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Politicians attend the French Cup Final Soccer match

Martine Aubry and Jacques Delors during the French Cup final football match Paris Saint Germain vs Lille on May 14, 2011 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. Lille won 1 to 0. Photo by Gouhier-Guibbaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Politicians attend the French Cup Final Soccer match

Martine Aubry and Jacques Delors during the French Cup final football match Paris Saint Germain vs Lille on May 14, 2011 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. Lille won 1 to 0. Photo by Gouhier-Guibbaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. envoy Kennedy visits nuclear plant in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) and her son Jack Schlossberg (R) wearing protective suits and masks are briefed during their visit to the central control room for the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 14, 2014. The plant was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun)

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Trees planted to reforest tsunami-hit area in northern Japan

MIYAKO, Japan - People plant young trees to reforest an area in the Taro district of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 14, 2014, to regenerate tide barrier forests lost in the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Nurse at quake-hit hospital awarded by Red Cross

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken May 14, 2013, shows Aiko Kin, deputy director and head nurse at the Ishinomaki Japanese Red Cross Hospital in Miyagi Prefecture, who was awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross earlier in the year for her dedication to victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. Kin was among 32 nurses from 16 countries to receive the medal, which honors "exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster."

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Japan quake charity concert in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Members of a folk dance company from the Russian Republic of Kalmykia perform on May 14, 2012, during a charity concert event at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow to support people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Emperor, empress travel to disaster-hit Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) attend on May 12, 2012, a lecture at the Miyagi prefectural government office in Sendai by Tohoku University professor Fumihiko Imamura (L) about quake countermeasures. The imperial couple traveled to Sendai the same day for a two-day visit, during which they will meet with people still living in temporary housing 14 months after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami devastated the area. (Pool photo)

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GSDF member recalls Fukushima explosion

KORIYAMA, Japan - Col. Shinji Iwakuma of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force speaks to reporters at a GSDF garrison in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 5, 2011. He and his subordinates were on a cooling operation when a hydrogen explosion took place at the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 14. He said the detonation was so large that he thought they may not be able to survive.

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Hamaoka nuke plant's No. 5 reactor

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Photo taken May 26, 2011, shows the spent fuel pool inside of the building housing the closed down Hamaoka nuclear power plant's No. 5 reactor, in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. The plant operator Chubu Electric Power Co. unveiled the inside of the building for the first time to the media since it shut down the plant at the request of the Japanese government on May 14.

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Hamaoka nuke plant's No. 5 reactor

OMAEZAKI, Japan - People are seen inside the turbine building of the closed down Hamaoka nuclear power plant's No. 5 reactor, in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 26, 2011. The plant operator Chubu Electric Power Co. unveiled the inside of the building for the first time to the media since it shut down the plant at the request of the Japanese government on May 14.

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A's 14-0 Angels

OAKLAND, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a double in the fourth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, on May 17, 2011. The A's won 14-0.

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Myanmar begins to release prisoners on amnesty

YANGON, Myanmar - Prisoners released from Insein Prison on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, walk on a street on May 17, 2011, after being set free on general amnesty. President Thein Sein announced the amnesty granted for more than 14,600 inmates across the country on state TV the previous day.

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Myanmar begins to release prisoners on amnesty

YANGON, Myanmar - Female prisoners released from Insein Prison on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, walk on a street on May 17, 2011, after being set free on general amnesty. President Thein Sein announced the amnesty granted for more than 14,600 inmates across the country on state TV the previous day.

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Large ship offered as shelter for evacuees

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the 14,500-ton Techno Super Liner cargo-passenger ship docking at Ishinomaki Port in Miyagi Prefecture on May 16, 2011. About 2,400 people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the city are expected to stay on the ship for free from the following day through May 31, 2011.

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Kagawa returns after injury

DORTMUND, Germany - Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa takes to the pitch in the 88th minute of a match against Eintracht Frankfurt in Dortmund, Germany, on May 14, 2011. Kagawa, who was injured in January's Asian Cup, made his return coming on as a substitute in the club's 3-1 win.

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Wolfsburg beat Hoffenheim

DORTMUND, Germany - Wolfsburg's Makoto Hasebe (front) vies for the ball during a German Bundesliga match against Hoffenheim, in Hoffenheim, Germany, on May 14, 2011. Wolfsburg won 3-1.

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Dortmund's Kagawa returns after injury

DORTMUND, Germany - Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa wears Japan's national flag as he holds the German soccer championship trophy in Dortmund, Germany, on May 14, 2011, after the Bundesliga champions' beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 in the club's final league game of the season.

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China's Ding Ning wins table tennis women's singles gold

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Ding Ning of China shows off her gold medal after winning the women's singles competition at the world table tennis championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on May 14, 2011.

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Osaka landmark Tsutenkaku resumes illumination

OSAKA, Japan - Tsutenkaku Tower, a landmark in Osaka in western Japan, resumes its usual light-up during the nighttime on May 14, 2011, for the first time in about two months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern and eastern Japan.

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May Technical Examination Tournament

TOKYO, Japan - Tochinoshin (top) and Asasekiryu fall out of the ring in a spirited bout during the May Technical Examination Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 14, 2011. Tochinoshin won the match with a frontal force out.

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Osaka landmark Tsutenkaku resumes illumination

OSAKA, Japan - Tsutenkaku Tower, a landmark in Osaka in western Japan, resumes its usual light-up during the nighttime on May 14, 2011, for the first time in about two months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami struck northeastern and eastern Japan.

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Kawai tied for 3rd-round lead at Japan PGA C'ship

ONO, Japan - Hiroo Kawai of Japan launches a shot during the Japan PGA Championship at Onotoyo Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on May 14, 2011. Kawai is tied for the third round lead at 6-under 207 with South Korea's Bae Sang Moon.

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Lee, Goh to leave Cabinet of Singapore

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Lee Kuan Yew (L), Singapore's founding father, and Goh Chok Tong, former prime minister of Singapore. The two leaders said they would leave their Cabinet posts in a joint statement released on May 14, 2011, following general elections.

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Astronaut Noguchi encourages children in Natori

NATORI, Japan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi visits an evacuation shelter in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 14, 2011, to encourage children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Astronaut Wakata encourages children in Ofunato

KAMAISHI, Japan - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata answers questions from children at Ofunato Junior High School in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on May 14, 2011, during his visit to the area to encourage children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Handwritten newspaper from Ishinomaki exhibited

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A woman reads a handwritten newspaper issued shortly after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster by the Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun, a daily in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, exhibited at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama on May 14, 2011. The paper had been exhibited at the Newseum, a museum in Washington, and is being provided to the museum in Yokohama on loan.

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Crown Prince Naruhito meets evacuees in Toyama

TOYAMA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (C) talks on May 14, 2011, with evacuees from Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster and subsequent crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant during his visit to Toyama to attend a pro-green campaign event. (Pool Photo)

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PM Kan, Fukushima Gov. Sato at premier's office

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato talk at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 14, 2011. Kan told Sato that the government will responsibly provide compensation over the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant by enacting special legislation.

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Hamaoka nuclear plant shut down

NAGOYA, Japan - A display in the head office of Chubu Electric Power Co. in Nagoya, central Japan, at 10:23 a.m. on May 14, 2011, indicates output of the No. 5 reactor (H5) at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture falling to zero. The No. 3 unit has already been suspended for regular checkups and the No.4 unit was halted the previous day following a request by the government to suspend the whole plant as a precautionary measure in view of the probability of a powerful earthquake striking the region on an active major fault line.

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Seafood market in disaster-hit Shiogama

SHIOGAMA, Japan - People examine fish and other marine products at a store in the intermediate wholesaler market in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 14, 2011. Almost all of some 350 shops in the market have resumed business more than two months after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, while the store has been buying fish from the Hokkaido and Kyushu areas to overcome shortages of local products.

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Toshiba president Sasaki in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. President Norio Sasaki speaks during an interview in Tokyo on April 14, 2011. He said the company may be forced to revise its plan to win orders to build 39 nuclear reactors around the world by fiscal 2015 following the nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima Prefecture triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Libyan security arrests 300 illegal migrants

STORY: Libyan security arrests 300 illegal migrants DATELINE: May 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of illegal migrants 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ASHRAF BEN-ISA, Commander of the Security Directorates of the Western Region STORYLINE: The Libyan security arrested 300 illegal migrants in the western cities of Zuwara and Surman, a security official said Friday. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ASHRAF BEN-ISA, Commander of the Security Directorates of the Western Region "A total of 300 illegal migrants of different nationalities were arrested, 110 of whom were arrested at the beach as they were boarding boats to cross the sea, while the rest were arrested in different locations in the cities." Libya has been suffering insecurity and chaos since the fall of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, making the North African country a preferred point of departure for illegal migrants who want to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European shores. In 2021, a total of 32,425 ille

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Taiwan stands firm on tougher rules over Japanese food imports

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou speaks at a press conference with Japanese media representatives in Taipei on April 14, 2015. The Taiwan government has, as planned, implemented tougher restrictions on food imports from Japan starting on May 15, due to concerns over radiation from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, despite calls from Tokyo for them to be scrapped given a lack of scientific grounds to substantiate such a move. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan stands firm on tougher rules over Japanese food imports

A senior official of Taiwan's Ministry of Health and Welfare explains during a press conference in Taipei on May 14, 2015, about tightened restrictions on food imports from Japan, effective the following day, due to concerns over radiation from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Tokyo had called for the new rules to be retracted given a lack of scientific grounds for such a move, but to no avail. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TV mascot character entertains kids at Fukushima child center

Tsumori Yamori (L), a popular gecko character featured in Japan Broadcasting Corp.'s (NHK) "Minna no Uta" (Songs for Everyone) program for kids, entertains children during a visit to an early childhood education and care center in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 14, 2015. The Aozora Kodomoen facility is run by the town of Naraha but currently operates at a temporary campus in Iwaki as the entire town remains evacuated due to radioactive contamination from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TV mascot character entertains kids at Fukushima child center

Children dance along with Tsumori Yamori (L), a popular gecko character featured in Japan Broadcasting Corp.'s (NHK) "Minna no Uta" (Songs for Everyone) program for kids, during its visit to an early childhood education and care center in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 14, 2015. The Aozora Kodomoen facility is run by the town of Naraha but currently operates at a temporary campus in Iwaki as the entire town remains evacuated due to radioactive contamination from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster in the northeastern Japan region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 yrs since complete halt of Hamaoka nuclear complex

Photo taken May 13, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Hamaoka nuclear plant in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka. May 14 marks four years since the plant, operated by Chubu Electric Power Co., was completely halted in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. The timing of its resumption remains unclear as Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu says a local referendum needs to be held to approve it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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4 yrs since complete halt of Hamaoka nuclear complex

Photo taken May 13, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Hamaoka nuclear plant in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka. May 14 marks four years since the plant, operated by Chubu Electric Power Co., was completely halted in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. The timing of its resumption remains unclear as Shizuoka Gov. Heita Kawakatsu says a local referendum needs to be held to approve it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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GSDF member recalls Fukushima explosion

KORIYAMA, Japan - Col. Shinji Iwakuma of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force speaks to reporters at a GSDF garrison in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 5, 2011. He and his subordinates were on a cooling operation when a hydrogen explosion took place at the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 14. He said the detonation was so large that he thought they may not be able to survive. (Kyodo)

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Lodging facility at Fukushima Daini plant

TOKYO, Japan - Supplied photo shows bunk beds at an accommodation facility for workers at a gymnasium of the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on May 14, 2011. (Photo courtesy of Tokyo Electric Power Co.)(Kyodo)

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Hamaoka nuke plant's No. 5 reactor

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Photo taken May 26, 2011, shows the spent fuel pool inside of the building housing the closed down Hamaoka nuclear power plant's No. 5 reactor, in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. The plant operator Chubu Electric Power Co. unveiled the inside of the building for the first time to the media since it shut down the plant at the request of the Japanese government on May 14. (Kyodo)

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Hamaoka nuke plant's No. 5 reactor

OMAEZAKI, Japan - People are seen inside the turbine building of the closed down Hamaoka nuclear power plant's No. 5 reactor, in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, on May 26, 2011. The plant operator Chubu Electric Power Co. unveiled the inside of the building for the first time to the media since it shut down the plant at the request of the Japanese government on May 14. (Kyodo)

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A's 14-0 Angels

OAKLAND, United States - Oakland Athletics designated hitter Hideki Matsui hits a double in the fourth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, on May 17, 2011. The A's won 14-0. (Kyodo)

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Japan quake charity concert in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Members of a folk dance company from the Russian Republic of Kalmykia perform on May 14, 2012, during a charity concert event at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow to support people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Kagawa returns after injury

DORTMUND, Germany - Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa takes to the pitch in the 88th minute of a match against Eintracht Frankfurt in Dortmund, Germany, on May 14, 2011. Kagawa, who was injured in January's Asian Cup, made his return coming on as a substitute in the club's 3-1 win. (Kyodo)

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Dortmund's Kagawa returns after injury

DORTMUND, Germany - Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa wears Japan's national flag as he holds the German soccer championship trophy in Dortmund, Germany, on May 14, 2011, after the Bundesliga champions' beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 in the club's final league game of the season. (Kyodo)

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Wolfsburg beat Hoffenheim

DORTMUND, Germany - Wolfsburg's Makoto Hasebe (front) vies for the ball during a German Bundesliga match against Hoffenheim, in Hoffenheim, Germany, on May 14, 2011. Wolfsburg won 3-1. (Kyodo)

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China's Ding Ning wins table tennis women's singles gold

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Ding Ning of China shows off her gold medal after winning the women's singles competition at the world table tennis championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on May 14, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Spelling bee in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Yuichi Yoshioka (C) from Global Indian International School competes in the finals of a spelling bee in Tokyo on May 14, 2011. The 12-year-old won the top spot among 19 contestants in the 2nd Japan Times Bee. (Kyodo)

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Lee, Goh to leave Cabinet of Singapore

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows Lee Kuan Yew (L), Singapore's founding father, and Goh Chok Tong, former prime minister of Singapore. The two leaders said they would leave their Cabinet posts in a joint statement released on May 14, 2011, following general elections. (Kyodo)