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Autumn leaves at Chusonji temple

HIRAIZUMI, Japan - People view on Nov. 8, 2011, autumn leaves along the approach road to Chusonji, a Buddhist temple in the town of Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. After a sharp drop in the wake of the March 11 quake-tsunami disaster, the temple has seen an increase in visitors since June when the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's World Heritage Committee authorized the Hiraizumi area as a new World Heritage cultural site.

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Camera on balloon to take pictures of disaster areas

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Yoichi Suzuki (R) and his wife Fumie fly a balloon carrying a digital camera to take pictures of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, from above on June 8, 2011. They take such pictures in areas hit by the March quake and tsunami and release the images on the Internet.

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China advocates joint study with Japan on nuke accident

BEIJING, China - Tang Jiaxuan, former Chinese state councilor, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Beijing on June 8, 2011. Tang advocated a joint study with Japan to analyze the cause of radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture and prevent a recurrence of similar crises.

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Japan-China cultural exchange events

BEIJING, China - Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (2nd from R) and Japanese film director Yoji Yamada (R) attend a press conference in Beijing on June 8, 2011, before an opening ceremony for cultural events to introduce Japanese films, TV dramas and animation in China.

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Women's World Cup team of Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japan coach Norio Sasaki (C) poses with his soccer players for the fifth Women's World Cup -- Yuki Nagasato (L), Nahomi Kawasumi (2nd from L), Homare Sawa (2nd from R) and Kozue Ando (R) -- in Tokyo on June 8, 2011, after a press conference to announce the squad.

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Japan university, Vietnam institutes cooperate

HANOI, Vietnam - Kanazawa University professor Go Watanabe (2nd from R in front row) attends a ceremony in Hanoi on June 8, 2011, to sign documents to enhance cooperation on cardiovascular surgery researches between the Japanese university, Hanoi Medical University and E Hospital Cardiovascular Center in the Vietnamese capital. Japanese actor Ryotaro Sugi (2nd from L in back row) also attends the event as he cooperated with mediating the project.

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Japan-China cultural exchange events

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) and former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso shake hands in Beijing on June 8, 2011, as they attend the opening ceremony for cultural events to introduce Japanese films, TV dramas and animation in China. Aso of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party attended the event as a special envoy of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Japan film, animation festivals in China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) and former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (2nd from R) pose for photos with students of a local Japanese school at the National Museum of China in Beijing on June 8, 2011. Wen and Aso attended an opening ceremony at the site for cultural events in China to introduce Japanese films, TV dramas and animation.

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Yosakoi Soran Festival in Sapporo

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows participants onstage at the 20th Yosakoi Soran dance festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on June 8, 2011. Teams from disaster-hit northeastern Japan are scheduled to perform on June 10.

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IMF projects negative growth for Japan

TOKYO, Japan - John Lipsky, acting managing director of the International Monetary Fund, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 8, 2011. The IMF said the Japanese economy could contract in 2011, weighed down by the impact of the earthquake and tsunami in March, but added the country could expect a sharp rebound in the following year as reconstruction work proceeds.

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China-N. Korea economic zone development

DANDONG, China - Photo shows the venue in Dandong, China's Liaoning Province, of a groundbreaking ceremony for the development of a special economic zone near the border between China and North Korea on June 8, 2011.

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Japanese robot to be dispatched to Fukushima plant

NARASHINO, Japan - A man demonstrates robot ''Quince'' at Chiba Institute of Technology in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, on June 8, 2011. The remote-controlled robot developed by a team including CIT and Tohoku University will be dispatched to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture to measure radiation levels and other data in buildings housing reactors.

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Emperor, empress at Meiji-maru exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko view an exhibition on the Meiji-maru at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology's Etchujima Campus in Tokyo on June 8, 2011. The Emperor Meiji sailed aboard the ship on the way back from his imperial tour to inspect northern Japan in 1876. (Pool Photo)

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Osaka school remembers stabbing rampage

OSAKA, Japan - Pupils offer flowers at the monument for the victims of a 2001 stabbing rampage in Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on June 8, 2011, the 10th anniversary of the incident that killed eight children at the school.

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Osaka school remembers stabbing rampage

OSAKA, Japan - Pupils of Ikeda Elementary School in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, head to school on June 8, 2011, the 10th anniversary of a stabbing rampage by an intruder that killed eight children at the school.

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Refurbishing Himeji Castle

HIMEJI, Japan - A ''shachihoko'' statue is brought down to the ground from the top of the castle keep of Himeji Castle, a World Cultural Heritage site in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on June 8, 2011, for the first time in about 50 years during a refurbishment.

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Emperor, empress at Meiji-maru exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko visit Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology's Etchujima Campus in Tokyo on June 8, 2011, to view an exhibition on the Meiji-maru. The Emperor Meiji sailed aboard the ship on the way back from his imperial tour to inspect northern Japan in 1876. (Pool Photo)

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Russian Soyuz lifts off for ISS

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Photo taken in the early hours of June 8, 2011, shows the trace of light left by a Russian Soyuz spacecraft after it lifted off for the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The spacecraft, carrying three astronauts from Russia, the United States and Japan, will connect with the ISS on June 10. (Photo exposed for 5 minutes)

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Russian Soyuz lifts off for ISS

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying astronauts Satoshi Furukawa of Japan, Sergey Volkov of Russia and Michael Fossum of the United States blasts off at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on June 8, 2011. The spacecraft will connect with the International Space Station on June 10.

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Russian Soyuz lifts off for ISS

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - This combination photo shows a Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying astronauts Satoshi Furukawa of Japan, Sergey Volkov of Russia and Michael Fossum of the United States, blasting off at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on June 8, 2011. The spacecraft will connect with the International Space Station on June 10.

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Russian Soyuz lifts off for ISS

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying astronauts Satoshi Furukawa of Japan, Sergey Volkov of Russia and Michael Fossum of the United States blasts off at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on June 8, 2011. The spacecraft will connect with the International Space Station on June 10.

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Site around Akihabara stabbing rampage

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on June 8, 2008, shows an intersection in Tokyo's Akihabara shopping district around where Tomohiro Kato hit five pedestrians, of whom three were killed and two were injured, with a truck and fatally stabbed four people on the same day. The Tokyo District Court sentenced Kato to death on March 24, 2011, over the incident.