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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2001 shows former Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira. Matsudaira, who steered the country to the gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011, the Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012. He was 81.

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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit cement plant

OFUNATO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko are seen during their visit to a plant that uses rubble from the March 2011 earthquake and disaster to produce cement in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on July 5, 2013.

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Emperor, empress visit disaster-hit cement plant

OFUNATO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (far L, front) and Empress Michiko (next to emperor) visit a plant that uses rubble from the March 2011 earthquake and disaster to produce cement in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on July 5, 2013.

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Greenwich Park

LONDON, Britain - Photo taken July 5, 2011, from a helicopter chartered by Kyodo News shows a special site at Greenwich Park in London, the venue for equestrian and modern pentathlon competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games. The photo was taken when the Olympic test event took place.

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Mt. Kumgang resort in N. Korea

BEIJING, China - A photo taken on July 5, 2011 shows a tourist guide on a mountain road to the Kuryong waterfall at Mt. Kumgang in Gangwon Province, North Korea.

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London 1 year before Olympics

LONDON, Britain - Aerial image taken July 5, 2011, shows the Olympic Stadium (L front) in London where the opening and closing ceremonies as well as track and field competitions of the London 2012 Olympic Games will be held. The opening ceremony is slated for July 27, 2012.

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Divers search for missing people, property

SENDAI, Japan - A diver swims around a sunken fishing boat at a depth of seven meters at a fishery port in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 5, 2011. Volunteer divers are continuing to search for missing people and lost property swept away by the March 11 tsunami.

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Rare earths

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows blocks of processed rare earths in Beijing. A World Trade Organization panel on July 5, 2011, issued a report concluding that China's export restrictions on rare metals and other mineral resources is inconsistent with WTO rules, in response to a complaint filed by the United States, the European Union and Mexico.

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Japan suffer 1st defeat at Women's World Cup

AUGSBURG, Germany - Japan players look distressed after being crashed in their first defeat at the Women's World Cup in Augsburg, Germany on July 5, 2011. Japan went down 2-0 to England in their final Group B game.

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M5.5 quake jolts Wakayama Pref.

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A signboard at JR Wakayama Station in Wakayama Prefecture informs people at 9:16 p.m. on July 5, 2011, that train services have been suspended after an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 rocked the area.

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Appointment of reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, senior vice minister handling reconstruction issues, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, and reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano pose for photos at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 5, 2011, after Kan appointed Hirano and Yamaguchi to their posts.

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Mariners' Ichiro

OAKLAND, United States - The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki cheers as Adam Kennedy hit a run-scoring double in the 10th inning of a game against the Oakland Athletics at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, on July 5, 2011. The Mariners won 4-2.

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China's Uyghur region

URUMQI, China - A member of a Chinese police SWAT team patrols near a market in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on July 5, 2011, the second anniversary of a major riot in the area.

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Mariners' Ichiro

OAKLAND, United States - The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki hits a single in the sixth inning of a game against the Oakland Athletics at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, on July 5, 2011. The Mariners won 4-2.

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China's Uyghur area

URUMQI, China - Security personnel armed with clubs patrol near a market in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on July 5, 2011, on the second anniversary of a major riot in the area.

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Hirano to be Japan's new reconstruction minister

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Hirano, senior vice minister handling reconstruction issues, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 5, 2011. Hirano will replace Ryu Matsumoto as reconstruction minister as Matsumoto stepped down over controversial remarks he made.

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Ferrari Four released in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Italian sports car maker Ferrari S.p.A's Japan unit releases the Ferrari Four, a four-wheel-drive vehicle for four people, at the Italian Embassy in Tokyo on July 5, 2011.

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New reconstruction minister Hirano

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on July 5, 2011, after his appointment to the post. Hirano, a House of Councillors member, hails from Iwate Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Temporary housing in campground

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo shows temporary housing units for people affected by the March 11 quake and tsunami under construction in a campground in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on July 5, 2011. A total of 108 units are expected to be built there by the end of the month.

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Russian official in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Sergei Naryshkin, head of the Russian Presidential Executive Office, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 5, 2011.

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Geisha visit Kyoto shrine

KYOTO, Japan - Geisha called geiko in Kyoto and apprentice geisha called maiko visit Yasaka Shrine in the ancient Japanese capital in an annual event on July 5, 2011. They are wearing casual summer kimono called yukata.

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Man at evacuation center in Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - A man affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami watches a TV program reporting on the resignation of reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto at an evacuation center in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on July 5, 2011. Matsumoto stepped down following controversial remarks he made during a visit to Iwate and Miyagi prefectures.

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Japan's Subaru telescope suspends operation

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Subaru telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan located on the summit of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii in October 2008. Operation of the telescope has been suspended for repairs due to coolant leak trouble, the observatory said July 5, 2011.

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B-787 'Dreamliner' in Osaka

ITAMI, Japan - A state-of-the-art Boeing 787 ''Dreamliner'' takes off from Osaka airport in western Japan on July 5, 2011. The airplane will be put into service by All Nippon Airways Co. as early as September.

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Japan's Subaru telescope suspends operation

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an outside view of the Subaru telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan located on the summit of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii in October 2008. Operation of the telescope has been suspended for repairs due to coolant leak trouble, the observatory said July 5, 2011.

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Russian official in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Sergei Naryshkin (L), head of the Russian Presidential Executive Office, and former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shake hands in Tokyo on July 5, 2011, as Hatoyama received a friendship medal from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in appreciation of his contribution to promoting bilateral ties.

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F-15 fighter goes missing

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an F-15 fighter. A similar fighter from Japan's Air Self-Defense Force went missing during a training flight over the East China Sea on July 5, 2011.

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Geisha visit Kyoto shrine

KYOTO, Japan - Geisha called geiko in Kyoto and apprentice geisha called maiko visit Yasaka Shrine in the ancient Japanese capital in an annual event on July 5, 2011. They are wearing casual summer kimono called yukata.

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Reconstruction minister Matsumoto

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's disaster reconstruction minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on July 5, 2011. Matsumoto tendered his resignation the same day only about a week after he assumed the newly created post, following a series of remarks that have angered people affected by the March 11 catastrophes in the country's northeast.