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Mosquito coils in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A woman in Jakarta burns a mosquito coil on Nov. 24, 2010.

Yeonpyeong after N. Korea attack

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - A resident of Yeonpyeong Island wipes away tears on Nov. 24, 2010, on the South Korean island which was shelled by North Korea. The man, who is originally from the region that is now North Korea, described his emotion after the island was attacked with artillery fire coming from the direction of his hometown.

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Evacuees from Yeonpyeong

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - Evacuated residents of Yeonpyeong Island line up for a ferry ride at a port in Incheon, west of Seoul, to temporarily visit their homes, taking goods with them, on Nov. 24, 2010.

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Evacuees from Yeonpyeong

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - Residents from Yeonpyeong Island take shelter in a sauna facility in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Nov. 24, 2010.

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Yeonpyeong Island evacuees in Incheon

INCHEON, South Korea - A woman (front) takes a rest while other evacuees (back) from Yeonpyeong Island watch the news on television at a sauna in Incheon, west of Seoul, on the evening of Nov. 24, 2010, a day after North Korea conducted an artillery attack on the South Korean island in the Yellow Sea.

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Yeonpyeong Island evacuees in Incheon

INCHEON, South Korea - Evacuees from Yeonpyeong Island watch the news on television at a sauna in Incheon, west of Seoul, on the evening of Nov. 24, 2010, a day after North Korea conducted an artillery attack on the South Korean island in the Yellow Sea.

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Vietnam president interested in Japanese passenger jet

HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the presidential office in Hanoi on Nov. 24, 2010. Triet showed strong interest in his country's early acquisition of next-generation regional jets being developed by Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and its subsidiary Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.

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China's Liu wins gold in 110-meter hurdles

GUANGZHOU, China - China's Liu Xiang races to victory in the men's 110-meter hurdles event at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 24, 2010.

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China's Liu wins gold in 110-meter hurdles

GUANGZHOU, China - China's Liu Xiang celebrates with the national flag after winning the gold medal in the men's 110-meter hurdles event at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 24, 2010.

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U.S. aircraft carrier leaves Yokosuka base

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington leaves its home port of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 24, 2010, to participate in a joint drill with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force in waters near Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture.

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China's Liu wins gold in 110-meter hurdles

GUANGZHOU, China - China's Liu Xiang celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men's 110-meter hurdles event at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 24, 2010.

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Suu Kyi reunited with son

YANGON, Myanmar - Pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (C) walks arm in arm with her son Kim Aris during their visit to Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, on Nov. 24, 2010. Aris, the younger son of Suu Kyi and the late British scholar Michael Aris, arrived in Yangon the previous day to meet his mother, who was freed from house arrest earlier in the month, for the first time in 10 years.

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Kaio beats Takekaze not without struggle

FUKUOKA, Japan - Combination photo shows ozeki Kaio first being pushed near the edge of the ring by No. 4 maegashira Takekaze (top), then spinning Takekaze over (C), and finally falling on him (bottom) to win the bout during the 11th day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 24, 2010.

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Kan meets with Fayyad

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad speak during their meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2010. Kan urged Fayyad to resume peace negotiations with Israel, as direct peace talks between the two sides remain stalled because of Israeli settlement on the West Bank.

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Japan FM Maehara blasts N. Korea's attack

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2010, branding North Korea's deadly bombardment of Yeonpyeong Island as ''an absolutely unforgivable act.''

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New faces in Japan's New Year's Eve TV music show

TOKYO, Japan - Singers selected for the first time to perform at the ''Kohaku Uta Gassen,'' New Year's Eve TV music extravaganza -- Kana Nishino (3rd from R in front), Kana Uemura (2nd from R in front), Kumiko (R front) and members of AAA (three in left and back) -- pose as NHK announced the lineup of performers for the program in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2010.

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Kan meets with Fayyad

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad shake hands during their meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2010. Kan urged Fayyad to resume peace negotiations with Israel, as direct peace talks between the two sides remain stalled because of Israeli settlement on the West Bank.

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Yeonpyeong Island evacuees arrive at Incheon

INCHEON, South Korea - A man carries an elderly evacuee from Yeonpyeong Island at Incheon port, west of Seoul, on Nov. 24, 2010, a day after North Korea fired dozens of rounds of artillery onto the South Korean island in the Yellow Sea.

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JR Tokai eyes pay maglev train test rides

TOKYO, Japan - Central Japan Railway Co. Chairman Yoshiyuki Kasai speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2010. Kasai said the railway company, known as JR Tokai, will aim to carry out pay demonstration rides for its maglev train on a test line in Yamanashi Prefecture in fiscal 2014.

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Protest against N. Korea in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Protesters hold up posters with photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his son Kim Jong Un crossed out during a rally in Seoul on Nov. 24, 2010, a day after North Korea fired dozens of rounds of artillery onto South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island in the Yellow Sea.

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Yeonpyeong Island evacuees arrive at Incheon

INCHEON, South Korea - An elderly evacuee from Yeonpyeong Island receives help as she arrives at Incheon port, west of Seoul, on Nov. 24, 2010, a day after North Korea fired dozens of rounds of artillery onto the South Korean island in the Yellow Sea.

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Yeonpyeong Island evacuees arrive at Incheon

INCHEON, South Korea - A toddler cries upon arriving at Incheon port from Yeonpyeong Island, west of Seoul, with other evacuees Nov. 24, 2010, a day after North Korea fired dozens of rounds of artillery onto the South Korean island in the Yellow Sea.

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Japanese karate athlete at Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - Japanese karate athlete Itaru Oki takes a stance during a match at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China on Nov. 24, 2010. Oki won the silver medal.

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Yeonpyeong Island evacuees arrive at Incheon

INCHEON, South Korea - Evacuees from Yeonpyeong Island arrive at Incheon port, west of Seoul, on Nov. 24, 2010, a day after North Korea fired dozens of rounds of artillery onto the South Korean island in the Yellow Sea.

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Yeonpyeong Island evacuees arrive at Incheon

INCHEON, South Korea - A woman holds a toddler, who was evacuated from Yeonpyeong Island, at Incheon port, west of Seoul, on Nov. 24, 2010, a day after North Korea fired dozens of rounds of artillery onto the South Korean island in the Yellow Sea.

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Anti-N. Korea rally in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - A woman shouts during a rally in Seoul on Nov. 24, 2010, against North Korea's attack on South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island the previous day in the Yellow Sea.

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Yeonpyeong Island evacuees arrive at Incheon

INCHEON, South Korea - Evacuees from Yeonpyeong Island arrive at Incheon port, west of Seoul, on Nov. 24, 2010, a day after North Korea fired dozens of rounds of artillery onto the South Korean island in the Yellow Sea.

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Kan at task force meeting on N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (C) speaks at a meeting of a task force on North Korea at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2010. Kan expressed strong concern over North Korea's deadly shelling on a South Korean island near the tense western sea border, saying it poses a great threat to peace and stability in East Asia.

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Yeonpyeong Island evacuees arrive at Incheon

INCHEON, South Korea - People help an elderly woman evacuate from Yeonpyeong Island upon her arrival at Incheon port, west of Seoul, on Nov. 24, 2010, a day after North Korea fired dozens of rounds of artillery onto the South Korean island in the Yellow Sea.

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Yeonpyeong Island evacuees arrive at Incheon

INCHEON, South Korea - Evacuees from Yeonpyeong Island arrive at Incheon port, west of Seoul, on Nov. 24, 2010, a day after North Korea fired dozens of rounds of artillery onto the South Korean island in the Yellow Sea.

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U.S. urges N. Korea to cease provocative actions against South

BEIJING, China - Stephen Bosworth (R), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, reads out a statement that the United States urges North Korea to cease its provocative and irresponsible actions against South Korea at a Beijing hotel on Nov. 24, 2010, before heading back to the United States. North Korea fired artillery rounds at the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong near the tense western sea border on Nov. 23, 2010.

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S. Korean transports aid supply to attacked island

INCHEON, South Korea - Members of the South Korean maritime police load aid supplies for residents of Yeonpyeong island onto a ship at Incheon port on Nov. 24, 2010. North Korea fired artillery rounds at the South Korean island near the tense western sea border the day before.

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Usami wins gold in women's karate kata

GUANGZHOU, China - Japan's Rika Usami performs in the women's karate kata at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 24, 2010. Usami went on to win the gold medal.

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Japanese Ambassador to Costa Rica Namiki

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Namiki Yoshiharu, who was appointed as Japanese ambassador to Costa Rica on Nov. 24, 2010.

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S. Korea transports aid supplies to attacked island

INCHEON, South Korea - Members of the South Korean maritime police load aid supplies for residents of Yeonpyeong island onto a ship at Incheon port on Nov. 24, 2010. North Korea fired artillery rounds at the South Korean island near the tense western sea border the previous day.

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Year-end lottery

TOKYO, Japan - People line up at a lottery booth in Tokyo's Ginza district as the year-end lottery, which provides the chance to win up to 200 million yen, began to be sold nationwide on Nov. 24, 2010.

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S. Korea transports aid supply to attacked island

INCHEON, South Korea - Members of the South Korean maritime police load aid supplies for residents of Yeonpyeong island onto a ship at Incheon port on Nov. 24, 2010. North Korea fired artillery rounds at the South Korean island near the tense western sea border the previous day.

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Media at Incheon port, S. Korea

INCHEON, South Korea - A television news crew reports at Incheon port's ferry terminal for the island of Yeonpyeong on Nov. 24, 2010, a day after North Korea shelled the island.

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Year-end lottery

TOKYO, Japan - People line up at a lottery booth in Tokyo's Ginza district as entries for the year-end lottery, which provides the chance to win up to 200 million yen, began to be sold nationwide on Nov. 24, 2010, while women dubbed ''lady luck'' promote the lottery in front of the booth.

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S. Korean Marines at Incheon port

INCHEON, South Korea - Members of the South Korean Marine Corps unload a box from a ship that arrived from the island of Yeonpyeong at Incheon port on Nov. 24, 2010. North Korea fired artillery rounds at the South Korean island near the tense western sea border the previous day.

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Jewelry firm to sell 30 mil. yen gold Hanshin Tigers calendar

OSAKA, Japan - A woman looks at a gold-based 2010 calendar with a logo of the Hanshin Tigers professional baseball club on Nov. 24, 2009, in Osaka, to be sold by Tanaka Kikinzoku K.K. The calendar commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Hanshin Tigers and the Year of the Tiger in 2010, according to the Japanese zodiac, uses some 6 kilograms of fine gold and will be sold for 30 million yen.

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Designer's image of New Tokyo Tower bared

TOKYO, Japan - Sculptor Kiichi Sumikawa (L) explains to Kinya Miyasugi, president of New Tokyo Tower Co., about his design of the tower on Nov. 24. The radio and TV transmitter tower to be built by Japan Broadcasting Corp. and five commercial TV broadcasters in Tokyo's Sumida Ward by 2010 will stand 600 meters high, higher than the world's current tallest tower, the 553-meter CN Tower in Canada's Toronto.

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Designer's image of New Tokyo Tower bared

TOKYO, Japan - Sculptor Kiichi Sumikawa (L) explains to Kinya Miyasugi, president of New Tokyo Tower Co., about his design of the tower on Nov. 24. The radio and TV transmitter tower to be built by Japan Broadcasting Corp. and five commercial TV broadcasters in Tokyo's Sumida Ward by 2010 will stand 600 meters high, higher than the world's current tallest tower, the 553-meter CN Tower in Canada's Toronto. (Kyodo)

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Designer's image of New Tokyo Tower bared

TOKYO, Japan - This is an artist's image of a completed New Tokyo Tower unveiled at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 24. The radio and TV transmitter tower to be built by Japan Broadcasting Corp. and five commercial TV broadcasters in Tokyo's Sumida Ward by 2010 will stand 600 meters high, higher than the world's current tallest tower, the 553-meter CN Tower in Canada's Toronto. (Kyodo)

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Jewelry firm to sell 30 mil. yen gold Hanshin Tigers calendar

OSAKA, Japan - A woman looks at a gold-based 2010 calendar with a logo of the Hanshin Tigers professional baseball club on Nov. 24, 2009, in Osaka, to be sold by Tanaka Kikinzoku K.K. The calendar commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Hanshin Tigers and the Year of the Tiger in 2010, according to the Japanese zodiac, uses some 6 kilograms of fine gold and will be sold for 30 million yen. (Kyodo)

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Evacuees from Yeonpyeong

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - Residents from Yeonpyeong Island take shelter in a sauna facility in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Nov. 24, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Mosquito coils in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A woman in Jakarta burns a mosquito coil on Nov. 24, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Anti-N. Korea rally in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - A woman shouts during a rally in Seoul on Nov. 24, 2010, against North Korea's attack on South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island the previous day in the Yellow Sea. (Kyodo)

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Yeonpyeong Island evacuees arrive at Incheon

INCHEON, South Korea - A toddler cries upon arriving at Incheon port from Yeonpyeong Island, west of Seoul, with other evacuees Nov. 24, 2010, a day after North Korea fired dozens of rounds of artillery onto the South Korean island in the Yellow Sea. (Kyodo)

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Japanese karate athlete at Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - Japanese karate athlete Itaru Oki takes a stance during a match at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China on Nov. 24, 2010. Oki won the silver medal. (Kyodo)