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Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014, shows French soldiers on patrol in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014, shows people living under an airplane in a camp for internally displaced people at the international airport in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Unrest in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2014, shows Christian militia members, including children, marching near the international airport in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. The country has been in a state of civil war since 2013 due to conflict between Christians and Muslims. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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N. Korean Scud missile

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a Scud ballistic missile during a military parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in July 2013. North Korea fired four projectiles believed to be short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Feb. 27, 2014, South Korea's Defense Ministry said.

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N. Korean Scud missile

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a Scud ballistic missile during a military parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in July 2013. North Korea fired four projectiles believed to be short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Feb. 27, 2014, South Korea's Defense Ministry said.

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Musical player tries out electronic tax filing

TOKYO, Japan - An actress (L) playing the role of Elphaba, a fictional character in the Shiki Theater Company's musical "Wicked," tries out an electronic tax filing system via the National Tax Agency's website during a promotional event at a theater in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2014. Filing for 2013 tax returns in Japan will begin Feb. 17.

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A month before Sochi Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows the illuminated Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 27, 2013. The Black Sea is seen at back. The Winter Games will be held in the resort city from Feb. 7 to 23, 2014.

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Japanese man offers money to Russian students

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Koichi Muto (far R) observes a first-year class in the Japanese-language department at Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok on Feb. 27, 2013. Muto, a former restaurant owner in Japan's Akita Prefecture, has continued to offer grants of his own money to students learning Japanese at the Russian university for more than 10 years.

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Japanese man offers money to Russian students

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Koichi Muto (L back) observes a first-year class in the Japanese-language department at Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok on Feb. 27, 2013. Muto, a former restaurant owner in Japan's Akita Prefecture, has continued to offer grants of his own money to students learning Japanese at the Russian university for more than 10 years.

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Tsunami memorial

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photo on Feb. 18, 2013, shows the former town hall of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, damaged by a tsunami in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Otsuchi Mayor Yutaka Ikarigawa expressed an intention on March 27, 2013, to preserve part of the building as a memorial.

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Evacuated Fukushima schools still running at satellite campuses

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 27, 2013 shows the Fukushima Prefectural Namie High School's satellite campus set up in prefabricated buildings in the prefectural city of Motomiya. Namie High School's home campus remains evacuated as a result of the nuclear disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi power plant that began in March 2011.

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Evacuated Fukushima schools still running at satellite campuses

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tatsuma Hangai, a student at the Fukushima Prefectural Namie High School, attends classes at a satellite campus in the prefectural city of Motomiya on Feb. 27, 2013. Namie High School's home campus remains evacuated as a result of the nuclear disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi power plant that began in March 2011.

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2 years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show an elementary school in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), the day after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, and the same school on Feb. 27, 2013. The building is expected to be demolished and the school merged with another nearby.

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2 years after quake

KAMAISHI, Japan - Photos show a road in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same road on Feb. 27, 2013.

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Farewell to pope

VATICAN, Vatican - People listen to the final public address of outgoing Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's Square in Vatican on Feb. 27, 2013.

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Farewell to pope

VATICAN, Vatican - People listen to the final public address of outgoing Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican on Feb. 27, 2013.

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U.S. classical pianist Van Cliburn dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in February 1996 shows renowned U.S. classical pianist Van Cliburn. Cliburn died on Feb. 27, 2013, at his home in Texas, U.S. media reported, following recent treatment for bone cancer. He was 78.

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WBA flyweight title match

KAWASAKI, Japan - WBA flyweight champion Juan Carlos Reveco of Argentina (R) punches ninth-ranked Japanese challenger Masayuki Kuroda during the fifth round of a WBA flyweight match at Kawasaki's Todoroki Arena in Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 27, 2013. Reveco won by unanimous decision.

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Kyrgyz president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) meet in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2013.

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Luxor balloon accident

LUXOR, Egypt - Luxor Gov. Ezzat Saad (front L) offers a bouquet at the site of a fatal hot air balloon accident in Luxor, Egypt, on Feb. 27, 2013. Nineteen tourists died when the balloon burned out at an altitude of around 300 meters after its gas tank caught fire when descending on Feb. 26.

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Bunyodkor beat Hiroshima in ACL opener

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Bunyodkor's Oleksandr Pyshur (C) scores the Uzbek team's first goal past Sanfrecce Hiroshima goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa during the first half of their Group G opener in the Asian Champions League in the city of Hiroshima on Feb. 27, 2013. Bunyodkor beat Hiroshima 2-0.

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Kashiwa Reysol vs. Guizhou Renhe in ACL

GUIYANG, China - Cleo of Kashiwa Reysol (C) heads home in first-half stoppage time, scoring what proved to be the only goal in an Asian Champions League Group H opener against Guizhou Renhe in Guiyang, China, on Feb. 27, 2013.

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Kyrgyz president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2013.

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Kabuki actor's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo speaks during the funeral of his father, leading Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro (in portrait) in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2013. Danjuro died on Feb. 3, 2013, of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital. He was 66. (Pool photo)

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Luxor balloon accident

LUXOR, Egypt - Luxor Gov. Ezzat Saad (3rd from L) offers a bouquet at the site of a fatal hot air balloon accident in Luxor, Egypt, on Feb. 27, 2013. Nineteen tourists died when the balloon burned out at an altitude of around 300 meters after its gas tank caught fire when descending on Feb. 26.

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World's oldest woman

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Misao Okawa, a 114-year-old resident of Osaka in western Japan on Feb. 27, 2013, who was recognized the same day as the world's oldest woman by Guinness World Records. Okawa was born on March 5, 1898.

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Iran nuclear talks

ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Saeed Jalili, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, speaks during a press conference after nuclear talks between Iran and five U.N. Security Council permanent members plus Germany in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 27, 2013.

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'Miracle pine' found to be 173 years old

SENDAI, Japan - File photo taken in September 2012 shows the "miracle pine" that survived the massive March 2011 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, northeastern Japan. The tree was assessed as 173 years old, the local municipal office said Feb. 27, 2013.

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Kyrgyz President Atambaev in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev (3rd from L) and his wife Raisa Atambaeva (3rd from R) hold talks with Japanese Emperor Akihito (far L) and Empress Michiko (far R) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Guam rampage suspect pleads not guilty

GUAM, United States - Chad Ryan Desoto (C), the 21-year-old suspect in the Feb. 12, 2013, rampage on the Pacific island of Guam that left three dead and 12 others injured, appears before the judge in the Superior Court of Guam on Feb. 27, 2013. Through his lawyer, Desoto pleaded not guilty by reason of mental illness.

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Guam rampage suspect pleads not guilty

GUAM, United States - Chad Ryan Desoto, the 21-year-old suspect in the Feb. 12, 2013, rampage on the Pacific island of Guam that left three dead and 12 others injured, appears before the judge in the Superior Court of Guam on Feb. 27, 2013. Through his lawyer, Desoto pleaded not guilty by reason of mental illness.

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World's oldest woman

OSAKA, Japan - Misao Okawa (R), aged 114, receives a certificate from an official of Guinness World Records recognizing her as the world's oldest woman, in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 27, 2013. Okawa was born on March 5, 1898.

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Kyrgyz President Atambaev in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev (R) hold talks at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Guam rampage suspect pleads not guilty

GUAM, United States - Chad Ryan Desoto, the 21-year-old suspect in the Feb. 12, 2013, rampage on the Pacific island of Guam that left three dead and 12 others injured, appears before the judge in the Superior Court of Guam on Feb. 27, 2013. Through his lawyer, Desoto pleaded not guilty by reason of mental illness.

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World's oldest woman

OSAKA, Japan - Misao Okawa (2nd from L), aged 114, sits for photos with her family after receiving a certificate from Guinness World Records recognizing her as the world's oldest woman, in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 27, 2013. Okawa was born on March 5, 1898.

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Waste from reprocessed spent nuclear fuel

AOMORI, Japan - A ship carrying a cargo of high-level radioactive waste, produced through reprocessing of spent Japanese nuclear fuel in Britain, arrives at a port in Aomori Prefecture for storage on Feb. 27, 2013. The waste, produced from fuel used at plants operated by Chubu Electric Power Co., Chugoku Electric Power Co. and Kansai Electric Power Co., will be stored at a facility of Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. in the village of Rokkasho in the prefecture.

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World's oldest woman

OSAKA, Japan - Misao Okawa, aged 114, receives a certificate from Guinness World Records recognizing her as the world's oldest woman, in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 27, 2013. Okawa was born on March 5, 1898.

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Robot suit for disabled

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2013, shows Yoshiyuki Sankai (L), professor at the University of Tsukuba, and a model wearing a robot suit Sankai developed. The suit, designed to help the disabled and elderly in their daily activities, was given a safety certification the same day by a Japanese quality assurance organization, becoming the world's first welfare-purpose robot to be thus certified.

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Robot suit for disabled

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiyuki Sankai (L), professor at the University of Tsukuba, receives a safety certification from an official from the Japan Quality Assurance Organization for a robot suit Sankai developed to help the disabled and elderly in their daily activities, in a ceremony in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2013.

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Maestro Ozawa conducts elementary school choir

KAWASAKI, Japan - Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa directs a choir at Minami-Ikuta Elementary School in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 27, 2013. Ozawa conducted the choir of 340 primary school pupils the same day, his first public performance since ill health forced him to suspend musical activities in March 2012.

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Post-Fukushima crisis disaster mitigation guidelines

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka speaks during a meeting of the authority in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2013. The authority the same day revised its nuclear disaster mitigation guidelines compiled in the wake of the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant by adding a set of criteria for evacuation and other protective actions against radiation exposure.

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Guam rampage suspect pleads not guilty

GUAM, United States - A Japanese tourist (L) prays Feb. 27, 2013, for the victims of the Feb. 12 rampage in Tumon, a busy tourist district on the Pacific island of Guam, at the site of the attack. The 21-year-old suspect in the attack that left three dead and 12 others injured, pleaded not guilty through his lawyer by reason of mental illness, at a hearing on Feb. 27.