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Red Sox's Matsuzaka works out in Florida

FORT MYERS, United States - Boston Red Sox right hander Daisuke Matsuzaka speaks with reporters at the team's training facility in Fort Myers, Florida, on Oct. 3, 2011, after playing catch for the first time since undergoing surgery on his right elbow in June 2011. He said he was relieved because he felt no pain in the elbow.

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka works out in Florida

FORT MYERS, United States - Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka plays his first game of catch in Fort Myers, Florida, on Oct. 3, 2011, since undergoing surgery on his pitching elbow in June 2011. Matsuzaka eyes a comeback in the latter half of next season.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, (from L) on March 16, June 2 and Sept. 3, 2011, show that rubble from the March 11 tsunami has been mostly removed. Student volunteers in the newest photo are clearing small pieces of debris.

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Fukushima plant workers

IWAKI, Japan - Photo taken June 3, 2011, shows a room for five men working at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in an inn in a spa area of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture.

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Disaster-hit Higashimatsushima in March and June

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan - Combined photo shows an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 14, 2011 (top frame), three days after the disaster, and the same area on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame). Damaged houses were cleared away, but ships washed ashore by the tsunami remain.

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Disaster-hit Kesennuma in March and June

KESENNUMA, Japan - Combined photo shows an area hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 20, 2011 (left frame), and the same area on June 3, 2011 (right frame). The floodwater has receded and a building stripped to the frame has been removed.

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Disaster-hit cemetery in March and June

ONAGAWA, Japan - Combined photo shows a cemetery in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture on March 21, 2011 (top frame), with grave stones toppled and a train left by the March 11 tsunami, and the same cemetery on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame).

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Disaster-hit Kesennuma in March and June

KESENNUMA, Japan - Combined photo shows an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top frame), two days after the disaster, and the same area on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame). Flowers have come into bloom since the area was cleaned up.

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Disaster-hit Onagawa in March and June

ONAGAWA, Japan - Combined photo shows an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 18, 2011 (left frame), a week after the disaster, and the same area on June 3, 2011 (right frame). Much of the debris has been cleared away but a car swept atop the roof of a building by the tsunami remains.

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Disaster-hit Kesennuma in March and June

KESENNUMA, Japan - Combined photo shows local residents walking through debris on a street in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, to get water on March 14, 2011 (top frame), three days after the massive earthquake and tsunami struck the area, and the same area on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame). A large tank and a damaged house on the left side of the street have been cleared away.

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Disaster-hit Ishinomaki in March and June

SENDAI, Japan - Combined photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the coastline in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture on March 12, 2011 (top frame), a day after the tsunami struck, with the debris of houses and buildings destroyed in the disaster littering the water, and the same coastline on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame).

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Disaster-hit Otsuchi in March and June

OTSUCHI, Japan - Combination photo shows the parking lot of a local shopping center in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), two days after the massive earthquake and tsunami struck the area, and the same spot on June 3, 2011 (bottom). The debris has been cleared away and the shopping center aims to resume its business soon.

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Disaster-hit Otsuchi in March and June

OTSUCHI, Japan - Combination photo shows a Shinto shrine gate and surroundings in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 14, 2011 (top), three days after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, and the same spot on June 3, 2011.

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Disaster-hit Otsuchi in April and June

OTSUCHI, Japan - Combination photo shows an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 6, 2011 (top), and on June 3, 2011 (bottom). The pleasure boat ''Hamayuri'' washed up on the rooftop of an inn by tsunami and a building have so far been removed.

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Disaster-hit Shinchi in March and June

SENDAI, Japan - Combined photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows JR Shinchi Station destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Shinchi, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top frame), a day after the disaster, and the same railway station on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame). A rolled-over train has been removed from the scene but the railway track and the station building have not been repaired.

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Natori being hit by tsunami, and 3 months later

SENDAI, Japan - Combined photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a residential area in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, being struck by a tsunami on March 11, 2011 (top frame), and the same area on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame). Only one house remains nearly three months after the disaster.

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Disaster-hit Kesennuma in March and June

SENDAI, Japan - Combined photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture on March 24, 2011 (top frame), with ships swept around by the March 11 tsunami, and the same area on June 3, 2011 (bottom frame).

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20th anniv. of Fugen Peak eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - Girls watch lighted candles during an event to commemorate the victims of a pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak on Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture on June 3, 2011, the 20th anniversary of the disaster that claimed the lives of 43 people. The mountain is seen in the background.

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Chinese expert on Japanese affairs

BEIJING, China - Ma Junwei, deputy director of the Institute of Japanese Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, a government think tank, speaks during an interview in Beijing on June 3, 2011.

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Red Sox pitcher Matsuzaka to undergo Tommy John surgery

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka takes part in a session of catch ahead of the team's game against the Oakland Athletics on June 3, 2011, in Fenway Park in Boston. The 30-year-old will undergo Tommy John ligament-transplant surgery on his right elbow.

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Japan OKs U.S. to export missile interceptor

TOKYO, Japan - Combined undated file photos show Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Kitazawa told Gates that Japan will allow the United States to export a jointly developed ballistic missile interceptor to third countries during their meeting on June 3, 2011, on the sidelines of a regional security forum in Singapore.

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U.S. Sen. McCain in Yangon

YANGON, Myanmar - U.S. Sen. John McCain speaks at a press conference in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, on June 3, 2011. McCain urged Myanmar's government to implement democratic reforms soon and to ensure the safety and human rights of Aung San Suu Kyi.

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UNICEF executive director Lake

TOKYO, Japan - Anthony Lake, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on June 3, 2011. Lake is visiting Japan to attend an international conference on implementing the U.N. Millennium Development Goals on poverty reduction and to inspect disaster-hit areas in northeastern Japan.

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Journalist Tahara outside of court

KOBE, Japan - Journalist Soichiro Tahara speaks to reporters outside the Kobe District Court in Hyogo Prefecture on June 3, 2011, after a hearing on a damages suit against him over remarks he made on a TV talk show about two Japanese women abducted by North Korea. The parents of Keiko Arimoto, one of the abduction victims, are seeking 10 million yen in compensation over his remarks on the TV Asahi talk show that Arimoto must already be dead and the Japanese Foreign Ministry was aware of that.

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Sharp President Katayama

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Mikio Katayama speaks at a press conference on the company's earnings prospects in Tokyo on June 3, 2011. Sharp said the same day it expects its group net profit to fall 69.1 percent in fiscal 2011 from the previous year to 6 billion yen due to temporarily suspended operations at plants making large LCD panels, and impact from the March earthquake-tsunami disaster.

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Parents of abductee to N. Korea

KOBE, Japan - Kayoko (L) and Akihiro Arimoto, the mother and father of Keiko Arimoto who is a victim of North Korea's abductions, speak at a press conference in Kobe on June 3, 2011, after a hearing on a damages suit they filed against journalist Soichiro Tahara over remarks he made. The Arimotos are seeking 10 million yen in compensation over his remarks made on a TV Asahi talk show that their daughter must already be dead and the Japanese Foreign Ministry was aware of that.

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Police at Tiananmen Square

BEIJING, China - Armed police officers patrol Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 3, 2011. China will mark the 22nd anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square the following day.

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Kan keeps 4 rebels in Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Katsumasa Suzuki, senior vice internal affairs minister, speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 3, 2011. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan decided to keep four Cabinet members including Suzuki who submitted letters of resignation over a no-confidence motion against the Cabinet in parliament, saying they would vote against Kan. The four, who ended up voting against the motion the previous day, retracted their resignation letters.

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Cherries from California

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - A customs official at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture inspects cherries imported from the U.S. state of California on June 3, 2011. About 45 tons of the cherries arrived at the airport the same day.

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New commander at Kadena

KADENA, Japan - Brig. Gen. Matthew Molloy (R), commander of the 18th Wing, receives the guidon during a change-of-command ceremony at U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on June 3, 2011.

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New commander at Kadena

KADENA, Japan - Brig. Gen. Matthew Molloy (C) takes over command of the 18th Wing during a change-of-command ceremony at U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on June 3, 2011.

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20 years after fatal volcanic disaster

SHIMABARA, Japan - Shimabara Mayor Shuichiro Yokota (front L) offers flowers at a cenotaph during a ceremony in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on June 3, 2011, to commemorate the 43 victims of a huge pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak of Mt. Unzen on the 20th anniversary of the disaster.