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Tokyo gubernatorial election

TOKYO, Japan - Former lawmaker Takashi Sasagawa holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, to declare his candidacy for the Dec. 16, 2012, Tokyo gubernatorial election, following Shintaro Ishihara's resignation from the post.

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Modernism award given to Japanese school building

NEW YORK, United States - Yoshiaki Hanada, professor at Kobe Design University, explains about the restoration of Hizuchi Elementary School in western Japan, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on Nov. 13, 2012. The city of Yahatahama in Ehime Prefecture and six experts who worked to restore the municipal school, including Hanada, received the 2012 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize from the World Monuments Fund, a U.S. organization working to preserve buildings with historical and cultural value.

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U.N. Women chief Bachelet

TOKYO, Japan - Michel Bachelet, executive director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as U.N. Women, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012.

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Japan mayor in Taiwan

SUAO, Taiwan - Yoshitaka Nakayama (2nd from L front), mayor of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture, and local fishing cooperative chief Chen Chun-sheng (3rd from L front) join hands in Suao, a fishing port in northeastern Taiwan, on Nov. 13, 2012. They exchanged opinions on fishing rights in waters around the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea that are also claimed by Taiwan and China.

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party. The party is headed jointly by Ishihara and former industry minister Takeo Hiranuma (L).

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party. The party is headed jointly by Ishihara and former industry minister Takeo Hiranuma (L).

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party.

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party.

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party. The party is headed jointly by Ishihara and former industry minister Takeo Hiranuma (L).

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party.

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Year of the Snake

SAITAMA, Japan - Snake figurines are made at a foundry in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, on Nov. 13, 2012, ahead of the Year of the Snake in 2013.

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Ishihara launches new party

TOKYO, Japan - Former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, at which he launched a new party, called the Sunrise Party.

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Japanese painting turns into gold calendar

TOKYO, Japan - American collector Joe Price unveils a calendar made of pure gold featuring a key work of the 18th Century painter Ito Jakuchu in Tokyo's Ginza district on Nov. 13, 2012.

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Japanese painting turns into gold calendar

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 13, 2012, in Tokyo's Ginza district shows a calendar made of pure gold featuring a key work of the 18th Century painter Ito Jakuchu.

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Sumitomo Mitsui's 'prepaid card' service in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean actor Jang Keun Suk (2nd from L) poses with officials from Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co. and South Korea's Hana SK Card Co. during a press conference in Seoul on Nov. 13, 2012. Sumitomo Mitsui Card said at the press conference it will launch a "prepaid card" service on Nov. 14 for Japanese travelers visiting South Korea, which can be used at about 2.2 million shops affiliated with Hana SK Card.

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N. Korean envoy Song

BEIJING, China - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for normalization talks with Japan, answers reporters' questions at Beijing airport on Nov. 13, 2012, prior to attending talks with Japan to be held from Nov. 15 in Mongolia.

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Dalai Lama in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is asked for a handshake after delivering a speech at a congressional office building in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012.

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Fuji Heavy's new Forester

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, shows the new Forester sport utility vehicle of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., launched the same day in Japan.

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Fuji Heavy's new Forester

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuyuki Yoshinaga, president of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., stands by the automaker's new Forester sport utility vehicle in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012. The fully remodeled vehicle was launched the same day in Japan.

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Fuji Heavy's new Forester

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012, shows the new Forester sport utility vehicle of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., launched the same day in Japan.

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Triumph's armor-like bra

TOKYO, Japan - Models for lingerie maker Triumph International Japan wear armor-like bras, featuring tin-made cups with a cherry-blossom motif, at the bras' unveiling event in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Nov. 13, 2012. According to the company, which twice a year releases a not-for-sale, unusual bra that it says reflects the trend of the times, the latest bra mirrors Japanese women who fight in various fields.

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LDP chief Abe, No. 2 Ishiba

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe (R), president of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, and LDP Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba attend a meeting of party executives at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2012.

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S. Koreans in Japan start voter registration

TOKYO, Japan - South Koreans living in Japan apply for voter registration for elections in their country at the South Korean Embassy's consular division in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Nov. 13, 2011, as a legal revision in 2009 has enabled expatriates 19 years old or older to cast ballots. The registration process began the same day at 10 diplomatic missions in Japan ahead of the general election scheduled in April 2012.