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Disaster recovery exhibition at Osaka expo

An exhibit shows the height of the tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in March 2011 as an exhibition highlighting the recovery of the three prefectures severely affected by the earthquake-tsunami disaster begins at the World Exposition in Osaka on May 19, 2025.

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Suit over pupils' deaths in tsunami

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo shows Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 19, 2014. A hearing was held the same day at the Sendai District Court in the prefecture, after relatives of 23 pupils at the school who died in the earthquake and tsunami disaster of March 11, 2011, filed a damages suit in March. At the school, 74 of the 108 pupils died or remain unaccounted for, and 10 of the 13 teachers and school officials died in the disaster.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 19, 2012, a cattle beast lies starved to death after its owner abandoned it in a barn. The town remains nearly deserted as the government in April 2011 designated it and other municipalities within a 20-kilometer ring around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a no-go zone. The plant's reactors suffered meltdowns after being struck by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, spewing massive amounts of radioactive materials into the air and sea.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il in China

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2010 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) before he gets into a car at a hotel in Dalian, China. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, that Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17. He was 69.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il, Japan PM Koizumi

TOKYO, Japan - In this file photo taken in May 2004, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shake hands at the Taedonggang state guesthouse in the suburbs of Pyongyang. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, that Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17. He was 69.

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Anti-Gaddafi paintings in Libya

BENGHAZI, Libya - Photos and drawings attacking leader Muammar Gaddafi are stuck to the front window of a car in Benghazi, northeastern Libya, on May 19, 2011.

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Anti-Gaddafi paintings in Libya

BENGHAZI, Libya - Pictures of victims under the rule of leader Muammar Gaddafi are displayed on a wall in Benghazi, northeastern Libya, on May 19, 2011.

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Anti-Gaddafi paintings in Libya

BENGHAZI, Libya - An antigovernment soldier poses near a drawing of revolutionary Che Guevara on a wall in Benghazi, northeastern Libya, on May 19, 2011.

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Japanese fighter pilot worshiped by Taiwanese

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Images of World War II Japanese fighter pilot Shigemine Sugiura are enshrined at Chen-an Temple in Tainan, Taiwan, on May 19, 2011. The temple worships the Japanese solider who died in the city during an Allied attack.

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Japanese fighter pilot worshiped by Taiwanese

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A resident in the neighborhood offers apples before the images of World War II Japanese fighter pilot Shigemine Sugiura at Chen-an Temple in Tainan, Taiwan, on May 19, 2011. The temple worships the Japanese solider who died in the city during an Allied attack.

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Jazz bar opens near JR Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - A woman plays piano at ''got music? Cafe & Bar'' near JR Tokyo Station in Tokyo on May 19, 2011.

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Reconstruction in quake-hit Christchurch

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Construction work is in progress in Christchurch, New Zealand, on May 19, 2011, at a site where the collapsed Canterbury TV building stood before a major earthquake struck the area on Feb. 22.

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Venlo beat Volendam

VOLENDAM, Nethelands - VVV Venlo forward Bobby Cullen (C) is congratulated by teammate Maya Yoshida (R) after scoring the team's first goal in a game against FC Volendam in Volendam, the Netherlands, on May 19, 2011. Venlo beat Volendam 2-1.

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Japan delegation at global travel summit

LAS VEGAS, United States - Japanese delegation head Atsutoshi Nishida (C) and vice head Mutsutake Otsuka (R) attend the Global Travel and Tourism Summit in Las Vegas on May 19, 2011. Nishida, chairman of Toshiba Corp., and Otsuka, chairman of East Japan Railway Co., asked leaders of global tourism industry to help Japanese tourism recovering from the March 11 disaster.

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Senior U.S. official Yun, Suu Kyi meet

BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (L) and Joseph Yun (R), U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speak to reporters after their meeting in Yangon on May 19, 2011. Suu Kyi expressed her support for a U.S. policy of continuous economic sanctions on Myanmar.

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S. Korean forces' exercise

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean marines take part in a landing drill at a beach in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, on May 19, 2011.

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S. Korean forces' exercise

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of South Korean forces conduct a landing exercise along a beach in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, on May 19, 2011.

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Sony devises new visual technology for smartphone camera

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. demonstrates in Tokyo on May 19, 2011, a new kind of ''augmented reality'' technology that shows additional information when it captures images through a camera on devices such as a smartphone.

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Rikuchu Kaigan National Park

MIYAKO, Japan - A man (L) stands in front of Jodogahama beach on May 19, 2011, at Rikuchu Kaigan National Park in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Debris has been cleaned up by local residents and volunteer workers.

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Takeda to acquire Swiss drugmaker

TOKYO, Japan - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. President Yasuchika Hasegawa makes an announcement at a press conference in Tokyo on May 19, 2011. The largest Japanese drugmaker has signed an agreement with the shareholders of Swiss drugmaker Nycomed S/A to acquire all shares in the Swiss firm for 9.6 billion euros (about 1 trillion yen).

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Fishermen in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - Members of a local fisheries association carry a log at Taro fishing port in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on May 19, 2011, as they clean up the area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Iwaki students head for fishery training off Hawaii

IWAKI, Japan - Students of Iwaki Kaisei High School aboard the training ship Fukushima Maru leave Onahama Port in disaster-hit Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 19, 2011, for triannual fishery training in waters off Hawaii. The start of the first training round of the year was delayed for about three weeks due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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ASEAN defense ministers' meeting

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Defense ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations attend a press conference in Jakarta on May 19, 2011. The defense ministers adopted a plan to set up an ASEAN defense industry to tap massive military spending in the region during discussions in the Indonesian capital on regional security and maritime matters.

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Taiwan's Ma in press conference

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou speaks during a press conference at the National University of Tainan in Tainwan, southern Taiwan, on May 19, 2011.

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ASEAN defense ministers meet

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Defense ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations join hands during the opening ceremony of their meeting in Jakarta on May 19, 2011.

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Japan economy shrinks

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on May 19, 2011. Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 3.7 percent in the January-March quarter, marking the second consecutive quarter of contraction.

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Japanese automakers to run plants weekends

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiyuki Shiga, chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 19, 2011. JAMA said its member firms will close plants in Japan on Thursdays and Fridays and open them on weekends from July through September to reduce weekday electricity consumption, following damage to power generation capacity of utilities caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.