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Popovic named as new manager of FC Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on July 20, 2009, shows Ranko Popovic. On Jan. 2, 2012, the 44-year-old Serbian and former Oita Trinita boss was named manager of FC Tokyo, the newly crowned Emperor's Cup winner.

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"Black glacier" in Greenland

QAANAAQ, Greenland - Photo taken July 20, 2012, from a helicopter chartered by a Japanese expedition team to the North Pole shows a glacier in Qaanaaq, Greenland, which looks black.

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"Black glacier" in Greenland

QAANAAQ, Greenland - Teruo Aoki, laboratory head at the Meteorological Research Institute of the Japan Meteorological Agency, a member of a Japanese expedition team to the North Pole, examines a glacier which looks black in Qaanaaq, Greenland, on July 20, 2012.

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Theater shooting in Colorado

DENVER, United States - Flowers are offered near a movie theater in the Colorado town of Aurora, near Denver, on July 20, 2012. Twelve people were killed and 59 injured when a lone gunman opened fire early in the day at the theater during a screening of the new Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises."

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Iwakuma makes solid start in Seattle loss

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Seattle Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma starts in a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on July 20, 2012. Iwakuma worked six strong innings but did not figure in the decision as Seattle managed just five hits in a 4-3, 14-inning loss.

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Theater shooting in Denver

DENVER, United States - The Stars and Stripes is flown at half-mast at the White House in Washington on July 20, 2012, after 12 people were killed and 59 injured when a lone gunman opened fire early in the day at a movie theater in the Colorado town of Aurora, near Denver.

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Theater shooting in Colorado

DENVER, United States - A police officer guards a site near a movie theater (back) in the Colorado town of Aurora, near Denver, on July 20, 2012. Twelve people were killed and 59 injured when a lone gunman opened fire early in the day at the theater during a screening of the new Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises."

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British Embassy in Tokyo starts Olympic countdown

TOKYO, Japan - The British Embassy in Tokyo starts countdown to the opening ceremony of the London Olympics by illuminating the front wall of its main building with the Union Jack pattern and the time remaining, on the night of July 20, 2012. The countdown illumination will be in place every night until the opening ceremony on July 27.

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ASEAN mends differences over S. China Sea disputes

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong releases in Phnom Penh on July 20, 2012, a statement on behalf of ASEAN foreign ministers reaffirming the group's commitment to the "six-point principles on the South China Sea." The principles call for peacefully settling territorial disputes with China over rival claims to islands in the sea.

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BMW to test electric car-sharing in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo in Tokyo on July 20, 2012, shows an electric vehicle to be used in a car-sharing field test involving BMW Japan Corp. The auto company will partner up with parking chain operator Times24 Co. to conduct a joint car-sharing field test using its electric vehicles.

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British Embassy in Tokyo starts Olympic countdown

TOKYO, Japan - The British Embassy in Tokyo starts countdown to the opening ceremony of the London Olympics by illuminating the front wall of its main building with the Union Jack pattern and the time remaining, on the night of July 20, 2012. The countdown illumination will be in place every night until the opening ceremony on July 27.

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Renault-Nissan to outsource car production to S. Korean unit

SEOUL, South Korea - Carlos Ghosn, chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co. and the alliance of Nissan and Renault SA, attends a press conference in Seoul on July 20, 2012. Nissan said the alliance will invest $160 million in Renault Samsung Motors, a South Korean unit, and outsource production of the new Nissan Rogue sport utility vehicle to it.

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Antinuclear rally

TOKYO, Japan - An antinuclear rally is held on a street in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 20, 2012.

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Osprey deployment in Japan

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Members of a civic group hold a banner and collect signatures in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 20, 2012, to protest a U.S. military plan to deploy MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft at a base in the western Japanese city, with the planes set to arrive on July 23.

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Olympic athletes' village

LONDON, Britain - Zamzam Mohamed Farah (3rd from R), who will compete in the women's 400 meters, holds Somalia's national flag during a ceremony marking the Somali delegation's arrival at the Olympics athletes' village in London on July 20, 2012.

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Kim Jong Il's former sushi chef

BEIJING, China - Kenji Fujimoto (C), sushi chef to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, arrives at Beijing's international airport on July 20, 2012, en route to Pyongyang. Fujimoto says he was invited there by Kim Jong Un, the late Kim's son and North Korea's new leader.

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Ex-premier Hatoyama joins antinuclear rally

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) joins an antinuclear rally on a street in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. In an unusual move by a former prime minister, the Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight said he believes it is premature to reactivate nuclear reactors in the country and that he "must play a role to change the political trends by conveying people's voices to the prime minister's office as a former prime minister."

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Kim Jong Il's former sushi chef

BEIJING, China - Kenji Fujimoto (C), sushi chef to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, arrives at Beijing's international airport on July 20, 2012, en route to Pyongyang. Fujimoto says he was invited there by Kim Jong Un, the late Kim's son and North Korea's new leader.

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Antinuclear rally

TOKYO, Japan - An antinuclear rally is held on a street in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 20, 2012.

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Antinuclear rally

TOKYO, Japan - An antinuclear rally is held on a street in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 20, 2012.

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Ex-premier Hatoyama joins antinuclear rally

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C) joins an antinuclear rally on a street in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. In an unusual move by a former prime minister, the Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight said he believes it is premature to reactivate nuclear reactors in the country and that he "must play a role to change the political trends by conveying people's voices to the prime minister's office as a former prime minister."

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Del Piero in Japan

KASHIMA, Japan - Former Juventus striker Alessandro Del Piero (L front) meets fans during a donation-raising event in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on July 20, 2012, to support restoration of areas hit by the 2011 quake and tsunami. He is in Japan to play in a charity soccer match.

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Boy forced to jump from 2nd floor of school building

SOKA, Japan - Photo on July 20, 2012, shows the site where a 13-year-old boy was forced by classmates in April to jump from the second floor of a junior high school building in Soka, Saitama Prefecture. The municipal education board said that day the boy sustained severe injuries after hitting the concrete ground about three meters below.

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Family owning Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Kurihara, whose siblings own four of the five main islands of Senkaku in the East China Sea, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. He said the family intends to sell the islands to the Tokyo metropolitan government, despite the central government's desire to acquire and nationalize the islands, administered by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

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Osprey deployment in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Senior Vice Defense Minister Shu Watanabe (2nd from front) meets with U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter at the ministry in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. The two discussed a U.S. military plan to deploy MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft to bases in Japan, with the first 12 aircraft set to arrive at a base in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23.

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Family owning Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Kurihara, whose siblings own four of the five main islands of Senkaku in the East China Sea, holds a photo of a tuna caught near the islands, during a press conference in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. He said the family intends to sell the islands to the Tokyo metropolitan government, despite the central government's desire to acquire and nationalize the islands, administered by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

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Del Piero in Japan

KASHIMA, Japan - Former Juventus striker Alessandro Del Piero (L front) meets fans during a donation-raising event in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on July 20, 2012, to support restoration of areas hit by the 2011 quake and tsunami. He is in Japan to play in a charity soccer match.

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Zimbabwean prime minister in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 20, 2012.

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Osprey deployment in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter meets with Japanese Senior Vice Defense Minister Shu Watanabe at the ministry in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. The two discussed a U.S. military plan to deploy MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft to bases in Japan, with the first 12 aircraft set to arrive at a base in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23.

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Osprey deployment in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Senior Vice Defense Minister Shu Watanabe (L) shakes hands with U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter at the ministry in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. The two discussed a U.S. military plan to deploy MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft to bases in Japan, with the first 12 aircraft set to arrive at a base in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23.

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China activist Ai

BEIJING, China - Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei answers reporters' questions in Beijing on July 20, 2012, after a court rejected his appeal to a fine. His company has been imposed a fine of 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) for alleged tax evasion.

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China activist Ai

BEIJING, China - Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei reads a document stating a court rejection of his appeal to a fine in Beijing on July 20, 2012. His company has been imposed a fine of 15 million yuan ($2.4 million) for alleged tax evasion.

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Sea lion rides whale

OARAI, Japan - Coco, a female California sea lion, rides the back of Kai, a male false killer whale, at Aqua World Ibaraki Prefectural Oarai Aquarium in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on July 20, 2012. The aquarium invited reporters to the show ahead of opening the show to the public.

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Manga exhibition in China on horrors of war

CHANGCHUN, China - Japanese manga artist Kenji Morita draw a cartoon on a book in Changchun, China, on July 20, 2012. Morita heads a group hosting the "My August 15" exhibition of works by Japanese manga artists on their childhood memories of Japan's defeat in World War II that opened in the northern China city of Changchun on July 20, 2012.

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Noda in downpour-hit Kyushu

ASO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from L on top) talks with people hit by a torrential rain at a junior high school used as an evacuation center in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 20, 2012.

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Osprey deployment in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the U.S. military's MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft. Local opposition heightened July 20, 2012, to a U.S. plan to deploy the aircraft to bases in Japan, as the first 12 tilt-motor military transports are set to arrive at a base in Yamaguchi Prefecture on July 23.

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Japanese who cooked for Kim family heads to N. Korea again

NARITA, Japan - Kenji Fujimoto answers a reporter's questions at Narita airport near Tokyo on July 20, 2012, before leaving for Beijing on his way to North Korea. The Japanese sushi chef who cooked for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il for more than a decade said he is going to North Korea again at the invitation of its new leader Kim Jong Un.

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New U.S. forces commander at Yokota

TOKYO, Japan - Lt. Gen. Salvatore Angelella (R) receives a Fifth Air Force flag (L) from U.S. Pacific Air Forces commander Gary North in a command-changing ceremony at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. Angelella took over the top post of the U.S. forces in Japan from Lt. Gen. Burton Field.

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Japan players not on board for WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Takahiro Arai, chairman of the Nippon Professional Baseball Players Association, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on July 20, 2012. The union decided not to play in the 2013 World Baseball Classic over the issue of how revenues are handled.

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Japanese who cooked for Kim family heads to N. Korea again

NARITA, Japan - Kenji Fujimoto leaves Narita airport near Tokyo on July 20, 2012, for Beijing on his way to North Korea. The Japanese sushi chef who cooked for the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il for more than a decade said he is going to North Korea again at the invitation of Pyongyang's new leader Kim Jong Un.

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Myanmar girl leaves Okayama hospital after surgery

OKAYAMA, Japan - Ni Ni Min Lwin, a 6-year-old Myanmarese girl, smiles during a press conference at the Okayama Medical Center in the city of Okayama on July 20, 2012, before leaving the hospital the same day. The girl successfully underwent surgery in May for a complex congenital urological disorder at the hospital in the western Japan city.

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Myanmar girl leaves Okayama hospital after surgery

OKAYAMA, Japan - Ni Ni Min Lwin, a 6-year-old Myanmarese girl, receives flowers from a nurse as she leaves the Okayama Medical Center in the city of Okayama on July 20, 2012. The girl successfully underwent surgery in May for a complex congenital urological disorder at the hospital in the western Japan city.

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Myanmar girl leaves Okayama hospital after surgery

OKAYAMA, Japan - Ni Ni Min Lwin, a 6-year-old Myanmarese girl, smiles as she leaves the Okayama Medical Center in the city of Okayama on July 20, 2012. She successfully underwent surgery in May for a complex congenital urological disorder at the hospital in the western Japan city.

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Shunichi Tanaka to be tapped for new nuclear body chief

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Shunichi Tanaka, an expert on radiation physics and a former member of the country's key panel involved in setting nuclear policies. The Japanese government plans to appoint Tanaka as the head of the new nuclear regulation authority, sources close to the matter said on July 20, 2012.

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"Evangelion" augmented reality

TOKYO, Japan - A woman looks at an augmented reality scene featuring "Evangelion Unit-01," a robot-like machine in the animation series "Neon Genesis Evangelion," on a tablet computer at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 1, 2012. All Nippon Airways Co. is offering the service from June 1 to July 20, 2012.

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China's low-cost Spring Airlines to fly to Thailand, S. Korea

SHANGHAI, China - Passengers board a flight of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines bound for Ibaraki Airport in Japan at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in China on May 20, 2012. The company is planning to fly to Thailand from July and to South Korea from August, expanding its international route network, which has so far been limited to Japanese cities, Chairman Wang Zhenghua and other top officials have told Kyodo News.

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London Olympics shooting venue

LONDON, Britain - Photo taken on April 20, 2012, shows the shooting venue for the London Olympics in July-August 2012.

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Japanese astronaut Hoshide may venture outside ISS

HOUSTON, United States - (From R to L) Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams give a news conference at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on March 20, 2012. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the same day that Hoshide may have the opportunity to venture outside the International Space Station during his four-month stay aboard the ISS beginning in July.

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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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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.