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California nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - A March 2011 file photo shows the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in southern California in the United States. Electric utility Southern California Edison announced on June 7, 2013, that two reactors at the plant taken offline in early 2012 due to faulty steam generators made by a Japanese manufacturer will be shut down for good.

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Restoring historic buildings

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in August 2012 shows an outlet of sake brewery Otokoyama Honten Co., which was damaged by the March 2011 tsunami, in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The World Monuments Fund in New York said on March 7, 2013, that it will give $250,000 to rebuild seven historic buildings in Kesennuma, including the Okotoyama Honten store.

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Chinese dissident Lu

TOKYO, Japan - A May 2012 file photo shows Chinese human rights activist Lu Haitao. Lu has been in the United States after having taken refuge at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing in December 2012, it was learned on March 7, 2013.

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Quake hits northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture is crowded with passengers as train services are suspended after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 jolted northeastern and eastern Japan on Dec. 7, 2012. The Tohoku region of northeastern Japan was devastated by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

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Quake hits northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - JR Sendai Station in Miyagi Prefecture is crowded with passengers as train services are suspended after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 jolted northeastern and eastern Japan on Dec. 7, 2012. The Tohoku region of northeastern Japan was devastated by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

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Quake hits northeastern Japan

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Firefighters call for evacuation from coastal areas in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, at around 5:47 p.m. on Dec. 7, 2012, following a tsunami warning after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 jolted northeastern and eastern Japan at 5:18 p.m. The Tohoku region of northeastern Japan was devastated by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

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Quake hits northeastern Japan

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Officials gather information in the city hall of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, at around 5:38 p.m. on Dec. 7, 2012, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 jolted northeastern and eastern Japan at 5:18 p.m. The Tohoku region of northeastern Japan was devastated by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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Recaptured penguin back at Tokyo aquarium

TOKYO, Japan - A male Humboldt penguin (L bottom) is put back on public display at Tokyo Sea Life Park in Edogawa Ward on June 7, 2012, for the first time in about three months. The penguin was recaptured on May 24 after escaping from the seaside aquarium in early March.

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Tornado hits Ibaraki

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo taken on May 7, 2012 shows a house which collapsed (below), killing a teenage boy in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, when a tornado ripped through the prefecture in eastern Japan the previous day. Dozens of other people were injured in the tornado. At the back is a housing complex where several families from Fukushima Prefecture had evacuated following the nuclear crisis that was caused by the huge earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.

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Tornado hits Ibaraki

TSUKUBA, Japan - Photo taken on May 7, 2012 shows a house which collapsed, killing a teenage boy in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, when a tornado ripped through the prefecture in eastern Japan the previous day. Dozens of other people were injured in the tornado. At the back is a housing complex where several families from Fukushima Prefecture had evacuated following the nuclear crisis that was caused by the huge earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.

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Lifelike dolls of disaster victim pets

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken in Kitakata, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2012, shows dolls made of Paulownia wood powder replicating pet cats and dogs that lost their lives in connection with the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster or the ensuing nuclear crisis.

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Lifelike dolls of disaster victim pets

SENDAI, Japan - Kumi Endo, representative of craft shop Kinomoto, creates a replica cat with Paulownia wood powder in Kitakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 7, 2012. Dolls of cats and dogs that lost their lives in connection with the disaster of March 2011 and ensuing nuclear crisis are made at the shop.

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Tokyo Tower undergoes repairs

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 7, 2012, shows scaffolding set up for repairs to 333-meter Tokyo Tower in the capital's Minato Ward after the tip was bent during the March 2011 quake.

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Tokyo Tower undergoes repairs

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 7, 2012, shows scaffolding set up for repairs to 333-meter Tokyo Tower in the capital's Minato Ward after the tip was bent during the March 2011 quake.

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Tokyo Tower undergoes repairs

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on April 7, 2012, shows scaffolding set up for repairs to 333-meter Tokyo Tower in the capital's Minato Ward after the tip was bent during the March 2011 quake.

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Falkland Islands

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - An English signboard reading ''Welcome to the Falkland Islands'' is seen in Stanley, the Falkland Islands, a British territory, on March 7, 2012.

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Meryl Streep in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken at a hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward on March 7, 2012, shows U.S. actress Meryl Streep.

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Bus removed from roof of building

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Combined photos show a bus on the rooftop (top) of a two-story community center in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 7, 2012, and the process of removing it on March 10, 2012, on the eve of the first anniversary of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in northeast Japan. Tsunami waves carried the bus to the rooftop of the 10-meter-high building.

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Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2012 (bottom), in which debris has been removed.

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Japan beaten by Germany in Algarve Cup final

FARO, Portugal - Japan's Yuki Nagasato (17) scores her team's third goal against Germany in the second half of the final of the Algarve Cup in Faro, Portugal, on March 7, 2012. Japan was defeated 4-3.

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Miyama capped Algarve Cup MVP

FARO, Portugal - Japan's captain Aya Miyama is pictured after being named MVP of the Algarve Cup in Faro, Portugal, on March 7, 2012. Japan lost to Germany in the final the same day.

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Japan beaten by Germany in Algarve Cup final

FARO, Portugal - Japan's Nahomi Kawasumi (L) scores her team's first goal against Germany in the first half of the final of the Algarve Cup in Faro, Portugal, on March 7, 2012. Japan was defeated 4-3.

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Japan beaten by Germany in Algarve Cup final

FARO, Portugal - Japan's Asuna Tanaka (upper C) celebrates with teammates after scoring her team's second goal against Germany in the second half of the final of the Algarve Cup in Faro, Portugal, on March 7, 2012. Japan was defeated 4-3.

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Kashiwa beaten by Buriram

BURIRAM, Thailand - Hiroki Sakai (4) of J-League champions Kashiwa Reysol heads home to equalize during the second half of an Asian Champions League opener against Thailand's Buriram United in Buriram, Thailand, on March 7, 2012. Kashiwa lost 3-2.

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Kashiwa beaten by Buriram

BURIRAM, Thailand - Junya Tanaka of J-League champions Kashiwa Reysol scores his team's first goal during the second half of an Asian Champions League opener against Thailand's Buriram United in Buriram, Thailand, on March 7, 2012. Kashiwa lost 3-2.

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U.S., N. Korea hold talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Robert King, U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, speaks to reporters in Beijing on March 7, 2012, after holding talks with An Myong Hun, deputy director general of the U.S. Affairs Department at North Korea's Foreign Ministry.

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Nagoya draw with Seongnam

NAGOYA, Japan - Mu Kanazaki (C) of Japan's Nagoya Grampus plays during the second half of an Asian Champions League opener against Seongnam Ilhwa of South Korea in Nagoya on March 7, 2012. The teams drew 2-2.

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Nagoya draw with Seongnam

NAGOYA, Japan - Josh Kennedy (R) of Japan's Nagoya Grampus scores on a penalty kick during the second half of an Asian Champions League opener against Seongnam Ilhwa of South Korea in Nagoya on March 7, 2012. The teams drew 2-2.

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U.S., N. Korea hold talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Robert King (2nd from L), U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, leaves the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on March 7, 2012, after holding talks with An Myong Hun, deputy director general of the U.S. Affairs Department at North Korea's Foreign Ministry.

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U.S., N. Korea hold talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Robert King (2nd from L), U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, leaves the North Korean Embassy in Beijing on March 7, 2012, after holding talks with An Myong Hun, deputy director general of the U.S. Affairs Department at North Korea's Foreign Ministry.

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Yingluck in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra speaks during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda after their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 7, 2012.

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Yingluck in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (R) and Tadashi Okamura, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, hold talks at a hotel in Tokyo on March 7, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Yingluck in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda give a joint press conference after their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 7, 2012.

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PM Noda in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks in an interview with Kyodo News and domestic newspapers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 7, 2012. Noda indicated he is flexible about revising bills on a planned sales tax hike after they are submitted to parliament by the end of March.

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Yamada soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture, on April 7, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 1, 2012 (bottom).

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Onagawa soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show an area in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 16, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 7, 2012 (bottom).

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Iwaki soon after quake, now

IWAKI, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 11, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 7, 2012 (bottom).

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Iwaki soon after quake, now

IWAKI, Japan - Photos show an area in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 11, 2011 (top), shortly after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami that day, and the same location on March 7, 2012 (bottom).

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Knuckleball pitcher Baker

TOKYO, Japan - Chelsea Baker, a 14-year-old pitcher in the U.S. Little League known for her knuckleball, poses in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on March 7, 2012, during her first visit to Japan.

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Rikuzentakata soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 19, 2011 (L), shortly after the area was devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the same location on March 7, 2012 (R). Temporary housing units have been built on the ground of a junior high school (front).

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Minamisanriku soon after quake, now

TOKYO, Japan - Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show 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 town on March 7, 2012 (bottom). Shizugawa High School is shown in the front.

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Conductor Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa. His office said in March 7, 2012, that Ozawa will cancel all of his scheduled performances through the end of February 2013 so he can concentrate on regaining his health.

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U.S., N. Korea hold talks in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Robert King (R), U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, answers reporters' questions in Beijing on March 7, 2012, before holding talks with An Myong Hun, deputy director general of the U.S. Affairs Department at North Korea's Foreign Ministry.

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Arson-murder retrial

OSAKA, Japan - Lawyers (L) inform supporters of a decision by the Osaka District Court in Osaka on March 7, 2012, to grant a retrial to the mother of an 11-year-old girl and the woman's common-law husband, who were sentenced to life imprisonment for the girl's murder in Osaka in 1995.

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Thai premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano (L) and Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on March 7, 2012.

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Fluid removed from emperor's chest

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken July 16, 2011, shows Japanese Emperor Akihito. The 78-year-old emperor underwent a procedure on March 7, 2012, to remove fluid from his chest that had accumulated since his heart bypass surgery in the previous month, the Imperial Household Agency said.

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Geiko in Kyoto prepare for spring performance

KYOTO, Japan - Geiko including young apprentices called maiko attend a photo shoot in Kyoto on Feb. 15, 2012. They had a fitting session the same day for their upcoming ''Kitano Odori'' (Kitano Dance) performances from March 25 to April 7, 2012.

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Toyota raises profit, sales estimates

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Officer Takahiko Ijichi speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 7, 2012. The automaker said it has raised its group net profit forecast for the business year through March 31, 2012, to 200 billion yen, up 11.1 percent from its previous estimate, citing progress in its cost-reduction measures.

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Quake-damaged Kairakuen garden fully opened

MITO, Japan - Kobuntei, the restored three-story wooden villa of Mito feudal lord Tokugawa Nariaki at the Kairakuen garden in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, is reopened to the public on Feb. 7, 2012. The villa is the last of the facilities at the renowned Japanese garden to reopen to the public 11 months after last March's earthquake damaged the site.