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Ex major league pitcher Irabu found dead

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Hideki Irabu of Lotte Marines pitching in a game against Nippon Ham Fighters in which he achieved his 1,000th strikeout, in Chiba, near Tokyo, in May 1996. Police said on July 28, 2011, that the former major leaguer and Japanese professional baseball player was found dead at his home in the suburbs of Los Angeles the previous day.

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Japan-EU summit

BRUSSELS, Belgium - (From L to R) Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso attend a joint press conference after their summit in Brussels on May 28, 2011. (Pool photo)

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Explosions in China

FUZHOU, China - Damage to a local government building can be seen in Fuzhou in China's Jiangxi Province on May 28, 2011, after explosions hit the building on May 26.

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Nishioka makes rehab start

LEE COUNTY, Florida - Minnesota Twins second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka, who is recovering on the disabled list from a broken left fibula, gets an RBI in his first appearance in an extended spring training game in Lee County, Florida, on May 28, 2011.

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Experiment to decontaminate farmland

IITATE, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano (front, R) and Norio Kanno (front, L), mayor of Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture, sow sunflower seeds at a field rented from a local farmer in the village on May 28, 2011, as Japan began the same day an experiment to remove radioactive materials from farmland by growing plants and using a mineral, amid radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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Egypt eases travel restrictions for Gaza residents

RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Residents of Gaza wait for their applications to travel to Egypt to be granted at the Rafah crossing point in southern Gaza on the border with Egypt on May 28, 2011. Egypt eased travel restrictions for residents of the Palestinian autonomous area the same day.

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TEPCO releases undisclosed data on nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Junichi Matsumoto, an official of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks during a press conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on May 28, 2011, releasing data that had not been disclosed on radiation monitoring at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant when it was crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and began emitting radioactive materials.

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Explosions in China

FUZHOU, China - Damage to a local government building can be seen in Fuzhou in China's Jiangxi Province on May 28, 2011, after explosions hit the building on May 26.

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Egypt eases travel restrictions for Gaza residents

RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Residents of Gaza flock to the counter to receive passports after they were allowed to travel to Egypt from the Palestinian autonomous area, at the Rafah crossing point in southern Gaza on the border with Egypt on May 28, 2011. Egypt eased travel restrictions for residents of Gaza the same day.

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Yokomine at Yonex Ladies

NAGAOKA, Japan - Sakura Yokomine reacts after scoring her first eagle of the season on the par-5 18th hole at Yonex Country Club in Niigata Prefecture on May 28, 2011.

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Okinawa gov. reiterates opposition to Futenma relocation plan

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R) hands written requests to the central government to Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto at the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on May 28, 2011. The governor reiterated his opposition to the plan to move the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from Ginowan to Nago, both in Okinawa.

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N. Korea frees detained American

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Robert King (L, front), U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights, and Jun Young Su (R, front), a Korean-American man, head for Pyongyang airport on May 28, 2011. Jun, who had been detained in North Korea since November 2010 for what Pyongyang says is a crime against the country, has been released and arrived in Beijing with King later in the day.

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Japan-China dialogue in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae (L) and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun shake hands in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2011. They held talks ahead of a meeting of leaders from Japan, China and South Korea planned in Tokyo in May 2011.

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Raw meat sushi bar in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A group of women are seen at restaurant Nikuzushi (meat sushi), which specializes in raw meat, including beef, chicken, pork, deer and horse meat, in Tokyo's Ebisu district on Jan. 28, 2011. At least 60 percent of customers at the restaurant, which opened in May 2010, are women, with many of them around 30 years old, according to its operator Spice Works.

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Mazda to supply Premacy minivan to Nissan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Mazda Motor Corp.'s Premacy minivan. Mazda will begin supplying Premacy to Nissan Motor Co. in May 2011 for sale under the Nissan brand, the two automakers said on Jan. 28, 2011.