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Lawsuit seeks removal of comfort women statue

LOS ANGELES, United States - File photo taken in July 2013 shows the unveiling ceremony for a bronze statue of a girl, a memorial for women forced into sexual slavery for the Imperial Japanese military, at Glendale Central Park near Los Angeles. Two Japanese-Americans and a non-profit educational group filed a lawsuit on Feb. 20, 2014, against the Southern California city of Glendale and the city's manager for erecting the memorial in the public park.

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USJ to open new theme park in Asia

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 9, 2013, 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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Kenyan Olympic marathon medalist passes 20th yr of life in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Eric Wainaina, a Kenyan marathon runner who won an Olympic bronze medal in Atlanta in 1996 and a silver medal in Sydney in 2000, speaks during a talk show in Nagoya on Feb. 20, 2013. Wainaina marks the 20th anniversary of his life in Japan in 2013.

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Game creator Eno dies

TOKYO, Japan - A December 1998 file photo shows game creator Kenji Eno. The designer of the "D" series of mystery adventure games died of hypertensive heart failure at the age of 42 at his Tokyo home on Feb. 20, 2013.

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Quinoa in focus

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2013, shows salad using quinoa, an Andean-originated crop, sold at a shop in New York. United Nations officials and members of the Andean community launched the "International Year of Quinoa" the same day, highlighting the crop's value as a traditional food that can help eradicate hunger and poverty around the globe.

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Youths meet U.N. chief

NEW YORK, United States - Around 400 students from the United States, Japan, Jordan and several other countries attend a dialogue with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the organization's global headquarters in New York on Feb. 20, 2013.

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Sony unveils PlayStation 4

NEW YORK, United States - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President and Group CEO Andrew House launches the PlayStation 4 in New York on Feb. 20, 2013, marking the first overhaul of its home gaming machine since the 2006 release of the PlayStation 3.

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Wrestling nations cooperate over Olympics

TEHRAN, Iran - Rich Bender (L), executive director of the U.S. wrestling body, hugs Hojatollah Khatib, head of Iran's wrestling federation, in Tehran on Feb. 20, 2013. International wrestling officials held a meeting in the Iranian capital on the sidelines of the Greco-Roman wrestling World Cup, in a bid to reverse the International Olympic Committee's decision to drop wrestling from the 2020 Games.

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Wrestling nations cooperate over Olympics

TEHRAN, Iran - International wrestling officials join hands in Tehran on Feb. 20, 2013. They held a meeting in the Iranian capital on the sidelines of the Greco-Roman wrestling World Cup, in a bid to reverse the International Olympic Committee's decision to drop wrestling from the 2020 Games.

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N. Korea celebrates nuclear test

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Buses arrive in Pyongyang on Feb. 20, 2013, carrying scientists, engineers and other workers involved in North Korea's third nuclear test, for celebrations of the test.

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Kerry makes address

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Feb. 20, 2013. He stressed the importance of extending overseas aid in his first public speech.

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Myanmar gov't, ethnic groups hold 1st formal talks

CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Aung Min (2nd from L), the President Office minister of Myanmar, and Nai Hong Sar (3rd from L), who leads the delegation of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), give a press conference in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai on Feb. 20, 2013. The first formal political negotiations between the Myanmar government and the federation of the country's ethnic groups were conducted the same day in the city.

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N. Korea celebrates nuclear test

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Koreans line streets in Pyongyang on Feb. 20, 2013, to welcome the arrival in the city of buses carrying scientists, engineers and other workers involved in North Korea's third nuclear test for celebrations of the test.

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Milan Fashion Week

MILAN, Italy - Photo taken Feb. 20, 2013, shows a creation of Paola Frani on the opening day of Milan Fashion Week in the Italian city.

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Kuroda before WBA title match

KAWASAKI, Japan - Ninth-ranked WBA flyweight Masayuki Kuroda (R) of Japan is pictured during an open practice session in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 20, 2013, before he faces WBA flyweight champion Juan Carlos Reveco of Argentina in a title match in Japan on Feb. 27.

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Yamamoto names WBC squad

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Japan manager Koji Yamamoto announces his 28-man roster for March's 2013 World Baseball Classic on Feb. 20, 2013, in the city of Miyazaki, southwestern Japan.

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Kuroda before WBA title match

KAWASAKI, Japan - Ninth-ranked WBA flyweight Masayuki Kuroda (L) of Japan is pictured during an open practice session in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 20, 2013, before he faces WBA flyweight champion Juan Carlos Reveco of Argentina in a title match in Japan on Feb. 27.

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Fukushima children in fashion show

TOKYO, Japan - Children, evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture to Tokyo after the 2011 nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, stand on the stage as models as part of a fashion show of a new collection by Japanese bridal fashion designer Yumi Katsura at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan hall on Feb. 20, 2013. South Korean actor Lee Seojin (2nd from L) and Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (3rd from L) also appeared on stage.

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2001 fatal stampede

KOBE, Japan - (From front) Kiyoshi Miki, Seiji Shimomura and Masaharu Arima, who lost relatives in a 2001 stampede in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, attend a press conference in Kobe on Feb. 20, 2013. The Kobe District Court earlier the same day dismissed a case against a former senior police officer over the stampede on a bridge that was overcrowded with fireworks spectators on July 21, 2001, in which 11 people died and 247 were injured. The court ruled the statute of limitations had expired.

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Calls rejected for fresh assessment of U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - A lawyer for plaintiffs holds up a banner stating the Naha District Court has rejected a lawsuit filed by Okinawa residents demanding that the government conduct another environmental impact assessment for the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the southern Japan prefecture, in front of the court in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 20, 2013.

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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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Ex-PM Mori departs for Russia

NARITA, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) is seen at Narita airport, near Tokyo, before his departure for Russia on Feb. 20, 2013. Mori will visit Russia as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's special envoy for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, planned for the following day in Moscow.