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Japan to launch Hayabusa2 space probe

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - File photo taken in August 2014 in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, shows the Hayabusa2 asteroid explorer that the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch on Nov. 30, 2014, the successor to the Hayabusa probe that returned to Earth in June 2010 after its unprecedented collection of asteroid surface samples.

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Hakuho gears up for Nagoya tourney

NAGOYA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho is pictured during a practice session at the lodging of the Miyagino stable in Nagoya on June 30, 2010, ahead of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament scheduled for July 10 through 24. The tournament will be the first regular meet since January, after a match-fixing scandal forced the Japan Sumo Association to cancel the regular spring competition in March.

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British gov't's declassified files

LONDON, Britain - Photo shows a file containing confidential papers created in 1980. The British National Archives disclosed some Foreign Office papers on Dec. 30, 2010, that revealed the British government was considering encouraging Tokyo to join European countries and the United States in imposing sanctions on Iran following the taking of American hostages at the U.S. Embassy in Iran in November 1979, as doing so without Japan would only give it enhanced business opportunities in the Middle Eastern country. Japan imposed sanctions on the country in June 1980 and lifted them in January 1981 after the release of the hostages.

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Hayabusa capsule from asteroid

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Visitors view a small capsule at the Sagamihara City Museum in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 30, 2010. The museum on the same day began exhibiting the capsule that was released from the Hayabusa unmanned space probe and retrieved in June that year after a seven-year round trip to the asteroid Itokawa. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said particles had been found in a container for asteroid surface samples inside the capsule.

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Mariners' Ichiro 1-for-5 against Yankees

NEW YORK, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners singles to center in the fifth inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on June 30, 2010. Ichiro went 1-for-5 in the Mariners' 7-0 win.

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Tokyo Disneyland reopens Michael Jackson's 3-D attraction

CHIBA, Japan - Visitors line up for a 3-D theater attraction featuring the late entertainment icon Michael Jackson at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, as the attraction reopened for the first time in about 14 years on July 1, 2010. The theme park plans to run ''Captain EO'' through June 30, 2011.

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Blue Samurai head home

PRETORIA, South Africa - Workers at a training camp in Pretoria, South Africa, sing as they send off the Japan soccer team, who headed home June 30, 2010, a day after the team lost to Paraguay in a World Cup second-round match.

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Blue Samurai head home

PRETORIA, South Africa - Members of Japan's national soccer team arrive at the international airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, to return home on June 30, 2010, a day after Japan were defeated by Paraguay in a World Cup second-round match. (From L to R) Daiki Iwamasa, Eiji Kawashima, Yuichi Komano, and Takayuki Morimoto.

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Blue Samurai head home

PRETORIA, South Africa - Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima (R) and other members of Japan's national soccer squad greet fans at an international airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, ahead of their departure for home on June 30, 2010, a day after the team lost to Paraguay in a World Cup second-round match.

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Blue Samurai head home

PRETORIA, South Africa - Japan's Yuichi Komano (R) and Shinji Okazaki (behind him) leave their training camp in Pretoria, South Africa, to return home on June 30, 2010, a day after Japan were defeated by Paraguay in a World Cup second-round match.

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Blue Samurai head home

PRETORIA, South Africa - Members of Japan's national soccer squad and coach Takeshi Okada (R) greet fans after arriving at an international airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, to return home on June 30, 2010, a day after the team lost to Paraguay in a World Cup second-round match.

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Blue Samurai head home

PRETORIA, South Africa - Members of Japan's national soccer squad and coach Takeshi Okada (3rd from R) greet fans after arriving at an international airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, to return home on June 30, 2010, a day after the team lost to Paraguay in a World Cup second-round match.

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Nissan begins export of Thai-made March compact

BANGKOK, Thailand - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn (R of car) takes part in a ceremony to mark the start of the export of the automaker's all-new March compact car from Thailand to Japan and most other countries in Asia and Oceania, on June 30, 2010, on the outskirts of Bangkok.

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Blue Samurai head home

PRETORIA, South Africa - Japan soccer coach Takeshi Okada leaves the team's training camp in Pretoria, South Africa, to return home on June 30, 2010, a day after Japan were defeated by Paraguay in a World Cup second-round match.

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Blue Samurai head home

PRETORIA, South Africa - Japan's Keisuke Honda leaves the team's training camp in Pretoria, South Africa, to return home on June 30, 2010, a day after Japan were defeated by Paraguay in a World Cup second-round match.

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Naoto Kan in Aomori for election campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President and Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki give stump speeches in Aomori City and Sapporo City, respectively, on June 30, 2010, ahead of the July 11 House of Councillors election.

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Naoto Kan in Aomori for election campaign

AOMORI, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President and Prime Minister Naoto Kan delivers a stump speech during a campaign tour for the July 11 House of Councillors election in the city of Aomori, northeastern Japan, on June 30, 2010.

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Blue Samurai head home

PRETORIA, South Africa - Japan soccer coach Takeshi Okada waves from a bus as he leaves Pretoria, South Africa, to return home on June 30, 2010, a day after Japan were defeated by Paraguay in a World Cup second-round match.

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Naoto Kan in Akita for election campaign

AKITA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President and Prime Minister Naoto Kan delivers a speech during a campaign tour for the July 11 House of Councillors election in the city of Akita, northeastern Japan, on June 30, 2010.

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JAL's negative net worth reaches around 1 tril. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi, seated next to company Chairman Kazuo Inamori, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on June 30, 2010. JAL announced the same day that its negative net worth -- liabilities in excess of assets -- has expanded to about 1 trillion yen.

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Vessel carrying MOX fuel reaches Takahama nuclear plant

TAKAHAMA, Japan - A crane lifts a container of plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel from a vessel near Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power station in Fukui Prefecture on June 30, 2010. It was the first delivery since 1999 of the fuel, used in ''pluthermal'' power generation.

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Nikkei closes at 7-month low

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Marunouchi district shows the Nikkei Stock Average finishing at 9,382.64 on June 30, 2010, the lowest close since Nov. 30, 2009. Investor sentiment took a beating from growing uncertainty about the global economic recovery and exporters' shares were hurt by the strength of the yen.

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Nikkei closes at 7-month low

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Marunouchi district shows the Nikkei Stock Average finishing at 9,382.64 on June 30, 2010, the lowest close since Nov. 30, 2009. Investor sentiment took a beating from growing uncertainty about the global economic recovery and exporters' shares were hurt by the strength of the yen.

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MOX fuel reaches Japan nuclear plant

TAKAHAMA, Japan - Protesters mount a rally in the town of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, on June 30, 2010, after the vessel Pacific Heron, which is believed to be carrying plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel, docks at a Kansai Electric Power Co. plant. The banner reads, ''Stop pluthermal.''

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MOX fuel reaches Japan nuclear plant

TAKAHAMA, Japan - The vessel Pacific Heron purportedly carrying plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel docks at the Takahama nuclear plant of Kansai Electric Power Co. in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan, on June 30, 2010. It was the first delivery of MOX fuel to the plant since 1999.

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MOX fuel reaches Japan nuclear plant

TAKAHAMA, Japan - The vessel Pacific Heron purportedly carrying plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel docks at the Takahama nuclear plant of Kansai Electric Power Co. in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan, on June 30, 2010. It was the first delivery of MOX fuel to the plant since 1999.

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Paraguay Ambassador Toyotoshi watches World Cup match

CHIBA, Japan - Paraguay Ambassador to Japan Naoyuki Toyotoshi (front row, 3rd from R) and Chiba Mayor Toshihito Kumagai (front row, 2nd from R) react as they watch a World Cup second round match between Japan and Paraguay at a gathering in Chiba City on June 30, 2010.

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South Africa awaits FIFA World Cup

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - School children wear their favorite soccer jerseys in class in Johannesburg, South Africa, on April 30, 2010, ahead of the June 11 opening of the FIFA World Cup. The children wear the jerseys every ''football Friday,'' part of a national campaign for the soccer tournament set to start June 11.

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KDDI to release 2 smartphone models in June

TOKYO, Japan - A presenter shows one of the two smartphone handsets KDDI Corp. will release in early June or later at a Tokyo hotel on March 30, 2010. The provider of the ''au'' mobile phone service is aiming to catch up with its rivals in the area of smartphone services.

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'Blue' rose perfume from Suntory

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a gift set featuring the world's first blue rose and a perfume of the flower's scent that Suntory Flowers Ltd. will sell for around 10,000 yen from March 30, 2010. The company under major beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd. said March 25 that it is aiming to sell 1,000 gift sets by the end of June in the country's three major business centers of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.