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Immigration booths

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows immigration booths at Narita airport near Tokyo on July 9, 2012, with faces obscured to protect privacy. Japan's Justice Ministry plans to test a system around early August to identify by computer embarking and disembarking passengers using photo image data registered in their integrated circuit passports.

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Another reactor at Oi power plant reactivated

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 9, 2012, shows the No. 4 reactor building (front) at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. The No. 4 reactor was reactivated around 9 p.m. on July 18, becoming only the second reactor to resume operation after being shut down for periodic checks since the Fukushima nuclear crisis began in March 2011. The building housing the No. 3 reactor, which the utility reactivated on July 1 and brought to full operation on July 9, stands just behind.

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Cambodia rejects ASEAN plea to issue joint communique

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong speaks during a press conference in Phnom Penh on July 13, 2012, after a series of meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its dialogue partners. Cambodia, chair of the meetings, rejected the appeals of other ASEAN member states for it to reconsider its decision not to issue a joint communique summarizing discussions at the July 9, 2012, ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting, according to a diplomat who attended the meeting.

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China's April-June economic growth slows to 7.6%

BEIJING, Canada - Photo shows a worker at a construction site of a condominium in Beijing on July 9, 2012. China's economic growth further slowed in the April-June quarter of 2012, expanding 7.6 percent from a year earlier compared to the 8.1 percent rise in the first quarter, according to government data released on July 13.

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Japan's antipiracy patrol in Gulf of Aden

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - The pilot of a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol aircraft observes the scene in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on July 9, 2012, during antipiracy operations.

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Japan's antipiracy patrol in Gulf of Aden

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Photo taken July 9, 2012, shows a propeller of a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol aircraft over the Gulf of Aden off Somalia during antipiracy operations. A Chinese navy ship (front) is seen escorting a merchant ship sailing through the area.

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Home Run Derby

KANSAS CITY, United States - Detroit Tigers slugger Prince Fielder wins the 2012 Home Run Derby at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 9, 2012.

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Home Run Derby

KANSAS CITY, United States - Detroit Tigers slugger Prince Fielder wins the 2012 Home Run Derby at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 9, 2012.

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Home Run Derby

KANSAS CITY, United States - Detroit Tigers slugger Prince Fielder, winner of the 2012 Home Run Derby, holds the trophy at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 9, 2012.

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Home Run Derby

KANSAS CITY, United States - Detroit Tigers slugger Prince Fielder, winner of the 2012 Home Run Derby, holds the trophy at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 9, 2012.

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British town "disappointed" at fewer Japanese coming for Olympics

LONDON, Britain - Photo on July 9, 2012, shows the hockey ground at a university in Loughborough, about 150 kilometers north of London. Community leaders in the town have expressed disappointment that the majority of Japan's Olympic team will be based in and around London in the run-up to the summer games.

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Home Run Derby

KANSAS CITY, United States - Detroit Tigers slugger Prince Fielder wins the 2012 Home Run Derby at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 9, 2012.

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Actress Isuzu Yamada dies at 95

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2001 shows actress Isuzu Yamada in Tokyo holding the badge of the Order of Culture she received the previous year. Yamada, known for a variety of theater and film roles including some under legendary director Akira Kurosawa, died of multiple organ failure at a Tokyo hospital on July 9, 2012. She was 95.

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Osaka Gov. Matsui in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui (R) shakes hands with George Tanasijevich, president and chief executive officer of Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd., at the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore on July 9, 2012. Matsui urged the resort developer to bid for a casino project in Osaka after Japan enacts laws authorizing the operation of casinos.

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Japan's antipiracy patrol in Gulf of Aden

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's escort ship Ikazuchi (below) escorts a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on July 9, 2012, during antipiracy operations.

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Yakisoba makes Italian debut at Roman event

ROME, Italy - Popular pan-fried noodles known as Fujinomiya Yakisoba are cooked at a Japan-related event in Rome on July 9, 2012. It was the third time the noodle dish from the central Japanese city of Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, had been promoted overseas, following earlier appearances in New York and Seattle.

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Japan's antipiracy patrol in Gulf of Aden

TOKYO, Japan - An officer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force takes photographs from an MSDF P-3C patrol aircraft over the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on July 9, 2012, during antipiracy operations.

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Japan's antipiracy patrol in Gulf of Aden

TOKYO, Japan - A helicopter of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (C) and an MSDF escort ship (upper L) escort a cargo ship sailing in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on July 9, 2012, during antipiracy operations.

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Japan's antipiracy patrol in Gulf of Aden

TOKYO, Japan - The pilot of a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol aircraft observes the scene in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on July 9, 2012, during antipiracy operations. To the lower left is the MSDF's escort vessel Sawagiri.

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Japan launches new registration system for foreigners

NARITA, Japan - Nguyen Thanh Nho (L), a Vietnamese national, receives his resident card at the immigration control office at Narita airport, near Tokyo, upon his arrival on July 9, 2012, to work as a trainee in Japan. Japan launched a new registration system for foreigners the same day, incorporating those staying in the country longer than 90 days into the same residence registration system as Japanese citizens.

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Japan launches new registration system for foreigners

TOKYO, Japan - People demonstrate against a new registration system for foreigners, in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district of government ministries and agencies on July 9, 2012. Japan launched a new registration system for foreigners the same day, incorporating those staying in the country longer than 90 days into the same residence registration system as Japanese citizens.

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Japan launches new registration system for foreigners

TOKYO, Japan - People demonstrate against a new registration system for foreigners, in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district of government ministries and agencies on July 9, 2012. Japan launched a new registration system for foreigners the same day, incorporating those staying in the country longer than 90 days into the same residence registration system as Japanese citizens.

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Myanmar commerce minister in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar Commerce Minister Win Myint (R) is briefed by Park Young Kwang (L), president of EBM Corp., on medical equipment the company produces, at the company in Tokyo's Ota Ward on July 9, 2012.

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Myanmar commerce minister in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar Commerce Minister Win Myint (3rd from R front) holds talks with Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman Tadashi Okamura (far L) in Tokyo on July 9, 2012.

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South Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - People dance in ethnic costumes in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on July 9, 2012, ahead of a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the African country's independence.

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Rakuten to sell home-use solar panels

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 9, 2012 in Tokyo shows a home-use solar panel to be sold by Rakuten Inc. The major online retailer said the same day it will start selling online from July 17 four varieties of home-use solar panels at cut-rate prices made possible by bypassing wholesalers and delivering the panels directly to consumers.

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Noda, Karzai hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai shake hands ahead of talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 9, 2012.

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ASEAN foreign ministerial meeting

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario (R) attends an ASEAN foreign ministerial meeting in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, on July 9, 2012.

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ASEAN foreign ministerial meeting

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - ASEAN foreign ministers gather in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, for a meeting on July 9, 2012.

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Noda, Karzai hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (far R) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai (3rd from L front) hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 9, 2012.

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Karzai in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) receives flowers from Rie Tanaka, a Japanese gymnast set to compete in the London Olympics, after receiving an honorary doctorate from Nippon Sport Science University at the university in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on July 9, 2012.

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Suu Kyi attends parliament

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Aung San Suu Kyi (C), leader of Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy, arrives at the lower house of the parliament in Naypyitaw, the country's capital, on July 9, 2012.

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China's consumer prices up 2.2% in June

BEIJING, China - Customers buy bargain sale vegetables at a supermarket in Beijing on July 8, 2012. Government data showed on July 9, 2012, that China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.2 percent in June from the same month a year earlier, slowing from 3.0 percent in May.

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New registration for foreigners starts

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a sample of a new residence card for foreigners. A new registration system for foreigners in Japan began on July 9, 2012, with those staying in the country longer than three months to be incorporated into the same residence registration system as Japanese citizens. The new system scrapped the 60-year-old alien registration cards.

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ASEAN foreign ministers meeting

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Participants join hands at a meeting of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on July 9, 2012.

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Karzai in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2012. He took part in an international conference on Afghan development in the Japanese capital the previous day.

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New registration for foreigners starts

OSAKA, Japan - Foreigners receive new residence cards at the Osaka immigration bureau in Osaka on July 9, 2012. A new registration system for foreigners in Japan began that day, with those staying in the country longer than three months to be incorporated into the same residence registration system as Japanese citizens. The new system scrapped the 60-year-old alien registration cards.

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Karzai in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai (front) heads to a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2012. He took part in an international conference on Afghan development in the Japanese capital the previous day.

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New registration for foreigners starts

OSAKA, Japan - Foreigners line up to get new residence cards at the Osaka immigration bureau in Osaka on July 9, 2012. A new registration system for foreigners in Japan began that day, with those staying in the country longer than three months to be incorporated into the same residence registration system as Japanese citizens. The new system scrapped the 60-year-old alien registration cards.

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Truck charges into Japan Embassy in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the damaged front gate of the Japanese Embassy Seoul on July 9, 2012. A small truck driven by a South Korean man smashed into the gate in the morning, but police confirmed there were no casualties.

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Truck charges into Japan Embassy in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the truck that smashed into the front gate of the Japanese Embassy Seoul on July 9, 2012. On the side of the vehicle are characters reading ''Dokdo is our territory.'' South Korea and Japan are embroiled in a territorial dispute over islets in the Sea of Japan known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.

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Truck charges into Japan Embassy in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the truck that smashed into the front gate of the Japanese Embassy Seoul on July 9, 2012. On the side of the vehicle are characters reading ''Dokdo is our territory.'' South Korea and Japan are embroiled in a territorial dispute over islets in the Sea of Japan known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.

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Toy Story attraction at DisneySea

URAYASU, Japan - People line up in front of the new "Toy Story Mania!" attraction at the Tokyo DisneySea theme park in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on July 9, 2012. Visitors can experience the world of the "Toy Story" movie series through a ride wearing three-dimensional goggles at the attraction that was opened the same day.

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Toy Story attraction at DisneySea

URAYASU, Japan - People line up in front of the new "Toy Story Mania!" attraction at the Tokyo DisneySea theme park in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on July 9, 2012. Visitors can experience the world of the "Toy Story" movie series through a ride wearing three-dimensional goggles at the attraction that was opened the same day.

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Jetstar at Kansai airport

OSAKA, Japan - Passengers begin boarding Jetstar Japan Co.'s first flight from Kansai International Airport near Osaka to Narita airport near Tokyo on July 9, 2012. The budget airline funded by Japan Airlines Co. launched domestic flights earlier in the month.

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Kagoshima governor wins 3rd term

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito receives a bouquet from prefectural government employees as he arrived at the prefectural hall in the city of Kagoshima on July 9, 2012. He won a third four-year term in a gubernatorial election the previous day, defeating an antinuclear challenger after campaigning on a platform of conditionally allowing the restart of idled reactors at a local nuclear plant.

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Japan nuclear reactor resumes full operation

FUKUI, Japan - Photo on July 9, 2012, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 3 reactor (R) at the Oi plant on the Sea of Japan coast in Fukui Prefecture. The reactor began generating electricity at capacity that day, becoming the first of the country's 50 commercial reactors to return to full service after all were taken offline in May 2012 in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis.

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London in festive mood before Olympics

LONDON, England - The Olympic torch is relayed in Lewiston, Scotland, on June 9, 2012. Britain is increasingly in a festive mood ahead of the July 27 opening of the London Olympics.

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6 months till London Olympics

LONDON, Britain - Police officers patrol around the Olympic Park, the main venue of the Olympic Games, in London on Jan. 9, 2012. The event will run from July 27 until Aug. 12, 2012.

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Japan's Sawa named FIFA Women's Player of Year

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Homare Sawa (R) equalizes in the second half of extra time in the Women's World Cup final against the United States in July 2011 in Germany, en route to Nadeshiko Japan's first World Cup title in a penalty shootout. Sawa was named FIFA Women's World Player of the Year on Jan. 9, 2012.