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Toyota President Toyoda

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken May 11, 2011, shows Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corp. The Wall Street Journal picked Toyoda as one of 12 ''Corporate Executives to Watch Next Year'' on Dec. 30, 2011, saying 2012 may be a ''make or break year'' for the chief of the top Japanese automaker.

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Evacuee briefly returns in Katsurao, Fukushima Pref.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yukichi Otsuki finds moss phlox in his deserted garden in the Noyuki district in Katsurao Village, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 30, 2014. Otsuki has evacuated to Miharu Town in the prefecture following the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Year after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - People pass the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to be in Abbottabad, a garrison city in northwestern Pakistan, on April 30, 2012. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden on May 2, 2011 in a house that used to stand there.

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Year after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - Boys play cricket at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to stand in Abbottabad, a garrison city in northwestern Pakistan, on April 30, 2012. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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Year after bin Laden's killing

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan - A boy plays at the site where a hideout of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden used to be in Abbottabad, a garrison city in northwestern Pakistan, on April 30, 2012. U.S. Navy Seals killed bin Laden there on May 2, 2011.

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Audi's A1 Samurai Blue unveiled at Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - Audi AG's A1 Samurai Blue passenger car is unveiled on Nov. 30, 2011, at the Tokyo Motor Show held at Tokyo Big Sight. The car is painted blue and white -- the colors of the Japanese national soccer team uniform for men and women -- accentuated by the red of the Japanese flag. The German automaker became a sponsor of the Japan Football Association in May 2011.

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Hiroshima A-bomb survivors' testimony tapes

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Masaaki Tanabe, who is working on a project to re-create images of areas near ground zero in Hiroshima with computer graphics, on May 30, 2011, holds audiotapes of testimonies from over 100 survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing at his office in Hiroshima. The local residents who had been living within a radius of 500 meters from the ground zero before the bombing spoke about their experiences in around 1965-70, about 20 years after the atomic bombing on the city during World War II.

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Mariners' Memorial Day cap

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki wears a special Memorial Day cap during a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 30, 2011, the national holiday commemorating men and women who have died in military service for the United States.

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Mariners' Ichiro

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki steals second base in the first inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 30, 2011. The Mariners won 4-3.

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Mariners' Ichiro

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners leadoff man Ichiro Suzuki hits a single in the third inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 30, 2011. The Mariners won 4-3.

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China's Inner Mongolia

HOHHOT, China - Armed police officers run in an academic quarter of Hohhot, the capital of China's Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, on May 30, 2011. Tension has risen in the region following a series of antigovernment demonstrations.

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Kenya donation for Japan

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki (R) hands a donation check to Japanese Ambassador to Kenya Toshihisa Takata during a ceremony in Nairobi on May 30, 2011. Kenya donated $1 million following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March.

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U.S. senator says Washington backs current Futenma plan

TOKYO, Japan - Leading U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye speaks in Tokyo on May 30, 2011. Inouye assured Japanese ministers the same day that the United States will implement the current accord with Japan to build a facility in Okinawa to relocate a U.S. Marine Corps base in the prefecture, despite a recent proposal by his fellow senators to scrap the pact and integrate the airstrip into a nearby air base.

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China's Inner Mongolia

HOHHOT, China - Armed police officers watch students in an academic quarter of Hohhot, the capital of China's Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, on May 30, 2011. Tension has risen in the region following a series of antigovernment demonstrations.

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2 workers may have exceeded radiation exposure limit

CHIBA, Japan - Makoto Akashi, executive director of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, speaks in a press conference at the institute in the city of Chiba on May 30, 2011. Two Tokyo Electric Power Co. employees working at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant underwent health checks at the institute after it was found that they may have been exposed to radiation exceeding the maximum limit of 250 millisieverts.

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2 workers may have exceeded radiation exposure limit

CHIBA, Japan - Makoto Akashi, executive director of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, speaks in a press conference at the institute in the city of Chiba on May 30, 2011. Two Tokyo Electric Power Co. employees working at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant underwent health checks at the institute after it was found that they may have been exposed to radiation exceeding the maximum limit of 250 millisieverts.

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China's Inner Mongolia

XILINHOT, China - Armed police officers patrol in Xilinhot in China's Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region on May 30, 2011. Tension has risen in the region following a series of antigovernment demonstrations.

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China's Inner Mongolia

XILINHOT, China - Armed police officers patrol in Xilinhot in China's Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region on May 30, 2011. Tension has risen in the region following a series of antigovernment demonstrations.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Workers place sand bags along the coastline in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 30, 2011, as heavy rain is predicted along the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan.

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New Komeito Secretary General Inoue

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihisa Inoue, secretary general of the opposition New Komeito party, arrives at a hotel in Tokyo on May 30, 2011, to discuss with his counterpart of the major opposition Liberal Democratic Party submitting a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet.

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Emperor Akihito at 100th anniv. of Saiseikai

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) delivers a speech at a ceremony marking the centennial of Social Welfare Organization Saiseikai Imperial Gift Foundation Inc. in Tokyo on May 30, 2011. Empress Michiko (R) also attended the ceremony.

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China's Inner Mongolia

HOHHOT, China - An armed police officer guards the city hall building in Hohhot, the capital of China's Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, on May 30, 2011. Tension has risen in the region following a series of antigovernment demonstrations.

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Kan at ceremony commemorating WWII victims

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan offers flowers during a ceremony commemorating World War II victims who died overseas at Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo on May 30, 2011. The cemetery established by the government houses the remains of many unknown Japanese who died overseas during World War II.

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LDP Secretary General Ishihara

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuteru Ishihara, secretary general of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, arrives at a hotel in Tokyo on May 30, 2011, to discuss with his counterpart of the opposition New Komeito party submitting a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A Self-Defense Forces vehicle runs through a flooded road in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 30, 2011, due to heavy rain brought by a tropical storm. Police and firefighters have been on alert for potential mudslides and flooding in northeastern Japan that suffered the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - An agricultural field in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, is flooded due to heavy rain on May 30, 2011. Debris from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami still remains in the area.

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Heavy rain in northeastern Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A man walks on a flooded road in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on May 30, 2011, due to heavy rain and ground sinking caused by the March 11 earthquake.

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Japan beat China to book ticket to Women's World Cup

CHENGDU, China - Japanese soccer players and officials celebrate at Chengdu Sports Center in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on May 30, 2010, after beating China 2-0 in a third-place playoff match of the Asian Cup to earn a berth to the 2011 Women's World Cup.

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Japan beat China to book ticket to Women's World Cup

CHENGDU, China - Japan midfielder Homare Sawa (L) shoots during the first half of a third-place playoff match of the Asian Cup against China at Chengdu Sports Center in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on May 30, 2010. Japan won 2-0 to earn a berth to the 2011 Women's World Cup.

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Japan beat China to book ticket to Women's World Cup

CHENGDU, China - Japan midfielder Homare Sawa (R) celebrates after scoring her side's second goal in the 62nd minute of a third-place playoff match of the Asian Cup against China at Chengdu Sports Center in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, on May 30, 2010. Japan won 2-0 to earn a berth to the 2011 Women's World Cup.