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Damaged tanker examined

SAKAIDE, Japan - Government panel members examine the damaged oil tanker M Star in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 28, 2010. The tanker sustained the damage in the Strait of Hormuz in July.

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Damaged tanker examined

SAKAIDE, Japan - Government panel members examine the damaged oil tanker M Star in a photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter in Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 28, 2010. The tanker sustained the damage in the Strait of Hormuz in July.

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Edo-Tokyo architecture museum

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at an old stationery shop in the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum in Tokyo's Koganei on July 28, 2010.

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Kuroda takes loss as Dodgers fall to Padres

SAN DIEGO, United States - Los Angeles Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda pitches in a game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego on July 28, 2010. Kuroda took the loss after allowing three runs in six-plus innings in a 6-1 defeat.

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Kuroda takes loss as Dodgers fall to Padres

SAN DIEGO, United States - Los Angeles Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda pitches in a game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego on July 28, 2010. Kuroda took the loss after allowing three runs in six-plus innings in a 6-1 defeat.

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Dodgers' Kuroda starts

SAN DIEGO, United States - Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Hiroki Kuroda starts in a game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego on July 28, 2010.

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Mariners' Ichiro 2-for-5 against White Sox

CHICAGO, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki (R) singles to left in the second inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on July 28, 2010. Ichiro went 2-for-5 with two runs scored as the Mariners lost 6-5.

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Dodgers' Kuroda starts

SAN DIEGO, United States - Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Hiroki Kuroda starts in a game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park in San Diego on July 28, 2010.

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Mariners' Ichiro, Figgins

CHICAGO, United States - Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki exchanges high-fives with Chone Figgins, who hit a two-run homer in the second inning of their game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on July 28, 2010.

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U.N. chief before Hiroshima, Nagasaki visit

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon answers questions during an interview with Japanese reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 28, 2010. Ban plans to visit atom-bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August.

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Mariners' Ichiro singles against White Sox

CHICAGO, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki singles to right in the first inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on July 28, 2010.

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Court ups compensation over Futenma base

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken July 28, 2010, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station (back) stands adjacent to a residential area (front) in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture. The Fukuoka District Court's Naha branch on July 29, 2010, awarded damages to residents over noise caused by flights at the base but rejected a demand for a halt to nighttime flights at the base.

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Hawks catcher Tanoue lunges for ball

FUKUOKA, Japan - Softbank Hawks catcher Hidenori Tanoue lunges for a ball hit by Rakuten Eagles catcher Motohiro Shima during the first inning of a game at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka on July 28, 2010.

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Court ups compensation over Futenma base

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken July 28, 2010, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station (back) stands adjacent to a residential area (front) in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture. The Fukuoka District Court's Naha branch on July 29, 2010, awarded damages to residents over noise caused by flights at the base but rejected a demand for a halt to nighttime flights at the base.

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Cosplay participants visit Japanese Foreign Ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Costume role players from Spain, Mexico and the United States in their self-made costumes pose with State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Osamu Fujimura (3rd from L) during their visit to the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 28, 2010, ahead of the World Cosplay Summit 2010, which will be held in the central Japan city of Nagoya from July 31 to Aug. 2.

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JAL likely to agree on rehab plan with creditor banks

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi (L) speaks during a news conference with JAL Chairman Kazuo Inamori (R) in Tokyo on July 28, 2010, over his struggling company's rehabilitation plan and negotiations with creditor banks.

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Small plane missing in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force helicopter searches for a missing small plane in Shiriuchi, Hokkaido, on July 28, 2010. The two-seat plane operated by Nakanihon Air Service was heading to Sapporo, Hokkaido, from Niigata Prefecture.

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Spring Airlines flight arrives in Ibaraki

TOKYO, Japan - Spring Airlines President Wang Zhenghua (C) and Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto (2nd from L) attend a ceremony at Ibaraki airport, northeast of Tokyo, on July 28, 2010, to mark the arrival of the first flight of the Chinese budget airline from Shanghai. Spring Airlines became the second foreign airline to operate flights to Ibaraki.

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Small plane missing in Hokkaido

HAKODATE, Japan - A Japanese Air Self-Defense Force helicopter searches for a missing small plane in Shiriuchi, Hokkaido, on July 28, 2010. The two-seat plane operated by Nakanihon Air Service was heading to Sapporo, Hokkaido, from Niigata Prefecture.

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Spring Airlines flight arrives in Ibaraki

TOKYO, Japan - The first flight of Spring Airlines arrives at Ibaraki airport, northeast of Tokyo, from Shanghai on July 28, 2010. Spring Airlines became the second foreign airline to operate flights to Ibaraki.

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Asia's largest water park in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Some women look at the Xishui Leyuan water amusement theme park in Beijing on July 28, 2010, ahead of its opening as one of the largest such facilities in Asia. The water park was completed inside the National Aquatics Center, more widely known as the Water Cube, the venue of 2008 Summer Olympic swimming meets.

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Asia's largest water park in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Visitors look at the Xishui Leyuan water amusement theme park in Beijing on July 28, 2010, ahead of its opening as one of the largest such facilities in Asia. The water park was completed inside the National Aquatics Center more widely known as the Water Cube, the venue of 2008 Summer Olympic swimming meets.

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Ancient waterfowl figure

KYOTO, Japan - An ancient clay figure featuring a waterfowl is shown to reporters on July 28, 2010, after it was unearthed by municipal authorities at the late fifth century Igenoyama tomb in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Prefecture.

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D. Kameda-Sakata match to be held in September

TOKYO, Japan - WBA flyweight champion Daiki Kameda (L), who will make his first title defense against former champion and countryman Takefumi Sakata (R) in September, poses for photos during a news conference in Tokyo on July 28, 2010.

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JAL likely to agree on rehab plan with creditor banks

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. Chairman Kazuo Inamori (C), flanked by JAL President Masaru Onishi (L) and Hideo Seto (R), trustee of the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan, the state-backed administrator overseeing the rehabilitation of the struggling airlines, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on July 28, 2010, over JAL's rehabilitation plan and negotiations with creditor banks.

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Japan hangs 2 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba announced the executions of two death row inmates in a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on July 28, 2010, in the first execution under the Democratic Party of Japan government launched in September 2009.

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Japan hangs 2 death row inmates

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keiko Chiba announced the executions of two death row inmates in a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on July 28, 2010, in the first execution under the Democratic Party of Japan government launched in September 2009.

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Sasae likely to be next vice foreign minister

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae, who is likely to be the next vice foreign minister as of July 28, 2010, replacing Mitoji Yabunaka.