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Riken to ask Obokata to return 600,000 yen paper submission fee

TOKYO, March 20 Kyodo - Undated photo shows Haruko Obokata, who resigned from the Riken research institute in December 2014 in the wake of a scandal over her misconduct in a so-called STAP stem-cell study. Riken announced on March 20, 2015, it plans to demand that Obokata return about 600,000 yen in research paper submission fees.

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Pro-democracy march in Macao

MACAO, China - People in Macao, a special administrative region of China, march demanding universal suffrage for local leadership elections on Dec. 20, 2014, the 15th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule.

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'Yokai Watch' bullet train in Kyushu

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Kyushu Railway Co.'s Shinkansen bullet train featuring images of characters from "Yokai Watch," a huge-hit game and animation, leaves JR Kumamoto Station in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2014, while popular character Jibanyan sees it off. The special train is on operation until March 1 between Hakata and Kagoshimachuo stations in Kyushu.

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Subway terror attack rescue drill conducted

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters with protective gear conduct a rescue drill at a subway station in Tokyo's Hibiya district on Nov. 20, 2014, simulating a terror attack. Around 300 police officers and firefighters participated in the drill prior to the 20th anniversary of the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo cult that killed 13 people and injured more than 6,000, on March 20 next year.

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Subway terror attack rescue drill conducted

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters with protective gear conduct a rescue drill at a subway station in Tokyo's Hibiya district on Nov. 20, 2014, simulating a terror attack. Around 300 police officers and firefighters participated in the drill prior to the 20th anniversary of the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo cult that killed 13 people and injured more than 6,000, on March 20 next year.

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Former lower house speaker Doi dies at 85

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2003 shows Takako Doi, former House of Representatives speaker and leader of the Japan Socialist Party, the predecessor of the Social Democratic Party. Doi died of pneumonia on Sept. 20, 2014. She was 85. Doi was the first female speaker of the lower house from 1993 to 1996.

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Mascots promote tourism to Hokuriku region in Osaka blitz

OSAKA, Japan - Children pose for photos with one of the mascot characters at the "Hokuriku Destination Campaign" at JR Osaka station on Sept. 20, 2014. The event promotes tourism to Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures in the Hokuriku region in central Japan ahead of the launch next March of the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line.

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Policeman speaks to shopper

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A policeman (L) speaks to a shopper in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, on March 20, 2014. The country implemented the Japanese "koban" model of community policing with support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, to create a good relationship between the police and society.

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Police officers at "koban" box in Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Police officers stand in front of a police box, modeled after the Japanese "koban" system of community policing, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on March 20, 2014.

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Policeman lectures at school in Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A policeman speaks about drugs and health hazards at a school in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on March 20, 2014. The country implemented the Japanese "koban" model of community policing.

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Deaf woman promotes 'deaf volleyball' in Tohoku

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken March 20, 2014, shows Namiko Yanagawa, a former captain of the Japanese women's national volleyball team for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, who is promoting the sport in her native prefecture of Miyagi in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan.

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Tsunami-damaged 8-mm film in Iwate Pref.

SENDAI, Japan - An 8-millimeter film damaged by the March 2011 tsunami is pictured on March 20, 2014, in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture. A group led by Junji Ito, a specially appointed professor at Tokyo University of the Arts, is collecting 8-mm films and other media that record sceneries of Ofunato before the disaster.

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Group in Iwate Pref. collecting pre-disaster records

SENDAI, Japan - Daisuke Miyoshi (L), a part-time instructor at Tokyo University of the Arts, collects 8-millimeter film and other media from Naotake Sato, who runs a photo studio in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on March 20, 2014. Miyoshi is a member of a group led by Junji Ito, a specially appointed professor at Tokyo University of the Arts, which is collecting 8-mm film and other media that record the scenery of Ofunato before the March 2011 disaster.

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Student protesters siege Taiwan's legislature

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Students occupy Taiwan's parliament in Taipei on March 20, 2014, in protest against a trade deal with Beijing that they believe will hurt Taiwan's economy. They vacated the building on April 10, 2014, after discussion with Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng.

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Japanese man setting new yo-yo standards

TSU, Japan - Photo taken March 20, 2014 in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, shows Kengo Kido, who designs and sells yo-yos online under the brand name "yoyo recreation."

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Union of Toyota's Bangalore plants call for higher wages

BANGALORE, India - Prasanna Kumar (L), president of the labor union at Toyota Motor Corp.'s plants on the outskirts of Bangalore in southern India, voices workers' complaints about wages in front of other union members on March 20, 2014.

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Toyota plant in India

BANGALORE, India - Photo dated March 20, 2014, shows a plant of a Toyota Motor Corp.-affiliated company in Bangalore, India, where workers were temporarily locked out after a labor dispute.

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'Shibori' tie-dye exhibition begins in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - An exhibition of art pieces created by Swedish artists using Japan's "shibori" tie-dye method begins at an art college in Stockholm on March 20, 2014.

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Homes built on farmland sold without farmers' consent

WUKAN, China - Photo taken on March 20, 2014, shows new houses built on farmland that was sold to real estate developers without farmers' consent in the village of Wukan in Guangdong Province, China.

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Deputy chief of Wukan Village meets reporters

WUKAN, China - Yang Semao, deputy chief of Wukan Village in China's Guangdong Province and leader of local protest movements, meets reporters at his home on March 20, 2014.

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Monument at site of Dojima Rice Exchange

OSAKA, Japan - A monument set up at what used to be the Dojima Rice Exchange for rice brokering during the Edo period is pictured in Osaka on March 20, 2014.

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Japanese PM Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference in Tokyo after Japan's parliament enacted a budget for fiscal 2014 on March 20, 2014.

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Japanese PM Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference in Tokyo after Japan's parliament enacted a budget for fiscal 2014 on March 20, 2014.

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Japanese PM Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference in Tokyo after Japan's parliament enacted a budget for fiscal 2014 on March 20, 2014.

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Michelle Obama arrives in China

BEIJING, China - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (L) is pictured with her daughter Sasha upon arrival at Beijing international airport on March 20, 2014. The wife of the U.S. president is making her first visit to China, accompanied by her mother and daughters. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Diet enacts FY 2014 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo after Japan's parliament enacts a budget for fiscal 2014 totaling a record 95.88 trillion yen on March 20, 2014.

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Michelle Obama arrives in China

BEIJING, China - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama is pictured upon her arrival at Beijing international airport on March 20, 2014. The wife of the U.S. president is making her first visit to China, accompanied by her mother and daughters. (Pool photo)

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Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Photo shows Ryu Song Il (R), chief of the Japanese affairs section at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, in Shenyang, China, on March 20, 2014, after attending informal talks between Japanese and North Korean diplomats on the sidelines of a two-day meeting of the countries' Red Cross societies. At left is Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Keiichi Ono, director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrives at an airport in Shenyang, China, on March 20, 2014, to return home after attending informal talks between Japanese and North Korean diplomats on the sidelines of a two-day meeting of the countries' Red Cross societies.

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BOJ chief Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda delivers a speech in Tokyo on March 20, 2014. Kuroda reiterated the central bank's view that the country's inflation rate is likely to reach 2 percent in late fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2015, saying the economy is on track to achieve the central bank's inflation target.

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BOJ chief Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda delivers a speech in Tokyo on March 20, 2014. Kuroda reiterated the central bank's view that the country's inflation rate is likely to reach 2 percent in late fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2015, saying the economy is on track to achieve the central bank's inflation target.

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Spring sumo tourney

OSAKA, Japan - Ozeki Kakuryu (L) sends yokozuna (grand champion) Harumafuji out of the ring at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka on March 20, 2014, the 12th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Japan's Diet enacts FY 2014 budget

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) bows after Japan's parliament enacts a budget for fiscal 2014 totaling a record 95.88 trillion yen, at a plenary session of the House of Councillors in Tokyo on March 20, 2014. At left is Finance Minister Taro Aso.

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Spring sumo tourney

OSAKA, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (L) pushes down ozeki Kisenosato at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka on March 20, 2014, the 12th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Former ozeki Kotooshu hangs up mawashi

OSAKA, Japan - Kotooshu, a 31-year-old Bulgarian-born sekiwake, whose real name is Karoyan Ando, announces his retirement at a press conference at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka on March 20, 2014. Kotooshu, the first European to ever win an Emperor's Cup and achieve sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki, said he has reached his physical limits and no longer possesses the energy to continue wrestling.

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Taiwan's legislature under siege by protesters

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Students occupy Taiwan's legislative chamber in Taipei on March 20, 2014. They started the occupation on March 18 to demand the law-making body review a trade deal with Beijing that the students say will hurt Taiwan's economy.

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Former ozeki Kotooshu hangs up mawashi

OSAKA, Japan - Kotooshu, a 31-year-old Bulgarian-born sekiwake, whose real name is Karoyan Ando, wipes tears at a press conference at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka on March 20, 2014, after announcing his retirement. Kotooshu, the first European to ever win an Emperor's Cup and achieve sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki, said he has reached his physical limits and no longer possesses the energy to continue wrestling.

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Former ozeki Kotooshu hangs up mawashi

OSAKA, Japan - Kotooshu, a 31-year-old Bulgarian-born sekiwake, whose real name is Karoyan Ando, sheds tears at a press conference at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka on March 20, 2014, after announcing his retirement. Kotooshu, the first European to ever win an Emperor's Cup and achieve sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki, said he has reached his physical limits and no longer possesses the energy to continue wrestling.

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Injury-plagued Kotooshu hangs up mawashi

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Kotooshu, a Bulgarian rikishi whose real name is Karoyan Ando. Kotooshu, 31, the first European wrestler to ever win an Emperor's Cup and achieve sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki, retired March 20, 2014.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Keiichi Ono, director of the Northeast Asia Division of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, emerges after attending a two-day meeting of Japanese and North Korean Red Cross societies in Shenyang, China, on March 20, 2014.

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Honda's footprint displayed at Sakai training center

SAKAI, Japan - A footprint of Keisuke Honda, a member of the Japanese national football team, is unveiled at Sakai City's J-GREEN Sakai national soccer training center in Osaka Prefecture on March 20, 2014, with footprints of manager Alberto Zaccheroni and other members of the national team.

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19th anniv. of nerve gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi (L) prays during a memorial service at Tokyo Metro Co.'s Kasumigaseki station on March 20, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack that killed 13 and injured over 6,000 people at subway stations in central Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki. The 13 victims included Takahashi's husband, Kazumasa, who was an official at Kasumigaseki station at the time and died after disposing of a plastic bag containing sarin in liquid form. (Pool photo)

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Footprints of Japan national team unveiled in Sakai

SAKAI, Japan - Visitors to Sakai City's J-GREEN Sakai national soccer training center in Osaka Prefecture on March 20, 2014, look at footprints of members of the Japanese national football team unveiled the same day to commemorate Japan's participation in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

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19th anniv. of nerve gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Akihiro Ota (L) offers flowers during a memorial service at Tokyo Metro Co.'s Kasumigaseki station on March 20, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack that killed 13 and injured over 6,000 people at subway stations in central Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki. (Pool photo)

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Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Ryu Song Il, chief of the Japanese affairs section at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, heads for the second day of a two-day meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 20, 2014.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Ri Ho Rim, secretary general of the North Korean Red Cross Society, heads for the second day of a two-day meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 20, 2014. Government officials from the two countries also attended the meeting.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

SHENYANG, China - Osamu Tasaka, director general of the International Department at the Japanese Red Cross Society, heads for the second day of a two-day meeting held by the Red Cross societies of Japan and North Korea in Shenyang, northeastern China, on March 20, 2014. Government officials from the two countries also attended the meeting.

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19th anniv. of nerve gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuaki Ota, area manager at Tokyo Metro Co.'s Kasumigaseki station, offers flowers during a memorial service at the subway station on March 20, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack that killed 13 and injured over 6,000 people at subway stations in central Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki.

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19th anniv. of nerve gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Employees of Tokyo Metro Co. observe a moment of silence at Kasumigaseki station in Tokyo on March 20, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack that killed 13 and injured over 6,000 people at subway stations in central Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki.

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Wooden lion of Heian period to be displayed at Toji

KYOTO, Japan - A wooden lion, made during the Heian period (794 - 1185 A.D.), is disclosed to the press at Toji, a world heritage temple in Kyoto, on March 19, 2014, ahead of the opening of the temple's esoteric Buddhism art craft exhibition on March 20, 2014.