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Radiation expert fighting Fukushima contamination

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Kimura (L), a radiation hygiene expert, gives a lecture on radiation during a local women's association meeting in Nihommatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 21, 2012. The 44-year-old scientist quit his job at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health when his boss at the government-affiliated institute refused to give the green light for his trip to Fukushima to collect soil and air samples immediately after the explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 12, 2011.

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Japan support in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - An oil tanker crosses Juba Bridge in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 21, 2012. The construction of a new bridge is being considered as the existing bridge has partially collapsed in the past.

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Japan support in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Residents walk on an unsurfaced road in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 21, 2012.

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E. Timor palace guard

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Members of the guard in ethnic attire stand outside the presidential palace in Dili, East Timor, on Feb. 21, 2012.

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Rangers spring camp

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels answers reporters' questions in Surprise, Arizona on Feb. 21, 2012.

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Rangers spring camp

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish practices in Surprise, Arizona on Feb. 21, 2012. The photo was taken from a distance because the training session was closed to reporters.

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Rangers spring camp

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers pitchers Yu Darvish (R) and Derek Holland head to a training session in Surprise, Arizona on Feb. 21, 2012.

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Rangers spring camp

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers pitchers Yu Darvish (R) and Derek Holland head to a training session in Surprise, Arizona on Feb. 21, 2012.

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Kuwait scraps nuclear power

KUWAIT, Kuwait - Osama Al-Sayegh, a research scientist at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, speaks to reporters at the Kuwaiti government research body in Kuwait City on Feb. 21, 2012. He said Kuwait is no longer pursuing nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster in Japan, scrapping a plan to build four reactors by 2022.

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Rangers spring camp

SURPRISE, United States - Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington answers reporters' questions in Surprise, Arizona on Feb. 21, 2012.

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Rally against repatriating N. Koreans

SEOUL, South Korea - People attend a rally in front of the Chinese Embassy in Seoul on Feb. 21, 2012, to urge Beijing not to repatriate North Koreans who have been caught in China after escaping from North Korea.

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French industry minister

TOKYO, Japan - French industry and energy minister Eric Besson speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2012.

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Japan, Mozambique prime ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and Mozambique Prime Minister Aires Ali shake hands ahead of their talks at the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2012.

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Election in Yemen

SANAA, Yemen - Men show off ink marks on their thumbs, indicating they have cast their votes in a presidential election, in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, on Feb. 21, 2012. Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi is the only candidate in the election to replace outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

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Defense chief encourages GSDF members in S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (C) speaks in the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2012, via videophone with Col. Toru Namatame (R) of the Ground Self-Defense Force deployed in South Sudan. Tanaka encouraged GSDF personnel who arrived in the African nation the previous day to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Cemetery for NZ quake victims

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - New Zealand Prime Minister John Key (C) and others attend a ceremony in Christchurch on Feb. 21, 2012, to open a special cemetery for victims of the Feb. 22, 2011, earthquake in the city whose remains could not be identified.

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GSDF engineers in South Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force engineer puts on a blue helmet marked UN in the South Sudan capital of Juba on Feb. 21, 2012. Japan has dispatched the first batch of around 120 GSDF engineers to construct roads in the fledgling African nation as part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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GSDF engineers in South Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force engineers receive blue helmets marked UN in the South Sudan capital of Juba on Feb. 21, 2012. Japan has dispatched the first batch of around 120 GSDF engineers to construct roads in the fledgling African nation as part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

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Election in Yemen

SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi (L front) arrives at a polling station in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, on Feb. 21, 2012, to cast his vote in an election to replace outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Hadi is the only candidate in the election.

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Ando debuts as model

TOKYO, Japan - Figure skater Miki Ando, reigning world gold medalist, makes a debut as a fashion model on Feb. 21, 2012, appearing in a wedding dress show as a guest model in Tokyo.

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Election in Yemen

SANAA, Yemen - Yemeni Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi speaks with reporters on Feb. 21, 2012, after casting his vote at a polling station in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, in an election to replace outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Hadi is the only candidate in the election.

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Japan campaign to attract tourists

TOKYO, Japan - Tourism minister Takeshi Maeda speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2012. Japan launched a special campaign the same day to attract foreign tourists through late April 2012 under the slogan ''Japan. Thank You,'' which is also meant to express gratitude for global support following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan coach Sekizuka

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japan Under-23 soccer coach Takashi Sekizuka speaks during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 21, 2012, on the eve of a game against Malaysia in Group C of the Asian final qualifiers for the London Olympics.

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1 year after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A damaged building is seen being demolished in a section of Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 21, 2012. The area has been off-limits for nearly a year since the Feb. 22, 2011, quake.

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Hitachi's humanoid robot

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. unveils to the press the EMIEW2, a humanoid service robot with communicative functions, at the company's research laboratory in Kokubunji, Tokyo, on Feb. 21, 2012.

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N. Korea envoy in China

BEIJING, China - North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan arrives at Beijing airport on Feb. 21, 2012, for a meeting with Glyn Davies, U.S. special envoy for North Korean policy.

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Commemorative coins

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows both sides of a commemorative 10,000-yen coin to be issued to support efforts to rebuild areas hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Japan on Feb. 21, 2012, announced a plan to issue 1,000-yen and 10,000-yen commemorative coins. The side on the right shows a design of the lone pine tree that survived the tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, and doves. The tree, dubbed by residents the ''miracle pine,'' has become a symbol of the city's reconstruction.

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1 year after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Flowers are seen attached to a wire fence on Feb. 21, 2012, around the site where the Canterbury Television building in Christchurch, New Zealand, was located before the Feb. 22, 2011, quake.

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1 year after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Damaged buildings and debris are left in a section of Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 21, 2012. The area has been off-limits for nearly a year since the Feb. 22, 2011, quake.