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Exhibition by Japanese artist starts in Manhattan, N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Masaaki Noda, an artist from Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, explains sculptures and paintings to Sumio Kusaka, Japanese consul general in New York, and his wife on the first day of Noda's exhibition in Manhattan on May 10, 2014. The exhibition runs till June 27.

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Artist Masaaki Noda holds art exhibit in NY

TOKYO, Japan - Artist Masaaki Noda (R) explains his work of art to a visitor at an art exhibition in New York on May 10, 2014.

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Japan keeps economic assessment

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (far R), Japanese economic and fiscal policy minister Seiji Maehara (C) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (far L, front) attend a meeting of Cabinet ministers concerned on the government's monthly economic report at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2012. The government maintained its basic assessment of the Japanese economy, saying it is weakening amid the global economic downturn, but also noted signs of bottoming out in some key indicators such as production and consumption.

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Yen rises amid global stock falls

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) chats with Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa shortly before a House of Councillors committee meeting begins in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2011. Noda stressed during the meeting the need to take solid steps to address the rising yen in addition to currency market interventions.

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Noda, Shirakawa in G-7 meeting

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) speaks to reporters with Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (2nd from R) standing by, after a meeting of Group of Seven financial chiefs in Washington on April 14, 2011. Noda said G-7 agreed that their coordinated yen-selling intervention in March 2011 was effective.

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G-7 telephone consultation

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (R) answer reporters' questions at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on March 18, 2011, after taking part in a Group of Seven telephone consultation regarding currency markets.

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G-7 agrees on coordinated forex intervention

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L center) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (R center) are surrounded by reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on March 18, 2011, after a conference call with their Group of Seven counterparts. The G-7 agreed to step in the currency market in a coordinated manner to prevent the yen's sharp rise following the March 11 devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Japan Finance Minister Noda attends G-20

GYEONGJU, South Korea - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R), seated next to Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, speaks at a news conference after attending a two-day meeting of financial chiefs of the Group of 20 leading and emerging economies on Oct. 23, 2010, in Gyeongju, South Korea.

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Strong yen weighs on economy

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (3rd from R), Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (L) attend a meeting in Tokyo on the government's monthly economic report on Sept. 10, 2010. The report said the recent sharp rise of the yen against the U.S. dollar and other major currencies could depress the Japanese economy, while maintaining its basic assessment of current economic conditions.

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BOJ's Shirakawa at Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa speaks during a meeting of the House of Representatives Financial Affairs Committee on Sept. 8, 2010, in Tokyo, attended by Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L), and Financial Services Minister Shozaburo Jimi (2nd from L). Shirakawa said the BOJ will further ease its monetary policy to boost the economy, if risks to growth become clear.

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Japan explains plan to set fiscal reconstruction target

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - Japanese Senior Vice Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa hold a news conference at the end of a two-day meeting of the G-20 finance ministers and central bankers in St. Andrews, Scotland, on Nov. 7, 2009.

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BOJ's Shirakawa at Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa speaks during a meeting of the House of Representatives Financial Affairs Committee on Sept. 8, 2010, in Tokyo, attended by Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L), and Financial Services Minister Shozaburo Jimi (2nd from L). Shirakawa said the BOJ will further ease its monetary policy to boost the economy, if risks to growth become clear. (Kyodo)

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Strong yen weighs on economy

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan (3rd from R), Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (L) attend a meeting in Tokyo on the government's monthly economic report on Sept. 10, 2010. The report said the recent sharp rise of the yen against the U.S. dollar and other major currencies could depress the Japanese economy, while maintaining its basic assessment of current economic conditions. (Kyodo)

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Yen rises amid global stock falls

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) chats with Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa shortly before a House of Councillors committee meeting begins in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2011. Noda stressed during the meeting the need to take solid steps to address the rising yen in addition to currency market interventions. (Kyodo)

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Noda, Shirakawa in G-7 meeting

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) speaks to reporters with Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (2nd from R) standing by, after a meeting of Group of Seven financial chiefs in Washington on April 14, 2011. Noda said G-7 agreed that their coordinated yen-selling intervention in March 2011 was effective. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED G-7 telephone consultation

TOKYO, Japan - CORRECTED DATE Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (R) answer reporters' questions at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on March 18, 2011, after taking part in a Group of Seven telephone consultation regarding currency markets. (Kyodo)

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G-7 telephone consultation

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (R) answer reporters' questions at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on March 26, 2011, after taking part in a Group of Seven telephone consultation regarding currency markets. (Kyodo)

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G-7 agrees on coordinated forex intervention

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L center) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (R center) are surrounded by reporters at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on March 18, 2011, after a conference call with their Group of Seven counterparts. The G-7 agreed to step in the currency market in a coordinated manner to prevent the yen's sharp rise following the March 11 devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Japan Finance Minister Noda attends G-20

GYEONGJU, South Korea - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R), seated next to Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, speaks at a news conference after attending a two-day meeting of financial chiefs of the Group of 20 leading and emerging economies on Oct. 23, 2010, in Gyeongju, South Korea. (Kyodo)

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(15)Terrorist attack

NEW YORK, United States - The photo taken by Masaaki Noda around 10:30 a.m. Sept. 11 shows smoke billowing from where New York's World Trade Center stood.

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(14)Terrorist attack

NEW YORK, United States - The north tower of New York's World Trade Center continues burning after the collapse of the south tower Sept. 11. The photo was taken by Masaaki Noda at 10 a.m. local time.

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(13)Terrorist attack

NEW YORK, United States - The photo taken by Masaaki Noda shortly after the second attack around 9:10 a.m. Sept. 11 shows New York's World Trade Center towers in smoke and flames.

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(12)Terrorist attack

NEW YORK, United States - Smoke billows from the north tower (R) of New York's World Trade Center after the crash of the first plane Sept. 11. The photo was taken at 8:55 a.m. local time by Masaaki Noda.

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Japan explains plan to set fiscal reconstruction target

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland - Japanese Senior Vice Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa hold a news conference at the end of a two-day meeting of the G-20 finance ministers and central bankers in St. Andrews, Scotland, on Nov. 7, 2009. (Kyodo)