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Japan cuts Antarctic whale catch target by 2/3

KUSHIRO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2013 shows a minke whale landed in Kushiro, Hokkaido, in northern Japan. The Japanese government said on Nov. 18, 2014, that it will reduce the number of whales to be taken in the Antarctic Ocean to one-third of the previous target, as the country seeks to continue its "research whaling" despite a U.N. court ordering Tokyo to halt its program there.

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Mexican resort Acapulco

ACAPULCO, Mexico - Police officers patrol along a beach in Acapulco, a Pacific resort in Mexico, on Nov. 18, 2013.

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Mexican resort Acapulco

ACAPULCO, Mexico - Police officers patrol along a beach in Acapulco, a Pacific resort in Mexico, on Nov. 18, 2013.

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Patissier aiming to promote Japanese confectionery

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 18, 2013 in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward shows patissier Hironobu Tsujiguchi holding a certificate of the highest award he won at the Salon du Chocolat global chocolate fair in Paris in November, together with his winning chocolates, at one of his shops.

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Japan special intelligence unit

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 18, 2013, shows an entrance to the Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Kodaira in Kodaira, Tokyo. A former member of a special Ground Staff Office unit who enrolled in a psychological warfare and security course at the GSDF's Kodaira School, located inside the camp, recently told Kyodo News about intelligence activities long conducted without the knowledge of the prime minister or defense minister, including paying several million yen to collaborators and sending a spy to North Korea.

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Life after typhoon in Philippines

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A boy walks through the debris on Nov. 18, 2013, in Tacloban City on Leyte Island in the Philippines, devastated by powerful Typhoon Haiyan.

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Life after typhoon in Philippines

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A woman hangs the laundry on a wire of a fallen utility pole on Nov. 18, 2013, in Tacloban City on Leyte Island in the Philippines, devastated by powerful Typhoon Haiyan.

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Dried persimmons

HASHIMOTO, Japan - A woman makes dried persimmons in the town of Katsuragi, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 18, 2013.

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EU, Japan trade chiefs

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) shakes hands with EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2013.

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Suzuki's Alto Eco

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the updated Alto Eco minicar that Suzuki Motor Corp. will release on Dec. 18, 2013. The updated Alto Eco provides fuel economy of 35.0 kilometers per liter, Suzuki Motor said Nov. 19.

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Japan business mission in China

BEIJING, China - Fujio Cho (L), Toyota Motor Corp. honorary chairman, shakes hands with China's Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng at the ministry in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2013. Cho was heading a delegation of over 100 executives from leading Japanese companies visiting China.

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Toyota Lexus LF-NX

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. gives a sneak preview in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2013, of the Lexus LF-NX sport utility concept to be exhibited at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show.

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Toyota Lexus RC

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. gives a sneak preview in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2013, of the Lexus RC coupe to be exhibited at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show.

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Japan business mission in China

BEIJING, China - China's Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng speaks during a meeting with a delegation of over 100 executives from leading Japanese companies in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2013.

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Bill Clinton in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton delivers a speech in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2013.

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Japan business mission in China

BEIJING, China - Fujio Cho (L), Toyota Motor Corp. honorary chairman, speaks during a meeting with China's Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng and other ministry officials in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2013. Cho was heading a delegation of over 100 executives from leading Japanese companies visiting China.

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Japan business mission in China

BEIJING, China - A delegation of over 100 executives from leading Japanese companies holds a meeting with officials from China's Commerce Ministry (front) in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2013.

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Fuel removal starts at Fukushima plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 18, 2013, shows (from R) the Nos. 1 to 4 reactor buildings of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. started a yearlong mission later that day to remove fuel from the cooling pool at the damaged No. 4 reactor building (far L).

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U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet commander

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Harry Harris, the first Japanese-American commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet, holds a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 18, 2013.

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New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Kennedy

TOKYO, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy arrives at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2013, for a meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki.

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Relief efforts for Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - Food is carried into a C-130 cargo plane of Japan's Self-Defense Forces at an air base in Manila on Nov. 18, 2013, 10 days after powerful Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines.

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New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Kennedy

TOKYO, Japan - New U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) shakes hands with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Typhoon-hit Philippines

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A woman washes clothes with water gushing from a broken pipe on Nov. 18, 2013, in Tacloban City on Leyte Island in the Philippines, devastated by powerful Typhoon Haiyan.

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Bill Clinton in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) holds talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Relief efforts for Philippines

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter off Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2013, shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's transport ship Osumi, heading for the Philippines, with SDF members to conduct relief operations in the Southeast Asian country hit by powerful Typhoon Haiyan.

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U.N. envoy in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - The United Nations' special representative on sexual violence in conflicts, Zainab Bangura (L), and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2013.

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European Council president in haiku capital

MATSUYAMA, Japan - European Council President Herman van Rompuy (R), a haiku poet, is given the title of an "honorary citizen" of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, known as the capital of haiku in western Japan, on Nov. 18, 2013, from Matsuyama Mayor Katsuhito Noshi (L).

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AirAsia X to link Nagoya and Kuala Lumpur

NAGOYA, Japan - Azran Osman-Rani (R), chief executive officer of Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia X, announces a special discount price of 6,990 yen for one-way economy tickets between Kuala Lumpur and Central Japan International Airport near Nagoya, during a press conference in Nagoya on Nov. 18, 2013.

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European Council president in haiku capital

MATSUYAMA, Japan - European Council President Herman van Rompuy (R), a haiku poet, speaks during a ceremony to welcome him in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, known as the capital of haiku, in western Japan, on Nov. 18, 2013. At left is Matsuyama Mayor Katsuhito Noshi.

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Australian trade minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Andrew Robb (L), Australian minister for trade and investment, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2013.

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U.N. envoy in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - The United Nations' special representative on sexual violence in conflicts, Zainab Bangura (L), and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2013.

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New lantern

TOKYO, Japan - A new 3.9-meter-tall, 700-kilogram lantern is installed at the Kaminarimon gate of Sensoji temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area on Nov. 18, 2013, in the first replacement in 10 years.

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Park speech

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye delivers her first speech since her inauguration at parliament in Seoul on Nov. 18, 2013.

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Australian trade minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Andrew Robb (L), Australian minister for trade and investment, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands prior to holding talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2013.

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Fukushima spent fuel removal

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane over the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2013, shows the No. 4 reactor building (back) and the building housing the common spent-fuel pool (front) at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Tokyo Electric Power Co. began preparation work for nuclear fuel removal at the reactor building the same day.

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Pure gold Christmas tree

TOKYO, Japan - A 2.4-meter-tall pure gold Christmas tree featuring Disney characters is displayed at a shop of Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. in Tokyo's Ginza district on Nov. 18, 2013. The company is selling the item, made of some 43 kilograms of pure gold, for 500 million yen ($5 million).

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New USJ attraction

OSAKA, Japan - Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, western Japan, shows reporters its new attraction Biohazard the Real on July 18, 2013, ahead of its opening the following day. The attraction will run through Nov. 10, 2013.

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Tuna conference

AGADIR, Morocco - Photo shows the venue of an annual conference of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas in Agadir, Morocco, on Nov. 18, 2012. The international body managing fishery resources in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic decided on Nov. 19 at the conference to expand the bluefin tuna catch quota to 13,400 tons in 2013 from the current 12,900 tons, the first expansion in 10 years.