Japan Cabinet reshuffle

Japan Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Ikko Nakatsuka, Japan's new minister in charge of financial affairs, enters Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012, as Noda reshuffled his Cabinet.

Japan-S. Korea festival in Tokyo

Japan-S. Korea festival in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese celebrity makeup artist IKKO (C) and members of South Korean girls group Brown Eyed Girls perform at ''Nikkan Koryu Omatsuri (Japan-South Korean Exchange Festival)'' in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2010.

Zenkoji temple exhibits copy of Buddhist image

Zenkoji temple exhibits copy of Buddhist image

NAGANO, Japan - Zenkoji, a famous Buddhist temple in the city of Nagano, puts a copy of its main Buddhist image on public display April 6. The event is held every seven years. The original image, ''Ikko Sanzon Amida Nyorai,'' is considered to be the first Buddhist image ever to enter Japan and has never been shown to the public.

Japan-S. Korea festival in Tokyo

Japan-S. Korea festival in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese celebrity makeup artist IKKO (C) and members of South Korean girls group Brown Eyed Girls perform at ''Nikkan Koryu Omatsuri (Japan-South Korean Exchange Festival)'' in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2010. (Kyodo)

Zenkoji temple exhibits copy of Buddhist image

Zenkoji temple exhibits copy of Buddhist image

NAGANO, Japan - Zenkoji, a famous Buddhist temple in the city of Nagano, puts a copy of its main Buddhist image on public display April 6. The event is held every seven years. The original image, ''Ikko Sanzon Amida Nyorai,'' is considered to be the first Buddhist image ever to enter Japan and has never been shown to the public. (Kyodo)