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Prize-winning writer Saiichi Maruya dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2008 shows Saiichi Maruya, a Japanese prize-winning writer, translator and critic, being interviewed at home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward. Maruya died Oct. 13, 2012, of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital. He was 87. He won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for "Toshi no Nokori" (The Rest of the Year) in 1968.

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

BEIJING, Canada - Sheng Laiyun, spokesman of China's National Bureau of Statistics, speaks on China's economic growth in the April-June quarter of 2012 in Beijing on July 13, 2012. China's economic growth further slowed in the quarter, expanding 7.6 percent from a year earlier compared to the 8.1 percent rise in the first quarter.

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Japanese climbers missing in Mt. McKinley

TALKEETNA, United States - Photo from a plane chartered by Kyodo News on June 18, 2012, shows a crevasse (at arrow) where four Japanese climbers are believed to have fallen on Mt. McKinley in Alaska, United States. The climbers went missing after an avalanche on the mountain on June 13, 2012. At bottom R is a camp for climbers.

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Japanese climbers missing in Mt. McKinley

TALKEETNA, United States - Photo from a plane chartered by Kyodo News on June 18, 2012, shows a crevasse (at arrow) where four Japanese climbers are believed to have fallen on Mt. McKinley in Alaska, United States. The climbers went missing after an avalanche on the mountain on June 13, 2012. At bottom R is a camp for climbers.

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Alaska's Mt. McKinley

TALKEETNA, United States - Photo from a plane chartered by Kyodo News on June 18, 2012, shows Mt. McKinley in Alaska, United States. Four Japanese climbers went missing after an avalanche on the mountain on June 13, 2012.

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Japanese climbers missing in Mt. McKinley

TALKEETNA, United States - Photo from a plane chartered by Kyodo News on June 18, 2012, shows a crevasse (top L) where four Japanese climbers are believed to have fallen on Mt. McKinley in Alaska, United States. The climbers went missing after an avalanche on the mountain on June 13, 2012.

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Japan prince, princess in Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda - Japan's Prince Akishino (C), the second son of Emperor Akihito, and his wife Princess Kiko pay a visit to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Kampala, the capital of the East African country, on June 13, 2012.

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Japan prince, princess in Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda - Japan's Prince Akishino (front R), the second son of Emperor Akihito, and his wife Princess Kiko talk to children at a facility operated by a Japanese nongovernmental organization to support children who lost their parents due to AIDS in Kampala, the capital of the East African country, on June 13, 2012.

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Okinawa residents opposed to Osprey deployment

NAHA, Japan - Local residents raise their fists outside the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 13, 2012, protesting against the planned deployment of the MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft at the Futenma base.

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Uniqlo operator plans to expand in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of the Uniqlo brand clothing store chain, speaks at a press conference in Manila on June 13, 2012, ahead of the opening of the first Uniqlo store in Manila on June 15. The company plans to open 50 Uniqlo stores in the Philippines over the next three years, the head of its local subsidiary said the same day.

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Uniqlo operator plans to expand in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Tadashi Yanai, chairman and president of Fast Retailing Co., the operator of the Uniqlo brand clothing store chain, speaks at a press conference in Manila on June 13, 2012, ahead of the opening of the first Uniqlo store in Manila on June 15. The company plans to open 50 Uniqlo stores in the Philippines over the next three years, the head of its local subsidiary said the same day.

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Suu Kyi heads for Europe to give Nobel Peace Prize lecture

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves from Yangon's airport June 13, 2012, on a trip to Europe to deliver her Nobel Peace Prize lecture and receive various other awards and honors.

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Japanese owner reunited with buoy lost in tsunami

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Sakiko Miura smiles in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 13, 2012, after putting on an apron presented as a gift from American David Baxter, who also shipped her a fish-farm buoy (front) that was lost in the March 2011 tsunami and later found on an island off Alaska. Miura, 63, is believed to be the first Japanese to receive a washed-up item from Japan's disaster-hit region sent back from overseas.

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Suu Kyi heads for Europe to give Nobel Peace Prize lecture

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves from Yangon's airport June 13, 2012, on a trip to Europe to deliver her Nobel Peace Prize lecture and receive various other awards and honors.

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Japanese owner reunited with buoy lost in tsunami

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Sakiko Miura smiles while holding a fish-farm buoy in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 13, 2012. American David Baxter shipped her the buoy that was lost in the March 2011 tsunami and later found on an island off Alaska. Miura, 63, is believed to be the first Japanese to receive a washed-up item from Japan's disaster-hit region sent back from overseas.

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Japanese owner reunited with buoy lost in tsunami

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Sakiko Miura caresses a fish-farm buoy in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 13, 2012. American David Baxter shipped her the buoy that was lost in the March 2011 tsunami and later found on an island off Alaska. Miura, 63, is believed to be the first Japanese to receive a washed-up item from Japan's disaster-hit region sent back from overseas.

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Hosogai heading for Bayer Leverkusen next season

NARITA, Japan - Japan midfielder Hajime Hosogai arrives at Narita airport, near Tokyo, from Australia on June 13, 2012. The 26-year-old said the same day he will play for Bayer Leverkusen in Germany's Bundesliga next season. His contract will run through June 2015.

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Lego seeks to build theme park in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen (L front), chairman of Kirkbi A/S, talks with Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura (far R front) at Nagoya city hall on June 13, 2012. Officials involved with the operation of Legoland theme parks sought support from the mayor for their bid to open the company's first theme park in Japan in Nagoya in 2016.

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Kagawa breaks silence on Man Utd

NARITA, Japan - Japan's Shinji Kagawa speaks about his transfer to Manchester United at a hotel in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on June 13, 2012, shortly after returning from a World Cup qualifier in Australia.

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Lawyers visit Nepalese man at immigration office

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Lawyers Hiroshi Kamiyama (L) and Shozaburo Ishida meet the press after visiting Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepalese granted a retrial over a 1997 murder case, at the Yokohama Office of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau on June 13, 2012. The lawyers visited Mainali as they wished to see him one more time before his pending repatriation. During their meeting, Kamiyama, who headed a group of lawyers for Mainali, exchanged a high-five with him through the acrylic sheet that separated them, while the Nepalese told Kamiyama, "Finally, I have something to tell you. Please get married soon," according to the lawyers.

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Kagawa breaks silence on Man Utd

NARITA, Japan - Japan's Shinji Kagawa speaks about his transfer to Manchester United at a hotel in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on June 13, 2012, shortly after returning from a World Cup qualifier in Australia.

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Record exists on China's shipment of missile transporters to N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows what appears to be a new ballistic missile and a launch-pad vehicle during a military parade held at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012, the centennial of the birth of North Korea's state founder Kim Il Sung. Records from a cargo ship have revealed that China shipped to North Korea around August 2011 vehicles used to transport the new ballistic missile, Japanese government officials said June 13, 2012. China's action could constitute a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions banning member states from exporting to North Korea any materials or equipment that could contribute to North Korea's ballistic missile program.

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Record exists on China's shipment of missile transporters to N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows what appears to be a new ballistic missile and a launch-pad vehicle during a military parade held at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012, the centennial of the birth of North Korea's state founder Kim Il Sung. Records from a cargo ship have revealed that China shipped to North Korea around August 2011 vehicles used to transport the new ballistic missile, Japanese government officials said June 13, 2012. China's action could constitute a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions banning member states from exporting to North Korea any materials or equipment that could contribute to North Korea's ballistic missile program.

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U.S. report for Osprey deployment plan

NAHA, Japan - A Japanese Defense Ministry official (R) shows Susumu Matayoshi, a senior Okinawa prefectural official, an environmental review conducted by the United States in preparation for the planned deployment at a U.S. base in Okinawa of MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft, at the prefectural government building on June 13, 2012.

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Japan, Australia start FTA talks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Government officials from Japan and Australia begin three-day talks on June 13, 2012, in Tokyo toward sealing a bilateral free trade agreement, with the focus on what concessions Japan is prepared to make on liberalizing trade in farm products and what Australia is prepared to concede on investor protection. It is the 16th round of bilateral FTA negotiations launched in April 2007.

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1st Asia-Europe nuclear safety seminar opens in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - The first ever Asia-Europe nuclear safety seminar begins in Singapore on June 13, 2012. More than 120 policymakers and technical experts from some 27 countries, including Japan, are taking part in the three-day event aimed at promoting cooperation between advanced and developing countries in nuclear safety.

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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.

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British woman adventurer confirmed safe after SOS call

SENDAI, Japan - British adventurer Sarah Outen sets out for Vancouver from a port in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, on May 13, 2012, in her boat Gulliver. The Japan Coast Guard said on June 7 it had confirmed Outen is safe after receiving an SOS call from her during her solo rowing voyage from the east cost of Japan to the west coast of Canada.