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Tsunami damage to aquafarm industry

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken May 6, 2011, shows fishermen cleaning debris from the raft and buildings used for aquafarming that were swept away in the March 11 tsunami in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture.

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Police raid barbecue chain outlet over food poisoning

FUKUI, Japan - Police investigators bring out boxes of confiscated materials from an outlet of the Yakiniku-zakaya Ebisu restaurant chain in Fukui on May 6, 2011, over a fatal food poisoning case following the deaths of four people who ate raw meat dishes at the restaurants.

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Hamaoka nuclear plant to be suspended

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 6, 2011, over the operation of a nuclear plant in central Japan. Chubu Electric Power Co. plans to stop all reactors at its Hamaoka nuclear plant in central Japan following Prime Minister Naoto Kan's request to do so for security reasons.

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ASEAN foreign ministers meet in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Foreign ministers of Association of Southeast Asian Nations members interlock their arms in Jakarta on May 6, 2011, ahead of the two-day ASEAN summit meeting starting the following day. They discussed a border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia during a foreign ministers' meeting.

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Arimura 7th after 2 rounds at World Ladies

TSUKUBAMIRAI, Japan - Chie Arimura finds the bottom of the cup for a birdie on the eighth hole during the World Ladies Championship at Ibaraki Golf Club in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2011. Arimura moved into a tie for seventh by matching the day's best round with a bogey-free 67 on the second day.

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Gov't asks Chubu Electric to stop Hamaoka nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 6, 2011. Kan said the government has asked Chubu Electric Power Co. to suspend all the nuclear reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, citing experts' forecast of a major earthquake that could hit the region.

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Ueda tied for lead after 2 rounds at World Ladies

TSUKUBAMIRAI, Japan - Momoko Ueda kneels down after missing a birdie putt on the ninth hole during the World Ladies Championship at Ibaraki Golf Club in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 6, 2011. The former money title winner grabbed a share of the lead with a 6-under 138 total after the second day.

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Imperial couple visit quake-hit Iwate Pref.

MIYAKO, Japan - Empress Michiko talks with an evacuee at an evacuation center set up at a gymnasium in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on May 6, 2011. The imperial couple visited the prefecture to extend their sympathies to people displaced by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Imperial couple visit quake-hit Iwate Pref.

KAMAISHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito talks with an evacuee at an evacuation center set up at Kamaishi Junior High School in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 6, 2011. The imperial couple visited the prefecture to extend their sympathies to people displaced by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Disaster-hit Haramachi Thermal Power Station

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A woman walks in front of a tank destroyed by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at the Haramachi Thermal Power Station, operated by Tohoku Electric Power Co., in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 6, 2011.

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Imperial couple visit quake-hit Iwate Pref.

MIYAKO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L front) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L, back ) visit an evacuation center set up at a gymnasium in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on May 6, 2011, to extend their sympathies to people displaced by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Disaster-hit Haramachi Thermal Power Station

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Photo taken on May 6, 2011, shows the Haramachi Thermal Power Station, operated by Tohoku Electric Power Co., in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, which was struck by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. An oil spill remains at the site.

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Pile of debris in disaster-hit Miyako

MIYAKO, Japan - People walk around a heap of debris near Miyako port in quake- and tsunami-hit Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on May 6, 2011.

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Charity ice show to be held in Tohoku

TOKYO, Japan - Former world champion figure skater Mao Asada (R) and new men's silver medalist Takahiko Kozuka pose during an event in Tokyo on May 6, 2011, announcing a charity ice show expected to be held in northeastern Japan in late July. Admission will be free for the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Fish market in tsunami-hit Kamaishi

KAMAISHI, Japan - Photo shows a fish market hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 6, 2011. A ship washed ashore by the tsunami still remains behind the market.

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Imperial couple visit quake-hit Iwate Pref.

KAMAISHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R facing) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L, facing) visit an evacuation center set up at Kamaishi Junior High School in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 6, 2011, to extend their sympathies to people displaced by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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2 power generators in Thailand to be sent to Japan

CHONBURI, Thailand - A power generator and associated equipment bound for Japan are loaded onto a cargo ship at Chonburi port in central Thailand on May 6, 2011. Two power generators on loan from Thailand are ready to be shipped to Japan to help ease expected power shortages in the Tokyo area this summer.

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Imperial couple visit quake-hit Iwate Pref.

KAMAISHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito talks with an evacuee at an evacuation center set up at Kamaishi Junior High School in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on May 6, 2011. The imperial couple visited the prefecture to extend their sympathies to people displaced by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)

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Lawmaker Noda gives birth to boy

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo, taken on May 17, 2010, shows Seiko Noda, a House of Representatives member from the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party. The 50-year-old lawmaker, once touted as a potential candidate to become Japan's first female premier, gave birth to a baby boy at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 6, 2011, marking a successful end to years of fertility treatment.