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Geiko in Kyoto prepare for spring performance

KYOTO, Japan - Geiko including young apprentices called maiko attend a photo shoot in Kyoto on Feb. 15, 2012. They had a fitting session the same day for their upcoming ''Kitano Odori'' (Kitano Dance) performances from March 25 to April 7, 2012.

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Hatsune Miku snow statue

SAPPORO, Japan - A new 3-meter-tall snow statue of Hatsune Miku, a girl idol character for singing software, is built at Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido on Feb. 11, 2012. A previous Miku statue collapsed on its own on Feb. 7, 2012, apparently due to warm weather, injuring a passer-by.

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Avant-garde artist Kusama's exhibition in London

LONDON, United Kingdom - Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama (L front) is pictured in front of her works at the Tate Modern art gallery in London on Feb. 7, 2012. Her exhibition will be held there from Feb. 9 through June 5.

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Dortmund advance to German Cup semis

KIEL, Germany - Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa of Borussia Dortmund (L) plays in a German Cup quarterfinal match against fourth-division Holstein Kiel in Kiel, Germany, on Feb. 7, 2012. Kagawa scored a goal as Dortmund cruised into the semifinals with a 4-0 victory.

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Japan-U.S. meeting for TPP talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Director General of the Foreign Ministry's Economic Affairs Bureau Takeshi Yagi answers reporters' questions in Washington on Feb. 7, 2012, after the first bilateral meeting between Japan and the United States on Tokyo's bid to participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks.

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Nago mayor in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Susumu Inamine, mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, gives a speech in Washington on Feb. 7, 2012. The mayor renewed his opposition to a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to his city from Ginowan, also in the prefecture.

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Crabs for emperor

FUKUI, Japan - Fifteen snow crabs from the Sea of Japan are boiled and boxed in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012, to be sent to Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and other members of the imperial family.

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Suu Kyi on campaign tour

PATHEIN, Myanmar - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi makes a speech in Pathein, the capital of the country's southern Ayeyarwaddy Region, on Feb. 7, 2012, during a campaign tour by her National League for Democracy party ahead of the upcoming April 1 by-elections.

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Toyota raises profit, sales estimates

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Officer Takahiko Ijichi speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2012. The automaker said it has raised its group net profit forecast for the business year through March 31, 2012, to 200 billion yen, up 11.1 percent from its previous estimate, citing progress in its cost-reduction measures.

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Tunnel flood at refinery

OKAYAMA, Japan - Divers search for five workers missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012.

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Dogs blessed at shrine

KOBE, Japan - A woman receives a charm for her Maltese dog from a priest at Tsunashikitemmangu shrine in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012. Some dog owners attended a ritual to pray for good health for their pets and themselves.

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Yoshioka wins normal hill at national c'ships

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows Kazuya Yoshioka's first jump in the normal hill event at the national ski jumping championships in Sapporo on Feb. 7, 2012. Yoshioka won the event, completing a double with the large hill victory on Feb. 5 at the championships.

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Rally in Hokkaido for return of Russian-held islands

NEMURO, Japan - People raise their fists and chant in unison a slogan calling for the return of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia, at a rally in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on Feb. 7, 2012. Feb. 7 is designated ''Northern Territories Day'' in Japan because on that day in 1855, the Treaty of Commerce, Navigation and Delimitation between Japan and Russia was concluded, in which the two countries confirmed that the four islands are part of Japanese territory.

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PM Noda at rally for return of Russian-held islands

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks at an annual rally calling for the return of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia, in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2012. Noda reiterated Tokyo's basic stance on the issue of resolving the territorial dispute and signing a peace treaty with Russia.

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Cat railway president writes book

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Wakayama Electric Railway Co. President Mitsunobu Kojima promotes his new book in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012. The book tells the story of efforts to revive a local railway line with the help of Tama (R), a popular calico cat assigned as a ''stationmaster.'' The other calico cat held by Kojima is Nitama, Tama's ''subordinate.''

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Rally in Tokyo for return of Russian-held islands

TOKYO, Japan - An annual rally calling for the return of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia, is held in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2012. Feb. 7 is designated ''Northern Territories Day'' in Japan because on that day in 1855, the Treaty of Commerce, Navigation and Delimitation between Japan and Russia was concluded, in which the two countries confirmed that the four islands are part of Japanese territory.

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Quake-damaged Kairakuen garden fully opened

MITO, Japan - Kobuntei, the restored three-story wooden villa of Mito feudal lord Tokugawa Nariaki at the Kairakuen garden in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, is reopened to the public on Feb. 7, 2012. The villa is the last of the facilities at the renowned Japanese garden to reopen to the public 11 months after last March's earthquake damaged the site.

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Quake-damaged Kairakuen garden fully opened

MITO, Japan - Kobuntei, the restored three-story wooden villa of Mito feudal lord Tokugawa Nariaki at the Kairakuen garden in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, is reopened to the public on Feb. 7, 2012. The villa is the last of the facilities at the renowned Japanese garden to reopen to the public 11 months after last March's earthquake damaged the site.

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Akita to accept debris from disaster-hit Iwate

MORIOKA, Japan - Akita Gov. Norihisa Satake (L) and Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso shake hands at the Iwate prefectural government office in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 7, 2012, after signing a basic agreement that Akita Prefecture will accept debris caused by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in neighboring Iwate Prefecture.