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Novelist Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese novelist Koji Suzuki. His novel, "Edge," won the Shirley Jackson Award for 2012, given to written works in the fields of psychological suspense, horror and dark fantasy. The U.S. literary awards' organizer announced the winners on July 14, 2013, in Massachusetts.

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Hatsune Miku brings about change in Japan music scene

TOKYO, Japan - Songwriter Hachioji P responds to cheers from the audience during a live concert in Tokyo on July 14, 2012, featuring the Hatsune Miku computer-generated idol singer. He wrote a song for Miku and took the role of DJ for the concert. (Photo by Toshiki Makino)

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Do-it-yourself gains popularity among women

TOKYO, Japan - A member (L) of "DIY Joshibu" (DIY women's club) teaches another member how to apply paint on a wall at a club meeting at a do-it-yourself store in Tokyo's Koto Ward on July 14, 2012. Once considered to be overwhelmingly male retail spaces, do-it-yourself hardware stores have recently witnessed an influx of female customers, with a growing number of Japanese women picking up tools to carry out home improvements themselves.

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Do-it-yourself gains popularity among women

TOKYO, Japan - Members of "DIY Joshibu" (DIY women's club) saw plywood to make a message board at a club meeting at a do-it-yourself store in Tokyo's Koto Ward on July 14, 2012. Once considered to be overwhelmingly male retail spaces, do-it-yourself hardware stores have recently witnessed an influx of female customers, with a growing number of Japanese women picking up tools to carry out home improvements themselves.

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Conductor Ozawa given 1st medal by Tanglewood music festival

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa. Ozawa was presented with the first-ever Tanglewood medal in absentia at the 75 anniversary celebration of the Tanglewood music festival in Massachusetts on July 14, 2012.

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Syrian village massacre

TREMSEH, Syria - Photo taken July 14, 2012, shows a girl who suffered injuries to her legs in a shell attack by the army on the central Syrian village of Tremseh. Villagers say more than 220 people were killed in the attack carried out July 12 by the army and a pro-regime militia known as "shabiha."

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Syrian village massacre

TREMSEH, Syria - A man shows spent cartridges on July 14, 2012, which he says were left after a massive attack by the army on the central Syrian village of Tremseh. Villagers say more than 220 people were killed in the attack carried out July 12 by the army and a pro-regime militia known as "shabiha."

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Syrian village massacre

TREMSEH, Syria - A man shows spent cartridges on July 14, 2012, which he says were left after a massive attack by the army on the central Syrian village of Tremseh. Villagers say more than 220 people were killed in the attack carried out July 12 by the army and a pro-regime militia known as "shabiha."

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Syrian village massacre

TREMSEH, Syria - Photo shows a woman on July 14, 2012, who says her son was killed during a massacre that took place July 12 in the central Syrian village of Tremseh. Villagers say more than 220 people were killed in the attack carried out by the army and a pro-regime militia known as "shabiha."

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Syrian village massacre

TREMSEH, Syria - Residents surround a member (L) of the U.N. Supervision Mission in Syria in the central Syrian village of Tremseh on July 14, 2012. Villagers say more than 220 people were killed in an attack on the village carried out July 12 by the army and a pro-regime militia known as "shabiha."

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Syrian village massacre

TREMSEH, Syria - Residents show a gutted room in a house on July 14, 2012, where they say many injured people were lying before a pro-regime militia known as "shabiha" poured oil and set fire to them during a massacre that took place July 12 in the central Syrian village of Tremseh. Villagers say more than 220 people were killed in the attack carried out by the army and shabiha.

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Syrian village massacre

TREMSEH, Syria - Photo shows a woman on July 14, 2012, who says her son was killed during a massacre that took place July 12 in the central Syrian village of Tremseh. Villagers say more than 220 people were killed in the attack carried out by the army and a pro-regime militia known as "shabiha."

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Downpour in Kyushu

YANAGAWA, Japan - Houses and farmland are inundated due to torrential rain in Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 14, 2012.

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Downpour in Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Residents commiserate with each after torrential rain floods neighborhoods in Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 14, 2012.

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Downpour in Kyushu

KURUME, Japan - People look at farmland inundated due to torrential rain in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on July 14, 2012.

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Russia releases 2 Japanese men

KUSHIRO, Japan - (From R) Shigeo Nakamura and Kuniaki Yamagata arrive at Nemuro port in Hokkaido on July 14, 2012, after Russia released the two Japanese men detained in late June by Russian border control officials while sailing near Kunashiri, a disputed island off Hokkaido.

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Actress Sawajiri

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Erika Sawajiri (R) appears at the premiere of her latest movie Helter Skelter at a Tokyo theater on July 14, 2012, with the film's director Mika Ninagawa.

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Actress Sawajiri

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Erika Sawajiri speaks during an event at the premiere of her latest movie Helter Skelter in Tokyo on July 14, 2012.

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Giant rubber ducky

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Rubber Duck, a 10-meter-tall rubber ducky created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, is displayed on a river during a festival in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 14, 2012.

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London in festive mood before Olympics

LONDON, England - Children gather around Wenlock, the official mascot of the London Olympics, at a shopping center near the Olympic Park in London on June 14, 2012. Britain is increasingly in a festive mood ahead of the July 27 opening of the London Olympics.

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Road in S. Sudan capital

JUBA, South Sudan - People walk on an unsurfaced road on Jan. 14, 2012, in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, which gained independence in July 2011. Infrastructure remains poor as the result of a civil war which lasted more than 20 years.