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Baseball: Ichiro becomes 1st Asian elected to U.S. Hall of Fame

File photo shows Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners stealing second base during a game against the Los Angeles Angels on June 15, 2011, in Seattle. He became the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame on Jan. 21, 2025.

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Uotsuri Island

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Japanese police arrested on Aug. 15, 2012, activists from a Hong Kong-based group seeking to assert China's claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands after they landed on Uotsuri Island.

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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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Japan to field female bureaucrat to head green fund

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Naoko Ishii, deputy vice minister of finance of Japan. The Japanese government said Nov. 15, 2011, it will field Ishii as a candidate to head the Global Environmental Facility, a green fund linked to the World Bank and other international development bodies. If elected as chief executive officer of the GEF by its governing body in June 2012, Ishii would become the Japanese ministry's first female official to lead an international institution.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photos of an area of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, June 4 and Sept. 1, 2011, show that the debris in the area, hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, has been cleared away and green grass has covered the land.

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Divers clean sea in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - Combination photo shows items found on the seabed off a fishing port in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, that were apparently swept into the waters by the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami, on June 15, 2011. (From top left, clockwise) A videogame, stove, CD, signboard, shoe, electric saw.

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Divers clean sea in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A scuba diver retrieves ropes and fishing equipment which were swept into the sea by the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami, from the seabed off a fishing port in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on June 15, 2011. Divers are helping remove rubble which has been swept into the sea by the disaster.

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Divers clean seabed in tsunami-hit Ofunato

OFUNATO, Japan - A scuba diver is enveloped in a cloud of dirt as he retrieves rubble from the seabed off Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, on June 15, 2011. Divers are helping remove rubble which has been swept into the sea by the disaster.

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Ichiro achieves 400th MLB career stolen base

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki steals third base in the first inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on June 15, 2011. Ichiro achieved his 400th MLB career stolen base.

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Ichiro doubles

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki doubles to left in the first inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on June 15, 2011.

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Mariners' speedster Ichiro

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki steals second base in the seventh inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on June 15, 2011, reaching the 600th stolen base in his career spanning across the United States and Japan. Ichiro also reached the 400th stolen base in the MLB earlier in the game.

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Nishioka rejoins Twins

MINNEAPOLIS, United States - Tsuyoshi Nishioka (R) signs autographs for fans from his home country Japan at Target Field in Minneapolis on June 15, 2011. Nishioka rejoined the team on the same day after being sidelined for a broken bone on his left leg which he suffered in a game against the New York Yankees on April 7, 2011.

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Ichiro reaches 600th stolen base mark

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki steals second base in the seventh inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on June 15, 2011, reaching the 600th stolen base in his career spanning across the United States and Japan. Ichiro also reached the 400th stolen base in the MLB earlier in the game.

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Nishioka rejoins Twins

MINNEAPOLIS, United States - Tsuyoshi Nishioka practices at Target Field in Minneapolis on June 15, 2011, after rejoining the Minnesota Twins. Nishioka had been sidelined since breaking his left leg in a game against the New York Yankees on April 7, 2011.

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Ichiro achieves 400th MLB career stolen base

SEATTLE, United States - A screen carries a message congratulating Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki for achieving his 400th MLB career stolen base at Safeco Field in Seattle on June 15, 2011.

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Afghan President Karzai

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Afghan President Hamid Karzai. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on June 15, 2011, Karzai has told him that he would step down from the post in 2014 after fulfilling his second term.

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Ishikawa prepares for U.S. Open

BETHESDA, United States - Japanese golfer Ryo Ishikawa tees off during a practice round at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, on June 15, 2011, a day before the start of the U.S. Open.

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PM Kan meets mayors from Fukushima Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) receives letters of request from Kawamata Mayor Michio Furukawa (C) and Iitate Mayor Norio Kanno (L) from Fukushima Prefecture at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 15, 2011. Kan said the government will support them in securing employment of local residents.

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Tsunami-devastated area in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo taken June 15, 2011, shows an area in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, some three months after it was destroyed by the March 11 massive tsunami. Of the more than 7,700 people still missing in northeastern Japan since the disaster, 2,770 have been reported in Ishinomaki, the city with the most missing people.

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Havenaar late show ruins Kashima's homecoming

KASHIMA, Japan - Ventfort Kofu striker Mike Havenaar (R) scores as Kashima Antler defender Daiki Iwamasa tries to block his shot in the second half of a J-League game in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 15, 2011. Kofu won 1-0.

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Sumitomo Electric's solar power system

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.'s solar power equipment which will be used for its next-generation power grid system, called the ''micro smart grid,'' in Osaka on June 15, 2011. The company said it has started testing the system.

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S. Korea's new defense command

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean soldiers take part in a ceremony to mark the launch of the Northwest Islands Defense Command held in a suburb of Seoul on June 15, 2011. The new command is set to defend South Korea's five northwestern islands in the Yellow Sea near the border with North Korea.

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Nissan's Lafesta Highway Star minivan

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Katagiri, senior vice president of Nissan Motor Co., shows a model of the company's sporty Lafesta Highway Star minivan on June 15, 2011 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. The product, with improved eco-friendly features, went on sale the same day.

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Disposal of rotting seafood

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People dispose of rotting seafood at disaster-hit Ishinomaki port in Miyagi Prefecture on June 15, 2011.

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Radioactive sludge

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken June 15, 2011, shows bags of sludge contaminated with radioactive substances stored at a sewage treatment facility in the city of Fukushima, in the vicinity of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. A dosimeter indicates a radiation level of over 15 microsieverts per hour around 5 meters from the contaminated sludge. The storage tank is expected to be completely filled in about 6 months but the process to permanently dispose of the sludge has not been set.

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Tokyo starts radiation checks at 100 locations

TOKYO, Japan - An employee of the Tokyo metropolitan government (front) measures radiation levels at a park in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on June 15, 2011. The local government on the same day kicked off a weeklong program to measure radiation levels in the air at 100 locations in the metropolis in a bid to address fears over the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.