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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto

Photo taken on July 16, 2012, shows world-renowned musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto speaking at an anti-nuclear power rally at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo. Sakamoto, also the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died in late March 2023 at 71 after battling cancer.

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Elephant fatally injures breeding staff

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2005 shows Fuji Safari Park, near the foot of Mt. Fuji in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture. An elephant keeper at the safari park died on Oct. 16, 2012, after being attacked by a mother elephant that had given birth two days earlier. The keeper, a Lao national, began working at the safari park in July 2011, when he was assigned to take care of the mother elephant, and had been checking on the baby at the time of the attack.

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Maruti Suzuki to resume production at Manesar

NEW DELHI, India - File photo taken July 19, 2012, shows the area at the Indian-Japanese carmaker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.'s car factory in Manesar, in India's northern state of Haryana, where workers rioted and set fire to plant equipment the previous day, killing one employee and injuring around 90 others. The carmaker said Aug. 16, 2012, it will resume operations at the Manesar plant on Aug. 21.

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Chinese structures in Mischief Reef

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken by the Philippine Navy shows Chinese-built structures, including what appears to be a heliport and a wind-power generator, at Mischief Reef in the South China Sea on July 16, 2012.

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Damascus before Ramadan

DAMASCUS, Syria - People shop at a market in the old city of Damascus, Syria, on July 16, 2012, days before the beginning of Ramadan.

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Damascus before Ramadan

DAMASCUS, Syria - People shop at a market in the old city of Damascus, Syria, on July 16, 2012, days before the beginning of Ramadan.

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Fighting in Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria - Photo taken July 16, 2012, shows a blocked highway (below) against a backdrop of black smoke in southern Damascus. Fighting between the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government and rebels erupted the same day in the Syrian capital.

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Panasonic honorary chairman Matsushita dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 1989 shows Masaharu Matsushita, honorary chairman of Panasonic Corp. and the second president of its predecessor firm. Matsushita died of old age at an Osaka hospital on July 16, 2012. He was 99.

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Nuclear disaster-hit village reclassified into 3 areas

IITATE, Japan - Officials (C) from the Cabinet Office lock fences on a road leading to the Nagadoro district of Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture, past midnight of July 16, 2012. The village, nearly all of whose residents have been evacuated since the March 2011 nuclear accident, was reclassified July 17 into three areas with varying levels of accessibility. Due to the high level of radiation exposure, the Nagadoro district was classified as "an area difficult to return to" for a long period of time.

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Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Hamhong

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Hamhong speaks in an exclusive interview with Kyodo News at the ministry in Phnom Penh on July 16, 2012.

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Nissan unveils remodeled Note compact

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. unveils on July 16, 2012, a fully restyled Note compact car for launch in Japan in September, to be followed by releases in other countries worldwide.

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Rakugo artist Sanshi succeeds late master's name

OSAKA, Japan - The sixth Katsura Bunshi gives a "Rakugo" comic storytelling performance at an Osaka theater on July 16, 2012. Formerly known as Katsura Sanshi, he succeeded the same day his late master's name to become the sixth-generation holder of the name Katsura Bunshi.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A man holds a board showing a view against nuclear power plants in an anti-nuclear power plant rally at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on July 16, 2012. The assembly, dubbed "100,000 People's Assembly to say Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants," drew a crowd of around 170,000 people, according to organizers.

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Uchiyama defends WBA super featherweight title

KASUKABE, Japan - Filipino challenger Michael Farenas (L) headbutts WBA super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama of Japan in the second round of a WBA super featherweight title match at Wing Hat Kasukabe in Saitama Prefecture on July 16, 2012. Uchiyama retained the title in the draw in the third round as he was unable to continue the bout, having blood gushing from above his right eye.

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Nuclear disaster-hit village reclassified into 3 areas

IITATE, Japan - Masato Takahashi, 75, who was born and brought up in the Nagadoro district of Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture, grips a fence set up on a road leading to the district on July 16, 2012, before the government locks fences on roads leading to the district at midnight. "I feel like I am being locked up in prison even though I didn't do anything bad," he said. The village, nearly all of whose residents have been evacuated since the March 2011 nuclear accident, was reclassified July 17 into three areas with varying levels of accessibility. Due to the high level of radiation exposure, the Nagadoro district was classified as "an area difficult to return to" for a long period of time.

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Igarashi wins WBC flyweight title

KASUKABE, Japan - Japanese challenger Yoshiyuki Igarashi (L) punches champion Sonny Boy Jaro of the Philippines in the second round of a WBC flyweight title match at Wing Hat Kasukabe in Saitama Prefecture on July 16, 2012. Igarashi defeated Jaro in a split decision to capture the WBC flyweight crown.

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Noda speaks on TV program

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks on a television program in Tokyo on July 16, 2012. Noda said the Japanese government has no choice but to accept a U.S. plan to deploy the Marine Corps' MV-22 Osprey military aircraft at a base in Okinawa later in 2012 despite concerns in Japan about its safety and fierce opposition from Okinawa residents. (Pool photo)

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe speaks at an anti-nuclear power plant rally, called for by a group led by Oe and other celebrities, at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on July 16, 2012. The assembly, dubbed "100,000 People's Assembly to say Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants," drew a crowd of around 170,000 people, according to organizers.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto speaks at an anti-nuclear power plant rally at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on July 16, 2012. The assembly, dubbed "100,000 People's Assembly to say Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants," drew a crowd of around 170,000 people, according to organizers.

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Nuclear disaster-hit village reclassified into 3 areas

IITATE, Japan - Grass is being cut in the Nagadoro district of Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, with a dosimeter (front) showing radiation levels of more than nine microsieverts per hour, before the government locks fences on roads leading to the district at midnight. The village, nearly all of whose residents have been evacuated since the March 2011 nuclear accident, was reclassified July 17 into three areas with varying levels of accessibility. Due to the high level of radiation exposure, the Nagadoro district was classified as "an area difficult to return to" for a long period of time.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People parade in an anti-nuclear power plant rally in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on July 16, 2012. The assembly, dubbed "100,000 People's Assembly to say Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants," drew a crowd of around 170,000 people, according to organizers.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People parade in an anti-nuclear power plant rally in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on July 16, 2012. The assembly, dubbed "100,000 People's Assembly to say Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants," drew a crowd of around 170,000 people, according to organizers.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People parade in an anti-nuclear power plant rally in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on July 16, 2012. The assembly, dubbed "100,000 People's Assembly to say Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants," drew a crowd of around 170,000 people, according to organizers.

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Nuclear disaster-hit village reclassified into 3 areas

IITATE, Japan - Workers decontaminate farmland in the Nagadoro district of Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, before the government locks fences on roads leading to the district at midnight. The village, nearly all of whose residents have been evacuated since the March 2011 nuclear accident, was reclassified July 17 into three areas with varying levels of accessibility. Due to the high level of radiation exposure, the Nagadoro district was classified as "an area difficult to return to" for a long period of time.

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Nuclear disaster-hit village reclassified into 3 areas

IITATE, Japan - Residents of Iitate, a village in Fukushima Prefecture, visit their ancestors' graves in the village's Nagadoro district on July 16, 2012, before the government locks fences on roads leading to the district at midnight. The village, nearly all of whose residents have been evacuated since the March 2011 nuclear accident, was reclassified July 17 into three areas with varying levels of accessibility. Due to the high level of radiation exposure, the Nagadoro district was classified as "an area difficult to return to" for a long period of time.

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Niigata marks 5th anniversary of fatal Chuetsu quake

NIIGATA, Japan - Haruo Motoi, who lost his mother in a 2007 earthquake, speaks during a memorial ceremony on July 16, 2012, in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, which was held to mark the fifth anniversary of the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit the coast of the Chuetsu region in the prefecture claiming 15 lives.

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Antinuclear parade in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People parade in the city of Hiroshima on July 16, 2012, protesting against nuclear power plants.

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Niigata marks 5th anniversary of fatal Chuetsu quake

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - People who lost family members in a 2007 earthquake offer flowers during a memorial ceremony on July 16, 2012, in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, which was held to mark the fifth anniversary of the magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit the coast of the Chuetsu region in the prefecture claiming 15 lives.

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Niigata marks 5th anniversary of fatal Chuetsu quake

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - A memorial ceremony is held on July 16, 2012, in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, to mark the fifth anniversary of a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that hit the coast of the Chuetsu region in the prefecture claiming 15 lives.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken by a Kyodo News helicopter shows people gathering in an anti-nuclear power plant rally at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on July 16, 2012. The assembly, dubbed "100,000 People's Assembly to say Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants," drew a crowd of around 170,000 people, according to organizers.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken by a Kyodo News helicopter shows people gathering in an anti-nuclear power plant rally at Tokyo's Yoyogi Park on July 16, 2012. The assembly, dubbed "100,000 People's Assembly to say Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants," drew a crowd of around 170,000 people, according to organizers.

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1st Fukushima beach opens since nuclear disaster

IWAKI, Japan - Three local women working as tour guides, including Yukiei Hakozaki (L), enter the water at Nakoso beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, marking the start of the swimming season on the Marine Day public holiday. The beach opened the same day as the prefecture's only functioning beach for the summer, with all other beaches to remain closed following the Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken by a Kyodo News helicopter shows people parading in an anti-nuclear power plant rally in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on July 16, 2012. The assembly, dubbed "100,000 People's Assembly to say Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants," drew a crowd of around 170,000 people, according to organizers.

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1st Fukushima beach opens since nuclear disaster

IWAKI, Japan - Parents and their son have fun at Nakoso beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, the Marine Day public holiday. The beach opened the same day as the prefecture's only functioning beach for the summer, with all other beaches to remain closed following the Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011.

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1st Fukushima beach opens since nuclear disaster

IWAKI, Japan - Three local women working as tour guides enter the water at Nakoso beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, marking the start of the swimming season on the Marine Day public holiday. The beach opened the same day as the prefecture's only functioning beach for the summer, with all other beaches to remain closed following the Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011.

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N. Korean military chief relieved of all posts

BEIJING, China - Photo shows North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un (R) talking to Ri Yong Ho, chief of the Korean People's Army General Staff, as they view a military parade in Pyongyang in February 2012, during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of Kim Jong Il, the country's late leader and father of Kim Jong Un. North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency reported on July 16, 2012, that Ri, known as one of the closest aides of Kim Jong Un, has been removed from all his posts because of illness.

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Fluid removed from emperor's chest

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken July 16, 2011, shows Japanese Emperor Akihito. The 78-year-old emperor underwent a procedure on March 7, 2012, to remove fluid from his chest that had accumulated since his heart bypass surgery in the previous month, the Imperial Household Agency said.

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Emperor Akihito enters hospital for heart surgery

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on July 16, 2011, shows Japanese Emperor Akihito. The 78-year-old emperor entered the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2012, to prepare to undergo heart bypass surgery the following day.