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Exhibition to honor antinuke Austrian writer

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, western Japan, opens an exhibition Feb. 15, 2013, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Robert Jungk, an Austrian writer known for his efforts to focus international attention on the devastation caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of the city. The exhibition is due to run through March 28, 2013.

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2014 calendar

MORIOKA, Japan - Hitoshi Oita, a businessman in Morioka, Japan, shows the 2014 Iwate Sanriku Calendar that he planned. It features people in areas hit by the March 2011 quake and tsunami in Iwate Prefecture. Photo was taken Nov. 15, 2013.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show (from R front) the No. 4, No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 reactor buildings at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 15, 2011 (top), about nine months after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years after the disaster on Sept. 6, 2013 (bottom).

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G-8 summit

BELFAST, United Kingdom - Demonstrators march in Belfast on June 15, 2013, in protest against a summit of the Group of Eight nations to be held in Northern Ireland from June 17.

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Hundreds in H.K. march for Snowden

HONG KONG, China - People march in central Hong Kong on June 15, 2013, to show support for Edward Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence technician who has been hiding in Hong Kong after exposing large-scale electronic spying by the U.S. government.

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Hundreds in H.K. march for Snowden

HONG KONG, China - People demonstrate in central Hong Kong on June 15, 2013, to show support for Edward Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence technician who has been hiding in Hong Kong after exposing large-scale electronic spying by the U.S. government.

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Olympus returns to black in FY 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroyuki Sasa, president of Olympus Corp., holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 15, 2013, to release the company's earnings for fiscal 2012. Olympus said it returned to the black in the year ended March 31, 2013, with a group net profit of 8.02 billion yen, compared with a loss of 48.99 billion yen in the previous year, due partly to an improvement in its medical business.

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Monju reactor

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2012 shows the Monju prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided on May 15, 2013, to issue an order effectively prohibiting the reactor from restarting, noting a series of problems with safety management.

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Japanese astronomers at Alma radio telescope

ATACAMA PLATEAU, Chile - Photo taken at dusk on March 15, 2013, shows some of the Alma telescope antennas set up on the Atacama Plateau, Chile, against the backdrop of the Licancabur volcano on the border with Bolivia. The telescope was built at an altitude of around 5,000 meters on the Atacama Plateau to explore cosmic mysteries.

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N. Korean unmanned air vehicle

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a North Korean unmanned air vehicle shown for the first time during a military parade in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. North Korea on March 20, 2013, staged unmanned combat air vehicle and anti-cruise missile "rocket" exercises in the presence of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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N. Korean unmanned air vehicle

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows a North Korean unmanned air vehicle shown for the first time during a military parade in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. North Korea on March 20, 2013, staged unmanned combat air vehicle and anti-cruise missile "rocket" exercises in the presence of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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London's Olympic Park undergoing transformation

LONDON, Britain - Photo taken March 15, 2013, shows work taking place around the Olympic Stadium at London's Olympic Park. Plans have been made to construct new residential areas, a park and offices at the site of the 2012 Summer Games.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - Denis Ten of Kazakhstan performs during the men's free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 15, 2013. Ten took silver with 266.48 points.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - Canada's Patrick Chan (C) holds his gold medal after his victory at the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 15, 2013. At left is Denis Ten of Kazakhstan with his silver and at right is Javier Fernandez of Spain with his bronze.

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Chan wins world figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - Canada's Patrick Chan acknowledges the crowd after winning his third consecutive title at the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 15, 2013.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - Russians Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov perform during the pairs' free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 15, 2013. They won the pairs title with 225.71 points.

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World figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - Russians Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov perform during the pairs' free skate of the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 15, 2013. They won the pairs title with 225.71 points.

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Flower offering at U.N. by Japanese master

NEW YORK, United States - Yuki Ikenobo, a master from Japan's Ikenobo school of floral art, creates an arrangement during a ceremony at the United Nations in New York on March 15, 2013.

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Chan wins world figure skating championships

LONDON, Canada - Canada's Patrick Chan performs during the free skate portion at the world figure skating championships in London, Canada, on March 15, 2013. Chan won his third consecutive title at the championships.

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Actress Kuroyanagi visits S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Japanese actress and UNICEF goodwill ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (far L) visits Japan Ground Self-Defense Force troops engaged in infrastructure development as part of U.N. peacekeeping operations in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on March 15, 2013.

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Actress Kuroyanagi visits S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Japanese actress and UNICEF goodwill ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi holds an infant under the care of the Totto Chan center, which carries the nickname of the actress, in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on March 15, 2013. After visiting the city in 1993 during the Sudanese civil war, Kuroyanagi led efforts to build the center set up to care for children traumatized by conflict.

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Actress Kuroyanagi visits S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Japanese actress and UNICEF goodwill ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (R) meets a man raised at the Totto Chan center, which carries the nickname of the actress, in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, on March 15, 2013. After visiting the city in 1993 during the Sudanese civil war, Kuroyanagi led efforts to build the center set up to care for children traumatized by conflict.

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Microsoft Surface RT

TOKYO, Japan - Brian Hall of Microsoft Corp. holds the Surface RT tablet computer at an event in Tokyo on March 15, 2013. The U.S. software giant launched the device in Japan the same day.

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S. Korean foreign minister

SEOUL, South Korea - New South Korean foreign minister Yun Byung Se is interviewed by Japanese reporters in Seoul on March 15, 2013.

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Dreamliner may be back in service

TOKYO, Japan - Ray Conner, president of Boeing Co.'s commercial airplane division, speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 15, 2013. Boeing said its 787 Dreamliners may be able to fly again within weeks, after being grounded worldwide for two months due to a series of battery-related incidents.

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Japan intends to join TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Protesters stage a sit-in in front of a Diet building in Tokyo on March 15, 2013, demonstrating against Japan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalization talks. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the same day that Japan intends to join the talks.

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Envoys in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - German Ambassador to Japan Volker Stanzel (R) and French Ambassador to Japan Christian Masset attend a press conference on the 50th anniversary of the 1963 Elysee Treaty on French-German cooperation at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on March 15, 2013.

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Microsoft Surface RT

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Microsoft Corp.'s Surface RT tablet computer at an event in Tokyo on March 15, 2013. The U.S. software giant launched the device in Japan the same day.

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Japan intends to join TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces at his office in Tokyo on March 15, 2013, that Japan intends to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalization talks, in the hope of increasing exports and boosting the country's flagging economy.

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Japan intends to join TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announces at his office in Tokyo on March 15, 2013, that Japan intends to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalization talks, in the hope of increasing exports and boosting the country's flagging economy.

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Dreamliner may be back in service

TOKYO, Japan - Ray Conner, president of Boeing Co.'s commercial airplane division (C), attends a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 15, 2013. Boeing said its 787 Dreamliners may be able to fly again within weeks, after being grounded worldwide for two months due to a series of battery-related incidents.

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Japan intends to join TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Protesters stage a sit-in in front of a Diet building in Tokyo on March 15, 2013, demonstrating against Japan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalization talks. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the same day that Japan intends to join the talks.

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Japan intends to join TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Protesters stage a sit-in in front of a Diet building in Tokyo on March 15, 2013, demonstrating against Japan's participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalization talks. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the same day that Japan intends to join the talks.

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China's No. 2 leader Li elevated to premier

BEIJING, China - Li Keqiang (L), the second-in-command of the ruling Communist Party, stands in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 15, 2013, as China's parliament elevates him from vice premier to premier, replacing Wen Jiabao. At right is Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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China's No. 2 leader Li elevated to premier

BEIJING, China - Li Keqiang (L), newly elected premier of China, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 15, 2013. China's parliament elevated Li, the second-in-command of the ruling Communist Party, from vice premier to premier the same day, replacing Wen Jiabao.

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Boeing 787 may be back in service within weeks

TOKYO, Japan - Boeing Co. unveils improvements made to battery designs for its 787 Dreamliner jet during a press conference in Tokyo on March 15, 2013. Boeing said its 787 Dreamliner jet may be able to fly again within weeks, after two months of worldwide grounding due to a series of battery-related incidents.

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China's No. 2 leader Li elevated to premier

BEIJING, China - Li Keqiang (L), newly elected premier of China, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 15, 2013. China's parliament elected Vice Premier Li, the second-in-command at the ruling Communist Party, as premier the same day, replacing Wen Jiabao.

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China's No. 2 leader Li elevated to premier

BEIJING, China - Li Keqiang (L), newly elected premier of China, shakes hands with his predecessor Wen Jiabao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 15, 2013. China's parliament elected Li, the second-in-command at the ruling Communist Party, as premier the same day, following its election of Xi Jinping, the party's general secretary, as president the previous day.

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China's No. 2 leader Li elevated to premier

BEIJING, China - Li Keqiang (L), newly elected premier of China, shakes hands with his predecessor Wen Jiabao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 15, 2013. At right is Chinese President Xi Jinping. China's parliament elected Li, the second-in-command at the ruling Communist Party, as premier the same day, following its election of Xi, the party's general secretary, as president the previous day.

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China's No. 2 leader Li elevated to premier

BEIJING, China - Li Keqiang (L, standing), newly elected premier of China, shakes hands with his predecessor Wen Jiabao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 15, 2013. China's parliament elected Li, the second-in-command at the ruling Communist Party, as premier the same day, following its election of Xi Jinping, the party's general secretary, as president the previous day.

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Boeing 787 may be back in service within weeks

TOKYO, Japan - Ray Conner, president of Boeing Co.'s commercial airplane division, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 15, 2013. Boeing said its 787 Dreamliner jet may be able to fly again within weeks, after two months of worldwide grounding due to a series of battery-related incidents.

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Public viewing of pandas resumes at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows female giant panda Shin Shin (front) and male giant panda Ri Ri (in background) at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on March 15, 2013. The zoo resumed public viewings of Shin Shin and Ri Ri the same day after they were taken away for the mating season.

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Public viewing of pandas resumes at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows female giant panda Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on March 15, 2013. The zoo resumed public viewings of Shin Shin and male giant panda Ri Ri the same day after they were taken away for the mating season.

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Public viewing of pandas resumes at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows female giant panda Shin Shin (front) and male giant panda Ri Ri (in background) at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on March 15, 2013. The zoo resumed public viewings of Shin Shin and Ri Ri the same day after they were taken away for the mating season.

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Boeing 787 may be back in service within weeks

TOKYO, Japan - Ray Conner, president of Boeing Co.'s commercial airplane division, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 15, 2013. Boeing said its 787 Dreamliner jet may be able to fly again within weeks, after two months of worldwide grounding due to a series of battery-related incidents.

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New BOJ leadership approved

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Kikuo Iwata, one of the new deputy governors of the Bank of Japan. Japan's parliament approved March 15, 2013, the nominations of Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda for Bank of Japan governor and Gakushuin University professor Kikuo Iwata and BOJ Executive Director Hiroshi Nakaso for deputy chiefs.

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New BOJ leadership approved

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Haruhiko Kuroda, new governor of the Bank of Japan. Japan's parliament approved March 15, 2013, the nominations of Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda for Bank of Japan governor and Gakushuin University professor Kikuo Iwata and BOJ Executive Director Hiroshi Nakaso for deputy chiefs.

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Teacher vows not to let students die from disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Toshiro Sato (L), a teacher at Onagawa Daiichi Junior High School in the coastal town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, tells students at his school to come up with their own words as a "3.11 message" during an assembly for disaster prevention education on Feb. 15, 2013. Sato believes that not to forget what happened in the quake-tsunami disaster on March 11, 2011, is the best disaster prevention.

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Microsoft tablet

TOKYO, Japan - Women hold Microsoft Corp.'s first tablet computer, the Surface, during an event in Tokyo on March 1, 2013. Microsoft said it will launch the device in Japan on March 15, 2013.

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Election for Bangkok governor

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (C) sits next to Pol. Gen. Pongsapat Pongcharoen (R) at the headquarters of the ruling Pheu Thai Party in Bangkok on Jan. 15, 2013. The party nominated Pongsapat as its candidate to run in the March 3 election for governor of Bangkok.