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TEPCO logs 288.39 bil. yen group net loss for April-June

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose (C) bows with others at the company's head office in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2012, after announcing the company's earnings results for the April-June quarter. The utility known as TEPCO reported a group net loss of 288.39 billion yen for the quarter, reflecting its soaring bill for fossil fuels to make up for a loss of nuclear power generation after the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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TEPCO logs 288.39 bil. yen group net loss for April-June

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose speaks about the company's earnings results for the April-June quarter at its head office in Tokyo on Aug. 1, 2012. The utility known as TEPCO reported a consolidated net loss of 288.39 billion yen for the quarter, reflecting its soaring bill for fossil fuels to make up for a loss of nuclear power generation after the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Philippines-controlled islands in Spratlys

MANILA, Philippines - Members of the Philippine navy are seen next to a high-speed boat loaded with supplies on the shore of Lawak Island, which is under Philippine control, in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on June 1, 2012.

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Philippines-controlled islands in Spratlys

MANILA, Philippines - Photo shows Patag Island (front) and Lawak Island (R back), which are under Philippine control, in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on June 1, 2012.

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Japan to ban serving of raw beef liver

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows raw beef liver served at a Tokyo barbecue restaurant in March 2012. The health ministry will ban restaurants from serving raw beef liver, a popular dish in Japan, from July 1, 2012, in the wake of a series of food poisoning incidents caused by raw beef, including fatal cases, a government panel agreed on June 12, 2012.

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Sendai man to serve as Olympic torch runner

SENDAI, Japan - Sadaharu Mishina (L), 31, an employee at ANA Holiday Inn Sendai, shakes hands with his supervisor Kimifusa Shibata, 47, in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on June 1, 2012. Mishina, who lost his 2-year-old daughter and saw his home damaged in the March 2011 disaster that struck the region, will be a torch runner in the upcoming London Olympics, running with the sacred flame in a suburb of Leeds, a city in the north of England, on June 25.

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Mud hopper jumps in courting

FUKUOKA, Japan - A male bluespotted mud hopper, an endangered species called "mutsugoro" in Japan, jumps in an act of courting in tideland waters of Ariake Bay in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 1, 2012.

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Matsui goes deep off Chen

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Tampa Bay Rays hits a two-run homer off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Chen Wei-yin during the first inning of a game at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on June 1, 2012. Matsui went 1-for-3 as his team won 5-0.

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Asian security forum

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono gives the opening speech at the "Asian Security Summit" in Singapore on June 1, 2012.

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S. African trade minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - South African Trade and Industry Minister Robert Davies speaks to reporters at a hotel in Tokyo on June 1, 2012.

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Kitajima wins Santa Clara 200

SANTA CLARA, United States - Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, the two-time defending Olympic champion in the men's 200-meter breastroke, waves from the podium after winning the 200 at the Santa Clara International in Santa Clara, California, on June 1, 2012.

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Matsui goes deep off Chen

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Tampa Bay Rays hits a two-run homer off Baltimore Orioles pitcher Chen Wei-yin during the first inning of a game at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on June 1, 2012. Matsui went 1-for-3 as his team won 5-0.

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Display of cats, dogs after 8 p.m. at pet shops banned

TOKYO, Japan - An employee at a pet shop in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront area removes a dog from a cage on the night of June 1, 2012. An Environment Ministry ordinance that bans pet shop operators from displaying cats and dogs after 8 p.m. to relieve the animals of stress took effect the same day, following criticism by animal rights groups of outlets that stay open until late at night.

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Jamaican uniform

LONDON, Britain - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, three-time Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the 100 meters, poses while modeling his country's kit for the upcoming London Olympics during an event in London on June 1, 2012.

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Jamaican uniform

LONDON, Britain - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt (C front), three-time Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the 100 meters, wears his country's kit for the upcoming London Olympics during an event in London on June 1, 2012.

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U.N. conference may fail to seek roadmap for green economy

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows the headquarters of the United Nations in New York on June 1, 2012, where preparatory negotiations are under way on the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, dubbed Rio+20. The conference will be held in late June in Brazil. World leaders are unlikely to call for a roadmap for global transition to a so-called green economy at the conference, as their draft outcome document has dropped the word amid conflicts between developed and developing nations, negotiation sources said.

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Children's Day observed in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children play a game at a kindergarten in Pyongyang to mark International Children's Day on June 1, 2012. Ceremonial events took place at other kindergartens and amusement parks in the country as well.

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Games Terminal at Heathrow

LONDON, Britain - Heathrow Airport in London unveils to the press the Games Terminal, a temporary terminal for use by athletes and officials taking part in this summer's London Olympics, on June 1, 2012. The terminal will be used only for three days between Aug. 13 and 15 immediately after the closing ceremony.

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Man crushed by tank in Tiananmen massacre

HONG KONG, China - Fang Zheng, a protester who survived being run over by a tank during the democracy protest in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, shows a T-shirt bearing the word "democracy," made in commemoration of the 23rd anniversary of the incident, during a press conference in Hong Kong on June 1, 2012. Fang, who walks with a pair of artificial legs and a crutch, is visiting from the United States to attend a June 4 candlelight vigil in Hong Kong and testify to the bloody massacre he witnessed.

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Japan, China start direct currency trading

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows a dealing room of the Shanghai branch of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ on June 1, 2012, where direct trading in the Japanese and Chinese currencies is conducted. Yen-yuan direct trading began the same day in Tokyo and Shanghai.

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Internet-based businesses form new association

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani, president of Internet retailer Rakuten Inc., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 1, 2012, after assuming the post of chairman of the Japan Association of New Economy. An organization of some 780 Internet-based businesses changed its name that day from the Japan e-business Association to the Japan Association of New Economy in line with a policy to open its membership to non-online companies.

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Indoor "Milky Way" at Tokyo Tower

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Tower launches an annual "Milky Way illumination" event at the observatory 150 meters above ground on June 1, 2012, in which 24,000 LED bulbs mimic the Milky Way. As visitors enjoyed a combination of a night view of the Japanese capital and the illumination's reflection on the windowpane, a Tokyo Tower official said, "You don't get to see this Milky Way from Skytree," referring to Tokyo Skytree, the landmark tower that recently opened, creating a rivalry with Tokyo Tower.

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"Lady Kaga" in Japan hot spring resort

KANAZAWA, Japan - Geisha girls and women working at Japanese-style inns and souvenir shops in Kaga hot spring resorts in Ishikawa Prefecture, who call themselves Lady Kaga as part of efforts to attract tourists, line up at JR Kaga Onsen rail station and bow to a passenger on June 1, 2012. A total of 180 women working in four hot spring resorts in the Kaga district are taking part in a new tourism promotion campaign that started the same day.

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Display of cats, dogs after 8 p.m. at pet shops banned

TOKYO, Japan - An employee at a pet shop in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront area removes a dog from a cage on the night of June 1, 2012. An Environment Ministry ordinance that bans pet shop operators from displaying cats and dogs after 8 p.m. to relieve the animals of stress took effect the same day, following criticism by animal rights groups of outlets that stay open until late at night.

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Children's Day observed in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children and parents at a kindergarten in Pyongyang rejoice as soldiers carry playground equipment, presented by the country's leader Kim Jong Un, to mark International Children's Day on June 1, 2012. Ceremonial events took place at other kindergartens and amusement parks in the country as well.

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Children's Day observed in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children and parents at a kindergarten in Pyongyang rejoice as soldiers carry playground equipment, presented by the country's leader Kim Jong Un, to mark International Children's Day on June 1, 2012. Ceremonial events took place at other kindergartens and amusement parks in the country as well.

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Display of cats, dogs after 8 p.m. at pet shops banned

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows dogs on display in a pet shop in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront area shortly before shop staff remove the animals from their cage on June 1, 2012. An Environment Ministry ordinance that bans pet shop operators from displaying cats and dogs after 8 p.m. to relieve the animals of stress took effect the same day, following criticism by animal rights groups of outlets that stay open until late at night.

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Japan, China start direct currency trading

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a display for the Chinese yuan-Japanese yen exchange rate, along with the flags of the two countries, in the office of foreign exchange broker Tokyo Forex & Ueda Harlow Ltd. in Tokyo's Nihombashimuromachi district on June 1, 2012, when the two countries began direct trading between the two currencies in Tokyo and Shanghai.

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Japan stocks fall

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a display in Tokyo's Yaesu district indicating the closing level of the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average on June 1, 2012. Hit by concerns over a strong yen, the key Japanese stock index fell 102.48 points, or 1.20 percent, to 8,440.25, finishing below the 8,500 mark for the first time since Jan. 17.

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"Evangelion" augmented reality

TOKYO, Japan - A woman looks at an augmented reality scene featuring "Evangelion Unit-01," a robot-like machine in the animation series "Neon Genesis Evangelion," on a tablet computer at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 1, 2012. All Nippon Airways Co. is offering the service from June 1 to July 20, 2012.

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Japan, China to start direct currency trading

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows a display for the Japanese yen-Chinese yuan exchange rates in a dealing room of the Shanghai branch of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ on June 1, 2012. Direct trading in the Japanese and Chinese currencies began the same day with the yuan fetching 12.33 yen at the outset, bypassing the U.S. dollar in a development expected to boost trade and investment between Asia's two biggest economies.

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Kazaoka becomes new chief aid to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Noriyuki Kazaoka (R) receives a certificate for his new post of Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Agency from Emperor Akihito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 1, 2012. Standing between them is Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura. (Pool photo)

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - Two young crested ibises (L) look for food beside one of their parents (R) in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young birds were two of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Suu Kyi in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi gives a press conference after the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok on June 1, 2012. Suu Kyi delivered a speech at the forum.

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Suu Kyi in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi gives a press conference after the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Bangkok on June 1, 2012. Suu Kyi delivered a speech at the forum.

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Sharp's organic EL panel with new material

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken on June 1, 2012, shows Sharp Corp.'s organic electroluminescence display panel with a new material. The Osaka-based electronics company said the same day it has developed a technology to make higher resolution images on organic electroluminescence display panels for smartphones and other electronics products. The technology involves use of indium-gallium-zinc oxide semiconductors, a new material which Sharp already employs to increase the picture definition on its mass-produced liquid crystal display panels.

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Kazaoka becomes new chief aid to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Noriyuki Kazaoka, who became the new Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Agency on June 1, 2012.

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"Super Cool Biz" campaign starts

TOKYO, Japan - An employee (R) at the Environment Ministry in an aloha shirt is interviewed by reporters in his office in Tokyo on June 1, 2012. The ministry the same day started its "Super Cool Biz" campaign to promote energy saving in the workplace, broadening the type of acceptable clothing for its staff to Hawaiian shirts and sandals.

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Aeon supermarkets open at 7 a.m. for power-saving

TOKYO, Japan - People shop at an outlet of Aeon Co. in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward just after 7 a.m. on June 1, 2012. Japan's largest retailer the same day started to open most of its supermarket outlets across the country at 7 a.m., two hours earlier than usual, in response to calls by consumers who want to shop in the cooler hours of the morning amid nationwide efforts to save power during the summer.

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis (L) lands beside one of its parents in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young bird is one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - Two young crested ibises spread their wings in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young birds were two of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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"Super Cool Biz" campaign starts

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and other ministers in Okinawa's Kariyushi wear are pictured before a Cabinet meeting at the parliament building in Tokyo on June 1, 2012. The Environment Ministry the same day started its "Super Cool Biz" campaign to promote energy saving in the workplace, broadening the type of acceptable clothing for its staff to Hawaiian shirts and sandals.

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Japan, China to start direct currency trading

BEIJING, China - Photo shows bills in yen (L) and yuan. Direct trading in the Japanese and Chinese currencies, bypassing the U.S. dollar, began on June 1, 2012, in a development that will help to boost trade and investment in Asia's two biggest economies.