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Sentence over 2008 Akihabara rampage

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on June 8, 2008, shows police examining the site of a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district. The Tokyo High Court on Sept. 12, 2012, upheld the death sentence given to Tomohiro Kato, a 29-year-old man, for killing seven people and injuring 10 others in the rampage.

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Oki's Spanish subsidiary pads accounts

TOKYO, Japan - Hideichi Kawasaki, president of Oki Electric Industry Co., holds a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2012. Oki said the same day it may be unable to release its consolidated results for the April-June quarter by the legally set deadline after finding its Spanish subsidiary running a printer business, Oki Systems Iberica S.A.U., has padded sales figures.

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China's consumer prices up 2.2% in June

BEIJING, China - Customers buy bargain sale vegetables at a supermarket in Beijing on July 8, 2012. Government data showed on July 9, 2012, that China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.2 percent in June from the same month a year earlier, slowing from 3.0 percent in May.

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Ishikawa's paper-woven textile draws attention

KANAZAWA, Japan - Chiyoko Kamei (L) holds a textile product developed by her small company from Japanese paper, in Hakui, Ishikawa Prefecture, on June 8, 2012. Trademarked "Nekiro," the textile is drawing attention as a clothing material during the country's "Cool Biz" campaign to help save energy in the workplace, due partly to its anti-humidity. To the right is Isao Okada, textile machinery engineer and director of the company.

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Blind human rights activist Chen's brother

BEIJING, China - Chen Guangfu, 55, the older brother of blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, stands on June 8, 2012 next to a wall (R) that the younger Chen clambered over to escape house arrest in the village of Dongshigu, Shandong Province, on April 20, 2012. Afterwards Chen sought refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing and is now studying at New York University after China allowed him to leave for the United States.

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Blind human rights activist Chen's mother

BEIJING, China - Wang Jinxiang, 78, the mother of blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, is interviewed at their home in the village of Dongshigu, Shandong Province, on June 8, 2012. After escaping from house arrest on April 20, 2012, Chen sought refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing and is now studying at New York University after China allowed him to leave for the United States.

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Blind human rights activist Chen's home in China

BEIJING, China - Chen Guangfu, 55, the older brother of blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, stands in front of empty bookshelves at the younger Chen's home in the village of Dongshigu, Shandong Province, on June 8, 2012. The books were confiscated by men who kept Chen under surveillance during his life there under house arrest, his family said. After escaping from house arrest on April 20, 2012, Chen sought refuge in the U.S. embassy in Beijing and is now studying at New York University after China allowed him to leave for the United States.

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Greece leftist politician Tsipras

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras, president of the Synaspismos leftist political party, exchanges greetings with a supporter near Athens on June 8, 2012.

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Syria massacre site

AL-KUBEIR, Syria - Photo shows a bloodstained floor of a house where killings took place, in Al-Kubeir, a village in central Syria, on June 8, 2012. About 80 residents of the Sunni village, including women and children, were killed by a group of unidentified attackers on June 6, with some survivors saying the perpetrators were Alawi militias.

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Syria massacre site

AL-KUBEIR, Syria - Photo shows a house hit by an arson attack in Al-Kubeir, a village in central Syria, on June 8, 2012. About 80 residents of the Sunni village, including women and children, were killed by a group of unidentified attackers on June 6, with some survivors saying the perpetrators were Alawi militias.

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Syria massacre site

AL-KUBEIR, Syria - A man points to a house hit by an arson attack in Al-Kubeir, a village in central Syria, on June 8, 2012. About 80 residents of the Sunni village, including women and children, were killed by a group of unidentified attackers on June 6, with some survivors saying the perpetrators were Alawi militias.

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Nackaerts, Soltanieh after meeting

VIENNA, Austria - Herman Nackaerts (3rd from L), deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Ali Asghar Soltanieh (R), Iran's envoy to the IAEA, hold a press conference after their talks at the U.N. nuclear watchdog's headquarters in Vienna on June 8, 2012.

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Syria massacre site

AL-KUBEIR, Syria - A man shows a bloodstained cloth in Al-Kubeir, a village in central Syria, on June 8, 2012. About 80 residents of the Sunni village, including women and children, were killed by a group of unidentified attackers on June 6, with some survivors saying the perpetrators were Alawi militias.

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Japanese musician Suzuki

LEIPZIG, Germany - Japanese conductor and organist Masaaki Suzuki (R) holds the 2012 Bach Medal on June 8, 2012, as he receives the award from the German city of Leipzig for his contribution to disseminating Johann Sebastian Bach's music, particularly in Japan.

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Syria massacre site

HAMA, Syria - Photo shows the ransacked inside of a house where killings took place, in Al-Kubeir, a village in central Syria, on June 8, 2012. About 80 residents of the Sunni village, including women and children, were killed by a group of unidentified attackers on June 6, with some survivors saying the perpetrators were Alawi militias.

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Japan beat Jordan in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Shinji Kagawa (R) scores Japan's fourth goal in the 35th minute of a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama near Tokyo on June 8, 2012. Japan won 6-0. Kagawa will join Manchester United from Borussia Dortmund.

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Japan beat Jordan in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Yuzo Kurihara (top) scores Japan's sixth goal in the 89th minute of a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama near Tokyo on June 8, 2012. Japan won 6-0.

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Japan beat Jordan in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Players and supporters celebrate after Japan beat Jordan 6-0 in a 2014 World Cup qualifier at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama near Tokyo on June 8, 2012.

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Japan beat Jordan in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni (R) chats with Keisuke Honda after substituting the midfielder, who scored a hat trick, during a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama near Tokyo on June 8, 2012. Japan won 6-0.

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Noda says Oi nuclear reactors need to be restarted

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 8, 2012. He said two idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant need to be reactivated to prevent a power crunch this summer, in a stepped-up effort to secure public support and consent from Fukui Prefecture which hosts the plant.

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Japan beat Jordan in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Keisuke Honda (front) celebrates after scoring Japan's second goal in the 21st minute of a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama near Tokyo on June 8, 2012. Honda pulled off a hat trick as Japan won 6-0. Behind Honda is Shinji Kagawa, who scored the fourth goal in the game and will join Manchester United from Borussia Dortmund.

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Activist's former home

BEIJING, China - Photo shows the home where Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng used to live in the village of Dongshigu in Shandong Province on June 8, 2012. Chen fled the home where he was confined before departing to the United States the previous month.

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Kosovo premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 8, 2012.

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Japan beat Jordan in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda applauds supporters as he is substituted after scoring a hat trick during a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama near Tokyo on June 8, 2012. Japan won 6-0.

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Japan beat Jordan in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda (R) successfully takes a penalty kick in the 53rd minute of a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama near Tokyo on June 8, 2012. Honda pulled off a hat trick as Japan won 6-0.

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Japan beat Jordan in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Ryoichi Meada (back R) heads home Japan's first goal in the 19th minute of a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama near Tokyo on June 8, 2012. Japan won 6-0.

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Japan beat Jordan in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Shinji Kagawa (C) runs back after scoring Japan's fourth goal in the 35th minute of a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama near Tokyo on June 8, 2012. Japan won 6-0.

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Japan beat Jordan in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Keisuke Honda (L) scores Japan's second goal in the 21st minute of a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama near Tokyo on June 8, 2012. Honda pulled off a hat trick as Japan won 6-0.

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Kosovo premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda meet in Tokyo on June 8, 2012.

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Japan beat Jordan in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Ryoichi Meada (front L) heads home Japan's first goal in the 19th minute of a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Jordan at Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama near Tokyo on June 8, 2012. Japan won 6-0.

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Oi reactors

TOKYO, Japan - File photo in March 2012 shows (from R) No. 3 and No. 4 reactors of the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda mentioned on June 8, 2012, the need to reactivate the two idled reactors at the Oi plant to prevent a power crunch this summer, in a stepped-up effort to secure public support and consent from Fukui Prefecture which hosts the plant.

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No immediate plans for N. Korea food aid

TOKYO, Japan - Robert King, the U.S. special envoy on North Korean human rights issues, meets reporters at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on June 8, 2012. King said the United States has no immediate plans to provide food aid to North Korea.

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No immediate plans for N. Korea food aid

TOKYO, Japan - Robert King, the U.S. special envoy on North Korean human rights issues, meets reporters at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on June 8, 2012. King said the United States has no immediate plans to provide food aid to North Korea.

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China calls on Iran to cooperate with IAEA on nuclear program

BEIJING, China - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) is escorted by Chinese President Hu Jintao during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 8, 2012. In their meeting, Hu called on Ahmadinejad to increase cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency as the nuclear watchdog tries to hammer out a verification agreement with Iran.

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Ex-TEPCO president Shimizu testifies

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Masataka Shimizu testifies in public in a Diet building in Tokyo on June 8, 2012, before a parliament-appointed panel investigating the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Sharp to partner with Hon Hai in smartphone business in China

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 8, 2012. Sharp will cooperate with its capital alliance partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. of Taiwan in the smartphone business in China, aiming to launch products there in the business year starting April 2013 and expand the scope of their capital and business tie-up.

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Olympus to cut 2,700 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Olympus Corp. President Hiroyuki Sasa speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on June 8, 2012. Olympus announced a five-year business plan to cut around 2,700 jobs by March 2014 and scrap about 40 percent of its 30 plants worldwide by March 2015 to improve its financial standing following the revelation of its investment loss coverup.

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Westinghouse opens nuclear power-related plant in China

NANTONG, China - Westinghouse Electric Co., a major U.S. nuclear equipment maker under Japan's Toshiba Corp., inaugurates a joint-venture plant in Nantong in eastern China's Jiangsu Province on June 8, 2012, to produce rare metal materials for use as cladding in nuclear fuel rods.

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Karzai in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) is escorted by Chinese President Hu Jintao at a welcoming ceremony at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on June 8, 2012.

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Japanese musician Suzuki

TOKYO, Japan - File photo from August 2002 shows Japanese conductor and organist Masaaki Suzuki. He received the 2012 Bach Medal on June 8, 2012, from the German city of Leipzig for his contribution to disseminating Johann Sebastian Bach's music, particularly in Japan.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - (From L) Radha Mainali and her second daughter Alisha and eldest daughter Mithila are interviewed in Yokohama on June 8, 2012, after meeting Radha's husband, and Alisha and Mithila's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali, at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Radha Mainali (R, front row) and her daughters Mithila (L, front row) and Alisha (C, front row) leave the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office on June 8, 2012, after meeting Radha's husband, and Mithila and Alisha's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Ahmadinejad in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) and Chinese President Hu Jintao attend a welcoming ceremony for the Iranian leader at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 8, 2012.

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European energy commissioner in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Guenther Oettinger, member of the European Commission in charge of energy policy, is interviewed in Tokyo on June 8, 2012.

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Ahmadinejad in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R), escorted by Chinese President Hu Jintao, attends a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 8, 2012.

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4th anniversary of Akihabara rampage

TOKYO, Japan - A man prays at the site of the 2008 car and stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara shopping district on June 8, 2012, on the fourth anniversary of the incident that killed seven people and injured 10 others.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - (From L) Radha Mainali and her daughters Mithila and Alisha visit the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office on June 8, 2012, to meet Radha's husband, and Mithila and Alisha's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Radha Mainali (R, front row) and her daughters Mithila (L, front row) and Alisha (C, front row) visit the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office on June 8, 2012, to meet Radha's husband, and Mithila and Alisha's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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'Faster-than-light' claim for subatomic particles withdrawn

KYOTO, Japan - A researcher of the international team OPERA gives a presentation of verification experiments at an international conference in Kyoto on June 8, 2012. The research group retracted its claim that subatomic particles known as neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light, following its own verification experiment in May which did not support the assertion.