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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, a calf (front) looks almost skeletal because its mother is too weak to breastfeed it. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, Naoto Matsumura, who cares for cattle abandoned by their owners, relaxes at his home after finishing his day's work of tending to pets and livestock. Without electricity, he relies on candles to light his room. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 23, 2012, Naoto Matsumura, who cares for cattle abandoned by their owners, gives milk to a weakened calf via a feeding bottle. Behind him are the ostriches and the dog he keeps after their owners abandoned them. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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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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Red Sox's Matsuzaka

FORT MYERS, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka (R) practices pitching in Fort Myers, Florida, on Feb. 23, 2012. To the left is manager Bobby Valentine. Matsuzaka is on the road to recovery from ligament-transplant surgery on his right elbow in June 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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Retired ASDF planes to be on public display

MITO, Japan - A retired RF-4 scout airplane of the Air Self-Defense Force is set for an exhibition at Ibaraki airport park in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 29, 2011. The public exhibition is scheduled to start from July 23, 2011.

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Kan's exit will reset Sept. Japan-U.S. summit

WASHINGTON, United States - Jeffery Bader, former senior director for East Asian affairs at the National Security Council, speaks in an interview in Washington on June 23, 2011. He said Japan and the United States will likely reschedule a bilateral summit planned in early September in Washington if Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan steps down by then.

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Lexus back on top in U.S. quality survey

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Lexus's new concept car LF-Gh unveiled at the 2011 New York International Auto Show in New York in April 2011. Toyota Motor Corp.'s high-end brand returned to the top spot in an automobile quality survey for the first time in two years, according to the results released on June 23, 2011, by market research firm J.D. Power and Associates.

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Ueda at LPGA Championship

PITTSFORD, United States - Japan's Momoko Ueda tees off on the fourth hole during the first round of the LPGA Championship at the Locust Hill Country Club in the state of New York on June 23, 2011.

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Stage director Miyamoto in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Leading Japanese stage director Amon Miyamoto speaks during a press conference in New York on June 23, 2011, ahead of the U.S. premiere of his new production in the city. ''The Temple of the Golden Pavilion,'' a play based on the eponymous novel by Yukio Mishima (1925-1970), will play at Lincoln Center from July 21-24.

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Japan reach final round of London Olympic q'fiers

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japan's Hiroki Sakai (L) celebrates his goal with Kensuke Nagai (R) in the first half of a 2012 London Olympics qualifier against Kuwait in Kuwait on June 23, 2011. Japan's Under-22s advanced to the final round of the qualifiers despite a 2-1 loss in the second leg of the home-and-away series.

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Japan reach final round of London Olympic q'fiers

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Japan's Hiroki Sakai (C) scores in the opening half of a 2012 London Olympics qualifier against Kuwait in Kuwait on June 23, 2011. Japan's Under-22s advanced to the final round of the qualifiers despite a 2-1 loss in the second leg of the home-and-away series.

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Aoyama-Fujiwara pair at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Shuko Aoyama (front) and Rika Fujiwara (back), both from Japan, play against Italian pair Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in a women's doubles first round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 23, 2011.

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Lisicki at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Sabine Lisicki of Germany reacts after beating French Open champion Li Na of China in a women's singles second round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 23, 2011.

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World's smallest digital interchangeable lens camera

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the pocket-sized PENTAX Q. Japanese optical product maker Hoya Corp. said June 23, 2011, it will soon launch the world's smallest and lightest digital interchangeable lens camera measuring about 5.75 centimeters high, 9.8 cm wide and 3.1 cm deep, which weighs about 200 grams.

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Li at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, Britain - China's Li Na plays against Sabine Lisicki of Germany during a women's singles second round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 23, 2011. Lisicki advanced to the third round after beating French Open champion Li 3-6, 6-4, 8-6.

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Federer advances to 3rd round at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Roger Federer of Switzerland plays in a men's singles second round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 23, 2011. Six-time Wimbledon champion Federer advanced to the third round by beating Adrian Mannarino of France 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.

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Furukawa communicates with children from space

NAGANO, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa at the International Space Station (on screen) communicates via satellite circuit with a patient at a children's hospital in Azumino, Nagano Prefecture, on June 23, 2011. Furukawa, also a doctor, communicated with 11 patients aged 7 to 17 at the hospital during the event which connected the ISS and a medical facility in Japan for the first time.

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Mariners' Ichiro

WASHINGTON, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki hits a single in the sixth inning of a game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington on June 23, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4 in a 1-0 loss.

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Sendai airport

SENDAI, Japan - An airplane of Portugal's Hi Fly charter airline arrives at Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture on June 23, 2011. The plane left the airport later the same day for Malaga, Spain, with around 120 people aboard, becoming the first international flight to depart from Sendai airport since it was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Doi advances to 3rd round at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Japan's Misaki Doi returns a shot against China's Zheng Jie during a women's singles second round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 23, 2011. Doi advanced to the third round of the tournament.

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Japan reach final round of London Olympic q'fiers

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Kuwait's Hamad Aman (R) scores in the second half of a 2012 London Olympics qualifier against Japan in Kuwait on June 23, 2011. Japan's Under-22s advanced to the final round of the qualifiers despite a 2-1 loss in the second leg of the home-and-away series.

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Chinese activist Ai

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei waves to reporters in front of his home in Beijing on June 23, 2011. Ai has been released on bail after being detained by Chinese authorities since April over tax evasion allegations.

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Museum on anti-Narita airport conflict opens

NARITA, Japan - A visitor looks at an exhibit introducing violent conflicts that occurred with the construction of Narita Airport, at the Narita Airport and Community Historical Museum in Shibayama, Chiba Prefecture, on June 23, 2011. The museum on the clashes between protestors and the central government that began in the 1960s opened the same day.

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Doi advances to 3rd round at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Japan's Misaki Doi clenches her fist after beating China's Zheng Jie in a women's singles match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 23, 2011. Doi advanced to the third round of the tournament.

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Ai Miyazato at LPGA Championship

PITTSFORD, United States - Japan's Ai Miyazato swings from a bunker on the first hole during the first round of the LPGA Championship at the Locust Hill Country Club in the state of New York on June 23, 2011.

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Work to remove fallen device from Monju reactor

TSURUGA, Japan - Work begins to retrieve a device that has fallen inside the vessel of the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on the night of June 23, 2011. The cylindrical 3.3-ton device used for fuel exchange fell inside the reactor vessel in August 2010.

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Tea ceremony for peace

KYOTO, Japan - Tea Ceremony to Pray for Peace, an event jointly organized by three Japanese tea ceremony schools, is held at Ginkakuji temple in Kyoto on June 23, 2011. Part of the participation fees for the event will be donated to the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan and refugees staying in Japan.

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Russia-donated water sent to disaster areas in Japan

MATSUE, Japan - A truck is loaded with mineral water donated by a Russian company in a warehouse in Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, on June 23, 2011, ahead of its departure for northeastern Japan areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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S. Williams at Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Serena Williams of the United States returns the ball against Simona Halep of Romania during a women's singles second round match of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Club in southwest London on June 23, 2011. Four-time Wimbledon champion Williams advanced to the third round by beating Halep 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.

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Uniqlo to open 3 stores in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Naoki Otoma (2nd from R), senior vice president of Japanese apparel company Fast Retailing Co., holds a press conference in Bangkok on June 23, 2011. Otoma said the company's Uniqlo casual clothing chain will open three stores in Bangkok in autumn.

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World's smallest digital interchangeable lens camera

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds the pocket-sized PENTAX Q in Tokyo on June 23, 2011. Japanese optical product maker Hoya Corp. said it will soon launch the world's smallest and lightest digital interchangeable lens camera measuring about 5.75 centimeters high, 9.8 cm wide and 3.1 cm deep, which weighs about 200 grams.

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Okinawa marks 66th anniversary of WWII battle's end

ITOMAN, Japan - U.S. military personnel observe a moment of silence at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2011. Okinawa Prefecture marked the 66th anniversary of the end of the World War II battle that killed more than 200,000 people.

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Okinawa marks 66th anniversary of WWII battle's end

ITOMAN, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan offers a flower during a ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2011, to mark the 66th anniversary of the end of the World War II battle that killed more than 200,000 people. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo Gov. Ishihara asked to make 2020 bid official

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda (L) hands Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara at the metropolitan government office in Tokyo on June 23, 2011 -- International Olympic Day -- an official document asking the city to bid for the 2020 Summer Games.

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Okinawa marks 66th anniversary of WWII battle's end

ITOMAN, Japan - People search the names of the deceased on the Cornerstone of Peace monument, black granite tablets inscribed with the names of the victims of the Battle of Okinawa, at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2011. Okinawa Prefecture on the day marked the 66th anniversary of the end of the World War II battle that killed more than 200,000 people.

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Miyazato, Ueda prepare for LPGA C'ship

PITTSFORD, United States - Japan's Ai Miyazato (R) and Momoko Ueda (2nd from L) practice for the LPGA Championship at the Locust Hill Country Club in the state of New York on June 20, 2011. The tournament will start on June 23, 2011.

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Akihabara pedestrian zone reopened

TOKYO, Japan - People dressed as animation characters celebrate the reopening of a section of a vehicle-free pedestrian zone in Tokyo's Akihabara district, which is popular with shoppers and tourists for its cluster of shops selling electronics gadgets, on Jan. 23, 2011. The pedestrian zone was closed after a man drove a truck into shoppers, hitting and killing three men, and then fatally stabbed four people and left 10 others injured in June 2008.

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Akihabara pedestrian zone reopened

TOKYO, Japan - People including local officials cut the ribbon during a ceremony to mark the reopening of a section of a vehicle-free pedestrian zone in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district on Jan. 23, 2011. The pedestrian zone was closed after a man drove a truck into shoppers in June 2008, hitting and killing three men, and then fatally stabbed four people and left 10 others injured.