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Unrest in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was a political foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaks at a rally to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861) in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 9, 2014. Khodorkovsky, who was serving a prison term for tax evasion and other charges, was freed in late 2013 when Putin pardoned him.

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Fishing vessel washed ashore by 2011 tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Work begins Sept. 9, 2013, to dismantle a 330-ton fishing vessel that was washed ashore by the March 2011 tsunami and has remained stranded in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, one of the hardest-hit cities in northeastern Japan. Although the stricken vessel, the Kyotoku Maru No. 18, had become a tourist attraction, a plan by the city government of Kesennuma to preserve it as a memorial met with resistance from local residents, who said it revived bitter memories of the calamity.

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Fishing vessel washed ashore by 2011 tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Work begins Sept. 9, 2013, to dismantle a 330-ton fishing vessel that was washed ashore by the March 2011 tsunami and has remained stranded in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, one of the hardest-hit cities in northeastern Japan. Although the stricken vessel, the Kyotoku Maru No. 18, had become a tourist attraction, a plan by the city government of Kesennuma to preserve it as a memorial met with resistance from local residents, who said it revived bitter memories of the calamity.

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Fishing vessel washed ashore by 2011 tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Work begins Sept. 9, 2013, to dismantle a 330-ton fishing vessel that was washed ashore by the March 2011 tsunami and has remained stranded in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, one of the hardest-hit cities in northeastern Japan. Although the stricken vessel, the Kyotoku Maru No. 18, had become a tourist attraction, a plan by the city government of Kesennuma to preserve it as a memorial met with resistance from local residents, who said it revived bitter memories of the calamity.

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Fishing vessel washed ashore by 2011 tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Work begins Sept. 9, 2013, to dismantle a 330-ton fishing vessel that was washed ashore by the March 2011 tsunami and has remained stranded in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, one of the hardest-hit cities in northeastern Japan. Although the stricken vessel, the Kyotoku Maru No. 18, had become a tourist attraction, a plan by the city government of Kesennuma to preserve it as a memorial met with resistance from local residents, who said it revived bitter memories of the calamity.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Shishiori area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). Work began Sept. 9, 2013, to dismantle the fishing vessel Kyotoku Maru No. 18 (front in both) that was washed ashore by the tsunami and has remained stranded.

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Ex-Fukushima Daiichi plant chief Yoshida dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, giving a speech as the crippled plant is shown to journalists for the first time since the start of the nuclear crisis in March 2011. Yoshida died of esophageal cancer at a Tokyo hospital on July 9, 2013, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. He was 58. After the Fukushima complex was hit by tsunami waves following a huge earthquake, Yoshida took command of the situation in an isolated building on the plant's premises.

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Ex-Fukushima Daiichi plant chief Yoshida dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2011 shows Masao Yoshida, head of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex, as the crippled plant is shown to journalists for the first time since the start of the nuclear crisis in March 2011. Yoshida died of esophageal cancer at a Tokyo hospital on July 9, 2013, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. He was 58. After the Fukushima complex was hit by tsunami waves following a huge earthquake, Yoshida took command of the situation in an isolated building on the plant's premises.

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Sony posts 1st net profit in 5 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato speaks during a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on May 9, 2013. Sony posted a group net profit of 43.03 billion yen for fiscal 2012 ended in March 2013, returning to the black for the first time in five years, citing sales of assets and the benefit of a weaker yen.

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Sony posts 1st net profit in 5 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato (2nd from front in left row) speaks during a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on May 9, 2013. Sony posted a group net profit of 43.03 billion yen for fiscal 2012 ended in March 2013, returning to the black for the first time in five years, citing sales of assets and the benefit of a weaker yen.

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Vatican pope

ROME, Italy - Photo taken March 9, 2013, shows the Sistine Chapel in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. No new pope was chosen after the first day of voting by cardinals at the chapel on March 12 with black smoke emerging from its chimney, signaling failure to reach an agreement.

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Memorial service in Brazil for March 2011 Japan quake

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Women join their hands in prayer at a memorial service in Sao Paulo held by Japanese-Brazilians on March 9, 2013, ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster that devastated northeastern Japan and crippled the Fukushima nuclear complex.

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Memorial service in Brazil for March 2011 Japan quake

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Saya Sasaki (2nd from R) and Sakura Takano (3rd from R), "high school student ambassadors for peace," attend a memorial service in Sao Paulo held by Japanese-Brazilians on March 9, 2013, ahead of the second anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster that devastated northeastern Japan and crippled the Fukushima nuclear complex. Sasaki and Takano are both survivors of the 2011 disaster.

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Yankees' Rivera to retire

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera announces he will retire from baseball at the end of the season during a press conference in Tampa, Florida, on March 9, 2013.

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Ishikawa makes hole in one

RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico - Japan's Ryo Ishikawa celebrates after nailing a hole in one on the par-3 eighth hole in the third round of the Puerto Rico Open in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, on March 9, 2013.

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Yankees' Rivera to retire

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera announces he will retire from baseball at the end of the season during a press conference in Tampa, Florida, on March 9, 2013.

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Yankees' Rivera to retire

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera announces he will retire from baseball at the end of the season during a press conference in Tampa, Florida, on March 9, 2013.

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Kenya President-elect Kenyatta

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta gestures to his supporters in Nairobi on March 9, 2013, after it was announced that he won the presidential election.

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Kenya President-elect Kenyatta

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta speaks in Nairobi on March 9, 2013, after it was announced that he won the presidential election.

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Cuba vs. Taiwan in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Taiwan pitcher Yang Yao-hsun reacts after Yasmany Tomas of Cuba hit a three-run home run in the fourth inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game at Tokyo Dome on March 9, 2013. Cuban moved to within one win of its second trip to the WBC final round, with a 14-0 victory.

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Cuba vs. Taiwan in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Frederich Cepeda of Cuba hits a two-run home run to open the scoring off Taiwan pitcher Lo Ching-lung in the first inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game at Tokyo Dome on March 9, 2013. The Taiwanese catcher is Kao Chih-kang. Cuban moved to within one win of its second trip to the WBC final round, with a 14-0 victory.

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Cuba vs. Taiwan in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Yasmany Tomas of Cuba hits a three-run home run in the fourth inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against Taiwan at Tokyo Dome on March 9, 2013. Cuban moved to within one win of its second trip to the WBC final round, with a 14-0 victory.

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Cuba vs. Taiwan in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Frederich Cepeda of Cuba hits a two-run home run to open the scoring in the first inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against Taiwan at Tokyo Dome on March 9, 2013. Cuban moved to within one win of its second trip to the WBC final round, with a 14-0 victory.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows trolleybuses and pedestrians in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 9, 2013.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows repairs being made to a trolleybus in front of Pyongyang Station in North Korea on March 9, 2013.

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Antinuclear demonstration in Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Antinuclear demonstrators march in central Taipei on March 9, 2013, ahead of the second anniversary of the nuclear meltdown in northeastern Japan triggered by the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.

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Cuba vs. Taiwan in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Taiwan starter Lo Ching-lung pitches against Cuba in a World Baseball Classic second-round game at Tokyo Dome on March 9, 2013. Cuban moved to within one win of its second trip to the WBC final round, with a 14-0 victory.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi holds a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2013.

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Cuba vs. Taiwan in WBC

TOKYO, Japan - Cuba starter Danny Betancourt pitches against Taiwan in a World Baseball Classic second-round game at Tokyo Dome on March 9, 2013. Cuban moved to within one win of its second trip to the WBC final round, with a 14-0 victory.

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Petal carpets at Osaka Station

OSAKA, Japan - ''Carpets'' made of petals are on display at Osaka Station in Osaka on March 9, 2013.

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Petal carpets at Osaka Station

OSAKA, Japan - ''Carpets'' made of petals are on display at Osaka Station in Osaka on March 9, 2013.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi holds a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2013.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi holds a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2013.

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Museum on architect Ando

OSAKA, Japan - Architect Tadao Ando (2nd from L) cuts the tape at the opening ceremony of Ando Museum, a museum dedicated to his works, on Naoshima, an island in Kagawa Prefecture, on March 9, 2013.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi holds a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2013.

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Museum on architect Ando

OSAKA, Japan - Architect Tadao Ando tours Ando Museum, a museum dedicated to his works, on Naoshima, an island in Kagawa Prefecture, on March 9, 2013.

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Japanese conductor returns home from N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japanese conductor Michiyoshi Inoue leaves a hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, on March 9, 2013, to return to Japan. Inoue led the State Symphony Orchestra, North Korea's largest orchestra, in a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony the previous day.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (C) holds a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 9, 2013.

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Animals in Fukushima no-go zone

TOMIOKA, Japan - A pig-boar hybrid searches for food in a house damaged by the March 2011 tsunami in a photo using infrared on the evening of Feb. 9, 2013, in a no-go zone in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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75-yr-old reopens 'ramen' shop twice after 2 big disasters

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tsutomu Nozaki stands in front of his newly opened ramen shop in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture on Feb. 9, 2013. Nozaki was forced to close his ramen shop in Naraha as the prefectural town falls within an area designated as one where people are only allowed to stay during daytime due to fears of radiation in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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75-yr-old reopens 'ramen' shop twice after 2 big disasters

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Tsutomu Nozaki cooks ramen on Feb. 9, 2013 at his newly opened eatery in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, where he took refuge from the prefectural town of Naraha. Naraha is designated as within an area where people are only allowed to stay during daytime due to fears of radiation in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Mitsubishi SUV Outlander

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s Outlander sports utility vehicle. The automaker announced Feb. 9, 2012, that it will launch a plug-in hybrid model of the Outlander within fiscal 2012 ending in March 2013. The model is expected to become the first commercial plug-in hybrid SUV, according to the automaker.