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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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Teacher vows not to let students die from disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Toshiro Sato (L), a teacher at Onagawa Daiichi Junior High School in the coastal town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, tells students at his school to come up with their own words as a "3.11 message" during an assembly for disaster prevention education on Feb. 15, 2013. Sato believes that not to forget what happened in the quake-tsunami disaster on March 11, 2011, is the best disaster prevention.

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2 years after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo taken Feb. 15, 2013, shows a temporary cathedral under construction in place of the damaged Christchurch Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, about two years after the Feb. 22, 2011, magnitude-6.3 earthquake. Seen in front is the site of the Canterbury TV building, which housed a language school and which collapsed in the quake, claiming the lives of 115 people including students from seven countries including Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

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2 years after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo taken Feb. 15, 2013, shows a central area of Christchurch, New Zealand, which remains cordoned off almost two years after the Feb. 22, 2011, magnitude-6.3 earthquake.

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2 years after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo taken Feb. 15, 2013, shows a boat tour on the river in Christchurch, New Zealand, that resumed about six months ago after being suspended following the Feb. 22, 2011, magnitude-6.3 earthquake.

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2 years after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - New Zealand's earthquake recovery minister Gerry Brownlee visits a cordoned area damaged by the Feb. 22, 2011, magnitude-6.3 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 15, 2013.

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Indonesian translation of book on Japanese hero

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2009, shows Sakari Ono who stayed behind in Indonesia and fought alongside Indonesian independence troops against Dutch troops after the Japanese surrendered to the Allied forces on Aug. 15, 1945. The Indonesian-language version of a Japanese book about Ono is expected to be published in September 2011.

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Tall pitcher at Angels

TEMPE, United States - Photo shows Los Angeles Angels minor league pitcher Loek van Mil (C) at the team's training camp in Tempe, Arizona, on Feb. 15, 2011. He is 2 meters and 16 centimeters tall.

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North Korea celebrates leader Kim's 69th birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Hotel employees dance to celebrate North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's 69th birthday in Pyongyang on Feb. 15, 2011, a day before his birthday.

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North Korea celebrates leader Kim's 69th birthday

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Hotel employees dance to celebrate North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's 69th birthday in Pyongyang on Feb. 15, 2011, a day before his birthday.

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Disputed area in Cambodia

PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia - Sandbags are stacked in a Cambodian military zone near the Preah Vihear temple in northern Cambodia on the border with Thailand on Feb. 15, 2011. Cambodia said on Feb. 16 it will request ASEAN to dispatch observers to the disputed area where clashes between the two countries have occurred.

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Japan, India to sign EPA

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2011, ahead of their meeting. Kan said Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara and Sharma will sign a bilateral free trade agreement the following day.

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N. Korean leader's 2nd son spotted in Singapore

SEOUL, South Korea - Footage taken from South Korean TV station KBS, aired Feb. 15, 2011, shows a man believed to be Kim Jong Chol (circled), the second son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, at an Eric Clapton concert in Singapore. Born in 1981, the younger Kim is known to be a fan of rock music.

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Passport, visa issues delay Kawakami's spring training

ORLANDO, United States - Atlanta Braves general manager Frank Wren speaks to reporters in Orlando, Florida, on Feb. 15, 2011, about the team's Japanese right-hander Kenshin Kawakami, who will miss the start of spring training due to passport and visa issues. Wren said the major league club had postponed filing Kawakami's work permit as he was a late non-roster invitee.

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Cambodia-Thai border dispute

PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia - A man shows bullet marks on a wall of Preah Vihear temple, a World Heritage site, in northern Cambodia on Feb. 15, 2011. The U.N. Security Council has called on Cambodia and Thailand to resolve their ongoing border dispute through dialogue and establish a permanent cease-fire.

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China, Iran push world's tally of imprisoned journalists to 14-yr high

NEW YORK, United States - Joel Simon (R), executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, speaks in a press conference in New York on Feb. 15, 2011. China and Iran together put the most journalists behind bars in 2010, accounting for nearly half of those imprisoned worldwide and pushing the global number to the highest level in 14 years, according to the nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving freedom of the press.

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N. Korean leader's 2nd son spotted in Singapore

SEOUL, South Korea - Footage taken from South Korean TV station KBS, aired Feb. 15, 2011, shows a man believed to be Kim Jong Chol, the second son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, at an Eric Clapton concert in Singapore. Born in 1981, the younger Kim is known to be a fan of rock music.

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'Takeuchi' festival in Akita Pref.

MISATO, Japan - Men beat each other with bamboo poles during the ''Takeuchi'' festival, meaning beating with bamboo, in the town of Misato in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 15, 2011.

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Figure skating event in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Spectators applaud during an international figure skating festival in Pyongyang on Feb. 15, 2011. Yuko Kawaguchi, a Japanese-born, Russian pair skater, performed with her partner Alexander Smirnov at the event meant to celebrate North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's birthday on Feb. 16.

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Cambodia-Thai border dispute

PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia - A Cambodian soldier points his machine gun toward Thailand near Preah Vihear temple, a World Heritage site, in northern Cambodia on Feb. 15, 2011. The U.N. Security Council has called on Cambodia and Thailand to resolve their ongoing border dispute through dialogue and establish a permanent cease-fire.

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Japanese PM Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2011. Kan said a planned joint venture by Russian and Chinese fisheries companies off one of the Russian-held islands claimed by Japan is incompatible with Japan's position if the report is true.

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Cambodia-Thai border dispute

PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia - Cambodian soldiers check their weapons near Preah Vihear temple, a World Heritage site, in northern Cambodia on Feb. 15, 2011. The U.N. Security Council has called on Cambodia and Thailand to resolve their ongoing border dispute through dialogue and establish a permanent cease-fire.

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Cambodia-Thai border dispute

PREAH VIHEAR, Cambodia - A soldier shows what appears to be a shell hole at Preah Vihear temple, a World Heritage site, in northern Cambodia on Feb. 15, 2011. The U.N. Security Council has called on Cambodia and Thailand to resolve their ongoing border dispute through dialogue and establish a permanent cease-fire.

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Sumo applicants

TOKYO, Japan - Applicants hoping to become professional sumo wrestlers take a physical test at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2011. The sumo industry has been rocked by a series of scandals as Tokyo police sent papers to prosecutors on nine people, including four active sumo wrestlers and one former wrestler, suspected of gambling on the results of professional baseball games.

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1st bird flu confirmed in Kansai region

KINOKAWA, Japan - Workers spray disinfectant at a poultry farm in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Feb. 15, 2011, after dead chickens at the farm were confirmed as infected with avian influenza the same day, marking the first case in the Kansai region in western Japan during the winter.

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Steller's sea eagles on drift ice

RAUSU, Japan - Steller's sea eagles are seen on drift ice off the town of Rausu, Hokkaido, on Feb. 15, 2011. The nationally protected birds migrate south to Japan in the winter along with drift ice and return to the Russian Far East in spring to breed.

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1st bird flu confirmed in Kansai region

KINOKAWA, Japan - Workers spray disinfectant at a poultry farm in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Feb. 15, 2011, after dead chickens at the farm were confirmed as infected with avian influenza the same day, marking the first case in the Kansai region in western Japan during the winter.

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Maehara criticizes project on isle claimed by Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2011, criticizing a planned joint venture by Russian and Chinese fisheries companies to farm sea cucumbers on one of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan. Maehara reaffirmed Tokyo's position that the islands are part of Japanese territory.

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Steller's sea eagles on drift ice

RAUSU, Japan - Steller's sea eagles are seen on drift ice off the town of Rausu, Hokkaido, on Feb. 15, 2011. The nationally protected birds migrate south to Japan in the winter along with drift ice and return to the Russian Far East in spring to breed.

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Steller's sea eagles on drift ice

RAUSU, Japan - Steller's sea eagles are seen on drift ice off the town of Rausu, Hokkaido, on Feb. 15, 2011. The nationally protected birds migrate south to Japan in the winter along with drift ice and return to the Russian Far East in spring to breed.

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Gentosha to become privately held company through MBO

TOKYO, Japan - Toru Kenjo, president of publisher Gentosha Inc., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2011. The publisher decided at its shareholders meeting to effectively allow its parent firm, TK Holdings, to acquire its all shares to become a privately held company through a management buyout.

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Remains from Iwoto

TOKYO, Japan - Participants in a government sponsored ceremony on Feb. 15, 2011, at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo offer prayers for Japanese soldiers who died on Iwoto Island in the closing days of World War II. In the ceremony, the remains of possibly 822 soldiers, discovered by a government team on the island in fiscal 2010, were handed over to the health ministry in charge of their management.

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Sumo apology

OSAKA, Japan - Kitanoumi, the Japan Sumo Association's director in charge of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, visits the Naniwa Ward office in Osaka on Feb. 15, 2011, to apologize following the cancellation of the tournament amid a match-fixing scandal.

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Sumo applicant

TOKYO, Japan - An applicant hoping to become a professional sumo wrestler has his height measured during the second test designated for smaller applicants at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2011. The Japan Sumo Association has cancelled the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament scheduled for March in Osaka amid a match-fixing scandal.

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Geisha in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Geisha and apprentice geisha in Kyoto line up for a group photo session on Feb. 15, 2011, to take pictures for use in brochures for the annual Kyo Odori dance performance, to be held April 2-17 this year.

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Remains from Iwoto

TOKYO, Japan - Boxes containing the remains of possibly 822 Japanese soldiers who died on Iwoto Island in the closing days of World War II are carried during a ceremony at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2011. In the ceremony, the remains discovered by a government team on the island in fiscal 2010 were handed over to the health ministry in charge of their management.

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Remains from Iwoto

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) offers flowers during a ceremony at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2011. In the ceremony, the remains of possibly 822 Japanese soldiers discovered by a government team on Iwoto Island in fiscal 2010 were handed over to the health ministry in charge of their management.

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Sumo apology

OSAKA, Japan - Kitanoumi, the Japan Sumo Association's director in charge of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, bows in apology to Hiroko Asano, the mayor of Osaka's Naniwa Ward, at the ward office on Feb. 15, 2011, following the cancellation of the tournament amid a match-fixing scandal.

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Geisha in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Geisha and apprentice geisha in Kyoto line up for a group photo session on Feb. 15, 2011, to take pictures for use in brochures for the annual Kyo Odori dance performance, to be held April 2-17 this year.

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Japanese-style doughnut shop in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - An employee holds up a steamed doughnut and a hot drink at doughnut shop ''wakka'' outlet, operated by Duskin Co., in Osaka on Feb. 15, 2011, during a media preview event ahead of the store's opening on Feb. 17.

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Snow-covered Tokyo Sky Tree

TOKYO, Japan - Snow covers Tokyo Sky Tree under construction in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, seen from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 15, 2011. Downtown Tokyo was covered by snow for the first time this winter.

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Another bird flu case confirmed in Aichi Pref.

NAGOYA, Japan - Employees of Aichi Prefecture remove culled chickens by wheelbarrows at a poultry farm in Shinshiro on Feb. 15, 2011, after chickens there were confirmed infected with avian flu, marking the second outbreak of the disease in the prefecture this winter.

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Snow blankets downtown Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Snow covers the Imperial Palace in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, seen from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 15, 2011. Downtown Tokyo was covered by snow for the first time this winter.

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Tokyo governor race

TOKYO, Japan - Miki Watanabe, head of restaurant chain operator Watami Co., speaks to reporters in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Feb. 15, 2011. He said he will run in the April 10 Tokyo gubernatorial race as an independent.

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Snow blankets downtown Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A girl makes a snowman in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 15, 2011, with Tokyo Tower seen in the back. Downtown Tokyo was covered by snow for the first time this winter.

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Snow blankets downtown Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Snow covers the Meiji Jingu Gaien area, in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, seen from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 15, 2011. Downtown Tokyo was covered by snow for the first time this winter.

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Snow blankets downtown Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A man rides a bicycle on a street littered with snow near JR Shimbashi Station in Tokyo on Feb. 15, 2011. Downtown Tokyo was covered by snow for the first time this winter.

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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.