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U.S. presidential election

DAVISON, United States - Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (C) is surrounded by supporters at a rally in Davison, Michigan, on Feb. 26, 2012. Santorum is vying for the Republican presidential nomination to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama, who will be seeking a second term, in the Nov. 6, 2012, election.

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U.S. presidential election

LANSING, United States - Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (C) speaks at a rally in Lansing, Michigan, on Feb. 27, 2012. Santorum is vying for the Republican presidential nomination to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama, who will be seeking a second term, in the Nov. 6, 2012, election.

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U.S. presidential election

LANSING, United States - Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (C) waves to his supporters while campaigning at a rally in Lansing, Michigan, on Feb. 27, 2012. Santorum is vying for the Republican presidential nomination to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama, who will be seeking a second term, in the Nov. 6, 2012 election.

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U.S. presidential election

ALBION, United States - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks while campaigning at a factory in Albion, Michigan, on Feb. 27, 2012. Romney is vying for the Republican presidential nomination to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama, who will be seeking a second term, in the Nov. 6, 2012 election.

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Chongqing leader Bo

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Bo Xilai, communist party chief in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. His top aide and former police chief Wang Lijun, Chongqing's vice mayor, met with U.S. diplomats at the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on Feb. 6, 2012, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland confirmed in Washington on Feb. 8, but declined to say if Wang has asked for political asylum.

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Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon

YANGON, Myanmar - Foreign tourists visit Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, on Feb. 6, 2012.

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Snow statue of Hatsune Miku

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows a 3-meter-tall snow statue of Hatsune Miku, a girl idol character for singing software, at Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido on Feb. 6, 2012. The statue collapsed due to warmer weather the following day, injuring a passer-by.

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U.S. Marines in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the 31st U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a rescue drill at Camp Hansen in Okinawa Prefecture in September 2010. On Feb. 6, 2012, Japan and the United States confirmed a policy to move about 4,700 U.S. Marines in Okinawa to Guam, delinking the troops' transfer from a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the prefecture, Japanese officials said.

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U.S. Marines in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the U.S. Marine Corps arrive at the White Beach U.S. Naval facility in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in April 2011, after taking part in Operation Tomodachi to support people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. On Feb. 6, 2012, Japan and the United States confirmed a policy to move about 4,700 U.S. Marines in Okinawa to Guam, delinking the troops' transfer from a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the prefecture, Japanese officials said.

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Train to be sent to Myanmar

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - A diesel-powered train is lifted for transportation in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Feb. 6, 2012. Fifteen diesel train cars previously used by West Japan Railway Co. will be sent to Myanmar.

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Wacoal Holdings HQ

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of Wacoal Holdings Corp. in Kyoto on Feb. 6, 2012. The building design is based on an image of Kyoto's townhouses, known for their sanguine wooden gridwork.

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Dragon Festival in China

LIANCHENG, China - Thousands of people carry a 1.4-kilometer-long dragon made of paper and bamboo during the Youdalong festival to pray for a good harvest in Gutian, Liancheng County, in Fujian Province, China, on Feb. 6, 2012.

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Dragon Festival in China

LIANCHENG, China - Thousands of people carry a 1.4-kilometer-long dragon made of paper and bamboo during the Youdalong festival to pray for a good harvest in Gutian, Liancheng County, in Fujian Province, China, on Feb. 6, 2012.

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Suicide prevention slogan dropped

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada responds to questions from Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker Daigo Matsuura (bottom R), who displays a sign showing a government slogan aimed at preventing suicides, during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2012. The government decided to withdraw the controversial slogan GKB47, a play on the name of pop idol group AKB48.

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Taiwan Premier Chen

TAIPEI, Taiwan - File photo shows Sean Chen, who was appointed Taiwan premier by President Ma Ying-jeou on Feb. 6, 2012.

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Sapporo Snow Festival

SAPPORO, Japan - A snow sculpture of the so-called ''miracle pine'' tree, which had survived the March tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, is pictured at Odori Park in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Feb. 6, 2012, the first day of the annual Sapporo Snow Festival. The festival runs through Feb. 12.

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Japan-U.S. nuclear security working group

MITO, Japan - Members of the Japan-U.S. nuclear security working group receive a prebriefing in the town of Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Feb. 6, 2012, ahead of their visit to the Japan Atomic Energy Agency's facilities in the prefecture, including the experimental fast-breeder reactor Joyo and the Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security. The second nuclear security summit is scheduled to be held in March 2012 in Seoul.

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Police officers transferred for security in disaster-hit areas

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Police officers attend a ceremony in the city of Fukushima on Feb. 6, 2012. Some 480 police officers have been transferred from prefectural police forces across Japan to work in Fukushima and Iwate prefectures, which were hit by the March disaster.

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Narita airport marks 800 millionth traveler

NARITA, Japan - Fuminori Ogiso (C) and his wife Yuki from Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, receive a commemorative gift from Narita International Airport Corp. President Kosaburo Morinaka (R) at the airport in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 6, 2012. The couple, who were on their way to Germany for a sightseeing trip in Europe, took the total number of travelers to have used the airport since its opening on May 20, 1978, above the 800 million mark.

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Sapporo Snow Festival

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows a snow sculpture of Tsurugajo, a castle in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, at Odori Park in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Feb. 6, 2012, at the 63rd Sapporo Snow Festival. The festival, one of Japan's largest winter events, runs from Feb. 6 to Feb. 12 in 2012.

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X-ray free electron laser facility SACLA

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Sayo, Hyogo Prefecture, on Feb. 6, 2012, shows the inside of SACLA, a cutting-edge X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) facility, which was unveiled the same day by the Japanese government-backed laboratory Riken.

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Sapporo Snow Festival

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows a snow sculpture of soccer player Homare Sawa (R), captain of the Japan women's national team and FIFA Women's World Player of the Year, at Odori Park in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Feb. 6, 2012, at the 63rd Sapporo Snow Festival. The festival, one of Japan's largest winter events, runs from Feb. 6 to Feb. 12 in 2012.

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Sapporo Snow Festival

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows a snow sculpture of Tsurugajo, a castle in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, at Odori Park in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Feb. 6, 2012, at the 63rd Sapporo Snow Festival. The festival, one of Japan's largest winter events, runs from Feb. 6 to Feb. 12 in 2012.

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Shinto ritual on Lake Suwa

NAGANO, Japan - A Shinto ritual is held on the surface of the frozen Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture on Feb. 6, 2012 to predict the year's social situations and the prospects for crop harvests and weather from a streak of elevated ice cracks, a natural phenomenon observed two days earlier on the Nagano Prefecture lake for the first time in four years.

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Japanese ballet dancer Sugai at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Japanese ballet dancer Madoka Sugai speaks to reporters on her arrival at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 6, 2012. The 17-year-old from Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, was named a winner of the Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland on Feb. 4, 2012. Sugai was the top scorer among the eight winners.

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Japanese ballet dancer Sugai at Narita airport

NARITA, Japan - Japanese ballet dancer Madoka Sugai arrives at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 6, 2012. The 17-year-old from Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, was named a winner of the Prix de Lausanne ballet competition in Switzerland on Feb. 4, 2012. Sugai was the top scorer among the eight winners.

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PM Noda in parliament

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2012. Noda vowed to work toward the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, located in a densely populated area in Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture, in discussions with Washington. The United States is planning to move some of the Marines from the prefecture to Guam, without waiting for progress on the relocation plan, as Japan and the United States agreed to separate the transfer issue from the long-stalled plan to relocate the base within the prefecture.

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Shinto ritual on Lake Suwa

NAGANO, Japan - A Shinto ritual is held on the surface of the frozen Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture on Feb. 6, 2012 to predict the year's social situations and the prospects for crop harvests and weather from a streak of elevated ice cracks, a natural phenomenon observed two days earlier on the Nagano Prefecture lake for the first time in four years.