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White tiger cubs at Kagoshima zoo

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - White tiger cubs are pictured with their mother "Kohaku" at Hirakawa zoological park in the city of Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 10, 2013. Three cubs, born on May 24, were shown to the press before being unveiled to the public on Sept. 13.

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Japanese law firms scurrying to set up shop in Asia

OSAKA, Japan - Lawyer Yusuke Yukawa, the representative of Nishimura & Asahi LPC's office in Yangon, works at the office on June 10, 2013. The biggest law firm in Japan established the office in the largest city in Myanmar in May 2013.

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Taiwanese fishing boat

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane in May 2013 shows a Taiwanese fishing boat (front) operating in waters near Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture. A Taiwan government patrol boat is visible in the distance. The governments of Japan and Taiwan signed a landmark fisheries pact April 10, 2013, following years of on-and-off negotiations on fishing near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Taiwanese fishing boat

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from an airplane in May 2013 shows a Taiwanese fishing boat operating in waters near Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture. The governments of Japan and Taiwan signed a landmark fisheries pact April 10, 2013, following years of on-and-off negotiations on fishing near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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JAL completes Boeing 787 battery fixes

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a Japan Airlines Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner being washed at Narita airport on May 10, 2013. JAL has completed work for the battery fixes on all the seven Boeing 787 aircraft in its fleet ahead of the resumption of flights of the trouble-plagued jets scheduled for June 1, a company source said on May 14.

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Aso at G-7

AYLESBURY, Britain - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso meets the press after attending the first day of a two-day meeting of G-7 financial chiefs in Aylesbury near London on May 10, 2013.

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Kuroda at G-7

AYLESBURY, Britain - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda meets the press after attending the first day of a two-day meeting of G-7 financial chiefs in Aylesbury near London on May 10, 2013.

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Aso at G-7

AYLESBURY, Britain - Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso meets the press after attending the first day of a two-day meeting of G-7 financial chiefs in Aylesbury near London on May 10, 2013.

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Special ceremony at Izumo Taisha

IZUMO, Japan - The shrine deity, protected with silk cloth, is carried by priests to the main hall at Izumo Taisha in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, on May 10, 2013, in a special ceremony called Honden Senza Sai. The ceremony was held for the first time in 60 years at the Shinto shrine, one of the most important in Japan, after the completion of renovations to the main hall, a national treasure.

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G-7 financial chiefs meeting

AYLESBURY, Britain - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks with reporters in Aylesbury in the suburbs of London on May 10, 2013, before the start of a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven financial chiefs.

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Tokyo gov. apologizes to Turkish envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose holds a news conference at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on May 10, 2013. Inose said he apologized to Turkish Ambassador to Japan Serdar Kilic for remarks taken as criticizing rival 2020 Olympic bidder Istanbul.

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Panasonic incurs huge net loss in FY 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Panasonic Corp. Managing Director Hideaki Kawai answers a reporter's question at a news conference in Tokyo on May 10, 2013. The electronics maker said the same day it incurred a group net loss of 754.25 billion yen in the business year ended March 2013, suffering a massive loss for the second straight year.

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Special ceremony at Izumo Taisha

IZUMO, Japan - The shrine deity, protected with silk cloth, is carried by priests to the main hall at Izumo Taisha in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, on May 10, 2013, in a special ceremony called Honden Senza Sai. The ceremony was held for the first time in 60 years at the Shinto shrine, one of the most important in Japan, after the completion of renovations to the main hall, a national treasure.

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JOC Pres. Takeda says "case closed" on Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda holds a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on May 10, 2013. Takeda said recent controversial remarks by Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose will not affect Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Summer Games, stressing "the case is closed."

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Japan-Taiwan fishing pact

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows a crew member on a Taiwanese surveillance vessel in waters northwest of Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 10, 2013. A bilateral fishery agreement came into force the same day allowing Taiwanese fishing boats to operate in Japan's 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Starbucks to reach 1,000 stores in Japan by end of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 10, 2013, shows the inside of a Starbucks Corp. store set to open the next day in the building housing the new headquarters of the company's Japanese unit in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. Starbucks Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz said on May 10 that the number of the company's coffee stores in Japan will reach 1,000 by the end of the year.

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Japan-Taiwan fishing pact

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows a Taiwanese fishing boat operating in waters north of Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 10, 2013. A bilateral fishery agreement came into force the same day allowing Taiwanese fishing boats to operate in Japan's 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Starbucks to reach 1,000 stores in Japan by end of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Starbucks Corp. Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 10, 2013. Schultz said that the number of the company's coffee stores in Japan will reach 1,000 by the end of the year.

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Japan-Taiwan fishing pact

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows a Taiwanese fishing boat operating in waters northwest of Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 10, 2013. A bilateral fishery agreement came into force the same day allowing Taiwanese fishing boats to operate in Japan's 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Special ceremony at Izumo Taisha

IZUMO, Japan - People visit Izumo Taisha in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, on May 10, 2013. A special ceremony, called Honden Senza Sai, was held the same day at the Shinto shrine, one of the most important in Japan, for the first time in 60 years to mark the completion of renovations at the shrine and return its deity to the main hall.

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Japan-Taiwan fishing pact

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 15 (front) and the Japan Coat Guard patrol ship Amagi sailing in the so-called contiguous zone northwest of Uotsuri Island, part of the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, on May 10, 2013. A bilateral fishery agreement came into force the same day allowing Taiwanese fishing boats to operate in Japan's 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Temple decides not to buy pro-Pyongyang group's land

FUJISAWA, Japan - Ekan Ikeguchi, head of Saifuku temple in Kagoshima Prefecture, holds a press conference in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on May 10, 2013. The chief priest of the Buddhist temple officially announced that it has dropped a plan to buy the land and head office building of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon. The temple won the bidding for the site of the pro-Pyongyang group in March.

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Japan-Taiwan fishing pact

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows fishermen waving on a Taiwanese fishing boat in waters northwest of Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 10, 2013. A bilateral fishery agreement came into force the same day allowing Taiwanese fishing boats to operate in Japan's 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan-Taiwan fishing pact

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows a Taiwanese surveillance vessel in waters northwest of Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 10, 2013. A bilateral fishery agreement came into force the same day allowing Taiwanese fishing boats to operate in Japan's 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan-Taiwan fishing pact

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows a Taiwanese fishing boat operating in waters northwest of Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 10, 2013. A Taiwanese surveillance vessel can be seen in the background. A bilateral fishery agreement came into force the same day allowing Taiwanese fishing boats to operate in Japan's 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Dollar surges vs. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at a Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the U.S. dollar trading above the 101 yen line and the Nikkei stock index above 14,500 on May 10, 2013. Stocks soared that day in Tokyo, with the Nikkei hitting its highest intraday level since January 2008, as the U.S. dollar broke through and traded well above the 100 yen mark.

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Temple drops plan to buy Chongryon site

TOKYO, Japan - Ekan Ikeguchi, leader of Saifuku temple in Kagoshima Prefecture, speaks to reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 9, 2013. The priest said the temple will drop a plan to purchase the Tokyo headquarters site of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon, because it is unable to pay 4.5 billion yen for the site by the May 10, 2013, deadline.

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Dollar surges vs. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese traveler checks foreign exchange levels at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on May 10, 2013, as the U.S. currency broke the psychological threshold of 100 yen for the first time in roughly four years in New York the previous day. The dollar continued to rise in Tokyo on May 10, briefly topping the 101 yen line.

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Dollar surges vs. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A display at a Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the U.S. dollar trading above the 100 yen line on May 10, 2013. The U.S. currency broke the psychological threshold of 100 yen for the first time in roughly four years in New York the previous day, and continued to rise in Tokyo on May 10, briefly topping the 101 yen line. (Photo taken with fisheye lens)

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New 5 euro note

FRANKFURT, Germany - Photo shows a new 5 euro note unveiled by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, on Jan. 10, 2013. The bill will be put into circulation in May 2013.

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Tesla Motors' Model S

SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Photo shows Tesla Motors Inc.'s lithium-ion battery-powered Model S sedan. The U.S. electric vehicle maker based in Palo Alto, California, said May 9, 2011, it plans to start selling the model in Japan from around 2013 and will accept reservations from May 10, 2011.