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TEPCO expects 227 bil. yen pretax profit in FY 2014

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Fumio Sudo attends a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2014. TEPCO, which operates the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, said it expects to record a group pretax profit of 227 billion yen for the business year ending March 2015 on the back of deeper cost-cutting, remaining in the black for the second straight year.

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Matsui unveils charity baseball game for quake-hit kids

TOKYO, Japan - Retired New York Yankee Hideki Matsui announces a plan to hold a charity baseball game next March for children in the disaster-hit Tohoku region, northeastern Japan, at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2014. Retired captain Derek Jeter of the Major League Baseball club will also participate in the event.

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Matsui unveils charity baseball game for Tohoku kids

TOKYO, Japan - Retired New York Yankee Hideki Matsui holds a T-shirt during a press conference held at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2014, to announce a plan to hold a charity baseball game next March for children in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. Retired captain Derek Jeter of the Major League Baseball club will also participate in the event.

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Matsui, others unveil charity baseball game for Tohoku kids

TOKYO, Japan - Former New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui (L) and current Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara (R) pose at a press conference held at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2014, to announce a plan to hold a "Tomodachi Charity Baseball Game" next March for children in the disaster-hit northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. Flanked by Matsui and Hara is Toru Arai, president of confectioner Morinaga & Co. which will cosponsor the event

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Rubble removal starts in Futaba, host of Fukushima Daiichi

FUTABA, Japan - A worker holds a school bag which was found on Dec. 17, 2014, in rubble generated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba, which hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi complex. The government began the removal work the same day, after it was postponed due to the meltdowns at the power plant.

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Rubble removal starts in Futaba, host of Fukushima Daiichi

FUTABA, Japan - A local resident watches the first removal work of rubble generated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the northeastern Japan town of Futaba, which hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi complex, on Dec. 17, 2014. The removal work was postponed due to the meltdowns at the power plant.

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Banner written in Japanese opposes coal-fired power plant

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Protesters opposing an Indonesia-Japan project to build a large coal-fired power generation plant in Batang on the northern coast of Central Java province march in Jakarta, with a banner saying in Japanese, "Yes for Food, No for Coal," as seen in this file photo taken on Sept. 17, 2014.

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PM Abe visits disaster-hit Fukushima

HIRONO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with reporters in Japan's northeastern town of Hirono, damaged by the March 2011 disaster, on Sept. 17, 2014. After inspecting the disaster-hit area, Abe reiterated his willingness to promote its rehabilitation. (Pool photo)

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New bullet train station in Niigata Pref.

NIIGATA, Japan - Joetsu-myoko station in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, shown in this photo taken on Aug. 17, 2014, is one of the new station built for the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line to be operated from March 14, 2015.

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Central banker to run in Fukushima gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Hachimura, a Bank of Japan official, meets with the press on Aug. 17, 2014, in the city of Fukushima where he announced he will run in October's Fukushima gubernatorial election, the first leadership race since the March 2011 nuclear disaster there. Hachimura, 55, served as the central bank's Fukushima branch manager between 2005 and 2008 and the Reconstruction Agency's policy adviser after the disaster.

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Memorial rally for sunken ferry victims

SEOUL, South Korea - People march in Seoul on May 17, 2014, after participating in a memorial rally for the victims of a ferry sinking on April 16 that left over 300 dead or missing.

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Kraken bitcoin exchange planning to expand into Japan

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Jesse Powell, chief executive officer of San Francisco-based bitcoin exchange Kraken, is interviewed by Kyodo News in San Francisco on March 17, 2014. Kraken is planning to expand into Japan where a local exchange for the bitcoin virtual currency failed in February, Powell said in the interview.

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Restaurant accepting bitcoin

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - A "B" mark is displayed at a Japanese restaurant in San Francisco on March 17, 2014, indicating its acceptance of bitcoin.

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China's top nuclear envoy arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - China's top nuclear envoy Wu Dawei (3rd from R), chairman of the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions, and members of his delegation arrive in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 17, 2014.

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China's top nuclear envoy arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - China's top nuclear envoy Wu Dawei (R), chairman of the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions, arrives in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 17, 2014.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Security forces are deployed in central Simferopol, Ukraine, on March 17, 2014, the day after a referendum in which an overwhelming majority of voters in the largely ethnic Russian region of Crimea in southern Ukraine voted to secede from the country and join Russia.

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Banquet for Vietnamese president, wife

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (4th from L, back) delivers a speech at a banquet for visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (3rd from L, back) and his wife at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 17, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Babysitter being questioned over death of boy

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 17, 2014, shows an apartment building in Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, where the body of a boy around 2 years old was found earlier in the day. Police are questioning a babysitter who is in his 20s and whom the boy's mother hired through an online babysitting broker website, in connection with the boy's death.

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Abductee kin Iizuka attends event in Geneva

GENEVA, Switzerland - Shigeo Iizuka (L), representative of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, attends an event organized by an international human rights group in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 17, 2014.

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Banquet for Vietnamese president, wife

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) and Emperor Akihito (3rd from L) exchange greetings ahead of a banquet for visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and his wife at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 17, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Abductee kin Iizuka meets press in Geneva

GENEVA, Switzerland - Shigeo Iizuka, representative of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, responds to questions from reporters in Geneva, Switzerland after attending a session of the U.N. Human Rights Council on March 17, 2014.

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Banquet for Vietnamese president, wife

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R) and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang make a toast at a banquet to welcome the president and his wife at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 17, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Banquet for Vietnamese president, wife

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R), Empress Michiko (far L), Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (2nd from L) and his wife (far R) make a toast at a banquet to welcome the president and his wife at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 17, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Diplomats enjoy sake at tasting event in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Diplomats based in Nagoya participate in a sake tasting event in the central Japan city on March 17, 2014, organized by local business groups with the aim of promoting sake brands from the Tokai region.

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JAL's evacuation drill at Haneda training facility

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines' crew members on March 17, 2014, conduct an evacuation drill using a full-size airplane model at the airline's new emergency training facility at Haneda airport in Tokyo.

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JAL's emergency training facility completed

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines' new emergency training facility with a full-size airplane model and a pool representing the sea is completed at Haneda airport in Tokyo on March 17, 2014.

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Japan Atomic Power explains moves on Tokai No. 2 plant

MITO, Japan - Japan Atomic Power Co. holds a meeting in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture on March 17, 2014 to explain to nearby municipal governments about its application with the Nuclear Regulation Authority for a safety review of the Tokai No. 2 Power Station.

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JAL's evacuation drill at Haneda training facility

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Japan Airlines' cabin crew participate in an evacuation drill using a full-size airplane model on March 17, 2014, at the airline's new emergency training facility at Haneda airport in Tokyo.

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Missing Malaysian jet

BEIJING, China - Photo taken March 17, 2014, in Beijing, shows a relative of one of the passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 sleeping in a waiting room arranged by the airline. The plane disappeared March 8 shortly after leaving Kuala Lumpur International Airport for the Chinese capital.

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Gifu Butterflies emerge in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Lured by warm temperatures, dozens of the Japanese Luehdorfia, or the Gifu Butterfly, have recently emerged from chrysalises at the home of butterfly enthusiast Hirokazu Sakamoto in Osaka, western Japan. Some are shown in this photo taken on March 17, 2014.

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Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang at press conference

BEIJING, China - Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Chao speaks at a press conference at China's Foreign Ministry in Beijing on March 17, 2014. He indicated that President Xi Jinping is not likely to visit the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin during his trip to Germany later this month.

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Kyocera's new ceramics exhibition section

OSAKA, Japan - Kyocera Corp. opens a new section at its exhibition room of fine ceramics at its headquarters in Kyoto on March 17, 2014. Visitors are able to learn characteristics of fine ceramics through hands-on experience at the section.

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China's top nuclear envoy arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - China's top nuclear envoy Wu Dawei arrives in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 17, 2014. The visit by Wu was not announced by China and his schedule in Pyongyang was not known.

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Egyptian wrestler pulls out

OSAKA, Japan - Egyptian maegashira Osunaarashi (R) loses to Takekaze (L) in a second straight defeat in the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka, western Japan, on March 17, 2014. Osunaarashi, later revealing that he hurt his thigh in his loss to rising star Endo on March 16, withdraw from the 15-day meet on March 18.

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Brother of woman abducted to N. Korea

GENEVA, Switzerland - Shigeo Iizuka, the head of a group consisting of the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago, speaks at a session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 17, 2014. Iizuka's sister, Yaeko Taguchi, was abducted in 1978 at age 22.

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Abductee's parents

KAWASAKI, Japan - Shigeru Yokota (L) and his wife Sakie hold a press conference in Kawasaki near Tokyo on March 17, 2014. The parents of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted to North Korea in 1977 at age 13, met Megumi's daughter for the first time in Mongolia earlier in the month.

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U.S. minesweeper Defender shown to press at Moji Port

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The U.S. mine countermeasure ship Defender's device to find mines is shown to the press at Moji Port in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 17, 2014.

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U.S. minesweeper Defender arrives at Moji Port

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The U.S. mine countermeasure ship Defender arrives at Moji Port in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 17, 2014.

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AirAsia X launches Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur flight

NAGOYA, Japan - Formula One driver Kamui Kobayashi (L) and others pose for photos during an event at Central Japan International Airport on March 17, 2014, to promote low-cost carrier AirAsia X's flights between the airport near Nagoya and Kuala Lumpur launched the same day.

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Japan's Paralympics medalists at Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Japanese medalists at the Sochi Winter Paralympic Games - (from L) alpine skiers Taiki Morii, Takeshi Suzuki and Akira Kano, and biathlon and cross-country skier Kozo Kubo - pose with their medals on March 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.

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U.S. minesweeper Defender's pilothouse

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The pilothouse of the U.S. mine countermeasure ship Defender is opened to the press at Moji Port in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 17, 2014.

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Kawasaki's Okubo practices for ACL game

SYDNEY, Australia - Yoshito Okubo (L) of Japanese football club Kawasaki Frontale practices near Sydney, Australia, on March 17, 2014, before a group stage game of the Asian Champions League against Western Sydney Wanderers.

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Babysitter being questioned over death of boy

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 17, 2014, shows an apartment building in Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, where the body of a boy around 2 years old was found earlier in the day. Police are questioning a babysitter who is in his 20s and whom the boy's mother hired through an online babysitting broker website, in connection with the boy's death.

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Abductee's parents

KAWASAKI, Japan - Sakie Yokota (R) and her husband Shigeru hold a press conference in Kawasaki near Tokyo on March 17, 2014. The parents of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted to North Korea in 1977 at age 13, met Megumi's daughter for the first time in Mongolia earlier in the month.

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Harumafuji beats Kotooshu in Osaka tournament

OSAKA, Japan - Yokozuna Harumafuji (L) beats sekiwake Kotooshu with "hatakikomi" (slap down) on the 9th day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 17, 2014.

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Referendum not legit: Ukrainian envoy Kharchenko

TOKYO, Japan - Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Ihor Kharchenko holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on March 17, 2014, reiterating that the referendum in Crimea a day earlier is not legitimate.

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Babysitter being questioned over death of boy

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 17, 2014, shows an apartment building in Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, where the body of a boy around 2 years old was found earlier in the day. Police are questioning a babysitter who is in his 20s and whom the boy's mother hired through an online babysitting broker website, in connection with the boy's death.

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Goeido beats Endo in spring sumo tourney

OSAKA, Japan - Sekiwake Goeido (R) beats maegashira Endo with "oshitaoshi" (frontal push down) at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka on March 17, 2014, the ninth day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Japan, Australia free trade talks

CANBERRA, Australia - Koya Nishikawa (L), a lawmaker of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with Andrew Robb, Australia's trade and investment minister, in Canberra on March 17, 2014, ahead of their talks on bilateral free trade negotiations. Nishikawa heads the LDP committee on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations.

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Kyoto Univ. facility for platelet mass production

KYOTO, Japan - A clean room set up at Kyoto University Hospital's Clinical Research Center for Medical Equipment Development to produce large quantities of platelets for blood transfusions from induced pluripotent stem cells, also known as iPS cells, is shown to the media on March 17, 2014, a day before it officially begins operations.