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'Bunraku' legend Takemoto Sumitayu ends 68-year career

TOKYO, Japan - Legendary "bunraku" puppet show narrator Takemoto Sumitayu speaks on May 26, 2014 as he greets the capacity-crowd audience at Tokyo's National Theater after winding up his 68-year career. The 89-year-old designated living national treasure suffered a stroke in July 2012, which eventually led him to call it quits.

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Japan Crown Prince Naruhito

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 26, 2012, shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito. The picture was taken when he attended a ceremony to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Scout Association of Japan.

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono (3rd from R) inspects the spent fuel storage pool of the No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. Hosono examined how the pool, cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the building, has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono (3rd from R) inspects spent fuel storage pool of the No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. Hosono examined how the pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows spent fuel storage pool of the No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono examined how the pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 26, 2012, shows the inside of the wrecked reactor building for the No. 4 reactor at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power station in Fukushima Prefecture. At center is the top of the reactor containment vessel. A group of reporters viewed the No. 4 reactor with nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono, who inspected how a spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the No. 4 reactor building of the power plant has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono inspects the fifth floor of the No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. Hosono examined how the spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - A group of reporters view the wrecked reactor building for the No. 4 reactor at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. They traveled with nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono, who inspected how a spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the No. 4 reactor building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - A group of reporters view the wrecked reactor building for the No. 4 reactor at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. They traveled with nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono, who inspected how a spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the No. 4 reactor building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the operation floor on the fifth floor of the wrecked No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. A group of reporters viewed the No. 4 reactor with nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono, who inspected how a spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the No. 4 reactor building of the power plant has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the operation floor on fifth floor of the No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. At back is the top of the reactor containment vessel. A group of reporters viewed the No. 4 reactor with nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono, who inspected how a spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the No. 4 reactor building of the power plant has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 26, 2012, shows the fifth floor of the wrecked reactor building for the No. 4 reactor at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power station in Fukushima Prefecture. At center is the top of the reactor containment vessel. A group of reporters viewed the No. 4 reactor with nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono, who inspected how a spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the No. 4 reactor building of the power plant has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono inspects the fifth floor of the No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. Hosono examined how the spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono (R) inspects the No. 4 reactor at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. Hosono examined how the spent fuel storage pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the No. 4 reactor building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima No. 4 reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono inspects spent fuel storage pool of the No. 4 reactor building at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on May 26, 2012. Hosono examined how the pool cooling a large number of nuclear fuel rods inside the building has been reinforced to brace for major aftershocks. (Pool photo)

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) speak during a press conference after co-chairing a summit of Japan and Pacific island nations in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands before their meeting in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. They met on the sidelines of a meeting of Japan and other Pacific island leaders.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks during a press conference after a summit of Japan and Pacific island nations in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit.

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Residents in Miyagi plant trees on hill made of disaster debris

SENDAI, Japan - People take part in tree-planting in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 26, 2012, on a roughly 4-meter high hill made of debris from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami and built as an experimental wall against tidal waves.

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Tokyo Skytree 1st weekend

TOKYO, Japan - Many visitors crowd the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower, on May 26, 2012, the start of the first weekend since its opening on May 22.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Tongan Prime Minister Siale'ataonga Tu'ivakano (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands before their meeting in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. They met on the sidelines of a meeting of Japan and other Pacific island leaders.

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Residents in Miyagi plant trees on hill made of disaster debris

SENDAI, Japan - A woman and her daughter take part in tree-planting in Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 26, 2012, on a roughly 4-meter high hill made of debris from the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami and built as an experimental wall against tidal waves.

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Tokyo Skytree 1st weekend

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows many visitors including parents with children enjoying an extensive view of the capital from the highest platform, the 450-meter-high Tembo Galleria, open to the public in the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower, on May 26, 2012, the start of the first weekend since its opening on May 22.

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Tokyo Skytree 1st weekend

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows many visitors including parents with children enjoying an extensive view of the capital from the highest platform, the 450-meter-high Tembo Galleria, open to the public in the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower, on May 26, 2012, the start of the first weekend since its opening on May 22.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and other Pacific island leaders meet in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and other Pacific island leaders offer a moment of silence in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012, for the victims of the March 2011 quake and tsunami. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit in Nago.

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Tokyo Skytree 1st weekend

TOKYO, Japan - Many visitors including parents with children enjoy an extensive view of the capital from the highest platform, the 450-meter-high Tembo Galleria, open to the public in the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower, on May 26, 2012, the start of the first weekend since its opening on May 22.

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Tokyo Skytree 1st weekend

TOKYO, Japan - Many visitors including parents with children enjoy an extensive view of the capital from the highest platform, the 450-meter-high Tembo Galleria, open to the public in the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcasting tower, on May 26, 2012, the start of the first weekend since its opening on May 22.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) speaks during a summit of Japan and Pacific island nations in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and other Pacific island leaders pose for photos as they meet in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit.

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Electronics mulls shedding up to 14,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on May 26, 2012, shows a building housing the head office of Renesas Electronics Corp. in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. The struggling major semiconductor maker is reportedly considering slashing up to around 14,000 jobs, or around 30 percent of its entire workforce, while it is in talks to sell a factory in Japan to a Taiwanese company.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and other Pacific island leaders meet in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit.

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and other Pacific island leaders pose for photos as they meet in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. Japanese and Pacific island leaders agreed on strengthening ties in maritime and disaster fields, with Tokyo promising to make efforts to provide aid of up to $500 million over the next three years, as they wrapped up their two-day summit.

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Picture book on creators of Tokyo Sky Tree

TOKYO, Japan - Writer and illustrator Noritake Suzuki draws a sketch for a picture book tentatively titled ''Tokyo Sky Tree wo Tsukuru'' (meaning ''Creating Tokyo Sky Tree'') at his home in the city of Chiba on Aug. 26, 2011. The picture book featuring various jobs concerned with the construction of Tokyo Sky Tree will be published next spring. Tokyo Sky Tree, the world's tallest self-standing tower, is scheduled to open to visitors in May 2012.

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Nissan breaks ground on EV car factory in Tennessee

SMYRNA, United States - Nissan Motor Co. CEO Carlos Ghosn delivers a speech during a ground-breaking ceremony for a factory to assemble electric vehicles in Smyrna, Tennessee, on May 26, 2010. The factory, being built at Nissan's existing plant in Smyrna, is capable of making up to 150,000 rechargeable Leaf hatchbacks a year. Production is set to begin at the end of 2012.