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Fish from Amazon at Tochigi aquarium

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Large fish from the Amazon River swim in a tank at Nakagawa Aquatic Park in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, on July 29, 2010. The park has been inviting children to swim with the fish in the tank during a hands-on event Aug. 24.

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Bellybutton festival in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Men with faces painted on their stomachs, with their heads hidden in hats, perform during the annual summer ''bellybutton'' festival in the city of Furano, Hokkaido, on July 29, 2010. As the city is located in the center of Japan's northernmost island, its residents call it the bellybutton of Hokkaido.

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Bellybutton festival in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Men with faces painted on their stomachs, with their heads hidden in hats, perform during the annual summer ''bellybutton'' festival in the city of Furano, Hokkaido, on July 29, 2010. As the city is located in the center of Japan's northernmost island, its residents call it the bellybutton of Hokkaido.

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Mariners' Ichiro gets 3 doubles in a game

CHICAGO, Japan - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki hits a run-scoring double to left in the seventh inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on July 29, 2010. Ichiro had three doubles in five at-bats in the Seattle Mariners' 9-5 loss.

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Mariners' Ichiro gets 3 doubles in a game

CHICAGO, Japan - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki hits a run-scoring double to left in the seventh inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on July 29, 2010. Ichiro had three doubles in five at-bats in the Seattle Mariners' 9-5 loss.

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Mariners' Ichiro gets 3 doubles in a game

CHICAGO, Japan - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki hits a run-scoring double to left in the seventh inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on July 29, 2010. Ichiro had three doubles in five at-bats in the Seattle Mariners' 9-5 loss.

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Mariners' Ichiro gets 3 doubles in a game

CHICAGO, Japan - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki doubles to left in the third inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on July 29, 2010. Ichiro had three doubles in five at-bats in the Seattle Mariners' 9-5 loss.

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Mariners' Ichiro gets 3 doubles in a game

CHICAGO, Japan - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki doubles to left in the third inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on July 29, 2010. Ichiro had three doubles in five at-bats in the Seattle Mariners' 9-5 loss.

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Mariners' Ichiro gets 3 doubles in a game

CHICAGO, Japan - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki doubles to right in the first inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on July 29, 2010. Ichiro had three doubles in five at-bats in the Seattle Mariners' 9-5 loss.

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Damaged oil tanker M Star

FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates - This photo shows a dent seen on the hull of the oil tanker M Star off Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates on July 29, 2010. The port authorities suspect the dent was made in a collision.

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Lierse new goalkeeper Kawashima from Japan

LIER, Belgium - Eiji Kawashima, Japan's World Cup goalkeeper, speaks at a press conference in Lier, Belgium, on July 29, 2010. Kawashima was confident about starting in Lierse SK's season opener, saying, ''I have prepared well.''

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Flood in China's Jilin washes chemical-filled barrels into river

JINLIN, China - Residents view a restaurant that has been submerged by torrential rains in Jilin City in northeastern China on July 29, 2010. Flood waters reportedly washed some 3,000 barrels containing highly flammable chemicals at two factories in the city into the Wende River in Jinlin Province on July 28.

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Damaged oil tanker M Star

FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates - This photo shows the oil tanker M Star with a dent on its portside off Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates on July 29, 2010. The port authorities suspect the dent was made in a collision.

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Flood in China's Jilin washes chemical-filled barrels into river

JINLIN, China - Residents view a restaurant that has been submerged by torrential rains in Jilin City in northeastern China on July 29, 2010. Flood waters reportedly washed some 3,000 barrels containing highly flammable chemicals at two factories in the city into the Wende River in Jinlin Province on July 28.

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Kabuki star Ebizo's wedding ceremony in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo (L) and television personality Mao Kobayashi show off their wedding rings during a press conference following their wedding ceremony at a hotel in Tokyo on July 29, 2010.

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Ebizo holds wedding ceremony in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo (L) and television personality Mao Kobayashi cut their wedding cake during a reception at a hotel in Tokyo on July 29, 2010.

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Chinese official Tang meets with Osaka governor

BEIJING, China - Tang Jiaxuan (L), former Chinese Foreign Minister, shakes hands with Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto of Japan at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 29, 2010. Tang and Hashimoto, who went to Beijing after visiting the World Expo in Shanghai, agreed to boost bilateral ties.

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Ruling on noise at U.S. base in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Activists demand the removal of U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture near the Marine Corps' Camp Foster in Nakagusuku, Okinawa, on July 29, 2010. The Fukuoka District Court ordered the government to pay 369 million yen in damages to plaintiffs over noise caused by flights at the Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the prefecture the same day but rejected residents' demands for a halt to early morning and evening flights.

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Panasonic to make 2 subsidiaries wholly owned units

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo speaks during a news conference in Osaka on July 29, 2010, after the company announced it will make Sanyo Electric Co. and Panasonic Electric Works Co. wholly owned units in a bid to bolster its environmental and energy-related businesses.

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Space probe Hayabusa unveiled to media

TOKYO, Japan - Junichiro Kawaguchi (L), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency project manager for space probe Hayabusa exploration, explains about the outer shell of the capsule at a press preview at Sagamihara City Museum in Kanagawa Prefecture on July 29, 2010, a day ahead of the probe's two-day public exhibition. Hayabusa returned from the asteroid Itokawa in June, making an unprecedented round trip to an astronomical body other than the moon.

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Kan apologizes to party for election setback

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan looks glum after speaking at a meeting of the Democratic Party of Japan's lawmakers in Tokyo on July 29, 2010. Kan apologized for his remarks on the consumption tax, which led to the party's setback in the July 11 upper house election.

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Ruling on noise at U.S. base in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Activists demand the removal of U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture near the Marine Corps' Camp Foster in Nakagusuku, Okinawa, on July 29, 2010. The Fukuoka District Court ordered the government to pay 369 million yen in damages to plaintiffs over noise caused by flights at the Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the prefecture the same day but rejected residents' demands for a halt to early morning and evening flights.

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Panasonic to make 2 subsidiaries wholly owned units

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo (C), Sanyo Electric Co. President Seiichiro Sano (L) and Panasonic Electric Works Co. President Shusaku Nagae pose for photos ahead of a news conference in Osaka on July 29, 2010. Panasonic announced it will make the two subsidiaries wholly owned units in a bid to bolster its environmental and energy-related businesses.

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Space probe Hayabusa unveiled to media

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese space probe Hayabusa capsule's outer shell is unveiled to the media at Sagamihara City Museum in Kanagawa Prefecture on July 29, 2010, a day ahead of the capsule's two-day public exhibition. Hayabusa returned from the asteroid Itokawa in June, making an unprecedented round trip to an astronomical body other than the moon.

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Panasonic to make 2 subsidiaries wholly owned units

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo (R) speaks during a news conference attended by Sanyo Electric Co. President Seiichiro Sano in Osaka on July 29, 2010. Panasonic announced it will make Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works Co. wholly owned units in a bid to bolster its environmental and energy-related businesses.

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Panasonic to make 2 subsidiaries wholly owned units

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo (C), Sanyo Electric Co. President Seiichiro Sano (L) and Panasonic Electric Works Co. President Shusaku Nagae (R) attend a news conference in Osaka on July 29, 2010. Panasonic announced it will make the two subsidiaries wholly owned units in a bid to bolster its environmental and energy-related businesses.

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Panasonic to make 2 subsidiaries wholly owned units

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo (C), Sanyo Electric Co. President Seiichiro Sano (L) and Panasonic Electric Works Co. President Shusaku Nagae join hands ahead of a news conference in Osaka on July 29, 2010. Panasonic announced it will make the two subsidiaries wholly owned units in a bid to bolster its environmental and energy-related businesses.

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Renesas to cut 4,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Renesas Electronics Corp. President Yasushi Akao speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 29, 2010. The computer chip maker announced it will cut 4,000 employees by fiscal 2012 to improve production and development.

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Court ups compensation over Futenma base

NAHA, Japan - Plaintiffs enter the Fukuoka District Court's Naha branch in Okinawa Prefecture on July 29, 2010. The court awarded damages to the plaintiffs over noise caused by flights at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the prefecture but rejected a demand for a halt to nighttime flights at the base.

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Antiterror drill ahead of APEC summit

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A joint drill involving police, firefighters and Coast Guard personnel to counter possible terror attacks is held in a coastal commercial area of Yokohama on July 29, 2010, ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in November.

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ANA computer glitch

NARITA, Japan - A departure lobby is crowded at Narita airport, the main international gateway to Tokyo, after a computer system glitch hit All Nippon Airways on July 29, 2010.

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ANA flight schedule disruption

NARITA, Japan - Travelers line up at check-in counters at Narita airport, the main international gateway to Tokyo, after a computer system glitch disrupted flight schedules of All Nippon Airways on July 29, 2010.

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Ruling on noise at U.S. base in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Protesters hold Japanese and English signs demanding U.S. military bases pull out of Okinawa during a rally near the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Foster, known as Camp Zukeran among locals, in Nakagusuku, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 29, 2010. The demonstration took place before the Fukuoka District Court's Naha branch rules in the afternoon on an appeal over a lower court refusal to halt noisy night flights at the U.S. Marines' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa.

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Sharp's 3D TVs

OSAKA, Japan - Three-dimensional televisions of Sharp Corp. go on sale at a Yodobashi Camera Co. outlet in Osaka, western Japan, on July 29, 2010. With the launch, Sharp goes into competition with Panasonic Corp. and Sony Corp. in the emerging market of TVs that can project 3D images.

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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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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.