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JR station near Fukushima nuke plant on way to recovery

SENDAI, Japan - The weed-covered Tatsuta Station in the town of Naraha on the JR Joban railway line is seen in the upper photo taken on Sept. 26, 2012, while the photograph below taken on Sept. 4, 2014, shows the station looking normal as train runs between Tatsuta and Hirono Station, south of Naraha, resumed in June this year.

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Don Zimmer

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Don Zimmer (L), then senior adviser for the Tampa Bay Rays, pictured with Hideki Matsui, then a player at the club, in the dugout before a baseball game in St. Petersburg, Florida, in June 2012. Zimmer died on June 4, 2014, according to the Rays. He was 83.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka speaks at LDP headquarters

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka (C), co-winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent," delivers a speech at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on June 4, 204.

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Kubota chief Masumoto found dead

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 2012 shows Yasuo Masumoto, chairman and president of Kubota Corp., Japan's leading manufacturer of farm equipment. On June 4, 2014, Masumoto was found dead at a hotel in Tokyo. He was 67. Police are investigating the cause of his death. Vice President Masatoshi Kimata will take over as acting president, Kubota said.

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TEPCO chairman, president survey Fukushima plant

TOMIOKA, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe (R), chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and TEPCO President Naomi Hirose (C) visit the utility's Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 4, 2012. They visited the plant as well as the utility's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex for the first time since assuming their posts in late June. (Pool photo)

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Former M'bishi Motors chief Nakamura dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 1997 shows Hirokazu Nakamura, former president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. Nakamura, credited with boosting sales of its Pajero sport utility vehicles, died of multiple organ failure at his home on June 4, 2012. He was 86.

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Police release additional pictures of AUM fugitive

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken by a security camera show Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining AUM Shinrikyo fugitive wanted over the cult's 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, getting in a taxi after purchasing a carry-on bag at a supermarket in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 4, 2012. The Metropolitan Police Department released the additional photos of Takahashi on June 10.

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Tokyo High Court grants retrial to Nepalese man

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an apartment building in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward where a 39-year-old woman, an employee of Tokyo Electric Power Co., was murdered in 1997, on June 4, 2012. The Tokyo High Court decided June 7, 2012, to reopen a high-profile murder case in which Govinda Prasad Mainali was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing the woman in the apartment.

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Japanese, U.S. trade chiefs

KAZAN, Russia - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano (L) and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk shake hands when they held talks in Kazan, Russia, on June 4, 2012.

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Blue pond in Biei

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken June 4, 2012, shows what is known among locals as a blue pond in the town of Biei, Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Athletics' Parker against Rangers

OAKLAND, United States - Oakland Athletics starter Jarrod Parker pitches against the Texas Rangers at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California, on June 4, 2012. The Athletics won 12-1.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - New Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto holds a press conference after the first meeting of a reshuffled Cabinet in Tokyo on June 4, 2012. Morimoto, an academic on defense issues, is Japan's first nonparliamentarian defense chief since World War II.

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APEC trade ministers meeting

KAZAN, Russia - Trade ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meet in Kazan, Russia, on June 4, 2012. They agreed on the importance of strengthening free trade within the bloc to counter the spread of protectionism fuelled by concerns about a global economic slowdown.

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H.K. mourns for Tiananmen victims

HONG KONG, China - People holding lit candles gather in Hong Kong's Victoria Park on June 4, 2012, the 23rd anniversary of the 1989 bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, to commemorate those killed.

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Nuclear agency compared radioactive material to "agitated wife"

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an illustration the Japan Atomic Energy Agency used on its website of a woman raising her fist and screaming at her husband next to her. The captions next to the image say the wife's scream can be compared to radiation, her agitated state to radioactivity, and the wife herself to radioactive material. The agency removed the page from its website on June 4, 2012, after it triggered an outpouring of criticism as a gross form of discrimination against women.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C front) and members of his Cabinet pose in a group photo session at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 4, 2012, after Noda replaced five members of the 18-strong Cabinet in the second reshuffle since he assumed office in September.

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PM Noda reshuffles Cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C front) and members of his Cabinet head for a group photo session at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 4, 2012, after Noda replaced five of the 18-member Cabinet in a second reshuffle since he assumed office in September.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Japan's reshuffled Cabinet pose in a group photo session at Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's office in Tokyo on June 4, 2012. Noda replaced five members of the 18-strong Cabinet, newly appointing (from top R to L) Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto, Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Yuichiro Hata, (from bottom R to L) Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Akira Gunji, Justice Minister Makoto Taki and Financial Services Minister Tadahiro Matsushita.

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Partial lunar eclipse

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A partial lunar eclipse is observed over Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, at around 8 p.m. on June 4, 2012. The area was hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami.

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S. Koreans to sue 2 Japan companies over wartime labor

SEOUL, South Korea - Lawyers and members of a citizens group seeking compensation for South Korean victims of wartime forced labor in Japan hold a press conference in Seoul on June 4, 2012. The "Pacific War Victims' Compensation Promotion Group" said it will soon file a lawsuit in South Korea against Nippon Steel Corp. and Toyama city-based machinery maker Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. seeking redress.

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Tiananmen Square on 23rd anniversary of massacre

BEIJING, China - A Chinese flag is hoisted in heavily guarded Tiananmen Square in Beijing on June 4, 2012, the 23rd anniversary of the 1989 bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

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Tiananmen Square on 23rd anniversary of massacre

BEIJING, China - Police officers keep guard at Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 2012, the 23rd anniversary of the 1989 bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

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Tiananmen Square on 23rd anniversary of massacre

BEIJING, China - Police officers march around Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 2012, the 23rd anniversary of the 1989 bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

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Tiananmen Square on 23rd anniversary of massacre

BEIJING, China - Photo shows police vehicles and officers at Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 2012, the 23rd anniversary of the 1989 bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

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Tiananmen Square on 23rd anniversary of massacre

BEIJING, China - Police officers march at Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4, 2012, the 23rd anniversary of the 1989 bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

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Ex-AUM member Kikuchi's hideout in Sagamihara

TOKYO, Japan - Journalists and onlookers on June 4, 2012 crowd the area surrounding a house (C) in which former AUM Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi had been hiding in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. Kikuchi, who had been wanted for years for alleged involvement in the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, was captured the day before in Sagamihara, southwest of Tokyo.

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Audi A1 Sportback premium compact hatchback

TOKYO, Japan - Audi Japan KK releases in Tokyo on June 4, 2012, its new fuel-efficient A1 Sportback premium hatchback with a compact body.

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Cambodia foreign minister in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (C) arrives at Pyongyang airport on June 4, 2012. His visit is apparently aimed at encouraging North Korea to hold talks with South Korea in a regional security meeting slated for Phnom Penh in July 2012.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries HQ

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in Tokyo's Minato Ward on June 4, 2012. The high-rise building was built on empty lots of the former Japanese National Railways in the Shinagawa district.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Yuichiro Hata, Japan's new minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism, enters the office of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in Tokyo on June 4, 2012, with Noda naming him to the post in a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's New Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto enters the office of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in Tokyo on June 4, 2012, with Noda naming him to the post in a Cabinet reshuffle. Morimoto is Japan's first nonparliamentarian defense chief since World War II.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Tadahiro Matsushita, Japan's new financial services and postal reform minister, enters the office of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in Tokyo on June 4, 2012, with Noda naming him to the post in a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's new Justice Minister Makoto Taki enters the office of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in Tokyo on June 4, 2012, with Noda naming him to the post in a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Gunji, Japan's new minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, enters the office of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in Tokyo on June 4, 2012, with Noda naming him to the post in a Cabinet reshuffle.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from R) and other ruling coalition leaders meet in Tokyo on June 4, 2012, to discuss a Cabinet reshuffle to take place later in the day. Others in photo are Azuma Koshiishi (R), secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan led by Noda, Shozaburo Jimi (2nd from L), head of the coalition partner People's New Party, and Mikio Shimoji (L), PNP secretary general.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announces a Cabinet reshuffle at his office in Tokyo on June 4, 2012.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Satoshi Morimoto, professor on security issues at Takushoku University Graduate School. Morimoto was appointed defense minister, replacing Naoki Tanaka and becoming Japan's first nonparliamentarian defense chief, as Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled his Cabinet on June 4, 2012.

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Honda breaks ground for new automobile plant in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Takanobu Ito, president of Honda Motor Co., speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the company's new four-wheel vehicle plant on the outskirts of Jakarta on June 4, 2012. The Karawang plant will produce small Brio cars and other vehicles targeting Indonesia and other ASEAN markets.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda enters his office in Tokyo before reshuffling his Cabinet later in the day on June 4, 2012.

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Ex-AUM cult member Kikuchi arrested

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers walk around a house in which former AUM Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi had been hiding, in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 4, 2012. Kikuchi, who had been wanted for years for alleged involvement in the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, was arrested the previous day in Tokyo after being captured in Sagamihara, southwest of Tokyo.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show Yuichiro Hata (L) and Makoto Taki, both of Japan's ruling Democratic Party of Japan. Hata was tapped as land, infrastructure, transport and tourism minister, replacing Takeshi Maeda, while Taki was named justice minister, replacing Toshio Ogawa, as Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled his Cabinet on June 4, 2012.

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Cabinet reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Tadahiro Matsushita of People's New Party, a member of Japan's ruling coalition. Matsushita was tapped as financial services minister, replacing Shozaburo Jimi, as Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda reshuffled his Cabinet on June 4, 2012.

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Illegal exports to N. Korea

NAGOYA, Japan - Investigators leave a tile manufacturing company in Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, on April 4, 2012, in connection with a case of suspected illegal exports of ceramic tiles to North Korea. Japan has banned all exports to North Korea since June 2009 as part of economic sanctions imposed in response to Pyongyang's nuclear tests and slow progress in the settlement of its past abductions of Japanese nationals.

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Elementary school soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show school bags at Yuriage Elementary School on June 4, 2011 (L), which were retrieved from areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same spot on March 5, 2012 (R). Many bags are still left without being picked up.