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Undersea debris

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken with a fisheye lens on July 12, 2013 at about 25 meters deep in the Pacific Ocean off Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, shows a tower-like aggregation of debris from the March 2011 tsunami, including ropes from fish farming facilities and crushed fishing gears.

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Undersea debris

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken with a fisheye lens on July 12, 2013 at about 25 meters deep in the Pacific Ocean off Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, shows a tower-like aggregation of debris from the March 2011 tsunami, including ropes from fish farming facilities and crushed fishing gears.

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San Onofre nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2011 shows the San Onofre nuclear power plant in southern California. The number of incidents of abnormal attrition -- or wearing away or grinding down by friction -- found in Japanese-made steam generator tubes in two reactors at the power plant has reached around 15,000, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a report on July 12, 2012.

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New robot for work at Fukushima complex

CHIBA, Japan - The Chiba Institute of Technology unveils July 12, 2012, a state-of-the-art robot designed to perform tasks inside the highly contaminated reactor buildings at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, possibly from August, at the school in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture. Nicknamed "Rosemary," the robot dedicated for work at nuclear plants can transport much heavier objects than its predecessor robot "Quince" that was designed to assist in disaster control and has been used at the Tokyo Electric Power Co. complex since June 2011 to check inside the reactor buildings and take photographs, the school said.

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Ozu to become Japan's top prosecutor

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Aug. 12, 2011, shows Hiroshi Ozu, chief of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office. Ozu will be promoted to Japan's prosecutor-general, or chief of the Supreme Public Prosecutors Office, to replace Haruo Kasama, justice ministry and prosecution sources said on July 4, 2012.

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Singapore students heading to Japan disaster areas

SINGAPORE, Singapore - College students attend a ceremony in Singapore on July 12, 2011, marking the formation of a mission to disaster-hit northeastern Japan. Their visit the following month is aimed at wooing tourists in the wake of the March 11 earthquake.

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Afghan power transition

KABUL, Afghanistan - Police officers learn reading and writing at a training center in the Afghan capital of Kabul on July 12, 2011. Power transition is under way from the International Security Assistance Force to the Afghan authorities.

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Decades-old antinuclear newsletters reprinted

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on July 12, 2011, shows original copies of the ''Please Listen'' newsletter kept at Rikkyo University's Research Center for Cooperative Civil Societies in Tokyo, together with a newly published book reprinting them.

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Fielder wins All-Star MVP

PHOENIX, United States - National League All-Star Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers smiles after being named MVP of the 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 12, 2011. Fielder hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning, helping his team to win 5-1.

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Fielder wins All-Star MVP

PHOENIX, United States - National League All-Star Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers poses with his two sons after being named MVP of the 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 12, 2011. Fielder hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning, helping his team to win 5-1.

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Tail of troubled fighter

NAHA, Japan - The vertical tail fin of an F-15 fighter retrieved from the East China Sea is shown to reporters at an Air Self-Defense Force base in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 12, 2011. The fighter crashed on July 5 during a training flight over the East China Sea. Its pilot went missing.

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Fielder wins All-Star MVP

PHOENIX, United States - National League All-Star Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers poses with his two sons after being named MVP of the 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 12, 2011. Fielder hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning, helping his team to win 5-1.

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Bautista tagged out at home

PHOENIX, United States - American League All-Star Jose Bautista (R) of the Toronto Blue Jays is tagged out at home by Brian McCann of the Atlanta Braves after Adrian Beltre of the Texas Rangers hit to left in the fourth inning, with runners on first and second and two outs, in the 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 12, 2011.

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NL's Fielder slugs three-run homer in All-Star game

PHOENIX, United States - National League All-Star Prince Fielder (front R) of the Milwaukee Brewers is congratulated by Matt Kemp (27) of the Los Angeles Dodgers after hitting a three-run homer in the fourth inning of the 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 12, 2011.

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NL's Fielder slugs three-run homer in All-Star game

PHOENIX, United States - National League All-Star Prince Fielder (28) of the Milwaukee Brewers is congratulated by NL team manager Bruce Bochy after hitting a three-run homer in the fourth inning of the 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 12, 2011.

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Tail of troubled fighter

NAHA, Japan - The vertical tail fin of an F-15 fighter retrieved from the East China Sea is shown to reporters at an Air Self-Defense Force base in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 12, 2011. The fighter crashed on July 5 during a training flight over the East China Sea. Its pilot went missing.

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Gonzalez hits home run

PHOENIX, United States - American League All-Star Adrian Gonzalez of the Boston Red Sox hits a homer to right-center in the fourth inning to open the scoring in the 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 12, 2011.

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Weaver starts for AL on All-Star stage

PHOENIX, United States - Jered Weaver of the Los Angeles Angels starts for the American League in Major League Baseball's 82nd All-Star Game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 12, 2011. Weaver went one inning, allowing no score.

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NL's Fielder slugs three-run homer in All-Star game

PHOENIX, United States - National League All-Star Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers hits a three-run homer to left-center field in the fourth inning of the 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 12, 2011.

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Halladay starts for NL on All-Star stage

PHOENIX, United States - Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies starts for the National League in Major League Baseball's 82nd All-Star game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 12, 2011. Halladay pitched two scoreless and hitless innings.

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Singaporean mission to disaster-hit Japan

SINGAPORE, Singapore - About 100 college students attend a ceremony in Singapore on July 12, 2011, before heading to Japan under a mission to help promote tourism in the northeastern part of the country which was hit by the March earthquake and tsunami.

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NL's Fielder slugs three-run homer in All-Star game

PHOENIX, United States - National League All-Star Prince Fielder of the Milwaukee Brewers hits a three-run homer to left-center field in the fourth inning of the 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 12, 2011.

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Hakuho marches on at Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) takes out Yoshikaze on July 12, 2011, on the third day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya.

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Apartment building under construction in Beijing

BEIJING, China - An apartment building is under construction in Beijing on July 12, 2011.

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Halladay starts for NL on All-Star stage

PHOENIX, United States - Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies starts for the National League in Major League Baseball's 82nd All-Star game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 12, 2011. Halladay pitched two scoreless and hitless innings.

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Japan chief of staff

TOKYO, Japan - Self-Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Ryoichi Oriki speaks in an interview at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 12, 2011.

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Cesium contamination in beef

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A cow is fed straw in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 12, 2011, after the prefectural government said straw posed no problem as animal feed. Beef of several cows shipped from the area near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station was recently found to contain high levels of radioactive cesium. Some believe the cows had eaten straw saturated with cesium released by the power station.

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Hiroshima survivor writer encourages Fukushima children

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Children books writer Masamoto Nasu shake hands with students at Nakahata Elementary School in the town of Yabuki, Fukushima Prefecture on July 12, 2011. Nasu, who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, encouraged the children not to live in irrational fear of the radiation released by the nearby Fukushima Daiichi Power Station, badly damaged by explosions after an earthquake and tsunami in March.

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Pork prices rise in China

BEIJING, China - Pork is sold in Beijing on July 12, 2011. Pork prices have risen in China.

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Int'l media seminar on Middle East peace

BUDAPEST, Hungary - The two-day International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East begins in Budapest on July 12, 2011. Panelists include Yossi Beilin (2nd from L), former justice minister of Israel, and Riyad Mansour (2nd from R), permanent observer for Palestine to the United Nations. The seminar, organized by the U.N. Department of Public Information, examines the media's roles in Middle Eastern peace efforts.

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Stray dogs, cats around Fukushima plant to be caught

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - File photo shows a stray dog wondering on a road in a no-entry zone in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Nuclear Power Station on June 25, 2011. The Japanese government has decided to catch all stray dogs and cats without owners in the area, sources familiar with the situation said on July 12, 2011.

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N. Korean IOC official heads to Japan

VIENNA, Austria - Chang Ung, a North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee, arrives at Vienna airport on July 12, 2011, before heading to Japan. He plans to attend a meeting of the Olympic Council of Asia in Tokyo.

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Fukushima beef cattle auction

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A beef cow raised in Fukushima Prefecture is auctioned at a market in Motomiya, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 12, 2011, after excessive levels of radioactive cesium were detected in beef from cows in the prefecture hit by a nuclear crisis.

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Kaio fails at Nagoya sumo

NAGOYA, Japan - Ozeki Kaio (front) loses to sekiwake Kakuryu (back) on the third day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament in Nagoya on July 12, 2011. Kaio again blew a chance to match the all-time career wins record of 1,045 held by former yokozuna Chiyonofuji, crashing to a third defeat in a row.

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Gorilla capturing practice

NAGOYA, Japan - This July 12, 2011 photo shows employees of Japan Monkey Center in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, conducting a drill to capture an employee (C) who plays the role of a fleeing gorilla in case of a major earthquake.

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Sony eyes making batteries for electric vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - This July 12, 2011 photo shows a building at Sony Energy Devices Corp.'s new factory in Motomiya, Fukushima Prefecture, for making batteries. Parent company Sony Corp. is in talks with automakers inside and outside of Japan to make lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles from the middle of the 2010s, expecting a sharp increase in demand.

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Former reconstruction minister Matsumoto hospitalized

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former Japanese reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto, who Democratic Party of Japan sources said July 12, 2011, has been hospitalized in Fukuoka Prefecture. Matsumoto resigned a week after assuming the newly created post over his verbal gaffes, which angered victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Fatal boat accident in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - A flag flies at half-staff over a government building in Moscow in the early hours of July 12, 2011, following a fatal cruise ship accident on Volga River in central Russia on July 10, 2011.

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Governors discuss reconstruction, energy policy

AKITA, Japan - Japanese prefectural governors gather for a meeting of the National Governors' Association in Akita, northeastern Japan, on July 12, 2011. The two-day meeting will cover such topics as their proposals for reconstruction of areas stricken by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and measures to deal with the nuclear crisis triggered by the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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BOJ's Policy Board

TOKYO, Japan - The members of the Bank of Japan's Policy Board, chaired by BOJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (C), meet at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on July 12, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's stance on Futenma intact despite U.S. senators' appeal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2010 shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture. Japan's stance on the existing plan to relocate the airfield remains intact, despite the latest alternative offered by influential U.S. senators, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said May 12, 2011.

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Skynet to fly under new name of Solaseed

TOKYO, Japan - Skynet Asia Airways Co. President Masataka Ito (5th from L) and employees of the airline unveil the logo of its new brand Solaseed Air and new uniforms at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 12, 2011. The airline based in the city of Miyazaki in southwestern Japan said it will begin using the new brand in July while maintaining its company name for the time being.

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N700 Series of bullet train cars

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken in July 2010 shows the N700 Series of bullet train cars that will be employed on West Japan Railway Co.'s shinkansen train line connecting Osaka and Kagoshima prefectures. The fastest bullet train aims to connect Shin-Osaka and Kagoshima Chuo stations in 3 hours and 47 minutes when the operation of the train service is expected to be launched on March 12, 2011.