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Woman makes her dream of becoming pilot come true

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken May 17, 2013 in Tokyo shows Yu Hirata, the first female co-pilot for Miyazaki-based Skynet Asia Airways Co. Hirata passed the pilot test before graduating from university and joined Skynet Asia in April 2012, becoming a co-pilot in February 2013.

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Mayor's meeting with former sex slaves canceled

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows Kil Won Ok, 84, a South Korean woman who was forced to serve as a wartime sex slave, at Hiroshima airport shortly after her arrival from South Korea on May 17, 2013. Kil and another such woman canceled a scheduled meeting with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on May 24, saying it is "worthless." Hashimoto has been under fire over his claim that sexual servitude was "necessary to maintain discipline" in the Japanese military.

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Greek prime minister in China

BEIJING, China - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Greek prime minister in China

BEIJING, China - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (far L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (far R) hold talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Yankees Kuroda against Blue Jays

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on May 17, 2013. Kuroda pitched eight dominant innings to earn his sixth victory of the season in the Yankees' 5-0 win.

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U.S. LNG exports

FREEPORT, United States - Photo taken in March 2013 shows a shipping base for liquefied natural gas in Freeport, Texas, that will be used to ship the gas to Japan. The United States said on May 17, 2013, it will allow exports of domestically produced LNG to Japan and other countries to which it is not bound by free trade agreements, authorizing the plan to deliver shale and other gases from Texas.

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Wrestling world body acting president

MOSCOW, Russia - Nenad Lalovic, the acting president of the International Wrestling Federation (FILA), speaks to reporters in Moscow on May 17, 2013, after attending a bureau meeting of wrestling's international governing body.

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S. Korean ex-comfort woman arrives in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kil Won Ok (L), an 84-year-old South Korean woman forced into wartime sex slavery by Japan, arrives at Hiroshima airport on May 17, 2013. Kil is planning to meet with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on May 24, along with another elderly South Korean woman who worked as a "comfort woman," the Japanese euphemism for such women, following controversy over the mayor's series of remarks defending Japan's wartime military brothels.

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Osaka Mayor Hashimoto

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto departs after answering reporters' questions at the Osaka city offices on May 17, 2013, amid controversy over his series of remarks arguing that the system of wartime military brothels was considered necessary to keep discipline in the Japanese military.

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S. Korean ex-comfort woman arrives in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kil Won Ok, an 84-year-old South Korean woman forced into wartime sex slavery by Japan, arrives at Hiroshima airport on May 17, 2013. Kil is planning to meet with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto on May 24, along with another elderly South Korean woman who worked as a "comfort woman," the Japanese euphemism for such women, following controversy over the mayor's series of remarks defending Japan's wartime military brothels.

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Osaka Mayor Hashimoto

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at the Osaka city offices on May 17, 2013, amid controversy over his series of remarks arguing that the system of wartime military brothels was considered necessary to keep discipline in the Japanese military.

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Osaka Mayor Hashimoto

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at the Osaka city offices on May 17, 2013, amid controversy over his series of remarks arguing that the system of wartime military brothels was considered necessary to keep discipline in the Japanese military.

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Osaka Mayor Hashimoto

OSAKA, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at the Osaka city offices on May 17, 2013, amid controversy over his series of remarks arguing that the system of wartime military brothels was considered necessary to keep discipline in the Japanese military.

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Abe aide ends N. Korea visit

BEIJING, China - Isao Iijima, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaks to reporters after he arrived at Beijing airport on May 17, 2013, following a four-day visit to North Korea.

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Abe aide ends N. Korea visit

BEIJING, China - Isao Iijima (C), an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is surrounded by reporters after he arrived at Beijing airport on May 17, 2013, following a four-day visit to North Korea.

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Abe on Economist magazine cover

LONDON, Britain - Photo taken May 17, 2013, shows the cover of British magazine The Economist put on sale the same day, featuring a caricature of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe comparing him to Superman. The edition carries an article on Abe's economic policies dubbed "Abenomics."

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Abe vows to double crop exports by 2020

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech in Tokyo on May 17, 2013. In the speech, Abe pledged to double the scale of Japan's crop exports to 1 trillion yen by 2020 as a pillar of his government's economic growth strategy.

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Abe aide ends N. Korea visit

BEIJING, China - Isao Iijima, an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gets into a car after he arrived at Beijing airport on May 17, 2013, following a four-day visit to North Korea.

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Protest against Osaka mayor

OSAKA, Japan - People hold a rally in front of the Osaka city offices on May 17, 2013, to protest against Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's series of remarks arguing that the system of wartime military brothels was considered necessary to keep discipline in the Japanese military.

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Protest against Osaka mayor

OSAKA, Japan - People hold a rally in front of the Osaka city offices on May 17, 2013, to protest against Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's series of remarks arguing that the system of wartime military brothels was considered necessary to keep discipline in the Japanese military.

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Abe aide ends N. Korea visit

BEIJING, China - Isao Iijima (C), an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, arrives at Beijing airport on May 17, 2013, after visiting North Korea for four days.

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Protest against Osaka mayor

OSAKA, Japan - People form a "human chain" around the Osaka city offices on May 17, 2013, to protest against Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto's series of remarks arguing that the system of wartime military brothels was considered necessary to keep discipline in the Japanese military.

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Social networking service mixi incoming President Asakura

TOKYO, Japan - Yusuke Asakura, incoming president of mixi Inc., speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on May 17, 2013. Asakura will head the Japanese social networking site operator from June.

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Dance lovers urge clubs to be exempted from control law

TOKYO, Japan - Around 300 dance lovers rally at a parliament facility in Tokyo on May 17, 2013, calling for the entertainment business control law to be revised to exempt dance clubs from regulations under the law.

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Okinawa, Taiwan fishermen fail to reach deal

NAHA, Japan - Fishermen from Japan's Okinawa Prefecture (front) and Taiwan hold talks in Naha, Okinawa on May 17, 2013. They failed to reach agreement on ways to prevent problems regarding operations near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Lawmaker says Japan has swarms of S. Korean prostitutes

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Shingo Nishimura, a lower house lawmaker of the opposition Japan Restoration Party. Nishimura said "there are swarms of South Korean prostitutes in Japan" during a meeting of lawmakers from the party on May 17, 2013. He retracted the comments later that day saying it was "inappropriate to mention the name of South Korea" and submitted a letter stating his intention to leave the party.

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Salmon milt for recovering rare earths

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 17, 2013, shows a scene from a presentation at the Japan Sustainable Mining, Investment & Technology business forum delivered by Yoshio Takahashi (R, below), professor of environmental chemistry at Hiroshima University, who belongs to a Japanese research team from the university and Aisin Cosmos R&D Co. The team said it has found a more effective and less costly way of recovering rare earths from mineral ores by using salmon milt.