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African Union

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Photo taken on May 24, 2013, shows the headquarters building of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which was completed in late 2011, funded by China. A summit meeting was held there on May 25, 2013, the 50th anniversary of the foundation of its predecessor Organization of African Unity.

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Higashidori nuclear plant in Aomori

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2011 shows Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori nuclear power plant (front) in Aomori Prefecture. There are active faults under the single-reactor plant, according to a study released Oct. 24, 2011, which called for a review of the seismic safety of the plant.

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Tibetan national general meeting

DHARAMSALA, India - Tibetans gather for the last day of a national general meeting in Dharamsala, India, on May 24, 2011.

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Banana Yoshimoto wins Italy award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese novelist Banana Yoshimoto, who won Italy's Capri Award on May 24, 2011.

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2 men acquitted of murder 43 years after arrests

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Shoji Sakurai, 64, speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24, 2011. Earlier in the day, the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court in a retrial acquitted Sakurai and Takao Sugiyama, also 64, of the murder of a man in the prefecture, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. They were freed on parole in 1996.

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IAEA team, Kaieda hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese industry minister Banri Kaieda (far L) speaks at the outset of a meeting with a group of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency at the ministry building in Tokyo on May 24, 2011.

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Japan envoy thanks U.S. for postdisaster help

WASHINGTON, Unites States - Ichiro Fujisaki (front), Japan's ambassador to the United States, speaks before a panel of the U.S. House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington on May 24, 2011. He expressed gratitude for U.S. help in relief work following the catastrophic March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

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Japan premier Kan in France

PARIS, France - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan arrives at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on May 24, 2011. He will attend a Group of Eight summit in Deauville, France.

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LDP lawmaker throws water at Foreign Ministry official

TOKYO, Japan - This undated file photo shows Seiichi Eto, a House of Councillors member of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party. On May 24, 2011, Eto threw water at a senior Foreign Ministry official as he was frustrated with the attitude of the bureaucrat who was explaining a visit by South Korean lawmakers to a Russian-held island off Hokkaido claimed by Japan, LDP members said.

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2 men acquitted of murder 43 years after arrests

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Takao Sugiyama, 64, wipes his tears during a press conference at a hotel in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24, 2011. Earlier in the day, the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court in a retrial acquitted Sugiyama, and Shoji Sakurai, also 64, of the murder of a man in the prefecture, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. They were freed on parole in 1996.

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Day 5 of Kim Jong Il's China visit

NANJING, China - A train believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il leaves Nanjing station on May 24, 2011, on the fifth day of his unannounced trip to China. The train headed in the direction of Beijing.

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PM Kan leaves for Europe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan waves before departing for Europe from Haneda airport in Tokyo on May 24, 2011, making his first overseas trip since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. He is scheduled to attend a two-day Group of Eight summit meeting in France and a meeting with top-level representatives of the European Union in Brussels.

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2 men acquitted of murder 43 years after arrests

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Shoji Sakurai (R) and Takao Sugiyama, both 64, shake hands after finishing their press conference at a hotel in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 24, 2011. Earlier in the day, the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court acquitted them in a retrial of the murder of a man in the prefecture, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. They were freed on parole in 1996.

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U.S. envoy heads to N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Robert King, U.S. special envoy for North Korea human rights, is surrounded by reporters at Beijing airport on May 24, 2011, before a mission led by him leaves for Pyongyang to study the food situation in North Korea for potential resumption of food aid.

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IAEA's Weightman in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Mike Weightman, the head of Britain's Nuclear Regulation Office as well as a group of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency visiting Japan, meets reporters after holding talks with Japanese industry minister Banri Kaieda at the ministry building in Tokyo on May 24, 2011.

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IAEA's Weightman and industry minister Kaieda

TOKYO, Japan - Mike Weightman (L), the head of Britain's Nuclear Regulation Office as well as a group of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency visiting Japan, shakes hands with Japanese industry minister Banri Kaieda prior to their talks at the ministry building in Tokyo on May 24, 2011.

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U.S. envoy in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Robert King (R), the U.S. special envoy for human rights and humanitarian affairs, arrives in Pyongyang on May 24, 2011, to study the food situation in North Korea ahead of a possible resumption of food aid.

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2 men acquitted of murder 43 years after arrests

MITO, Japan - This file photo shows postcards that Shoji Sakurai and Takao Sugiyama, both 64, sent to each other while they were detained in isolation cells at the Tokyo Detention House. On May 24, 2011, the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court acquitted them of murder in a retrial, clearing their names more than 43 years after their arrests. The two men had been sentenced to life imprisonment in 1970 for the August 1967 robbery and murder of Shoten Tamamura, a 62-year-old carpenter, and were freed on parole in 1996.

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Oze opens for season

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A Shinto priest (front) prays for the safety of visitors during a ceremony to mark the beginning of the climbing season in the Oze National Park at a trail starting point in the village of Hinoemata, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 24, 2011. There has been concern that Tokyo Electric Power Co., which owns some 40 percent of the land in the national park, may sell its property there to finance huge compensation payments following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Day 5 of Kim Jong Il's China visit

NANJING, China - A car believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Il heads for Nanjing train station on May 24, 2011, on the fifth day of his unannounced trip to China.

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Radiation screenings on cattle in village of Iitate

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Radiation screenings on cattle are conducted on May 24, 2011, at a farm in the village of Iitate near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Fukushima Prefecture, before they are sold at markets.

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PM Kan leaves for Europe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan waves before departing for Europe from Haneda airport in Tokyo on May 24, 2011, making his first overseas trip since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. He is scheduled to attend a two-day Group of Eight summit meeting in France and a meeting with top-level representatives of the European Union in Brussels.

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Japan economy in May

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd from R) and economic and fiscal policy minister Kaoru Yosano (R) attend a meeting of Cabinet ministers on a monthly report on the Japanese economy for May at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 24, 2011.

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Monju operation

TSURUGA, Japan - Preparatory work begins to retrieve a device that fell inside the vessel of prototype fast-breeder reactor Monju in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on May 24, 2011. The 3.3-ton device fell by mistake in August 2010.

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Monju operation

TSURUGA, Japan - Preparatory work begins to retrieve a device that fell inside the vessel of prototype fast-breeder reactor Monju in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on May 24, 2011. The 3.3-ton device fell by mistake in August 2010.

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Kim Jong Il in China

NANJING, China - A train used for transportation by North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is seen arriving in Nanjing, China, on May 24, 2011.

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New budget airline Peach Aviation

OSAKA, Japan - Peach Aviation Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Shinichi Inoue holds a model of a pink-painted airplane of the new budget airline during a press conference in Osaka on May 24, 2011.

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Japan sets up probe panel on nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yotaro Hatamura, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo. The Japanese government on May 24, 2011, set up an independent panel headed by Hatamura to probe the nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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2 men acquitted in retrial after nearly 30 years in prison

TSUCHIURA, Japan - Takao Sugiyama (L) and Shoji Sakurai, both 64, answer reporters' questions in front of the Tsuchiura branch of the Mito District Court in Ibaraki Prefecture on May 24, 2011. The court later handed down their acquittals in a retrial of a 1967 murder-robbery case. The two men served nearly 30 years in prison over the so-called Fukawa case.

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Hiroshima resets 'peace clock' after U.S. plutonium tests

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A counter on a ''peace clock'' monument at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum that shows the number of days since the last nuclear test was reset on May 24, 2011, following recent U.S. tests to examine the effectiveness of its nuclear weapons with the use of plutonium.

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Japan envoy to Ghana

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Naoto Nikai, whom the Japanese government appointed as ambassador to Ghana on May 24, 2011, effective the same day.

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Mexican bishop Ruiz, campaigner for indigenous people, dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on May 8, 2002, shows Samuel Ruiz, a former bishop who died on Jan. 24, 2011, at a hospital in Mexico City at age 86. Ruiz was known for fighting for the rights of the indigenous people in Mexico in the 1990s.