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U.S. Open golf

ARDMORE, United States - U.S. golfer Tiger Woods is pictured after the final round of the U.S. Open championships at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, on June 16, 2013. He carded a 74 in the final round and tied for 32nd along with 2012 champion Webb Simpson at 13 over.

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Ex-Asahi Breweries President Higuchi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 1999 shows former Asahi Breweries Ltd. President Hirotaro Higuchi (L) handing a report of the Economic Strategy Council as its chief to Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi. Higuchi, who launched the brewer's mega-hit beer Asahi Super Dry in 1987, died of acute cardiac failure at a hospital in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2012. He was 86.

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Swine soccer predictor

KIEV, Ukraine - Food bowls with the flags of Greece and Russia are placed in front of a pig called Funtik to predict the outcome of the countries' Euro 2012 soccer match in Kiev on June 16, 2012.

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Iwakuma gets 1st major league win

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners reliever Hisashi Iwakuma pitches against the San Francisco Giants in an interleague match-up at Safeco Field in Seattle on June 16, 2012. Iwakuma pitched two hitless innings to mark his career first win in the major leagues as the Mariners won 7-4.

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Iwakuma gets 1st major league win

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners reliever Hisashi Iwakuma pitches against the San Francisco Giants in an interleague match-up at Safeco Field in Seattle on June 16, 2012. Iwakuma pitched two hitless innings to mark his career first win in the major leagues as the Mariners won 7-4.

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Suu Kyi in Oslo

OSLO, Norway - Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gives Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in Oslo on June 16, 2012. She finally received her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital after spending more than 14 years under house arrest.

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Iwakuma gets 1st major league win

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners reliever Hisashi Iwakuma pitches against the San Francisco Giants in an interleague match-up at Safeco Field in Seattle on June 16, 2012. Iwakuma pitched two hitless innings to mark his career first win in the major leagues as the Mariners won 7-4.

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Gemba in nuclear meeting

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (C) chat as they attended a multilateral meeting aimed at eliminating nuclear weapons in Istanbul on June 16, 2012.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (C), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, waves after a press conference in Kathmandu on June 16, 2012. Mainali returned to Nepal earlier in the day for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial. He is flanked by his 79-year-old mother Chandrakala (L) and his wife Radha.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (C), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, gives a press conference in Kathmandu on June 16, 2012. Mainali returned to Nepal earlier in the day for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial. He is flanked by his 79-year-old mother Chandrakala (L) and elder brother Indra.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (2nd from L), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, gives a press conference in Kathmandu on June 16, 2012. Mainali returned to Nepal earlier in the day for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial. To the left is his 79-year-old mother Chandrakala.

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Candle night in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People gather at Tokyo's Zojoji temple on the night of June 16, 2012, to take part in an event called "One million people's candle night," intended to get people to turn off electricity and think about power saving and energy issues. Illuminations of Tokyo Tower, shown in the background, were turned off as part of the event.

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Candle night in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - People gather at Tokyo's Zojoji temple on the night of June 16, 2012, to take part in an event called "One million people's candle night," intended to get people to turn off electricity and think about power saving and energy issues. Illuminations of Tokyo Tower, shown in the background, were turned off as part of the event.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (R), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, is reunited with his 79-year-old mother Chandrakala at Kathmandu's airport on June 16, 2012, upon his return home for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (L), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, and his wife Radha wave from the balcony of their home in Kathmandu on June 16, 2012. Mainali returned home for the first time in 18 years the same day after a Japanese court granted him a retrial.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Govinda Prasad Mainali (R), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, and his wife Radha smile aboard an airplane bound for Kathmandu on June 16, 2012. Mainali returned home for the first time in 18 years the same day after a Japanese court granted him a retrial. (Pool photo)

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (C), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, and his wife Radha (R) walk toward their home in Kathmandu on June 16, 2012. Mainali returned to his home country for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (C), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, gestures to his mother and others who awaited him at Kathmandu's airport on June 16, 2012, upon his return home for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial. To the right is his wife Radha who traveled with him from Japan.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali, the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, gestures to his mother and others who awaited him at Kathmandu's airport on June 16, 2012, upon his return home for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (R), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, is reunited with his 79-year-old mother Chandrakala at Kathmandu's airport on June 16, 2012, upon his return home for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial.

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Honda to cease production of 2 luxury models

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Honda Motor Co.'s top-end Legend sedan. Honda will stop manufacturing the Legend and another luxury sedan model, the Inspire, to allocate more corporate resources to more popular compact cars and minivehicles, people familiar with the matter said June 16, 2012.

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Honda to cease production of 2 luxury models

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Honda Motor Co.'s high-end Inspire sedan. Honda will stop manufacturing the Inspire and another luxury sedan model, the Legend, to allocate more corporate resources to more popular compact cars and minivehicles, people familiar with the matter said June 16, 2012.

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Japan to restart 2 reactors, 1st reactivated since Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda bows deeply to Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa (far L) after the governor said the prefecture would accept the restart of two nuclear reactors in the prefecture, during a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 16, 2012. The Japanese government approved the resumption of operation of two nuclear reactors in Fukui amid concerns over the safety of atomic power generation following the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Japan to restart 2 reactors, 1st reactivated since Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - People gather in front of the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 16, 2012, to voice opposition to the resumption of operation of two nuclear reactors in Fukui Prefecture. The Japanese government approved restarting two nuclear reactors in Fukui the same day amid concerns over the safety of atomic power generation following the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Japan to restart 2 reactors, 1st reactivated since Fukushima

FUKUI, Japan - People look at news bulletin on an electronic display, saying that the government has formally decided to resume the operation of two nuclear reactors in Fukui Prefecture. This photo was taken in front of JR Fukui rail station on June 16, 2012.

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Japan to restart 2 reactors, 1st reactivated since Fukushima

OI, Japan - Security guards stand near the entrance to Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on June 16, 2012. The Japanese government approved the resumption of operation of two nuclear reactors at the plant the same day amid concerns over the safety of atomic power generation following the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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Matsuzaka makes 1st rehab start

SALEM, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches in a professional game for the first time since May 16, 2011, and since undergoing Tommy John surgery last June. Matsuzaka began a rehab assignment with the Single-A Advanced Salem in Salem, Virginia, on April 23, 2012.

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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. Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara said April 16, 2012, that the Tokyo metropolitan government is in negotiations with the owners of the disputed islands with the aim of buying them by the end of this year to protect Japanese territory.