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Sawa holds football clinic for children

Homare Sawa (C, L), a member of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning Japan football team, dribbles the ball during a clinic for elementary school girls at Kashima Stadium in Kashima in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on July 8, 2023.

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Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi to quit

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) shaking hands with U.S. President Barack Obama, greeting him at the venue of the Group of Eight major nations' summit in L'Aquila, Italy, in July 2009. Berlusconi said on Nov. 8, 2011, he would resign after parliament approves economic reforms.

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Drifted fishing gears from Miyagi Pref.

MITO, Japan - An official of the Oarai town office in Ibaraki Prefecture organizes buoys for aquafarming on Sept. 8, 2011, which were retrieved from waters off Oarai in July 2011, before shipping them back the following day to the Miyagi prefectural fishery cooperative, which owns the gear. About 120 buoys had drifted there from Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, some 300 kilometers away, after the March 11 tsunami.

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London gears up for 2012 Olympics

LONDON, Britain - Photo taken on July 8, 2011, shows a night view of the Olympic Park being built for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Trafalgar Square in London

LONDON, Britain - A street performer colored gold shakes hands with a boy at Trafalgar Square in London on July 8, 2011, about a year before the opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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S. Sudan declares independence

TOKYO, Japan - People dance to celebrate the independence of South Sudan in Juba on July 8, 2011, the day before the declaration of the independence of the country.

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EU seeks nuke-free N. Korea with better human rights record

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Polish Ambassador to North Korea Edward Pietrzyk speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the Polish Embassy in Pyongyang on July 8, 2011.

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Japan's antipiracy mission off Somalia

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Photo taken from a P-3C patrol plane shows two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers heading for a mission to escort merchant and other civilian vessels in pirate-infested waters off Somalia from a port in Djibouti on July 8, 2011. The Japanese government has decided to extend the MSDF's antipiracy mission in East Africa, due to end July 23, by one year.

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Japan's antipiracy base in Djibouti

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Photo taken on July 8, 2011, shows Japan's Self-Defense Forces members around their lodging facility at the recently-opened SDF base in Djibouti. The desert camouflage outfit has been introduced for members at the base in addition to their ordinary green camouflage gear. Japan's first full-scale overseas base is being used for an antipiracy mission off Somalia,

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South Sudan secession from Sudan

KHARTOUM, Sudan - Men compete in Nuba wrestling in the outskirts of Sudan's capital Khartoum on July 8, 2011, a day before South Sudan seceded from the country.

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Twins' Nishioka

CHICAGO, United States - The Minnesota Twins' Tsuyoshi Nishioka hits a single in the seventh inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on July 8, 2011. Nishioka went 1-for-4 in his team's 8-5 victory.

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Morimoto on verge of transfer to Novara

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japanese striker Takayuki Morimoto of Catania in Serie A. Morimoto is on the verge of transferring to Novara, who were recently promoted to Italy's top-flight Serie A, Italian media reported on July 8, 2011.

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Ai Miyazato at U.S. Women's Open

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japanese golfer Ai Miyazato putts on the eighth hole during the first round of the U.S. Women's Open at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on July 8, 2011. The suspended first round, due to bad weather, resumed on the day and Miyazato finished the round with a 1-under 70.

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Mika Miyazato at U.S. Women's Open

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japanese golfer Mika Miyazato tees off on the ninth hole during the first round of the U.S. Women's Open at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on July 8, 2011. The suspended first round, due to bad weather, resumed on the day and Miyazato finished the round with a 1-under 70.

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Mariners' Ichiro

ANAHEIM, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki steals second base in the fifth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on July 8, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4 with an RBI in a 4-3 loss.

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Cubs' Fukudome

PITTSBURGH, United States - Chicago Cubs right fielder Kosuke Fukudome hits a single in the seventh inning of a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on July 8, 2011. Fukudome went 1-for-4 in a 7-4 loss.

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EU president, Keidanren chief Yonekura meet

TOKYO, Japan - European Union President Herman Van Rompuy (R) and Hiromasa Yonekura, head of the Japan Business Federation, shake hands before their meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on July 8, 2011. Van Rompuy suggested to Yonekura that Japan needs to compromise in negotiations on a free trade agreement during the meeting.

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Hakuho's ring-entering ceremony

ISE, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (C) performs a ring-entering ceremony at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on July 8, 2011, ahead of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament beginning July 10.

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Demonstration in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - People gather to take part in a demonstration at Tahrir Square in Cairo on July 8, 2011.

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Kim Il Sung anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women bring flowers to Mangyongdae, the area of Pyongyang where former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung was born, on the 17th anniversary of his death on July 8, 2011.

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Nuclear crisis investigation

TOKYO, Japan - Yotaro Hatamura, a researcher on human error and head of a panel of experts created to investigate the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, speaks at a press conference after the panel's second meeting in Tokyo on July 8, 2011. The panel plans to hear from hundreds of people involved in dealing with the crisis.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis crew

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Crew members of Space Shuttle Atlantis board a bus at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 8, 2011, before the lift off for the final U.S. space shuttle mission.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis crew

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Crew members of Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 8, 2011, wave before launching for the final U.S. space shuttle mission.

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Hakuho's ring-entering ceremony

ISE, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (3rd from L) and Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma (2nd from L) visit the Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on July 8, 2011, ahead of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho could surpass legendary yokozuna Asashoryu by winning the 15-day tournament beginning July 10, making it an unprecedented eighth consecutive tournament won by the 26-year-old Mongolian.

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Google Street View in disaster areas

KESENNUMA, Japan - Shigeru Suganuma (L), mayor of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, shakes hands with an official of Google Inc. in the northeastern Japan city on July 8, 2011, in front of a vehicle used to take Street View pictures. Google said in a press conference in Kesennuma it will take Street View pictures of areas in five Japanese prefectures hit by the March quake and tsunami.

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Filipino caregivers complete pre-training in Japanese

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe speaks during a ceremony in Manila on July 8, 2011, marking the completion by 60 Filipino caregivers of a pre-training course in Japanese, ahead of their departure for Japan under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement.

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New U.S. Army training facility

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Maj. Randall G. Baucom gives explanations as the U.S. Army showed to reporters its new training facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 8, 2011. The facility to conduct computer simulation drills on war and disasters will open Aug. 4.

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New U.S. Army training facility

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The U.S. Army shows to reporters its new training facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 8, 2011. The facility to conduct computer simulation drills on war and disasters will open Aug. 4.

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Kyushu Electric president meets gov't official

TOKYO, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe is surrounded by reporters in Tokyo on July 8, 2011. Prior to his press conference, Manabe visited senior vice minister Tadao Matsushita and conveyed his apology for a scandal. The utility is under fire after companies linked to it ordered their employees to post online comments in favor of the resumption of the utility's two nuclear reactors for a local cable television program aimed at seeking support for their resumption.