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Former Japan captain Miyamoto retires

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken June 9, 2002, shows Japan's Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, wearing a face guard, during a FIFA World Cup finals match against Russia at International Stadium Yokohama, near Tokyo. Miyamoto, former Japan national soccer team captain and Vissel Kobe defender, announced his retirement Dec. 19, 2011.

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City in Saitama attracts anime fans

SAITAMA, Japan - Women take photographs on Sept. 9, 2011 in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, on a bridge which appeared as a scene in the animation series ''Anohi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai'' (We still don't know the name of a flower we saw that day). Anime fans have been flocking to the city, and to the many spots which appear as scenes in the story, since it was broadcast from April through June this year.

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TEPCO logs 572 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa (2nd from L) and other executives bow in apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2011. The utility reported a group net loss of 571.76 billion yen for the April to June period after booking massive costs to deal with the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and increases in fuel expenses for power generation.

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TEPCO logs 572 bil. yen net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Toshio Nishizawa (front L) speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2011. The utility reported a group net loss of 571.76 billion yen for the April to June period after booking massive costs to deal with the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and increases in fuel expenses for power generation.

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Nuclear research center in South Africa

PELINDABA, South Africa - Photo taken on June 9, 2011, shows the cooling towers and chimneys of a nuclear research facility in Pelindaba, near Pretoria in South Africa.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 9, 2011, shows the Genkai nuclear power plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Japan plans to conduct safety assessments called ''stress tests'' on all its nuclear power plants to allay heightened public concerns over their safety, industry minister Banri Kaieda said July 6, 2011.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 9, 2011, shows the Nos. 2 (back) and 3 (front) reactors of the Genkai nuclear power plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Japan plans to conduct safety assessments called ''stress tests'' on all its nuclear power plants to allay heightened public concerns over their safety, industry minister Banri Kaieda said July 6, 2011.

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Disaster-hit hospital

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken June 9, 2011, shows the inside of Shizugawa Hospital in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, nearly three months after the area was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami.

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Disaster-hit hospital

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken June 9, 2011, shows Shizugawa Hospital in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, nearly three months after the area was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami.

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Mazda releases new Demio

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. releases the latest model of its mainstay Demio compact car at the company's head office in Hiroshima on June 9, 2011. The new Demio is equipped with a 1.3-liter engine that makes the vehicle as fuel-efficient as gasoline-electric hybrid cars.

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Matsui hits 2-run homer

CHICAGO, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at US Cellular Field in Chicago on June 9, 2011.

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Japan quake orphans appeal for aid in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese students from Miyagi Prefecture orphaned by the March 11 quake and tsunami stand at Times Square in New York on June 9, 2011, asking tourists and New Yorkers for donations to build a mental health care center in the disaster-hit area.

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Matsui hits 2-run homer

CHICAGO, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a two-run home run during the seventh inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at US Cellular Field in Chicago on June 9, 2011.

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Ex-environment chief Ozawa seeks to succeed Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Environment Minister Sakihito Ozawa of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan speaks at a gathering in Tokyo on June 9, 2011. He expressed his intention to succeed embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Japan quake orphans appeal for aid in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese students from Miyagi Prefecture orphaned by the March 11 quake and tsunami stand at Times Square in New York on June 9, 2011, asking tourists and New Yorkers for donations to build a mental health care center in the disaster-hit area.

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Togolese President Gnassingbe, Japan PM Kan

TOKYO, Japan - Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 9, 2011.

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Search for disaster victims continues 3 months on

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces continue to engage in search efforts for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, as well as cleanup activities, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 9, 2011, nearly three months after the disaster.

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Temporary housing in Minamisanriku

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Photo shows temporary housing units for people who lost their homes due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on the night of June 9, 2011, nearly three months after the disaster. (Photo exposed for two minutes)

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Charging cellphones with heat from open fire

TSUKUBA, Japan - A demonstrator charges a cellphone while boiling hot water on a fire using the ''Hatsuden-nabe (power generating pot),'' developed by TES NewEnergy Corp., in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on June 9, 2011. The product enables users to charge cellphones and other electronics using a thermoelectric module which converts heat-waste into electricity during emergencies.

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Mazda releases new Demio

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Mazda Motor Corp. President Takashi Yamanouchi (R) and Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo stand beside the latest model of the automaker's mainstay Demio compact car, released at its head office in Hiroshima on June 9, 2011. The new Demio is equipped with a 1.3-liter engine that makes the vehicle as fuel-efficient as gasoline-electric hybrid cars.

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Japan Prime Minister Kan, Finance Minister Noda

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda chat during a session in the House of Representatives in Tokyo on June 9, 2011. Lawmakers said the same day that senior members of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan were considering Noda as a candidate to replace Kan.

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Togo president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Emperor Akihito (R) meets Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 9, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Agricultural heritage

BEIJING, China - The International Forum on Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization begins in Beijing on June 9, 2011.

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Finance Minister Noda

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda heads to a Diet panel meeting in Tokyo on June 9, 2011. Lawmakers said senior members of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan were considering Noda as a candidate to replace embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan.

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Japan eyes radiation dose limit for debris removers

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a man measuring radiation levels at a temporary waste dump site in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 9, 2011. Japanese government sources said on June 3 the government is considering setting a radiation dose limit for workers clearing up the massive piles of disaster debris being left near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Low-cost, high-output solar power unit

TOKYO, Japan - A man shows a low-cost solar power system developed by Smart Solar International, a start-up firm spun off from a University of Tokyo research center, at the university in Tokyo on May 9, 2011. Smart Solar International said it will begin making the system in June that year in Miyagi Prefecture, with an eye on selling it worldwide in the future.

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High-end Tokyo hotel to shelter nuclear evacuees

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 9, 2011, shows the main building of Tokyo's Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, which is scheduled to be torn down in 2011, following the hotel's closure at the end of March. The hotel, which was considered ultra-chic in the 1980s, will be used as an evacuation center until the end of June for evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture affected by the March 11 quake-triggered troubles at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.