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Ascidians caught in Miyagi Pref.

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Baskets of ascidians harvested in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, is photographed on June 10, 2014, the first such major harvesting since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that severely hit northeastern Japan.

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Tohoku Electric files for safety review to allow reactor resumption

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Inoue, vice president of Tohoku Electric Power Co., (R) submits an application for a state safety assessment of a nuclear reactor at its Higashidori plant to a Nuclear Regulation Authority official in Tokyo on June 10, 2014. The No. 1 reactor at the plant is the 19th in Japan for which a safety review application has been filed since safety requirements were tightened last year in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Japanese rock singer, guitarist Yanagi dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in June 1998 shows Japanese rock singer and guitarist George Yanagi. He died of kidney failure on Oct. 10, 2011, his family said Oct. 14. He was 63.

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka in Florida

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka trains at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Sept. 10, 2011, as the team visited the ballpark to face the Tampa Bay Rays. Matsuzaka has been trying to recover from surgery on his pitching elbow in June 2011.

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AirAsia X to offer Osaka-Kuala Lumpur flight

OSAKA, Japan - Azran Osman-Rani (C), chief executive officer of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia X, attends an event in Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 10, 2011, to promote a flight between Osaka and Kuala Lumpur to be launched on Nov. 30. In the promotional period through June 20, the lowest fare available on the new route from Kansai International Airport is set at 3,931 yen one way. The total ticket cost, including airport taxes, rises to 8,081 yen. The flight will be the airline's second service linking Malaysia and Japan after the inauguration in 2010 of flights between Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo.

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Eel eggs in Pacific

TOKYO, Japan - Katsumi Tsukamoto, professor at the University of Tokyo Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, shows some of the 150 eel eggs collected in June 2011 from the Pacific off the Mariana Islands as a joint research team announced the finding in Tokyo on July 10, 2011.

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Tokyo science museum upgraded

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at displays of the exhibition ''Making of Tokyo Sky Tree'' at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo on June 10, 2011.

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Tokyo science museum upgraded

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Geo-Cosmos (top), a miniature Earth display, and the Geo-Scope (bottom), an interactive board, at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo on June 10, 2011.

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DPJ's Hosono, NRC's Jaczko meet

WASHINGTON, United States - Gregory Jaczko (L), chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Goshi Hosono, special adviser to Prime Minister Naoto Kan, talk about cooperation regarding the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant at the NRC in a suburb of Washington on June 10, 2011. Jaczko briefed Hosono on the NRC's ongoing review of U.S. nuclear plants, while Hosono explained the Japanese government's efforts to deal with the challenges posed by the Fukushima reactors as well as the government's report submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency, according to the joint statement.

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S. Korean college students' fees protest

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean college students hold a demonstration demanding lower tuition fees in central Seoul on June 10, 2011.

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Satellite image of N. Korea's nuke complex

WASHINGTON, United States - Satellite photo released on June 10, 2011, by the Institute for Science and International Security, a Washington-based think tank, shows additional construction activities at the Yongbyon nuclear site in North Korea. The ISIS said the findings show that more is going on at Yongbyon than commonly believed and Pyongyang should provide information about these new buildings.

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Athletics' Matsui

CHICAGO, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui (C) celebrates the team's 7-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox with his teammates at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on June 10, 2011. The A's ended a season-high 10-game losing streak with the win.

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S. Korean college students' fees protest

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean college students hold a demonstration demanding lower tuition fees in central Seoul on June 10, 2011.

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Kansai Electric seeks 15% power cut

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi speaks during a press conference in Osaka on June 10, 2011. He said the utility firm will ask households and firms in its service area in western Japan to voluntarily cut power consumption by around 15 percent from July 1 to Sept. 22 due to an expected electricity shortage this summer.

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Athletics' Matsui

CHICAGO, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a run-scoring single in the ninth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on June 10, 2011. The A's stopped a season-high 10-game losing streak with a 7-5 victory.

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka after surgery

LOS ANGELES, United States - Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (R) gets in a car with the assistance of his wife Tomoyo (L) in Los Angeles, California, on June 10, 2011, after surgery on his right elbow. Matsuzaka's agent Scott Boras called the operation by noted orthopedic surgeon Lewis Yocum a success and said his client should need about 10 to 12 months to make a full recovery.

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China-N Korea 'strategic dialogue'

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Choe Thae Bok, a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, holds talks with Li Yuanchao (not shown in the photo), head of the Chinese Communist Party's Organization Department, in Pyongyang on June 10, 2011.

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PM Kan, Noda, Kano in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - (from L to R) Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda and farm minister Michihiko Kano attend a meeting of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in the Diet building in Tokyo on June 10, 2011.

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China-N Korea 'strategic dialogue'

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Li Yuanchao, head of the Chinese Communist Party's Organization Department, holds talks with Choe Thae Bok (not shown in the photo), a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang on June 10, 2011.

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Temporary housing facilities in Ishinomaki

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows temporary housing facilities in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 10, 2011. Over 90,000 people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami still live in evacuation centers three months after the disaster.

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China-N Korea 'strategic dialogue'

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Li Yuanchao (R), head of the Chinese Communist Party's Organization Department, is greeted by Choe Thae Bok (L), a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, at Pyongyang International Airport on June 10, 2011. The two sides held a ''strategic dialogue'' later in the day in Pyongyang to discuss bilateral relations and other issues of mutual concern, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported the same day.

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Toyota Executive Vice President Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Ozawa (C), executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., is surrounded by reporters after holding a press conference on the company's earnings prospects in Tokyo on June 10, 2011.

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Golfer Miyazato

KOBE, Japan - Ai Miyazato takes part in the Suntory Ladies Open at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 10, 2011. Miyazato finished the first half of the tournament in a tie for 14th at 3 under.

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3 months since disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on June 10, 2011, nearly three months after the massive March 11 tsunami.

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Evacuation center in Kamaishi

KAMAISHI, Japan - People line up to receive their meals at an evacuation shelter in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on June 10, 2011. Over 100 people are still staying at the shelter about three months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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PM Kan in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during a meeting of the House of Councillors Budget Committee in the Diet building in Tokyo on June 10, 2011.

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Golfer Miyazato

KOBE, Japan - Ai Miyazato takes part in the Suntory Ladies Open at Rokko Kokusai Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on June 10, 2011. Miyazato finished the first half of the tournament in a tie for 14th at 3 under.

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U.S. envoy in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean foreign minister Kim Sung Hwan (R) and Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on June 10, 2011.

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3 months since disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 10, 2011, nearly three months after the massive March 11 tsunami. Temporary housing units have been erected on a hill (front).

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Ishigaki mayor seeks to visit disputed island

TOKYO, Japan - Ishigaki Mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama (L) hands to Masanori Miyahara, a senior official of Japan's Fisheries Agency, a document requesting the central government's approval of the mayor to visit one of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the South China Sea, at the agency in Tokyo on June 10, 2011. Nakayama made the request to visit Uotsuri Island to hold a memorial service for those who died off the island during World War II.

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3 months since disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on June 10, 2011, nearly three months after the massive March 11 tsunami. Temporary housing units have been erected on a hill (front).

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Checking radioactive substances in tea leaves

SHIZUOKA, Japan - An employee of Shizuoka Prefecture takes samples of tea leaves to test for radioactive materials at a production plant in Shizuoka City on June 10, 2011. The prefecture said the previous day it found radioactive cesium surpassing the legal limit in tea leaves processed at a plant in the prefecture.

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U.S. envoy in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean foreign minister Kim Sung Hwan (R) and Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, meet in Seoul on June 10, 2011.

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Kan's possible successors

TOKYO, Japan - Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) answers questions during a House of Councillors Budget Committee session at a Diet building in Tokyo on June 10, 2011. Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and farm minister Michihiko Kano (2nd from L) are among the lawmakers who could possibly replace Kan.

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Raid on yakuza headquarters

KOBE, Japan - Police officers enter the headquarters of Japan's largest crime syndicate the Yamaguchi-gumi in Kobe, western Japan, on June 10, 2011. The police were investigating a case involving a yakuza boss, who was arrested on suspicion of playing golf using a false name at a golf course that bans gangsters.

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Soyuz connects with int'l space station

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency watch a video monitor in Tokyo on June 10, 2011. The screen shows Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa moving to the International Space Station from the Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

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Kan to forgo PM's salary until nuclear crisis brought under control

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during a press conference at his office in Tokyo on May 10, 2011. Kan said he will forgo the monthly salary and biannual bonuses paid to him for serving as Japan's leader, starting from June, until the crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant is brought under control.

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Yoshinaga promoted to Fuji Heavy Industries president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, corporate executive vice president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., who will become president and chief operating officer of the company. The maker of Subaru automobiles on May 10, 2011, announced his promotion, which will take place in late June. Current President Ikuo Mori will become chairman while retaining his post as chief executive officer.

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Recovery of fallen device at Monju reactor planned

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken May 2010 shows the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said May 10, 2011, that it will undertake work in June 2011 to recover a fallen 3.3-ton device at the reactor. The device used for fuel exchange accidentally fell into the reactor vessel in August 2010.

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Peruvian presidential candidate Fujimori

LIMA, Peru - Keiko Fujimori (C) celebrates in Lima on April 10, 2011, after it was confirmed she would progress to the June presidential runoff election against Ollanta Humala. Fujimori is the eldest daughter of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who is serving time in prison for misappropriation during his tenure.

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Analysis of space particles brought back by Hayabusa

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Fujimura (L), professor at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on March 10, 2011, on the analysis of particles brought back to Earth by Japan's Hayabusa unmanned space probe from the asteroid Itokawa in June 2010. The material constituting the asteroid may have been formed in high temperatures at the time the solar system was created 4.6 billion years ago, according to JAXA.