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Toyota 2010 earnings briefing

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks during a press conference on the company's earnings report for the fiscal year 2010 ending March 31, on May 11, 2011, in Tokyo. The company's net profit rose twofold from the previous year but fell short of its projection due to the effects of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Toyota 2010 earnings briefing

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda looks pensive during a press conference on the company's earnings report for the fiscal year 2010 ending March 31, on May 11, 2011, in Tokyo. The company's net profit rose twofold from the previous year but fell short of its projection due to the effects of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Toyota 2010 earnings briefing

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks during a press conference on the company's earnings report for the fiscal year 2010 ending March 31, on May 11, 2011, in Tokyo. The company's net profit rose twofold from the previous year but fell short of its projection due to the effects of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Nagoya meet gets under way under specter of gambling ring

NAGOYA, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia (L) returns the Emperor's Cup, which he won in the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament in May, to Hiroshi Murayama, acting chief for suspended Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa, on the first day of the 15-day Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on July 11, 2010.

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Angels' Matsui hitless

ANAHEIM, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Los Angeles Angels grounds as his bat breaks in the seventh inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on May 11, 2010. Matsui went 0-for-3 with a run-scoring walk in his team's 2-7 loss.

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Angels' Matsui hitless

ANAHEIM, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Los Angeles Angels draws a bases-loaded walk in the eighth inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on May 11, 2010. Matsui went 0-for-3 with the bases-loaded walk in his team's 2-7 loss.

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Angels' Matsui hitless

ANAHEIM, United States - Hideki Matsui of the Los Angeles Angels grounds to left in the second inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on May 11, 2010. Matsui went 0-for-3 with a bases-loaded walk in his team's 2-7 loss.

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Red Sox's Okajima pitches against Blue Jays

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox reliever Hideki Okajima pitches in the ninth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park in Boston on May 11, 2010. Okajima finished the game with one scoreless inning, helping pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka earn a win in the Red Sox's 6-1 victory.

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Ichiro 2-for-4 against Orioles

BALTIMORE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki (L) of the Seattle Mariners celebrates with teammate Josh Wilson after the team won 5-1 against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on May 11, 2010. Ichiro went 2-for-4.

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Ichiro 2-for-4 against Orioles

BALTIMORE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a single to left in the ninth inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on May 11, 2010. Ichiro went 2-for-4 in the Mariners' 5-1 win.

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Matsuzaka picks up 2nd win

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka gets a high-five from his teammate after pitching seven innings against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park in Boston on May 11, 2010. Matsuzaka picked up his second victory of the season after allowing one run and three hits, as the team won 6-1.

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Ichiro 2-for-4 against Orioles

BALTIMORE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki (L) of the Seattle Mariners advances to third in the ninth inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on May 11, 2010. Ichiro went 2-for-4 in the Mariners' 5-1 win.

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Ichiro 2-for-4 against Orioles

BALTIMORE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a double during the seventh inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on May 11, 2010. Ichiro went 2-for-4 in the Mariners' 5-1 win.

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Matsuzaka picks up 2nd win

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka smiles on the bench after pitching seven innings against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park in Boston on May 11, 2010. Matsuzaka picked up his second victory of the season after allowing one run and three hits, as the team won 6-1.

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Matsuzaka picks up 2nd win

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka points to a fly ball on the mound during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park in Boston on May 11, 2010. Matsuzaka picked up his second victory of the season after allowing one run and three hits in seven innings, as the team won 6-1.

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Ichiro 2-for-4 against Orioles

BALTIMORE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners grounds out in the first inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on May 11, 2010. Ichiro went 2-for-4 in the Mariners' 5-1 win.

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Matsuzaka picks up 2nd win

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park in Boston on May 11, 2010. Matsuzaka picked up his second victory of the season after allowing one run and three hits in seven innings, as the team won 6-1.

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Matsuzaka picks up 2nd win

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park in Boston on May 11, 2010. Matsuzaka picked up his second victory of the season after allowing one run and three hits in seven innings, as the team won 6-1.

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Gamba crash out of Asian Champions League

SEONGNAM, South Korea - Gamba Osaka players are dejected after crashing out of the Asian Champions League on May 11, 2010, following a 3-0 defeat in the round of 16 away to Seongnam Ilhwa.

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Matsuzaka picks up 2nd win

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park in Boston on May 11, 2010. Matsuzaka picked up his second victory of the season after allowing one run and three hits in seven innings, as the team won 6-1.

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Cormorant fishing begins on Nagara River in Gifu Pref.

GIFU, Japan - A fisherman (R) manages his trained cormorants on leashes from a wooden boat on the Nagara River in Gifu Prefecture on May 11, 2010, the opening day of this year's cormorant fishing season. The 1,300-year-old cormorant fishing will be conducted every day until Oct. 15.

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Cormorant fishing begins on Nagara River in Gifu Pref.

GIFU, Japan - A fisherman (L) manages his trained cormorants on leashes from a wooden boat on the Nagara River in Gifu Prefecture on May 11, 2010, the opening day of this year's cormorant fishing season. The 1,300-year-old cormorant fishing will be conducted every day until Oct. 15.

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3 Mizuho banking group leaders to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show (from L to R) Mizuho Financial Group Inc. Chairman Terunobu Maeda, Mizuho Corporate Bank Chairman Hiroshi Saito and Mizuho Bank Chairman Seiji Sugiyama. Industry sources said May 11, 2010, the three executives are planning to retire after leading the group since its inauguration through a merger of three major banks in 2002.

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Baseball star Nakahata to run in upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants infielder Kiyoshi Nakahata officially announces at a hotel in Tokyo on May 11, 2010, that he will run in the upper house election this summer in the proportional representation section on the ticket of the Sunrise Party of Japan led by former ministers Kaoru Yosano and Takeo Hiranuma.

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Kagawa to join Dortmund from Cerezo

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa smiles during a news conference in Osaka on May 11, 2010, after it was announced he will leave Cerezo Osaka for German first-division club Borussia Dortmund. The 21-year-old, who was not included in Japan's squad for the upcoming World Cup finals in South Africa, will join Dortmund on July 1.

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Hakuho at summer tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) pushes top-ranked maegashira Miyabiyama out of the ring on the third day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 11, 2010.

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Tochinoshin defeats Kotooshu at summer tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Georgian No. 2 maegashira Tochinoshin (L) pushes out Bulgarian ozeki Kotooshu on the third day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 11, 2010. Kotooshu suffered his first loss.

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Kaio at summer tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran ozeki Kaio slaps down komusubi Tochiozan by the neck to claim his third straight win on the third day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 11, 2010.

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U.S. Transportation Sec'y LaHood takes ride on maglev train

TSURU, Japan - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood (R) speaks during a news conference in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on May 11, 2010, after taking a demonstration ride on a maglev train on a test line in the prefecture.

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Inedible pure gold soft-serve ice-cream

TOKYO, Japan - Convenience store operator Ministop Co. said May 11, 2010, it will give away ''soft-serve ice cream'' ornaments made of pure gold by lot to three applicants who send in pictures of themselves with soft-serve ice-cream by May 30. The prized ornament is 10 centimeters tall, 90 grams in weight and worth about 300,000 yen.

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Panasonic to mass produce next-generation solar cells

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. President Fumio Otsubo speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka on May 11, 2010. Otsubo said the company aims to start mass production of a new generation of solar cell panels from fiscal 2012 and suggested the possibility of producing core cell parts overseas.

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China envoy displeased with monitoring of Chinese navy

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua gives a speech at a meeting sponsored by K.K. Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 11, 2010. Cheng expressed strong displeasure with the monitoring of a Chinese navy fleet by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force in waters off Japan.

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Crown prince visits metropolitan area surge tank

KASUKABE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (C) examines an 18-meter-high surge tank at the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel in the city of Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, on May 11, 2010. The prince made a request to visit the facility.

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Olympic medalist Takahashi takes up farming

DATE, Japan - Olympic marathon gold medalist Naoko Takahashi plants broccoli seeds at a farm in Date, Hokkaido, on May 11, 2010. Takahashi will visit the farm once or twice a month under a sponsorship contract with an agricultural group, which will provide the vegetables to hotel guests.

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Crown prince visits metropolitan area surge tank

KASUKABE, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (C) examines an 18-meter-high surge tank at the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel in the city of Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, on May 11, 2010. The prince made a request to visit the facility.

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Hatoyama meets with Israeli foreign minister

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) shakes hands with Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 11, 2010. Lieberman is on a visit to Japan for talks on bilateral and Middle Eastern issues.

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Toyota announces FY 2009 earnings report

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for the fiscal year ending March at the automaker's Tokyo office on May 11, 2010. The company returned to the black at the operating level, even as it continues to deal with the fallout from its massive global recalls.

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Toyota announces FY 2009 earnings report

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda briefs reporters on the company's earnings report for the fiscal year ending March at the automaker's Tokyo office on May 11, 2010. The company returned to the black at the operating level, even as it continues to deal with the fallout from its massive global recalls.

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Ex-Paloma head found guilty over death of gas heater user

TOKYO, Japan - Masato Joshima (L) and his wife, Yukiko Joshima, enter the Tokyo District Court on May 11, 2010. The court handed down suspended prison sentences to a former president and a former official of gas equipment maker Paloma Industries Ltd. over the carbon monoxide poisoning death in 2005 of the couple's 18-year-old son, who used a gas water heater made by the company.

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Tohoku bullet train services to be extended to Aomori City

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2009 shows a new model of train, nicknamed on May 11, 2010, as ''Hayabusa (falcon),'' to be introduced to the Tohoku Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori in the spring of 2011. East Japan Railway Co. said the same day that the bullet train services will be extended to Shin-Aomori on Dec. 4 with the opening of a roughly 80-kilometer section in northeastern Japan.

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Gov't gives up on solving Futemma issue by May 31

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 11, 2010, to attend a Cabinet meeting. Later, Kitazawa effectively admitted that the government has given up on meeting the May 31 deadline set by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama for settling the relocation of a U.S. Marine base in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Israeli foreign minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman speaks at a gathering in Tokyo on May 11, 2010. Lieberman was on a Japan visit for talks on bilateral and Middle Eastern issues.

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Van Gogh by polo shirts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a representation of a Van Gogh self-portrait created out of 2,070 polo shirts in 24 ''impressionist'' colors spread out for public display at a building in Tokyo on May 11, 2010. The 9.9-meter-by-10.1-meter display, which will run for six days, was launched by apparel maker Onward Kashiyama to promote a clothing line using the colors, including the polo shirts, which is on sale at 13 department stores across Japan.

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Japan to develop social security/taxpayer number system

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama addresses a meeting of the IT Strategy Headquarters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 11, 2010. The government task force released a new information technology strategy calling for the development of a computer system to introduce common numbers for social security and tax administration purposes.

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Summer gift season

TOKYO, Japan - Shopkeepers, some clad in summer cotton kimono called ''yukata,'' raise their fists in a ceremony to kick off a campaign to sell ''chugen'' summer gifts at the Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on May 11, 2010. Luxury foods and beverages are among popular items given under Japan's chugen custom of sending gifts to elders and people who have offered help.

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Gov't panel works out cyber attack prevention strategy

TOKYO, Japan - The Information Security Policy Council, chaired by Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano, holds a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 11, 2010. The panel approved a set of information security strategies featuring steps against cyber attacks to be taken by the public and private sectors over the four years through 2013.

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Summer gift season

TOKYO, Japan - Shopkeepers, some clad in summer cotton kimono called ''yukata,'' raise their fists in a ceremony to kick off a campaign to sell ''chugen'' summer gifts at the Takashimaya department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on May 11, 2010. Luxury foods and beverages are among popular items given under Japan's chugen custom of sending gifts to elders and people who have offered help.

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A-bomb icon Sadako's brother appeals for peace at N.Y. ceremony

NEW YORK, United States - Masahiro Sasaki (L) meets a relative (R) of a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States in New York on May 3, 2010. Sasaki is the older brother of Sadako Sasaki, who died a decade after surviving the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in August 1945.