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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il in China

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2010 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) before he gets into a car at a hotel in Dalian, China. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, that Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17. He was 69.

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Japan to take on Netherlands in Durban

GEORGE, South Africa - Photo taken in May 2010 shows jet bathtubs installed in a players' anteroom at Durban Stadium in South Africa, where a FIFA World Cup Group E match between Japan and the Netherlands will be held on June 19.

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Japan to take on Netherlands in Durban

GEORGE, South Africa - Photo taken in May 2010 shows a locker room in Durban Stadium, where a FIFA World Cup Group E match between Japan and the Netherlands will be held on June 19. A safe has been installed above each player's changing area.

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Apple's iPad goes on sale in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Takechiyo Nakayama, a 19-year-old part-time worker, holds up an Apple iPad at an Apple store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on May 28, 2010, the first day of sales of the product in Japan. Nakayama, who had been waiting in front of the store for two days, is the first customer to buy it among 1,200 people who lined up before sales.

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'Power' asparagus amazes people in Hokkaido city

SAPPORO, Japan - A wild asparagus 23 centimeters tall is seen growing after breaking through 3-cm-thick asphalt on a paved sidewalk in the northern Japan city of Bibai, Hokkaido, on May 19, 2010.

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Astros release K. Matsui

LOS ANGELES, United States - Houston Astros second baseman Kazuo Matsui watches a game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on May 17, 2010. The Astros manager said May 19 that the club has waived Matsui.

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Slumping H. Matsui hitless vs White Sox

CHICAGO, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui views a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on May 19, 2010, after popping out to center in the eighth inning. Matsui went 0-for-3 in the club's 3-2 victory, extending his hitless streak to 13 at-bats.

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Kawakami pitches 6 scoreless innings

ATLANTA, United States - Atlanta Braves starter Kenshin Kawakami pitches against the Cincinnati Reds at Turner Field in Atlanta on May 19, 2010. Kawakami failed to earn his first win but stayed solid pitching a scoreless six innings.

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Slumping H. Matsui hitless vs White Sox

CHICAGO, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui returns to the dugout after popping out to center in the fifth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on May 19, 2010. Matsui went 0-for-3 in the club's 3-2 victory, extending his hitless streak to 13 at-bats.

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S. Korea officially blames N. Korea for ship sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - A member of a joint investigation team of the South Korean military and the private sector talks about the deadly sinking of the country's naval ship Cheonan near the salvaged ship at a naval base in Gyeonggi Province on May 19, 2010. South Korea officially blamed North Korea the following day for the sinking of the warship that killed 46 sailors.

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S. Korea officially blames N. Korea for ship sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - A member of a joint investigation team of the South Korean military and the private sector talks about the deadly sinking of the country's naval ship Cheonan near the salvaged ship at a naval base in Gyeonggi Province on May 19, 2010. South Korea officially blamed North Korea the following day for the sinking of the warship that killed 46 sailors.

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S. Korea officially blames N. Korea for ship sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - Reporters, photographers and TV crews view the wrecked South Korean naval ship Cheonan at a naval base in Gyeonggi Province on May 19, 2010. South Korea officially blamed North Korea the following day for the sinking of the warship that killed 46 sailors.

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S. Korea officially blames N. Korea for ship sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - Reporters, photographers and TV crews view the wrecked South Korean naval ship Cheonan at a naval base in Gyeonggi Province on May 19, 2010. South Korea officially blamed North Korea the following day for the sinking of the warship that killed 46 sailors.

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S. Korea officially blames N. Korea for ship sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - This photo shows the stern part (L) and the bow part (R) of the wrecked South Korean naval ship Cheonan shown to the press at a naval base in Gyeonggi Province on May 19, 2010. South Korea officially blamed North Korea the following day for the sinking of the warship that killed 46 sailors.

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Kawakami pitches 6 scoreless innings

ATLANTA, United States - Atlanta Braves starter Kenshin Kawakami pitches against the Cincinnati Reds at Turner Field in Atlanta on May 19, 2010. Kawakami failed to earn his first win but stayed solid pitching a scoreless six innings.

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S. Korea officially blames N. Korea for ship sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - Reporters, photographers and TV crews view the wrecked South Korean naval ship Cheonan at a naval base in Gyeonggi Province on May 19, 2010. South Korea officially blamed North Korea the following day for the sinking of the warship that killed 46 sailors.

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S. Africa ahead of World Cup

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A station in Johannesburg, South Africa, is empty on May 19, 2010, during a nationwide railroad workers' strike over a wage dispute. As the World Cup finals come up, a concern has loomed that prolonged wrangling between the management and laborers could affect an already inconvenient public transport system.

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S. Africa ahead of World Cup

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Railroad workers blow the local musical instruments ''vuvuzelas'' while on a nationwide strike in Johannesburg, South Africa, on May 19, 2010. As the World Cup finals come up, a concern has loomed that prolonged wrangling between the management and laborers could affect an already inconvenient public transport system.

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Kawakami pitches 6 scoreless innings

ATLANTA, United States - Atlanta Braves starter Kenshin Kawakami pitches against the Cincinnati Reds at Turner Field in Atlanta on May 19, 2010. Kawakami failed to earn his first win but stayed solid pitching a scoreless six innings.

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Luxembourg's PM Juncker talks with Japanese PM Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 19, 2010, prior to their talks.

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S. Africa ahead of World Cup

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Railroad workers march in a demonstration calling for a wage hike in Johannesburg, South Africa, on May 19, 2010. As the World Cup finals come up, a concern has loomed that prolonged wrangling between the management and laborers could affect an already inconvenient public transport system.

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Neo-Dada artist Shusaku Arakawa dies

TOKYO, Japan - Shusaku Arakawa (in this 1996 file photo), a Japanese artist known for conceptual paintings and printmaking using Neo-Dada styles, died in New York on May 19, 2010. He was 73.

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Shanghai World Expo

SHANGHAI, China - A two-legged humanoid robot is showcased balancing on one foot at the Japan Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo site on May 19, 2010.

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Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of foot-and-mouth areas

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Hirotaka Akamatsu (C) attends a meeting of a government task force to tackle the issue of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Miyazaki Prefecture at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 19, 2010. The government decided to slaughter all pigs and cows within a 10-kilometer radius of areas hit by foot-and-mouth disease in the prefecture.

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Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of foot-and-mouth areas

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Foot-and-mouth disease vaccines are unloaded from a truck at a livestock hygiene service center in the city of Miyazaki on May 19, 2010, as the government prepares for vaccination as early as May 20 as part of efforts to contain the outbreak of the disease in Miyazaki Prefecture.

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Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of foot-and-mouth areas

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Foot-and-mouth disease vaccines are unloaded from a truck at a livestock hygiene service center in the city of Miyazaki on May 19, 2010, as the government prepares for vaccination as early as May 20 as part of efforts to contain the outbreak of the disease in Miyazaki Prefecture.

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IMF No. 2 seeks Japan's consumption tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting International Monetary Fund First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 19, 2010. Lipsky expressed Japan's medium-term fiscal policy due out in June would include ''a set of credible measures'' for fiscal hope.

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Thai protest leaders surrender, curfew set for Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Black smoke is seen spewing over buildings in Bangkok on May 19, 2010, after antigovernment protesters went on a rampage in the wake of the surrender of protest leaders.

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Thai protest leaders surrender, curfew set for Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai soldiers storm into Lumphini Park, where antigovernment protesters were encamped, in Bangkok on May 19, 2010. The protesters went on a rampage in the wake of the surrender of their leaders.

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Thai protest leaders surrender, curfew set for Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Black smoke is seen spewing over buildings in Bangkok on May 19, 2010, after antigovernment protesters went on a rampage in the wake of the surrender of protest leaders.

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Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of foot-and-mouth areas

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Miyazaki Governor Hideo Higashikokubaru speaks at the prefectural government in the city of Miyazaki on May 19, 2010, about a government decision to slaughter all pigs and cows within a 10-kilometer radius of areas hit by foot-and-mouth disease in the prefecture to prevent the spread of the outbreak.

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Thai protest leaders surrender, curfew set for Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai soldiers carry a fellow soldier wounded in clashes with antigovernment protesters in central Bangkok on May 19, 2010, after the protesters went on a rampage in the wake of the surrender of protest leaders.

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Thai protest leaders surrender, curfew set for Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - A Thai soldier shows rifle bullets seized from antigovernment protesters in Bangkok on May 19, 2010.

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Thai protest leaders surrender, curfew set for Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai soldiers storm into Lumphini Park, where antigovernment protesters were encamped, in Bangkok on May 19, 2010. The protesters went on a rampage in the wake of the surrender of their leaders.

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Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of disease-hit areas

KAWAMINAMI, Japan - A worker sanitizes a car in front of a local agricultural cooperative office in the town of Kawaminami in Miyazaki Prefecture on May 19, 2010, as part of measures to contain a further outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the prefecture.

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Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of disease-hit areas

KAWAMINAMI, Japan - A worker sanitizes a car in front of a local agricultural cooperative office in the town of Kawaminami in Miyazaki Prefecture on May 19, 2010, as part of measures to contain a further outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the prefecture.

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Thai protest leaders surrender, curfew set for Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai soldiers carry a fellow soldier wounded in clashes with antigovernment protesters in central Bangkok on May 19, 2010, after the protesters went on a rampage in the wake of the surrender of protest leaders.

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'7-million-yen' platinum toy car displayed

SENDAI, Japan - A one-of-a-kind pure platinum toy car under the long-selling Tomica brand name, which would be worth 7 million yen if put on sale, is displayed at an outlet of Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. in Sendai on May 19, 2010. Tanaka Kikinzoku produced the 7-centimeter, 210-gram model, based on Nissan Motor Co.'s Fairlady Z 432 sports car, jointly with toy maker Tomy Co. to mark the 40th anniversary of the debut of the toy car series.

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Toyota opens relocated plant with expanded capacity in China

CHENGDU, China - Toyota Motor Corp.'s remodeled Land Cruiser Prado sport utility vehicles are rolled out at a new factory of Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor Co., Toyota's joint venture with China FAW Group Corp., in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on May 19, 2010, as the factory started production the same day. With the completion of the new plant, Toyota's total annual production capacity in China has been boosted to 820,000 units.

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Ozeki Baruto suffers 3rd loss at summer sumo tourrnment

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Baruto of Estonia (L) is thrown out by fellow ozeki Harumafuji of Mongolia on the 11th day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 19, 2010, suffering his third loss in the event.

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Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho still spotless at summer sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (L) throws down ozeki Kaio on the 11th day of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 19, 2010, making it 11 wins out of 11 at the 15-day meet.

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Thai protest leaders surrender, curfew set for Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Black smoke is seen spewing over buildings in Bangkok on May 19, 2010, after antigovernment protesters went on a rampage in the wake of the surrender of protest leaders.

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Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of disease-hit areas

KAWAMINAMI, Japan - Veterinarians and Miyazaki prefectural government officials are sanitized in front of the Kawaminami town office in Miyazaki Prefecture on May 19, 2010, after returning from work on stock farms in the town, which has been hit hard by foot-and-mouth disease.

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Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of foot-and-mouth areas

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama addresses a meeting of a government task force to tackle the issue of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Miyazaki Prefecture at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 19, 2010. The government decided to slaughter all pigs and cows within a 10-kilometer radius of areas hit by foot-and-mouth disease in the prefecture.

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Thai protest leaders surrender, curfew set for Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai soldiers take positions in an armored vehicle in Lumphini Park in Bangkok on May 19, 2010, after storming it to clear out antigovernment protesters encamped there.

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Gov't to kill all livestock within 10 km of disease-hit areas

KAWAMINAMI, Japan - Veterinarians and Miyazaki prefectural government officials are sanitized in front of the Kawaminami town office in Miyazaki Prefecture on May 19, 2010, after returning from work on stock farms in the town, which has been hit hard by foot-and-mouth disease.

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Thai protest leaders surrender, curfew set for Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Black smoke is seen spewing over buildings in Bangkok on May 19, 2010, after antigovernment protesters went on a rampage in the wake of the surrender of protest leaders.

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Osaka court orders gov't to pay damages for asbestos hazards

OSAKA, Japan - Miyoko Sato (C), one of a group of plaintiffs who filed a damages lawsuit against the government over asbestos hazards, wipes tears during a press conference in Osaka on May 19, 2010, after the Osaka District Court held the government responsible for failing to take measures against asbestos hazards. The court ordered the government to pay a total of 435 million yen in damages to 26 people, less than the 946 million yen in damages demanded by the plaintiffs.

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Osaka court orders gov't to pay damages for asbestos hazards

OSAKA, Japan - Yoko Okada, one of a group of plaintiffs who filed a damages lawsuit against the government over asbestos hazards, wipes tears during a press conference in Osaka on May 19, 2010, after the Osaka District Court held the government responsible for failing to take measures against asbestos hazards. The court ordered the government to pay a total of 435 million yen in damages to 26 people, less than the 946 million yen in damages demanded by the plaintiffs.

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Thai protest leaders surrender, curfew set for Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai soldiers watch black smoke spewing over buildings in Bangkok on May 19, 2010, after antigovernment protesters went on a rampage in the wake of the surrender of protest leaders.