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Polar bear cub

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows a female polar bear cub and her mother at Oga Aquarium GAO in Oga, Akita Prefecture, on May 1, 2013. The aquarium unveiled the cub, born in December 2012, to the public the same day.

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Polar bear cub

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows a female polar bear cub and her mother at Oga Aquarium GAO in Oga, Akita Prefecture, on May 1, 2013. The aquarium unveiled the cub, born in December 2012, to the public the same day.

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Polar bear cub

AKITA, Japan - Photo shows a female polar bear cub and her mother at Oga Aquarium GAO in Oga, Akita Prefecture, on May 1, 2013. The aquarium unveiled the cub, born in December 2012, to the public the same day.

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Arirang mass games

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's Arirang mass games open at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Aug. 1, 2012. The event features a gymnastics and artistic spectacle that depicts the country's history from its fight against Japan's colonization of the Korean Peninsula to today's initiatives in promoting science and technology in an opera-style show.

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Arirang mass games

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's Arirang mass games open at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Aug. 1, 2012. The event features a gymnastics and artistic spectacle that depicts the country's history from its fight against Japan's colonization of the Korean Peninsula to today's initiatives in promoting science and technology in an opera-style show.

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Arirang mass games

PYONGYANG, North Korea - The North Korean (R) and Chinese national flags appear in the Arirang mass games that opened at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Aug. 1, 2012. The event features a gymnastics and artistic spectacle that depicts North Korea's history from its fight against Japan's colonization of the Korean Peninsula to today's initiatives in promoting science and technology in an opera-style show.

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - Two young crested ibises (L) look for food beside one of their parents (R) in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young birds were two of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis (L) lands beside one of its parents in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young bird is one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - Two young crested ibises spread their wings in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young birds were two of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Major contractors Hazama, Ando to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Hazama Corp. President Toshio Ono (L) and Ando Corp. President Toshiaki Nomura hold a press conference in Tokyo on May 24, 2012. The contractors, both listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, announced they will merge April 1, 2013, to streamline operations amid a downturn in construction spending since the global financial crisis began in 2008.

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Occupy May Day protest in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Occupy Wall Street protesters stage a May Day protest in New York on May 1, 2012. Several thousand people participated in the mostly peaceful protest, but sporadic skirmishes resulted in the arrest of over 30 people. Similar protests took place across the country the same day, including in Seattle and Los Angeles.

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Matsui signs minor league contract with Rays

PORT CHARLOTTE, United States - Tampa Bay Rays' Hideki Matsui (R) looks around the team's training facilities at Port Charlotte, Florida, on May 1, 2012. The veteran player, who signed a minor league contract with the Rays, is set to join training there the following day.

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Occupy May Day protest in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Police keep watch on Occupy Wall Street protesters staging a May Day protest in New York on May 1, 2012. Several thousand people participated in the mostly peaceful protest, but sporadic skirmishes resulted in the arrest of over 30 people. Similar protests took place across the country the same day, including in Seattle and Los Angeles.

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UN says Syrian observers still needed

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows United Nations Undersecretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Herve Ladsous. During a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 1, 2012, Ladsous said the world body intends to deploy up to 300 cease-fire monitors to Syria initially but has only received offers for around half that number thus far.

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Matsui signs minor league contract with Rays

PORT CHARLOTTE, United States - Tampa Bay Rays' Hideki Matsui arrives at the team's training camp site in Port Charlotte, Florida, on May 1, 2012. The veteran player, who signed a minor league contract with the Rays, is set to join training there the following day.

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Matsui signs minor league contract with Rays

PORT CHARLOTTE, United States - Tampa Bay Rays' Hideki Matsui (L) takes a tour of the team's training facilities at Port Charlotte, Florida, on May 1, 2012. The veteran player, who signed a minor league contract with the Rays, is set to join training there the following day.

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Matsui signs minor league contract with Rays

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Hideki Matsui is seen at a press conference at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on May 1, 2012, after signing a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays. The 37-year-old veteran outfielder/designated hitter signed the contract after a long wait for an offer.

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Matsui signs minor league contract with Rays

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Hideki Matsui speaks at a press conference at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on May 1, 2012, after signing a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays. The 37-year-old veteran outfielder/designated hitter signed the contract after a long wait for an offer.

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Japan, Kazakhstan to expand joint rare earth development

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Japanese industry minister Yukio Edano (R) and his Kazakh counterpart Asset Issekeshev shake hands during a joint press conference in Astana on May 1, 2012. They agreed to expand their countries' joint rare earth development project in Kazakhstan.

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Japanese, Israeli foreign ministers

JERUSALEM, Israel - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) and his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman shake hands when they meet in Jerusalem on May 1, 2012. It was the first trip to Israel by a Japanese foreign minister since Taro Aso's visit in August 2007.

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Utilities, organizations donate 26.3 bil. yen in 5 years

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Osaka Science Museum in Osaka on May 1, 2012. Kansai Electric Power Co. donated 250 million yen to the Osaka municipal government to help finance renovation of the museum. Japan's electric power companies, their subsidiaries and related organizations provided at least 26.3 billion yen (about $329 million) to local governments mostly as donations during five years through March 31, 2012.

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Japan aid agency head in Mindanao

MINDANAO, Philippines - Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka (R) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front vice chair Ghadzali Jaafar attend a press conference in the suburbs of Cotabato on Mindanao Island on May 1, 2012. Tanaka met with government and rebel leaders in the southern Philippines and pledged Japan's continued support for peace and development in the predominantly Muslim region.

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Minamata 56th anniversary

MINAMATA, Japan - Michio Morita, president of Chisso Corp., places a flower during a ceremony in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 1, 2012, to mark the 56th anniversary of official recognition of the mercury-poisoning disease. A company plant caused the disease by releasing mercury-tainted water into the sea. To the left is Environment Minister Goshi Hosono.

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Minamata marks 56th anniv. of disease recognition

MINAMATA, Japan - Environment Minister Goshi Hosono (L) speaks to Minamata disease sufferers in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 1, 2012, prior to a memorial ceremony for the 56th anniversary of official recognition of the mercury-poisoning disease. To the right is Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima.

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'Cool Biz' campaign starts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A worker (R) shows a customer ''Cool Biz''-related products with a tablet computer at Daimaru Inc.'s Tokyo department store in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 1, 2012. Japan's government ministries and both houses of parliament began the ''Cool Biz'' summertime casual wear campaign aimed at saving power by reducing the use of air conditioning.

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New JR West president

OSAKA, Japan - New West Japan Railway Co. President Seiji Manabe speaks to employees at the JR West head office in Osaka on May 1, 2012.

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New JR West president

OSAKA, Japan - New West Japan Railway Co. President Seiji Manabe speaks to employees at the JR West head office in Osaka on May 1, 2012.

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'Cool Biz' campaign starts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Employees at the Environment Ministry work without ties in their office in Tokyo on May 1, 2012, when Japan's government ministries and both houses of parliament began the ''Cool Biz'' summertime casual wear campaign aimed at saving power by reducing the use of air conditioning.

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'Cool Biz' campaign starts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Employees at the Environment Ministry work without ties in their office in Tokyo on May 1, 2012, when Japan's government ministries and both houses of parliament began the ''Cool Biz'' summertime casual wear campaign aimed at saving power by reducing the use of air conditioning.