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Osaka court rules July election vote gap unconstitutional

OSAKA, Japan - Lawyers hold a sign saying the Osaka High Court has ruled the July 2013 House of Councillors election unconstitutional, in front of the court in Osaka on Dec. 18, 2013. The high court said the disparity of up to 4.77-fold in the weight of votes in the election was unconstitutional but dismissed the plaintiffs' demand that election results in six western Japan constituencies be nullified.

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City assembly passes ordinance for revue troupe

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - The Takarazuka Grand Theater, built for the Japanese all-female Takarazuka Revue musical troupe, stands in the namesake city in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, as seen in this file photo taken in July 2013. The Takarazuka municipal assembly passed an ordinance on Dec. 18, 2014, to create an environment matching the troupe on the occasion of the 100th anniversary this year of its creation.

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Japanese-Israel violinist Mei

OITA, Japan - Photo taken July 18, 2013 in Oita City, Oita Prefecture shows Japanese-Israel violinist Mei, who has collaborated with bands in all genres of music from jazz to pop to reach as wide an audience as possible, since returning from Israel to Japan 4 years ago.

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China's 3rd qtr economic growth

BEIJING, China - Sheng Laiyun, spokesman of China's National Bureau of Statistics, announces China's economic growth data in the July-September quarter of 2013 in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2013. China's economic growth picked up to 7.8 percent in the quarter from a year earlier, from 7.5 percent expansion in the previous three months, recording the fastest pace of growth for the year.

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Tohoku students trying to become art restorers

TOKYO, Japan - Chie Takano, a fourth-year student at the Tohoku University of Art and Design, analyzes fibers used in a "hina" doll produced during the Edo period (1603-1868) with a microscope at a university laboratory in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture on July 18, 2013.

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Tohoku students trying to become art restorers

TOKYO, Japan - Misaki Tanahashi, a first-year graduate student at the Tohoku University of Art and Design, restores documents kept by a family in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, at a university room in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, on July 18, 2013.

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Universities producing increasing numbers of manga majors

TOKYO, Japan - Iku Sakurabe (R), who graduated from the "Cartoon Course" at Kyoto Seika University, receives training from a supervisor in serving tea at luxury Japanese-style inn Nakanobo Zui-en in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on July 18, 2013.

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China air pollution

BEIJING, China - A child in period costume poses for photos with the National Palace Museum (back) in Beijing, China, on July 18, 2013, in poor visibility due to air pollution.

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China air pollution

BEIJING, China - Visibility is poor due to air pollution at Tiananmen gate in Beijing, China, on July 18, 2013.

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Swiss president in China

BEIJING, China - File photo shows Swiss President Ueli Maurer (L) shaking hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 18, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Swiss president in China

BEIJING, China - File photo shows Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd from L) and Swiss President Ueli Maurer (2nd from R) holding talks in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 18, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Detroit files for bankruptcy

TOKYO, Japan - An October 2012 file photo shows an obsolete factory in Detroit, Michigan. The city filed the largest-ever municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history on July 18, 2013, marking a dark new chapter for the Motor City, once the engine room of the country's economy.

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Detroit files for bankruptcy

TOKYO, Japan - An October 2012 file photo shows an obsolete factory in Detroit, Michigan. The city filed the largest-ever municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history on July 18, 2013, marking a dark new chapter for the Motor City, once the engine room of the country's economy.

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Detroit files for bankruptcy

TOKYO, Japan - A February 2012 file photo shows an obsolete factory in Detroit, Michigan. The city filed the largest-ever municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history on July 18, 2013, marking a dark new chapter for the Motor City, once the engine room of the country's economy.

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Detroit files for bankruptcy

TOKYO, Japan - A May 2010 file photo shows unused land in Detroit, Michigan. The city filed the largest-ever municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history on July 18, 2013, marking a dark new chapter for the Motor City, once the engine room of the country's economy.

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U.S. Vice President Biden

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden delivers a speech in Washington on July 18, 2013.

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British Open golf

GULLANE, United Kingdom - U.S. golfer Tiger Woods acknowledges the gallery after holing out the first round of the British Open at Muirfield links in Gullane, Scotland, on July 18, 2013.

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British Open golf

GULLANE, United Kingdom - U.S. golfer Tiger Woods tees off on the 10th hole of the first round of the British Open at Muirfield links in Gullane, Scotland, on July 18, 2013.

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Top U.S. diplomat in H.K. raps China for Snowden's escape

HONG KONG, China - U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong Stephen Young answers a reporter's question in Hong Kong on July 18, 2013. Young said that China ordered Hong Kong to let whistleblower Edward Snowden leave the territory despite a U.S. warrant.

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Steam seen coming out of Fukushima reactor building

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 3 reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex at 4:18 p.m. on July 18, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the same day a monitoring camera showed "something like steam" coming out of the reactor building, but noted it had not detected any significant change in radiation levels.

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Japan-S. Korea meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun (R) meet at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 18, 2013.

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Mandela's birthday

PRETORIA, South Africa - Children visit the hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, where former President Nelson Mandela is being treated, to celebrate his 95th birthday on July 18, 2013.

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Hiroshima body abandonment case

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken July 18, 2013, shows the site where a body believed to be that of a 16-year-old girl was found in a mountainous area of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture. Seven people -- a 21-year-old man and two male and four female teenagers -- have been arrested for allegedly abandoning the body there.

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Steam seen coming out of Fukushima reactor building

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the upper part of the No. 3 reactor building at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex at 4:18 p.m. on July 18, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the same day a monitoring camera showed "something like steam" coming out of the reactor building, but noted it had not detected any significant change in radiation levels.

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Voyage with antinuclear message

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Sayaka Takahashi from Ishinomaki, one of the cities most severely damaged by the 2011 tsunami in northeastern Japan, speaks before departing aboard a ship from Yokohama port on July 18, 2013. Survivors of the 1945 U.S atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and of the 2011 disaster, including Takahashi, departed on an 85-day around-the-world voyage organized by Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization Peace Boat, to share their experiences and advocate the abolition of nuclear power and weapons.

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Mandela's birthday

PRETORIA, South Africa - People sing in front of the hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, where former President Nelson Mandela is being treated, to celebrate his 95th birthday on July 18, 2013.

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Japanese, S. Korean vice foreign ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki (R) shakes hands with South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 18, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Voyage with antinuclear message

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Shigeko Sasamori, who survived the 1945 U.S atomic bombing of Hiroshima at age 13, speaks before departing aboard a ship from Yokohama port on July 18, 2013. Survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including Sasamori, and of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, departed on an 85-day around-the-world voyage organized by Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization Peace Boat, to share their experiences and advocate the abolition of nuclear power and weapons.

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Voyage with antinuclear message

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Participants of an 85-day voyage around the world, organized by Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization Peace Boat, pose for photos before departing from Yokohama port on July 18, 2013. Survivors of the 1945 U.S atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan are among the participants of the voyage to share their experiences and advocate the abolition of nuclear power and weapons.

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Voyage with antinuclear message

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A ship departs on an 85-day voyage around the world from Yokohama port on July 18, 2013. Survivors of the 1945 U.S atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan are among the participants of the voyage, organized by Tokyo-based nongovernmental organization Peace Boat, to share their experiences and advocate the abolition of nuclear power and weapons.

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Rebuilt South Korean Embassy in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the South Korean Embassy in Tokyo's Minato Ward on July 18, 2013, the day its opening ceremony was held. The embassy was rebuilt after the old one was demolished in 2010 due to aging.

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New USJ attraction

OSAKA, Japan - Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, western Japan, shows reporters its new attraction Biohazard the Real on July 18, 2013, ahead of its opening the following day. The attraction will run through Nov. 10, 2013.

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Downpour in central Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows vehicles washed away in Nishiizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on July 18, 2013, after a downpour fell in part of the Izu Peninsula, central Japan.

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Japan-S. Korea meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun shake hands in Tokyo on July 18, 2013.

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Japan-S. Korea meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun (R) meet in Tokyo on July 18, 2013.