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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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Antinuclear protests in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Protesters gather with banners and signs near the prime minister's office on Feb. 8, 2013, in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki government district, vocal throughout two-hour protests as they call for an end to reliance on nuclear power generation following the March 2011 Fukushima disaster.

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Recruit founder Ezoe dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Hiromasa Ezoe, founder of Recruit Co., a classified advertising conglomerate, when he was summoned in November 1988 as a sworn witness before a House of Representatives committee on a high-profile shares-for-favors scandal in which Recruit was involved. Ezoe died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 76 on Feb. 8, 2013.

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Recruit founder Ezoe dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2010 shows Hiromasa Ezoe, the founder of Recruit Co., a classified advertising conglomerate that was mired in a high-profile shares-for-favors scandal in the 1980s. Ezoe died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 76 on Feb. 8, 2013.

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Int'l judo chief receives Japan apology

PARIS, France - All Japan Judo Federation Chairman Haruki Uemura meets the press after holding talks with Marius Vizer, president of the International Judo Federation, in Paris on Feb. 8, 2013. Uemura apologized to Vizer regarding an abuse scandal that has rocked Japan.

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Int'l judo chief receives Japan apology

PARIS, France - Marius Vizer, president of the International Judo Federation, attends a press conference in Paris on Feb. 8, 2013. Vizer revealed that he had received an apology from the head of Japan's federation, Haruki Uemura, over an abuse scandal that has rocked Japan.

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Rio Carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The "Carnival king" receives the mayor's key from Eduardo Paes (lower L), mayor of Rio de Janeiro, during the opening ceremony of the Rio carnival on Feb. 8, 2013.

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Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi falls during the men's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Osaka on Feb. 8, 2013. Takahashi was in fourth place after the short program.

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Nursing home fire

NAGASAKI, Japan - Firefighters attend a fire at a nursing home for the elderly in Nagasaki on Feb. 8, 2013.

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Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs during the men's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Osaka on Feb. 8, 2013. Hanyu took the lead after the short program.

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Collapsed tunnel fully reopens

OTSUKI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopters shows the Sasago Tunnel, a twin-bore tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, becoming fully operational on Feb. 8, 2013, after a 68-day hiatus following a collapse of its ceiling in December 2012, killing nine.

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Collapsed tunnel fully reopens

OTSUKI, Japan - The Sasago Tunnel, a twin-bore tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, becomes fully operational on Feb. 8, 2013, after a 68-day hiatus following a collapse of its ceiling in December 2012, killing nine.

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Collapsed tunnel fully reopens

OTSUKI, Japan - The Sasago Tunnel, a twin-bore tunnel on the Chuo Expressway in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, becomes fully operational on Feb. 8, 2013, after a 68-day hiatus following a collapse of its ceiling in December 2012, killing nine.

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China's account of radar incident

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Feb. 8, 2013, shows the website of China's Ministry of National Defense, on which the ministry denied Tokyo's account that a Chinese warship had trained weapon-targeting radar on a Japanese destroyer and that another Chinese warship had used similar radar on a Japanese helicopter, asserting instead that the Chinese ships had used surveillance radar on them.

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Suits against state, TEPCO

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prospective plaintiffs hold a press conference in Fukushima City on Feb. 8, 2013, as residents of Fukushima and neighboring prefectures including evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear disaster will file lawsuits against the state and Tokyo Electric Power Co.

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New bullet train car

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the N700A (L), a new model of bullet train, before leaving Shin Osaka station for Tokyo station on Feb. 8, 2013, and the previous N700 model (R). A ceremony was held at both stations to mark the start of commercial operations of the N700A on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line. Although not very different in appearance from the previous model, the latest version employs a number of new technologies including a better brake system to cope with earthquakes.

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New bullet train car

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the N700A, a new model of bullet train, leaving Tokyo station for Shin Osaka station on Feb. 8, 2013. A ceremony was held at both stations to mark the start of commercial operations of the N700A on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line. Although not very different in appearance from the previous N700 model, the latest version employs a number of new technologies including a better brake system to cope with earthquakes.

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New bullet train car

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the N700A, a new model of bullet train, leaving Shin Osaka station for Tokyo station on Feb. 8, 2013. A ceremony was held at both stations to mark the start of commercial operations of the N700A on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line. Although not very different in appearance from the previous N700 model, the latest version employs a number of new technologies including a better brake system to cope with earthquakes.