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Christmas tree lit up in quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

KESENNUMA, Japan - The Japan Committee for UNICEF lights up on Nov. 23, 2014, an 8-meter Christmas tree using blue LEDs at a reconstruction stall village in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in an effort to cheer up children in the northeastern Japanese region devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Christmas tree set up in quake-hit Miyagi Pref.

KESENNUMA, Japan - A girl looks at an ornament she made after an 8-meter Christmas tree was lit up on Nov. 23, 2014, at a reconstruction stall village in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in the northeastern Japanese region hit by the March 2011 devastating earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan to have jurisdiction over some U.S. military-linked incidents

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 23, 2011, shows the site where a 24-year-old U.S. civilian military base employee caused a fatal traffic accident in January in Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture, in southern Japan. Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said Nov. 24 that Japan and the United States have agreed to partly change a bilateral arrangement concerning U.S. military personnel, allowing Japan to have jurisdiction over accidents and crimes involving civilian staff at U.S. bases under certain circumstances. The traffic accident is expected to be the first case subjected to the change.

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Drainage work at industrial complex in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Water is drained using Japanese water-pumping vehicles at the flooded Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya Province, central Thailand, on Nov. 23, 2011. The Japanese government has sent 10 of the vehicles and engineers to Thailand as part of emergency aid to deal with the flooding.

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Drainage work at industrial complex in Thailand

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Water is drained using Japanese water-pumping vehicles at the flooded Rojana Industrial Park in Ayutthaya Province, central Thailand, on Nov. 23, 2011. The Japanese government has sent 10 of the vehicles and engineers to Thailand as part of emergency aid to deal with the flooding.

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U.N. official Ladsous in interview

NEW YORK, United States - Herve Ladsous, U.N. undersecretary general for peacekeeping operations, is interviewed by Kyodo News at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Nov. 23, 2011. Ladsous said he looked forward to having Japanese Self-Defense Forces engineers on the ground in the South Sudanese capital Juba, where they will help build up infrastructure in the world's newest country.

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Illuminations in Champs Elysees

PARIS, France - Photo taken on Nov. 23, 2011, shows lights on the famous Champs Elysees avenue in Paris. The street is lit up for the holiday season around year-end and New Year.

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Japanese, Chinese foreign ministers

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (far L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (far R) hold talks in Beijing on Nov. 23, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese animation festival in China

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (R) chats with Satoko Yamano (far L), Japanese singer of animation songs, during the opening ceremony on Nov. 23, 2011, at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Beijing for the Japan Animation Festival. The festival, a series of events to promote Japanese animation in China, will run through December in Beijing and Shanghai.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., meets reporters upon arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2011. Woodford arrived in Japan to meet with Japanese investigative authorities probing the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses.

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One year since N. Korean attack on S. Korean island

YEONPEYONG ISLAND, South Korea - The South Korean military conducts training on Yeonpeyong Island in the Yellow Sea near the disputed western sea border with North Korea on Nov. 23, 2011, exactly one year after the North fired artillery onto the island, killing two soldiers and two civilians.

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One year since N. Korean attack on S. Korean island

YEONPEYONG ISLAND, South Korea - The South Korean military conducts training on Yeonpeyong Island in the Yellow Sea near the disputed western sea border with North Korea on Nov. 23, 2011, exactly one year after the North fired artillery onto the island, killing two soldiers and two civilians.

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Japanese, Chinese foreign ministers

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi shake hands ahead of their talks in Beijing on Nov. 23, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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One year since N. Korean attack on S. Korean island

YEONPEYONG ISLAND, South Korea - The South Korean military conducts training on Yeonpeyong Island in the Yellow Sea near the disputed western sea border with North Korea on Nov. 23, 2011, exactly one year after the North fired artillery onto the island, killing two soldiers and two civilians.

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One year since N. Korean attack on S. Korean island

YEONPEYONG ISLAND, South Korea - The South Korean military conducts training on Yeonpeyong Island in the Yellow Sea near the disputed western sea border with North Korea on Nov. 23, 2011, exactly one year after the North fired artillery onto the island, killing two soldiers and two civilians.

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Japanese FM Gemba, Chinese Premier Wen

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao shake hands ahead of their talks in Beijing on Nov. 23, 2011. The talks were held in preparation for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's planned visit to China in December. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese FM Gemba, Chinese Premier Wen

BEIJING, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao hold talks in Beijing on Nov. 23, 2011. The talks were held in preparation for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's planned visit to China in December. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan envoy visits refugee camp in Gaza

JABALIA, Gaza Strip - Naofumi Hashimoto (L front), representative of Japan to the Palestinian Authority, visits a health clinic at the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza on Nov. 23, 2011. The clinic has been refurbished with Japanese aid.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., meets reporters upon arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2011. Woodford arrived in Japan to meet with Japanese investigative authorities probing the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses.

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Hakuho beats Kisenosato

FUKUOKA, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (L) overpowers sekiwake Kisenosato at the ring's edge during the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2011.

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Ex-Olympus chief Woodford arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Michael Woodford, former chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corp., is surrounded by reporters upon arrival at Narita airport near Tokyo on Nov. 23, 2011. Woodford arrived in Japan to meet with Japanese investigative authorities probing the camera and medical equipment maker's coverup of investment losses.

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One year since N. Korean attack on S. Korean island

YEONPEYONG ISLAND, South Korea - South Korean soldiers attend the unveiling ceremony on the South's Yeonpeyong Island in the Yellow Sea near the disputed western sea border with North Korea for a monument commemorating two soldiers killed in the artillery attack by the North on the island on Nov. 23, 2011, exactly one year after the attack. The shelling also killed two South Korean civilians.

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Radiation decontamination efforts in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - An employee of a local agricultural association in nuclear crisis-hit Fukushima strips bark of an apple tree in an attempt to remove radioactive materials on fruit trees in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2011. Radiation levels in the tree trunks were lowered by as much as more than 80 percent through experimental efforts to recover the sale of fruit produce from the prefecture.

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Japan air force's acrobatic flight show

FUKUOKA, Japan - People watch a performance by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse acrobatic flight team during a festival at the ASDF's Ashiya Air Base in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 23, 2011, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the base. The Blue Impulse, based at tsunami-hit Matsushima Air Base in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, were not hit by the March 11 tsunami as the team was at the Ashiya base since March 10 to perform in an event.

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Japanese Foreign Minister Maehara in Australia

CANBERRA, Australia - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (C) speaks at a press conference in Canberra on Nov. 23, 2010, with Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd (R) and Trade Minister Craig Emerson (L). Maehara and Emerson agreed to resume bilateral talks on a free trade agreement in early 2011.