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Japan, U.S. students in quake-hit city

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Japanese and U.S. high school students exchange ideas on July 15, 2012, about how they can help reconstruction following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, a northeastern Japanese city hit hard by the disaster.

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Oi nuclear power plant

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in July 2011 shows the Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. Kansai Electric Power Co. aims to resume operation of the plant's No. 3 reactor (2nd from L), making it the first of the utility's seven nuclear reactors currently shut down to resume operating, sources close to the matter said Sept. 15, 2011.

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Demilitarized zone on Korean Peninsula

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo taken July 15, 2011, shows the demilitarized zone on the Korean Peninsula. Seen on top L is a North Korean facility.

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Empire State Building lit up

NEW YORK, United States - The Empire State Building in New York is lit up in the colors of the U.S. (right side) and Japanese (front) flags on July 15, 2011. The two countries will meet in the final of the Women's World Cup soccer tournament in Germany on July 17.

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IOC chief Rogge meets Japanese Prime Minister Kan

TOKYO, Japan - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge (L) makes a courtesy visit to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at his office in Tokyo on July 15, 2011.

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Junior DPJ lawmakers' rally

TOKYO, Japan - Junior lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan hold a rally calling for the immediate resignation of party leader and Prime Minister Naoto Kan in Tokyo on July 15, 2011, expressing their discontent over his handling of reconstruction efforts after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the ongoing nuclear crisis. Seats remained vacant as the number of participants fell short of expectations.

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Japan recognizes rebel council as Libya's legitimate gov't

ISTANBUL, Turkey - A foreign ministerial meeting involving Europe, the United States and other countries is held in Istanbul on July 15, 2011, to discuss the situation in Libya. At the meeting, Japan announced its recognition of Libya's rebel council as the sole legitimate representative of the Libyan people.

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Anti-Gaddafi protests in Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Libyans demonstrate against the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi in Istanbul on July 15, 2011, near the venue of a foreign ministerial meeting involving Europe, the United States and other countries to discuss the situation in the North African country.

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Beef contaminated with radioactive cesium

ASAKAWA, Japan - A cow is pictured on July 15, 2011, at a cattle farm in Asakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, where straw feed for cows had been found to contain high levels of radioactive cesium.

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Octopus picks Japan over United States

BERLIN, Germany - An octopus in Munich on July 15, 2011, picks Japan to beat the United States in the final on July 17 of the Women's World Cup soccer tournament in Germany.

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Mullen meets Japanese Prime Minister Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Mike Mullen (L), chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 15, 2011.

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Newly-found dinosaur in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - Photo shows a model of the imagined figure of a species of Deinonychosauria. The Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, in the city of Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, announced on July 15, 2011, that the fossil of the dinosaur was discovered in Sasayama in the western Japan prefecture in September 2010. The model was created by Hirokazu Tokugawa.

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Japanese synchronized swimming team

SHANGHAI, China - Japan's synchronized swimming team practices in Shanghai on July 15, 2011, ahead of the opening the following day of the world championships.

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Beef contaminated with radioactive cesium

NAGOYA, Japan - Local public health officials in Aichi Prefecture place beef, in which radioactive cesium has been detected, in a bag on July 15, 2011. Concern over tainted meat reaching market was heightened by a Tokyo metropolitan government announcement that radioactive cesium at levels exceeding the safety limit had been found in beef from cattle shipped from a farm in Asakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, to a slaughterhouse in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Mullen before senior Japanese Defense Ministry officials

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Michael Mullen (L), chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks before senior Japanese Defense Ministry officials, including Self-Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Ryoichi Oriki (2nd from L), at the ministry building in Tokyo on July 15, 2011.

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40-yr-old Japanese drama 'Mito Komon' to end

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actor Kotaro Satomi, playing the leading role of TV period drama series ''Mito Komon,'' looks pensive at a press conference in Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc. in Tokyo on July 15, 2011, held to announce the termination of the series in December 2011. The 40-plus-year-long drama won popularity with its moralistic story; the protagonist based on real character Tokugawa Mitsukuni punishes evildoers at the conclusion of each episode.

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Exhibition to experience Doraemon world

OSAKA, Japan - One of the world's smallest single-seat helicopters is demonstrated in Osaka on July 15, 2011. The helicopter and other experiments using the latest technologies to simulate Doraemon's secret tools opened July 16 to run through Aug. 31

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Newly-found dinosaur in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - Kaoru Matsubara (L) looks at the fossil of a species of Deinonychosauria displayed at the Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, in the city of Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. Matsubara found the fossil in Sasayama in the western Japan prefecture in September 2010.

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Aquamarine Fukushima reopens

IWAKI, Japan - Yoshitaka Abe (R), director of Aquamarine Fukushima, unveils the name of a harbor seal pup at the reopening ceremony of the aquarium in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. The aquarium had been closed since the March 11 tsunami. Kazutoshi Arai (L), director of Kamogawa Seaworld in Chiba Prefecture where the seal pup was born, also attended the ceremony.

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Newly-found dinosaur in western Japan

KOBE, Japan - Photo shows the fossil of a species of Deinonychosauria. The Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo, in the city of Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, announced on July 15, 2011, that the fossil was discovered in Sasayama in the western Japan prefecture in September 2010.

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Chinese students send condolence gifts to quake-hit Japanese school

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese elementary school students (left side) from Chiba Prefecture, affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, receive condolence gifts on July 15, 2011 at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, from Chinese students living in Sichuan, devastated by an earthquake in May 2008. Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua stands on the right front.

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Cesium contamination in beef

ASAKAWA, Japan - Reporters gather near a farm in the town of Asakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. High levels of radioactive cesium have been found in straw fed to cattle at the farm after excessive levels of the substance were detected in beef shipped from the prefecture, which hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Shanghai-Takamatsu flight in service

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Chinese tourists arrive from Shanghai at Takamatsu airport in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on July 15, 2011. The regular charter flight service operated by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. connecting the Chinese and Japanese cities was launched the same day.

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Hiroshima exhibition featuring foreign A-bomb survivors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shin Hyong Gun, South Korean consul general in Hiroshima, points to exhibits featuring the diaries of foreign atomic-bomb survivors at the peace museum in the city on July 15, 2011. The exhibits include the journal of his deceased father, Shin Yong Su, who founded the association for South Korean atomic-bomb survivors.

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Aquamarine Fukushima reopens

IWAKI, Japan - Visitors watch a walrus in a swimming tank at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. The aquarium reopened the same day after being closed since the March 11 tsunami.

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Hiroshima exhibition featuring foreign A-bomb survivors

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Shin Hyong Gun, South Korean consul general in Hiroshima, points to exhibits featuring the diaries of foreign atomic-bomb survivors at the peace museum in the city on July 15, 2011. The exhibits include the journal of his deceased father, Shin Yong Su, who founded the association for South Korean atomic-bomb survivors.

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Aquamarine Fukushima reopens

IWAKI, Japan - Visitors watch schools of fish at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. The aquarium reopened the same day after being closed since the March 11 tsunami.

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Shanghai-Takamatsu flight in service

SHANGHAI, China - Chinese tourists hold a banner commemorating the launch of a regular charter flight service between Shanghai and the western Japanese city of Takamatsu at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on July 15, 2011. The flight service operated by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. was launched the same day.