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Mall in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Photo taken Nov. 9, 2012, shows a large-scale mall in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

Nikkei recovers 9,300 mark

TOKYO, Japan - A display in the Tokyo offices of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the Nikkei Stock Average trading above the 9,300 mark on the morning of Nov. 22, 2012. The Nikkei closed the day at 9,366.80, its highest level in almost seven months. The display also showed the dollar trading at 82.515 yen -- its highest level since early April -- at the time.

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Ice-skating rink in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a newly built ice-skating rink in Pyongyang on Nov. 9, 2012. A ceremony was held the same day to mark the completion of a complex housing bathing facilities and a sauna, as well as a roller-skating rink and an ice-skating rink on the bank of the Taedong River in the North Korean capital.

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Japan-U.S. defense guidelines

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Senior Vice Defense Minister Akihisa Nagashima meets the press in Washington on Nov. 9, 2012, after holding talks separately with U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Kurt Campbell, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. The two sides agreed to start talks on reviewing the bilateral defense guidelines that define the coordination of Japan's Self-Defense Forces and the U.S. military, Nagashima said.

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Ice-skating rink in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children play on a newly built ice-skating rink in Pyongyang on Nov. 9, 2012. A ceremony was held the same day to mark the completion of a complex housing bathing facilities and a sauna, as well as a roller-skating rink and an ice-skating rink on the bank of the Taedong River in the North Korean capital.

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Chan at top of Cup of Russia after short program

MOSCOW, Russia - Patrick Chan of Canada performs in the men's short program of the Cup of Russia in Moscow on Nov. 9, 2012. Two-time world champion Chan scored 85.44 to lead the competition, with Russian Konstantin Menshov in second on 76.73.

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Roller-skating rink in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Children play on a newly built roller-skating rink in Pyongyang on Nov. 9, 2012. A ceremony was held the same day to mark the completion of a complex housing bathing facilities and a sauna, as well as a roller-skating rink and an ice-skating rink on the bank of the Taedong River in the North Korean capital.

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TEPCO chief Hirose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2012.

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Illumination event in Sagamihara

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Photo taken on the night of Nov. 9, 2012, shows an illumination event called ''Sagamiko Illumillion,'' involving 4 million light-emitting diodes, at Pleasure Forest amusement facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Illumination event in Sagamihara

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Photo taken on the night of Nov. 9, 2012, shows an illumination event called ''Sagamiko Illumillion,'' involving 4 million light-emitting diodes, at Pleasure Forest amusement facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture.

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PM Noda at Kyodo News

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks before editors-in-chief of Kyodo News member newspapers at Kyodo News headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2012. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Kiyomizu-dera illuminated

KYOTO, Japan - Kiyomizu-dera temple in Kyoto is illuminated on the evening of Nov. 9, 2012.

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Kiyomizu-dera illuminated

KYOTO, Japan - Kiyomizu-dera temple in Kyoto is illuminated on the evening of Nov. 9, 2012.

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Lawyer Utsunomiya to run in Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Utsunomiya, former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, is seen shortly before a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2012. Utsunomiya announced his candidacy in the Tokyo gubernatorial election to be held Dec. 16 to choose the successor to Shintaro Ishihara who resigned in October.

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Kiyomizu-dera illuminated

KYOTO, Japan - Kiyomizu-dera temple in Kyoto is illuminated on the evening of Nov. 9, 2012.

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Sales of Japanese cars in China down 59% in Oct.

BEIJING, China - Anti-Japan demonstrators push over a Japanese car in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, in September 2012. Sales of Japanese passenger cars in China plummeted 59.4 percent in October 2012 from a year earlier to 98,900 vehicles, Chinese data showed Nov. 9, 2012, apparently due to the dispute over Japanese-administered, Chinese-claimed islands in the East China Sea which triggered the protests and a boycott of Japanese-made goods.

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Berets for coast guard special rescue unit

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Six rookies at the Japan Coast Guard's special search and rescue unit receive the coveted orange berets that only its roughly 30 members are allowed to wear at the 3rd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 9, 2012.

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Lawyer Utsunomiya to run in Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Kenji Utsunomiya, former president of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, announces his candidacy in the Tokyo gubernatorial election, at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2012. The election will be held Dec. 16 to choose the successor to Shintaro Ishihara who resigned in October.

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Berets for coast guard special rescue unit

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Six rookies at the Japan Coast Guard's special search and rescue unit wear on their left shoulders the coveted orange berets that only the unit's roughly 30 members are allowed to wear at the 3rd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 9, 2012.

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Minister apologizes over college approval stir

TOKYO, Japan - Education minister Makiko Tanaka apologizes during a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2012, for causing a major stir by opposing an advisory panel's recommendation for accreditation of three universities.

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U.S. presidential election

NASHUA, United States - Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is surrounded by his supporters at a bakery in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Huntsman is vying for the Republican presidential nomination to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama, who is seeking his second term in the Nov. 6, 2012, election.

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U.S. presidential election

HUDSON, United States - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a plant in Hudson, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Romney is seen as a frontrunner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama, who is seeking his second term in the Nov. 6, 2012, election.

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Japan defeats Kenya at women's volleyball World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Saori Kimura (R) spikes the ball during the second set of a women's World Cup match against Kenya in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2011. Japan won the match 25-11, 25-10, 25-9, allowing the country to stay in the hunt for a berth at the 2012 London Olympics.

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ADB chief Kuroda in Honolulu

HONOLULU, United States - Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov. 9, 2011. Speaking about the 2012 economic trend in Asia, Kuroda said a downward revision of the region's growth forecast will be necessary if the European debt crisis continues. Kuroda was visiting the U.S. city to attend a meeting of finance ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

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Ikenobo school flower arrangement exhibition

KYOTO, Japan - Senei Ikenobo, the 45th head of the Ikenobo school of flower arrangement, looks at works of pupils at a flower arrangement exhibition by the school at Takashimaya Co. department store in Kyoto city on Nov. 9, 2011. The exhibition began the same day as a memorial event of the 550th anniversary in 2012 of the school's foundation.

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Xinhua Headlines-Xi Focus: Chinese Dream inspires nation on journey ahead

(221129) -- BEIJING, Nov. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit "The Road of Rejuvenation," a permanent exhibition on national revival at the National Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 9, 2012. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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Novelist, Buddhist nun Setouchi dies at 99

File photo taken in May 2012 shows Japanese Buddhist nun and novelist Jakucho Setouchi speaking to people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in the Iwate Prefecture city of Miyako, northeastern Japan. Setouchi, who was also active in anti-war and anti-nuclear movements, died of heart failure on Nov. 9, 2021, at age 99.

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N. Korea's popular all-female band to have 1st foreign gig in China

Photo taken Nov. 9, 2015, in Pyongyang shows members of North Korea's popular all-female Moranbong Band and those of the State Merited Chorus, who left the capital for China. Moranbong Band, which was formed in 2012 following an order from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is scheduled to give its first concerts abroad in China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea's popular all-female band to have 1st foreign gig in China

Photo taken Nov. 9, 2015, in Pyongyang shows members of North Korea's popular all-female Moranbong Band, who left the capital for China to give its first concerts abroad. The band was formed in 2012 following an order from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea's popular all-female band to have 1st foreign gig in China

Photo taken Nov. 9, 2015, in Pyongyang shows members of North Korea's popular all-female Moranbong Band, who left the capital for China to give its first concerts abroad. The band was formed in 2012 following an order from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. presidential election

NASHUA, United States - Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is surrounded by his supporters at a bakery in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Huntsman is vying for the Republican presidential nomination to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama, who is seeking his second term in the Nov. 6, 2012, election. (Kyodo)

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U.S. presidential election

HUDSON, United States - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a plant in Hudson, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Romney is seen as a frontrunner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination to challenge Democratic President Barack Obama, who is seeking his second term in the Nov. 6, 2012, election. (Kyodo)

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Ikenobo school flower arrangement exhibition

KYOTO, Japan - Senei Ikenobo, the 45th head of the Ikenobo school of flower arrangement, looks at works of pupils at a flower arrangement exhibition by the school at Takashimaya Co. department store in Kyoto city on Nov. 9, 2011. The exhibition began the same day as a memorial event of the 550th anniversary in 2012 of the school's foundation. (Kyodo)

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Japan defeats Kenya at women's volleyball World Cup

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Saori Kimura (R) spikes the ball during the second set of a women's World Cup match against Kenya in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2011. Japan won the match 25-11, 25-10, 25-9, allowing the country to stay in the hunt for a berth at the 2012 London Olympics. (Kyodo)

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ADB chief Kuroda in Honolulu

HONOLULU, United States - Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Nov. 9, 2011. Speaking about the 2012 economic trend in Asia, Kuroda said a downward revision of the region's growth forecast will be necessary if the European debt crisis continues. Kuroda was visiting the U.S. city to attend a meeting of finance ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. (Kyodo)