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Fukushima wins 100 meters in Asian c'ships

GUANGZHOU, China - Japan's Chisato Fukushima celebrates her first Asian title in the women's 100 meters at the Asian championships in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 11, 2009. Fukushima, one of Japan's top female sprinters, finished the race in 11.27 seconds.

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Fukushima wins 100 meters in Asian c'ships

GUANGZHOU, China - Japan's Chisato Fukushima (L) races to victory in the women's 100 meters at the Asian championships in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 11, 2009. Fukushima, one of Japan's top female sprinters, clocked 11.27 seconds to win her first 100-meter Asian title.

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Ichihashi arrest makes headlines in Britain

LONDON, Britain - This photo shows the Nov. 11, 2009 issues of major newspapers in Britain with prominent headlines on the news that Tatsuya Ichihashi had been arrested over the high-profile death of British woman Lindsey Hawker in Japan in 2007.

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Japanese emperor meets with Peruvian president

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and visiting Peruvian President Alan Garcia talk during their meeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2009. (Pool photo)

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Clinton calls for caution in wake of N., S. Korean naval skirmish

SINGAPORE, SINAGPORE - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a news conference on Nov. 11, 2009, in Singapore, where she is attending a ministerial meeting to prepare for the Nov. 14-15 annual summit of leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum that will be attended by U.S. President Barack Obama. Clinton called for calm and caution following a naval skirmish between North and South Korea while confirming that Washington will go ahead with its plan to send an envoy to Pyongyang.

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Tanaka Kikinzoku unveils gold Disney Snow White, dwarf figurines

OSAKA, Japan - A woman looks at Disney Snow White and dwarf figurines made of pure gold at a shop of Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. in the Shinsaibashi shopping district of Osaka on Nov. 11, 2009. The figurines, based on a scene from the Walt Disney picture ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,'' are not for sale but are worth a total of 30 million yen, and were made by Tanaka Kikinzoku and Walt Disney Co. (Japan) to celebrate the release of the Blu-ray disc version of Disney's 1937 animation film classic on Nov. 4, 2009.

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Japanese emperor meets with Peruvian president

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) and visiting Peruvian President Alan Garcia walk together ahead of their meeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2009. (Pool photo)

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Brown debuts as Rakuten manager

SENDAI, Japan - New Rakuten Eagles manager Marty Brown poses for photographers during a press conference at a hotel in Sendai, the professional baseball club's hometown, on Nov. 11, 2009. Brown took the job after serving as skipper of the Hiroshima Carp, another professional club in Japan, for four years.

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Brown debuts as Rakuten manager

SENDAI, Japan - New Rakuten Eagles manager Marty Brown speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Sendai, the professional baseball club's hometown, on Nov. 11, 2009. Brown took the job after serving as skipper of the Hiroshima Carp, another professional club in Japan, for four years.

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Tokyo police brace for Obama visit

TOKYO, Japan - A group of police officers halt vehicles near the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo (back) on Nov. 11, 2009. Police have tightened security in metropolitan Tokyo ahead of the upcoming visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to Japan.

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Police check around Imperial Palace ahead of Obama visit

TOKYO, Japan - On Nov. 11, 2009, members of the riot police check in the moat around the Imperial Palace in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward ahead of the Nov. 12 government-sponsored ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of Emperor Akihito's accession and U.S. President Barak Obama's official visit to Japan on Nov. 13. Police have stepped up security in the metropolitan Tokyo ahead of the two major national events.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner talks with PM Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2009.

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Hatoyama warned of doubling public money misuse

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) receives a report on misuse of public money in fiscal 2008 from Board of Audit Commissioner Masaki Nishimura at the premier's office Nov. 11, 2009. The board found a record 236.45 billion yen, almost double the previous year, in improper spending of taxpayers' money in a more thorough inspection than the past.

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Waste-cutting panel begins screening, proposes end to projects

TOKYO, Japan - Spectators sit in to watch a key panel tasked with eliminating waste in government spending as the panel, divided into three groups, began screening targeted projects in budget requests for fiscal 2010 at a gymnastic hall in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Nov. 11, 2009. The Government Revitalization Unit, created under Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's new government, reviewed 447 projects for which allocations have been requested in the budget beginning April, and at the end of the session recommended an end to landscaping expenses and other changes.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner talks with PM Hatoyama

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2009, before their talks.

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Heavy rainfall hits western Japan

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A motorcycle rider wades through floodwaters caused by heavy downpours in the western Japan city of Wakayama on Nov. 11, 2009. Low pressure dumped heavy rain across a wide area of western Japan the same day, bringing the city a record hourly rainfall of 119.5 millimeters from 3 a.m. and causing a blackout affecting some 1,300 households in Wakayama Prefecture.

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3 fuel cell cars begin 1,100-km demonstration run

TOKYO, Japan - Fuel cell-powered vehicles from Toyota Motor Corp, Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. leave the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2009, for a 1,100-kilometer run to Fukuoka to demonstrate that they can go as far as gasoline-powered cars on a single fueling. Toyota's FCHV-adv, Nissan's X-Trail FCV and Honda's FCX Clarity will be used in the event.

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Police arrest Ichihashi, suspect in murder of British woman

TOKYO, Japan - A police vehicle carrying Tatsuya Ichihashi, the suspect in the 2007 murder of British language school teacher Lindsay Hawker, leaves JR Tokyo Station on Nov. 11, 2009, for a police station in Chiba Prefecture, where the investigative headquarters were set up. Ichihashi arrived from Osaka where he was arrested the previous day after spending two years and seven months on the run and having altered his appearance through cosmetic surgery.

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Police arrest Ichihashi, suspect in murder of British woman

TOKYO, Japan - On Nov. 11, 2009, members of the press and spectators gather in front of JR Tokyo Station in Tokyo where Tatsuya Ichihashi, the suspect in the 2007 murder of British language school teacher Lindsay Hawker, was transferred from Osaka where he was arrested the previous day after spending two years and seven months on the run. Ichihashi, 30, had been wanted on a technical charge of abandoning the body of Hawker, who was 22 at the time of her death, at his apartment in Chiba Prefecture.

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Police arrest Ichihashi, suspect in murder of British woman

ICHIKAWA, Japan - Police officers at Gyotoku Police Station in Chiba Prefecture speak at a midnight news conference at the station about the arrest of Tatsuya Ichihashi, the suspect in the 2007 murder of British language school teacher Lindsay Hawker, on Nov. 11, 2009. The 30-year-old suspect spent two years and seven months on the run and altered his appearance through cosmetic surgery before his arrest the previous day in Osaka.