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Temporary housing residents' picture-story shows

MORIOKA, Japan - Yuriko Nakamura (front L) and other residents of temporary housing in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, hold hand-made picture-story cards based on local folklore on June 18, 2014, in the northeastern Japanese town.

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Japanese astronaut Noguchi attends press conference in Paris

PARIS, France - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi attends a press conference at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, on Dec. 18, 2014. He stressed the significance of a space project under which two astronauts from the United States and Russia will stay at the International Space Station for the longest-ever period of one year from next March.

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Students leave new building of tsunami-hit school

SENDAI, Japan - Students walk home from Nagatoro Elementary School's new building in Watari Town, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 18, 2014. The original building was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in March 2011.

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Students leave new building of tsunami-hit school

SENDAI, Japan - Students walk home from Arahama Junior High School's new building in Watari Town, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 18, 2014. The original building was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku in March 2011. Classrooms are located on the second and third floors of the new building.

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Pupils study in new building of tsunami-hit school

SENDAI, Japan - Pupils study in a classroom in Nagatoro Elementary School's new building in Watari Town, Miyagi Prefecture, on Aug. 18, 2014. The original building was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku in March 2011.

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Designer Huggler on support for disaster-hit Tohoku

TOKYO, Japan - Switzerland-based fashion designer Kazu Huggler speaks about support for the Tohoku region ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami after meeting with Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito in Bern, Switzerland, on June 18, 2014.

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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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New oyster farming ship launched in Ishinomaki

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Takasago Maru No. 11, a newly built oyster farming ship, leaves a port in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 18, 2014, with fishermen's banners hoisted. The oyster farming business in the area was severely affected by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Interpreter aims to bridge Japan, China

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 18, 2014 in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward shows Yuki Izumikawa, who works as Japanese-Chinese interpreter at the Association for the Promotion of International Trade, an organization promoting trade and economic exchanges between Japan and China.

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Elections in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Aburizal Bakrie (R), head of the Golkar Party, waves to supporters in Jakarta on March 18, 2014. Indonesia's parliamentary elections will be held on April 9.

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Foreign caregiver in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ahmad Nurdiansyah, 28, an Indonesian caregiver, works at a nursing home for the elderly in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on March 18, 2014. Seventy-eight applicants from Indonesia and the Philippines, including Nurdiansyah, passed the fiscal 2013 national examination qualifying them to work as caregivers in Japan, the health ministry said March 27.

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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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Mets Matsuzaka throws against Tigers in spring training game

PORT ST. LUCIE, United States - Daisuke Matsuzaka of Japan, a spring training invitee of the New York Mets, throws against the Detroit Tigers in a spring training game in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on March 18, 2014. Matsuzaka allowed four runs on two homers and seven hits in five innings.

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Mets Matsuzaka throws against Tigers in spring training game

PORT ST. LUCIE, United States - Daisuke Matsuzaka of Japan, a spring training invitee of the New York Mets, throws against the Detroit Tigers in a spring training game in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on March 18, 2014. Matsuzaka allowed four runs on two homers and seven hits in five innings.

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Seattle Mariners training camp

PEORIA, United States - Seattle Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma (R) shows his teammate Felix Hernandez the injured middle finger of his right hand during a spring training camp in Peoria, Arizona, on March 18, 2014.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Workers remove the characters "the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea" from the outer wall of the assembly building in Simferopol, in the largely ethnic Russian region of Crimea in southern Ukraine on March 18, 2014.

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Miss Universe Japan pageant

TOKYO, Japan - Misaki Takahashi (R), a 25-year-old model representing Fukushima Prefecture, receives flowers for finishing third in the 2014 Miss Universe Japan pageant in Tokyo on March 18, 2014.

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Miss Universe Japan pageant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 18, 2014, in Tokyo shows Misaki Takahashi, a 25-year-old model representing Fukushima Prefecture, who placed third in the 2014 Miss Universe Japan pageant in Tokyo the same day.

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Crimea crisis

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - The Russian flag flies at the assembly building in Simferopol, in the largely ethnic Russian region of Crimea in southern Ukraine on March 18, 2014, after the characters "the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea" were removed from the outer wall of the building.

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E. Asia culture city event in S. Korea

GWANGJU, South Korea - A choir sings at the opening event of the Culture City of East Asia 2014, Gwangju, in the South Korean city of Gwangju on March 18, 2014. Based on an agreement reached at a Japan-China-S. Korea cultural ministerial meeting, the Culture City of East Asia project aims to deepen mutual understanding in the region through art and culture.

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Mr. Japan winner

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 18, 2014, in Tokyo shows Toru Higa, a 26-year-old actor from Okinawa Prefecture, who won the Mr. Japan title in a contest in Tokyo the same day.

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Asian Champions League soccer

OSAKA, Japan - Uruguay striker Diego Forlan waves to supporters after his club Cerezo Osaka beat Thailand's Buriram United 4-0 in a Group E match of the Asian Champions League against in Osaka, western Japan, on March 18, 2014. He scored during the game, opening his account for his new club.

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Miss Universe Japan pageant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 18, 2014, in Tokyo shows Keiko Tsuji, a 20-year-old university student representing Nagasaki Prefecture, the winner of the 2014 Miss Universe Japan title in a pageant in Tokyo the same day.

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Miss Universe Japan pageant

TOKYO, Japan - Keiko Tsuji (C), a 20-year-old university student representing Nagasaki Prefecture, wins the 2014 Miss Universe Japan title in a pageant in Tokyo on March 18, 2014.

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Asian Champions League soccer

OSAKA, Japan - Uruguay striker Diego Forlan runs after scoring, opening his account for his new club Cerezo Osaka, during the second half of a Group E match of the Asian Champions League against Thailand's Buriram United in Osaka, western Japan, on March 18, 2014. Cerzo won 4-0.

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Russian deputy economic minister

TOKYO, Japan - Russian Deputy Minister of Economic Development Alexey Likhachev is interviewed in Tokyo on March 18, 2014.

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Cerezo's Minamino scores in ACL match against Buriram

OSAKA, Japan - Takumi Minamino (R) of Japanese football club Cerezo Osaka scores the team's third goal in an Asian Champions League match against Thailand's Buriram United in Osaka on March 18, 2014. Cerezo Won 4-0.

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Kyoto National Museum shows new Collections Hall

KYOTO, Japan - The new Collections Hall "Heisei Chishinkan" at Kyoto National Museum in Kyoto, western Japan, is shown to the media on March 18, 2014, before it opens to the public in September.

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E. Asia culture city event in S. Korea

GWANGJU, South Korea - Dancers perform a Chinese dance at the opening event of the Culture City of East Asia 2014, Gwangju, in the South Korean city of Gwangju on March 18, 2014. Based on an agreement reached at a Japan-China-S. Korea cultural ministerial meeting, the Culture City of East Asia project aims to deepen mutual understanding in the region through art and culture.

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New U.S. envoy to China

BEIJING, China - Max Baucus, the new U.S. ambassador to China, holds a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on March 18, 2014.

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E. Asia culture city event in S. Korea

GWANGJU, South Korea - Takuya Iwata (L) and Erina Ito play the traditional Japanese "shakuhachi" flute and "koto" harp at an opening event of the Culture City of East Asia 2014, Gwangju, in the South Korean city of Gwangju on March 18, 2014. Based on an agreement reached at a Japan-China-S. Korea cultural ministerial meeting, the Culture City of East Asia project aims to deepen mutual understanding in the region through art and culture.

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Japan assumes presidency of Geneva disarmament confab

GENEVA, Switzerland - Toshio Sano, Japanese ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, moderates a session as the new president of the conference in the Swiss city of Geneva on March 18, 2014. Sano said in his statement that disarmament was a central pillar of Japan's foreign policy and that the Japanese people strongly desired a world without nuclear weapons.

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Spring gust

TOKYO, Japan - Gusting wind ruffles a woman's hair in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district on March 18, 2014. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the year's first spring storm was observed the same day in some parts of Japan, including Tokyo and other Kanto areas.

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Marinos' Saito in ACL match against Melbourne

MELBOURNE, Australia - Manabu Saito (2nd from L) of Japanese football club Yokohama F Marinos eludes James Jeggo (L) and Scott Galloway (3rd from L) in an Asian Champions League match against Australia's Melbourne Victory in Melbourne on March 18, 2014. Melbourne won 1-0.

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Cerezo's Forlan in ACL game against Buriram

OSAKA, Japan - Diego Forlan (R) of Japanese football club Cerezo Osaka fires a shot in an Asian Champions League game against Thailand's Buriram United in Osaka on March 18, 2014. Cerezo won 4-0.

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Forced labor lawsuit against Japanese firms

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in February 2014 in front of the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court shows a group of Chinese who filed a lawsuit against Mitsubishi Materials Corp. and Nippon Coke & Engineering Co., formerly known as Mitsui Mining Co., seeking compensation and a public apology for forced labor in Japan during World War II. The court has decided to take up the lawsuit against the two Japanese companies, a plaintiff lawyer said March 18, 2014.

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Sochi Olympic medalists attend Tokyo event

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese medalists in snowboarding at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games attend an event in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on March 18, 2014. From left: Ayumu Hirano, Tomoka Takeuchi and Taku Hiraoka.

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Kyoto National Museum shows Collections Hall to press

KYOTO, Japan - The Kyoto National Museum shows the new Collections Hall's exhibition room to the press on March 18, 2014, ahead of its September opening. The room is equipped with a quake-absorbing device.

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Hiroshima renovates peace museum's East Building

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken on March 18, 2014, shows the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum's East Building. The city of Hiroshima began a four-year renovation project of the building the same day to improve visitor flow and exhibitions so as to better convey the horrors of the atomic bomb. The East Building will be closed from the autumn of 2014 through around March 2016 while the Main Building remains open.

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Kyoto National Museum shows new Collections Hall to press

KYOTO, Japan - The inside of the new Collections Hall of the Kyoto National Museum is shown to the media on March 18, 2014, ahead of its September opening.

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Olympic medalist Watabe meets press after World Cup tour

NARITA, Japan - Japan's Sochi Olympic silver medalist skier Akito Watabe shows the medal he won in the individual Nordic combined competition at a press conference upon his arrival from the World Cup circuit on March 18, 2014, at Narita airport, east of Tokyo.

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Japan-made Boeing 787 parts storage at Chubu airport

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken on March 18, 2014, shows the Dreamlifter Operations Center at Central Japan International Airport near Nagoya. The facility to temporarily store parts manufactured by three Japanese makers for Boeing 787 Dreamliners before shipment to the United States for assembly is the first of its kind outside of the United States for Boeing aircraft parts.

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U.S. military plane lands at Haneda airport

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 18, 2014, shows a U.S. military C-5 transport plane (bottom) that made an unscheduled landing at Haneda airport in Tokyo due to poor weather conditions around Yokota Air Base where it was headed.

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Okayama Univ.'s cooling device to reduce brain damage

OKAYAMA, Japan - Yoshimasa Takeda, an associate professor at Okayama University, introduces a pharyngeal cooling device on March 18, 2014, in Okayama, western Japan, that enables brain temperature to be reduced efficiently regardless of cardiac conditions to help minimize brain damage when trying to resuscitate patients under cardiac arrest.

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Vietnamese president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 18, 2014.

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Spring gust

TOKYO, Japan - People walk amid gusting wind in front of JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital on March 18, 2014. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the year's first spring storm was observed the same day in some parts of Japan, including Tokyo and other Kanto areas.

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Kotooshu withdraws from meet

OSAKA, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (L) beats sekiwake Kotooshu in the 10th day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka, western Japan, on March 18, 2014. Kotooshu withdraw from the spring meet the following day.

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Marinos sunk by Melbourne in ACL match

MELBOURNE, Australia - Tetsuya Enomoto (L) of Japanese football club Yokohama F Marinos is unable to prevent Kosta Barbarouses from scoring during the first half of an Asian Champions League match between Yokohama and Australia's Melbourne Victory in Melbourne on March 18, 2014. Melbourne won 1-0.

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Vietnamese president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R front) holds talks with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang (L, 2nd from front) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 18, 2014.

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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.