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New safety requirements for reactors

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka speaks at an NRT regular meeting in Tokyo on June 19, 2013. The NRT at the meeting officially decided on Japan's new safety requirements for reactors aimed at preventing recurrences of disasters like the one at the Fukushima Daiichi complex in 2011.

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Japanese tennis player Nishikori

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken June 19, 2011, shows Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori. Nishikori beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in the fourth round of the men's singles at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 23, 2012, advancing to the quarterfinals. He is scheduled to face Briton Andy Murray in his first Grand Slam singles quarterfinal match.

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Former Japan captain Miyamoto retires

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken June 9, 2002, shows Japan's Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, wearing a face guard, during a FIFA World Cup finals match against Russia at International Stadium Yokohama, near Tokyo. Miyamoto, former Japan national soccer team captain and Vissel Kobe defender, announced his retirement Dec. 19, 2011.

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Uotsuri Island in East China Sea

FUKUOKA, Japan - Uotsuri Island in Okinawa Prefecture is pictured from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 19, 2011. The island is the largest of the Senkaku Islands, a group of uninhabited islets controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan, in the East China Sea.

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Shiba Inu becomes police dog

OKAYAMA, Japan - File photo shows Futaba, a 5-year-old female Japanese Shiba Inu dog, being escorted by her trainer Kuniko Kudose in Soja, Okayama Prefecture, in June 2011. The Okayama prefectural police said on July 19, 2011, that Futaba has passed tests to become a police dog, the first time in Japan for a dog of the breed.

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Uotsuri of Senkaku Islands

NAHA, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 19, 2011, shows the Uotsuri Island, largest of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Kingdom goods in Libya

BENGHAZI, Libya - A street vendor in Benghazi, northeastern Libya, sells souvenir goods using the tricolor design of the former Libyan kingdom's flag on June 19, 2011. Militias against leader Muammar Gaddafi use the design and color as a symbol of their antigovernment action, as Gaddafi overpowered the ancient regime in a 1968 coup.

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Kingdom goods in Libya

BENGHAZI, Libya - A street vendor in Benghazi, northeastern Libya, sells souvenir goods using the tricolor design of the former Libyan kingdom's flag on June 19, 2011. Militias against leader Muammar Gaddafi use the design and color as a symbol of their antigovernment action, as Gaddafi overpowered the ancient regime in a 1969 coup.

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Holocaust survivor, recipient of Sugihara visa, dies at 90

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows Samuil Manski, who was among upwards of 6,000 Jews granted life-saving transit visas by Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara during World War II. Manski died on June 19, 2011, in Hyannis, Massachusetts, at the age of 90.

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K-pop culture in Shin-Okubo

Tokyo, Japan - A charity event is held at Okubo Park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on June 19, 2011. The event, held June 17-19, was aimed at supporting the reconstruction of northeastern Japan areas hit by March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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McIlroy wins U.S. Open with new record

BETHESDA, United States - Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland celebrates with his father after winning the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Maryland on June 19, 2011. McIlroy captured his first major title with a 16-under 268 total, the most strokes under par in 111 U.S. Opens.

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Ishikawa ends U.S. Open in 30th

BETHESDA, United States - Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa is pictured on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Maryland on June 19, 2011. Ishikawa finished in a tie for 30th.

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McIlroy wins U.S. Open with new record

BETHESDA, United States - Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland watches his birdie at the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Maryland on June 19, 2011. McIlroy captured his first major title with a 16-under 268 total, the most strokes under par in 111 U.S. Opens.

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McIlroy wins U.S. Open with new record

BETHESDA, United States - Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland celebrates with his father after winning the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Maryland on June 19, 2011. McIlroy captured his first major title with a 16-under 268 total, the most strokes under par in 111 U.S. Opens.

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McIlroy wins U.S. Open with new record

BETHESDA, United States - Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland celebrates after winning the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Maryland on June 19, 2011. McIlroy captured his first major title with a 16-under 268 total, the most strokes under par in 111 U.S. Opens.

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McIlroy wins U.S. Open with new record

BETHESDA, United States - Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland holds the trophy on June 19, 2011, after winning the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Maryland. McIlroy, 22, captured his first major title with a 16-under 268 total, the most strokes under par in 111 U.S. Opens.

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Japan win over Kuwait in Olympic q'fier

TOYOTA, Japan - Japan forward Yuya Osako (L) scores the team's third goal during the second half of an Olympic qualifier against Kuwait at Toyota Stadium in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on June 19, 2011. Japan's under-22 squad beat their Kuwaiti counterpart 3-1 in the first leg of the home-and-away series.

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McIlroy wins U.S. Open with new record

BETHESDA, United States - Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland celebrates after winning the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Maryland on June 19, 2011. McIlroy captured his first major title with a 16-under 268 total, the most strokes under par in 111 U.S. Opens.

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Antinuclear power rally in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - People march through the streets of Fukushima on June 19, 2011, calling for shutting down all nuclear power plants in Japan in the wake of the ongoing accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Ishikawa at U.S. Open

BETHESDA, United States - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa tees off on the first hole during the final round of the U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club in Maryland on June 19, 2011. The 19-year-old finished in a tie for 30th at 2 over in the tournament.

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Antinuclear power rally in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - People march through the streets of Fukushima on June 19, 2011, calling for shutting down all nuclear power plants in Japan in the wake of the ongoing accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the March 11 quake and tsunami.

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Free concert in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - Members of the three-man Japanese pop group Funky Monkey Babys perform during a free concert in quake- and tsunami-hit Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on June 19, 2011.

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Hong Kong actor Tsang visits Japan

HONG KONG, China - Popular Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang talks to reporters at a Hong Kong airport on June 19, 2011, before his departure to Japan. Tsang is visiting Japan with a TV crew to promote the country as a safe destination, as the number of visitors from Hong Kong to Japan has dropped significantly in the wake of the nuclear accident following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. His two-week trip to Tokyo and the Kansai areas, western Japan, is scheduled to be aired in Hong Kong in the following month.

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Anti-China demonstration in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam - About 30 people gather near the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, on June 19, 2011, protesting against China over a recent series of maritime incidents stemming from a bilateral territorial dispute over the Spratly Islands and the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. The protest in front of the embassy was held for a third straight Sunday, but the number of demonstrators was down from 300 on June 5 and 50 on June 12.

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Filipinos celebrate national hero who briefly visited Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Staff of the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo gather in front of the bust of Jose Rizal, their country's national hero, in Tokyo's Hibiya Park on June 19, 2011, the 150th anniversary of his birth. Rizal traveled to Japan in 1888 during the course of his peaceful revolt against the Spanish rulers of the Philippines.

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Filipinos celebrate national hero who briefly visited Japan

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken June 16, 2011, at the Philippine National Library in Manila, shows a portrait on display there of Seiko Usui, more commonly known to Filipinos as O-Sei-san, the Japanese love interest of the Philippines' national hero Jose Rizal, who visited Japan from Feb. 28 to April 13, 1888. The Philippines celebrated the 150th anniversary of Rizal's birth on June 19, 2011.

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State minister Yosano in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new economics minister Kaoru Yosano speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011. Yosano said the government is aiming to state in June how much the consumption tax rate needs to be raised to help sustain Japan's social security system.