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Recruit founder Ezoe dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2010 shows Hiromasa Ezoe, the founder of Recruit Co., a classified advertising conglomerate that was mired in a high-profile shares-for-favors scandal in the 1980s. Ezoe died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 76 on Feb. 8, 2013.

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Actor Ikebe dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1999 shows actor Ryo Ikebe, who died of blood poisoning at the age of 92 in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2010. He is best known for his roles as a handsome protagonist in movies including the 1949 black and white film ''Aoi Sanmyaku'' (The Green Mountains).

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Hong Kong protest at Japan over island row

HONG KONG, China - Demonstrators march in Hong Kong on Sept. 8, 2010, in protest at the previous day's detention by a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat of a Chinese trawler near the disputed Senkaku Islands, called Diaoyu Island in China, in the East China Sea.

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Soccer stadium staff dance with joy as they await World Cup

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa - Exuberant cleaning workers at the Free State stadium, one of the venues of World Cup matches, show off some dance moves in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on March 8, 2010.

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Test shows electronics not cause of sudden acceleration: Toyota

LOS ANGELES, United States - An expert from outside of Toyota Motor Corp. briefs about a test on an electronic throttle-control system during a live webcast at Toyota Motor Corp.'s North America headquarters in Torrance, California, on March 8, 2010. Toyota said the test showed that unless covers of multiple wires connecting an engine-control computer and an accelerator pedal are damaged and touch each other, sudden acceleration will not occur.

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Japanese astronaut speaks ahead of flight

HOUSTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki speaks to reporters at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on March 8, 2010. Yamazaki says she is looking forward to playing a miniature ''koto'', a Japanese musical instrument, in space aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery, scheduled to depart on April 5.

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Japanese athletes at Paralympic village in Whistler

WHISTLER, Canada - Japanese athletes who will take part in skiing and biathlon events at the Vancouver Paralympic Winter Games pose for photos after a ceremony to welcome them to the Whistler Paralympic Village in Whistler, Canada, on March 8, 2010. The Paralympics will be held from March 12 to March 21.

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Test shows electronics not cause of sudden acceleration: Toyota

LOS ANGELES, United States - A woman performs a test on an electronic throttle-control system during a live webcast at Toyota Motor Corp.'s North America headquarters in Torrance, California, on March 8, 2010. Toyota said the test showed that unless covers of multiple wires connecting an engine-control computer and an accelerator pedal are damaged and touch each other, sudden acceleration will not occur.

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Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito in Ghanaian

ACCRA, GHANA - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) visits a laboratory used by Dr. Hideyo Noguchi at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, on March 8, 2010. The Japanese bacteriologist died in Ghana in 1928 of yellow fever while conducting research into the disease.

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Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito in Ghanaian

ACCRA, GHANA - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) receives a bouquet from a student at Mary Star of the Sea International School at Kasoa, Ghana, on March 8, 2010, during a visit as part of his three-day trip to the country.

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Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito in Ghanaian

ACCRA, GHANA - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) looks at a statue of Dr. Hideyo Noguchi at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, where the Japanese bacteriologist died in 1928 of yellow fever while conducting research into the disease, on March 8, 2010. The Japanese crown prince is on a three-day official visit to Ghana.

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Toyota chief promises Japan gov't steps to regain consumer trust

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (L) talks with Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara at the transport ministry in Tokyo on March 8, 2010. Earlier in the day, Toyoda met with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and promised to improve quality control to regain consumer confidence in the automaker.

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Princess Aiko attends school after being mostly absent last week

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (file photo), the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, attended school on March 8, 2010, for the first time in six days after expressing anxiety since being ''treated harshly'' by boys at her elementary school. The 8-year-old princess was accompanied by the crown princess in going into the school and attending the fourth period of morning classes, according to the Imperial Household Agency.

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Appeals court rejects redress demand for Korean forced labor

KANAZAWA, Japan - A South Korean woman who was forced to work at Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp.'s plant in Toyama during World War II speaks to reporters in Kanazawa on March 8, 2010, after the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court rejected an appeal by a group of 23 South Korean former forced laborers and their relatives to seek compensation from the Japanese government and the company.

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Japan, Denmark agree to cooperate toward COP16

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 8, 2010, before their talks. They agreed to cooperate toward making the next U.N. climate change conference a success and also to work closely in other global issues such as the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

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Toyota chief briefs Hatoyama, vows to improve quality control

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (C), accompanied by Vice President Shinichi Sasaki (L), meets with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 8, 2010. Toyoda promised to improve quality control to regain consumer confidence in the automaker.

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Toyota chief briefs Hatoyama, vows to improve quality control

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 8, 2010, after talks with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in which Toyoda promised to improve quality control to regain consumer confidence in the automaker.

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Toyota chief briefs Hatoyama, vows to improve quality control

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (L) bows to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama as he visits the prime minister's office in Tokyo for talks with Hatoyama on March 8, 2010. Toyoda promised to improve quality control to regain consumer confidence in the automaker.

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Falling Cabinet support not linked to upper house election

YAMAGATA, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa speaks to reporters in Yamagata on March 8, 2010. Ozawa suggested that the declining approval rate for Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's Cabinet will not be directly linked to the upper house election this summer.

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Toyota chief briefs Hatoyama, vows to improve quality control

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (L) talks with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 8, 2010. Toyoda promised to improve quality control to regain consumer confidence in the automaker.

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Keidanren to cease role in political donations

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on March 8, 2010, about the federation's decision to end its involvement in corporate donations by its members to political parties.

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Keidanren to cease role in political donations

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on March 8, 2010, about the federation's decision to end its involvement in corporate donations by its members to political parties.

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10th anniv. of fatal Tokyo subway accident marked

TOKYO, Japan - Executives of Tokyo Metro Co. bow to a monument near the tracks of the subway operator's Hibiya Line in Tokyo on March 8, 2010, the 10th anniversary of a derailment accident involving two subway trains which killed five passengers.

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10th anniv. of fatal Tokyo subway accident marked

TOKYO, Japan - People who lost their relatives in a subway accident in 2000 offer prayers before a monument near the tracks of Tokyo Metro Co.'s Hibiya Line in Tokyo on March 8, 2010, the 10th anniversary of the derailment accident involving two subway trains in which five passengers died.

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Asahi Breweries to promote Izumiya to president

TOKYO, Japan - Naoki Izumiya, senior managing director of Asahi Breweries Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010, after being nominated as the successor to President Hitoshi Ogita, who will become chairman. Izumiya will assume the presidency at a board meeting March 26.