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Film director Ando discusses work based in Kochi

KOCHI, Japan - Movie director Momoko Ando, a daughter of actor Eiji Okuda, discusses her work based in Kochi, western Japan, during an interview in the city on the island of Shikoku on Nov. 14, 2014. Ando relocated to Kochi from Tokyo in March.

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UNFPA official calls for support for pregnant women in Africa

NEW YORK, United States - Kae Ishikawa, a United Nations Population Fund official handling resources and external affairs, gives an interview in New York, United States, on Nov. 14, 2014, calling for Japan's support for saving pregnant women in Africa, especially in Liberia and Sierra Leone where medical conditions have been deteriorating due to the Ebola outbreak.

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Japanese pitcher Kaneko acclaimed by MLB people

TOKYO, Japan - Orix Buffaloes ace Chihiro Kaneko throws a pitch at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 14, 2014, in the second in a series of games between Japanese and U.S. professional baseball players. Kaneko, a candidate to move to Major League Baseball via the posting system, pitched five effective innings to lead Samurai Japan to an 8-4 win over the MLB All-Sar team, gaining praise from within the MLB camp.

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Japanese 'Neputa' sheep manufactured in Aomori Pref.

AOMORI, Japan - "Washi" traditional Japanese paper sheep are manufactured at the "Tsugaruhan Neputamura" tourism facility in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2014. Year 2015 falls on the Year of the Sheep.

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Kimono exhibition combines Kagoshima fabric with Kyoto sash

AMAMI, Japan - A model wears a kimono made of white "Oshima tsumugi" silk pongee, a specialty of Amami, Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, with an "obi" sash of "Nishijin-ori" from Kyoto, western Japan, on the starting day of a kimono exhibition in Amami on Nov. 14, 2014.

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Japan batters major leaguers to lead series 2-0

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Samurai Japan celebrate after winning 8-4 in Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014.

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Japan win 6-0 in int'l friendly against Honduras

TOYOTA, Japan - Members of Japan's soccer team celebrate after beating Honduras 6-0 in a friendly at Toyota Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 14, 2014.

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Japan batters major leaguers to lead series 2-0

TOKYO, Japan - Softbank Hawks Nobuhiro Matsuda hits a single homer in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014. Samurai Japan won 8-4 to lead 2-0 in the five-game series.

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Japan win 6-0 in int'l friendly against Honduras

TOYOTA, Japan - Yohei Toyoda controls the ball during the second half of Japan's friendly against Honduras at Toyota Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 14, 2014. Toyoda scored Japan's fifth goal in a 6-0 win.

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Japan win 6-0 in int'l friendly against Honduras

TOYOTA, Japan - Japan coach Javier Aguirre (L) congratulates Takashi Inui (8) after he scored Japan's fourth goal in the second half of an international friendly against Honduras at Toyota Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 14, 2014. Japan won 6-0.

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Japan win 6-0 in int'l friendly against Honduras

TOYOTA, Japan - Keisuke Honda scores Japan's second goal in the first half of an international friendly against Honduras at Toyota Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 14, 2014. Japan won 6-0.

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Japan win 6-0 in int'l friendly against Honduras

TOYOTA, Japan - Atsuto Uchida of Japan (front) rises to the ball during the first half of an international friendly against Honduras at Toyota Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 14, 2014. Japan won 6-0.

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Japan win 6-0 in int'l friendly against Honduras

TOYOTA, Japan - Keisuke Honda (C) is congratulated by teammates after scoring Japan's second goal in the first half of an international friendly against Honduras at Toyota Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 14, 2014. Japan won 6-0.

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Obama urges Myanmar to let Suu Kyi run for president

YANGON, Myanmar - U.S. President Barack Obama attends a meeting with young people in Yangon, Myanmar, on Nov. 14, 2014. The previous day, Obama urged President Thein Sein to amend the nation's military-drafted Constitution, which effectively bars democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi from running for president.

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Abe, Modi meet in Brisbane

BRISBANE, Australia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands prior to their meeting on Nov. 14, 2014, in Brisbane, Australia, where the Group of 20 summit begins the next day.

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Game 2 of Japan All-Star series held at Tokyo Dome

TOKYO, Japan - Chicago Cubs Tsuyoshi Wada comes in relief in the sixth inning of Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014. Samurai Japan won 2-0 in Game 1.

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Japan win 6-0 in int'l friendly against Honduras

TOYOTA, Japan - Japan's Maya Yoshida (far R) celebrates after scoring the opener in the first half of an international friendly against Honduras at Toyota Stadium in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 14, 2014. Japan won 6-0.

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'Miko' oranges offered at season's 1st auction

OITA, Japan - Oranges of the "Miko" (pretty girl) brand are offered at the first auction of this season in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 14, 2014. The oranges, harvested in nearby Kitsuki, are known for their bright color and soft flesh.

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2014 to see worst number of war-displaced: UNHCR Guterres

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres speaks at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2014, warning that the number of displaced persons due to armed conflicts around the world will likely hit a record high by the end of the year.

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Japan batters major leaguers to lead series 2-0

TOKYO, Japan - Colorado Rockies' Justin Morneau hits a two-run homer in the second inning of Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014. Samurai Japan won 8-4 to lead 2-0 in the five-game series.

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Winter illuminations light up Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano (front C) is congratulated on his winning of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics along with two other Japanese-born scientists, as he participated in a lighting ceremony to kick off winter illuminations in Nagoya, central Japan, on Nov. 14, 2014.

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Japan batters major leaguers to lead series 2-0

TOKYO, Japan - Colorado Rockies' Justin Morneau hits a two-run homer in the second inning of Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014. Samurai Japan won 8-4 to lead 2-0 in the five-game series.

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Winter illuminations light up Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - Hiroshi Amano (4th from L), one of the three Japanese-born scientists who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, joins others at a ceremony to light up the "Rainbow Tree" on Nov. 14, 2014, kicking off winter illuminations around the Nagoya TV Tower in Nagoya, central Japan.

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Hokkaido Electric Power chief sees need for reactor restart

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiko Mayumi, president of Hokkaido Electric Power Co., tells a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2014, that the utility will lower electricity charges if it is allowed to reactivate its nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, west of Sapporo, on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido.

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Fate of aged nuke reactors up to utilities

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Yagi, head of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan, says at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2014, that member utilities will make their own decisions on whether to decommission aged nuclear power reactors.

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Japan baseball players present gift to U.S. envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshima Carp pitcher Kenta Maeda (R) and Rakuten Eagles catcher Motohiro Shima (L) present a gift to U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy at a reception hosted by her at the envoy's official residence in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2014, for the visiting U.S. Major League All Star team and its Japanese counterpart.

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Japan, Guyana foreign ministers meet in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with his Guyanese counterpart Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2014.

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Game 2 of Japan All-Star series held at Tokyo Dome

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) poses for commemorative photos with baseball players at her residence in Tokyo prior to Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series on Nov. 14, 2014.

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Game 2 of Japan All-Star series held at Tokyo Dome

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (front) and all-time home run king Sadaharu Oh throw the ceremonial first pitch in Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014. Samurai Japan won 2-0 in Game 1.

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Game 2 of Japan All-Star series held at Tokyo Dome

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (R) and all-time home run king Sadaharu Oh attend the first-pitch ceremony in Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014. Samurai Japan won 2-0 in Game 1.

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Game 2 of Japan All-Star series held at Tokyo Dome

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) and all-time home run king Sadaharu Oh throw the ceremonial first pitch in Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014. Samurai Japan won 2-0 in Game 1.

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Bank of Yokohama, Higashi-Nippon Bank agree to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Yokohama President Tatsumaro Terazawa (L) and Higashi-Nippon Bank President Michito Ishii shake hands in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2014, following the two regional banks' agreement to launch merger talks.

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Iwatani fixes price of hydrogen for fuel cell cars

OSAKA, Japan - Hisato Ueha, executive vice president of Iwatani Corp., announces in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 14, 2014, the leading Japanese industrial gas supplier's decision to set the price of hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles at around 10 yen per driving distance of 1 kilometer to make the fuel cost of environment-friendly cars comparable with that of hybrid vehicles.

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Game 2 of Japan All-Star series held at Tokyo Dome

TOKYO, Japan - Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners starts in Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014. Samurai Japan won 2-0 in Game 1.

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Game 2 of Japan All-Star series held at Tokyo Dome

TOKYO, Japan - Orix Buffaloes ace Chihiro Kaneko starts in Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014. Samurai Japan won 2-0 in Game 1.

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Game 2 of Japan All-Star series held at Tokyo Dome

TOKYO, Japan - Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners starts in Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014. Samurai Japan won 2-0 in Game 1.

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Game 2 of Japan All-Star series held at Tokyo Dome

TOKYO, Japan - Orix Buffaloes ace Chihiro Kaneko starts in Game 2 of the Japan-Major League All-Star Series at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 14, 2014. Samurai Japan won 2-0 in Game 1.

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Obama, Suu Kyi meet in Yangon

YANGON, Myanmar - U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi attend a joint press conference following their meeting in Yangon, Myanmar, on Nov. 14, 2014. The previous day, Obama urged Myanmar President Thein Sein to ensure fair parliamentary elections in 2015 and improve the situation of ethnic minorities in the country.

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Japan, S. Africa to work together to combat Ebola epidemic

BRISBANE, Australia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and South African President Jacob Zuma meet on Nov. 14, 2014, in Brisbane, Australia, where they visited to attend the Group of 20 summit. They agreed to work together to grapple with the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, seen as a serious downside risk to global economic growth. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, S. Africa to work together to combat Ebola epidemic

BRISBANE, Australia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and South African President Jacob Zuma shake hands prior to their meeting on Nov. 14, 2014, in Brisbane, Australia, where they visited to attend the Group of 20 summit. They agreed to work together to grapple with the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, seen as a serious downside risk to global economic growth. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Abe arrives in Brisbane for G-20 summit

BRISBANE, Australia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in Brisbane, Australia, on Nov. 14, 2014, to attend a Group of 20 summit.

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Japan, U.S. business chiefs urge sales tax hike to 10%

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Ishihara (L), counselor at Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., and John Lechleiter, chief executive officer of pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly and Co., shake hands at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 14, 2014, after a press conference following an annual meeting of the Japan-U.S. Business Conference. The business leaders urged Japan's government to increase the consumption tax rate to 10 percent next year as planned to secure its commitment to fiscal rehabilitation.

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Asahi Shimbun president to resign over retraction of news stories

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tadakazu Kimura, president of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. The Asahi said Nov. 14, 2014, that Kimura will resign as of Dec. 5 to take responsibility for its retraction of a couple of articles.

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JETRO to help Kyoto promote Japanese food exports

KYOTO, Japan - Satoshi Miyamoto (C), president of the Japan External Trade Organization, shakes hands with Kyoto Governor Keiji Yamada (L) and Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa in the ancient Japanese capital on Nov. 14, 2014, following JETRO's decision to establish a trade information center to promote exports of vegetables and other food products from Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan.

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Emperor, empress visit exhibit on their 1st overseas trip

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit an exhibition of photos and other items related to their visits to Europe and the United States in 1953, the couple's first overseas trip, at a museum in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japan, U.S. business chiefs urge sales tax hike to 10%

TOKYO, Japan - Kunio Ishihara (L), counselor at Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., and John Lechleiter, chief executive officer of pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly and Co., attend a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 14, 2014, following an annual meeting of the Japan-U.S. Business Conference. The business leaders urged Japan's government to increase the consumption tax rate to 10 percent next year as planned to secure its commitment to fiscal rehabilitation.

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Harboring terrorists punishable by up to 10 years in prison

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors, the upper house of the Japanese parliament, passes a toughened law on preventing terrorism funding on Nov. 14, 2014 in Tokyo. The amended law makes harboring terrorists or supplying them with weapons punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

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Abe arrives in Brisbane for G-20 summit

BRISBANE, Australia - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in Brisbane, Australia, on Nov. 14, 2014, to attend a Group of 20 summit.

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8 dead after surgical team used laparoscopes in liver operations

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 14, 2014, shows Gunma University Hospital in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture. The state-run institution confirmed the same day that eight patients died in less than four months in liver operations conducted by the same doctor using laparoscopes, a type of endoscope, at the hospital.

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Snowing in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Women walk in the snow in Sapporo, Hokkaido, in northern Japan on Nov. 14, 2014.