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Mt. Fuji to become World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter over the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on May 1, 2013, shows Mt. Fuji. The 3,776-meter mountain, the highest peak in Japan, has been recommended for registration as a World Heritage site by an advisory panel to UNESCO, the government said on April 30. In the foreground is Aokigahara Jukai forest.

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Japan's notorious suicide site near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Tape is wound around a tree in the Aokigahara Jukai forest in Yamanashi Prefecture in this April 2012 photo. Other trees have been similarly marked inside the thick forest, a notorious magnet for those wishing to commit suicides that stretches northwest of Mt. Fuji, to prevent people from getting disorientated.

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Japan's notorious suicide site near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken in April 2012 shows a sign standing near the entrance to the Aokigahara Jukai forest, a notorious magnet for those wishing to commit suicide, in Yamanashi Prefecture, which reads: ''Life is a precious gift from your parents'' and ''Please do not worry all by yourself and talk to us.'' A help line number is also provided. The message is intended to deter those entering the forest that stretches northwest of Mt. Fuji with suicidal thoughts from killing themselves.

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Japan's notorious suicide site near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - In this September 2011 photo, two people pray for those who committed suicide at the Aokigahara Jukai forest in Yamanashi Prefecture. Anyone can enter the forest that stretches northwest of Mt. Fuji, and the site has been a notorious magnet for those wishing to end their lives.

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3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

About 3,000 of social dance fans across Japan hold an eight-hour mass dance party July 3 at Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The photo shows the participants in formal and informal dresses dancing waltz and rumba in the cavernous hall, which has 1,600 square meters in floor space under a 52-meter-high roof made of cedar wood.

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Japan's notorious suicide site near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - In this September 2011 photo, two people pray for those who committed suicide at the Aokigahara Jukai forest in Yamanashi Prefecture. Anyone can enter the forest that stretches northwest of Mt. Fuji, and the site has been a notorious magnet for those wishing to end their lives. (Kyodo)

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Japan's notorious suicide site near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken in April 2012 shows a sign standing near the entrance to the Aokigahara Jukai forest, a notorious magnet for those wishing to commit suicide, in Yamanashi Prefecture, which reads: ''Life is a precious gift from your parents'' and ''Please do not worry all by yourself and talk to us.'' A help line number is also provided. The message is intended to deter those entering the forest that stretches northwest of Mt. Fuji with suicidal thoughts from killing themselves. (Kyodo)

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Japan's notorious suicide site near Mt. Fuji

KOFU, Japan - Tape is wound around a tree in the Aokigahara Jukai forest in Yamanashi Prefecture in this April 2012 photo. Other trees have been similarly marked inside the thick forest, a notorious magnet for those wishing to commit suicides that stretches northwest of Mt. Fuji, to prevent people from getting disorientated. (Kyodo)

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World's biggest paper crane

ODATE, Japan - A giant ''origami'' paper crane completed inside the Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The crane, which was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records to be the world's biggest, is 78 meters wide including its wings. The photo was taken Jan. 21, 2001. (Kyodo)

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3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

About 3,000 of social dance fans across Japan hold an eight-hour mass dance party July 3 at Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The photo shows the participants in formal and informal dresses dancing waltz and rumba in the cavernous hall, which has 1,600 square meters in floor space under a 52-meter-high roof made of cedar wood.

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3,000 hold dance party in gym with wooden roof

About 3,000 of social dance fans across Japan hold an eight-hour mass dance party July 3 at Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The photo shows the participants in formal and informal dresses dancing waltz and rumba in the cavernous hall, which has 1,600 square meters in floor space under a 52-meter-high roof made of cedar wood.