Japanese, Chinese women in N.Y. begin online fashion business

Japanese, Chinese women in N.Y. begin online fashion business

NEW YORK, United States - Staff members of ''Material Wrld,'' online fashion business launched by Japanese and Chinese women Rie Yano and Jie Zheng, select clothing for photos to be posted on the website at a photo studio in New York on Dec. 11, 2012. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)

Japanese, Chinese women in N.Y. begin online fashion business

Japanese, Chinese women in N.Y. begin online fashion business

NEW YORK, United States - Rie Yano (R) and Jie Zheng, business partners who jointly launched the ''Material Wrld'' fashion website, pose on a Manhattan street in New York on Jan. 29, 2013. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)

U.S.-Japan Foundation President Packard

U.S.-Japan Foundation President Packard

NEW YORK, United States - George Packard, president of the U.S.-Japan Foundation, is interviewed by Kyodo News in New York on May 2, 2012. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)

U.S. sailor weathers storms, races for berth in London Olympics

U.S. sailor weathers storms, races for berth in London Olympics

EAST HAVEN, United States - U.S. sailor Alice Leonard gives an interview at her home in East Haven, Connecticut on Jan. 4, 2012. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)

U.S. sailor weathers storms, races for berth in London Olympics

U.S. sailor weathers storms, races for berth in London Olympics

EAST HAVEN, United States - U.S. sailor Alice Leonard speaks in front of a storm-damaged house in her East Haven, Connecticut neighborhood on Jan. 4, 2012. Hurricane Irene struck the area on Aug. 28, 2011, destroying at least 25 houses and causing extensive damage. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)

Rockefeller Center artist

Rockefeller Center artist

BOSTON, United States - Japanese-American artist Michio Ihara, 83, talks about his career spanning more than 50 years at the work area of his home-cum-studio in Concord, Massachusetts, near Boston on May 11, 2012. He is holding some of the copper and gold-plated pieces of stainless-steel sheet created for his 1978 installation at New York's Rockefeller Center. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)(Kyodo)

Rockefeller Center artist

Rockefeller Center artist

BOSTON, United States - Japanese-American artist Michio Ihara, 83, talks about his career spanning more than 50 years at his home-cum-studio in Concord, Massachusetts, near Boston on May 11, 2012. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)(Kyodo)

Rockefeller Center artist

Rockefeller Center artist

BOSTON, United States - Japanese-American artist Michio Ihara, 83, talks about his sculpture titled ''Wind Wind Wind,'' seen behind him on the left, in central Boston. The picture was taken on May 11, 2012. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)(Kyodo)

U.S. sailor weathers storms, races for berth in London Olympics

U.S. sailor weathers storms, races for berth in London Olympics

EAST HAVEN, United States - U.S. sailor Alice Leonard speaks in front of a storm-damaged house in her East Haven, Connecticut neighborhood on Jan. 4, 2012. Hurricane Irene struck the area on Aug. 28, 2011, destroying at least 25 houses and causing extensive damage. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)(Kyodo)

U.S. sailor weathers storms, races for berth in London Olympics

U.S. sailor weathers storms, races for berth in London Olympics

EAST HAVEN, United States - U.S. sailor Alice Leonard gives an interview at her home in East Haven, Connecticut on Jan. 4, 2012. (Photo by Meg Maruyama)(Kyodo)