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Crown prince, princess visit disaster-hit Iwate

KAMAISHI, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R) and Crown Princess Masako (C) converse with evacuees from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at a temporary housing in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2013.

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Crown prince, princess visit disaster-hit Iwate

KAMAISHI, Japan - Crown Princess Masako (R) listens to a crying woman, an evacuee from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, at a temporary housing in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2013.

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Crown prince, princess visit disaster-hit Iwate

KAMAISHI, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (C) and Crown Princess Masako (L) visit Ono Foods Co., a seafood processing company, in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2013. The company's operation was affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, princess visit disaster-hit Iwate

KAMAISHI, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R front) and Crown Princess Masako (next to him) converse with evacuees from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at a temporary housing in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, princess visit disaster-hit Iwate

KAMAISHI, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R front) and Crown Princess Masako (next to him) converse with evacuees from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami at a temporary housing in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Senegalese singer N'Dour

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in December 2000 shows prominent Senegalese singer Youssou N'Dour. According to Reuters, N'Dour announced on Nov. 26, 2011, the cancellation of concert dates from Jan. 2, 2012, as he would be entering politics, but did not say whether he would run in Senegal's presidential election slated for February.

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Beauty salon at KidZania Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Girls play the role of beauty consultants and customers in a mock cosmetics store of Clinique Laboratories LLC at KidZania Tokyo, a job role-playing theme park for children, in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2011. The beauty salon opened on Oct. 5, the fifth anniversary of the theme park's opening.

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Dictionary on U.S., European brand names

MATSUE, Japan - Masayoshi Yamada, an English linguistics researcher, holds an English-Japanese dictionary he published on brand names of U.S. and European products, in the city of Matsue, western Japan, on Nov. 2, 2011.

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U.S. honors Japanese-American veterans

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese-American veterans attend a ceremony for the award of the Congressional Gold Medal at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Nov. 2, 2011, in honor of their service during World War II.

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JKT48, 1st overseas sister group of AKB48

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Members of Jakarta-based JKT48, the first official overseas sister group of Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48, meet journalists in the Indonesian capital on Nov. 2, 2011. Twenty-eight girls aged between 12 to 21 were selected to join JKT48 the same day after a six-hour final audition.

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U.S. honors Japanese-American veterans

WASHINGTON, United States - A Japanese-American veteran (R) is awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his service during World War II by House Speaker John Boehner (2nd from L) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Nov. 2, 2011.

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Japan-U.S. joint naval drill off Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 2, 2011, shows a carrier-based F/A-18 touching down on the U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington during a joint naval exercise by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy in the Pacific off the main island of Okinawa Prefecture, aiming at effectively and mutually responding to a contingency situation.

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JKT48, 1st overseas sister group of AKB48

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Members of Jakarta-based JKT48, the first official overseas sister group of Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48, meet journalists in the Indonesian capital on Nov. 2, 2011. Twenty-eight girls aged between 12 to 21 were selected to join JKT48 the same day after a six-hour final audition.

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Ultraman, Ultraseven exhibition at museum in Mito

MITO, Japan - Photo shows figures of Ultraman (L) and Ultraseven (R), characters from popular Japanese TV hero series aired since the 1960s, on display at the Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2011. An exhibition entitled ''Ultraman Art! Times and creation Ultraman & Ultraseven'' runs from Nov. 3, 2011, through Jan. 15, 2012.

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PM Noda departs for G-20 summit in France

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda waves at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2011, as he leaves for Cannes, France, to attend a summit of the Group of 20 economies starting on Nov. 3.

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PM Noda departs for G-20 summit in France

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) waves at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2011, as he leaves for Cannes, France, to attend a summit of the Group of 20 economies starting on Nov. 3.

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PM Noda departs for G-20 summit in France

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks with reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2011, before leaving for Cannes, France, to attend a summit of the Group of 20 economies starting the following day.

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1st shipment from Kirin plant in Sendai since March disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Kirin Brewery Co. President Koichi Matsuzawa (L) and Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai pose with cases of beer in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2011, during a ceremony to mark the first shipment of beer from the company's Sendai plant in about eight months since it was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Nissan COO Shiga

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co.'s Chief Operating Officer Toshiyuki Shiga explains the automaker's consolidated results for the April-September first half, when it posted a group net profit of 183.43 billion yen, down 12.0 percent from a year earlier, in Yokohama on Nov. 2, 2011. Shiga said its worldwide production could be cut by around 60,000 units due to the effects of supply chain disruptions stemming from the flooding in Thailand.

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Sony executive vice president Hirai

TOKYO, Japan - Sony Corp. Executive Deputy President Kazuo Hirai speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2011. Sony Corp. announced that it expects to log a group net loss of 90 billion yen in fiscal 2011 for the fourth straight year of red ink due to a strong yen and sluggish performance in its mainstay television business.

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Edano takes part in online discussion on TPP

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese trade minister Yukio Edano (2nd from L) takes part in the government's first online open discussion on the issue of whether Japan should join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact, with Koichi Kato (2nd from R), chairman of the joint association of Seikatsu Club consumers' cooperatives, and others at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2011.

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Downpour on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - A road in the city of Amami on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is flooded on Nov. 2, 2011, after the area was hit by a downpour.

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Genkai nuclear reactor resumes power generation

GENKAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 2, 2011, shows the No. 4 reactor building (R of the two domed buildings) at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant. The reactor resumed power generation the same day, after it was reactivated the previous day following a one-month hiatus, the company said.

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1st shipment from Kirin plant in Sendai since March disaster

SENDAI, Japan - People see off the first shipment of beer from Kirin Brewery Co.'s Sendai plant in about eight months in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2011, since the plant was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Ex-Taiwanese president Lee has operation

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A surgeon at Taipei Veterans General Hospital on Nov. 2, 2011, describes the operation he performed on Taiwan's former president Lee Teng-hui the previous day to remove a malignant colon tumor from the 88-year-old.

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Genkai nuclear reactor resumes power generation

GENKAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 2, 2011, shows the No. 4 reactor building at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant. The reactor resumed power generation the same day, after it was reactivated the previous day following a one-month hiatus, the company said.

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Vietnamese Prime Minister Dung in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (upper L, standing) speaks during a breakfast meeting hosted by Japanese Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Takeshi Maeda at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 2, 2011. Dung offered to proactively accept Japanese firms' investment in Vietnam's infrastructure projects, meeting participants said.

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'Balloon fiesta' in Saga

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows hot-air balloons floating in the air in the city of Saga in southwestern Japan on Nov. 2, 2011, during the Saga International Balloon Fiesta that began the same day. It will run through Nov. 6.

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Debris transportation from quake-hit Miyako to Tokyo

MIYAKO, Japan - Workers measure radiation levels of a truck container onto which debris was loaded for transportation to Tokyo from a temporary debris storage site in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2011. Amid fears of contamination by radioactive substances leaked from the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo is the only municipality, aside from some in the northeast, that has so far stepped forward to accept rubble from areas hit by the March disasters to help expedite reconstruction.

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TEPCO finds fresh nuclear fission sign at Fukushima reactor

TOKYO, Japan - Junichi Matsumoto, an official of Tokyo Electric Power Co., explains the utility's injection of boric acid into the No. 2 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant during a press conference at the company's head office in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2011. The company known as TEPCO said there may be signs of fresh nuclear fission in the reactor and that it has injected boric acid to control a possible nuclear reaction.

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'Balloon fiesta' in Saga

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows hot-air balloons floating in the air in the city of Saga in southwestern Japan on Nov. 2, 2011, during the Saga International Balloon Fiesta that began the same day. It will run through Nov. 6.

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Mandarin ducks come to Japan from north

YONAGO, Japan - Mandarin ducks rest at the Hino River in the town of Hino in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 2, 2011. Around 700 Mandarin ducks were spotted the same day on or around the river, where about 1,000 of the birds annually winter after flying in from the north.

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Debris transportation from quake-hit Miyako to Tokyo

MIYAKO, Japan - A truck leaves a temporary debris storage site in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 2, 2011, after debris was loaded onto its container for transportation to Tokyo. Amid fears of contamination by radioactive substances leaked from the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo is the only municipality, aside from some in the northeast, that has so far stepped forward to accept rubble from areas hit by the March disasters to help expedite reconstruction.

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Debris transportation from quake-hit Miyako to Tokyo

MIYAKO, Japan - Debris is loaded onto a truck container at a temporary debris storage site in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, for transportation to Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2011, as the operation to transport debris to Tokyo from the Pacific coastal city began the same day. Amid fears of contamination by radioactive substances leaked from the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, Tokyo is the only municipality, aside from some in the northeast, that has so far stepped forward to accept rubble from areas hit by the March disasters to help expedite reconstruction.

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Japan's new PM, first lady

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 9, 2003, shows Yoshihiko Noda (L) and his wife Hitomi (R) celebrating Noda's victory in a House of Representatives election in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture. Noda launched his Cabinet on Sept. 2, 2011, succeeding Naoto Kan as Japan's prime minister.