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Uruguay's Forlan announces international retirement

TOKYO, March 12 Kyodo - File photo shows Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan scoring a goal in a semifinal match against the Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup in Cape Town, South Africa. He announced the end of his international career at a press conference in Osaka, Japan, on March 12, 2015.

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Japan's stance on Futenma intact despite U.S. senators' appeal

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2010 shows the Kadena Air Force Base of the U.S. military in Okinawa Prefecture. Japan's stance on the existing plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the same prefecture remains intact, despite the latest alternative offered by influential U.S. senators, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said May 12, 2011. The senators said the U.S. Department of Defense should immediately examine the feasibility of moving the Marine Corps' assets at Futenma to Kadena, while dispersing a percentage of Air Force assets now at Kadena into other areas of the Pacific region.

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Survivor of Bataan Death March Tenney invited to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Lester Tenney, a survivor of the Bataan Death March during World War II and a professor emeritus at Arizona State University. In the first invitation to former prisoners of war from the United States by the Japanese government to visit Japan, Tenney and other former POWs are scheduled to do so Sept. 12, 2010.

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N700 Series of bullet train cars

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken in July 2010 shows the N700 Series of bullet train cars that will be employed on West Japan Railway Co.'s shinkansen train line connecting Osaka and Kagoshima prefectures. The fastest bullet train aims to connect Shin-Osaka and Kagoshima Chuo stations in 3 hours and 47 minutes when the operation of the train service is expected to be launched on March 12, 2011.

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Overcrowded train ahead of World Cup

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - People cling to an overcrowded commuter train in Johannesburg on March 12, 2010. There is concern about the capacity of public transport during the period of the World Cup finals in South Africa.

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50 people demonstrate to demand truth of Ghanaian man's death

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese wife of a Ghanaian man who died suddenly while being deported from Japan last month, and some 50 people supporting her stage a demonstration in Tokyo's Roppongi district on April 12, 2010, to demand the Japanese government fully investigate the case. The 48-year-old wife said she believes the death of her 45-year-old husband was caused by violence by Japanese immigration officials who accompanied him aboard a flight to Cairo from Narita airport on March 22 when he was being deported for illegally staying in Japan.

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Tokunoshima Island airport in Kagoshima Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken March 12, 2010, shows an airport on Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The island could be a candidate site to which the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in the nearby prefecture of Okinawa could be moved.

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Japan crown prince in Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito addresses a reception hosted by Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Nairobi on March 12, 2010. The crown prince said Kenya is adored by Japanese people for its wildlife.

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Gulf in early education divides China's young

BEIJING, China - Photo taken March 12, 2010, shows part of Huijia Bilingual Kindergarten, a trendy premium private preschool in the central business district of Beijing catering to both expatriates and affluent mainland Chinese families.

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Vancouver Paralympics opening ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - The opening ceremony is held for the Winter Paralympics at BC Place in Vancouver on March 12, 2010. Disabled athletes from a record 44 countries took part in the event.

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Vancouver Paralympics opening ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - A musician performs during the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics at BC Place in Vancouver on March 12, 2010. Disabled athletes from a record 44 countries took part in the event.

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Japanese Paralympians at opening ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese athletes take part in the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics at BC Place in Vancouver on March 12, 2010. A total of 42 athletes from Japan will compete in the 10-day event.

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Vancouver Paralympics opening ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - The opening ceremony is held for the Winter Paralympics at BC Place in Vancouver on March 12, 2010. Disabled athletes from a record 44 countries took part in the event.

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Japanese Paralympians at opening ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese athletes take part in the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics at BC Place in Vancouver on March 12, 2010. A total of 42 athletes from Japan will compete in the 10-day event.

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Vancouver Paralympics opening ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - The Paralympics flag is carried during the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics at BC Place in Vancouver on March 12, 2010. Disabled athletes from a record 44 countries took part in the event.

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Japanese Paralympians at opening ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese athletes take part in the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics at BC Place in Vancouver on March 12, 2010. A total of 42 athletes from Japan will compete in the 10-day event.

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Japan Paralympians at opening ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese flag-bearer Takayuki Endo, the captain of the country's ice sledge hockey team, takes part in the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics at BC Place in Vancouver on March 12, 2010. A total of 42 athletes from Japan will compete in the 10-day event.

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Japanese Paralympians at opening ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - Japanese athletes take part in the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics at BC Place in Vancouver on March 12, 2010. A total of 42 athletes from Japan will compete in the 10-day event.

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Vancouver Paralympics opening ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - The mascot Sumi takes to the sky during the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics at BC Place in Vancouver on March 12, 2010. Disabled athletes from a record 44 countries took part in the event.

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Vancouver Paralympics opening ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - The opening ceremony is held for the Winter Paralympics at BC Place in Vancouver on March 12, 2010. Disabled athletes from a record 44 countries took part in the event.

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Vancouver Paralympics opening ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - Spectators wait for the start of the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics at BC Place in Vancouver on March 12, 2010. Disabled athletes from a record 44 countries took part in the event.

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Vancouver Paralympics opening ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - Spectators wait for the start of the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics at BC Place in Vancouver on March 12, 2010. Disabled athletes from a record 44 countries took part in the event.

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Vancouver Paralympics opening ceremony

VANCOUVER, Canada - A torch runner poses near BC Place (behind), the venue of the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics in Vancouver on March 12, 2010. Disabled athletes from a record 44 countries took part in the event.

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Farewell journey of Noto express

TOKYO, Japan - The Noto express departs JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on its final overnight run to Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on March 12, 2010, seen off by train enthusiasts crowding the platform. The Noto entered service in the 1950s.

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Pro-Thaksin rally in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra mount a rally demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva resign in Ayutthaya on March 12, 2010.

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Farewell runs of Noto, Hokuriku express trains

KANAZAWA, Japan - The express trains Noto (L) and Hokuriku prepare to leave JR Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture on their final overnight runs to Tokyo on March 12, 2010. The Noto and Hokuriku entered service in the 1950s.

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Farewell journey of Hokuriku express

TOKYO, Japan - The Hokuriku express is set to leave JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on its final overnight run to Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, on March 12, 2010, as train enthusiasts crowd the platform. The Hokuriku entered service in the 1950s.

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Japan prince visits Kenyan game reserve

NAIROBI, Kenya - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito visits an ''orphanage'' for rhinos separated from their parents at Sweetwaters game reserve in Kenya on March 12, 2010. The prince took a tour of the reserve at the foot of Mt. Kenya photographing animals such as giraffes and zebras.

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Todaiji Temple 'in flames' in spring festival

NARA, Japan - This long-exposure photo shows the Nigatsudo hall of Todaiji, a Buddhist temple, ''in flames'' during the traditional Omizutori festival in Nara on March 12, 2010. An 8-meter-long, 70-kilogram torch was moved around in the climax to the festival that heralds the spring in the ancient Japanese city.

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Todaiji Temple 'in flames' in spring festival

NARA, Japan - Tourists admire a shower of sparks near the Nigatsudo hall of Todaiji, a Buddhist temple, during the traditional Omizutori festival in Nara on March 12, 2010. The event was a herald of spring in the ancient Japanese city.

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Nissan Thai factory starts operation

BANGKOK, Thailand - Nissan Motor Co.'s Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga (L) and Deputy Thai Prime Minister Trairong Suwannakhiri shake hands at a new factory of the Japanese automaker in a Bangkok suburb March 12, 2010. Behind them was the minivehicle March, a mainstay product at the factory which started operation the same day.

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Todaiji Temple 'in flames' in spring festival

NARA, Japan - This long-exposure photo shows the Nigatsudo hall of Todaiji, a Buddhist temple, ''in flames'' during the traditional Omizutori festival in Nara on March 12, 2010. An 8-meter-long, 70-kilogram torch was moved around in the climax to the festival that heralds the spring in the ancient Japanese city.

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Kyoto's Kiyomizu temple lit up

KYOTO, Japan - The main building of Kiyomizudera, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, and its trademark stage are lit up in a test March 12, 2010, prior to the start of the lighting for tourists the following day.

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Nissan Thai factory starts operation

BANGKOK, Thailand - Nissan Motor Co.'s minivehicle March is parked on March 12, 2010, at a factory of the Japanese automaker in a Bangkok suburb which started operation the same day.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

TOKYO, Japan - The vehicle carrying Peter Bethune, captain of a Sea Shepherd antiwhaling boat, goes past photographers and TV crews on its way to the Tokyo Coast Guard Office in Tokyo on March 12, 2010. The coast guard examined the boat in connection with the arrest of Bethune the same day in Tokyo for allegedly trespassing on the Japanese boat in the Antarctic Ocean.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

TOKYO, Japan - Officers of the Tokyo Coast Guard Office inspect the Shonan Maru No. 2, a whaling fleet security boat, at Yokohama Port, southwest of Tokyo, on March 12, 2010. The coast guard examined the boat in connection with the arrest of Peter Bethune the same day in Tokyo for allegedly trespassing on the boat in the Antarctic Ocean.

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Japan prince visits Kenyan game reserve

NAIROBI, Kenya - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (C) plants a tree together with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai (R) in Sweetwaters game reserve in Kenya on March 12, 2010. The prince took a tour of the reserve at the foot of Mt. Kenya photographing animals such as giraffes and zebras.

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No official view on secret pact: Okada

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on March 12, 2010. Okada said he has no intention to officially label four alleged Japan-U.S. pacts as secret or not.

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Pro-Thaksin rally in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra mount a rally demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva resign in Ayutthaya on March 12, 2010.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Officers of the Tokyo Coast Guard Office walk to the Shonan Maru No. 2 (behind) for inspection of the whaling fleet security boat at Yokohama Port southwest of Tokyo, on March 12, 2010. The coast guard examined the boat in connection with the arrest of Peter Bethune the same day in Tokyo for allegedly trespassing on the boat in the Antarctic Ocean.

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Pro-Thaksin rally in Thailand

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand - Supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra mount a rally demanding that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva resign in a square in Nakhon Ratchasima, northeastern Thailand, on March 12, 2010.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

TOKYO, Japan - Officers of the Tokyo Coast Guard Office inspect the Shonan Maru No. 2, a whaling fleet security boat, at Yokohama Port, southwest of Tokyo, on March 12, 2010. The coast guard examined the boat in connection with the arrest of Peter Bethune the same day in Tokyo for allegedly trespassing on the Japanese boat in the Antarctic Ocean.

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Memorial name boards at Koshien ballpark

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Giant name boards formerly used on an old scoreboard of the Koshien Stadium ballpark are displayed during a press preview of the new museum inside the ballpark in Hyogo Prefecture on March 12, 2010, ahead of its public opening. Among the names are those of popular Hanshin Tigers sluggers including Randy Bass of the United States (3rd from R, top).

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Court declares last year's election unconstitutional

FUKUOKA, Japan - People hold up a banner calling for equal value for each vote in front of the Fukuoka High Court on March 12, 2010, after the court ruled the general election in August 2009 unconstitutional due to a sharp disparity in the value of each vote. The court became the third high court to rule the House of Representatives election unconstitutional.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for trespassing on whaling ship

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of the Tokyo regional office of the Japan Coast Guard board the Shonan Maru No. 2 docked at Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo on March 12, 2010. They arrested Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel, the Ady Gil, for allegedly trespassing on the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean on Feb. 15.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for trespassing on whaling ship

TOKYO, Japan - People against the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society rally in front of the Tokyo regional office of the Japan Coast Guard at Tokyo's Koto Ward, where Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the Sea Shepherd's vessel Ady Gil, is being held on March 12, 2010. Earlier in the day, Bethune was arrested by the coast guard for allegedly trespassing on the Shonan Maru No. 2, the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean on Feb. 15 after the ship docked at Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officers work on a patrol vessel which carries Pete Bethune in Tokyo on March 12, 2010, after they served an arrest warrant for the captain of a Sea Shepherd antiwhaling boat for allegedly trespassing on a Japanese whaling fleet security boat the previous month.

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Power industry leader Morimoto tapped as BOJ Policy Board member

TOKYO, Japan - The government on March 12, 2010, nominated Yoshihisa Morimoto (file photo), vice chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan, as a policymaker on the Bank of Japan's Policy Board. The nine-member board has two vacancies and the government has been in the process of obtaining approval from the Diet to fill one of the seats with Ryuzo Miyao, a Kobe University processor.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespass

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese whaling fleet security vessel Shonan Maru No. 2 (L), with Pete Bethune detained inside, sails in the waters off Yokohama on its way to Harumi Wharf in Tokyo on March 12, 2010. The Japan Coast Guard served an arrest warrant for the captain of a Sea Shepherd vessel the same day for allegedly trespassing on the boat the previous month.

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Sea Shepherd member arrested for trespassing on whaling ship

TOKYO, Japan - The Shonan Maru No. 2 (C), the security ship of Japan's whaling fleet, escorted by Japan Coast Guard patrol ships, sails under the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo Bay on March 12, 2010. After the ship docked at Harumi terminal at the Port of Tokyo, Pete Bethune, the New Zealand captain of the antiwhaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's vessel Ady Gil, who had been detained on the ship, was arrested by the coast guard for allegedly trespassing on the ship in the Antarctic Ocean on Feb. 15.