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PM Abe visits disaster-hit Iwate

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) visits a temporary housing facility for evacuees from the 2011 natural disaster in the northeastern Japan city of Rikuzentakata on Nov. 26, 2014. The visit comes shortly before the Dec. 14 general election.

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Fukushima Pref. port little changed due to power plant

SENDAI, Japan - Photos taken on Nov. 14, 2012, (above), and Aug. 31, 2014, at Ukedo port in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, show little difference due proximity to a nuclear power plant crippled by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Entry into the area is permitted only during the day due to radioactive contamination.

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Jane Birkin honored for disaster relief effort

PARIS, France - Jane Birkin (R) poses for photos with Japanese Ambassador to France Yoichi Suzuki at the ambassador's official residence in Paris on Nov. 14, 2013. Japan presented this year's Foreign Minister's Commendation award to the French-based singer and actress for her efforts in promoting cultural exchange between Japan and France and for relief activities after the March 11, 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster.

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Ex-civil rights 'foot soldier' carries torch for future generations

SELMA, United States - Annie Pearl Avery, a ''foot soldier'' of civil rights movements led by African-Americans in the 1960s, explained her experiences during ''Bloody Sunday,'' the March 7, 1965 aborted demonstration march, in front of photos of scenes at the National Voting Rights Museum and Institute on Nov. 14, 2011. (Photo by Akiko Nabeshima)

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Whistling proficiency test

FUKUI, Japan - Mikio Mori, associate professor of the graduate school at University of Fukui, demonstrates a whistling proficiency test that he developed in the city of Fukui, on the Sea of Japan, on Nov. 14, 2011.

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Hakuho wins Kyushu sumo tournament

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (R) waves during a parade after winning the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 27, 2011 with a 14-1 record.

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Hakuho wins Kyushu sumo tournament

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (R) waves during a parade after winning the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 27, 2011 with a 14-1 record.

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Hakuho loses to Baruto but wins tournament

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (front) loses to ozeki Baruto in the final match of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka on Nov. 27, 2011. Hakuho won the 15-day tournament with a 14-1 record.

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Zaccheroni in Kim Il Sung Stadium

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japan national soccer team coach Alberto Zaccheroni holds a press conference at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Stadium after the players trained there on Nov. 14, 2011. Japan will play North Korea in a World Cup qualifier match the following day.

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Japanese curry to raise funds for quake victims in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese volunteers residing in Istanbul serve Japanese curry at the ''Eat Curry'' charity event held at the former Japanese Consulate General in the city on Nov. 14, 2011, to raise funds for people affected by major earthquakes that hit eastern Turkey in October and November 2011. Several hundred people participated in the event organized by the Japanese volunteers in the western Turkish city.

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Zaccheroni in Kim Il Sung Stadium

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japan national soccer team coach Alberto Zaccheroni holds a press conference at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Stadium after the players trained there on Nov. 14, 2011. Japan will play North Korea in a World Cup qualifier match the following day.

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Zaccheroni in Kim Il Sung Stadium

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japan national soccer team coach Alberto Zaccheroni (2nd from L, back) holds a press conference at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Stadium after the players trained there on Nov. 14, 2011. Japan will play North Korea in a World Cup qualifier match the following day.

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Suu Kyi in press conference

BANGKOK, Thailand - Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy, holds a press conference in Yangon, Myanmar, on Nov. 14, 2011.

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Zaccheroni in Kim Il Sung Stadium

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japan national soccer team coach Alberto Zaccheroni (L) holds a press conference at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Stadium after the players trained there on Nov. 14, 2011. Japan will play North Korea in a World Cup qualifier match the following day.

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Flooding in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo taken Nov. 14, 2011, shows a damaged floodwall in the northern Bangkok district of Don Muang. Some residents, unhappy that their district is suffering badly while the center stays dry, caused the damage the previous day.

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Hasebe in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Makoto Hasebe, captain of the Japan national soccer team, leaves Pyongyang's international airport after clearing immigration procedures on Nov. 14, 2011. The team, who will face North Korea in a World Cup qualifier match the following day, arrived at the airport shortly after 3 p.m. but strict baggage and immigration checks meant the players were unable to leave the airport until just after 7 p.m.

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Flooding in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - A police officer patrols an area where a floodwall was damaged by some residents in the northern Bangkok district of Don Muang on Nov. 14, 2011. The residents, unhappy that their district is suffering badly while the center stays dry, caused the damage the previous day.

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Kagawa in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Shinji Kagawa (front), a member of the Japan national soccer team, leaves Pyongyang's international airport after clearing immigration procedures on Nov. 14, 2011. The team, who will face North Korea in a World Cup qualifier match the following day, arrived at the airport shortly after 3 p.m. but strict baggage and immigration checks meant the players were unable to leave the airport until just after 7 p.m.

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Japan national team arrives in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - (From L to R) Makoto Hasebe, captain of the Japan national soccer team, Ryoichi Maeda, Mike Havenaar and other team members arrive at Pyongyang's international airport on Nov. 14, 2011. They will face North Korea in a World Cup qualifier match the following day.

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U.S. Forces Japan commander Lt. Gen. Field

TOKYO, Japan - Lt. Gen. Burton Field, commander of U.S. Forces Japan and commander of the 5th Air Force, speaks to members of the media after delivering a speech at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2011. Field said the U.S. military and Japan's Self-Defense Forces have discussed cyberattacks and countermeasures against them.

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Flooding in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - People sit on a damaged floodwall in the northern Bangkok district of Don Muang on Nov. 14, 2011. Some residents, unhappy that their district is suffering badly while the center stays dry, caused the damage the previous day.

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Japan national team arrives in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japan national soccer team coach Alberto Zaccheroni (front) and other team officials and members arrive at Pyongyang's international airport on Nov. 14, 2011. They will face North Korea in a World Cup qualifier match the following day.

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TEPCO shareholders ask firm auditors to sue 61 directors

TOKYO, Japan - Shareholders of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (back) and their lawyer, Hiroyuki Kawai (front), hold a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2011. The shareholders said they asked auditors of the utility to file a lawsuit against 61 current and former board members to have them pay a total of 5.5 trillion yen to the company, claiming their negligence in safety caused huge losses resulting from the nuclear crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Amphibious bus for Tokyo sightseeing

TOKYO, Japan - The amphibious ''Sky Duck'' bus enters water during its trial run at Wakasu Kaihin Park in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 14, 2011. The sightseeing bus' operator, Hinomaru Limousine, Inc., plans to launch amphibious bus service tours in Tokyo next fall.

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Amphibious bus for Tokyo sightseeing

TOKYO, Japan - The amphibious ''Sky Duck'' bus sails during its trial run at Wakasu Kaihin Park in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Nov. 14, 2011. The sightseeing bus' operator, Hinomaru Limousine, Inc., plans to launch amphibious bus tour services in Tokyo next fall.

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Monju reactor's lab unused

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 11, 2011, shows the inside of a laboratory affiliated with the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor, in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture. The lab, designed to develop new nuclear fuel recycling technology, has been unused since its construction was suspended in 2000 following several accidents, prompting the Board of Audit of Japan to call on Nov. 14, 2011, for the operator of the Monju reactor to find a use for it. Some 83 billion yen has already been spent on it.

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Ishikawa departs for Australia

TOKYO, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa speaks with reporters at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Nov. 14, 2011, ahead of his departure for Australia for the biennial Presidents Cup starting at Royal Melbourne Golf Club on Nov. 17. The 20-year-old Japanese golfer will be appearing at the tournament for the second time.

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Monju reactor's lab unused

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 11, 2011, shows the inside of a laboratory affiliated with the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor, in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture. The lab, designed to develop new nuclear fuel recycling technology, has been unused since its construction was suspended in 2000 following several accidents, prompting the Board of Audit of Japan to call on Nov. 14, 2011, for the operator of the Monju reactor to find a use for it. Some 83 billion yen has already been spent on it.

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Kisenosato beats Aran

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kisenosato (R) beats Aran with a frontal thrust-out during the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2011.

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Japanese soccer fans on way to Pyongyang

BEIJING, China - Supporters of the Japan national soccer team arrive at Beijing's international airport on Nov. 14, 2011, on their way to Pyongyang, North Korea, where they will cheer for the Asian champions in a World Cup qualifying match against North Korea the following day.

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Ex-U.S. state secretary Kissinger at Okayama Univ.

OKAYAMA, Japan - Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, a Nobel Peace laureate, delivers a lecture at Okayama University in Okayama, western Japan, on Nov. 14, 2011. Kissinger underscored the importance of the Pacific Rim region in today's world and welcomed Japan's policy of joining multilateral talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade framework.

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Chemical plant explosions in Yamaguchi Pref.

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows firefighting operations under way on Nov. 14, 2011, the day after explosions occurred at a plant of chemical maker Tosoh Corp. in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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Japan automaker resumes operations at Thai plant

LAEM CHABANG, Thailand - Employees work at a plant of Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in Laem Chabang, eastern Thailand, on Nov. 14, 2011. The plant resumed operations the same day after about a month of suspension due to supply chain disruption caused by the flooding in Thailand.

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Fukushima children have thyroid check

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Doctors board a bus at Fukushima Medical University in the city of Fukushima on Nov. 14, 2011, to head for a daycare center for preschool children in the town of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, to check the thyroids of children in the area. The operation is part of a project to conduct health tests on all the approximately 360,000 children and youths aged 18 or younger in the prefecture to see if the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has affected the gland, which in growing children is particularly vulnerable to damage by radiation.

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Japan automaker resumes operations at Thai plant

LAEM CHABANG, Thailand - Workers head to a plant of Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in Laem Chabang, eastern Thailand, on Nov. 14, 2011. The plant resumed operations the same day after about a month of suspension due to supply chain disruption caused by the flooding in Thailand.

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Japan automaker resumes operations at Thai plant

LAEM CHABANG, Thailand - Employees work at a plant of Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in Laem Chabang, eastern Thailand, on Nov. 14, 2011. The plant resumed operations the same day after about a month of suspension due to supply chain disruption caused by the flooding in Thailand.

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Chemical plant explosions in Yamaguchi Pref.

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows firefighting operations under way on Nov. 14, 2011, the day after explosions occurred at a plant of chemical maker Tosoh Corp. in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture.

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Japan supporters head for N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japan supporters line up at check-in counters of Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 14, 2011, before traveling to Pyongyang to watch a World Cup soccer qualifier between Japan and North Korea on Nov. 15.

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DPJ's Hirata to become upper house president

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Hirata, secretary general of the governing Democratic Party of Japan's upper house caucus, speaks with reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2011. DPJ lawmakers said the same day that the House of Councillors is expected to elect Hirata as its president Nov. 14, succeeding Takeo Nishioka who died Nov. 5.

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Shosoin repository at Todaiji temple

NARA, Japan - Officials of the Imperial Household Agency and other messengers attend the annual ritual to open the doors of the treasure house in Shosoin repository at Todaiji temple in the city of Nara on Oct. 4, 2011. Treasures including the artifacts that belonged to Emperor Shomu in the Nara Period will be examined and cleaned by the time of a ceremony to close the doors on Dec. 1. Sixty-three items from the repository will be displayed at the 63rd annual exhibition to be held from Oct. 29 to Nov. 14 at Nara National Museum.

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Japanese astronaut Furukawa

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (on screen) at the International Space Station communicates with people at the Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2011. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the same day that it is consulting with agencies in other countries to arrange the return of Furukawa, who has been on the ISS since June 10, to Earth on Nov. 17.

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Exhibition of paintings by Takehisa

KYOTO, Japan - A woman looks at three paintings by renowned Japanese painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto on July 14, 2011. The paintings will be on display at the museum during the exhibition ''Takehisa Yumeji in the Memory'' from Nov. 11 to Dec. 25, 2011.

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Exhibition of paintings by Takehisa

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken on July 14, 2011, shows three paintings by renowned Japanese painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa. The never publicly shown paintings will go on display at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto during the exhibition ''Takehisa Yumeji in the Memory'' from Nov. 11 to Dec. 25, 2011.

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Statue of Ultraman Jack unveiled in Fukushima Pref.

Boys strike poses in front of TV series hero Ultraman Jack in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2015. Four monuments of characters from the Ultraman series were unveiled the same day in the northeastern Japanese city, the birthplace of the late Eiji Tsuburaya who created Ultraman, to cheer up people affected by the 2011 quake disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kagawa in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Shinji Kagawa (front), a member of the Japan national soccer team, leaves Pyongyang's international airport after clearing immigration procedures on Nov. 14, 2011. The team, who will face North Korea in a World Cup qualifier match the following day, arrived at the airport shortly after 3 p.m. but strict baggage and immigration checks meant the players were unable to leave the airport until just after 7 p.m. (Kyodo)

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Japan supporters head for N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japan supporters line up at check-in counters of Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 14, 2011, before traveling to Pyongyang to watch a World Cup soccer qualifier between Japan and North Korea on Nov. 15. (Kyodo)

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DPJ's Hirata to become upper house president

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Hirata, secretary general of the governing Democratic Party of Japan's upper house caucus, speaks with reporters in the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2011. DPJ lawmakers said the same day that the House of Councillors is expected to elect Hirata as its president Nov. 14, succeeding Takeo Nishioka who died Nov. 5. (Kyodo)

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Japanese astronaut Furukawa

TSUKUBA, Japan - Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa (on screen) at the International Space Station communicates with people at the Tsukuba Space Center in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2011. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the same day that it is consulting with agencies in other countries to arrange the return of Furukawa, who has been on the ISS since June 10, to Earth on Nov. 17. (Kyodo)

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Exhibition of paintings by Takehisa

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken on July 14, 2011, shows three paintings by renowned Japanese painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa. The never publicly shown paintings will go on display at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto during the exhibition ''Takehisa Yumeji in the Memory'' from Nov. 11 to Dec. 25, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Exhibition of paintings by Takehisa

KYOTO, Japan - A woman looks at three paintings by renowned Japanese painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto on July 14, 2011. The paintings will be on display at the museum during the exhibition ''Takehisa Yumeji in the Memory'' from Nov. 11 to Dec. 25, 2011. (Kyodo)