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Judo teacher Fukuda dies

TOKYO, Japan - A 2010 file photo shows Keiko Fukuda, the first woman to earn a ninth-dan ranking in judo from the Kodokan. Fukuda died at her home in San Francisco on Feb. 9, 2013, at the age of 99.

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Kokubo barred from Games opening ceremony over dress code

NARITA, Japan - Japanese snowboarder Kazuhiro Kokubo (C) waits at Narita airport near Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2010, before his departure for Vancouver with his tie loosened and his shirt hanging out of his trousers, which he wore low down off his hips. The Japanese Olympic delegation decided to bar Kokubo from the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 12 for flouting the Olympic dress code after receiving a flood of criticism from Japanese people.

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Olympic torch arrives in Richmond

RICHMOND, Canada - Rick Hansen, one of several honorary mayors of the Olympic Athletes' Village, carries the Olympic torch into Minoru Park in Richmond on Feb. 9, 2010. Hansen won a series of international wheelchair marathons and six medals at the 1980 and 1984 Paralympics.

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Ohno aims for more medals in Vancouver

Vancouver, Canada - Short track speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States speaks to reporters on Feb. 9, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada, ahead of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. Ohno, who has won five Olympic medals in the past, would replace Bonnie Blair as the American winter Olympic athlete with the most medals, if he wins two more medals at what would be his third Olympic games.

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Olympic torch arrives in Richmond

RICHMOND, Canada - An Olympic torch bearer runs past the Richmond Olympic Oval, home of the speed skating events during the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games in Richmond, on Feb. 9, 2010.

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Heil prepares for Vancouver Olympics

CYPRESS MOUNTAIN, Canada - Canadian freestyle moguls skier Jennifer Heil practices an aerial maneuver during an official practice session at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver on Feb. 9, 2010, ahead of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

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Heil prepares for Vancouver Olympics

CYPRESS MOUNTAIN, Canada - Canadian freestyle moguls skier Jennifer Heil takes a fall during an official practice session at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver on Feb. 9, 2010, ahead of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

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Memorial held on 9th anniv. of ship collision with U.S. sub

HONOLULU, United States - Tatsuyoshi Mizuguchi speaks to a Kyodo News reporter on Feb. 9, 2010, in Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu, Hawaii, where a ninth-year memorial ceremony was held for the nine Japanese who died in a collision between Japanese fisheries high school training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in the waters off Hawaii. Mizuguchi lost his 17-year-old son, Takeshi, in the accident.

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Olympic torch arrives in Richmond

RICHMOND, Canada - Rick Hansen, one of several honorary mayors of the Olympic Athletes' Village, lights a community cauldron at Minoru Park in Richmond, Canada, with the Olympic torch on Feb. 9, 2010. Hansen won a series of international wheelchair marathons and six medals at the 1980 and 1984 Paralympics.

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Olympic torch arrives in Richmond

RICHMOND, Canada - Rick Hansen, one of several honorary mayors of the Olympic Athletes' Village, carries the Olympic torch into Minoru Park in Richmond on Feb. 9, 2010. Hansen won a series of international wheelchair marathons and six medals at the 1980 and 1984 Paralympics.

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Kawaguchi, Smirnov, prepare for the Olympics

VANCOUVER, Canada - Yuko Kawaguchi (C) and Alexander Smirnov (L) of Russia take part in a pre-Olympic practice session at Abbotsford, east of Vancouver, on Feb. 9, 2010. Kawaguchi, a Japanese-born skater who changed her citizenship to Russian, and her partner won the pairs competition at the European Figure Skating Championships in January.

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Olympic torch arrives in Richmond

RICHMOND, Canada - Rick Hansen, one of several honorary mayors of the Olympic Athletes' Village, poses after lighting a community cauldron at Minoru Park in Richmond, Canada, with the Olympic torch on Feb. 9, 2010. Hansen won a series of international wheelchair marathons and six medals at the 1980 and 1984 Paralympics.

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Ohno aims for more medals in Vancouver

Vancouver, Canada - Short track speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno of the United States attends a press conference on Feb. 9, 2010 in Vancouver, ahead of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. Ohno, who has won five Olympic medals in the past, would replace Bonnie Blair as the American winter Olympic athlete with the most medals, if he wins two more medals at what would be his third Olympic games.

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Memorial held on 9th anniv. of ship collision with U.S. sub

HONOLULU, United States - Uwajima Mayor Hirohisa Ishibashi speaks in front of a memorial cenotaph at Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Feb. 9, 2010, during the ninth-year memorial service for the nine Japanese victims of a ship collision between fisheries high school training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine. About 60 people attended the service at the park, which overlooks the site of the accident.

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Ishikawa practices for Pebble Beach golf

PEBBLE BEACH, United States - Japanese teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa smiles during a practice round for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament at Monterey Peninsula Country Club in Pebble Beach, California, on Feb. 9, 2010. The tournament starts Feb. 11.

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Ishikawa practices for Pebble Beach golf

PEBBLE BEACH, United States - Japanese teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa smiles during a practice round for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament at Monterey Peninsula Country Club in Pebble Beach, California, on Feb. 9, 2010. The tournament starts Feb. 11.

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Ishikawa practices for Pebble Beach golf

PEBBLE BEACH, United States - Japanese teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa hits a shot as a rainbow appears in the sky during a practice round for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament at Monterey Peninsula Country Club in Pebble Beach, California, on Feb. 9, 2010. The tournament starts Feb. 11.

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Ishikawa practices for Pebble Beach golf

PEBBLE BEACH, United States - Japanese teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa is seen under a rainbow in the sky during a practice round for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament at Monterey Peninsula Country Club in Pebble Beach, California, on Feb. 9, 2010. The tournament starts Feb. 11.

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Ishikawa practices for Pebble Beach golf

PEBBLE BEACH, United States - Japanese teenage golfer Ryo Ishikawa follows a shot during a practice round for the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament at Monterey Peninsula Country Club in Pebble Beach, California, on Feb. 9, 2010. The tournament starts Feb. 11.

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Somalia seeks greater Japanese engagement in peace-building

TOKYO, Japan - Ali Ahmed Jama Jangeli, visiting foreign minister of the Somali transitional government, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2010. He called for greater engagement by Japan in the peace-building process in the African country, which remains a hotbed of Islamist insurgents and pirates.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda (L) bows to transport minister Seiji Maehara (R) at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2010. Toyota announced the same day a global recall of about 400,000 of four of its hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda (L) bows to transport minister Seiji Maehara (R) at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2010. Maehara said after the meeting with Toyoda that the automaker had failed to see things from the customer's viewpoint and act promptly. Toyota announced the same day a global recall of about 400,000 of four of its hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda announces a global recall of about 400,000 of four of the automaker's hybrid models including its best-selling Prius due to brake problems at a news conference at the automaker's Tokyo office on Feb. 9, 2010.

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Ishikawa says he will not resign as lawmaker or leave DPJ

TOKYO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa, a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker and former aide to DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa, speaks during a news conference in Obihiro, Hokkaido, where his constituency is located, on Feb. 9, 2010. Ishikawa said he will not resign as a lawmaker or leave the party in the wake of his indictment over funding irregularities in connection with a land purchase in Tokyo.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda is seen during a press conference at the automaker's Tokyo office on Feb. 9, 2010. He offered apologies as he announced a global recall of about 400,000 of the automaker's four hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda is seen during a press conference at the automaker's Tokyo office on Feb. 9, 2010. He offered apologies as he announced a global recall of about 400,000 of the automaker's four hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda speaks at a press conference at the automaker's Tokyo office on Feb. 9, 2010. He offered apologies as he announced a global recall of about 400,000 of the automaker's four hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda is seen during a press conference at the automaker's Tokyo office on Feb. 9, 2010. He offered apologies as he announced a global recall of about 400,000 of the automaker's four hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda walks away after speaking at a press conference at the automaker's Tokyo office on Feb. 9, 2010. He offered apologies as he announced a global recall of about 400,000 of the automaker's four hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda bows in apology during a press conference at the automaker's Tokyo office on Feb. 9, 2010. He announced a global recall of about 400,000 of the automaker's four hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Co.'s luxury Lexus HS250h sedan which was recalled by the automaker Feb. 9, 2010 due to brake problems.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Co.'s hybrid-only Sai compact sedan which was recalled by the automaker Feb. 9, 2010 due to brake problems.

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Japanese snowboarders leave for Vancouver Olympics

NARITA, Japan - Japanese snowboarders Ryo Aono (L) and Kazuhiro Kokubo (R), who will take part in the halfpipe events in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, prepare to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for Canada on Feb. 9, 2010.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 9, 2010 shows Toyota Motor Co.'s Prius units waiting for shipment at a quay in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture. Toyota announced the same day a global recall of about 400,000 of four of the automaker's hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Co.'s Prius, for which the automaker announced a recall on Feb. 9, 2010 due to brake problems.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda bows in apology during a press conference at the automaker's Tokyo office on Feb. 9, 2010. He announced a global recall of about 400,000 of the automaker's four hybrid models including its best-selling Prius.

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Toyota announces global recall of Prius, other hybrid models

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Co.'s plug-in Prius hybrid which was recalled by the automaker Feb. 9, 2010.

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Toyota files for recall in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp.'s managing officer Hiroyuki Yokoyama (R), bows after submitting a formal recall notice to Ryuji Masuno (L), director-general of the Road Transport Bureau of the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry, at the ministry in Tokyo, on Feb. 9, 2010. Toyota recalled more than 223,000 vehicles in four hybrid models in Japan to repair brake problems.

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Crane crashes into bus, 6 passengers, bus driver injured

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from inside a bus shows the rear window of the bus that has been shattered after a crane truck slammed into the bus from behind at a bus stop in Tokyo's Adachi Ward, on Feb. 9, 2010. Six passengers and the driver of the bus were slightly injured as the crane arm smashed through the bus's rear window.

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Crane crashes into bus, 6 passengers, bus driver injured

TOKYO, Japan - A rear window of a bus is partly shattered after a crane truck slammed into the bus from behind at a bus stop in Tokyo's Adachi Ward, on Feb. 9, 2010. Six passengers and the driver of the bus were slightly injured as the crane arm smashed through the bus's rear window.