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Baseball: Ichiro becomes 1st Asian elected to U.S. Hall of Fame

File photo shows Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners throwing the ball back during a game against the Minnesota Twins in May 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He became the first Asian player elected to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame on Jan. 21, 2025.

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Abandoned animals in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 21, 2012, shows dogs that have been abandoned by their owners. 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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Fuel trucks for NATO attacked in Pakistan

KARACHI, Pakistan - An auto mechanic looks at a burned truck, which was transporting fuel for NATO troops operating in Afghanistan, in Karachi, southern Pakistan, on May 21, 2011. A series of attacks against the fuel trucks, some claimed to have been done by Islamic militants, have been carried out in Pakistan.

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Taiwan's 4th nuclear power plant

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Photo taken May 21, 2011, shows Fourth Nuclear Power Plant under construction in New Taipei, northeastern Taiwan.

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Prime minister-elect of Tibetan gov't-in-exile

DHARAMSALA, India - Photo taken on May 21, 2011, shows Prime Minister-elect Lobsang Sangay of the Tibetan government-in-exile.

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Disaster relief event in Peru

LIMA, Peru - Japanese-Peruvians perform in a musical during an event in Lima, Peru, on May 21, 2011, to support Japanese areas hit by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan, China, S. Korea leaders promote Fukushima produce

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - (From L to R) Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, South Korean President Lee Myung Bak and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao eat locally grown grape tomatoes in the city of Fukushima on May 21, 2011, promoting the safety of farm produce from the area amid consumer fears of radioactive contamination from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Actor Nagato dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on May 2010 shows veteran actor Hiroyuki Nagato, who died on May 21, 2011, at the age of 77.

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Tibetans conference

DHARAMSALA, India - Tibetans in exile gather from around the world for a four-day conference in Dharamsala, India, on May 21, 2011.

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China, S. Korean leaders in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A woman shows a message written by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at an evacuation facility in Fukushima City on May 21, 2011. The Chinese message written on a cardboard partition in the facility encourages evacuees to be cheerful as they carry on with their lives.

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Japan, China, S. Korea leaders meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak attend a dinner banquet for their trilateral summit in Tokyo on May 21, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Too many vending machines?

TOKYO, Japan - A man buys a beverage from a vending machine in Tokyo on May 21, 2011. Nongovernmental groups and local authorities are taking actions to reduce the number of vending machines operating in the country -- about 5.2 million -- following moves by the industry and households to conserve power to cope with Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s damaged power supply capacity.

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Chinese Premier Wen visits disaster-hit Fukushima

SENDAI, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks about Mitsuru Sato, a Japanese man who helped evacuate 20 Chinese trainees before being killed in the March 11 tsunami in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, during his visit to the disaster-hit city of Natori in the prefecture on May 21, 2011. Wen praised Sato for helping others regardless of nationality.

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S. Korean president speaks to disaster victims in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak shakes hands with an evacuee on May 21, 2011, outside the prefectural Azuma gymnasium in the city of Fukushima, which is being used as a shelter for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Fukushima prior to their trilateral summit meeting in Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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S. Korean president speaks to disaster victims in Fukushima

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (C) speaks with evacuees at the prefectural Azuma gymnasium in the city of Fukushima on May 21, 2011, which is being used as a shelter for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Lee visited Fukushima prior to a trilateral summit meeting in Tokyo with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. (Pool photo)

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S. Korean president speaks to disaster victims in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (4th from L) speaks with evacuees on May 21, 2011, at the prefectural Azuma gymnasium in the city of Fukushima, which is being used as a shelter for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Lee, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Fukushima prior to their trilateral summit meeting in Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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Thai prime ministerial candidate

CHIANG MAI, Thailand - Thai prime ministerial candidate Yingluck Shinawatra acknowledges supporters at a market in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, on May 21, 2011. Yingluck is the youngest sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

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Japan, China, S. Korea leaders promote Fukushima produce

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd from L), South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (C) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) eat locally grown grape tomatoes in the city of Fukushima on May 21, 2011, promoting the safety of farm produce from the area amid consumer fears of radioactive contamination from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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S. Korean president visits disaster-hit region

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (L) offers words of encouragement to a survivor of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at an evacuation center in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 21, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Chinese premier Wen at disaster-hit areas

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd from R) visits a disaster-hit site that used to be a local fish market in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 21, 2011, prior to attending a trilateral summit meeting in Tokyo with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak. (Pool Photo)

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Chinese premier Wen meets Japan's disaster survivors

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) speaks to survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at an evacuation center in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 21, 2011. (Pool photo)

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S. Korean president visits disaster-hit region

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak holds a girl at an evacuation center for survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 21, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Chinese premier Wen meets Japan's disaster survivors

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) speaks to survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at an evacuation center in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 21, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Chinese premier Wen visits disaster-hit areas

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao(C) is being briefed about the damage caused by the March 11 quake-triggered tsunami in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 21, 2011.

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S. Korean president visits disaster-hit region

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (L) kisses a girl at an evacuation center for survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at an evacuation center in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 21, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Chinese premier Wen visits disaster-hit areas

SENDAI, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) arrives at Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture on May 21, 2011, to visit areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan and near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Pool photo)

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S. Korean president visits disaster-hit region

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (L) offers words of encouragement to a survivor of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at an evacuation center in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 21, 2011. (Pool photo)

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S. Korean president visits disaster-hit region

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak holds a girl at an evacuation center for survivors of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 21, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Chinese premier Wen visits disaster-hit areas

SENDAI, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao waves as he arrives at Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture on May 21, 2011, to visit areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan and near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Leaders of Japan, China and S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Combined file photo shows (from L) Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak. The three leaders are scheduled to visit the city of Fukushima on May 21, 2011, to encourage people affected by the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Wen and Lee will visit Japan for a trilateral summit with Kan in Tokyo.