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HKT48's Sashihara visits hometown

OITA, Japan - Rino Sashihara of the idol group HKT48 receives a bouquet while visiting the Oita city hall in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 14, 2013. Sashihara, who moved from AKB48 to HKT48 in 2012, serves as a tourism envoy for the city, her hometown. She captured the coveted No. 1 spot within AKB48 and its sister groups in the 2013 popularity vote.

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Russia releases 2 Japanese men

KUSHIRO, Japan - (From R) Shigeo Nakamura and Kuniaki Yamagata arrive at Nemuro port in Hokkaido on July 14, 2012, after Russia released the two Japanese men detained in late June by Russian border control officials while sailing near Kunashiri, a disputed island off Hokkaido.

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London in festive mood before Olympics

LONDON, England - Children gather around Wenlock, the official mascot of the London Olympics, at a shopping center near the Olympic Park in London on June 14, 2012. Britain is increasingly in a festive mood ahead of the July 27 opening of the London Olympics.

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Greece leftist politician Tsipras

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, president of the Synaspismos leftist political party, gives a speech at a rally in Athens on June 14, 2012.

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Supporters of Greek leftist party

ATHENS, Greece - Supporters of Greece's Synaspismos leftist political party attend a rally in Athens on June 14, 2012.

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Japan prince in Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda - Japan's Prince Akishino (front L), the second son of Emperor Akihito, with his wife Princess Kiko (R to Prince Akishino), receives a memorial plate as they attend a cornerstone laying ceremony for a 520-meter bridge to be built using 9.2 billion yen in yen-denominated loans in Kampala, the capital of the East African country, on June 14, 2012.

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Child under 6 declared brain-dead for 1st time for organ transplant

TOYAMA, Japan - Journalists encircle a spokesman of Toyama University Hospital in Toyama city on the night of June 14, 2012, after the hospital declared a boy under age 6 brain-dead for the first time in Japan under the revised organ transplantation law. The child's organs are expected to be harvested for transplantation as a result of the family's consent.

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Local mayor OKs restarting Oi nuclear reactors

FUKUI, Japan - Shinobu Tokioka (R), mayor of Oi town in Fukui Prefecture, informs Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa of his consent to restarting two idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in the town, during a meeting at the Fukui prefectural government office on June 14, 2012. The governor is also expected to convey his approval to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda as early as June 16.

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Child under 6 declared brain-dead for 1st time for organ transplant

TOYAMA, Japan - Journalists encircle a spokesman of Toyama University Hospital in Toyama city on the night of June 14, 2012, after the hospital declared a boy under age 6 brain-dead for the first time in Japan under the revised organ transplantation law. The child's organs are expected to be harvested for transplantation as a result of the family's consent.

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Child under 6 declared brain-dead for 1st time for organ transplant

TOKYO, Japan - Juntaro Ashikari (2nd from R, front), an official of the Japan Organ Transplant Network, holds a press conference at the health ministry in Tokyo on the night of June 14, 2012, after Toyama University Hospital in Toyama city declared a boy under age 6 as brain-dead for the first time in Japan under the revised organ transplantation law. The child's organs are expected to be harvested for transplantation as a result of the family's consent.

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Child under 6 declared brain-dead for 1st time for organ transplant

TOYAMA, Japan - Journalists gather in front of Toyama University Hospital on the night of June 14, 2012, after the hospital in Toyama city declared a boy under age 6 brain-dead for the first time in Japan under the revised organ transplantation law. The child's organs are expected to be harvested for transplantation as a result of the family's consent.

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Local mayor OKs restarting Oi nuclear reactors

FUKUI, Japan - Shinobu Tokioka, mayor of Oi town in Fukui Prefecture, meets Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa (back to camera) at the Fukui prefectural government office on June 14, 2012. Tokioka informed the governor at the meeting of his consent to restarting two idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in the town. The governor is also expected to convey his approval to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda as early as June 16.

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Last ex-AUM fugitive

NARITA, Japan - A police officer (C) hands out flyers while standing next to a full-scale effigy of former AUM Shinrikyo cult member Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining fugitive from the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on June 14, 2012.

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Mainali to leave Japan on June 15 for Nepal

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Kamiyama (R), who headed a group of lawyers for Govinda Prasad Mainali, a Nepalese man granted a retrial over a 1997 Tokyo murder, holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 14, 2012. Earlier the same day it was decided Mainali will leave Japan on June 15 to return to Kathmandu for the first time in about 18 years. Kamiyama said he is "greatly relieved" and praised Mainali's inner strength that enabled him to endure 15 years of imprisonment in Japan.

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Dikembe Mutombo in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Retired NBA star Dikembe Mutombo (2nd from R in back) visits sumo's Takanohana stable in Tokyo on June 14, 2012.

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Japan's largest toy show opens

TOKYO, Japan - A woman demonstrates Bandai Co.'s "smartpet" robot dog, which has a dock into which users insert a smartphone, which becomes the dog's head, at the 2012 International Tokyo Toy Show, Japan's largest annual toy show that began at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward on June 14, 2012.

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Tokyo DisneySea resumes operation of accident-hit roller coaster

CHIBA, Japan - Visitors ride the ''Raging Spirits'' roller coaster at Tokyo DisneySea in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, on June 14, 2012. Tokyo DisneySea resumed operation of the attraction after a 17-day suspension, following the first accident involving injury of a visitor on a ride at either of the Disney theme parks in Japan, located just east of Tokyo.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Mikasa, an uncle of Emperor Akihito, and his wife Princess Yuriko (both in wheelchairs) attend the main funeral of their eldest son Prince Tomohito of Mikasa at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on June 14, 2012. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Mikasa, an uncle of Emperor Akihito, and his wife Princess Yuriko (both in wheelchairs) attend the main funeral of their eldest son Prince Tomohito of Mikasa at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on June 14, 2012. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Akiko (R), the elder daughter of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, receives from a Shinto priest a tree branch for worshipping during the main funeral for the late prince, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward for on June 14, 2012. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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Abeno Harukas reaches 263 meters

OSAKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Abeno Harukas, a skyscraper under construction in Osaka, western Japan, which reached 263 meters on June 14, 2012, and became the highest building in western Japan, on its way to being the country's tallest structure for a commercial complex.

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Oi mayor OKs restart of local nuclear reactors

FUKUI, Japan - Shinobu Tokioka, mayor of the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, speaks at a meeting of the municipal assembly in Oi on June 14, 2012. Tokioka said he agrees with the restart of the idled Nos. 3 and 4 reactors of the Oi nuclear power station of Kansai Electric Power Co.

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Japan's largest toy show opens

TOKYO, Japan - A woman demonstrates Bandai Co.'s "smartpet" robot dog, which has a dock into which users insert a smartphone, which becomes the dog's head, at the 2012 International Tokyo Toy Show, Japan's largest annual toy show that began at Tokyo Big Sight in Koto Ward on June 14, 2012.

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Abeno Harukas reaches 263 meters

OSAKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Abeno Harukas, a skyscraper under construction in Osaka, western Japan, which reached 263 meters on June 14, 2012, and became the highest building in western Japan, on its way to being the country's tallest structure for a commercial complex.

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Abeno Harukas reaches 263 meters

OSAKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Abeno Harukas, a skyscraper under construction in Osaka, western Japan, which reached 263 meters on June 14, 2012, and became the highest building in western Japan, on its way to being the country's tallest structure for a commercial complex.

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Abeno Harukas reaches 263 meters

OSAKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Abeno Harukas, a skyscraper under construction in Osaka, western Japan, which reached 263 meters on June 14, 2012, and became the highest building in western Japan, on its way to being the country's tallest structure for a commercial complex.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - A vehicle carrying the body of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, arrives at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward for the main funeral on June 14, 2012. The prince died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - (from front R) Princess Akiko, Princess Yoko, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako attend the main funeral of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward for on June 14, 2012. Princess Akiko is the elder daughter of the late prince and Princess Yoko is the younger daughter. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.