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Downsized London Olympics pool opens to public

TOKYO, Japan - Peter Tudor, director of venues at London Legacy Development Corp., speaks during an interview on the downsized spectator stands of the London Aquatics Centre in the British capital on Oct. 30, 2014. The 2012 London Olympics venue has been modified by deconstructing two temporary spectator wings to reduce the capacity and minimize maintenance costs before opening to the public in March.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho (front), North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, is pictured ahead of a meeting with Junichi Ihara (back), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on March 30, 2014. The Japanese and North Korean senior diplomats agreed to work toward the settlement of "outstanding issues" as the two governments held formal talks for the first time since November 2012.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Junichi Ihara (front), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, answers reporters' questions at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing after holding talks with Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, on March 30, 2014. The Japanese and North Korean senior diplomats agreed to work toward the settlement of "outstanding issues" as the two governments held formal talks for the first time since November 2012.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho (R), North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, speaks during a meeting with Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on March 30, 2014. The Japanese and North Korean senior diplomats agreed to work toward the settlement of "outstanding issues" as the two governments held formal talks for the first time since November 2012.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Junichi Ihara (front), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, leaves the North Korean Embassy in Beijing after holding talks with Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, on March 30, 2014. The Japanese and North Korean senior diplomats agreed to work toward the settlement of "outstanding issues" as the two governments held formal talks for the first time since November 2012.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho (R back), North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, and Junichi Ihara (L front), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, hold talks at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on March 30, 2014. The Japanese and North Korean senior diplomats agreed to work toward the settlement of "outstanding issues" as the two governments held formal talks for the first time since November 2012.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho (C), North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, and Junichi Ihara (L), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, are pictured ahead of their talks at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on March 30, 2014. The Japanese and North Korean senior diplomats agreed to work toward the settlement of "outstanding issues" as the two governments held formal talks for the first time since November 2012.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho (R front), North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, and Junichi Ihara (L front), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, are pictured ahead of their talks at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on March 30, 2014. The Japanese and North Korean senior diplomats agreed to work toward the settlement of "outstanding issues" as the two governments held formal talks for the first time since November 2012.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho (3rd from R), North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, and Junichi Ihara (2nd from L), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, hold talks at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on March 30, 2014. The Japanese and North Korean senior diplomats agreed to work toward the settlement of "outstanding issues" as the two governments held formal talks for the first time since November 2012.

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Japan-N. Korea talks

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho (L), North Korea's ambassador for talks to normalize relations with Japan, and Junichi Ihara, director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at the Japanese Foreign Ministry, are pictured ahead of their talks at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on March 30, 2014. The Japanese and North Korean senior diplomats agreed to work toward the settlement of "outstanding issues" as the two governments held formal talks for the first time since November 2012.

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3 years after quake-tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Panoramic photos show the Shishiori area of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, (from top) on March 15, 2011, four days after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, on Aug. 30, 2012, and on Feb. 14, 2014.

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Nintendo slashes FY 2012 outlook

OSAKA, Japan - Nintendo Co. President Satoru Iwata holds a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 30, 2013. The game console maker revised downward its earnings outlook for fiscal 2012 ending March, forecasting a 20 billion yen group operating loss after seeing sluggish year-end sales.

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Airport in disaster-hit region resumes all routes

SENDAI, Japan - Passengers from Changchun, China, are greeted upon arrival at Sendai Airport on the night of July 30, 2012, as the most used international gateway in northeastern Japan completed resumption of service to all destinations it was linked to prior to the catastrophic March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The last international route was reestablished with the evening arrival of a China Southern Airline flight from Changchun.

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IAEA team inspects Onagawa nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Sujit Samaddar, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency's International Seismic Safety Center, speaks in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 30, 2012, before starting an inspection of the Onagawa nuclear power plant, which was relatively undamaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the area in March 2011.

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Large tank being dissembled

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - An 11-meter-tall fish oil tank shown being dissembled in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 30, 2012. The tank, painted like a huge whale meat can, had sat on its side on the median of a road since being washed away from a seafood factory by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Large tank being dissembled

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - An 11-meter-tall fish oil tank shown being dissembled in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 30, 2012. The tank, painted like a huge whale meat can, had sat on its side on the median of a road since being washed away from a seafood factory by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Tahrir Square in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - Cairo's Tahrir Square is crowded with tourists on March 30, 2012. The square was the site of demonstrations during the Arab revolutions in 2011.

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Myanmar election

YANGON, Myanmar - Campaigners for the National League for Democracy, a party led by Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ask for support in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 30, 2012, ahead of the April 1 parliamentary by-elections.

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Myanmar election

YANGON, Myanmar - A supporter holds a portrait of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, on March 30, 2012, ahead of the April 1 parliamentary by-elections.

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Takahashi, Tran at world c'ships

NICE, France - Japan's Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran celebrate as they won the bronze in the pairs at the figure skating world championships in Nice, France, on March 30, 2012. They made history by claiming Japan's first pairs skating world medal with the bronze.

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Tibetan gov't-in-exile leader

NEW DELHI, India - Tibetan government-in-exile Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in New Delhi on March 30, 2012.

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Takahashi, Tran at world c'ships

NICE, France - Japan's Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran perform during the pairs' free skate at the figure skating world championships in Nice, France, on March 30, 2012. They made history by claiming Japan's first pairs skating world medal with the bronze.

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Hearn exhibition in Matsue

MATSUE, Japan - The inside of the Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, is pictured on March 30, 2012, ahead of a year-long exhibition from April 1, 2012. It follows through photographs the footsteps of writer Lafcadio Hearn, who became a naturalized Japanese known as Yakumo Koizumi.

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Takahashi, Tran at world c'ships

NICE, France - Japan's Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran perform during the pairs' free skate at the figure skating world championships in Nice, France, on March 30, 2012. They made history by claiming Japan's first pairs skating world medal with the bronze.

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Chan at world c'ships

NICE, France - Canada's Patrick Chan performs during the men's short program at the figure skating world championships in Nice, France, on March 30, 2012. He placed first.

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Chan at world c'ships

NICE, France - Canada's Patrick Chan performs during the men's short program at the figure skating world championships in Nice, France, on March 30, 2012. He placed first.

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Mariners' Suzuki, Kawasaki leave Japan

NARITA, Japan - Ichiro Suzuki (C) and Munenori Kawasaki (R top) of the Seattle Mariners are pictured at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on March 30, 2012, shortly before departing for Arizona where the U.S. major league team will hold a training session.

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Takahashi at world c'ships

NICE, France - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi stumbles on the second jump during the men's short program at the figure skating world championships in Nice, France, on March 30, 2012. He placed third.

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Chinese Pres. Hu arrives in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) arrives at Phnom Penh's international airport on March 30, 2012, on a four-day state visit to Cambodia.

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North Korean diplomat heads for Germany

BEIJING, China - Ri Gun, director of the U.S. Affairs Department at North Korea's Foreign Ministry, answers reporters' questions at Beijing's international airport on March 30, 2012, prior to his departure for Berlin. Ri is scheduled to attend a symposium beginning the following day near Berlin.

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IBM Japan to have 1st foreign president in 56 years

TOKYO, Japan - Martin Jetter, vice president of corporate strategy at International Business Machines Corp., holds a press conference at the head office of IBM Japan Ltd. in Tokyo on March 30, 2012. The Japanese unit said the same day Jetter will succeed Takayuki Hashimoto as its president, effective May 15, becoming the first non-Japanese president of IBM Japan in about 56 years.

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Restaurants to be banned from serving raw beef liver

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 30, 2012, shows blocks of raw beef liver at a restaurant in Tokyo's Shimbashi district. A health ministry panel compiled plans the same day to legally ban restaurants from serving raw beef liver, following the discovery that it contains the O-157 strain of E. coli bacteria. Raw liver is considered a delicacy in Japan.

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Restaurants to be banned from serving raw beef liver

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 30, 2012, shows sliced raw beef liver served at a restaurant in Tokyo's Shimbashi district. A health ministry panel compiled plans the same day to legally ban restaurants from serving raw beef liver, following the discovery that it contains the O-157 strain of E. coli bacteria. Raw liver is considered a delicacy in Japan.

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AKB48 members sing Japan anthem

TOKYO, Japan - Atsuko Maeda (2nd from L, front) and other members of all-girl pop group AKB48 sing Japan's national anthem before the season opener in the Central League between the Yomiuri Giants and the Yakult Swallows at Tokyo Dome on March 30, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Restaurants to be banned from serving raw beef liver

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 30, 2012, shows sliced raw beef liver (front) served at a restaurant in Tokyo's Shimbashi district. A health ministry panel compiled plans the same day to legally ban restaurants from serving raw beef liver, following the discovery that it contains the O-157 strain of E. coli bacteria. Raw liver is considered a delicacy in Japan.

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Court rejects suit by ex-JAL cabin attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Taeko Uchida (L), who heads a group of 72 former Japan Airlines cabin attendants dismissed by the company, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 30, 2012, after the Tokyo District Court earlier in the day ruled against a lawsuit filed by the group over the dismissals. In the trial, they argued that they had been dismissed unfairly during the course of the carrier's rehabilitation, and sought a court order directing the airline to reemploy them.

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James Cameron in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Film director James Cameron speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 30, 2012, to promote the 3D version of the 1997 hit movie ''Titanic,'' ahead of its release in Japan in early April.

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Suu Kyi in press conference

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) speaks at a press conference at her home in Yangon on March 30, 2012.

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Cabinet OKs sales tax hike bill

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda talks about his Cabinet's approval of a bill to raise the consumption tax at a press conference at his office in Tokyo on March 30, 2012.

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Mariners' Suzuki, Kawasaki leave Japan

NARITA, Japan - Ichiro Suzuki (L) and Munenori Kawasaki of the Seattle Mariners wave at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on March 30, 2012, shortly before departing for Arizona where the U.S. major league team will hold a training session.

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Chilean president visits Minamisanriku

SENDAI, Japan - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera offers flowers at a gutted municipal government building in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 30, 2012. Dozens of people died at the building when it was engulfed by the massive tsunami in March 2011.

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Chilean president visits Minamisanriku

SENDAI, Japan - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera and his wife Cecilia Morel stand near the head from a replica of Easter Island's Moai statue, outside Shizugawa High School in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 30, 2012. The replica of the famous statue on the island, a Chilean territory, was donated to the town in 1991 by Chile as a symbol of the town's recovery from damage caused by a tsunami triggered by an earthquake in Chile in 1960. The replica was damaged by the March 2011 tsunami.

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Net access in subway

TOKYO, Japan - A man uses a smartphone in a subway train of Tokyo Metro Co.'s Shinjuku Line in Tokyo on March 30, 2012. Two Tokyo subway operators began offering wireless communication service enabling passengers to check emails and access the Internet as they travel between stations on limited sections of two lines. The new service is likely to extend to cover all of the operators' 13 lines by the end of the year.

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Myanmar election

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi answers reporters' questions in Yangon on March 30, 2012, ahead of April 1 parliamentary by-elections.

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Nagoya proton therapy center

NAGOYA, Japan - The Nagoya proton therapy center's gantry room in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, is disclosed to the media on Jan. 30, 2012. The cancer treatment institute is expected to open for business in March 2013.

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Canon Chairman Mitarai to return as president

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009, shows Canon Inc. Chairman Fujio Mitarai. Canon said Jan. 30, 2012, that the 76-year-old Mitarai, who was president of the company from 1995 to 2006, will return as president on March 29 to help it achieve its targets through 2015 amid uncertain business prospects stemming from the eurozone debt crisis.

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Hawaiian-style spa in Fukushima Pref. to fully resume

IWAKI, Japan - Members of a hula dancing team at a Hawaiian-style spa leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and other employees cheer on Jan. 30, 2012, before the full-scale reopening of the Spa Resort Hawaiians complex on Feb. 8, 2012. The facility damaged by the March 2011 earthquake has partially resumed its operation since October 2011.

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Fukushima Univ. to waive tuition for disaster-hit students

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima University President Osamu Nittono (L), at a press conference in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 30, 2011, said the university will waive tuition and enrollment fees for students severely affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and ensuing nuclear disaster, from the next academic year starting in April 2012.

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Peach Aviation's uniforms

TOKYO, Japan - A man and women pose in cabin attendant uniforms of Peach Aviation Ltd. during the uniforms' unveiling event held by the company at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. Peach Aviation was established in February 2011 by All Nippon Airways Co. as a joint low-cost carrier with Hong Kong-based investment firms to operate flights from and to Kansai International Airport near Osaka city, beginning in March 2012.

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Peach Aviation's uniforms

TOKYO, Japan - A man and women pose in cabin attendant uniforms of Peach Aviation Ltd. during the uniforms' unveiling event held by the company at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. Peach Aviation was established in February 2011 by All Nippon Airways Co. as a joint low-cost carrier with Hong Kong-based investment firms to operate flights from and to Kansai International Airport near Osaka city, beginning in March 2012.