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Jetstar Japan passengers top 50 million

Jetstar Japan Co. President Masaru Kataoka attends a ceremony at Narita airport near Tokyo on May 24, 2024, after the low-cost carrier carried its 50 millionth passenger the previous day since its inaugural flight in July 2012.

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Jetstar Japan passengers top 50 million

Jetstar Japan Co. employees pose for a photo at Narita airport near Tokyo on May 24, 2024, after the low-cost carrier carried its 50 millionth passenger the previous day since its inaugural flight in July 2012.

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World's oldest Bactrian camel dies in Yokohama

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September, 2012, shows the world's oldest Bactrian camel, Tsugaru, at Nogeyama Zoo in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. The zoo announced on May 24, 2014, the camel died the previous day at the estimated age of 38, which is equivalent to more than 100 years old for human beings.

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Foreign minister thanks Fukushima Hula girls

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) shakes hands with a Hula girl from a spa resort in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012. Gemba thanked the Hula girls for their role as a goodwill ambassador at a Pacific island summit in Okinawa in May 2012.

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Japanese princess to study at Univ. of Edinburgh

NARITA, Japan - Princess Mako, a granddaughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, is seen at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, prior to her departure for Britain to study at the University of Edinburgh. The 20-year-old princess, the eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, will stay in Britain through late May 2013.

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Japanese princess to study at Univ. of Edinburgh

NARITA, Japan - Princess Mako, a granddaughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, is seen at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 24, 2012, prior to her departure for Britain to study at the University of Edinburgh. The 20-year-old princess, the eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, will stay in Britain through late May 2013.

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Lesser panda gestures like "beckoning cat"

CHIBA, Japan - A lesser panda gestures like Japanese "maneki neko" beckoning cat ornaments that are believed to bring good luck at Chiba Zoological Park in the city of Chiba on May 24, 2012.

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Lesser panda gestures like "beckoning cat"

CHIBA, Japan - A lesser panda (R) gestures like Japanese "maneki neko" beckoning cat ornaments that are believed to bring good luck at Chiba Zoological Park in the city of Chiba on May 24, 2012.

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U.S. Sens. Levin, McCain on defense bill

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Sen. Carl Levin (L), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and committee member Sen. John McCain, hold a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 24, 2012, to discuss the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013. The U.S. Senate has effectively rejected for a second-straight year funding for the planned partial transfer of U.S. Marines stationed in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture to Guam, as the committee cut the entire $26 million requested for the transfer while approving next fiscal year's defense budget earlier in the day.

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Escaped penguin recaptured

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Humboldt penguin at Tokyo Sea Life Park in the capital's Kasai area on May 24, 2012. The penguin was recaptured on the banks of the Edo River earlier in the day by an employee of the aquarium after escaping from the facility in March, according to the Tokyo metropolitan government.

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Escaped penguin recaptured

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Humboldt penguin at Tokyo Sea Life Park in the capital's Kasai area on May 24, 2012. The penguin was recaptured on the banks of the Edo River earlier in the day by an employee of the aquarium after escaping from the facility in March, according to the Tokyo metropolitan government.

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Emperor, empress meet with Pacific island leaders

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko meet with the leaders of Pacific island nations at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 24, 2012, ahead of a two-day summit in Okinawa. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Sudo to resign as chairman of NHK board of governors

TOKYO, Japan - The chairman of public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp.'s board of governors, Fumio Sudo, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on May 24, 2012. Sudo said he will resign from the post amid criticism that his recent appointment as an outside board member of the operator of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could jeopardize public confidence in the impartiality and fairness of the public broadcaster's news reporting.

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Sudo to resign as chairman of NHK board of governors

TOKYO, Japan - The chairman of public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp.'s board of governors, Fumio Sudo, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on May 24, 2012. Sudo said he will resign from the post amid criticism that his recent appointment as an outside board member of the operator of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could jeopardize public confidence in the impartiality and fairness of the public broadcaster's news reporting.

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Sudo to resign as chairman of NHK board of governors

TOKYO, Japan - The chairman of public broadcaster Japan Broadcasting Corp.'s board of governors, Fumio Sudo, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on May 24, 2012. Sudo said he will resign from the post amid criticism that his recent appointment as an outside board member of the operator of the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could jeopardize public confidence in the impartiality and fairness of the public broadcaster's news reporting.

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Major contractors Hazama, Ando to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Hazama Corp. President Toshio Ono (L) and Ando Corp. President Toshiaki Nomura hold a press conference in Tokyo on May 24, 2012. The contractors, both listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, announced they will merge April 1, 2013, to streamline operations amid a downturn in construction spending since the global financial crisis began in 2008.

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Explosion occurs at tunnel construction site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of an explosion that occurred at a tunnel construction site in Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on May 24, 2012.

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Explosion occurs at tunnel construction site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of an explosion that occurred at a tunnel construction site in Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on May 24, 2012.

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Explosion occurs at tunnel construction site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of an explosion that occurred at a tunnel construction site in Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on May 24, 2012.

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Solar plane leaves on transcontinental flight

PAYERNE, Switzerland - The solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse takes off from Payerne, Switzerland, on May 24, 2012, on a transcontinental flight to Morocco.

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Solar plane leaves on transcontinental flight

PAYERNE, Switzerland - The solar-powered airplane Solar Impulse takes off from Payerne, Switzerland, on May 24, 2012, on a transcontinental flight to Morocco.

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Ex-DPJ leader Ozawa remains opposed to sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa speaks in Tokyo on May 24, 2012 at a gathering of lawmakers close to him. He poured cold water on prospects for making progress in upcoming talks with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, saying he remains opposed to Noda's signature policy goal of a sales tax hike.

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Explosion occurs at tunnel construction site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of an explosion that occurred at a tunnel construction site in Minamiuonuma, Niigata Prefecture, on May 24, 2012.

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Japan, U.S. diplomats discuss North Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Shinsuke Sugiyama (R), director general of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Foreign Ministry, shakes hands with Glyn Davies, U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, ahead of talks at the ministry in Tokyo on May 24, 2012. The senior Japanese and U.S. diplomats discussed North Korean issues amid growing concern that Pyongyang may test a nuclear device following its failed launch last month of a long-range rocket. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Tokyo makes it onto Olympics host city shortlist

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara gives a press conference at the metropolitan government office on May 24, 2012, after Tokyo and two other cities cleared the first hurdle in the selection of candidates to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul moved to the final phase of the selection process after their bid plans obtained the nod from the International Olympic Committee Executive Board during a meeting in Quebec City.

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M6.0 quake jolts Aomori

TOHOKU, Japan - Photo shows a cracked windowpane and a sign saying ''don't touch'' at an elementary school following an earthquake in Noheji, Aomori Prefecture, on the morning of May 24, 2012. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted Aomori Prefecture and other areas in northeastern Japan past midnight.

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Tokyo makes it onto Olympics host city shortlist

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (front row, 2nd from R) and others applaud at the Tokyo metropolitan government office on May 24, 2012, after Tokyo and two other cities cleared the first hurdle in the selection of candidates to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Tokyo, Madrid and Istanbul moved to the final phase of the selection process after their bid plans obtained the nod from the International Olympic Committee Executive Board during a meeting in the Canadian city.

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Summer-like hot day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A woman (C) walks with her jacket off on a street in Tokyo's upscale Ginza shopping district on April 24, 2012. The Japanese archipelago experienced summer-like heat the same day, with temperatures reaching 30 C at some observation points in western areas for the first time this year, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. In Tokyo, the high was 24.3 C, a temperature usually observed in late May.