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Sasago tunnel

OTSUKI, Japan - The site of the fatal collapse of an interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012, in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, is shown to reporters on Feb. 3, 2013, for the first time since the accident. Flowers are laid where vehicle fires happened.

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Sasago tunnel

OTSUKI, Japan - The site of the fatal collapse of an interior roof on Dec. 2, 2012, in the Sasago Tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, is shown to reporters on Feb. 3, 2013, for the first time since the accident. Flowers are laid where vehicle fires happened.

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Tokyo Sky Tree completion ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - A Shinto ceremony to mark the completion of Tokyo Sky Tree is held inside the tower in Tokyo's Sumida Ward on March 2, 2012. The 634-meter tower, the world's tallest, completed on Feb. 29, will open to the general public on May 22.

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Ex-U.N. chief Annan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kofi Annan, former U.N. secretary general, at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 2, 2009. The United Nations and the Arab League said Feb. 23, 2012, that they have appointed Annan as their joint special envoy on the Syrian crisis, as part of efforts to end intensified violent crackdowns on antigovernment protests in the Middle Eastern country.

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Head of German school in Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Michael Szewczyk, the head of the German School of Tokyo Yokohama, speaks during an interview in Yokohama on Feb. 2, 2012. The institution, which was established more than a century ago and offers kindergarten, primary and secondary schooling, is facing financial difficulty and seeking aid from the German government, following a sharp drop in enrollments in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Children of German school in Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Children of the German School of Tokyo Yokohama play soccer at the schoolyard in Yokohama on Feb. 2, 2012. The institution, which was established more than a century ago and offers kindergarten, primary and secondary schooling, is facing financial difficulty and seeking aid from the German government, following a sharp drop in enrollments in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Cat in disaster area

SENDAI, Japan - A cat named Chako sits on a pedestal with a sign reading, ''Solely for Chako'' beside a temporary housing unit in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2012, for people hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami.

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Stateless people in Kuwait

AL JAHRA, Kuwait - A man is seen beside a car at a plaza in the Tima district of the province of Al Jahra, central Kuwait, on Feb. 2, 2012. The area has many stateless people called the Bedoun.

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NYPD clothing rule

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows caps bearing a NYPD logo at a souvenir shop in New York on Feb. 2, 2012. The New York police authority banned in January that year its officers from wearing merchandised clothes, caps or accessories with such a logo when they are off duty.

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NYPD clothing rule

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows baby wear bearing a NYPD logo at a souvenir shop in New York on Feb. 2, 2012. The New York police authority banned in January that year its officers from wearing merchandised clothes, caps or accessories with such a logo when they are off duty.

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Kobelco Cranes in India

MUMBAI, India - Officials of crane maker Kobelco Cranes India Pvt. Ltd. take part in a tape-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of a new plant in Andhra Pradesh, a southeastern Indian state, on Feb. 2, 2012.

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Japanese diplomat in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Tsukasa Uemura, deputy director general of the Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry, speaks to reporters in front of the U.S. Department of State in Washington on Feb. 2, 2012, after he and other Japanese officials held talks with their U.S. counterparts on the issue of sanctions against Iran. Uemura said Japan asked the United States again to exempt Japanese banks from the Washington-led sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear ambitions.

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INAC draw with women's Barcelona

BARCELONA, Spain - Players of INAC Kobe Leonessa and of the Barcelona women's team pose for photos after a friendly match in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 2, 2012. World Player of the Year Homare Sawa's INAC drew 1-1.

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Monkeys huddle to keep warm in snow

OITA, Japan - Japanese macaques snuggle to keep warm amid the falling snow at Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2012.

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Monkeys huddle to keep warm in snow

OITA, Japan - Japanese macaques snuggle to keep warm amid the falling snow at Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 2, 2012.

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INAC draw with women's Barcelona

BARCELONA, Spain - World Player of the Year Homare Sawa (C) of INAC Kobe Leonessa competes for the ball in a friendly match against the Barcelona women's team in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 2, 2012. INAC drew 1-1.

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Wen, Merkel meet

BEIJING, China - German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) attends a ceremony to welcome her in Beijing on Feb. 2, 2012. To the right is Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. (Pool photo)

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JAL logs profit

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (L) and President Masaru Onishi attend a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012. The airline, which was undergoing rehabilitation, reported a group operating profit of 161.66 billion yen in the April to December period on cost-cutting efforts and revised upward its operating profit projection for fiscal 2011 by 40 billion yen to 180 billion yen.

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Wen, Merkel meet

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Feb. 2, 2012. (Pool photo)

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TSE system error temporarily suspends trading of 241 issues

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshinori Suzuki (2nd from L), chief information officer of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and other officials bow in apology during a press conference at the exchange in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012. The TSE said it halted trading of 241 issues, or around 10 percent of all issues listed on the bourse, from the start of the morning session due to a server glitch in its market data distribution system, causing a decline of around 5 percent in trading value.

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Merkel in China

BEIJING, China - German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing on Feb. 2, 2012.

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Sony to replace president

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. President and Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer (R) and Executive Deputy President Kazuo Hirai shake hands after a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012. Hirai will replace Stringer in April.

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New '86' marks revival of carmaker's sports car tradition

CHIBA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda stands beside the Japanese automaker's new ''86'' sports car during a promotional event for the vehicle in Chiba on Feb. 2, 2012. He indicated the model marks the revival of Toyota's sports car development tradition.

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Ancient demon face

KASHIHARA, Japan - A woman holds a fragment of an ancient clay bowl depicting the face of a demon, during a press conference in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, on Feb. 2, 2012. The municipal education board said the piece was excavated from a well buried in the early 12th century.

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JYJ promotes nuclear safety summit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean pop group JYJ speak in Seoul on Feb. 2, 2012, as the group is designated by the South Korean foreign ministry as an ''envoy'' to promote a nuclear safety summit to be held in Seoul in March.

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Japan to showcase quake reconstruction efforts at S. Korea expo

TOKYO, Japan - Japan unveils in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012, the uniforms to be worn by staff at the Japan Pavilion of an upcoming international exposition in South Korea's Yeosu. The industry ministry said Japan will showcase its efforts to recover from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at the expo.

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Japan drills for methane hydrate production tests

NAGOYA, Japan - A man demonstrates the combustion of methane hydrate for reporters in Nagoya on Feb. 2, 2012. Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. said preparatory drilling will start around Feb. 14 in the Pacific Ocean off central Japan for the world's first seabed methane hydrate production tests in early 2013.

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Avalanche in Akita

SEMBOKU, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 2, 2012, shows the site where tents for a hot-stone bath were buried in snow due to an avalanche which happened the previous day in Semboku, Akita Prefecture. Three people were found in a state of cardiac arrest after they were caught in the avalanche while taking a hot-stone bath at a hot spring inn, and all subsequently died.

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Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief Manabe

TOKYO, Japan - Ro Manabe (front), the Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief, answers reporters' questions at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012. Manabe gave a lecture related to the upcoming Ginowan mayoral election. Ginowan hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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TSE system glitch

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken at 10:13 a.m. on Feb. 2, 2012, shows the inside of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital's Nihombashi Kabutocho district on Feb. 2, 2012. The Tokyo Stock Exchange said trading in 241 issues has been halted since 9 a.m. due to problem with the market data distribution system, adding that it is investigating the cause of the glitch.

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TSE system glitch

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken around 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 2, 2012, shows an electronic board displaying share price information in Tokyo's Yaesu district, with some data missing due to a problem with the market data distribution system. The Tokyo Stock Exchange said trading in 241 issues has been halted since 9 a.m., adding that it is investigating the cause of the glitch.

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Vehicles halted by snow in Aomori Pref.

AOMORI, Japan - Photo shows vehicles stranded in heavy snow on Route 279 in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, at 8:15 a.m. on Feb. 2, 2012.

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Defense Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (C) answers reporters' questions in the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012, over Ro Manabe, the ministry's Okinawa bureau chief, giving a lecture related to the upcoming Ginowan mayoral election. Ginowan hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Vehicles halted by snow in Aomori Pref.

AOMORI, Japan - People take advantage of a refuge center in the town of Yokohama, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, early on Feb. 2, 2012, after their vehicles became stranded in heavy snow on Route 279.