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Tacloban

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A boy carries a water tank in Tacloban City on Leyte Island on Feb. 6, 2014. In the background is a cargo ship washed ashore when Typhoon Haiyan struck the central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Tacloban

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - Photo taken in Tacloban City on Leyte Island on Feb. 6, 2014, shows temporary housing for victims of Typhoon Haiyan that struck the central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Non-Ainu high school girl becomes Ainu dancer

KUSHIORO, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 6, 2014 shows Ayaka Ono, an Ainu dance performer, holding the stringed Tonkori, one of the indigenous ethnic group's traditional musical instruments. Despite not being an Ainu, Ono decided to become a performer of the traditional Ainu dance in the spring of 2013.

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Mt. Fuji eruption may force 470,000 people to evacuate

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2013 shows Mt. Fuji as seen from around the border of the cities of Fuji and Fujinomiya in Shizuoka Prefecture. A panel set up by Shizuoka and two other prefectures around the 3,776-meter volcano worked out a regional evacuation plan on Feb. 6, 2014, projecting that a violent eruption could force around 470,000 people in the prefectures to evacuate if more than 30 centimeters of ash accumulates on the ground.

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Event to commemorate Anpanman's creator

TOKYO, Japan - Anpanman, a character from one of Japan's most popular anime cartoon series for young children, greets children in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2014, in an event commemorating its creator Takashi Yanase, who died in October 2013. The event was held on Yanase's 95th birthday.

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Fans bid farewell to Anpanman's creator at commemorative event

TOKYO, Japan - Young children and other visitors flock to an event commemorating Takashi Yanase, creator of Japan's popular anime cartoon series for young children "Anpanman," in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2014. The event was held on the 95th anniversary of the birth of Yanase, who died in October 2013.

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Animals in Fukushima no-go zone

TOMIOKA, Japan - A cat takes shelter from the snow in a cattle shed on Feb. 6, 2013, in a no-go zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Animals in Fukushima no-go zone

TOMIOKA, Japan - A herd of cattle search for food in heavy snow on Feb. 6, 2013, in a no-go zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia

UYUNI, Bolivia - A Feb. 6, 2013, photo shows the Uyuni salt flat inundated with water during rainy season in Bolivia. The area is believed to contain half the world's lithium reserves.

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Giant isopod stays alive for 4 years despite not eating

TSU, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 6, 2013, at Toba Aquarium in Toba, Mie Prefecture, shows a giant isopod, a creature often called a "scavenger of the deep." According to the aquarium, the crustacean, measuring 29 centimeters and weighing one kilogram, has remained healthy despite not eating anything for more than four years.

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Dreamlifter cargo plane

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 6, 2013, shows Atlas Air's Boeing 747-400LCF ''Dreamlifter'' cargo plane, at Narita airport, near Tokyo.

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Dreamlifter cargo plane

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 6, 2013, shows Atlas Air's Boeing 747-400LCF ''Dreamlifter'' cargo plane, at Narita airport, near Tokyo.

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1 year to go before Sochi Winter Olympics

SOCHI, Russia - Photo taken Feb. 6, 2013, shows the Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia, with the sun setting in the Black Sea. At left in the background is the main stadium under construction, and at right in the background is the main venue for ice hockey games. The Sochi Winter Olympics will begin Feb. 7, 2014.

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Japan defeat Latvia in World Cup warm-up

KOBE, Japan - Shinji Okazaki (9) scores his second and Japan's third goal during the second half of a friendly against Latvia in Kobe on Feb. 6, 2013. Japan won 3-0 ahead of a World Cup qualifier in March away to Jordan.

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Japan defeat Latvia in World Cup warm-up

KOBE, Japan - Japan's Keisuke Honda (4) scores his team's second goal during the second half of a friendly against Latvia in Kobe on Feb. 6, 2013. Japan won 3-0 ahead of a World Cup qualifier in March away to Jordan.

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Cambodia unveils memorial to journalists killed in war

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - British photographer Tim Page offers incense on Feb. 6, 2013, during a ceremony in Phnom Penh, where a memorial was unveiled in honor of journalists and friends who were killed or went missing when the Vietnam War spread to Cambodia in the early 1970s. Page was working for Time-Life during the war in Cambodia.

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Successor picked for gov't official after scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Manabu Sakai (R), a ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker, poses for photos with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2013, after the government named Sakai as parliamentary secretary for land, infrastructure, transport and tourism -- the third-highest post for a lawmaker -- following the resignation of his predecessor over a scandal.

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Cambodia unveils memorial to journalists killed in war

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A journalist prays in Phnom Penh on Feb. 6, 2013, in front of a memorial in honor of former colleagues and friends who were killed or went missing when the Vietnam War spread into Cambodia in the early 1970s.

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New ASEAN chief

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Le Luong Minh, new secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Feb. 6, 2013.

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New Mitsubishi Heavy president

TOKYO, Japan - Hideaki Omiya (L), president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., and Shunichi Miyanaga (R), senior executive vice president of the company, shake hands at the company's headquarters in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 6, 2013. Mitsubishi Heavy said the same day it will promote Miyanaga to president on April 1 when Omiya will become chairman.

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Japan defeat Latvia in World Cup warm-up

KOBE, Japan - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (9) scores the opener during the first half of a friendly against Latvia in Kobe on Feb. 6, 2013. Japan won 3-0 ahead of a World Cup qualifier in March away to Jordan.

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Judo scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Former world judo champion Kaori Yamaguchi, chairman of a special committee on women's sports of the Japanese Olympic Committee, answers a reporter's question in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2013, after its meeting on the issue of top female judoka having been subjected to alleged physical and verbal abuse by coaching staff. The special committee, which received the athletes' complaint in December, reported on some of the details in the document.

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JICA, Kitakyushu City to help developing nations

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Akihiko Tanaka (L), president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, and Kitakyusu Mayor Kenji Kitahashi hold signed copies of a cooperation agreement to help developing countries combat air and water pollution, at the city hall in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Feb. 6, 2013.

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IMF's Lipton in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - David Lipton (R), first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, and Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso shake hands at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2013.

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Japanese business leaders in Myanmar

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - A delegation of the Japan Business Federation (back), Japan's largest business lobby known as Keidanren, holds a meeting with senior Myanmar government officials in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Feb. 6, 2013.

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China on radar incident

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds a regular press conference at the ministry in Beijing on Feb. 6, 2013. Hua suggested that the locking of a weapons-targeting radar by a Chinese warship on a Japanese destroyer in the East China Sea in late January was an independent action by the military.

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Nikkei jumps to highest level since Sept. 2008

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows Japan's Nikkei stock index ending at 11,463.75 on Feb. 6, 2013, up 416.83 points from the previous day and its highest close since Sept. 29, 2008, following the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

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China on radar incident

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying holds a regular press conference at the ministry in Beijing on Feb. 6, 2013. Hua suggested that the locking of a weapons-targeting radar by a Chinese warship on a Japanese destroyer in the East China Sea in late January was an independent action by the military.

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Drive-through bank

NAGOYA, Japan - An official of Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank explains drive-through banking using a model in Nagoya on Feb. 6, 2013. The regional bank based in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture, said the same day it will start operating Japan's first drive-through bank on April 15 to provide easier access for customers reliant on cars for transportation.

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Chinese yuan clearing starts in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - An employee holds Chinese yuan bills at Chinatrust Commercial Bank, a major Taiwan bank in Taipei on Feb. 6, 2013. Banks in Taiwan the same day started Chinese yuan clearing services, allowing the island's companies to make transactions in the Chinese currency without routing through the U.S. dollar.

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Snow in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo covered by snow on Feb. 6, 2013.