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Farewell service for Japan wrestling icon

About 7,000 people attend a farewell service at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on March 7, 2023, for Japanese professional wrestler-turned-lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who died on Oct. 1, 2022, aged 79. Inoki, who took on world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in 1976, was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2010.

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Farewell service for Japan wrestling icon

About 7,000 people attend a farewell service at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on March 7, 2023, for Japanese professional wrestler-turned-lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who died on Oct. 1, 2022, aged 79. Inoki, who took on world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in 1976, was inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2010. (Kyodo)

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Mage Island, Kagoshima Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2010 shows the uninhabited Mage Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. The Defense Ministry informed a local government in the prefecture on June 1, 2011, that it is considering using the island for carrier-borne aircraft landing practice as part of a plan for the realignment of U.S. forces.

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Hayabusa capsule analysis

SAPPORO, Japan - Reporters visit Hokkaido University in Sapporo, northern Japan, to view samples brought back from the asteroid Itokawa by the unmanned Japanese space probe Hayabusa on March 1, 2011. A total of 13 institutes and eight teams have taken part in the project to analyze the samples. Hayabusa was launched in May 2003 and landed on the asteroid in September 2005. It returned to Earth while burning out upon reentry into atmosphere in June 2010 and the capsule containing the samples was recovered in a desert in southern Australia.

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Hayabusa capsule analysis

SAPPORO, Japan - Reporters visit Hokkaido University in Sapporo, northern Japan, to view samples brought back from the asteroid Itokawa by the unmanned Japanese space probe Hayabusa on March 1, 2011. Seen at left back is a machine for analysis. A total of 13 institutes and eight teams have taken part in the project to analyze the samples. Hayabusa was launched in May 2003 and landed on the asteroid in September 2005. It returned to Earth while burning out upon reentry into atmosphere in June 2010 and the capsule containing the samples was recovered in a desert in southern Australia.

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Hayabusa capsule analysis

SAPPORO, Japan - Reporters visit Hokkaido University in Sapporo, northern Japan, to view samples brought back from the asteroid Itokawa by the unmanned Japanese space probe Hayabusa on March 1, 2011. A total of 13 institutes and eight teams have taken part in the project to analyze the samples. Hayabusa was launched in May 2003 and landed on the asteroid in September 2005. It returned to Earth while burning out upon reentry into atmosphere in June 2010 and the capsule containing the samples was recovered in a desert in southern Australia.

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Sanyo-Kyushu Shinkansen Line promotional campaign

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese television personality Suzanne, a native of Kumamoto Prefecture, encourages people to visit the prefecture at the launch of a campaign in Osaka on Oct. 1, 2010, to promote the Sanyo-Kyushu Shinkansen Line ahead of the start of operations in March next year.

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'Devil of the Dohyo' Wakanohana dies at 82

Tokyo, Japan - File photo taken in March 1992 shows the original former grand champion Wakanohana, whose real name was Katsuji Hanada, who died of kidney cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Sept. 1, 2010, at 82. Hanada, whose nickname was the ''Devil of the Dohyo,'' also served as a JSA chairman.

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Protests, celebrations mark H.K. handover anniversary

HONG KONG, Hong Kong - People march through Hong Kong on July 1, 2010, to mark the 13th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to China. About 52,000 people -- a figure the police put at 20,000 -- took part in the annual march to call for democracy and a series of social measures.

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Dai-ichi Life debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Watanabe, president of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., speaks about the April 1, 2010, debut of the company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange during an interview with Kyodo News in late March. The Japanese second-largest life insurer was listed on the bourse with an opening price of 160,000 yen per share.

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Aftermath of Chile quake

CONSTITUCION, Chile - People loot a supermarket in Constitucion, Chile, on March 1, 2010, following a powerful earthquake on Feb. 27. Chilean officials said the death toll from the quake has reached over 790.

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Photos from quake-hit Chile

CONCEPCION, Chile - Firefighters work on extinguishing a fire at a supermarket looted and set afire in Concepcion, Chile, on March 1, 2010, following a devastating earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.

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Photos from quake-hit Chile

CONCEPCION, Chile - Containers washed away from a port facility by tidal waves remain on a road in Talcahuano, Chile, on March 1, 2010, following a devastating earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.

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Photos from quake-hit Chile

CONCEPCION, Chile - Ships washed away from a port by tidal waves remain near a gas station in Talcahuano, Chile, on March 1, 2010, following a devastating earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.

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Photos from quake-hit Chile

CONCEPCION, Chile - A boat washed away from a port by tidal waves sits among rubble littering a street in Talcahuano, Chile, on March 1, 2010, following a devastating earthquake that struck the country on Feb. 27.

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Japanese athletes leave Vancouver to return home

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's Mao Asada, who won the silver in the women's figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, signs autograph at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, Canada, on March 1, 2010, before leaving for Japan.

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Museum on life of Chopin reopens in Warsaw

WARSAW, Poland - A piano used by Polish composer and pianist Frederic Chopin is displayed at a high-tech museum dedicated to the musician in Warsaw on March 1, 2010. Located in Warsaw's revamped 17th-Century Ostrogski Palace, the museum was reopened to the public the same day to mark the bicentenary of Chopin's birth.

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Japanese athletes leave Vancouver to return home

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's Mao Asada, who won the silver in the women's figure skating event at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, waves as she leaves Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, Canada, on March 1, 2010.

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Japanese athletes leave Vancouver to return home

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japan's 15-year-old speed skater Miho Takagi (C) and other Japanese athletes who took part in the Vancouver Winter Olympics arrive at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, Canada, on March 1, 2010 to return to Japan.

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Toyota chief apologizes to Chinese consumers

BEIJING, China - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Beijing on March 1, 2010. Toyoda apologized to Chinese consumers for his company's massive vehicle recalls around the world.

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Toyota chief apologizes to Chinese consumers

BEIJING, China - Reporters, photographers and TV crews attend a press conference by Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda at a hotel in Beijing on March 1, 2010. Toyoda apologized to Chinese consumers for his company's massive vehicle recalls around the world.

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Toyota chief apologizes to Chinese consumers

BEIJING, China - Reporters, photographers and TV crews attend a press conference by Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda at a hotel in Beijing on March 1, 2010. Toyoda apologized to Chinese consumers for his company's massive vehicle recalls around the world.

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Miyazato arrives home after back-to-back victories

NARITA, Japan - Japanese golfer Ai Miyazato speaks to reporters after arriving from Singapore at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on March 1, 2010. ''I did my best,'' said Miyazato who became the first golfer to win back-to-back titles on the LPGA Tour.

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Toyota chief apologizes to Chinese consumers

BEIJING, China - A man (R) scatters fliers outside a press conference by Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda a hotel in Beijing on March 1, 2010. The man was protesting about a series of safety problems involving Toyota vehicles, which forced Toyoda to apologize to Chinese customers.

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Steam locomotive under repair

SAITAMA, Japan - Mechanics check the main body and parts of a C61 steam locomotive being repaired at an East Japan Railway Co. plant in Saitama on March 1, 2010. The company is aiming to run the locomotive, one of 33 units of the model produced from 1947, in the spring 2011 at the earliest.

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Toyota chief apologizes to Chinese consumers

BEIJING, China - Reporters, photographers and TV crews attend a press conference by Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda at a hotel in Beijing on March 1, 2010.

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Miyazato arrives home after back-to-back victories

NARITA, Japan - Japanese golfer Ai Miyazato waves after arriving from Singapore at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on March 1, 2010. ''I did my best,'' said Miyazato who became the first golfer to win back-to-back titles on the LPGA Tour.

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Toyota chief apologizes to Chinese consumers

BEIJING, China - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Beijing on March 1, 2010. Toyoda apologized to Chinese consumers for his company's massive vehicle recalls around the world.

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President Lee urges S. Koreans not to be bound by past

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the 91st anniversary of the March 1 uprising in Korea against Japanese colonial rule at Independence Hall in Cheonan on March 1, 2010.

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Toyota chief apologizes to Chinese consumers

BEIJING, China - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda bows at the start of a press conference at a hotel in Beijing on March 1, 2010. Toyoda apologized to Chinese consumers for his company's massive vehicle recalls around the world.

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Koshien ballpark turns eco-friendly

OSAKA, Japan - Around 1,600 solar panels installed on the roof of Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture start to generate power March 1, 2010. It is estimated that the system will produce enough electricity to light all of the night games held at the ballpark throughout a year.

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4 arrested over illegal donations to DPJ's Kobayashi

SAPPORO, Japan - Officials from the Sapporo District Prosecutors Office enter the headquarters of the Hokkaido teachers' union in Sapporo on March 1, 2010, to conduct a search in connection with alleged illegal donations to Democratic Party of Japan lower house lawmaker Chiyomi Kobayashi. Prosecutors arrested four people, including Hideki Osada, the 50-year-old acting chairman of the union, for alleged violations of the Political Funds Control Law.

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Toyota chief apologizes to Chinese consumers

BEIJING, China - Vehicles are covered in snow at a Toyota Motor Corp. dealership in Beijing on March 1, 2010. Akio Toyoda, president of the top Japanese automaker, apologized to Chinese customers for its massive vehicle recalls at a press conference in the country's capital the same day.

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President Lee urges S. Koreans not to be bound by past

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the 91st anniversary of the March 1 uprising in Korea against Japanese colonial rule at Independence Hall in Cheonan on March 1, 2010.

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Actresses-in-the-making graduate from Takarazuka school

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - A total of 38 women at Takarazuka Music School, Japan's unique all-girl music academy, pose in their dark-green Japanese ''hakama'' skirts and black kimono called ''montsuki'' for a commemorative photo after a commencement ceremony at the academy in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 1, 2010. After completing their two-year program at the school, they will join the renowned Takarazuka Revue and make their debut in a performance on April 16.

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Hakuho reclaims east slot after Asashoryu

SAKAI, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho speaks to reporters in the city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on March 1, 2010, about his commitment to the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium. Hakuho reclaimed the more prestigious east yokozuna slot in the tournament's ranking released by the Japan Sumo Association, replacing Asashoryu who retired in February due to a scandal involving drunken violence.

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Japan to send 20-member medical team to Chile

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters in front of his official residence in Tokyo on March 1, 2010, about the situation in Chile which was hit by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake on Feb. 27. His government decided it will send a 20-member medical team to the country later the same day.

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Hakuho reclaims east slot after Asashoryu

SAKAI, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho holds up a ranking table released by the Japan Sumo Association for the upcoming Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on March 1, 2010, in the city of Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. Hakuho reclaimed the more prestigious east yokozuna slot, replacing Asashoryu who retired in February due to a scandal involving drunken violence.

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News reading humanoid Parlo

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows Fujisoft Inc.'s humanoid Parlo moving during a demonstration in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2010. The Japanese firm will start to sell the 40-centimeter-tall, 1.6-kilogram robot that can talk and read out online news articles to educational institutions for 298,000 yen starting March 15.