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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - A bus believed to be carrying Naoko Kikuchi arrives at the Tokyo District Court on May 8, 2014. The trial of Kikuchi, one of the three former AUM Shinrikyo cult members arrested in 2012 after being on the run for 17 years, began that day at the court.

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Toyota expects 36% profit jump

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda (L) and Nobuyori Kodaira, an executive vice president, attend a press conference in Tokyo on May 8, 2013, to release the company's earnings report for the just-ended fiscal 2012 and earnings forecast for fiscal 2013. Japan's largest automaker said it expects to book a group operating profit of 1.8 trillion yen for the current business year ending in March 2014, up 36.3 percent from the year before, on the back of a weaker yen and brisk sales in North America and Asia.

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Toyota expects 36% profit jump

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda ends a press conference in Tokyo on May 8, 2013, held to release the company's earnings report for the just-ended fiscal 2012 and earnings forecast for fiscal 2013. Japan's largest automaker said it expects to book a group operating profit of 1.8 trillion yen for the current business year ending in March 2014, up 36.3 percent from the year before, on the back of a weaker yen and brisk sales in North America and Asia.

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Toyota expects 36% profit jump

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda is surrounded by reporters after a press conference in Tokyo on May 8, 2013, held to release the company's earnings report for the just-ended fiscal 2012 and earnings forecast for fiscal 2013. Japan's largest automaker said it expects to book a group operating profit of 1.8 trillion yen for the current business year ending in March 2014, up 36.3 percent from the year before, on the back of a weaker yen and brisk sales in North America and Asia.

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Toyota expects 36% profit jump

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda attends a press conference in Tokyo on May 8, 2013, to release the company's earnings report for the just-ended fiscal 2012 and earnings forecast for fiscal 2013. Japan's largest automaker said it expects to book a group operating profit of 1.8 trillion yen for the current business year ending in March 2014, up 36.3 percent from the year before, on the back of a weaker yen and brisk sales in North America and Asia.

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Toyota expects 36% profit jump

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda attends a press conference in Tokyo on May 8, 2013, to release the company's earnings report for the just-ended fiscal 2012 and earnings forecast for fiscal 2013. Japan's largest automaker said it expects to book a group operating profit of 1.8 trillion yen for the current business year ending in March 2014, up 36.3 percent from the year before, on the back of a weaker yen and brisk sales in North America and Asia.

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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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China's consumer prices up 2.2% in June

BEIJING, China - Customers buy bargain sale vegetables at a supermarket in Beijing on July 8, 2012. Government data showed on July 9, 2012, that China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.2 percent in June from the same month a year earlier, slowing from 3.0 percent in May.

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'Faster-than-light' claim for subatomic particles withdrawn

KYOTO, Japan - A researcher of the international team OPERA gives a presentation of verification experiments at an international conference in Kyoto on June 8, 2012. The research group retracted its claim that subatomic particles known as neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light, following its own verification experiment in May which did not support the assertion.

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Syria unrest

HOMS, Syria - Members of a U.N. truce-monitoring team exchange greetings in front of a hotel in Homs, Syria, on May 8, 2012.

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Syria unrest

DAMASCUS, Syria - Cars carrying members of a U.N. truce-monitoring team leave a U.N. office in Damascus, Syria, on May 8, 2012.

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Syria unrest

HOMS, Syria - Members of a U.N. truce-monitoring team await their departure in front of a hotel in Homs, Syria, on May 8, 2012.

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SYRIZA leader Tsipras

ATHENS, Greece - Alexis Tsipras (2nd from L), leader of Greece's radical left coalition SYRIZA, walks out of Greek President Karolos Papoulias' office after their meeting in Athens on May 8, 2012.

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4 homers in a game

BALTIMORE, United States - Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton hits his fourth home run during the eighth inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 8, 2012.

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4 homers in a game

BALTIMORE, United States - Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton (front R) exchanges high-fives with Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish after winning a game against the Baltimore Orioles 10-3 at Oriole Park in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 8, 2012. Hamilton hit four home runs during the game.

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Syria unrest

HOMS, Syria - Photo taken on May 8, 2012, shows Baba Amr district of Homs, a rebel stronghold in western Syria. Many buildings have been severely damaged and left in disrepair.

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Syria unrest

HOMS, Syria - A man (R) shows a reporter damage left following rebel attacks in Homs, a rebel stronghold in western Syria, on May 8, 2012.

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Syria unrest

HOMS, Syria - A member (R) of a U.N. truce-monitoring team talks with security officers in Homs, a rebel stronghold in western Syria, on May 8, 2012.

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Peach Aviation launches 1st int'l flights

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Employees of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd., pour peach juice into champagne glasses at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, on May 8, 2012, to celebrate its first international service that commenced the same day between the airport and Incheon International Airport near Seoul. To the left stands a cutout of Peach Aviation Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Shinichi Inoue.

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Matsui in Rays training

PORT CHARLOTTE, United States - Tampa Bay Rays' Hideki Matsui (C) takes part in the team's training, wearing its uniform for the first time, in Port Charlotte, Florida, on May 8, 2012.

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Audi's Q3 compact SUV

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on May 8, 2012, shows the new Audi Q3 compact premium sport utility vehicle released by Audi Japan KK the same day.

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Syria unrest

HOMS, Syria - Photo taken on May 8, 2012, shows a main area of Homs, a rebel stronghold in western Syria. No people are seen on the street where pieces of shattered window glasses are scattered.

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Matsui in Rays training

PORT CHARLOTTE, United States - Tampa Bay Rays' Hideki Matsui takes part in the team's training, wearing its uniform for the first time, in Port Charlotte, Florida, on May 8, 2012.

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Peach Aviation launches 1st int'l flights

SEOUL, South Korea - Peach Aviation Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Shinichi Inoue (2nd from R) poses for photos after holding a press conference in Seoul on May 8, 2012. The Japanese low-cost carrier commenced its first international service the same day between Kansai International Airport, western Japan, and Incheon International Airport near Seoul.

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PM Noda at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on May 8, 2012, which began deliberations the same day of a set of social security and tax reform bills.

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Peach Aviation launches 1st int'l service

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Employees of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. pose at Kansai International Airport, western Japan, on May 8, 2012, to celebrate its first international service that commenced the same day between the airport and Incheon International Airport near Seoul.

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Peach Aviation launches 1st int'l flights

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Employees of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd., at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, on May 8, 2012, see off passengers on its first international service that commenced the same day between the airport and Incheon International Airport near Seoul.

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Peach Aviation launches 1st int'l flights

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Photo taken on May 8, 2012, shows the first international flight of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. taking off from Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture for Incheon International Airport near Seoul.

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Hirose named TEPCO president

TOKYO, Japan - Naomi Hirose, managing director of Tokyo Electric Power Co., gives a press conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on May 8, 2012, as TEPCO decided the same day to promote Hirose to the utility's next president.

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Levee at nuclear plant

ONAGAWA, Japan - Tohoku Electric Power Co. shows to local municipal assembly members a levee, rising to 17 meters above sea level, built at its Onagawa nuclear power station in Miyagi Prefecture on May 8, 2012.

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Peach Aviation launches 1st int'l flights

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Employees of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd., wearing traditional Korean clothing, attend an event at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on May 8, 2012, to promote its first international service that commenced the same day between the airport and Incheon International Airport near Seoul.

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DPJ decides to lift Ozawa's party membership suspension

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa. The ruling DPJ decided on May 8, 2012, to lift the party membership suspension of Ozawa following his acquittal the previous month of charges of falsifying political funds reports.

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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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DPJ decides to lift Ozawa's party membership suspension

TOKYO, Japan - Azuma Koshiishi (standing), secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a meeting of DPJ executives at the parliament building in Tokyo on May 8, 2012. The ruling DPJ decided the same day to lift the party membership suspension of former leader Ichiro Ozawa following his acquittal the previous month of charges of falsifying political funds reports. At the far right is former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

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Nadeshiko, Japan U-23s to play in Olympic sendoff doubleheader

TOKYO, Japan - Norio Sasaki (L), coach of Japan's women's national soccer team, nicknamed Nadeshiko Japan, and Takashi Sekizuka, coach of the country's men's national soccer team, attend a press conference in Tokyo on May 8, 2012, at which the Japan Football Association announced women's world champions Japan will play Australia and Sekizuka's men's Under-23s will take on New Zealand's U-23s in a doubleheader at Tokyo's National Stadium on July 11.

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Car navigation displays info on windshield

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese electronics maker Pioneer Corp. on May 8, 2012, in Tokyo unveils a new car navigation system that allows the driver to see information in front of the windshield.

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Conversational cleaning robot

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. unveils COCOROBO, a cleaning robot capable of ''voice communication,'' in Osaka on May 8, 2012.