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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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Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken at Miyagi prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013 shows a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is given to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.

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Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) receives a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used, at the prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is presented to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.

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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, when it visited the Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said Feb. 20, 2013.

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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2013, shows various merchandise featuring ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, on display at the prefectural government offices. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said the same day.

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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Photo shows ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said Feb. 20, 2013.

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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, when it visited the Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said Feb. 20, 2013.

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'Kumamon,' popular mascot for Kumamoto

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ''Kumamon,'' the official black bear mascot for the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto, when it visited the Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013. Sales of products featuring Kumamon swelled to at least 29.36 billion yen in 2012, about 11 times more than those of the previous year, local officials said Feb. 20, 2013.

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Film director Koji Wakamatsu dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese film director Koji Wakamatsu posing with the Silver Bear award for Best Actress at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin on Feb. 20, 2010, after receiving the award on behalf of Shinobu Terajima, who starred in his film "Caterpillar." Wakamatsu, known for his works on violence, politics and erotic themes, died Oct. 17, 2012, at age 76, after being hospitalized for serious injuries sustained in a traffic accident.

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Japan support in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Lt. Col. Teruo Sakama, who leads an engineering unit of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (front L), is welcomed by a South Sudan government official as members of the unit arrive at Juba airport on Feb. 20, 2012. The unit is in South Sudan to support infrastructure building under a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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E. Timor election

DILI, East Timor - East Timor's former military chief Taur Matan Ruak speaks in Dili on Feb. 20, 2012, ahead of a presidential election he is contesting.

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E. Timor election

DILI, East Timor - East Timor's former military chief Taur Matan Ruak speaks in Dili on Feb. 20, 2012, ahead of a presidential election he is contesting.

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Yamanashi wine gains high acclaim from Paris sommeliers

PARIS, France - A man samples a wine during an event to taste wines from Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture on Feb. 20, 2012. Winemakers from the prefecture held their first tasting event for ''Koshu'' wines in Paris, winning acclaim from local sommeliers for their delicacy.

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Minamisoma mayor to run in Tokyo Marathon

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Katsunobu Sakurai, mayor of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, runs on the morning of Feb. 20, 2012, in the city, which was hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster. Sakurai plans to participate in the Tokyo Marathon 2012 on Feb. 26 to run the full race.

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2nd Khufu ship excavation in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Workers examine the site of the excavation of a second ''Khufu ship'' in Giza near Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 20, 2012. The ship is believed to be a funerary vessel for Egyptian pharaoh Khufu (2589 B.C.-2566 B.C.). The first Khufu ship was found in 1954.

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Rangers catcher Mike Napoli

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers catcher Mike Napoli answers reporters' questions in Surprise, Arizona, on Feb. 20, 2012.

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Yamanashi wine gains high acclaim from Paris sommeliers

PARIS, France - Winemakers from Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture hold their first tasting event for ''Koshu'' wines in Paris on Feb. 20, 2012, winning acclaim from local sommeliers for their delicacy.

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GSDF engineers arrive in South Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force engineers arrive in the South Sudan capital of Juba on Feb. 20, 2012, to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the fledgling African nation.

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Yamanashi wine gains high acclaim from Paris sommeliers

PARIS, France - A woman takes notes during an event to taste wines from Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture on Feb. 20, 2012. Winemakers from the prefecture held their first tasting event for ''Koshu'' wines in Paris, winning acclaim from local sommeliers for their delicacy.

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Minamisoma mayor to run in Tokyo Marathon

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Katsunobu Sakurai, mayor of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, runs on the morning of Feb. 20, 2012, in the city, which was hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster. Sakurai plans to participate in the Tokyo Marathon 2012 on Feb. 26 to run the full race.

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A man puts on protective gear before heading for work at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 20, 2012. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the start of the crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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2nd Khufu ship excavation in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Sakuji Yoshimura, professor emeritus at Waseda University, speaks to a reporter at the site of the excavation of a second ''Khufu ship'' in Giza near Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 20, 2012. The ship is believed to be a funerary vessel for the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu (2589 B.C.-2566 B.C.). The first Khufu ship was found in 1954.

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GSDF engineers arrive in South Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force engineers arrive in the South Sudan capital of Juba on Feb. 20, 2012, to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the fledgling African nation.

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Japanese, Lithuanian prime ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and his Lithuanian counterpart Andrius Kubilius shake hands ahead of their talks at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2012.

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows a worker having his body screened for radiation after completing work at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the start of the crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows reporters and others at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the start of the crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Myanmar opposition party official Nyan Win

YANGON, Myanmar - Nyan Win, spokesman and election campaign manager of the National League for Democracy, Myanmar's main opposition party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, holds a press conference at the party's headquarters in Yangon on Feb. 20, 2012.

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows a worker resting in an earthquake-proof building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the start of the crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co. employees working in the emergency response room of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the start of the crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows workers putting on protective masks before heading for work at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the start of the crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Takeshi Takahashi, chief of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, answers questions from reporters at the plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 20, 2012. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the accident happened in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Nagoya Mayor Kawamura

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura holds a press conference at the Nagoya city government office on Feb. 20, 2012. Earlier in the day, Kawamura told a visiting official from Nanjing, China, that he doubts a massacre of civilians by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers occurred in Nanjing in 1937 during the Sino-Japanese war, immediately drawing fire from China.

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows (from R) the Nos. 4, 3, 2 reactor buildings of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the accident happened in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows workers (R top) at the No. 4 reactor building of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. The lid of the reactor container can be seen in the left bottom. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the accident happened in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Farm product sniffer dogs

TOKYO, Japan - Two male beagles are assigned at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 20, 2012, to prevent banned agricultural products, including fruit that may have harmful insects, being brought into Japan. Japan's farm ministry began using such dogs for the first time at a Japanese airport. The dogs were trained in the United States.

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Death penalty for murder

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows flowers and other items placed at the door of an apartment in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where Yayoi Motomura, 23, and her 11-month-old daughter Yuka were murdered by Takayuki Otsuki, then 18, in 1999. The Supreme Court on the day upheld a lower court sentence of capital punishment for Otsuki.

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Film about man who gave cherry trees to U.S.

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Actor Hatsunori Hasegawa (L) and director Toru Ichikawa speak to the audience at the screening of Ichikawa's film, ''TAKAMINE -- America ni sakura o sakaseta otoko (The man who made cherry blossoms bloom in America),'' in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2012. The film is about the life of Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922), a Japanese chemist and businessman who donated 6,000 cherry trees to Washington and New York in 1912. Hasegawa plays Takamine.

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Ash from incinerated debris

SHIMADA, Japan - A local resident measures radiation levels at the city hall of Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Feb. 20, 2012, of ash from incinerated debris generated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Shimada city government said the same day it has confirmed the safety of the ash from the debris it has accepted from a disaster-hit town in Iwate Prefecture.

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows workers (R bottom) at the No. 4 reactor building of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Behind them is a fuel handling machine. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the accident happened in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Reporters allowed to visit Fukushima complex

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2012, shows workers (R top) at the No. 4 reactor building of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. The lid of the reactor container can be seen in the left center. Reporters were allowed to enter the premises of the power plant the same day for the second time since the accident happened in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Death penalty for murder

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura is pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2012. The Supreme Court earlier in the day upheld a lower court sentence of capital punishment for a man over the murder of Motomura's wife and their baby girl in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in 1999 when the man was 18.

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Chongryon head dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2006 shows So Man Sul, chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon. He died of heart failure at his home in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on Feb. 20, 2012, at the age of 84.

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Nanjing official in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Liu Zhiwei (L), a member of the Chinese Communist Party's Nanjing City Standing Committee, and Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura exchange gifts after their meeting in Nagoya, central Japan, on Feb. 20, 2012. Kawamura told Liu he doubts that a 1937 massacre of civilians by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers occurred in the Chinese city during the Sino-Japanese war.

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Kyokawa, a new Nadeshiko

SENDAI, Japan - Mai Kyokawa, an 18-year-old striker at Tokiwagi Gakuen High School in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, shows her soccer ball control skills before reporters in Sendai on Feb. 20, 2012, after she was selected as a member of the Japan national women's soccer team, nicknamed Nadeshiko, for the first time. The Japan Football Association announced the same day that injured FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa and Kyokawa were among a 21-member squad for the upcoming Algarve Cup in Portugal.

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Kyokawa, a new Nadeshiko

SENDAI, Japan - Mai Kyokawa, an 18-year-old striker at Tokiwagi Gakuen High School in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, holds a press conference in Sendai on Feb. 20, 2012, after she was selected as a member of the Japan national women's soccer team, nicknamed Nadeshiko, for the first time. The Japan Football Association announced the same day that injured FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa and Kyokawa were among a 21-member squad for the upcoming Algarve Cup in Portugal.

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Takahama reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2012, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 3 reactor (front) of the Takahama nuclear power plant of Kansai Electric Power Co. in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture.

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Death penalty for murder

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura is pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2012. The Supreme Court earlier in the day upheld a lower court sentence of capital punishment for a man over the murder of Motomura's wife and their baby girl in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in 1999 when the man was 18.

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Tokyo Disneyland to open new Goofy attraction

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an image of Tokyo Disneyland's new attraction called Goofy's Paint and Play House. The theme park near Tokyo said on Feb. 20, 2012, that it will open the attraction on Aug. 24, 2012.

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Ash from incinerated debris

SHIMADA, Japan - Reporters surround a local resident measuring radiation levels at the city hall of Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Feb. 20, 2012, of ash from incinerated debris generated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Shimada city government said the same day it has confirmed the safety of the ash from the debris it has accepted from a disaster-hit town in Iwate Prefecture.

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Death penalty for murder

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Motomura (front C) enters the Supreme Court in Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2012. The Supreme Court that day upheld a lower court sentence of capital punishment for a man over the murder of Motomura's wife and their baby girl in Hikari, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in 1999 when the defendant was 18.