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Prominent Chinese journalist Gao's son missing

BEIJING, China - Prominent Chinese journalist Gao Yu is photographed in Beijing in November 2013. Her son is missing, a human rights watch group in Hong Kong reported on May 8, 2014. Gao was detained on April 24, 2014, over her alleged role in disclosing confidential government information.

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Toyota's group operating profit hits record

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda holds a press conference at the company's Tokyo head office on May 8, 2014. The automaker's group operating profit for fiscal 2013, ended March 2014, surged 73.5 percent from the previous year to a record 2.29 trillion yen, driven by the yen's slide and robust sales in Japan and North America.

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Toyota's group operating profit hits record

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda holds a press conference at the company's Tokyo head office on May 8, 2014. The automaker's group operating profit for fiscal 2013, ended March 2014, surged 73.5 percent from the previous year to a record 2.29 trillion yen, driven by the yen's slide and robust sales in Japan and North America.

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Toyota's group operating profit hits record

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda holds a press conference at the company's Tokyo head office on May 8, 2014. The automaker's group operating profit for fiscal 2013, ended March 2014, surged 73.5 percent from the previous year to a record 2.29 trillion yen, driven by the yen's slide and robust sales in Japan and North America.

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Toyota's group operating profit hits record

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda holds a press conference at the company's Tokyo head office on May 8, 2014. The automaker's group operating profit for fiscal 2013, ended March 2014, surged 73.5 percent from the previous year to a record 2.29 trillion yen, driven by the yen's slide and robust sales in Japan and North America.

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1st female chief for National Personnel Authority

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in May 2013 shows Nahomi Ichimiya, a commissioner of the National Personnel Authority. The government has decided to promote Ichimiya as the first woman to head the nation's personnel agency, government sources said March 8, 2014.

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Big European football clubs hosting schools

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Young children practice soccer with coach Luis Rubial Fernandez in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on May 8, 2013 at Real Madrid Foundation Soccer School organized by Real Madrid C.F., football club based in Spain's Madrid.

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Osaka lures cruise ship tourists from overseas

OSAKA, Japan - File photo, taken May 8, 2013, shows the cruise ship Diamond Princess docking at Osaka port in western Japan.

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Osaka lures cruise ship tourists from overseas

OSAKA, Japan - Officials from the Osaka city government and the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry inspect the cruise ship Diamond Princess on May 8, 2013 at Osaka port in western Japan.

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Narita airport marks 35th anniversary

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows Narita airport, near Tokyo, on May 8, 2013. The airport marked its 35th anniversary on May 20.

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Ex-Antarctic team member becomes farmer in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Yoshinori Yamakawa, a former member of Japan's Antarctic expedition team, takes care of melons on May 8, 2013 in Furano, Hokkaido. Yamakawa became a farmer in the spring of 2013 after moving to the city three years ago and learning about agriculture from scratch.

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Ex-Antarctic team member becomes farmer in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Yoshinori Yamakawa, a former member of Japan's Antarctic expedition team, plows a field on May 8, 2013 in Furano, Hokkaido. Yamakawa became a farmer in the spring of 2013 after moving to the city three years ago and learning about agriculture from scratch.

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Ex-U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Ogata

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows former U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata. At a high-level meeting at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 8, 2013, Ogata called for greater support from the international community for some of the world's most vulnerable people, including those threatened by internal violence, health pandemics and climate change.

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China organ doubts Japan's Okinawa rule

BEIJING, China - Photo shows the May 8, 2013, edition of the Chinese Communist Party's official organ, the People's Daily, carrying a commentary questioning Japan's sovereignty over Okinawa Prefecture.

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Rally against election in Malaysia

PETALING JAYA, Malaysia - Participants fill a stadium in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, on May 8, 2013, in a rally to protest the May 5 election that was won by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's 13-party National Front coalition.

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Netanyahu in China

BEIJING, China - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a ceremony welcoming Netanyahu to China, in front of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 8, 2013.

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Rally against election in Malaysia

PETALING JAYA, Malaysia - Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim speaks at a rally in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, on May 8, 2013, to protest the May 5 election that was won by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's 13-party National Front coalition.

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Japan, Vietnam friendship train

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese and Vietnamese officials, including Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yasuaki Tanizaki (5th from L), participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of a Japan-Vietnam friendship train decorated with illustrations of cherry blossoms representing Japan and lotus flowers representing Vietnam at Hanoi station on May 8, 2013. The train service between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City began operating the same day to celebrate Japan-Vietnam friendship year, as 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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Netanyahu in China

BEIJING, China - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend a signing ceremony for bilateral agreements in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on May 8, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Ioka defends WBA crown with 9th-round KO

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuto Ioka (R) of Japan punches Thai challenger Wisanu Kokietgym in the third round of their bout at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka on May 8, 2013. Ioka landed a decisive right to the body of Wisanu in the ninth round to successfully defend the WBA light flyweight title for the first time.

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Japan, Vietnam friendship train

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese staff hold scissors for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Hanoi station prior to the departure of a Japan-Vietnam friendship train on May 8, 2013. The train service between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City began operating the same day to celebrate Japan-Vietnam friendship year, as 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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Ioka defends WBA crown with 9th-round KO

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuto Ioka (L) of Japan floors Thai challenger Wisanu Kokietgym with a decisive right to the body in the ninth round of their bout at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka on May 8, 2013, successfully defending the WBA light flyweight title for the first time.

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Ioka defends WBA crown with 9th-round KO

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuto Ioka of Japan acknowledges the crowd after successfully defending the WBA light flyweight title for the first time in a bout against Thai challenger Wisanu Kokietgym at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka on May 8, 2013.

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Japanese-Brazilian sues Japanese gov't over denial of re-entry

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Lucas Futenma (L) and lawyers representing his wife Giullyane Futenma hold a press conference in the city of Shizuoka on May 8, 2013. Giullyane Futenma, a Brazilian woman of Japanese descent, filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government with the Shizuoka District Court the same day demanding that she be allowed to re-enter the country, where her husband lives.

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Bank of China

BEIJING, China - Photo taken May 8, 2013, shows the headquarters of Bank of China, the country's largest foreign exchange bank, in Beijing. Several news organizations reported the previous day that the bank had closed the account of North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank and halted transactions with it.

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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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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman

BEIJING, China - Hua Chunying, a spokeswoman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, attends a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on May 8, 2013. She declined to confirm media reports the previous day that the Bank of China, the country's largest foreign exchange bank, had closed the account of North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank and halted transactions with it.

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Toyota expects 36% profit jump

TAHARA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 8, 2013, shows vehicles at Toyota Motor Corp.'s factory in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, ahead of their shipment.

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Japan, Vietnam friendship train

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese staff pose in front of a Japan-Vietnam friendship train at Hanoi station on May 8, 2013. The train service between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City began operating the same day to celebrate Japan-Vietnam friendship year, as 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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Counterterrorism drill ahead of TICAD meeting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The Yokohama city government holds a counterterrorism drill in the city near Tokyo on May 8, 2013, ahead of an international conference on African development to be held on June 1 to 3. In this photo, Ground Self-Defense Force personnel decontaminate an area based on the scenario that a chemical substance has been sprayed.

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Luxury cruise ship makes stop at Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 8, 2013, shows the luxury cruise ship Diamond Princess at Osaka port. The 116,000-ton ship carrying about 2,600 passengers made a stop at Osaka that day as requested by the city government and the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which are trying to attract foreign visitors.

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Nikkei closes at near 5-yr high

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo's Yaesu district on May 8, 2013, shows the Nikkei stock index finishing up 105.45 points, or 0.74 percent, from the previous day at 14,285.69, its highest closing level in nearly five years.

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Counterterrorism drill ahead of TICAD meeting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The Yokohama city government holds a counterterrorism drill in the city near Tokyo on May 8, 2013, ahead of an international conference on African development to be held on June 1 to 3. In this photo, Japan Coast Guard personnel capture a mock terrorist trying to flee by boat.

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Toshiba's profit rises 10%

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Kubo, senior managing director of Toshiba Corp., releases the company's earnings report for fiscal 2012 at a press conference in Tokyo on May 8, 2013. Toshiba's group net profit for the year to March 31, 2013, rose 10.7 percent from the previous year to 77.53 billion yen despite a 4.9 percent fall in sales to 5.8 trillion yen.

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Luxury cruise ship makes stop at Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 8, 2013, shows the luxury cruise ship Diamond Princess at Osaka port. The 116,000-ton ship carrying about 2,600 passengers made a stop at Osaka that day as requested by the city government and the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which are trying to attract foreign visitors.

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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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"2% up" bra

TOKYO, Japan - Models Arisa Watanabe (L) and Alisa wear "Branomics" brassieres from Triumph International (Japan) Ltd. during a rollout event in Tokyo on May 8, 2013. The underwear is aimed at firming up breasts by 2 percent, in tribute to the Bank of Japan's 2 percent price increase target under the "Abenomics" stimulus drive of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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"2% up" bra

TOKYO, Japan - Models wear "Branomics" brassieres from Triumph International (Japan) Ltd. during a rollout event in Tokyo on May 8, 2013. The underwear is aimed at firming up breasts by 2 percent, in tribute to the Bank of Japan's 2 percent price increase target under the "Abenomics" stimulus drive of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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"2% up" bra

TOKYO, Japan - Models Arisa Watanabe (L) and Alisa wear "Branomics" brassieres from Triumph International (Japan) Ltd. during a rollout event in Tokyo on May 8, 2013. The underwear is aimed at firming up breasts by 2 percent, in tribute to the Bank of Japan's 2 percent price increase target under the "Abenomics" stimulus drive of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 1995 shows former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (L) being presented with the Order of the Precious Crown from Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 1986 shows British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (R) during a summit of major countries in Tokyo. Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.

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Ex-British Prime Minister Thatcher dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 1986 shows British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (2nd from R), Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (2nd from L), U.S. President Ronald Reagan (far L) and other leaders during a summit of major countries in Tokyo. Thatcher died April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke, according to the BBC and other British media. She was 87.