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Japanese wins world cocktail title

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in May 2010 shows Takafumi Yamada, a Japanese bartender who won the World Cocktail Championship in Poland on Nov. 9, 2011, with an original cocktail on the theme of reconstruction from the March 11 disaster in Japan. Yamada said he created the vodka-based cocktail, Great Sunrise, in hope that ''a wonderful sunrise will shine all over Japan.''

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Kim Jong Un visit

BEIJING, China - This photo printed in the Dec. 22, 2010 edition of the Rodong Sinmun shows a sign at a factory in North Korea's Chagang Province indicating the country's leader-in-waiting visited there together with Kim Jong Il. The sign reads, ''A production facility visited by the venerable comrade Kim Jong Un on May 9, 2009.''

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Shanghai World Expo

SHANGHAI, China - A woman sells knock-off dolls of Shanghai World Expo mascot Haibao outside the site of the event on May 9, 2010. The China Pavilion can be seen in the background.

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Japan World Cup soccer squad named

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Photo from a chartered helicopter shows a lit-up Soccer City, the main stadium for soccer's World Cup finals, and Soweto, a traditionally black township from the former apartheid government, behind it in Johannesburg taken on May 9, 2010. Japan on May 10, 2010, announced its 23-man squad for the finals.

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Japan World Cup soccer squad named

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Photo from a chartered helicopter shows a lit-up Soccer City, the main stadium for soccer's World Cup finals, and Soweto, a traditionally black township from the former apartheid government, behind it in Johannesburg taken on May 9, 2010. Japan on May 10, 2010, announced its 23-man squad for the finals.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki steals second in the seventh inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki runs to steal second in the seventh inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki smiles after his team beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-1 at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki smiles after scoring from second on a double hit by Franklin Gutierrez in the fifth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki steals second in the third inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki watches his single to left in the seventh inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Braves' Kawakami suffers season's 6th loss against Phillies

PHILADELPHIA, United States - Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Kenshin Kawakami reacts after allowing two runs in the first inning of a game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on May 9, 2010. Kawakami allowed seven hits, including three homers, and five runs in 6-2/3 innings, suffering this season's sixth loss. The Phillies won 5-3.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki runs to first base after hitting a single to left in the fifth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Braves' Kawakami suffers season's 6th loss against Phillies

PHILADELPHIA, United States - Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Kenshin Kawakami reacts after Philadelphia Phillies' Shane Victorino hit a home run in the seventh inning of their game at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on May 9, 2010. Kawakami allowed seven hits, including three homers, and five runs in 6-2/3 innings, suffering this season's sixth loss. The Phillies won 5-3.

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Baruto wins 1st match as ozeki

TOKYO, Japan - Newly promoted Estonian ozeki Baruto smacks down Georgian maegashira Tochinoshin during the first day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 9, 2010. Baruto sent Tochinoshin sprawling with a stab to the head in his first match at sumo's second-highest rank.

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Mariners' Ichiro 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases against Angels

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki hits a single to center in the third inning of a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Safeco Field in Seattle on May 9, 2010. Ichiro went 3-for-5 with 3 stolen bases as the Mariners won 8-1.

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Braves' Kawakami suffers season's 6th loss against Phillies

PHILADELPHIA, United States - Atlanta Braves starter Kenshin Kawakami pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on May 9, 2010. Kawakami allowed seven hits, including three homers, and five runs in 6-2/3 innings, suffering this season's sixth loss. The Phillies won 5-3.

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Braves' Kawakami suffers season's 6th loss against Phillies

PHILADELPHIA, United States - Atlanta Braves starter Kenshin Kawakami pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on May 9, 2010. Kawakami allowed seven hits, including three homers, and five runs in 6-2/3 innings, suffering this season's sixth loss. The Phillies won 5-3.

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Ramirez all smiles after homer

NIIGATA, Japan - Yomiuri Giants slugger Alex Ramirez smiles as he leaves the Hard Off Eco Stadium in Niigata on May 9, 2010, after his three-run homer led the club to victory over the Yokohama BayStars 7-5.

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Hakuho off to winning start

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (L) pushes komusubi Tochiozan out of the ring during the first day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 9, 2010. Hakuho is aiming to win his 13th career Emperor's Cup at the tourney as the lone yokozuna.

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Sumo wrestlers' flips cause excitement

TOKYO, Japan - Tosayutaka (R) throws Toyohibiki out of the ring during a rank-and-filers' match on the first day of the 15-day Summer Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on May 9, 2010.

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Danon Chantilly wins NHK Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran jockey Katsumi Ando celebrates after the victory of his mount Danon Chantilly in the NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on May 9, 2010. The 3-year-old colt pulled out a record-breaking run to win his first Grade One title in Japan.

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Pressel gets 1st title in Japan

TSUKUBAMIRAI, Japan - American Morgan Pressel acknowledges the gallery after winning her first title in Japan at the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup at Ibaraki Golf Club in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 9, 2010. The 21-year-old shot a 2-under 70.

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Danon Chantilly breaks record at NHK Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Favorite Danon Chantilly (C), ridden by jockey Katsumi Ando, races in the NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on May 9, 2010. The 3-year-old colt pulled out a record-breaking run to win his first Grade One title in Japan.

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Pressel gets 1st title in Japan

TSUKUBAMIRAI, Japan - American Morgan Pressel holds up her trophies after winning her first title in Japan at the World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup at Ibaraki Golf Club in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 9, 2010. The 21-year-old shot a 2-under 70.

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U.S. diplomat Campbell on Myanmar trip

BANGKOK, Thailand - Kurt Campbell, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, speaks at a news conference in Bangkok on May 9, 2010, prior to leaving for Myanmar for a series of meetings with junta representatives as well as detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.