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3 years after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Relatives of Japanese victims killed in a major earthquake that occurred Feb. 22, 2011, in Christchurch, New Zealand, offer a moment of silence at a vacant lot formerly the site of the collapsed Canterbury Television building in the city on Feb. 21, 2014, a day before the third anniversary of the quake.

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3 years after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Relatives of Japanese victims killed in a major earthquake that occurred Feb. 22, 2011, in Christchurch, New Zealand, offer flowers at a vacant lot formerly the site of the collapsed Canterbury Television building in the city on Feb. 21, 2014, a day before the third anniversary of the quake.

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Ceremony for quake victims in New Zealand

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Hisao Yoshida (3rd from L), principal of the Toyama College of Foreign Languages in central Japan, delivers a speech in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 21, 2013, at a memorial service for students and staff of an English language school who died in an earthquake that struck the area on Feb. 22, 2011.

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2 years after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo taken Feb. 13, 2013, shows the damaged Christchurch Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, about 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 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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Radiation expert fighting Fukushima contamination

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Kimura (L), a radiation hygiene expert, talks with Chuhei Sakai (C), the leader of a group of residents promoting decontamination in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, while measuring radiation levels in Iwaki on Feb. 22, 2012. Kimura 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 the 44-year-old scientist's 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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Dutch activist acquitted

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Erwin Vermeulen (L) talks to reporters in Wakayama, western Japan on Feb. 22, 2012, after the Dutch activist connected with the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was acquitted at a Japanese court of assault charges against a man involved in moving dolphins in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, in December 2011.

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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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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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1 year after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Roger Sutton (back), head of a body to rebuild Christchurch, New Zealand, from the Feb. 22, 2011, quake, answers reporters' questions near the site where the Canterbury Television building in Christchurch was located before the disaster.

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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.

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1 year after N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo shows a section of Christchurch, New Zealand, kept off-limits on Feb. 18, 2012, nearly a year after a major quake. Seen in the background is the cathedral damaged in the Feb. 22, 2011, disaster.

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Tokyo Sky Tree to be completed on Feb. 29

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 22, 2011, shows Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Sumida Ward. Construction of the world's tallest free-standing tower scheduled to open in May 2012 will be completed on Feb. 29, 2012, its operator said Feb. 7.

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N.Z. quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A car wrecked by falling bricks in a major earthquake on Feb. 22, 2011, is left abandoned in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Feb. 28.

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Libyan protesters celebrate

MUSAID, Libya - Libyan men celebrate in front of the camera as they assert victory over the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi in the city of Musaid in Libya, on the border with Egypt, on Feb. 22, 2011. The antigovernment protesters claimed that the troops around the border have taken their side.

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Libyan protesters celebrate

MUSAID, Libya - Libyan men celebrate in front of the camera as they assert victory over the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi in the city of Musaid in Libya, on the border with Egypt, on Feb. 22, 2011. The antigovernment protesters claimed that the troops around the border have taken their side.

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Noda registers marriage

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Seiko Noda, former post and telecommunications minister and a House of Representatives member of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party. The 50-year-old lawmaker, who gave birth to a boy on Jan. 6, 2011, after in vitro fertilization, revealed on her blog Feb. 22, 2011, that she and her common-law husband had registered their marriage, with her husband adopting her family name, following the birth. Noda is a vocal advocate of a legal change to allow married couples to bear separate names.

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Twins' Nishioka in clubhouse

LEE COUNTY, United States - Tsuyoshi Nishioka of the Minnesota Twins visits a clubhouse in Lee County, Florida, on Feb. 22, 2011, a day before the start of spring training. Nishioka joined the Twins in the offseason via the posting system from Japan Series champions the Lotte Marines.

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Protests in Bahrain

MANAMA, Bahrain - Antigovernment protesters demonstrate in Manama, Bahrain, on Feb. 22, 2011.

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Aurora over Antarctica

ABOARD THE SHIRASE, Antarctic Sea - An aurora is observed from the Japanese icebreaker Shirase in the Antarctic Sea on Feb. 22, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Protests in Bahrain

MANAMA, Bahrain - Antigovernment protesters demonstrate in Manama, Bahrain, on Feb. 22, 2011.

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Aurora over Antarctica

ABOARD THE SHIRASE, Antarctic Sea - An aurora is observed from the Japanese icebreaker Shirase in the Antarctic Sea on Feb. 22, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Kan meets with Pakistan Pres. Zardari

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Pakistani President Asif Zardari shake hands after exchanging documents at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2011. They vowed to continue their cooperation in reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, noting that stability in the war-torn country is ''vital'' for ensuring peace in the region.

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Japanese missing in N.Z. quake

TOYAMA, Japan - Staff at Toyama College of Foreign Languages in Toyama are busy gathering information after some students went missing in quake-hit Christchurch in New Zealand on Feb. 22, 2011.

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Takeshima Day

SEOUL, South Korea - Advocate group members protest ''Takeshima Day'' in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Feb. 22, 2011. Japan's Shimane prefectural government has designated Feb. 22 as a day for promoting Japan's claim to the South Korea-controlled Takeshima islets called Dokdo in South Korea.

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Dentists to donate 160 mil. yen for children's facilities

TOKYO, Japan - Ryota Hosoya, vice director of St. Luke's International Hospital, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2011. He disclosed a plan of the Japan Dental Association to donate about 160 million yen raised via the recycling of dental gold and artificial teeth to build a hospice for severely disabled children and a clinic for childhood cancer patients.

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Kan meets with Pakistan Pres. Zardari

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Pakistani President Asif Zardari shake hands prior to their meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2011. Kan pledged to continue Japan's cooperation with Pakistan on reconstruction efforts in war-torn Afghanistan.

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DPJ lawmaker Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, smiles as he walks out of the DPJ head office in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2011, after attending a meeting of the ruling party's ethics panel. During the meeting, Ozawa objected to a proposal by the DPJ leadership to suspend his party membership following his indictment in January over a funds scandal.

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Japan reacts to quake in New Zealand

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) meets Ian Kennedy, New Zealand's ambassador to Japan, in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2011. Maehara conveyed to the envoy Japan's readiness to support New Zealand following an earthquake.

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SDP opposes bond issuance, tax reform bills

TOKYO, Japan - Mizuho Fukushima (C), the chief of the Social Democratic Party, speaks at a meeting with party lawmakers at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2011. The small opposition party decided to oppose the fiscal 2011 budget plan and two budget-related bills that would enable the issuance of deficit-covering bonds and a review of taxation during the meeting.

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Cabinet meeting on Middle East tension

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R, standing) speaks in a meeting with Cabinet members at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 22, 2011. Kan ordered his ministers to address the impact on the Japanese economy of surging oil prices, sparked by escalating tensions in Libya, and to assure the safety of Japanese nationals in Libya and other areas in North Africa and Middle East.

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New Shimoda conference

TOKYO, Japan - About 70 lawmakers, diplomats and intellectuals from Japan and the United States discuss how to strengthen the bilateral relationship at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 22, 2011. The conference was held as a revival of the Shimoda Conference, a series of unofficial bilateral dialogues held between 1967 and 1994, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Japan Center for International Exchange, an independent nongovernmental organization that sponsors the event.