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Fish from Fukushima Pref.'s Iwaki to be shipped to Tsukiji

IWAKI, Japan - Workers in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, prepare the first shipment of fish to Tokyo's Tsukiji market on May 8, 2014, following the 2011 nuclear accident. The fish were caught in trial operations.

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Carnations from Miyagi Pref. for Mother's Day

SENDAI, Japan - Carnation grower Hiroki Sugai prepares carnations for shipping for Mother's Day in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 8, 2014. Sugai, whose business was damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami along with other growers in the area, restarted growing flowers about a year after the disaster.

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Matsuzaka wins 1st game of season, 50th in bigs

BOSTON, United States - The Boston Red Sox's Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches during a game against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 27, 2012. Matsuzaka returned to the majors in style, working seven innings in the Red Sox's 5-1 win. The victory was Matsuzaka's 50th in the big leagues and his first since May 8, 2011.

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German musical ensemble holds concert in quake-hit Japan city

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Members of the German chamber music ensemble Leipzig String Quartet perform on May 8, 2012, before students at Mono Junior High School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

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Blue Mosque in Afghanistan

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan - The scene in a square near the Blue Mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan on May 8, 2011.

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Ichiro against White Sox

SEATTLE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners gets a hit during the fourth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 8, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4 as the team lost 2-5.

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Search for tsunami victims in no-entry zone

NAMIE, Japan - Police officers clad in protective gear head off on a search mission for people missing since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on May 8, 2011. The town has been designated as part of a no-entry zone due to radiation leaks at the plant following the disaster.

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Ichiro against White Sox

SEATTLE, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners gets a hit during the fourth inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 8, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-4 as the team lost 2-5.

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Search for tsunami victims in no-entry zone

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force search for people missing since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a point some 4.5 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 8, 2011. The town has been designated as part of a no-entry zone due to radiation leaks at the plant following the disaster.

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Search for tsunami victims in no-entry zone

NAMIE, Japan - A rescue worker clad in protective gear searches for people missing since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, at a point some 4.5 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant with its exhaust pipes seen in the background, in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 8, 2011. The town has been designated as part of a no-entry zone due to radiation leaks at the plant following the disaster.

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Concert for victims in tsunami-hit site

NATORI, Japan - Violinist Katsumi Matsumoto (L) of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and others perform at a concert held May 8, 2011 at a site in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, flattened by the March 11 tsunami, to remember the victims of the disaster. Matsumoto said he was left speechless seeing how much was lost in the tsunami.

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Sumo 'test meet'

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma (C) speaks on the dohyo ring as a 15-day ''test meet'' began at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 8, 2011.

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New Yorkers run for disaster-hit Japan

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese marathon runners Reiko Tosa (L, front) and Yoko Shibui (R, front) take part in a 4-mile ''Japan Run'' in New York City's Central Park, held to support disaster-hit Japan, on May 8, 2011. More than 5,000 runners took part in the event to raise donations for and show solidarity with Japan, which was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

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DPJ exec in Fukushima

NAMIE, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Katsuya Okada (C) is told about search operations by members of the Fukushima prefectural police in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 8, 2011. Okada and police officers wear protective suits as the area is within the government-designated no-go zone around the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Okada visited the area to meet with people affected by the emergency.

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Radiation in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Employees of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency dig at a playground of a kindergarten attached to Fukushima University in Fukushima City on May 8, 2011, to put soil upside down in an effort to reduce radiation levels amid the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

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Museum commemorating Japanese architect opens in Taiwan

TAINAN, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (2nd from L) and Shuichi Hatta (L) open a gate at Yoichi Hatta Memorial Park in Tainan, southern Taiwan, on May 8, 2011. A ceremony was held to mark the opening of the park dedicated to Japanese architect Yoichi Hatta, Shuichi's grandfather. Yoichi Hatta built the Chianan Canal and Wushantou Reservoir in Greater Tainan.

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Sumo 'test meet'

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hanaregoma (C) speaks on the dohyo ring as a 15-day ''test meet'' began at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 8, 2011.

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Sumo 'test meet'

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian grand sumo champion Hakuho (facing) beats Toyonoshima (front) on the first day of a 15-day ''test meet'' at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on May 8, 2011. Sumo resumed that day after a match-fixing scandal caused cancellation of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March and following an earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Cambodia, Thailand meet on border dispute

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) and Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (R) discuss a bilateral border dispute during a meeting in Jakarta on May 8, 2011, mediated by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd from R in back).

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Mexican bishop Ruiz, campaigner for indigenous people, dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on May 8, 2002, shows Samuel Ruiz, a former bishop who died on Jan. 24, 2011, at a hospital in Mexico City at age 86. Ruiz was known for fighting for the rights of the indigenous people in Mexico in the 1990s.