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Famed Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto

Photo taken on July 16, 2012, shows world-renowned musician and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto speaking at an anti-nuclear power rally at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo. Sakamoto, also the keyboardist of the legendary electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra, known as YMO, died in late March 2023 at 71 after battling cancer.

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Former Japanese army officer Onoda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hiroo Onoda, a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer, riding a horse at his farm near Campo Grande, Brazil, in March 2012. Onoda, who continued fighting on a Philippine island for decades after Japan's surrender in World War II, died of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 16, 2014 at age 91.

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JR Kyushu exhibition in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Designer Eiji Mitooka visits an exhibition in Bangkok on March 16, 2013, showcasing train models he designed for Kyushu Railway Co., known as JR Kyushu. When Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra visited Japan in April 2012, she was impressed by the bullet train services operated by JR Kyushu, both in their technical and design aspects. She then invited JR Kyushu and Mitooka to exhibit their successful experience in Thailand.

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JR Kyushu exhibition in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Designer Eiji Mitooka visits an exhibition in Bangkok on March 16, 2013, showcasing train models he designed for Kyushu Railway Co., known as JR Kyushu. When Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra visited Japan in April 2012, she was impressed by the bullet train services operated by JR Kyushu, both in their technical and design aspects. She then invited JR Kyushu and Mitooka to exhibit their successful experience in Thailand.

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Nuclear disaster-hit village reclassified into 3 areas

IITATE, Japan - Officials (C) from the Cabinet Office lock fences on a road leading to the Nagadoro district of Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture, past midnight of July 16, 2012. The village, nearly all of whose residents have been evacuated since the March 2011 nuclear accident, was reclassified July 17 into three areas with varying levels of accessibility. Due to the high level of radiation exposure, the Nagadoro district was classified as "an area difficult to return to" for a long period of time.

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Nuclear disaster-hit village reclassified into 3 areas

IITATE, Japan - Masato Takahashi, 75, who was born and brought up in the Nagadoro district of Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture, grips a fence set up on a road leading to the district on July 16, 2012, before the government locks fences on roads leading to the district at midnight. "I feel like I am being locked up in prison even though I didn't do anything bad," he said. The village, nearly all of whose residents have been evacuated since the March 2011 nuclear accident, was reclassified July 17 into three areas with varying levels of accessibility. Due to the high level of radiation exposure, the Nagadoro district was classified as "an area difficult to return to" for a long period of time.

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Nuclear disaster-hit village reclassified into 3 areas

IITATE, Japan - Grass is being cut in the Nagadoro district of Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, with a dosimeter (front) showing radiation levels of more than nine microsieverts per hour, before the government locks fences on roads leading to the district at midnight. The village, nearly all of whose residents have been evacuated since the March 2011 nuclear accident, was reclassified July 17 into three areas with varying levels of accessibility. Due to the high level of radiation exposure, the Nagadoro district was classified as "an area difficult to return to" for a long period of time.

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Nuclear disaster-hit village reclassified into 3 areas

IITATE, Japan - Workers decontaminate farmland in the Nagadoro district of Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, before the government locks fences on roads leading to the district at midnight. The village, nearly all of whose residents have been evacuated since the March 2011 nuclear accident, was reclassified July 17 into three areas with varying levels of accessibility. Due to the high level of radiation exposure, the Nagadoro district was classified as "an area difficult to return to" for a long period of time.

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Nuclear disaster-hit village reclassified into 3 areas

IITATE, Japan - Residents of Iitate, a village in Fukushima Prefecture, visit their ancestors' graves in the village's Nagadoro district on July 16, 2012, before the government locks fences on roads leading to the district at midnight. The village, nearly all of whose residents have been evacuated since the March 2011 nuclear accident, was reclassified July 17 into three areas with varying levels of accessibility. Due to the high level of radiation exposure, the Nagadoro district was classified as "an area difficult to return to" for a long period of time.

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1st Fukushima beach opens since nuclear disaster

IWAKI, Japan - Three local women working as tour guides, including Yukiei Hakozaki (L), enter the water at Nakoso beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, marking the start of the swimming season on the Marine Day public holiday. The beach opened the same day as the prefecture's only functioning beach for the summer, with all other beaches to remain closed following the Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011.

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1st Fukushima beach opens since nuclear disaster

IWAKI, Japan - Parents and their son have fun at Nakoso beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, the Marine Day public holiday. The beach opened the same day as the prefecture's only functioning beach for the summer, with all other beaches to remain closed following the Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011.

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1st Fukushima beach opens since nuclear disaster

IWAKI, Japan - Three local women working as tour guides enter the water at Nakoso beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 16, 2012, marking the start of the swimming season on the Marine Day public holiday. The beach opened the same day as the prefecture's only functioning beach for the summer, with all other beaches to remain closed following the Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011.

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Ballet troupe from disaster-hit Sendai performs in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Members of modern ballet troupe Yuko Takahashi Dance Company from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, a city hard hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, perform at a charity show in New York on May 16, 2012.

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Ballet troupe from disaster-hit Sendai performs in N.Y.

New York, United States - Members of Yuko Takahashi Dance Company from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, rehearse at a high school in New York on May 16, 2012. The modern ballet troupe from the city, which was severely hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, held a charity performance the following day in New York.

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Nobel laureate Oe at French book fair

PARIS, France - Japanese Nobel laureate for literature Kenzaburo Oe (L) speaks during a debate session of ''Salon du livre de Paris'' in Paris, the largest book fair in France, on March 16, 2012.

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Pro-Syria rally in Jordan

AMMAN, Jordan - About 200 Syrians stage a pro-Syrian government demonstration in front of the Syrian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, on March 16, 2012.

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Pro-Syria rally in Jordan

AMMAN, Jordan - About 200 Syrians stage a pro-Syrian government demonstration in front of the Syrian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, on March 16, 2012.

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Japan urges N. Korea not to launch rocket

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba answers reporters' questions at the ministry in Tokyo on March 16, 2012, regarding North Korea's announcement the same day that it will launch a rocket mounted with an earth observation satellite in mid-April. Gemba said the North Korean launch would violate a U.N. Security Council resolution.

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Gold medalist Takahashi dating ex-trainer

GIFU, Japan - Naoko Takahashi, the 2000 Sydney Olympics gold medalist in women's marathon, meets reporters at the Gifu prefectural government office on March 16, 2012, on media reports the same day about her being in a relationship with her former trainer Ko Nishimura. Takahashi, 39, confirmed the reports.

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Cadmium-polluted farmland restored in Toyama

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area along the Jinzu River in Toyama on the Sea of Japan on March 16, 2012. A ceremony held on March 17, 2012, marked the completion of a 33-year project to restore the cadmium-polluted farmland along the river, the cause of one of Japan's four major pollution-related diseases in the postwar era of economic growth.

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Japan urges N. Korea not to launch rocket

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (far R) answers reporters' questions at the ministry in Tokyo on March 16, 2012, regarding North Korea's announcement the same day that it will launch a rocket mounted with an earth observation satellite in mid-April. Gemba said the North Korean launch would violate a U.N. Security Council resolution.

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Adventurer gives up solo trek to North Pole

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Yasunaga Ogita, a Japanese adventurer. He gave up his solo and unassisted trek on foot across about 800 kilometers of Arctic ice to the North Pole due to worsening weather conditions, his support office said March 16, 2012.

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Gold medalist Takahashi dating ex-trainer

GIFU, Japan - Naoko Takahashi, the 2000 Sydney Olympics gold medalist in women's marathon, meets reporters at the Gifu prefectural government office on March 16, 2012, on media reports the same day about her being in a relationship with her former trainer Ko Nishimura. Takahashi, 39, confirmed the reports.

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Laotian prime minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands at the latter's office in Tokyo on March 16, 2012.

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N. Korea envoy Song in Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for normalization talks with Japan, answers reporters' questions at Ulan Bator airport upon his arrival from Beijing airport on March 16, 2012.

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New sports car co-developed by Fuji Heavy, Toyota

OTA, Japan - Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. President Yasuyuki Yoshinaga (L) and Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda shake hands at a plant of Fuji Heavy in Ota, Gunma Prefecture on March 16, 2012. Fuji Heavy began the same day full-fledged production of a new sports car it co-developed with Toyota. The rear-wheel-drive vehicle, to be sold by Fuji Heavy as the Subaru BRZ from March 28 and by Toyota as the ''86'' from April 6, is manufactured at the plant.

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New sports car co-developed by Fuji Heavy, Toyota

OTA, Japan - Photo taken March 16, 2012, shows the Subaru BRZ sports car at a plant of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. in Ota, Gunma Prefecture. Fuji Heavy began the same day full-fledged production of the rear-wheel-drive vehicle it co-developed with Toyota Motor Corp., which will also sell the vehicle as the Toyota 86.

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Chongqing newspaper reporting on Bo's dismissal

CHONGQING, China - A man shows a newspaper reporting on the dismissal of Bo Xilai as head of Chongqing municipality and the appointment of Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang as his successor, in Chongqing, southwestern China, on March 16, 2012.

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'Scariest' haunted house attraction in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - A haunted house attraction at Toei Kyoto Studio Park in Kyoto, western Japan, is unveiled to the media on March 16, 2012, before its reopening the following day after renovation. The theme park is promoting it as being ''the scariest ever.''

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N. Korea envoy heads to Mongolia

BEJING, China - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for normalization talks with Japan, arrives at Beijing airport on March 16, 2012. He told reporters that he will travel to Mongolia and has expressed willingness to meet with Hiroshi Nakai there. Nakai is a former Japanese minister in charge of the issue of Pyongyang's past abductions of Japanese nationals.

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Last run of 300 series shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - Many railway fans rush to take photos of a 300 series shinkansen train (R) at JR Tokyo Station on March 16, 2012, before it leaves on the last run of the series on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Construction resumes on nuclear fuel storage facility

AOMORI, Japan - Photo shows construction of a facility to temporarily store the spent nuclear fuel in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, on March 16, 2012. Recyclable-Fuel Storage Co. said on the same day that it has resumed construction about a year after work was halted for safety checks in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis.

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Uniqlo store in Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - Fast Retailing Co. opens its largest Uniqlo store in Tokyo's posh Ginza district on March 16, 2012. The Uniqlo Ginza Store boasts 12 floors and a total retail space of 4,950 square meters.

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Construction resumes on nuclear fuel storage facility

AOMORI, Japan - Photo shows construction of a facility to temporarily store the spent nuclear fuel in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, on March 16, 2012. Recyclable-Fuel Storage Co. said on the same day that it has resumed construction about a year after work was halted for safety checks in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis.

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New iPad hits Japan market

TOKYO, Japan - Customers rejoice after buying the new version of Apple Inc.'s popular iPad multimedia tablet computer in Tokyo on March 16, 2012. Apple launched the product in Japan that day.

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New iPad hits Japan market

TOKYO, Japan - Customers line up at Apple Store Ginza in Tokyo on March 16, 2012, as Apple Inc. launched a new version of its popular iPad multimedia tablet computer in Japan that day.

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Critic Yoshimoto dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Takaaki Yoshimoto, a noted literary critic and the father of popular Japanese writer Banana Yoshimoto. He died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital on March 16, 2012. He was 87.

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Onagawa soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 16, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 7, 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 16, 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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Fluid removed from emperor's chest

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken July 16, 2011, shows Japanese Emperor Akihito. The 78-year-old emperor underwent a procedure on March 7, 2012, to remove fluid from his chest that had accumulated since his heart bypass surgery in the previous month, the Imperial Household Agency said.

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Residents protest trial burning of debris from Iwate

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Environment Minister Goshi Hosono (far R) in Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Feb. 16, 2012, listens to local residents protesting a trial incineration of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that the city has accepted from a town in Iwate Prefecture to confirm the safety of the operation. The city began the trial burning the same day.

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Residents protest trial burning of debris from Iwate

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Local residents hold signs bearing protest slogans in Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Feb. 16, 2012, in opposition to a trial incineration of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that the city has accepted from a town in Iwate Prefecture to confirm the safety of the operation. The city began the trial burning the same day.

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Prince hopes for strengthening anti-disaster measures

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito speaks during an international symposium on the 2011 disaster and tsunami warning systems, at the United Nations University in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Feb. 16, 2012. He expressed hope for taking lessons from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami to strengthen anti-disaster measures in Japan and the rest of the world. (Pool photo)

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Prince hopes for strengthening anti-disaster measures

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito speaks during an international symposium on the 2011 disaster and tsunami warning systems, at the United Nations University in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Feb. 16, 2012. He expressed hope for taking lessons from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami to strengthen anti-disaster measures in Japan and the rest of the world. (Pool photo)

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City in Shizuoka begins trial burning of debris from Iwate

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Photo taken on Feb. 16, 2012, shows a waste incinerator plant in Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. The city began the same day trial incineration of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that it has accepted from a town in Iwate Prefecture to confirm the safety of the operation.

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Retiring shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - A 300 series shinkansen bullet train with a sticker attached expressing gratitude is shown to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2012. The train will be used for the last run of the 300 series of trains on the Tokaido Shikansen Line on March 16, 2012.

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Retiring shinkansen train

TOKYO, Japan - A 300 series shinkansen bullet train (front) with a sticker attached expressing gratitude is shown to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2012. The train will be used for the last run of the 300 series of trains on the Tokaido Shikansen Line on March 16, 2012.

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City in Shizuoka begins trial burning of debris from Iwate

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Environment Minister Goshi Hosono (L) examines debris with a dosimeter in Shimada, Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Feb. 16, 2012. Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu (C) and Shimada Mayor Katsuro Sakurai are beside him. Shimada began the same day a trial incineration of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that it has accepted from a town in Iwate Prefecture to confirm the safety of the operation.

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Retiring shinkansen trains

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows 100 series (L) and 300 series shinkansen bullet trains in Fukuoka Prefecture on Feb. 1, 2012. Both series of trains will be retired March 16, 2012, on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines.

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Athletics, Mariners managers in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin, Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge and former Mariners player Ken Griffey Jr. pose for photos after a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2012, about the two Major League teams opening the 2012 season in Tokyo in March.