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Glacier Express derailment caused by human error

BERN, Switzerland - Walter Kobelt, the Swiss department of transport's lead investigator, gives an interview in Bern on Jan. 20, 2011. Kobelt's report says Swiss investigators have determined a Glacier Express accident in July 2010 that killed a 64-year-old Japanese woman and injured 42 other passengers was caused by human error.

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Mariners' Ichiro goes 1-for-3 against White Sox

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki jumps for a ball hit by Chicago White Sox infielder Omar Vizquel in the fifth inning of a game at Safeco Field in Seattle on July 20, 2010. The Mariners lost 0-4 to the White Sox.

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Mariners' Ichiro goes 1-for-3 against White Sox

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki singles to center in the eighth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at Safeco Field in Seattle on July 20, 2010. Ichiro went 1-for-3 but the Mariners lost 0-4 to the White Sox.

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Angels' Matsui homers

NEW YORK, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Los Angeles Angels returns to home plate after hitting a two-run homer in the seventh inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 20, 2010. Matsui went 1-for-4 with the two runs in his team's 10-2 victory.

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Angels' Matsui homers

NEW YORK, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Los Angeles Angels hits a two-run homer to right in the seventh inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 20, 2010. Matsui went 1-for-4 with the two runs in his team's 10-2 victory.

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Angels' Matsui homers

NEW YORK, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Los Angeles Angels hits a two-run homer to right in the seventh inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 20, 2010. Matsui went 1-for-4 with the two runs in his team's 10-2 victory.

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Angels' Matsui homers

NEW YORK, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Los Angeles Angels hits a two-run homer to right in the seventh inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 20, 2010. Matsui went 1-for-4 with the two runs in his team's 10-2 victory.

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International conference on aid for Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - (Front row, from L to R) U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pose for photos in Kabul on July 20, 2010, after the International Conference on Afghanistan.

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Angels' Matsui signs for fans

NEW YORK, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Los Angeles Angels signs balls for fans before a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 20, 2010.

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International conference on aid for Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) chats with Afghan President Hamid Karzai (R) after the International Conference on Afghanistan in the country's capital Kabul on July 20, 2010.

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Japan, Australia to cooperate in broadband technology

MELBOURNE, Australia - Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi (R) shakes hands with Australian Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy in Melbourne, Australia, on July 20, 2010. The two countries agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in broadband technology.

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Honda to sell plug-in hybrids, electric cars in 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. President Takanobu Ito speaks at a press conference in the city of Wako, Saitama Prefecture, on July 20, 2010, to announce that the Japanese automaker will begin selling plug-in hybrid cars and battery-powered electric vehicles in Japan and the United States in 2012.

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Japan pledges $1.1 bil. in aid to Afghan

KABUL, Afghanistan - Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks to reporters in Kabul on July 20, 2010. Okada told an international conference on aid for Afghanistan that Japan will provide $1.1 billion to the country this year.

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Kan tells Yunus Japan will study contribution to fund

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) shake hands with Nobel Peace Prize winner and president of Grameen Bank Muhammad Yunus on July 20, 2010, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Kan promised that Japan will study whether it can make any contribution to the fund established under Yunus's ''social business'' concept.

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Hakuho keeps winning streak alive at Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (L) throws down sekiwake Kisenosato on the 10th day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, on July 20, 2010. The lone yokozuna extended his personal-best winning streak to 42 bouts after warding off a fierce challenge from the ozeki hopeful.

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Kan approves holding key panels in Diet session

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office on July 20, 2010. Kan accepted a request from the opposition bloc to convene key committees in the forthcoming special Diet session.

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Hakuho keeps winning streak alive at Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (L) throws down sekiwake Kisenosato on the 10th day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, on July 20, 2010. The lone yokozuna extended his personal-best winning streak to 42 bouts after warding off a fierce challenge from the ozeki hopeful.

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Astronaut Noguchi wants to go back in space

TOKYO, Japan - Astronaut Soichi Noguchi poses with a model of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that he was aboard in June when he returned to Earth from the International Space Station, during a press conference in Tokyo on July 20, 2010. Noguchi, who is making a visit to Japan, expressed his eagerness to take part in another space mission.

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Abductee's kin meet with ex-N. Korean jet bomber

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Shigeo Iizuka, a brother of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, is seen in a car heading to a meeting in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010.

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Japan pledges $1.1 bil. in aid to Afghan

KABUL, Afghanistan - Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai speak during their meeting on July 20, 2010, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Okada told an international conference on aid for Afghanistan that Japan will provide $1.1 billion to the country this year.

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Ex-N. Korean jet bomber Kim visits Japan

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Hiroshi Nakai, minister in charge of the North Korea abduction issue, speaks at a press conference after meeting with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the deadly 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010, in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture.

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Toray, Uniqlo to expand strategic partnership

TOKYO, Japan - Chemical maker Toray Industries Inc. President Akihiro Nikkaku (L) and clothing retail chain Uniqlo Co. President Tadashi Yanai shake hands in Tokyo on July 20, 2010, after the two companies announced they will expand their strategic partnership with an eye toward boosting sales in 2011-2015 to 400 billion yen by promoting global operations.

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Abductee's kin meet with ex-N. Korean jet bomber

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka, son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, is seen in a car heading to a meeting in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, to meet with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010.

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N. Korea minister in Beijing en route to Asia security forum

BEIJING, China - North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun arrives in Beijing on July 20, 2010, en route to Hanoi where he is scheduled to attend the ASEAN Regional Forum meeting.

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Abductee's kin meet with ex-N. Korean jet bomber

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka, son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, arrives at Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, to meet with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010.

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Abductee's kin meet with ex-N. Korean jet bomber

KARUIZAWA, Japan - Koichiro Iizuka (C), son of Japanese abductee Yaeko Taguchi, and Shigeo Iizuka (back), her brother, are seen in a car heading to a meeting in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, with Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010.

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FY 2011 budget to cap gov't spending at 71 tril. yen

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku attend a budget meeting of Cabinet ministers at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 20, 2010. The Cabinet decided to cap the government's annual spending at 71 trillion yen for the year through March 2012.

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Gates, Clinton to visit DMZ dividing 2 Koreas

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses troops at Camp Casey, a U.S. base in South Korea near the tense Demilitarized Zone that divides the Korean Peninsula, on July 20, 2010. Gates said he and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would visit the zone the following day.

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Ex-N. Korean spy and jet bomber Kim in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A building in Karuizawa, a summer retreat in Nagano Prefecture, where Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, arrived on July 20, 2010. Kim was in Japan to meet the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents.

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Ex-N. Korean spy and jet bomber Kim in Japan

TAKASAKI, Japan - A car arrives in Karuizawa, a summer retreat in Nagano Prefecture, carrying Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, who arrived in Japan on July 20, 2010. Kim plans to meet the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents.

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Ex-N. Korean agent Kim arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese government chartered airplane carrying former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport from South Korea on July 20, 2010. Kim came to Japan to meet the families of Japanese nationals who were abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Ex-N. Korean spy and jet bomber Kim in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A car leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport carrying Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, who arrived in Japan on July 20, 2010. Kim plans to meet the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents.

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Ex-N. Korean spy and jet bomber Kim in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A government-chartered flight from South Korea arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport carrying Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy convicted of the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jetliner, on July 20, 2010. Kim plans to meet the families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents.

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Ex-N. Korean agent Kim arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese government chartered airplane carrying former North Korean agent Kim Hyon Hui arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport from South Korea on July 20, 2010. Kim came to Japan to meet the families of Japanese nationals who were abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Ex-N. Korean agent Kim arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - The undated file photo shows Kim Hyon Hui, a former North Korean spy who came to Japan on July 20, 2010. Kim, responsible for the 1987 bombing of a Korean Air jet, came to Japan to meet the families of Japanese nationals who were abducted by North Korean agents in the 1970s and 1980s.