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Nuclear authority not to allow restart of Monju reactor

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2012 shows the prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor Monju in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority is considering not allowing the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, the operator of the 280,000-kilowatt reactor, to resume operations before its sloppy safety management is improved, sources close to the matter said May 13, 2013.

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Fukushima reactor pressure vessel's lid removed

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 10:23 a.m. on Sept. 13, 2012 shows the lid (top L) to the pressure vessel of the No. 4 reactor removed by a crane at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. The March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at the plant.

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Fukushima reactor pressure vessel's lid removed

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 10:20 a.m. on Sept. 13, 2012 shows the lid (bottom) to the pressure vessel of the No. 4 reactor removed by a crane at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. The two objects at top are the lid to the containment vessel. The March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at the plant.

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Otsuchi town in August 2012

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photo shows a part of the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on Aug. 13, 2012. While most of the debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami has been cleaned up, a wide swath of the town remains vacant.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). A shopping area has been established at bottom R.

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Students from quake-hit Tohoku visit Ground Zero in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Tsubasa Sugeno (L), a university student hailing from Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, and Lee Ielpi, president of the September 11th Families' Association, trace together names of Japanese victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks engraved on the stone monument at the World Trade Center site in New York on Aug. 13, 2012. Students hailing from the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, which were severely hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, visited the site and met the bereaved families of the 9/11 victims.

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Students from quake-hit Tohoku visit Ground Zero in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Ayaka Ogawa (L), who graduated from a senior high school in Iwate Prefecture, and Lee Ielpi, president of the September 11th Families' Association, trace together names of Japanese victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks engraved on the stone monument at the World Trade Center site in New York on Aug. 13, 2012. Students hailing from the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, which were severely hit by the 2011 March earthquake and tsunami disasters, visited the site and met the bereaved families of the 9/11 victims.

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Japanese owner reunited with buoy lost in tsunami

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Sakiko Miura smiles in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 13, 2012, after putting on an apron presented as a gift from American David Baxter, who also shipped her a fish-farm buoy (front) that was lost in the March 2011 tsunami and later found on an island off Alaska. Miura, 63, is believed to be the first Japanese to receive a washed-up item from Japan's disaster-hit region sent back from overseas.

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Japanese owner reunited with buoy lost in tsunami

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Sakiko Miura smiles while holding a fish-farm buoy in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 13, 2012. American David Baxter shipped her the buoy that was lost in the March 2011 tsunami and later found on an island off Alaska. Miura, 63, is believed to be the first Japanese to receive a washed-up item from Japan's disaster-hit region sent back from overseas.

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Japanese owner reunited with buoy lost in tsunami

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Sakiko Miura caresses a fish-farm buoy in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 13, 2012. American David Baxter shipped her the buoy that was lost in the March 2011 tsunami and later found on an island off Alaska. Miura, 63, is believed to be the first Japanese to receive a washed-up item from Japan's disaster-hit region sent back from overseas.

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Imperial couple in disaster-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (behind emperor) talk to residents of temporary housing units in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 13, 2012, that were erected following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Mother's Day in disaster area

KESENNUMA, Japan - A woman prays before an altar on Mother's Day in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 13, 2012. The area was severely hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Emperor in disaster-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (front, facing) and Empress Michiko (behind emperor) talk to residents of temporary housing units in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 13, 2012, that were erected following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Peace march in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Participants in a peace march leave Ginowan city hall in Okinawa Prefecture on May 13, 2012, calling for the closure of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the city.

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U.S. volunteers repair tsunami-hit buildings

SENDAI, Japan - American volunteer Steve Lengkeek (L) from Delaware works to remodel a building used to house a dentist as an accommodation facility in Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 13, 2012. A group of 35 Americans has been taking turns visiting Japan to repair buildings in coastal Miyagi Prefecture damaged by the massive March 2011 tsunami.

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Cherry blossoms bloom in Tohoku

IWAKI, Japan - Some blossoms bloom on the someiyoshino breed of cherry tree in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 13, 2012. The tree, located some 300 meters from seashore, was flooded about 80 meters high at the time of the March 2011 tsunami.

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Turkish energy minister Yildiz

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz is interviewed by Kyodo News at a hotel in Kuwait City on March 13, 2012.

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Darvish shaky in second start of spring

GOODYEAR, United States - Texas Rangers rookie pitcher Yu Darvish is at a press conference after pitching in a pre-season game against the Cleveland Indians in Goodyear, Arizona, on March 13, 2012. The Japanese ace allowed two runs over three innings he pitched. The Rangers tied 8-8 with the Indians in 10 innings.

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Japan, Ukraine mark 2011 quake anniversary

KIEV, Ukraine - Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine Toichi Sakata (R) gives a speech during a ceremony in Kiev on March 13, 2012, in remembrance of victims of Japan's March 2011 earthquake and to pray for the prevention of nuclear accidents. People affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident and former workers involved in the response joined the ceremony.

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Darvish shaky in second start of spring

GOODYEAR, United States - Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba (L) talks to rookie pitcher Yu Darvish after Asdrubal Cabrera of the Cleveland Indians hit an RBI single during the third inning of a pre-season game in Goodyear, Arizona, on March 13, 2012. The Japanese ace allowed two runs over three innings he pitched. The Rangers tied 8-8 with the Indians in 10 innings.

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Moon probe tested

NAGOYA, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency operates test models of moon exploration robots in sand dunes in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 13, 2012.

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Moon probe tested

NAGOYA, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency operates test models of moon exploration robots in sand dunes in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 13, 2012.

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Moon probe tested

NAGOYA, Japan - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency operates test models of moon exploration robots in sand dunes in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 13, 2012.

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4 years after Tibet rioting

BEIJING, China - A police officer (R) patrols a Tibetan residential area in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on March 13, 2012, just ahead of the anniversary of the March 14, 2008 rioting in Lhasa in China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

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Irish Chernobyl campaigner in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Adi Roche, chief executive officer of the charity group Chernobyl Children International based in Ireland, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on March 13, 2012.

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China conference wraps up

BEIJING, China - (front row, from R) Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice President Xi Jinping stand and sing the national anthem at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing as the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference wrapped up on March 13, 2012.

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First-ever African wrestler makes sumo debut

OSAKA, Japan - Egyptian Osunaarashi, sumo's first-ever wrestler of African descent, performs a pre-bout ritual as an unofficially ranked wrestler at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on March 13, 2012. Osunaarashi (Great Sandstorm), whose real name is Abdelrahman Ahmed Shaalan, marked his debut with a resounding victory at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in the city of Osaka.

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First-ever African wrestler makes sumo debut

OSAKA, Japan - Egyptian Osunaarashi (L), sumo's first-ever wrestler of African descent, shoves his opponent as an unofficially ranked wrestler at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on March 13, 2012. Osunaarashi (Great Sandstorm), whose real name is Abdelrahman Ahmed Shaalan, marked his debut with a resounding victory at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in the city of Osaka.

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BOJ chief Shirakawa

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa enters the BOJ's headquarters in Tokyo on March 13, 2012, for a policy meeting. The BOJ started the two-day policy meeting the previous day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 1, 2012 (bottom), in which debris has been removed from a road and some temporary buildings have been constructed.

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Ofunato soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2012 (bottom), in which debris has mostly been removed.

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Minamisanriku soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 2, 2012 (bottom). Still much work seemed necessary to reconstruct the heavily damaged area.

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Fishing port soon after quake, now

SOMA, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show Matsukawaura fishing port in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same port on March 2, 2012 (bottom).

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Kesennuma soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2012 (bottom). The foundations of a house destroyed by the tsunami are seen after the removal of debris.

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Kesennuma soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a pedestrian overpass in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same overpass on March 1, 2012 (bottom).

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Otsuchi soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2012 (bottom).

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Otsuchi soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a commercial facility in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same facility on March 4, 2012 (bottom). It resumed operation in late 2011.

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Kamaishi soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 3, 2012 (bottom).

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Otsuchi soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2012 (bottom).

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Minamisanriku soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same town on March 7, 2012 (bottom). Shizugawa High School is shown in the front.

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TEPCO reports net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Nishizawa (L front), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., bows with others at the company's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2012. The utility known as TEPCO reported that it incurred a consolidated net loss of 623.01 billion yen for the April-December period of the business year ending in March 2012.

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TEPCO reports net loss

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Nishizawa, president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks at the company's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2012. The utility known as TEPCO reported that it incurred a consolidated net loss of 623.01 billion yen for the April-December period of the business year ending in March 2012.

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World Heritage site certificate for Hiraizumi

HIRAIZUMI, Japan - Irina Bokova (L), director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, hands a certificate showing the listing of the town of Hiraizumi in Iwate Prefecture as a World Heritage Site to Iwate Gov. Takuya Tasso (C) in the northeastern Japan town on Feb. 13, 2012. The temples, gardens and archaeological sites of Hiraizumi, in one of the prefectures severely ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage list in 2011.

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Arsenal send Miyaichi to Bolton

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Rotterdam on March 13, 2011, shows Japan's soccer player Ryo Miyaichi. Arsenal shipped the winger to Bolton Wanderers on loan for the remainder of the season as the European winter transfer market closed on Jan. 31, 2012.

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JAL's Ueki likely to become next president

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japan Airlines Co. Senior Managing Executive Officer Yoshiharu Ueki. The airline is considering promoting Ueki to president by March 31, 2012, replacing Masaru Onishi, sources close to the move said Jan. 13, 2012.

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Toyota realigning group firms

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (3rd from L) and leaders of the automaker's subsidiaries pose for photos during a press conference in Nagoya, Japan, on July 13, 2011. The company announced the same day that three of its subsidiaries will start talks for a planned merger in July 2012 to make the Tohoku region, devastated by the March 11 quake and tsunami, one of its manufacturing hubs to strengthen domestic production.