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Radio waves connect religion with earthly life

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 28, 2014 shows a recording scene of the Cafe de Monk radio talk program at a studio of FM Sendai in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, with Keiko Itabashi (R), the show's host, in discussion with guest and cleric Masashi Sato.

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Japanese breweries growing popular among foreign tourists

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors on a guided tour at Japanese sake brewer Kinshi-Masamune Co.'s Shintokiwagura plant in Kyoto, western Japan, watch the sake fermentation process as "koji" malted rice and yeast are mixed on Feb. 28, 2014. Amid the rising global popularity of Japanese cuisine, overseas tourists are showing an increasing interest in guided tours of Japanese breweries and distilleries.

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Japanese beverage makers let tourists see what's brewing

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors on a guided tour at Japanese sake brewer Kinshi-Masamune Co.'s Shintokiwagura plant in Kyoto try sake tasting on Feb. 28, 2014.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show an area of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, which hosts the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The top photo was taken on April 14, 2011, about a month after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and the bottom photo on Feb. 28, 2014.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken from Kyodo News helicopter show an area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), a day after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 28, 2014 (bottom).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos from Kyodo News helicopter show Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 23, 2011 (top), nearly two weeks after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 28, 2014 (bottom). Dozens of pupils fell victim to the disaster.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Panoramic photos show an area of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 16, 2011 (top), five days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 28, 2014 (bottom).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos show the local municipal government's tsunami-hit disaster response building in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), two days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 28, 2014 (bottom).

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Long-exposure photos show an evening view of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 17, 2011 (top), six days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and on Feb. 28, 2014 (bottom).

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Samba dancers rehearse for Rio carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Samba dancers practice for the Rio Carnival 2014 in the Brazilian city. The carnival started on Feb. 28, 2014.

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World Heritage site Byodoin under repairs

OSAKA, Japan - World Heritage site Byodoin's Phoenix Hall in Kyoto Prefecture's Uji is under restoration as seen from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 28, 2014.

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More U.S. shops accept bitcoins

NEW YORK, United States - A man at a massage shop in New York, the United States, sits beside a computer bearing a sign saying it accepts the bitcoin virtual currency on Feb. 28, 2014.

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N. Korean ambassador to U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - Ja Song Nam (R), North Korea's new ambassador to the United Nations, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Feb. 28, 2014.

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Ukraine envoy to U.N. meets press in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Ukraine's Ambassador to the United Nations Yuriy Sergeyev responds to questions from reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Feb. 28, 2014.

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Olympic flag arrives in Pyeongchang for 2018 Winter Games

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - The Olympic flag arrives Feb. 28, 2014 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, where the next Winter Games is scheduled to be held in 2018, as local residents gather to take a glimpse.

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U.S. envoy to U.N. meets press in New York

NEW YORK, United States - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power speaks to reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Feb. 28, 2014.

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'Carnival King' dances with key to start Rio Carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The "Carnival King" (R) dances holding a ceremonial key to Rio de Janeiro handed to him by Mayor Eduardo Paes during an opening ceremony for the five-day Rio Carnival in the Brazilian city on Feb. 28, 2014.

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Rio mayor hands over key to 'Carnival King'

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes (2nd from R) hands over a key to the city to the "Carnival King" (C) during an opening ceremony for the five-day Rio Carnival in the Brazilian city on Feb. 28, 2014.

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Cole poses with Man United player Kakagawa's jersey

TOKYO, Japan - Andrew Cole, a former England and Manchester United striker, poses next to a jersey for Japanese player Shinji Kagawa of the Premier League club in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2014.

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Troubled bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Mark Karpeles (2nd from R), chief of Tokyo-based major bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2014. Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy court protection the same day after the exchange suddenly shut down all transactions of the virtual currency earlier in the week.

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Cole holds Premier League's winning trophy

TOKYO, Japan - Andrew Cole, a former England and Manchester United striker, holds a Premier League trophy won by the club in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2014.

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Troubled bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Mark Karpeles, chief of Tokyo-based major bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, is pictured at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2014. Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy court protection the same day after the exchange suddenly shut down all transactions of the virtual currency earlier in the week.

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Lower house approves FY 2014 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2014, after the House of Representatives approved a 95.88 trillion yen ($941.7 billion) draft budget for fiscal 2014, ensuring its enactment by the end of the fiscal year on March 31.

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Tokyo International Literary Festival

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Israeli author Etgar Keret (R) and U.S. author Nathan Englander at the Tokyo International Literary Festival in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2014. The festival started that day and runs through March 9.

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Seven & i builds fuel storage base in Saitama Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Seven & i Holdings Co. unveils its fuel storage base being built in the town of Sugito, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2014. The base for storing fuel needed to deliver products in the event of a major disaster is scheduled for completion in April.

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Troubled bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Mark Karpeles, chief of Tokyo-based major bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, bows in apology at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2014. Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy court protection the same day after the exchange suddenly shut down all transactions of the virtual currency earlier in the week.

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Lower house approves FY 2014 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a House of Representatives plenary session in the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2014. The lower house approved a 95.88 trillion yen ($941.7 billion) draft budget for fiscal 2014, ensuring its enactment by the end of the fiscal year on March 31.

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Lower house approves FY 2014 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling Liberal Democratic Party members applaud after the House of Representatives approves a 95.88 trillion yen ($941.7 billion) draft budget for fiscal 2014 during a plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2014, ensuring its enactment by the end of the fiscal year on March 31.

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Troubled bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Mark Karpeles, chief of Tokyo-based major bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, holds a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2014. Mt. Gox filed for bankruptcy court protection the same day after the exchange suddenly shut down all transactions of the virtual currency earlier in the week.

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Chinese scholar returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Zhu Jianrong, a professor of Chinese politics and diplomacy at Toyo Gakuen University, at Tokyo's Haneda airport following his return from China on Feb. 28, 2014, after about seven months. The Japan-based Chinese scholar was detained by Chinese authorities in July 2013 on suspicion of illegal intelligence-gathering activities.

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Lower house approves FY 2014 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) bows during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2014, after the lower house approves a 95.88 trillion yen ($941.7 billion) draft budget for fiscal 2014, ensuring its enactment by the end of the fiscal year on March 31. To the left is Finance Minister Taro Aso.

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Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

OSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko speak to residents of a temporary housing complex on Izu Oshima Island, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2014. The volcanic island was hit hard by mudslides triggered by a powerful typhoon in October 2013. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

OSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Empress Michiko speaks to a woman and her baby at a temporary housing complex on Izu Oshima Island, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2014, during a visit with Emperor Akihito to the volcanic island, hit hard by mudslides triggered by a powerful typhoon in October 2013. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

OSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (next to the emperor) offer silent prayers in an area hit hard by mudslides triggered by a powerful typhoon in October 2013 on Izu Oshima Island, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2014. Oshima Mayor Masafumi Kawashima is also seen in left. (Pool photo)

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Bikini nuclear test 60th anniversary

MAJURO, Marshall Islands - Nerje Joseph (R), 65, a Marshallese survivor of the 1954 powerful nuclear test by the United States at Bikini Atoll, shakes hands with Matashichi Oishi (C), 80, a former crew member of the Japanese fishing boat Fukuryu Maru No. 5 that was contaminated by nuclear fallout from the bomb test, when they meet in Majuro, the capital of Marshall Islands, on Feb. 28, 2014.

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Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

OSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (far R) visit an area hit hard by mudslides triggered by a powerful typhoon in October 2013 on Izu Oshima Island, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2014. Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (far L) and Oshima Mayor Masafumi Kawashima (2nd from L) guided the imperial couple. (Pool photo)

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Japanese rocket makes ascent

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2A rocket carrying a satellite for monitoring precipitation worldwide makes its ascent after being launched from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 3:37 a.m. on Feb. 28, 2014.

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Rocket with satellite to monitor global rainfall launched

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - A Japanese H-2A rocket carrying a satellite for monitoring precipitation worldwide blasts off upon launch from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 3:37 a.m. on Feb. 28, 2014.

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Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

OSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L, facing) and Empress Michiko meet representatives of the volunteer workers who were involved in Izu Oshima Island's restoration operations after the island was hit by a powerful typhoon in October 2013, at the Oshima town hall on the island, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2014.

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Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

OSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L, facing) and Empress Michiko meet representatives of the volunteer workers who were involved in Izu Oshima Island's restoration operations after the island was hit by a powerful typhoon in October 2013, at the Oshima town hall on the island, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2014.

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Nursery rhyme poet Mado dies at 104

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in November 2005 shows Michio Mado, a Japanese poet known for his nursery rhymes. Mado died of old age at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 28, 2014, at age 104.

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Chinese scholar returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Zhu Jianrong, a professor of Chinese politics and diplomacy at Toyo Gakuen University's Nagareyama Campus in Chiba Prefecture. Zhu, a Japan-based Chinese scholar and well-known commentator on Sino-Japanese relations, was detained by Chinese authorities in July 2013, suspected of illegal intelligence-gathering activities. He returned to Japan on Feb. 28, 2014.

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Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (R, facing) and Empress Michiko (standing next to him) leave from Tokyo's Haneda airport for Izu Oshima Island, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 28, 2014. The volcanic island was hit hard by mudslides triggered by a powerful typhoon in October 2013.

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Nursery rhyme poet Mado dies at 104

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows "Eraser" and "Rainbow," poetry anthologies by Michio Mado, with English translations by Empress Michiko. Mado died of old age at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 28, 2014, at age 104.

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Japan launches satellite to monitor global rainfall

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. President Shunichi Miyanaga (extreme L) and others celebrate Japan's successful launch of an H-2A rocket carrying a satellite for monitoring worldwide precipitation at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 28, 2014. The satellite was developed jointly by U.S. and Japanese space agencies.

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Nursery rhyme poet Mado dies at 104

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows books of nursery rhymes and other works by Michio Mado, a Japanese poet. Mado died of old age at a Tokyo hospital on Feb. 28, 2014, at age 104.

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Japan launches satellite to monitor global rainfall

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the flames of an ascending H-2A rocket carrying a satellite for monitoring precipitation worldwide after its launch from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Feb. 28, 2014.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy meets press after watching satellite launch

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy speaks at a press conference on Feb. 28, 2014, after watching the successful launch of a precipitation observation satellite, jointly developed by Japan and the United States, at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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U.S. envoy Kennedy meets press after watching satellite launch

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy holds a press conference on Feb. 28, 2014, after watching the successful launch of a precipitation observation satellite, jointly developed by Japan and the United States, at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Japan launches satellite to monitor global rainfall

TANEGASHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the trajectory of an ascending H-2A rocket carrying a satellite for monitoring precipitation worldwide after its launch from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on Feb. 28, 2014. (Photo taken with fish-eye lens)

Radio waves connect religion with earthly life

Japanese breweries growing popular among foreign tourists

Japanese beverage makers let tourists see what's brewing

3 years after quake-tsunami

3 years after quake-tsunami

3 years after quake-tsunami

3 years after quake-tsunami

3 years after quake-tsunami

3 years after quake-tsunami

Samba dancers rehearse for Rio carnival

World Heritage site Byodoin under repairs

More U.S. shops accept bitcoins

N. Korean ambassador to U.N.

Ukraine envoy to U.N. meets press in New York

Olympic flag arrives in Pyeongchang for 2018 Winter Games

U.S. envoy to U.N. meets press in New York

'Carnival King' dances with key to start Rio Carnival

Rio mayor hands over key to 'Carnival King'

Cole poses with Man United player Kakagawa's jersey

Troubled bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox files for court protection

Cole holds Premier League's winning trophy

Troubled bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox files for court protection

Lower house approves FY 2014 budget

Tokyo International Literary Festival

Seven &amp; i builds fuel storage base in Saitama Pref.

Troubled bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox files for court protection

Lower house approves FY 2014 budget

Lower house approves FY 2014 budget

Troubled bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox files for court protection

Chinese scholar returns to Japan

Lower house approves FY 2014 budget

Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

Bikini nuclear test 60th anniversary

Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

Japanese rocket makes ascent

Rocket with satellite to monitor global rainfall launched

Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

Nursery rhyme poet Mado dies at 104

Chinese scholar returns to Japan

Emperor, empress visit typhoon-hit Izu Oshima Island

Nursery rhyme poet Mado dies at 104

Japan launches satellite to monitor global rainfall

Nursery rhyme poet Mado dies at 104

Japan launches satellite to monitor global rainfall

U.S. envoy Kennedy meets press after watching satellite launch

U.S. envoy Kennedy meets press after watching satellite launch

Japan launches satellite to monitor global rainfall

Seven & i builds fuel storage base in Saitama Pref.