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Tunisia's Islamist party leader in interview

TUNIS, Tunisia - Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of Tunisia's Islamist Ennadha Party, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at the party's headquarters in Tunis, Tunisia, on Nov. 24, 2014. He said concession and consensus building were the keys for the successful democratization of the country.

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Tunisian parents lament death of their son in Syria

TUNIS, Tunisia - Parents hold a portrait of their son who died in Syria in the summer of 2012 after joining the Islamic State militant group, at their home in the suburbs of Tunis, Tunisia, on Nov. 24, 2014.

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Mandela's ex-secretary warns of hostility in S. Africa

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Zelda La Grange, private secretary to former South African President Nelson Mandela for 19 years, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Johannesburg on Nov. 24, 2014. La Grange said South Africa nowadays is filled with animosity and that society has failed to learn from the late leader's examples.

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Univ. students volunteer to help post-disaster work

OSAKA, Japan - Female students of Kobe Shukugawa Gakuin University volunteer to help post-disaster work in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 24, 2014, hit by landslides caused by torrential rains in August. The students participated in the work before the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated the western Japan prefecture in 1995.

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Ex-Maltese leader slams NATO as relic from past

VALLETTA, Malta - Former Maltese President and Prime Minister Edward Fenech-Adami speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Valletta on Nov. 24, 2014, ahead of the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Malta Summit during which then U.S. and Soviet leaders declared an end to the Cold War. Fenech-Adami criticized the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a relic from the past.

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End of Cold War marks 25th anniversary

VALLETTA, Malta - The End of Cold War Monument stands close to Marsaxlokk Bay in southeastern Malta on Nov. 24, 2014. It commemorates the 1989 Malta Summit during which then U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declared an end to the Cold War.

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Deserted shopping street in northern Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A street in front of East Japan Railway Co.'s Ishinomaki Station in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, appears deserted with many shops closed for business on Nov. 24, 2014. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's much-touted "Abenomics" policy mix designed to prop up domestic demand has not produced visible effects in most regional areas.

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Vietnamese vendors on bridge between 2 nations

MONG CAI, Vietnam -Vendors return to Mong Cai, northern Vietnam, from Dongxing in the southern central Chinese province of Guangxi, where they purchased clothes and everyday goods, through a frontier bridge, on Nov. 24, 2014. While bilateral ties remain strained due to a sovereignty dispute over the South China Sea, Chinese tourists have started visiting the Vietnamese city again.

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Vietnamese vendors on bridge between 2 nations

MONG CAI, Vietnam -Vendors return to Mong Cai, northern Vietnam, from Dongxing in the southern central Chinese province of Guangxi, where they purchased clothes and everyday goods, through a frontier bridge, on Nov. 24, 2014. While bilateral ties remain strained due to a sovereignty dispute over the South China Sea, Chinese tourists have started visiting the Vietnamese city again.

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Jewish woman who fled Nazis

NEW YORK, United States - Deborah Reed (L) receives a photo of her mother Sonia at the residence of the Japanese consul general in New York on Nov. 24, 2014. Sonia fled Nazi Germany, traveling to the United States via Japan, with the help of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who helped thousands of Jews by issuing travel documents. The identity of the woman in the photo, left behind in Japan, was recently identified as Deborah's mother.

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Nobel winner Nakamura meets with U.S. Pres. Obama

WASHINGTON, United States - Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, delivers a lecture at the Embassy of Sweden in Washington on Nov. 24, 2014. Nakamura, one of the three Japan-born scientists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, met U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House the same day along with three other U.S. winners of the 2014 Nobel prizes.

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Empire State Building to be lit in orange for U.N. campaign for women

NEW YORK, United States - American Actress Teri Hatcher (L) and Ban Ki Moon (3rd from L), secretary general of the United Nations, light a model of the Empire State Building in orange as part of a U.N.-led campaign to fight violence against women, at the building in New York on Nov. 24, 2014, ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women the following day.

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Experts tout hula dance to prevent dementia

IWAKI, Japan - Emiko Ono, one of the first hula dancers in the 1960s at an amusement park now known as Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, sits on stage in the northeastern Japan city on Nov. 24, 2014, during an event to promote awareness of dementia. The main character in the award-winning 2006 movie "Hula Girls" was modeled after Ono, who now suffers from dementia at age 70.

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Nishikori, Nara win JPTA Special Award

TOKYO, Japan - Kei Nishikori (R) and Kurumi Nara pose after receiving the Japan Professional Tennis Association's Special Award for 2014 at a ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2014.

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Experts tout hula dance to prevent dementia

IWAKI, Japan - Emiko Ono, one of the first hula dancers in the 1960s at an amusement park now known as Spa Resort Hawaiians in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, receives a bouquet from one of her former dance students in the northeastern Japan city on Nov. 24, 2014, during an event to promote awareness of dementia. The main character in the award-winning 2006 movie "Hula Girls" was modeled after Ono, who now suffers from dementia at age 70.

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Abe surveys damage from earthquake in northern Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) walks in the village of Hakuba, central Japan, on Nov. 24, 2014, to inspect damage caused by a magnitude-6.7 earthquake on Nov. 22 that left 41 people injured and heavily damaged or destroyed 54 houses. (Pool photo)

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Quake-hit people clean up damaged houses

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 24, 2014, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people covering an earthquake-destroyed house with sheets in Hakuba, central Japan. The village and its surrounding area were hit by a magnitude-6.7 earthquake on Nov. 22 that left 41 people injured and heavily damaged or destroyed 54 houses.

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Ex-death row inmate urges end to death penalty in Japan

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Iwao Hakamada, a former death row inmate who was freed in March 2014 after nearly 48 years in prison following a court decision to reopen his case, seeks an end to Japan's death penalty during an event in Shizuoka, central Japan, on Nov. 24, 2014, as his elder sister Hideko looks on.

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Quake-hit people clean up damaged houses

HAKUBA, Japan - Residents of an earthquake-damaged house in Hakuba, central Japan, clean up furniture and household goods on Nov. 24, 2014. The village and its surrounding area were hit by a magnitude-6.7 earthquake on Nov. 22 that left 41 people injured and heavily damaged or destroyed 54 houses.

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Quake-hit people clean up damaged houses

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 24, 2014, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people cleaning up furniture and household goods at an earthquake-damaged house in Hakuba, central Japan. The village and its surrounding area were hit by a magnitude-6.7 earthquake on Nov. 22 that left 41 people injured and heavily damaged or destroyed 54 houses.

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Japan Coast Guard cracks down on Chinese coral poachers

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A Chinese ship enters Yokohama port southwest of Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2014, after its captain was arrested by the Japan Coast Guard over the alleged poaching of coral in Japanese waters near the Ogasawara island chain.

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Japan Coast Guard cracks down on Chinese coral poachers

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A Chinese ship (front) ties up at the dock of the Japan Coast Guard's regional office in Yokohama southwest of Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2014, after its captain was arrested for the alleged poaching of coral in Japanese waters near the Ogasawara island chain.

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DPJ election platform seeks change in "Abenomics"

TOKYO, Japan - Banri Kaieda, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, shows the party platform for the Dec. 14 House of Representatives election on Nov. 24, 2014, at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo.

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Pro-Constitution campaigners attack PM Abe's defense policy

TOKYO, Japan - People march in downtown Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 24, 2014, to protest against the defense policy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to the Dec. 14 general election.

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Abe surveys damage from earthquake in northern Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talks with people who have evacuated to a shelter in the village of Hakuba, central Japan on Nov. 24, 2014. The village and its surrounding area were hit by a magnitude-6.7 earthquake on Nov. 22 that left 41 people injured and heavily damaged or destroyed 54 houses. (Pool photo)

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Officials of the village of Hakuba hold meeting

HAKUBA, Japan - Officials hold a meeting at the village office in Hakuba, central Japan, on Nov. 24, 2014, to address the damage caused by a magnitude-6.7 earthquake on Nov. 22 that left 41 people injured and heavily damaged or destroyed 54 houses.

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Japan wins the Chiba International Ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Ayumi Hagiwara finishes the Chiba International Ekiden in first place at Chiba Central Sports Center near Tokyo, on Nov. 24, 2014. In a field comprised of 13 teams from 11 countries competing over 42.195 kilometers, Japan broke the tape in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 53 seconds.

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DPJ election platform seeks change in "Abenomics"

TOKYO, Japan - Banri Kaieda, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a meeting of senior party officials at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 24, 2014. The party presented its platform for the Dec. 14 House of Representatives election aiming to turn around Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies.

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DPJ election platform seeks change in "Abenomics"

TOKYO, Japan - Banri Kaieda, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, speaks at a meeting of senior party officials at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 24, 2014. The party presented its platform for the Dec. 14 House of Representatives election aiming to turn around Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policies.

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Kagoshima assembly to approve Sendai plant resumption

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2014, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Sendai nuclear power plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima. Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito will approve the restart of two reactors at the plant on Nov. 7 to complete the process of securing local approval for the resumption.

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Resumption of Sendai reactors to be approved

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 24, 2014, shows the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. A prefectural assembly panel will approve the resumption of the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors on Nov. 6.

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Japanese anime exhibition in Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba - Visitors to the "JAPAN: Kingdom of Characters" exhibition in Havana pose for photos, dressed up in the costumes of Japanese anime characters, on Oct. 24, 2014. The exhibition, organized by the Japan Foundation, began that day and will run until Nov. 15 in the Cuban capital.

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Japanese anime exhibition in Cuba

HAVANA, Cuba - Visitors look at a model of Ultraman, a superhero from a Japanese television series, displayed at the "JAPAN: Kingdom of Characters" exhibition in Havana, on Oct. 24, 2014. The exhibition, organized by the Japan Foundation, began that day and will run until Nov. 15 in the Cuban capital.

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Panasonic to sell Japan's first LED emergency lamp

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. unveils Japan's first LED emergency lamp on Oct. 24, 2014. The light will go on sale from Nov. 1.