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Bridge in Kosovo temporarily opened, closed again

MITROVICA, Kosovo - A barricade on a bridge separating the residential districts of Serbs and Albanians in Mitrovica, northern Kosovo, is shown in a file photo taken in March 2013. The barricade was removed on June 18, 2014, for the first time in three years, but the bridge was closed shortly afterward.

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Taiwan's legislature under siege by protesters

TAIPEI, Taiwan - About 200 students occupy Taiwan's legislative chamber on March 18, 2014. They demanded the legislature controlled by the ruling Nationalist Party (KMT) review, clause by clause, the agreement on trade in services signed with Beijing in June 2013.

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Monument with 3 poems by Emperor unveiled in Minamata

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Minamata Mayor Hiroshi Nishida (L) attends an unveiling ceremony for a monument inscribed with three poems by Emperor Akihito at a seaside park in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan, on March 18, 2014. The poems describe his sentiments toward victims of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease following his visit to the city with Empress Michiko for the first time in October 2013.

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ANA jumbo jet

TOKYO, Japan - A Dec. 18, 2013, file photo shows a Boeing 747 of All Nippon Airways Co. at Tokyo's Haneda airport. The Japanese airline plans to withdraw the jumbo jets from its domestic service at the end of March 2014.

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ANA jumbo jet

TOKYO, Japan - All Nippon Airways Co. pilot Michihiko Tanaka sits in the cockpit of a Boeing 747 at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 18, 2013. The Japanese airline plans to withdraw the jumbo jets from its domestic service at the end of March 2014 in Tokyo.

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Fukushima fishermen begin trial operations

IWAKI, Japan - Photo shows fish, octopus and squid that have been unloaded at Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 18, 2013. They were caught off Iwaki, as a fishermen's group based in the prefecture's southern district of Iwaki restarted operations on a trial basis for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began in March 2011. Another group in the north began trial fishing earlier.

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Fukushima fishermen begin trial operations

IWAKI, Japan - Photo shows fish that have been unloaded at Hisanohama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 18, 2013. The fish were caught off Iwaki, as a fishermen's group based in the prefecture's southern district of Iwaki restarted operations on a trial basis for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began in March 2011. Another group in the north began trial fishing earlier.

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Fukushima fishermen begin trial operations

IWAKI, Japan - Photo shows fish that have been unloaded at Hisanohama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 18, 2013. The fish were caught off Iwaki, as a fishermen's group based in the prefecture's southern district of Iwaki restarted operations on a trial basis for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began in March 2011. Another group in the north began trial fishing earlier.

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Fukushima fishermen begin trial operations

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fishermen load ice on a fishing boat before leaving Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, before dawn on Oct. 18, 2013. A fishermen's group based in the prefecture's southern district of Iwaki restarted operations on a trial basis for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began in March 2011. Another group in the north began trial fishing earlier.

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Fukushima fishermen begin trial operations

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fishing boats leave Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, before dawn on Oct. 18, 2013, as a fishermen's group based in the prefecture's southern district of Iwaki restarted operations on a trial basis for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began in March 2011. Another group in the north began trial fishing earlier.

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Fukushima fishermen begin trial operations

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A fishing boat leaves Onahama port in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, before dawn on Oct. 18, 2013, as a fishermen's group based in the prefecture's southern district of Iwaki restarted operations on a trial basis for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster began in March 2011. Another group in the north began trial fishing earlier.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Yotsukura beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 18, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, with fire engines gathered to douse overheated reactors and spent fuel at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, and the same location on the beach about two and a half years later on Aug. 18, 2013 (bottom), after opening to the public for the summer season for the first time in three years.

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Fukuoka makers of "karashi mentaiko"

FUKUOKA, Japan - Customers eat "karashi mentaiko" at an outlet of Yamaya Communications Inc. in Seoul, South Korea, on March 18, 2013.

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Tsunami memorial

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photo on Feb. 18, 2013, shows the former town hall of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, damaged by a tsunami in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Otsuchi Mayor Yutaka Ikarigawa expressed an intention on March 27, 2013, to preserve part of the building as a memorial.

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Dominican Republic beat Netherlands in WBC semifinal

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Andruw Jones (L) and other Dutch players leave after losing to the Dominican Republic 1-4 in the World Baseball Classic semifinal in San Francisco on March 18, 2013. The Dominican Republic advanced to the final where they will play Puerto Rico.

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Dominican Republic beat Netherlands in WBC semifinal

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Dominican Republic players celebrate after beating the Netherlands 4-1 in the World Baseball Classic semifinal in San Francisco on March 18, 2013. The Dominican Republic advanced to the final where they will play Puerto Rico.

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Dominican Republic beat Netherlands in WBC semifinal

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Dominican Republic infielder Jose Reyes hits a go-ahead single in the fifth inning of the World Baseball Classic semifinal against the Netherlands in San Francisco on March 18, 2013. The Dominican Republic beat the Netherlands 4-1 and advanced to the final where they will play Puerto Rico.

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Dominican Republic beat Netherlands in WBC semifinal

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Dominican Republic infielder Jose Reyes hits a go-ahead single in the fifth inning of the World Baseball Classic semifinal against the Netherlands in San Francisco on March 18, 2013. The Dominican Republic beat the Netherlands 4-1 and advanced to the final where they will play Puerto Rico.

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Dominican Republic beat Netherlands in WBC semifinal

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Dutch starter Diegomar Markwell pitches during the World Baseball Classic semifinal against the Dominican Republic in San Francisco on March 18, 2013. The Dominican Republic beat the Netherlands 4-1 and advanced to the final where they will play Puerto Rico.

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Dominican Republic beat Netherlands in WBC semifinal

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Dominican Republic starter Edinson Volquez pitches during the World Baseball Classic semifinal against the Netherlands in San Francisco on March 18, 2013. The Dominican Republic beat the Netherlands 4-1 and advanced to the final where they will play Puerto Rico.

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IOC inspections in Madrid

MADRID, Spain - Craig Reedie (C), vice president of the International Olympic Committee and head of the IOC's Evaluation Commission, and other commission members begin their inspection in Madrid on March 18, 2013, of the Spanish capital's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Remains of 134 WWII Japanese soldiers cremated in Papua

JAYAPURA, Indonesia - Family members of Japanese soldiers who died in New Guinea during World War II pray while the remains of 134 such soldiers are cremated in Puay, a small village on the outskirts of Jayapura, the provincial capital of Papua, in Indonesia, on March 18, 2013. Indonesian forensic experts have confirmed the remains, made up of more than 9,000 bone fragments, belonged to Japanese soldiers who died during the war.

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Barroso meets Japanese media

BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso speaks with members of the Japanese media in Brussels on March 18, 2013.

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U.S. deputy defense chief Carter in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean foreign minister Yun Byung Se (L) shakes hands with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter in Seoul on March 18, 2013.

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IOC inspections in Madrid

MADRID, Spain - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gives a speech in Madrid on March 18, 2013, to welcome a visit to the Spanish capital by members of the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission. The commission began its inspection in Madrid the same day of the city's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Estimates on Nankai quake economic damage

TOKYO, Japan - Antidisaster minister Keiji Furuya holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 18, 2013, on estimates on economic damage from a major Nankai Trough earthquake released earlier in the day by a government panel. The panel says a 9.0-magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan will cause about 220 trillion yen in damage, more than twice the entire budget of the government for fiscal 2013.

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Japanese architect Toyoo Ito wins 2013 Pritzker prize

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese architect Toyoo Ito speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on March 18, 2013, on his winning the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

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Honda eyes return to Formula One

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Honda Motor Co. team's racing car taking part in the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix final at Fuji International Speedway in Shizuoka Prefecture in October 2008. Honda is considering returning to Formula One motor racing as an engine supplier around 2015, a person familiar with the plan said March 18, 2013.

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Japanese architect Toyoo Ito wins 2013 Pritzker prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on March 18, 2013, shows Japanese architect Toyoo Ito. Ito has won the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the prize's sponsor organization said on March 17, 2013.

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Panasonic eyeing withdrawal from plasma TV operations

AMAGASAKI, Japan - File photo taken in December 2009 shows Panasonic Corp.'s plasma display panel plant in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, being unveiled to reporters. Panasonic is considering withdrawing from plasma television operations possibly in fiscal 2014 as part of efforts to focus more on profitable products, corporate sources said on March 18, 2013.

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Panasonic eyeing withdrawal from plasma TV operations

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in January 2012 shows Panasonic Corp.'s plants in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Panasonic is considering withdrawing from plasma television operations possibly in fiscal 2014 as part of efforts to focus more on profitable products, corporate sources said on March 18, 2013.

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2 years after quake

IWAKI, Japan - Aerial photos taken by Kyodo News show an area around Yotsukura port in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 18, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, with fire engines gathering to douse overheated reactors and spent fuel at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, and the same location on March 3, 2013, with wave-dissipating blocks.

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2 years after quake

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 18, 2011 (top), after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 2, 2013, with a bus running to Yanaizu Station in the city of Tome in the prefecture.

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2 years after quake

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Top photo shows a senior high school in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 18, 2011, after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The center and bottom photos taken on March 3, 2013, show the same location after the demolition of the building and a member of the school baseball club running in the area.

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Nuclear disaster epicenter town being left to ruin

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo, taken Feb. 18, 2013, shows the central part of the deserted town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, designated as a no-entry zone in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Nuclear disaster epicenter town being left to ruin

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo, taken Feb. 18, 2013, shows a classroom at abandoned Kumamachi Elementary School in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, located in the no-entry area. The date of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster remains on the whiteboard.

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Maestro Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa. He will make a comeback in August 2013 at the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto, conducting French composer Maurice Ravel's opera "The Child and the Spells," the festival's organizing committee said Feb. 18, 2013. Ozawa has suspended public musical activities since March 2012 to recover his strength and concentrate on rehabilitation after his condition deteriorated.

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Geisha photo shoot

KYOTO, Japan - Geisha and apprentice geisha attend a photo shoot in Kyoto on Feb. 18, 2013. The event was to take pictures for use in brochures for their annual "Kitano Odori" dance performance to be held from March 25 to April 7.

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Geisha photo shoot

KYOTO, Japan - Geisha and apprentice geisha attend a photo shoot in Kyoto on Feb. 18, 2013. The event was to take pictures for use in brochures for their annual "Kitano Odori" dance performance to be held from March 25 to April 7.

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Geisha photo shoot

KYOTO, Japan - Geisha and apprentice geisha get ready for a photo shoot in Kyoto on Feb. 18, 2013. The event was to take pictures for use in brochures for their annual "Kitano Odori" dance performance to be held from March 25 to April 7.

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Geisha photo shoot

KYOTO, Japan - Geisha and apprentice geisha get ready for a photo shoot in Kyoto on Feb. 18, 2013. The event was to take pictures for use in brochures for their annual "Kitano Odori" dance performance to be held from March 25 to April 7.

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Railway fare cards to become mutually usable

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of railway and bus operators pose with their respective electronic fare cards in a gathering at the East Japan Railway Co. head office in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2012. A total of 10 regional railway and bus fare cards such as Suica and Pasmo in Tokyo and Icoca in Osaka will become mutually usable in all their operating areas in Japan, starting March 23, 2013.