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Tokyo eateries offer chance to support recovery efforts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 4, 2012, shows the signboard of a nonprofit Japanese-style pub named Reconstruction Support Tavern, which opened in Tokyo's Ginza district in January the same year to aid recovery efforts in areas hit by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The tavern, open until late September 2012, aims to donate its monthly profits of over 1 million yen to the prefectural governments of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.

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Christchurch paper thanks the world

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A man reads the front page of The Press, a local newspaper in New Zealand, on March 4, 2011, in Christchurch. The paper thanked the people who came from around the world to help after the devastating Feb. 22 earthquake in the city in English, Indonesian, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese and Spanish.

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Rubble removal in Christchurch

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Workers remove rubble at the collapsed Canterbury TV building in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 4, 2011. The New Zealand government said the previous day that it has ended the search for survivors from the Feb. 22 earthquake and has shifted operations to recovering bodies from the rubble.

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Ex-U.S. sub captain speaks on collision anniversary

CARY, United States - Scott Waddle, a former captain of the U.S. submarine Greeneville that was involved in a collision with the Japanese fisheries school boat Ehime Maru, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Cary, North Carolina, on Feb. 4, 2011. The Feb. 9, 2001, collision off Hawaii killed nine people on the Ehime Maru -- four middle school students, two teachers and three crew members.

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Schalke draw with Dortmund

DORTMUND, Germany - Schalke 04 defender Atsuto Uchida (L) tussles with Borussia Dortmund striker Kevin Grosskreutz during a Bundesliga game at Dortmund, Germany, on Feb. 4, 2011. The game ended in a 0-0 draw.

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Catch of yellowtail in Toyoma Pref. jumps 30-fold

TOYAMA, Japan - Buyers take part in an auction of yellowtail at a fish market in Himi, Toyama Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2011. The number of yellowtail caught off the city along the Sea of Japan coast between December 2010 and January 2011 reached a record 130,774, up 30-fold from the same period a year before.

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Pine trees lit up in gold

KANAZAWA, Japan - Pine trees with ropes to protect against snow damage are lit up in gold in the Kenrokuen garden in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture on Feb. 4, 2011.

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March sumo tourney might be canceled

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2011. He suggested that the JSA may cancel the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament slated for March 13-27 in Osaka due to a match-fixing scandal that has rocked the ancient sport to its core and sparked public outrage.

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March sumo tourney might be canceled

OSAKA, Japan - A poster advertising the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament slated for March 13-27 in Osaka is on display at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, the venue of the tournament, on Feb. 4, 2011. The Japan Sumo Association the same day postponed the start of ticket sales for the spring basho, while hinting that it may cancel the event due to a match-fixing scandal that has rocked the ancient sport to its core and sparked public outrage.

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Japan, U.S. to work out road map to prevent nuclear terrorism

TOKYO, Japan - Laura Holgate, senior director for weapons of mass destruction terrorism and threat reduction in the White House's National Security Council, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2011. Holgate said the United States and Japan have agreed to work out a road map to prevent nuclear terrorism ahead of the second nuclear security summit to be held in Seoul in 2012.

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Myanmar premier Thein Sein elected president

BANGKOK, Thailand - File photo taken in March 2010 shows Thein Sein, who was elected as Myanmar's president on Feb. 4, 2011.

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Japanese apricot flowers in bloom

OSAKA, Japan - Flowers of Japanese apricot trees are in bloom at Osaka Castle Park in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 4, 2011. Flowers of the roughly 1,270 apricot trees in the park are expected to remain in bloom until early March, according to the Osaka city government that manages the park.

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Fire suspends monorail to Haneda

TOKYO, Japan - A monorail train is stranded in Tokyo's Minato Ward as a fire at an electric power substation caused temporary suspension of railway services between downtown Tokyo and Haneda airport on Feb. 4, 2011.

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U.S. destroyer in Japan

SAPPORO, Japan - The Fitzgerald, a U.S. destroyer equipped with the most advanced Aegis missile guidance system, calls at Otaru port in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Feb. 4, 2011. The U.S. Navy said the call was for friendship and exchanges.

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Rookie feeds calf

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Rookie Hirokazu Sawamura, who joined the Yomiuri Giants in the first round of the amateur draft, feeds a calf at a cattle farm on Feb. 4, 2011, in the city of Miyzaki, where the baseball club is on spring training.

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Japanese apricot flowers in bloom

OSAKA, Japan - A bee lands on a Japanese apricot flower at Osaka Castle Park in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 4, 2011. Flowers of the roughly 1,270 apricot trees in the park are expected to remain in bloom until early March, according to the Osaka city government that manages the park.

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Yamanashi begins study on rediscovered 'kunimasu' salmon

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - A man holds a fish carcass that could be of an indigenous freshwater salmon species known as ''kunimasu'' in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2011. The Yamanashi prefectural government began field research that day into the kunimasu, which was thought to have gone extinct about 70 years ago but found in Lake Saiko late 2010.

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Myanmar parliament to elect president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, ranked fourth in the junta. He is considered a prominent candidate for the country's presidential post as parliament is expected to vote for a president on Feb. 4, 2011.