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Demolition of reactor building cover starts

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2012 shows the covered No. 1 reactor building of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi complex in northeastern Japan. On Oct. 22, 2014, Tokyo Electric Power Co. began dismantling the cover, which was installed to prevent the dispersal of radioactive materials.

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Demolition of Fukushima nuke reactor cover to begin

TOKYO, Japan - The cover of a building that houses the crippled No. 1 nuclear reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co., shown in this file photo taken in March 2012, is to be demolished from Oct. 22, 2014, in the first step toward complete removal of the rubble there, a process requiring nearly three years.

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Twin polar bear cubs at Sapporo zoo

SAPPORO, Japan - Twin polar bear cubs stay close to their mother ''Rara'' at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on March 22, 2013, the day the cubs, born in December 2012, were unveiled to the public.

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Twin polar bear cubs at Sapporo zoo

SAPPORO, Japan - Twin polar bear cubs stay close to their mother ''Rara'' at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on March 22, 2013, the day the cubs, born in December 2012, were unveiled to the public.

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Twin polar bear cubs at Sapporo zoo

SAPPORO, Japan - Twin polar bear cubs play around their mother ''Rara'' at Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on March 22, 2013, the day the cubs, born in December 2012, were unveiled to the public.

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Gaza after airstrikes

GAZA, Palestinian Authority - Members of Hamas march on a highway in the Palestinian self-governing area of Gaza on Nov. 22, 2012, after a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas was reached. Israeli airstrikes against Gaza had continued for eight days from Nov. 14.

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New Japanese bullet train model

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2012, shows a security camera (upper L, black part) on the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) E6 series bullet train, to be called the Super Komachi, which was unveiled to the press the same day at a railway yard in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The E6 will be inaugurated on the Tokyo-Akita service in March 2013 with a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour, linking the two cities in three hours and 45 minutes on the fastest service.

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New Japanese bullet train model

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2012, shows a security camera (upper L) on the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) E6 series bullet train, to be called the Super Komachi, which was unveiled to the press the same day at a railway yard in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The E6 will be inaugurated on the Tokyo-Akita service in March 2013 with a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour, linking the two cities in three hours and 45 minutes on the fastest service.

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New Japanese bullet train model

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2012, shows a restroom on the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) E6 series bullet train, to be called the Super Komachi, which was unveiled to the press the same day at a railway yard in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The E6 will be inaugurated on the Tokyo-Akita service in March 2013 with a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour, linking the two cities in three hours and 45 minutes on the fastest service.

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New Japanese bullet train model

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2012, shows the interior of the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) E6 series bullet train, to be called the Super Komachi, which was unveiled to the press the same day at a railway yard in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The E6 will be inaugurated on the Tokyo-Akita service in March 2013 with a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour, linking the two cities in three hours and 45 minutes on the fastest service.

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New Japanese bullet train model

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2012, shows seats in the more expensive "green" coach of the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) E6 series bullet train, to be called the Super Komachi, which was unveiled to the press the same day at a railway yard in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The E6 will be inaugurated on the Tokyo-Akita service in March 2013 with a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour, linking the two cities in three hours and 45 minutes on the fastest service.

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New Japanese bullet train model

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2012, shows the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) E6 series bullet train, to be called the Super Komachi, which was unveiled to the press the same day at a railway yard in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The E6 will be inaugurated on the Tokyo-Akita service in March 2013 with a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour, linking the two cities in three hours and 45 minutes on the fastest service.

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New Japanese bullet train model

RIFU, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2012, shows the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) E6 series bullet train, to be called the Super Komachi, which was unveiled to the press the same day at a railway yard in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture. The E6 will be inaugurated on the Tokyo-Akita service in March 2013 with a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour, linking the two cities in three hours and 45 minutes on the fastest service.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 22, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). Many of the buildings damaged by the tsunami have been removed.

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Anti-China protest staged in Hanoi over territorial row

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese march in central Hanoi on July 22, 2012, to protest against China with which Vietnam has territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

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Man caring for abandoned cattle in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 22, 2012, Naoto Matsumura (C) and his friend Kazuo Endo (R) help a pony onto a truck so he can take it home and care for it, doing so at the request of a resident (L) who has returned home temporarily. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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Chinese tourists in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Chinese tourists visit a lake in the Urabandai area of Fukushima Prefecture on May 22, 2012. They were part of the first tour group from the Chinese mainland to visit the prefecture since the March 2011 disaster.

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Chinese tourists in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Chinese tourists pose for photos in front of Tsuruga Castle in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 22, 2012. They were part of the first tour group from the Chinese mainland to visit the prefecture since the March 2011 disaster.

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American to ship back items lost in tsunami to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows David (L) and Yumi Baxter in Kasilof, Alaska, on April 22, 2012. David holds a soccer ball and Yumi holds a volleyball found by David in mid-March 2012 on the coast of Middleton Island off Alaska, after the balls floated across the Pacific Ocean after being swept away from northeastern Japan in the March 2011 tsunami. The couple initially expressed their intention to deliver the items back to their original owners in person during their upcoming trip to Japan, but have now opted to ship them instead in consideration of the owners' privacy, David Baxter told Kyodo News on May 23, 2012.

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Quake-tsunami debris blocked

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Protesters on May 22, 2012, are forcibly removed by police in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, from in front of a truck carrying debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan. The protestors, citing fear of radiation, had sat in front of the truck to block delivery of the rubble to Kitakyushu for trial incineration.

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Quake-tsunami debris blocked

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Protesters on May 22, 2012, block the delivery for trial incineration in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan, by gathering around a truck carrying the rubble, while police officers and city officials try to persuade them to leave the site. The opponents cite fear of radiation.

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Quake-tsunami debris blocked

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Protesters on May 22, 2012, block the delivery for trial incineration in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, of debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan, by sitting in front of a truck carrying the rubble. The opponents cite fear of radiation.

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Quake-tsunami debris blocked

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Protesters fly a banner reading, ''No to radioactive debris'' on May 22, 2012, as they block the delivery to Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, of debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan for trial incineration.

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Quake-tsunami debris blocked

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Protesters on May 22, 2012, block the delivery to Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, of debris left by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeast Japan for trial incineration. The opponents cite fear of radiation.

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Owner of tsunami-swept volleyball found

KASILOF, United States - Photo shows David (L) and Yumi Baxter in Kasilof, Alaska, on April 22, 2012. David holds a soccer ball and Yumi a volleyball, both found by David in mid-March 2012 on the coast of Middleton Island off Alaska. The balls apparently floated across the Pacific Ocean after being swept away from northeastern Japan in the March 2011 tsunami. Their owners have been located in Japan.

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Soccer ball lost in Japan's tsunami found off Alaska

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo shows 16-year-old Misaki Murakami, a second-year high school student in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 22, 2012. A soccer ball, believed to belong to him, was found on the coast of Middleton Island off Alaska after apparently floating across the Pacific Ocean after being swept away from the northeastern Japanese city in the March 2011 tsunami. Murakami received the ball from classmates in March 2005, when he was in third grade, as a farewell gift before he transferred to another school in the city.

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Earth Day antinuclear march in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows participants of the Earth Day Parade in Tokyo's Shibuya commercial district on April 22, 2012. The event's organizer said about 1,000 people took part to express opposition to reactivating a nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.

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Ikata power plant

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 22, 2012, shows the facilities of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in the town of Ikata, Ehime Prefecture. Reactor buildings Nos. 1, 3 and 2 are seen from left to right.

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Ikata power plant

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 22, 2012, shows the facilities of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in the town of Ikata, Ehime Prefecture.

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Ikata power plant

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 22, 2012, shows the facilities of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in the town of Ikata, Ehime Prefecture. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (L) can be seen.

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N. Korean orchestra plans U.S. tour

ATLANTA, United States - Global Resource Services Inc. President Robert Springs speaks during a press conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 22, 2012. He said North Korea's National Symphony Orchestra is planning an 18-day U.S. tour later in 2012, beginning in Atlanta and ending in New York, according to the nongovernmental organization which is preparing to take an American musical group to the reclusive country in April.

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Ichiro makes Seattle squad for Japan trip

PEORIA, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners leaves the team's camp in Peoria, Arizona, on March 22, 2012, after he was named to the 30-man traveling squad for the upcoming season-opening two-game series in Japan against the Oakland Athletics.

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Audi's convertible

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 22, 2012 in Tokyo shows the Audi R8 GT Spyder, a convertible to be sold in Japan from late April by Audi Japan K.K. The Japanese unit of the German automaker said only 333 such cars will be produced for sale worldwide, of which 10 vehicles will be offered for sale in Japan at a price of 30.64 million yen.

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Speed skating championships

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canadian Denny Morrison wins the men's 1,500 meters in 1:46.44 at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on March 22, 2012.

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Speed skating championships

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canadian Denny Morrison celebrates after winning the men's 1,500 meters in 1:46.44 at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on March 22, 2012.

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Speed skating championships

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic wins the women's 3,000 meters in 4:01.88 at the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on March 22, 2012.

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Kawasaki makes Seattle squad for Japan trip

PEORIA, United States - Munenori Kawasaki (front R) of the Seattle Mariners leaves the team's camp in Peoria, Arizona, on March 22, 2012, after he was named to the 30-man traveling squad for the upcoming season-opening two-game series in Japan against the Oakland Athletics.

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Japanese avant-garde artist Kusama

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 22, 2012, shows renowned Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama (in wheel chair) and her latest works, Yayoi-chan, a 10-meter-tall balloon girl, and Ring-Ring, a 4-meter-tall balloon dog, both decorated with her signature motif polka dots, in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo.

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Kuwaiti ruler in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands prior to their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 22, 2012.

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N. Korea envoy Song

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for normalization talks with Japan, answers reporters' questions at Beijing's international airport on March 22, 2012.

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Chernobyl agency chief in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Volodymyr Kholosha (C), head of the Ukrainian agency in charge of the Chernobyl exclusion zone management under the ministry of emergencies, holds talks with Yusaku Matsumoto (L), deputy governor of Fukushima Prefecture, at the prefectural government office on March 22, 2012.

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Japanese avant-garde artist Kusama

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama gives a speech in front of one of her latest works, Yayoi-chan, a 10-meter-tall balloon girl wearing a dress with polka dots, her signature motif, in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, on March 22, 2012.

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Baruto handed 3rd loss

OSAKA, Japan - Estonian ozeki Baruto (R) is defeated by ozeki Kotoshogiku at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on March 22, 2012, the 12th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. It was Baruto's third loss in the tournament and could be fatal for his bid to earn promotion to yokozuna.

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Hakuho tied for lead

OSAKA, Japan - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho (bottom) defeats Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on March 22, 2012, the 12th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho and sekiwake Kakuryu remained in a share of the lead at 11-1 with three days left in the tourney.

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Defense chief Tanaka, U.S. envoy Roos

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (R) shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador John Roos prior to their talks at the ministry in Tokyo on March 22, 2012. Tanaka and Roos agreed during their meeting that their countries will keep on working together in dealing with Pyongyang's planned rocket launch in mid-April.

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Baruto handed 3rd loss

OSAKA, Japan - Estonian ozeki Baruto (front) is defeated by ozeki Kotoshogiku at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium on March 22, 2012, the 12th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. It was Baruto's third loss in the tournament and could be fatal for his bid to earn promotion to yokozuna.

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Japanese avant-garde artist Kusama

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 22, 2012, shows renowned Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo.

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Concert using tsunami-damaged piano

TOKYO, Japan - A charity concert is held in Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi district on March 22, 2012, using a grand piano (R back) that has been repaired after being damaged by the March 2011 tsunami in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture.

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Japanese avant-garde artist Kusama

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 22, 2012, shows renowned Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo.

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Fugen reactor decommissioning to be postponed 5 yrs

NAGOYA, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows the prototype advanced converter reactor Fugen in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said March 22, 2012 that it will postpone the planned decommissioning of Fugen for five years and until fiscal 2033.