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G-7 summit in Hiroshima

An event promoting food and sake from three Japanese prefectures hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami is held at the international media center on the second day of a Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on May 20, 2023.

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G-7 summit in Hiroshima

An event promoting food and sake from three Japanese prefectures hit by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami is held at the international media center on the second day of a Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city of Hiroshima on May 20, 2023.

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Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken at Miyagi prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013 shows a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is given to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.

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Lady Gaga's teacup donated to disaster-hit area

SENDAI, Japan - Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) receives a teacup that pop icon Lady Gaga used, at the prefectural government offices on Feb. 20, 2013. The teacup, which was sold for 6 million yen at a charity auction in May 2012 to support the recovery from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is presented to Miyagi Prefecture, a northeastern Japan area hit hard by the disaster, on Feb. 20, 2013. Lady Gaga sipped from the teacup at a news conference in Tokyo in June, 2011. It is smeared with her lipstick and the phrase "We pray for Japan" is written in Japanese across the front.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - In this photo taken in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 20, 2012, an ostrich walks by the remains of another that starved to death after they were left abandoned at a breeding facility. In April 2011, the government designated Okuma 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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Chinese tourists in Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Fukushima Vice Gov. Fumio Murata (C) and Chinese tourists make a toast at Spa Resort Hawaiians, a leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 20, 2012. The tourists were part of the first tour group from the Chinese mainland to visit the prefecture since the March 2011 disaster.

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1st China mainland tour group since disaster visits Fukushima

IWAKI, Japan - Wang Zhenghua, chairman of budget carrier Spring Airlines, receives a lei after arriving at Spa Resort Hawaiians, a leisure complex in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 20, 2012, in the first tourist group from China's mainland to visit Japan's Fukushima Prefecture since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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JR East president apologizes to Tokyo governor

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Seino (L), president of East Japan Railway Co., visits Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara at the Tokyo metropolitan government office in Tokyo on June 20, 2011, to offer an apology over the railway operator's decision to suspend its services and shutter its major stations in the capital in the wake of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake in northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, forcing stranded passengers out of the stations. The governor sent a protest letter to the company, commonly known as JR East, in May, saying the metropolitan government might start imposing taxes on JR East station facilities depending on its response to Tokyo's inquiry into the controversial decision.

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Acer's tablet computer

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Acer Inc.'s tablet computer Iconia Tab W500 powered by the Windows 7 operating system. The tablet hit store shelves on May 20, 2011.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il on visit to China

MUDANJIANG, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (C) leaves a hotel in Mudanjiang in Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China, on May 20, 2011.

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Crown prince at photo exhibit

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito views news photos of the devastation caused by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan on display at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama on May 20, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il on visit to China

MUDANJIANG, China - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R) leaves a hotel in Mudanjiang in Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China, on May 20, 2011.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il on visit to China

MUDANJIANG, China - A man believed to be North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R, showing his back) enters a hotel in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China on May 20, 2011.

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Mobile post office in disaster-hit area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - People take advantage of a mobile post office in the disaster-hit city of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on May 20, 2011. The city lost three post offices after the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami flattened the city. Many users of the service are those requesting forwarding services as they move into temporary housing from evacuation centers.

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Philippine nurses complete pre-training in Japanese language

MANILA, Philippines - A Philippine nurse makes a speech May 20, 2011, during a ceremony in the Manila metropolitan area marking the completion of a two-month preparatory training course in Japanese language and culture for her and other nurses accepted this year to train in Japan under the two countries' economic partnership agreement.

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Ryo Ishikawa at Hamamatsu Open

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa reacts after scoring an eagle on the ninth hole at the Totoumi Hamamatsu Open at Grandee Hamanako Golf Club in Shizuoka Prefecture on May 20, 2011.

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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il on visit to China

MUDANJIANG, China - A man believed to be North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (R, showing his back) enters a hotel in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China on May 20, 2011.

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Sushi Ishigaki at Hamamatsu Open

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Sushi Ishigaki strikes a pose after making a birdie on the ninth hole at the Totoumi Hamamatsu Open at Grandee Hamanako Golf Club in Shizuoka Prefecture on May 20, 2011. His real name is Satoshi Ishigaki.

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Mobile convenience store in disaster-hit area

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - A man shops at a mobile convenience store in the disaster-hit city of Minamisanriku in Miyagi Prefecture on May 20, 2011. The truck makes several stops a day to help residents in the city that was devastated by the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami.

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Azaleas bloom in disaster-hit Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - Azaleas are blooming at a site devastated by March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 20, 2011.

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Philippine nurses complete pre-training in Japanese language

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine nurses attend a ceremony in the Manila metropolitan area on May 20, 2011, marking the completion of a two-month preparatory training course in Japanese language and culture for them who had been accepted this year to train in Japan under the two countries' economic partnership agreement.

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TEPCO names managing director Nishizawa as next president

TOKYO, Japan - Toshio Nishizawa (R), a managing director of Tokyo Electric Power Co., looks at President Masataka Shimizu during the company's press conference at its head office in Tokyo on May 20, 2011. The utility said the same day it has named Nishizawa as its new president to replace Shimizu, who will step down to take responsibility for the disaster at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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BOJ keeps loose monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa speaks during a news conference at the BOJ head office in Tokyo on May 20, 2011, after the central bank decided to maintain its loose monetary policy earlier in the day to help boost the economy amid uncertainty over the nation's outlook due to the impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Promoting Fukushima produce

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese farm minister Michihiko Kano (R) buys ''Aizu Koshihikari'' brand rice at a sales and exhibit event for agricultural produce from Fukushima Prefecture held in front of the entrance of the ministry in Tokyo on May 20, 2011. The event, open to the public, was held to help farmers in the prefecture who have been hit by consumer fears about radiation following an accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Defense ministers of China, ASEAN meet

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (C) talks with defense ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations during breakfast in Jakarta on May 20, 2011.

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Japan, China discuss Fukushima crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese and Chinese atomic power experts hold talks in Tokyo on May 20, 2011, to discuss the ongoing crisis at a radiation-leaking nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture.

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U.S. Middle East envoy Mitchell resigning

WASHINGTON, United States - File photo shows George Mitchell, U.S. special envoy for the Middle East, at the Department of State in Washington in September 2010. Mitchell is leaving the post, effective May 20, 2011, after serving for over two years, according to his resignation letter addressed to U.S. President Barack Obama.