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Jan. dept. store sales jump in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Shoppers walk in the jewelry section at the Ginza Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo's Ginza fashionable shopping district on Jan. 31, 2014. Major department stores in Japan scored sharp sales gains in January ahead of a sales tax increase in April.

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Bloodstained shirt of attacked Nagasaki mayor shown

NAGASAKI, Japan - A bloodstained shirt worn in 1990 by then Nagasaki Mayor Hitoshi Motoshima during a shooting attack is shown to the press in the southwestern Japan city's municipal office on Dec. 17, 2014, ahead of an exhibit of items related to him set for Jan. 15-19, 2015. Motoshima, who died at 92 on Oct. 31, 2014, was shot by a rightist in January 1990 for his statements about the emperor's responsibility for World War II.

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LDP lawmaker Nakamura dead at 70

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in January 2010 shows Hirohiko Nakamura, a House of Councillors member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Nakamura died of multiple organ failure at a Nagoya hospital on July 31, 2013, at age 70.

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Panasonic head office in Osaka Pref.

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in January 2012 shows the head office of electronics maker Panasonic Corp. in Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture. Panasonic is expected to book a record group net loss of over 700 billion yen in fiscal 2011 through March 31, 2012, deeper than a 420 billion yen loss it previously estimated, sources familiar with the matter said Feb. 3, 2012.

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Mt. Fuji climbers hits record

KOFU, Japan - Scores of people climb Mt Fuji around an area in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 31, 2010. A record 259,000 people climbed Japan's tallest peak of 3,776 meters during January-August that year.

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Mt. Fuji climbers hits record

KOFU, Japan - Scores of people climb Mt Fuji around an area in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 31, 2010. A record 259,000 people climbed Japan's tallest peak of 3,776 meters during January-August that year.

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Japan's new soccer coach Zaccheroni

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan national team's new coach Alberto Zaccheroni walks past photographers after finishing a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2010. The Italian said he expects a top-three finish from his team at the Asian Cup in January.

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Zaccheroni ready to brandish sword

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan national team's new coach Alberto Zaccheroni speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2010. The Italian said he expects a top-three finish from his team at the Asian Cup in January.

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Zaccheroni ready to brandish sword

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan national team's new coach Alberto Zaccheroni (C) poses for photos holding up the team uniform with Japan Football Association Vice President Kuniya Daini (R) and JFA technical director Hiromi Hara during a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2010. The Italian said he expects a top-three finish from his team at the Asian Cup in January.

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Zaccheroni ready to brandish sword

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan national team's new coach Alberto Zaccheroni adjusts his tie during his unveiling in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2010. The Italian said he expects a top-three finish from his team at the Asian Cup in January.

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Zaccheroni ready to brandish sword

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan national team's new coach Alberto Zaccheroni bows in front of members of the media at the beginning of a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2010. The Italian said he expects a top-three finish from his team at the Asian Cup in January.

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