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Olympic figure skating bronze medalist Takahashi to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi after winning the World Figure Skating Championships in Torino, Italy, in March 2010. Takahashi, 28, who won the bronze medal in the Vancouver Olympics in February 2010, has decided to retire, sources familiar with the matter said Oct. 14, 2014.

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Former Khmer Rouge foreign minister dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo, taken in 2010, shows former Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister Ieng Sary. Ieng Sary died March 14, 2013, of illness and old age, his son Ieng Vuth told Kyodo News. He was 87.

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1st-class seats on Hayabusa bullet train

RIFU, Japan - Photo shows seats in the GranClass first-class car of East Japan Railway Co.'s E5-type Hayabusa bullet train, which was opened to the media on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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1st-class seats on Hayabusa bullet train

RIFU, Japan - Photo shows seats in the GranClass first-class car of East Japan Railway Co.'s E5-type Hayabusa bullet train, which was opened to the media on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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Hayabusa bullet train

RIFU, Japan - The E5-type Hayabusa bullet train is unveiled to the media by East Japan Railway Co. on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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Hayabusa bullet train commercial model unveiled

RIFU, Japan - A logo featuring a falcon design is seen on East Japan Railway Co.'s E5-type Hayabusa (Falcon) bullet train on Dec. 14, 2010, in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The train will debut on March 5, 2011, on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Aomori, northeastern Japan.

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Kan hints at giving up on formulating tax reform by next March

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 14, 2010. Kan indicated that he would give up on compiling the details of a tax reform plan by the March 31 end of fiscal 2010.

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Ex-Tokyo Gov. Shunichi Suzuki dies at 99

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shunichi Suzuki (file photo taken in February, 1983), known for moving the metropolitan government office to the Shinjuku district after establishing the basis for local autonomy when he was a bureaucrat, died on May 14, 2010. He was 99. Suzuki served four four-year terms as governor of the capital from 1979, during which he restored the city's fiscal health and moved the government building to Shinjuku Ward from Yurakucho in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward in March 1991.

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Peace event in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan - Demonstrators march in the Henoko area of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, near the government-envisioned relocation site for the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station on May 14, 2010. The march is part of an annual peace event commemorating the anniversary of the May 15, 1972, reversion of Okinawa Prefecture from the United States to Japan.

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Relaunch of fast-breeder reactor postponed to April, later

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken March 14, 2010, shows Japan's prototype fast-breeder reactor Monju in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. Japan Atomic Energy Agency sources said the agency is now almost certain to carry over the relaunch of the reactor to April or later from March as earlier expected due to a delay in technical and administrative procedures.

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Japan's Obinata wins bronze in women's sit-slalom

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's Kuniko Obinata celebrates while wearing her bronze medal from the women's Alpine skiing slalom sitting event during a medal ceremony at the Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games in Whistler, Canada, on March 14, 2010. Obinata won Japan's first medal at the Games.

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Japan's Obinata wins bronze in women's sit-slalom

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's Kuniko Obinata celebrates winning the bronze medal in the women's Alpine skiing slalom sitting event at a flower ceremony at the Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games in Whistler, Canada, on March 14, 2010. Obinata won Japan's first medal at the Games.

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Japan's Obinata wins bronze in women's sit-slalom

WHISTLER, Canada - Japan's Kuniko Obinata competes in the women's Alpine skiing slalom sitting event at the Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games in Whistler, Canada, on March 14, 2010. Obinata captured the bronze medal, Japan's first medal at the Games.

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Matsui 1-for-3 with an RBI in preseason game against Cubs

TEMPE, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits an RBI single to center in the second inning of a preseason game against the Chicago Cubs in Tempe, Arizona, on March 14, 2010. Matsui went 1-for-3 with an RBI but the Cubs won 8-7.

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Japan needs solution to save bluefin tuna: Monaco envoy

DOHA, Qatar - Patrick Van Klaveren, the Monaco representative at the international conference to conserve endangered wildlife in Doha, Qatar, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Doha on March 14, 2010. Klaveren said Japan lacks specific measures to conserve bluefin tuna and should come up with steps that would satisfy signatory states.

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Orioles' Uehara plays in preseason game

SARASOTA, United States - Baltimore Orioles right-hander Koji Uehara (R) bumps fists with catcher Craig Tatum after picking up a save during a preseason game against the Philadelphia Phillies on March 14, 2010, at Sarasota, Florida. Uehara threw a scoreless ninth as the team edged the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3.

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Orioles' Uehara plays in preseason game

SARASOTA, United States - Baltimore Orioles right-hander Koji Uehara throws the ball during the ninth inning of a preseason game against the Philadelphia Phillies on March 14, 2010, at Sarasota, Florida. Uehara picked up a save as the team edged the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3.

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Dodgers' Kuroda pitches against Rangers in preseason game

GLENDALE, United States - Los Angeles Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the Texas Rangers in their preseason game in Glendale, Arizona, on March 14, 2010. Kuroda pitched three innings, allowing two hits and two runs.

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Tanimoto reelected as Ishikawa governor

KANAZAWA, Japan - Incumbent Masanori Tanimoto (C) celebrates after winning the Ishikawa gubernatorial election on March 14, 2010, in the city of Kanazawa. Tanimoto, backed by the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, defeated by a wide margin three rookie candidates for his fifth four-year term.

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Crown Prince Naruhito visits Rome

ROME, Italy - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) takes a tour of the presidential palace, guided by Italian President Giorgio Napolitano (L), in Rome on March 14, 2010. The crown prince visited Italy on his way back to Japan to end his weeklong official visit to Ghana and Kenya.

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China parliamentary session wraps up

BEIJING, China - A digital screen in the Great Hall of the People shows the result of a vote on a report on the activities of the Supreme People's Court on March 14, 2010, the last day of the National People's Congress. More than 20 percent of the 2,909 attendees, including 479 opponents, chose not to back the report, a tally reflecting strong disappointment.

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China parliamentary session wraps up

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and Premier Wen Jiabao attend the closing ceremony of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 14, 2010.

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China parliamentary session wraps up

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (L, front), Premier Wen Jiabao (R, front) and other officials sing the Chinese anthem at the end of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 14, 2010.

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Hakuho off to strong start at spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (L) sends komusubi Aminishiki out of the ring on the first day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on March 14, 2010, the first meet after the retirement of former Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu.

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Thaksin supporters rally in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Supporters of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra stage an antigovernment rally in Bangkok on March 14, 2010.

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Protesters in Hiroshima call for end to secret pacts

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Atomic bomb survivors and their supporters stage a sit-in protest in Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on March 14, 2010, against secret pacts on nuclear weapons and other issues reached by the Japanese and U.S. governments. The front banner reads ''Annul Japan-U.S. secret nuclear pacts now.''

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Wen warns of 'double-dip' recession

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks at a press conference after the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 14, 2010. Wen warned of the possibility of a double-dip recession in China.

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Wen warns of 'double-dip' recession

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) speaks at a press conference after the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 14, 2010. Wen warned of the possibility of a double-dip recession in China.

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China leaders at parliament

BEIJING, China - Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and Premier Wen Jiabao shake hands at the end of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 14, 2010.