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ANA to earn 11 Haneda int'l slots vs. JAL's 5

NARITA, Japan - File photo taken in September 2012 at Narita airport, near Tokyo, shows the tails of a Japan Airlines plane (front) and an All Nippon Airways plane. All Nippon Airways Co. will receive 11 slots in the expanded international flight schedule from March 2014 at Tokyo's Haneda airport and Japan Airlines Co. five, following ANA's call for a "fair" allocation compared to its publicly salvaged rival, sources familiar with the matter said Oct. 2, 2013.

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TEPCO seeks to restart idled nuclear reactors

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2012 shows the buildings containing the No. 7 reactor (L) and the No. 6 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. TEPCO said July 2, 2013, it will swiftly apply for a state safety assessment of the two reactors to restart their operation, even as the utility continues to grapple with the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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Vienna Philharmonic members play Bach sonata for quake victims

SENDAI, Japan - Four members of the Vienna Philharmonic play on Nov. 2, 2012, a Bach sonata on Mt. Hiyori in Natori city's Yuriage district, Miyagi Prefecture. The commemorative performance took place in front of a monument honoring victims in an area severely damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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TEPCO starts removing fuel from Fukushima Daini reactor

TOMIOKA, Japan - Fuel assemblies are removed from the No. 4 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012. TEPCO showed to the media its work to remove fuel from the reactor to the spent fuel pool located next to it, the first time it has done so since a huge earthquake and tsunami hit the complex and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in March 2011.

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TEPCO starts removing fuel from Fukushima Daini reactor

TOMIOKA, Japan - Fuel assemblies (underwater, C) are carried into the spent fuel pool after being removed from the No. 4 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012. TEPCO showed to the media its work to remove fuel from the reactor to the spent fuel pool located next to it, the first time it has done so since a huge earthquake and tsunami hit the complex and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in March 2011.

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TEPCO starts removing fuel from Fukushima Daini reactor

TOMIOKA, Japan - Fuel assemblies (underwater, C) are removed from the No. 4 reactor at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daini plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 2, 2012. TEPCO showed to the media its work to remove fuel from the reactor to the spent fuel pool located next to it, the first time it has done so since a huge earthquake and tsunami hit the complex and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in March 2011.

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Travolta supports "miracle pine" preservation

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken at the Rikuzentakata city office in Iwate Prefecture on Oct. 2, 2012, shows an autographed picture of U.S. actor John Travolta with a handwritten message, received by the municipal government of the city ravaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The northeastern Japan city said it has received a message of support from Travolta for its efforts to preserve the "miracle pine" that survived the massive tsunami.

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Japanese coin found at burial site in N. Korea

HAMHUNG, North Korea - Photo taken Sept. 2, 2012, shows what appears to be a Japanese coin that North Korea said was discovered in a survey in March 2011 of a site in Bupyong, believed to contain the remains of Japanese nationals who died around the end of World War II, outside Hamhung in the south of Hamgyong Province in eastern North Korea. A bag containing the coin was excavated there on Sept. 2, 2012. Characters such as "Dai-Nippon," loosely translated as great Japan, "Showa 16 nen," referring to a Japanese era and year equivalent to the year 1941, and "Issen," a small currency unit, are inscribed on the coin.

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Sharp to slash 5,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2012. Okuda said Sharp will slash 5,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its global workforce, by the end of March 2013 to turn around its business, hit hard by a slump in its television business.

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Sharp to slash 5,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2012. Okuda said Sharp will slash 5,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its global workforce, by the end of March 2013 to turn around its business, hit hard by a slump in its television business.

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Sharp to slash 5,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Sharp Corp. President Takashi Okuda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 2, 2012. Okuda said Sharp will slash 5,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its global workforce, by the end of March 2013 to turn around its business, hit hard by a slump in its television business.

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Sharp to slash 5,000 jobs in Japan, overseas

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken July 26, 2012, shows the headquarters of Sharp Corp. in Osaka's Abeno Ward. The company will slash some 5,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its consolidated workforce, in and outside Japan by the end of March 2013 through early retirements and other means to turn its business around after being hit by a slump in its television business, sources close to the matter said Aug. 2, 2012.

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Japan's power-saving period begins

FUKUOKA, Japan - Employees of the Fukuoka prefectural government have their lunch in an office where electricity has been turned off as part of power-saving efforts, on July 2, 2012. A government-requested power-saving period began in Japan the same day to cope with power supply constraints caused by the prolonged halt of nuclear reactors following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Japan's power-saving period begins

OSAKA, Japan - Operation of an escalator is suspended at Osaka's Hankyu Umeda Station on July 2, 2012, as part of power-saving efforts. A government-requested power-saving period began in Japan the same day to cope with power supply constraints caused by the prolonged halt of nuclear reactors following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Japan's power-saving period begins

TOKYO, Japan - A board in the head office of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. (NTT East) in Tokyo on July 2, 2012, shows the work schedules of employees, including those working only between 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. for two days per week under a "short" working hour system introduced as part of power-saving efforts. A government-requested power-saving period began in Japan the same day to cope with power supply constraints caused by the prolonged halt of nuclear reactors following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Japan's power-saving period begins

FUKUOKA, Japan - (from L) Fukuoka Gov. Hiroshi Ogawa, Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima and Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Michiaki Uriu distribute handouts calling for electricity saving near JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka City on July 2, 2012. A government-requested power-saving period began in Japan that day to cope with power supply constraints caused by the prolonged halt of nuclear reactors following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident.

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UNESCO honors children's newspaper

PARIS, France - Francesco Bandarin (rear C), assistant director general for culture at the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, poses for photos with Japanese children at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris on April 2, 2012, as the U.N. body honors the Fight Shimbun wall newspaper written by children in a northeastern Japanese city hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. In the front (from R) are first editor Risa Yoshida, 8, and her sister Mahiro, 4. In the center is second editor Satoko Oyama, 10, with her sister Kanako, 13, (rear L). To the right of Bandarin is coordinator and musician Misa Jonouchi.

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Minamisanriku soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a town government building in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 26, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 2, 2012 (bottom). Dozens of municipal employees died at the building in the tsunami as it was designated as a facility to deal with disasters.

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Ishinomaki soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a building in the town of Ogatsu, part of the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, on April 1, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 2, 2012 (bottom), in which a bus swept by the tsunami still remains on the building.

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Minamisanriku soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 2, 2012 (bottom). Still much work seemed necessary to reconstruct the heavily damaged area.

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Watari soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the town of Watari, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same town on March 2, 2012 (bottom).

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Sendai airport soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same airport on March 2, 2012 (bottom).

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Sendai soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 2, 2012 (R).

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Iwanuma being hit by tsunami, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the coast of the city of Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture on March 11, 2011 (top), when the area was being hit by massive tsunami following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, and the same location on March 2, 2012 (bottom).

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Railway station soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show JR Shinchi railway station in the town of Shinchi, Fukushima Prefecture on March 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 2, 2012 (bottom). The station is to be rebuilt in an inland area.

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Fishing port soon after quake, now

SOMA, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show Matsukawaura fishing port in the city of Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 13, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same port on March 2, 2012 (bottom).

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Baseball field soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show a baseball field in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture on March 12, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same field on March 2, 2012 (R).

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Miyako soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show a road in the city of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same road on March 2, 2012 (R), when high school students were running there.

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Minamisoma soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Haramachi thermal power plant in the city of Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same plant on March 2, 2012 (R).

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Natori being hit by tsunami, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show a coastal area in the city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2011 (top), when the area was being hit by massive tsunami following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, and the same location on March 2, 2012 (bottom).

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Pope to visit Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba - Cardinal Jaime Ortega (C) inspects Revolution Square in Havana on March 2, 2012, where Pope Benedict XVI plans to hold a mass. A police officer (R) signals that photos are not to be taken.

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Japan beat Denmark in Algarve Cup

PARCHAL, Portugal - Yuika Sugasawa (front) scores Japan's first goal early in the second half of an Algarve Cup game against Denmark in Parchal, Portugal, on March 2, 2012. Japan won 2-0.

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Fukushima no-entry zone

HIRONO, Japan - Laundry is left hanging at a home in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012, as the area falls in the no-entry zone within 20 kilometers from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Part of the no-entry zone, set due to the nuclear crisis resulting from the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, was shown to reporters.

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Ex-Thai premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on March 2, 2012.

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China spokesman

BEIJING, China - Zhao Qizheng, spokesman for the annual session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, speaks during a press conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 2, 2012. He said Chongqing Vice Mayor Wang Lijun, who is under investigation, will not attend the National People's Congress.

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Yokohama subway to add 'super' priority seats

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken March 2, 2012, shows stickers on a Yokohama Municipal Subway train, with a message in Japanese stating that all its passenger seats are priority seats, at Yokohama Station, near Tokyo. The Transportation Bureau of the city offering the only railway service in Japan that designates all its passenger seats as such seats, is planning to introduce in the summer of 2012 ''super'' priority seats after hearing elderly and pregnant women say the seats meant for them are often not given up.

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Fukushima no-entry zone

HIRONO, Japan - A bike shop is left damaged in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012, as the area falls in the no-entry zone within 20 kilometers from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Part of the no-entry zone, set due to the nuclear crisis resulting from the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, was shown to reporters.

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Japan beat Denmark in Algarve Cup

PARCHAL, Portugal - Shinobu Ono scores Japan's second goal during the second half of an Algarve Cup game against Denmark in Parchal, Portugal, on March 2, 2012. Japan won 2-0.

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Fukushima no-entry zone

HIRONO, Japan - No people are seen in a shopping area in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012, as the area falls in the no-entry zone within 20 kilometers from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Part of the no-entry zone, set due to the nuclear crisis resulting from the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, was shown to reporters.

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Fukushima no-entry zone

HIRONO, Japan - A wheelchair and a bed are left outside a hospital in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012, as the area falls in the no-entry zone within 20 kilometers from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Part of the no-entry zone, set due to the nuclear crisis resulting from the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, was shown to reporters.

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Fukushima no-entry zone

HIRONO, Japan - A Shinto shrine is left leaning in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012, as the area falls in the no-entry zone within 20 kilometers from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Part of the no-entry zone, set due to the nuclear crisis resulting from the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, was shown to reporters.

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Fukushima no-entry zone

HIRONO, Japan - A house is left collapsed in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012, as the area falls in the no-entry zone within 20 kilometers from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Part of the no-entry zone, set due to the nuclear crisis resulting from the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, was shown to reporters.

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Fukushima no-entry zone

HIRONO, Japan - A clock in front of the town hall of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012, shows around 2:46, apparently because the devastating quake occurred at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2011. Part of areas in the no-entry zone within 20 kilometers from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, set due to the nuclear crisis resulting from the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, was shown to reporters.

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Fukushima no-entry zone

HIRONO, Japan - A home is left messy in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012, as the area falls in the no-entry zone within 20 kilometers from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Part of the no-entry zone, set due to the nuclear crisis resulting from the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, was shown to reporters.

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Business jet terminal

NARITA, Japan - Work is under way at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 2, 2012, to build a terminal for business jets. The facility is scheduled to open on March 31, 2012.

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Fukushima no-entry zone

HIRONO, Japan - No people are seen in a shopping area in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012, as the area falls in the no-entry zone within 20 kilometers from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The signboard reads, ''Nuclear power: energy for a bright future.'' Part of the no-entry zone, set due to the nuclear crisis resulting from the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, was shown to reporters.

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Iran election

TEHRAN, Iran - Photo shows a polling station in a mosque in Tehran, Iran, on March 2, 2012, in a parliamentary election, as reporters were allowed to cover that polling station.

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Christchurch cathedral

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Photo taken in February 2012 shows the cathedral damaged by the February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. Bishop Victoria Matthews said on March 2, 2012, the cathedral will be demolished.

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Bringing fire to Tohoku

IWAKI, Japan - Buddhist monks walk along Nakoso Beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 2, 2012, as they brought fire taken from a monument in Hyogo Prefecture to commemorate the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake to the northeastern Japanese city hit by the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami. The fire will be used for events to mark the first anniversary of the disaster.

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Iran election

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves after casting a ballot in Tehran on March 2, 2012, in a parliamentary election.