internet of video footage of the September 2010 maritime collisions near the disputed Senkaku Islands was intended to benefit the public, who he believes are eager to know what happens around Japanese waters.

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N. Korea prepares for leader Kim's 69th birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Workers set up a billboard carrying a celebratory message in Pyongyang on Feb. 14, 2011, prior to leader Kim Jong Il's 69th birthday on Feb. 16.

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Emperor visits library in 1st outing since heart checkup

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (L) arrive at the National Diet Library in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2011, in the emperor's first official outing since he was hospitalized the previous week to undergo a checkup on his heart. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Emperor visits library in 1st outing since heart checkup

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (C) visit the National Diet Library in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2011, in the emperor's first official outing since he was hospitalized the previous week to undergo a checkup on his heart. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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DPJ executives move to suspend Ozawa's party membership

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa speaks at a seminar in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2011. DPJ executives moved the same day to suspend the party membership of Ozawa, who has been indicted over a funds scandal, until after the end of his trial which is expected to begin later in 2011.

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Ice hotel

SAPPORO, Japan - Women demonstrate an ''ice hotel'' facility, located inside a dome made of ice at the Alpha Resort Tomamu, in the village of Shimukappu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 14, 2011. The facility began accepting guests on Jan. 15 through Feb. 15, 2011.