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Fujikawa comes back

DENVER, United States - Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Kyuji Fujikawa pitches in the sixth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Aug. 6, 2014. Fujikawa, who underwent ligament reconstruction surgery on his right elbow in June the previous year, threw a total of 10 pitches in his first big league game since May 26, 2013. The team lost 4-13.

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Fujikawa comes back

DENVER, United States - Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Kyuji Fujikawa pitches in the sixth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Aug. 6, 2014. Fujikawa, who underwent ligament reconstruction surgery on his right elbow in June the previous year, threw a total of 10 pitches in his first big league game since May 26, 2013. The team lost 4-13.

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Fujikawa comes back

DENVER, United States - Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Kyuji Fujikawa pitches in the sixth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Aug. 6, 2014. Fujikawa, who underwent ligament reconstruction surgery on his right elbow in June the previous year, threw a total of 10 pitches in his first big league game since May 26, 2013. The team lost 4-13.

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'Barefoot Gen' marks 40th anniversary of publication

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Misayo Nakazawa, widow of Keiji Nakazawa, is seen in Hiroshima's Naka Ward on June 11, 2013, sitting in front of magazines and other publications that carried her late husband's manga series "Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen)." The series describes the life of a 6-year-old boy called Gen before and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.

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MOX fuel likely to arrive in Japan on June 27

TAKAHAMA, Japan - Photo taken June 6, 2013, shows buildings containing the No. 3 reactor (front) and No. 4 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture. Two freighters carrying nuclear fuel processed in France for use at the Takahama plant are likely to arrive there on June 27, sources said June 17.

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Writer-cum-psychiatrist Nada Inada dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows writer-cum-psychiatrist Nada Inada during an interview in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in April 2008. The renowned author of humorous and satirical books, whose real name was Shigeru Horiuchi, died on June 6, 2013, at the age of 83, sources said June 9.

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Putin, wife

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and his wife Lyudmila, in Japanese kimono, attending a dinner hosted by then Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori in Tokyo in September 2000. The couple told Russia's state television on June 6, 2013, that they are separating, ending a marriage that lasted nearly 30 years.

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1 year before Brazil World Cup

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Children pass beneath some soccer jerseys, including those with the design of the Brazilian team on display for sale in front of a soccer museum in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 6, 2013, about a year before the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals in the country.

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Protests in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Antigovernment demonstrators do yoga at Taksim Square in central Istanbul, Turkey, on June 6, 2013.

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Protests in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Photo taken at Taksim Square in central Istanbul, Turkey, on June 6, 2013, shows a makeshift library set up by antigovernment demonstrators.

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Prince Charles visits Japanese factory in Britain

WORCESTER, Britain - Britain's Prince Charles (R) is briefed by an official during a visit to the Yamazaki Mazak factory in Worcester, central England, on June 6, 2013. The prince was visiting the Japanese machine tool maker's factory to learn about its apprenticeship program and training schemes for young engineers.

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Turkey unrest

ISTANBUL, Turkey - People gather in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 6, 2013. Antigovernment demonstrations have spread from the square to many parts of Turkey.

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Prince Charles visits Japanese factory in Britain

WORCESTER, Britain - Britain's Prince Charles (C) is pictured with officials during a visit to the Yamazaki Mazak factory in Worcester, central England, on June 6, 2013. The prince was visiting the Japanese machine tool maker's factory to learn about its apprenticeship program and training schemes for young engineers.

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Japan soccer players leave for Doha

NARITA, Japan - Japan national soccer team players (from front) Shusaku Nishikawa, Shinji Kagawa, Yuto Nagatomo, Hiroshi Kiyotake and Hiroki Sakai are seen at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on June 6, 2013, ahead of their departure for Doha. Japan will play their last remaining World Cup qualifier against Iraq on June 11, although they have already qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil after a 1-1 draw with Australia on June 4.

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Score copied by Bach

WEISSENFELS, Germany - Photo taken in Weissenfels, Germany, on June 6, 2013, shows the score of Italian composer Francesco Gasparini's Mass believed to have been copied by hand by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1740.

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Japanese climber Miura

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 6, 2013. Miura became the world's oldest man to scale Mt. Everest at the age of 80 in the previous month.

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Hollande arrives in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - French President Francois Hollande (C) arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 6, 2013, for a visit to Japan through June 8. (Pool photo)

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Japan soccer players leave for Doha

NARITA, Japan - Japan national soccer team coach Alberto Zaccheroni is seen at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on June 6, 2013, ahead of the team's departure for Doha. Japan will play their last remaining World Cup qualifier against Iraq on June 11, although they have already qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil after a 1-1 draw with Australia on June 4.

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Japan soccer players leave for Doha

NARITA, Japan - Japan national soccer team player Keisuke Honda is seen at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on June 6, 2013, ahead of the team's departure for Doha. Japan will play their last remaining World Cup qualifier against Iraq on June 11, although they have already qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil after a 1-1 draw with Australia on June 4.

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S. Korea accepts North's proposal for dialogue

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Unification Minister Ryoo Kihl Jae holds a press conference in Seoul on June 6, 2013. Ryoo accepted North Korea's call for government-to-government talks and offered to host a ministerial dialogue in Seoul.

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H.K. rally

HONG KONG, China - Demonstrators, one holding a portrait of dissident Li Wangyang, gather outside Beijing's representative office in Hong Kong on June 6, 2013. They urged Chinese authorities to reinvestigate the death one year ago of Li, a labor activist who led protests during the 1989 prodemocracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, arguing he could not have committed suicide as officials had concluded.

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Crown prince

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito holds a press conference at his residence in Tokyo's Motoakasaka district on June 6, 2013, ahead of his visit to Spain beginning June 10. (Pool photo)

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Nikkei ends below 13,000 at 2-month low

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average ending at 12,904.02 on June 6, 2013, down 110.85 points, or 0.85 percent, from the previous day and its lowest closing level since April 5.

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Japanese climber Miura, son Gota

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura (R), and his son Gota, hold a press conference in Tokyo on June 6, 2013. The elder Miura became the world's oldest man to scale Mt. Everest at the age of 80 in the previous month.

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Taiwanese President Ma

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is interviewed by Kyodo News in Taipei on June 6, 2013.

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Taiwanese President Ma

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is interviewed by Kyodo News at his office in Taipei on June 6, 2013. A portrait of Sun Yat-sen, the first president of the Republic of China, can be seen hanging on the wall.

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Taiwanese President Ma

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is interviewed by Kyodo News in Taipei on June 6, 2013.

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Taiwanese President Ma

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou is interviewed by Kyodo News in Taipei on June 6, 2013.

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Miura Award

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) meets Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura at Abe's office in Tokyo on June 6, 2013. Abe told Miura that Japan will establish a new honor called the "Miura Award" to recognize people who have accomplished their dreams and goals regardless of age. Miura became the oldest person to scale Mt. Everest at the age of 80 in May.

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Suu Kyi at World Economic Forum meeting

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) attends the World Economic Forum on East Asia in Naypyitaw, the capital of Myanmar, on June 6, 2013.

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Osaka proposal on Osprey

OSAKA, Japan - An April 18, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Yao Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto proposed during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on June 6, 2013, that the airport host part of the training exercises for U.S. MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft.

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Osaka proposal on Osprey

OSAKA, Japan - An April 18, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Yao Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto proposed during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on June 6, 2013, that the airport host part of the training exercises for U.S. MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft.

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Osaka proposal on Osprey

TOKYO, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto (C) and Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui (L) answer reporters' questions after a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga at Abe's office in Tokyo on June 6, 2013. The mayor and governor proposed that Yao Airport in the western Japan prefecture host part of the training exercises for U.S. MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft.

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Tsunami could flood wider area in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A June 6, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows JR Osaka Station and surrounding areas. Osaka Prefecture said the same day a massive earthquake expected to occur in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of central and western Japan could trigger tsunami waves that could flood a total area of 9,394 hectares in the prefecture, three times more than estimated by the central government earlier. It said a 30-centimeter-high tsunami wave could reach busy downtown streets around Osaka Station.

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Nissan, M'bishi Motors jointly develop minicar

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Shiga, chief operating officer of Nissan Motor Co., stands beside the company's DAYZ, a minivehicle jointly developed by Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors Corp., in Tokyo on June 6, 2013. The two automakers started selling the new vehicle the same day in Japan under the brand name of DAYZ by Nissan and eK Wagon by Mitsubishi Motors.

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Tsunami could flood wider area in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A June 6, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows JR Osaka Station and surrounding areas. Osaka Prefecture said the same day a massive earthquake expected to occur in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of central and western Japan could trigger tsunami waves that could flood a total area of 9,394 hectares in the prefecture, three times more than estimated by the central government earlier. It said a 30-centimeter-high tsunami wave could reach busy downtown streets around Osaka Station.

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Nissan, M'bishi Motors jointly develop minicar

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on June 6, 2013, shows Nissan Motor Co.'s DAYZ, a minivehicle jointly developed by Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. The two automakers started selling the new vehicle the same day in Japan under the brand name of DAYZ by Nissan and eK Wagon by Mitsubishi Motors.

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Tsunami could flood wider area in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A June 6, 2013, photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows JR Osaka Station and surrounding areas. Osaka Prefecture said the same day a massive earthquake expected to occur in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of central and western Japan could trigger tsunami waves that could flood a total area of 9,394 hectares in the prefecture, three times more than estimated by the central government earlier. It said a 30-centimeter-high tsunami wave could reach busy downtown streets around Osaka Station.

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Power self-sufficiency town

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on June 6, 2013, shows an area of residential quarters, developed by Daiwa House Industry Co., comprising 65 detached homes all equipped with solar panels and battery storages, aiming to be the first town in Japan self-sufficient in electricity. Daiwa House held a ceremony the same day to mark the opening of the residential quarters.

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H.K. marches to commemorate Tiananmen crackdown

HONG KONG, China - A demonstration is held in Hong Kong on May 26, 2013, in which more than 1,000 people marched to commemorate the protesters killed in the Tiananmen Square military crackdown in Beijing on June 6, 1989.

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Japan-bound Filipino health workers

MANILA, Philippines - The fifth batch of Japan-bound Filipino health workers under the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement formally begin their pre-training in the Japanese language in the Manila area on Dec. 6, 2012, ahead of their deployment in June 2013.