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Matsui featured on postage stamps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows stamps featuring pictures of Hideki Matsui, who announced an end to his stellar baseball career in late 2012. Japan Post Co. on March 27, 2013, began accepting orders for postage stamps and postcards featuring pictures of Matsui.

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'Miracle pine' found to be 173 years old

SENDAI, Japan - File photo taken in September 2012 shows the "miracle pine" that survived the massive March 2011 tsunami in Rikuzentakata, northeastern Japan. The tree was assessed as 173 years old, the local municipal office said Feb. 27, 2013.

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Maestro Ozawa conducts elementary school choir

KAWASAKI, Japan - Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa directs a choir at Minami-Ikuta Elementary School in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 27, 2013. Ozawa conducted the choir of 340 primary school pupils the same day, his first public performance since ill health forced him to suspend musical activities in March 2012.

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Nikkei climbs back to level before March 2011 quake

TOKYO, Japan - A display in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the closing level of Japan's Nikkei stock index on Dec. 27, 2012. It closed at 10,322.98, up 92.62 points from the previous day and its highest mark since March 10, 2011 -- the day before a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan.

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Battle of Okinawa film group to disband in March

NAHA, Japan - Members of a civil group which has collected film footage of the Battle of Okinawa -- to highlight the misery of the war -- announce at a press conference at the Okinawa prefecture offices in Naha on Dec. 27, 2012, that it will conclude its activities on March 15 since it has fulfilled its mission. Established in 1983, the group has collected video footage from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and screened it, while producing documentary films that include testimonies from survivors of the battle.

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Japan premier in disaster area

MIYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front center) views disaster areas from the top of a levee in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 27, 2012. The areas were hit by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami. (File photo)

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Japan reports failure to respond to IAEA advice

VIENNA, Austria - Shinichi Kuroki, a senior official of the Japanese government's nuclear regulatory body, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, attends a meeting of parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna on Aug. 27, 2012. In its report to the meeting, Japan admitted its failure to sufficiently respond to advice provided by the International Atomic Energy Agency before the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster.

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Mysterious woman in Indian Olympic march

LONDON, Britain - An unidentified woman (C) marches along with athletes and officials of the Indian delegation during the opening ceremony of the London Olympics on July 27, 2012. The Times of India reported July 29 she was unrelated to the delegation.

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Mysterious woman in Indian Olympic march

LONDON, Britain - An unidentified woman (behind girl carrying copper petal) marches along with athletes and officials of the Indian delegation during the opening ceremony of the London Olympics on July 27, 2012. The Times of India reported July 29 she was unrelated to the delegation.

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London Olympics open

LONDON, Britain - Fireworks are set off after delegations from each country march during the opening ceremony of the London Olympics at the Olympic Stadium in London on July 27, 2012.

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London Olympics open

LONDON, Britain - Fireworks are set off after delegations from each country march during the opening ceremony of the London Olympics at the Olympic Stadium in London on July 27, 2012.

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4 policemen sexually harassed female colleague

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows Kanagawa prefectural police's Yamato Police Station on July 27, 2012. Four policemen who belonged to the police station, including three who are still working there, are facing internal discipline after a female colleague in her 20s was forced to take off her clothes and forcibly kissed at a karaoke parlor in March 2012, the prefectural police said on July 27, 2012.

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Fukushima Garden in London park

LONDON, Britain - Photo on June 27, 2012, shows Fukushima Garden under construction at Holland Park in London. The Japanese garden is so named because of hopes for rehabilitation from the natural and nuclear disasters that struck Japan's northeast in March 2011.

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Outdoor swimming classes resume in Fukushima city

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Pupils swim in a swimming class in an outdoor pool at Yuno elementary school in the city of Fukushima on June 27, 2012. The city resumed swimming classes the same day in outdoor pools at elementary and junior high schools, after halting them due to fears of radiation following the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in March 2011.

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Outdoor swimming classes resume in Fukushima city

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Pupils have fun in a swimming class in an outdoor pool at Yuno elementary school in the city of Fukushima on June 27, 2012. The city resumed swimming classes the same day in outdoor pools at elementary and junior high schools, after halting them due to fears of radiation following the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in March 2011.

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Outdoor swimming classes resume in Fukushima city

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Pupils have fun in a swimming class in an outdoor pool at Yuno elementary school in the city of Fukushima on June 27, 2012. The city resumed swimming classes the same day in outdoor pools at elementary and junior high schools, after halting them due to fears of radiation following the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in March 2011.

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Using mobile network to check evacuees' blood pressure

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo taken at Iwate Medical University in Morioka shows a device to transmit blood pressure data by mobile phone. The university will launch a service for evacuees living in temporary housing in the prefecture following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, allowing them to transmit their blood pressure data to the university using such a device for medical checkups, university officials said June 27, 2012. If any problems are found, doctors at the university will report to the evacuees' primary physicians.

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Disaster-hit dogs trained to become therapy dogs

SOMA, Japan - Toru Oki (R), a blues singer who represents the International Therapy Dog Association, holds the leash of a dog in training who was taken into care after the March 2011 disaster, in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 27, 2012. The Tokyo-based association plans to open a center in the Japanese capital in summer 2012 aimed at turning dogs without owners after the disaster into therapy dogs, officials of the group said.

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis on rooftop

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis is perched on a rooftop in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. The one-month-old birds are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis on tree

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis stands on a tree branch in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. The one-month-old birds are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis (top) flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. At bottom is one of its parents. (Pool photo)

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Young ibis flies

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis flies in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on May 31, 2012. The bird was one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a 3-year-old male and a 2-year-old female released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly between May 25 and 27, 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild for 38 years in Japan. (Pool photo)

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Pro-democracy march in HK

HONG KONG, China - Photo shows a pro-democracy march in Hong Kong on May 27, 2012, ahead of the 23rd anniversary on June 4 of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident.

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Therapy dogs comfort quake-affected people

SOMA, Japan - A woman and therapy dog Kizuna stare at each other in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 27, 2012. Kizuna was among eight therapy dogs taken to temporary housing to meet elderly people who have evacuated due to the March 2011 disaster.

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Therapy dogs comfort quake-affected people

SOMA, Japan - A woman smiles looking at a therapy dog in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 27, 2012. Eight therapy dogs were taken to temporary housing to meet elderly people who have evacuated due to the March 2011 disaster.

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China's Tang presents stuffed panda to Sendai mayor

SENDAI, Japan - China's former Foreign Minister and State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan (R), who currently heads the China-Japan Friendship Association, presents Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama with a stuffed panda as a gift at the Sendai city offices in Miyagi Prefecture on April 27, 2012, during his visit to northeastern Japan's biggest city that was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. Okuyama, who is planning to borrow giant pandas from China for the city zoo and bring cheer to Sendai's children, told Tang she looks forward to seeing real pandas in Sendai one day.

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Life in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women (front) push carts carrying goods they bought while other customers (rear) line up and wait for entering the Kwangbok Area Supermarket in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 27, 2012.

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Life in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Customers wait for entering the Kwangbok Area Supermarket in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 27, 2012.

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Life in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows the Kwangbok Area Supermarket in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 27, 2012.

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Life in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Customers head to an apparel floor at the Kwangbok Area Supermarket in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 27, 2012.

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Life in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A woman buys biscuits at the Kwangbok Area Supermarket in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 27, 2012.

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Life in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A woman waits at a cash register at the Kwangbok Area Supermarket in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 27, 2012.

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Life in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A large display is seen in front of Pyongyang Station in North Korea on March 27, 2012.

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Kumamoto given expanded administrative powers

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area of the city of Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, on March 27, 2012, with a bullet train passing on the Kyushu Shinkansen Line (front). The city was accorded expanded administrative authority as it was given the status of ''government ordinance-designated city'' on April 1, 2012.

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Syrian refugee camp

MAFRAQ, Jordan - Photo shows a Syrian refugee camp in Ramtha, northern Jordan, on March 27, 2012.

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Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba - Pope Benedict XVI (C) is greeted by youths dancing at an airport in Havana, Cuba, on March 27, 2012.

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Senegalese singer N'Dour in interview

DAKAR, Senegal - Prominent Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour is interviewed by Kyodo News in Dakar, the country's capital, on March 27, 2012. His bid to run in Senegal's presidential election in February 2012 failed in January when his candidacy was rejected by the country's constitution council, citing a shortage in the number of signatures from supporters.

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Pope Benedict XVI, Cuban President Castro

HAVANA, Cuba - Cuban President Raul Castro (R) stands near Pope Benedict XVI (L) when they emerged from talks at the Revolution Palace in Havana on March 27, 2012.

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Michelle Obama plants cherry tree

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (far R) plants a cherry tree in Washington on March 27, 2012, to celebrate the long-standing friendship between the United States and Japan as part of this year's National Cherry Blossom Festival marking the 100th anniversary of the gift to Washington of cherry trees from Tokyo.

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Japan women's table tennis team reaches q'finals

DORTMUND, Germany - Sayaka Hirano of Japan plays Irene Ivancan of Germany at the women's competition in the world team table tennis championships in Dortmund, Germany, on March 27, 2012. Japan overpowered host Germany 3-0 to secure a place in the quarterfinals in the competition.

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JAL's Dreamliner jet arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Yoshiharu Ueki (front), president of Japan Airlines Co., speaks to reporters after arriving at Narita airport outside Tokyo on March 27, 2012, abroad a Dreamliner jet. The plane is one of two of the new breed of more fuel-efficient, roomier passenger aircraft that JAL took delivery of the previous day at a Boeing plant in Everett, Washington.

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Japan women's table tennis team reaches q'finals

DORTMUND, Germany - Ai Fukuhara of Japan plays Wu Jiaduo of Germany at the women's competition in the world team table tennis championships in Dortmund, Germany, on March 27, 2012. Japan overpowered host Germany 3-0 to secure a place in the quarterfinals in the competition.

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Textbook screening

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows textbooks to be used by senior high school students from April 2013, which have descriptions of nuclear power plants. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology announced the results of its textbook screenings on March 27, 2012.

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Japan women's table tennis team reaches q'finals

DORTMUND, Germany - Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan reacts after beating Kristin Silbereisen of Germany at the women's competition in the world team table tennis championships in Dortmund, Germany, on March 27, 2012. Japan overpowered host Germany 3-0 to secure a place in the quarterfinals in the competition.

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Sato wins WBC super flyweight title

TOKYO, Japan - WBC super flyweight challenger Yota Sato of Japan celebrates his win over Thai champion Suriyan Sorrungvisai at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on March 27, 2012. The judges crowned him the new champion in a 3-0 decision.

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Sato wins WBC super flyweight title

TOKYO, Japan - WBC super flyweight challenger Yota Sato (R) of Japan hits Thai champion Suriyan Sorrungvisai in the third round of their title fight at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on March 27, 2012. Sato won a unanimous decision to become the new champion.

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PM Noda after Nuclear Security Summit

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda answers reporters' questions in Seoul on March 27, 2012, after the second Nuclear Security Summit closed that day in the South Korean capital.

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Sharp to form alliance with Taiwan's Hon Hai group

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Okuda, executive managing officer of Sharp Corp., who will become the company's president on April 1, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 27, 2012. The company said the same day it will form a capital and business alliance with Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., the world's biggest contract supplier of electronics products and known for its Foxconn brand, to rebuild its liquid crystal display panel business.