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Tokyo stocks end at 4.5-month low

Tokyo stocks end at 4.5-month low

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board in central Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange ending at 14,738.38 on Oct. 16, 2014, its lowest finish since May 30.

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People busy sorting bonito at Kesennuma port

People busy sorting bonito at Kesennuma port

KESENNUMA, Japan - Bonito are sorted at a port in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 16, 2014. Repair work on the quay wall was completed in May after it was severely damaged in the 2011 tsunami that hit northeastern Japan.

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Man uses mobile phone in Havana

Man uses mobile phone in Havana

HAVANA, Cuba - A man uses a mobile phone in Havana, Cuba, on May 16, 2014.

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People wait in line before Havana mobile phone shop

People wait in line before Havana mobile phone shop

HAVANA, Cuba - People form a line in front of a mobile phone shop in Havana, Cuba, on May 16, 2014.

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1 month since ferry sinking

1 month since ferry sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Coast Guard rescuers work off Jindo Island, southwestern South Korea, on May 16, 2014, to search for the missing around the point where the ferry Sewol sank on April 16.

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1 month since ferry sinking

1 month since ferry sinking

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Coast Guard rescuers work off Jindo Island, southwestern South Korea, on May 16, 2014, to search for the missing around the point where the ferry Sewol sank on April 16.

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Mazda's MX-5 Miata sold out within 10 minutes in N.Y.

Mazda's MX-5 Miata sold out within 10 minutes in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Mazda Motor Corp.'s 25th anniversary edition MX-5 Miata is photographed at an auto show in New York on April 16, 2014. The automaker sold all 100 units of the MX-5 Miata, known as the Roadster in Japan, in less than 10 minutes through subscription sale in New York on May 20.

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Electro. makers launch 4K-image TVs ahead of World Cup

Electro. makers launch 4K-image TVs ahead of World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - The sales floor for television sets at a large electronics retail store in Tokyo is attracting attention of potential customers on May 16, 2014 for their possessing 4K high-quality images in time for the start of the World Cup finals in Brazil on June 12.

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Darvish takes hard loss after pitching 8 strong

Darvish takes hard loss after pitching 8 strong

ARLINGTON, the United States - Texas Rangers starting pitcher Yu Darvish walks to his team's dugout after the end of the eighth inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on May 16, 2014. Darvish yielded two runs in an 11-strikeout effort over eight innings in a 2-0 loss to the Blue Jays.

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Anti-China protest in Vietnam

Anti-China protest in Vietnam

HO CHI MINH, Vietnam - People stand inside a Taiwanese company's office which was damaged in a violent anti-China protest in Binh Duong, Vietnam, on May 16, 2014, triggered by a territorial dispute between Vietnam and China.

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Darvish takes hard loss after pitching 8 strong

Darvish takes hard loss after pitching 8 strong

ARLINGTON, the United States - Texas Rangers starting pitcher Yu Darvish pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on May 16, 2014. Darvish yielded two runs in an 11-strikeout effort over eight innings in a 2-0 loss to the Blue Jays.

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China company office attacked by anti-Chinese protesters

China company office attacked by anti-Chinese protesters

HO CHI MINH, Vietnam - A Chinese company's office in the Vietnamese province of Binh Duong attacked by anti-China protesters has some scars of violence left in this photo taken on May 16, 2014.

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Staffer cleans Vietnam office after anti-China riot

Staffer cleans Vietnam office after anti-China riot

HO CHI MINH, Vietnam - A staffer of a Taiwanese company removes pieces of window glass on May 16, 2014, at its office in the province of Binh Duong, Vietnam, which was attacked by anti-China protesters.

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Half-Japanese Filipina meets Japanese kin

Half-Japanese Filipina meets Japanese kin

DAVAO CITY, Philippines - Tsuyoshi Miyazato from Okinawa, Japan, and his Filipino-Japanese aunt, Conchita Miyazato Basilan, shake hands after their first meeting at Davao airport on Mindanao Island, the Philippines, on May 16, 2014. Basilan is the daughter of a Japanese national who came to the Philippines in 1929 and engaged in abaca farming.

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Anti-China protests in Vietnam

Anti-China protests in Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - A man clears broken windows at the office of a Taiwanese company attacked in anti-China protests in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam, on May 16, 2014.

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Anti-China protests in Vietnam

Anti-China protests in Vietnam

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - Men clear the office of a Taiwanese company attacked in anti-China protests in Binh Duong Province, Vietnam, on May 16, 2014.

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Election in India

Election in India

NEW DELHI, India - Supporters celebrate at the head office of the Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi on May 16, 2014, following virtual victory for the opposition party in India's general election.

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Election in India

Election in India

NEW DELHI, India - Supporters celebrate at the head office of the Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi on May 16, 2014, following virtual victory for the opposition party in India's general election.

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Chinese flee Vietnam

Chinese flee Vietnam

DONG DANG, Vietnam - Chinese line up at the border with China in Dong Dang on May 16, 2014, as anti-China demonstrations intensify in Vietnam.

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Acquitted ex-Credit Suisse employee

Acquitted ex-Credit Suisse employee

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Hatta, a former employee of Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) Ltd., holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 16, 2014. He filed a 500 million yen damages suit against the Japanese government following his acquittal for tax evasion earlier in the year.

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Filipino envoy

Filipino envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Philippine Ambassador to Japan Manuel Lopez is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 16, 2014.

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Vanilla Air to cancel flights

Vanilla Air to cancel flights

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows airplanes of Japanese budget carrier Vanilla Air at Narita airport near Tokyo on May 16, 2014. The airline will cancel a total of 154 domestic flights, or 20 percent of its total services, in June 2014 due to a shortage of pilots.

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Gov't, Kajima show ice-wall test at Fukushima plant

Gov't, Kajima show ice-wall test at Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The government and general contractor Kajima Corp. show an experiment to create underground walls of frozen soil wall to stop groundwater flowing into the reactor buildings at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on May 16, 2014. Cylindrical ducts to freeze soil and hoses to inject refrigerant are shown. (Pool photo)

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Vanilla Air to cancel flights

Vanilla Air to cancel flights

TOKYO, Japan - Tomonori Ishii, president of Japanese budget carrier Vanilla Air, holds a press conference in Tokyo on May 16, 2014. The airline will cancel a total of 154 domestic flights, or 20 percent of its total services, in June 2014 due to a shortage of pilots.

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Gov't, Kajima show ice-wall test at Fukushima plant

Gov't, Kajima show ice-wall test at Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - The government and general contractor Kajima Corp. show an experiment to create underground walls of frozen soil to stop groundwater flowing into the reactor buildings at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on May 16, 2014. Cylindrical ducts to freeze soil are placed underground at 1-meter intervals. (Pool photo)

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Japan "research whaling"

Japan "research whaling"

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 2 leaves Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 16, 2014. The vessel will take part in so-called research whaling in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with a sharply reduced quota for whale catches following a ruling by the International Court of Justice in March 2014 banning Japanese whaling in the Antarctic Sea.

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Japan "research whaling"

Japan "research whaling"

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Relatives of a crewmember see off the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No. 2 at Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 16, 2014. The vessel will take part in so-called research whaling in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with a sharply reduced quota for whale catches following a ruling by the International Court of Justice in March 2014 banning Japanese whaling in the Antarctic Sea.

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Japan "research whaling"

Japan "research whaling"

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - The Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru leaves Shimonoseki port in Yamaguchi Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 16, 2014. The vessel will take part in so-called research whaling in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with a sharply reduced quota for whale catches following a ruling by the International Court of Justice in March 2014 banning Japanese whaling in the Antarctic Sea.

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1 month since ferry sinking

1 month since ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Search operations are conducted on May 16, 2014, off Jindo Island, southwestern South Korea, around the point where the ferry Sewol sank on April 16.

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S. Korea reacts to Abe's decision on security

S. Korea reacts to Abe's decision on security

SEOUL, South Korea - People hold a protest rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on May 16, 2014, after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed hope the previous day that Japan will defend allies under armed attack by "limited" use of the right to collective self-defense.

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S. Korea reacts to Abe's decision on security

S. Korea reacts to Abe's decision on security

SEOUL, South Korea - People hold a protest rally in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on May 16, 2014, after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed hope the previous day that Japan will defend allies under armed attack by "limited" use of the right to collective self-defense.

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S. Korea reacts to Abe's decision on security

S. Korea reacts to Abe's decision on security

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows South Korean newspapers dated May 16, 2014, reporting that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed hope the previous day that Japan will defend allies under armed attack by "limited" use of the right to collective self-defense.

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1 month since ferry sinking

1 month since ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - A monk chants a sutra facing the sea at a port on Jindo Island, southwestern South Korea, on May 16, 2014. The ferry Sewol sank off the island on April 16.

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1 month since ferry sinking

1 month since ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Search operations are conducted on May 16, 2014, off Jindo Island, southwestern South Korea, around the point where the ferry Sewol sank on April 16.

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1 month since ferry sinking

1 month since ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Search operations are conducted on May 16, 2014, off Jindo Island, southwestern South Korea, around the point where the ferry Sewol sank on April 16.

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1 month since ferry sinking

1 month since ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Search operations are conducted on May 16, 2014, off Jindo Island, southwestern South Korea, around the point where the ferry Sewol sank on April 16.

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Gov. Masuzoe mourns victims of sunken ferry

Gov. Masuzoe mourns victims of sunken ferry

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe pays his respects to the victims of a ferry accident on April 16, 2014, at the South Korean Embassy's consular affairs department in Tokyo on May 13. (Pool photo)

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Ford names Fields new president

Ford names Fields new president

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken in New York on April 16, 2014 shows Mark Fields, a former president of Japanese automaker Mazda Motor Corp. Ford Motor Co. said May 1 that President and CEO Alan Mulally will step down and the 68-year-old will be succeeded by Fields, effective July 1.

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