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Japanese Princess Yuriko

Photo taken in 2009 shows Japan's Princess Yuriko. Emperor Naruhito's great-aunt, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 15, 2024, at the age of 101.

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Penguins cozy up in Antarctica

ANTARCTICA, Antarctica - An emperor penguin and an Adelie penguin cozy up on sea ice 70 kilometers from Japan's Showa Station in Antarctica on Dec. 15, 2009. The appearance of the bigger penguin among around 50 Adelie penguins excited members of a research expedition team and others aboard the Japanese icebreaker Shirase, which left a port in Australia on Nov. 29. (Pool photo by Kyodo)

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South Korea's Kim wins Skate America

LAKE PLACID, United States - South Korean world champion Kim Yu Na holds up her medal after winning the Skate America title in Lake Placid on Nov. 15, 2009. Kim came in second place after America's Rachael Flatt in the free program on the same day, but her record-breaking short program a day earlier won her the overall title.

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S. Korea's Kim wins Skate America

LAKE PLACID, United States - South Korea's Kim Yu Na performs a spiral during the women's free program of the Skate America competition in Lake Placid on Nov. 15, 2009. Kim won the title marking her second victory in this season's Grand Prix series.

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Victims' kin visit Busan shooting accident site

BUSAN, South Korea - Relatives of Japanese victims of a shooting range accident visit the building which houses the indoor facility in Busan on Nov. 15, 2009. A total of 10 people, including Japanese, were killed in the accident.

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S. Korea's Kim falls in Skate America

LAKE PLACID, United States - South Korea's Kim Yu Na falls as she performs during the women's free program of the Skate America competition in Lake Placid on Nov. 15, 2009. Kim won the title marking her second victory in this season's Grand Prix series.

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Okada meets with Okinawa governor

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks during a meeting with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima at the prefectural government in Naha on Nov. 15, 2009. Okada and Nakaima discussed the contentious plan to relocate the controversial U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station within the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Okada speaks to press in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Naha on Nov. 15, 2009. Okada and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima discussed the contentious plan the same day to relocate the controversial U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station within the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Families pray for victims in fire at Busan indoor shooting range

BUSAN, South Korea - Family members of Japanese tourists who died in a fire at an indoor shooting range in the port city of Busan in South Korea, pray on Nov. 15, 2009, in front of the building where the shooting range was located. The fire on Nov. 14 claimed 10 lives, of which eight are believed to be Japanese tourists, and injured six others.

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Hatoyama delivers Asia policy speech in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama delivers a speech on his Asian policy in Singapore on Nov. 15, 2009. He proposed four key areas of cooperation in his ''East Asian community concept'' such as co-prosperity and a green Asia on the sidelines of the summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. (Pool photo)

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Okada tells Okinawa he is studying Kadena-Futemma plan 'intensively'

NAHA, Japan - Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L, front) inspects on Nov. 15, 2009, the site in Nago in northern Okinawa where the U.S. Marines Corps' Futemma Air Station, which is located in a crowded residential area, is planned to be relocated. Okada, in his first visit to Okinawa since assuming the Cabinet post in September, held talks with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima and held talks on the issue of relocating the airfield.

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Shooting range accident inspection under way

BUSAN, South Korea - Police officers and firefighters file into a building for a post-accident inspection at an indoor shooting range in Busan on Nov. 15, 2009. A total of 10 people, including Japanese, were killed in the accident.

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Families pray for victims in fire at Busan indoor shooting range

BUSAN, South Korea - Family members of Japanese tourists who died in a fire at an indoor shooting range in the port city of Busan in South Korea, pray on Nov. 15, 2009, in front of the building where the shooting range was located. The fire on Nov. 14 claimed 10 lives, of which eight are believed to be Japanese tourists, and injured six others.

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Asashoryu opens with win at Kyushu meet

FUKUOKA, Japan - Grand champion Asashoryu slaps down komusubi Goeido onto the ring immediately after the face-off on the first day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 15, 2009.

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Shooting range accident inspection under way

BUSAN, South Korea - Officials secure a building in which a post-accident inspection is under way at an indoor shooting range in Busan on Nov. 15, 2009. A total of 10 people, including Japanese, were killed in the accident.

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S. Korea PM mourns shooting accident victims

BUSAN, South Korea - South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un Chan speaks to reporters at a hospital in Yangsan on Nov. 15, 2009. Chung mourned for the 10 people, including Japanese, who were killed in the accident at an indoor shooting range in nearby Busan.

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Shooting range accident inspection under way

BUSAN, South Korea - Officials secure a building in which a post-accident inspection is under way at an indoor shooting range in Busan on Nov. 15, 2009. A total of 10 people, including Japanese, were killed in the accident.

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Hatoyama gives speech in Singapore on Asian policy

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Nov. 15, 2009, gave a speech on Asian policy in Singapore where he was visiting to attend a two-day meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. In his speech, Hatoyama highlighted four key areas of cooperation in the East Asian community concept he advocates -- co-prosperity, a green Asia, human life protection and maritime safety.

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8 Japanese killed in S. Korea fire

BUSAN, South Korea - Family members of Akira Shimada, a Japanese tourist injured in a fire the previous day at an indoor shooting range in the port city of Busan in South Korea, leave the intensive care unit on Nov. 15, 2009, at a Busan hospital where Shimada is hospitalized. They were among the 25 people, kin of nine Japanese men believed to be involved in the fire that claimed 10 lives and injured six another, who arrived from Japan earlier in the day.

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Overturned Japanese ferry inspected

MIHAMA, Japan - Employees of a ship clearance firm on Nov. 15, 2009, inspect the passenger and cargo ferry Ariake, which ran aground and overturned in the Sea of Kumano off the town of Mihama in Mie Prefecture in central Japan on Nov. 13. All 28 passengers and crew members were rescued.

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Overturned Japanese ferry inspected

MIHAMA, Japan - Inspectors of the transport ministry's transportation safety committee on Nov. 15, 2009, inspect the passenger and cargo ferry Ariake, which ran aground and overturned in the Sea of Kumano off the town of Mihama in Mie Prefecture in central Japan on Nov. 13. All 28 passengers and crew members were rescued.

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Ndereba of Kenya finishes 3rd in Yokohama Women's Marathon

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Olympic silver medalist Catherine Ndereba of Kenya crosses the finish line, placing third with 2:29:13 in the Yokohama Women's Marathon on Nov. 15, 2009, in Yokohama, just southwest of Tokyo. Ndereba followed Inga Abitova of Russia who finished in 2:27:18 and Japan's Kiyoko Shimahara in 2 hours, 28 minutes, 51 seconds.

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APEC fails to agree on details in battle against climate change

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Pacific Rim leaders, including Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (3rd from R) and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (5th from L), gathered Nov. 15, 2009, to announce a declaration adopted at the end of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Singapore. The leaders pledged to accelerate efforts to deepen the integration of their economies, including to study creating a free-trade area, but fell short of promising any detailed commitment to the battle against climate change. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Shimahara finishes 2nd in Yokohama Women's Marathon

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Kiyoko Shimahara crosses the finish line, placing second in 2 hours, 28 minutes, 51 seconds in the Yokohama Women's Marathon on Nov. 15, 2009, in Yokohama, just southwest of Tokyo, following Inga Abitova of Russia who finished in 2:27:18. Olympic silver medalist Catherine Ndereba placed third in 2:29:13.

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Russia's Abitova wins Yokohama Women's Marathon

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Inga Abitova of Russia smiles after winning the Yokohama Women's Marathon on Nov. 15, 2009, in Yokohama, just southwest of Tokyo. Abitova pulled away from the leading pack past the 30-kilometer mark en route to victory in 2 hours, 27 minutes, 18 seconds.

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Japan, Russia hold bilateral talks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shake hands on Nov. 15, 2009, ahead of their bilateral talks on the sidelines of the two-day summit meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Singapore that ended the same day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, Russia hold bilateral talks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (3rd from L) and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (3rd from R) sit at the table on Nov. 15, 2009, to hold their bilateral talks on the sidelines of the two-day summit meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Singapore that ended the same day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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APEC leaders pledge to accelerate economic integration

SINGAPORE, Singapore - U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd from L) listens to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speak at a breakfast meeting Nov. 15, 2009, during a summit in Singapore. The leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum pledged to accelerate efforts to deepen the integration of their economies as they closed their two-day meeting the same day. (Pool photo)

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Russia's Abitova wins Yokohama Women's Marathon

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Inga Abitova of Russia crosses the finish line to win the Yokohama Women's Marathon on Nov. 15, 2009, in Yokohama, just southwest of Tokyo. Abitova pulled away from the leading pack past the 30-kilometer mark en route to victory in 2 hours, 27 minutes, 18 seconds.

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Okada tells Okinawa he is studying Kadena-Futemma plan 'intensively'

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (L) invites Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (C) into his office in the capital city of Naha in Japan's southernmost prefecture on Nov. 15, 2009, ahead of their talks on the issue of relocating the U.S. Marines Corps' Futemma Air Station, which is located in a crowded residential area. Okada told the governor that he is conducting an ''intensive'' study on the feasibility of the idea of relocating the airfield to the nearby U.S. Kadena Air Base.

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8 Japanese killed in S. Korea fire

BUSAN, South Korea - Family members of Japanese tourists injured in a fire the previous day at an indoor shooting range in the port city of Busan in South Korea arrive at a Busan hospital on Nov. 15, 2009, where those injured tourists are hospitalized. The fire claimed 10 lives and injured six others.

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APEC leaders pledge to accelerate economic integration

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Pacific Rim leaders hold a summit in Singapore on Nov. 15, 2009. The leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum pledged to accelerate efforts to deepen the integration of their economies as they closed their two-day meeting the same day. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Identification of 10 victims of S. Korean fire underway

BUSAN, South Korea - Firefighters and police officers enter a building in the South Korean port city of Busan on Nov. 15, 2009, to inspect the site of the fire at an indoor shooting range that claimed 10 lives and injured six people the previous day. Eight of the 10 victims are believed to be Japanese.

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APEC leaders pledge to accelerate economic integration

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (L) and South Koraen President Lee Myung Bak listen to other Pacific Rim leaders' speeches at a breakfast meeting Nov. 15, 2009, during a summit in Singapore. The leaders of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum pledged to accelerate efforts to deepen the integration of their economies as they closed their two-day meeting the same day. (Pool photo)

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Identification of 10 victims of S. Korean fire underway

BUSAN, South Korea - Firefighters and police officers enter a building in the South Korean port city of Busan on Nov. 15, 2009, to inspect the site of the fire at an indoor shooting range that claimed 10 lives and injured six people the previous day. Eight of the 10 victims are believed to be Japanese.