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NPB admits changing ball

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the Nippon Professional Baseball's official ball used in the 2011 and 2012 seasons. The NPB admitted on June 11, 2013, that it had changed its official ball prior to the start of the ongoing season, which has seen markedly more home runs.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, a calf (front) looks almost skeletal because its mother is too weak to breastfeed it. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, Naoto Matsumura, who cares for cattle abandoned by their owners, relaxes at his home after finishing his day's work of tending to pets and livestock. Without electricity, he relies on candles to light his room. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 22, 2012, Naoto Matsumura (C) and his friend Kazuo Endo (R) help a pony onto a truck so he can take it home and care for it, doing so at the request of a resident (L) who has returned home temporarily. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, Naoto Matsumura, who cares for cattle abandoned by their owners, gives milk to a weakened calf via a feeding bottle. Behind him are the ostriches and the dog he keeps after their owners abandoned them. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Financial crisis in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - People line up at a drugstore in Athens on June 11, 2012. Pharmaceutical products are in serious short supply in Greece as the country's financial crisis has paralyzed the medical system.

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For young Japanese men, looking pretty is pretty cool

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken June 11, 2012, shows the sales area for male beauty products at retailer Tokyu Hands' store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. Young Japanese men are starting to resemble their female counterparts when it comes to the pursuit of beauty, with the nation awash in salons dedicated to male grooming and products such as hair removal creams, electric nose-hair trimmers and face-firming masks targeting the image-conscious man.

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Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Apple Inc. unveils its own map service for iOS 6 during the company's Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco on June 11, 2012.

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"The Tale of Genji" translated into Italian

ROME, Italy - Maria Teresa Orsi, a former professor at the University of Rome and an authority on Japanese literature, holds a published Italian translation of the classic Japanese literary work "Genji Monogatari" (The Tale of Genji) in Rome on June 11, 2012. She has translated the whole of the work into Italian for the first time.

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Japan's representative for Hooters Girls world competition

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 11, 2012, shows Mayu, Japan's representative for the Hooters Girls world competition organized by U.S. casual restaurant and sports bar chain Hooters, which will be held in Miami, Florida, on June 23. Contestants are selected from the Hooters Girls, the chain's waitresses who wear tank tops and shorts.

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Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - An Apple Inc. executive introduces the new car navigation function of Apple's portable devices at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco on June 11, 2012.

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Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook introduces the new features of the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch portable devices at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco on June 11, 2012.

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Minamata disease authority Harada dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2001 in Izumi, Kagoshima Prefecture, shows Masazumi Harada, a physician involved for many years in the study of the mercury poisoning-caused Minamata disease, giving a medical checkup to a man suspected of being a congenital sufferer of the disease. Harada died on June 11, 2012, of leukemia at his home in Kumamoto City. He was 77.

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Fukui governor likely to OK restart of reactors

FUKUI, Japan - Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa (L) receives a report from Hideyuki Nakagawa, head of a local nuclear safety commission, at the prefectural government hall in Fukui on June 11, 2012. The governor is expected to endorse the restart of two idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in the prefecture as he was officially informed of the commission's conclusion that necessary safety measures have been taken.

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Japan prepare for World Cup qualifier against Australia

BRISBANE, Australia - Australia coach Holger Osieck speaks during a press conference in Brisbane, Australia, on June 11, 2012, ahead of a World Cup qualifier against Japan on June 12.

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1,300 file criminal complaint against TEPCO execs, others

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - People head to the Fukushima District Public Prosecutors Office in Fukushima city on June 11, 2012. Around 1,300 people mainly from Fukushima Prefecture the same day filed a criminal complaint against Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata and 32 others, arguing they were responsible for causing the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant and the exposure of the plaintiffs to radiation.

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AirAsia Japan's 1st jet arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - The first airplane to be used by budget airline AirAsia Japan Co. is pictured on June 11, 2012 after arriving from France at Narita International Airport near Tokyo.

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1,300 file criminal complaint against TEPCO execs, others

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - People head to the Fukushima District Public Prosecutors Office in Fukushima city on June 11, 2012. Around 1,300 people mainly from Fukushima Prefecture the same day filed a criminal complaint against Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata and 32 others, arguing they were responsible for causing the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant and the exposure of the plaintiffs to radiation.

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Protest rally against Osprey deployment plan

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Local residents stage a protest rally in front of the city hall in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on June 11, 2012, as a senior defense ministry official sought the cooperation of the municipal government of the city for the planned temporary deployment of MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft at a U.S. military base there before eventually deploying them at another U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Belgian prince in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) receives Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde of Belgium at the crown prince's palace in Tokyo on June 11, 2012. (Pool photo By Kyodo News)

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Iwakuni air station

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in February 2010 shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi. A senior defense ministry official sought the cooperation of the municipal government of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on June 11, 2012, for the planned temporary deployment of MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft at the Iwakuni base before eventually deploying them at another U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture.

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IAEA-sponsored training session

MITO, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency Deputy Director General Alexander Bychkov speaks during a ceremony to mark the opening of a training session for nuclear engineers and researchers in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo on June 11, 2012.

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AirAsia Japan's 1st jet arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - The first airplane to be used by budget airline AirAsia Japan Co. arrives on June 11, 2012 from France at Narita International Airport near Tokyo.

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AirAsia Japan's 1st jet arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - The first airplane to be used by budget airline AirAsia Japan Co. is pictured on June 11, 2012 after arriving from France at Narita International Airport near Tokyo.

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MV-22 Osprey

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken June 13, 2011, shows an MV-22 Osprey, a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, seen at the Marine Corps' Air Station Miramar in San Diego. A senior defense ministry official sought the cooperation of the municipal government of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on June 11, 2012, for the planned temporary deployment of MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft at a U.S. military base there before eventually deploying them at another U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture.