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Ex-Japan engineer building artists' village on RP isle

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Kuwabara talks about his project to create a village for artists on Siquijor, an islet off Negros island in the southern Philippines, at his home in Kobe, western Japan, on Nov. 26, 2014. The former nuclear power engineer is surrounded by drawings from two young Filipino men who have learned painting from him. (Photo by Akiko Matsushita)

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Japanese handmade paper added to UNESCO heritage list

PARIS, France - Cultural Agency chief Masanori Aoyagi (center L) and Japanese envoy to UNESCO Kenjiro Monji shake hands at the UNESCO headquarter in Paris on Nov. 26, 2014, after UNESCO's decision to add the "washi" Japanese handmade paper craft to its list of intangible cultural heritages.

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Japan hails UNESCO listing of 'washi' paper as heritage

PARIS, France - Japanese Cultural Agency chief Masanori Aoyagi (L) and Japanese envoy to UNESCO Kenjiro Monji attend a press conference in Paris on Nov. 26, 2014, after UNESCO's decision to add the "washi" Japanese handmade paper craft to its list of intangible cultural heritages.

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Dortmund's Kagawa in action in UEFA CL game

LONDON, Britain - Shinji Kagawa (C) of Borussia Dortmund pushes forward during the second half of a UEFA Champions League match against Arsenal in London on Nov. 26, 2014. Arsenal won 2-0.

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Basel's Kakitani in action in UEFA CL match

BASEL, Switzerland - Yoichiro Kakitani (C) of Basel is seen in action during the second half of a UEFA Champions League match against Real Madrid in Basel, Switzerland, on Nov. 26, 2014. Madrid won 1-0.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters occupy a new street in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong on the night of Nov. 26, 2014.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - A woman holds a placard bearing the slogan "I want Nathan Road" on a road newly occupied by pro-democracy protesters in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong on the night of Nov. 26, 2014. Police officers battled with protesters and removed barricades that have blocked traffic on a 400-meter section of Nathan Road.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Police officers stand guard to keep pro-democracy protesters away from Nathan Road (back) in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong on the night of Nov. 26, 2014, after battling with protesters and removing barricades that have blocked traffic on a 400-meter section of the main road. Buses resumed their services on the road.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters occupy a new street in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong on the night of Nov. 26, 2014.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - A man raises a placard bearing the slogan "I want true universal suffrage" after protesters occupied a new street in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong on the night of Nov. 26, 2014.

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Zaccheroni pays 1st visit to Japan after resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japan national football team coach Alberto Zaccheroni looks back on his days in Japan in a lecture in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014, saying the period of four years he served was too short to build the team he had envisioned.

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Yomiuri hurler Sugano named Central League's 2014 MVP

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014, after being named this year's most valuable player of the Central League at the Japanese professional baseball league's award-giving event.

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Honda completes construction of wind power plant in Brazil

XANGRI-LA, Brazil - Photo taken Nov. 26, 2014, shows a wind power plant built by Honda Motor Co. in Xangri-la, Brazil. The Japanese automaker held a ceremony in the city the same day to commemorate the completion of the facility.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters occupy a new street in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong on the night of Nov. 26, 2014.

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Lotte hurler Ishikawa wins Pacific League rookie award

TOKYO, Japan - Lotte Marines pitcher Ayumu Ishikawa delivers a speech after being named the Pacific League's Rookie of the Year at the Japanese professional baseball league's award-giving event in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014.

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Orix hurler Kanko wins Pacific League's 2014 MVP award

TOKYO, Japan - Orix Buffaloes pitcher Chihiro Kaneko speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014, after being named this year's most valuable player of the Pacific League at the Japanese professional baseball league's award-giving event.

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Trap-net fish firm in Ishikawa Pref. gets PM award

TOKYO, Japan - Hidenobu Sakai (L), head of the Kadoshima trap-net fishery in Nanao, a seaport on the Sea of Japan in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (C) pose for a photograph at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014, after the firm was awarded the Prime Minister's prize for revitalizing the local community.

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Shiogama Port Festival in Miyagi Pref. gets PM award

TOKYO, Japan - Kankuro Abe (L), head of the executive committee of Shiogama Port Festival in Miyagi Prefecture, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (C) pose for a photograph at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014, after the festival was awarded the Prime Minister's prize for an event contributing to regional development.

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Hiroshima hurler Osera wins Central League rookie award

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshima Carp pitcher Daichi Osera delivers a speech after being named the Central League's Rookie of the Year at the Japanese professional baseball league's award-giving event in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014.

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'Toyota Safety Sense' pre-collision system

TOKYO, Japan - A Toyota Motor Corp. car equipped with the "Toyota Safety Sense" pedestrian detection system stops automatically in front of a dummy in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014. Toyota intends to install the system by the end of 2017 in most passenger cars sold in Japan, North America and Europe.

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Trebling output of 'Kindai tuna' in FY 2020 eyed

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Miyashita (2nd from L), head of the Kinki University Fisheries Laboratory, shows a certificate to recognize Toyota Tsusho Corp.-raised bluefin tuna as "Kindai tuna," the university brand tuna, at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014. They plan to increase yearly output of tuna to 6,000 in fiscal 2020.

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'Best Nine of 80 Years' in Japanese professional baseball

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Nagashima and Sadaharu Oh (from L, front row) and Yutaka Fukumoto and Koji Yamamoto (from L, back row) smile at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 26, 2014, following their selection as members of the "Best Nine of 80 Years" by the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization.

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Gamba beat S-Pulse in Emperor's Cup semifinals

CHOFU, Japan - Patric (R) of Gamba Osaka scores a header for the team's third goal in the first half of a match against Shimizu S-Pulse, leading the club to a 5-2 win over S-Pulse in the semifinals of the Emperor's Cup at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu, Tokyo, on Nov. 26, 2014.

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Endo's pass helps Gamba down Shimizu

CHOFU, Japan - Gamba Osaka's Yasuhito Endo (front) makes a pass in the first half of a match against Shimizu S-Pulse, contributing to the club's 5-2 win over S-Pulse in the semifinals of the Emperor's Cup at Ajinomoto Stadium in Chofu, Tokyo, on Nov. 26, 2014.

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Japanese eel farmers to buy elver from China body

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Top officials of Japan's union of eel farmers and an association of glass eel fishery operators in Qidong, Jiangsu Province, China, shake hands in Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2014, after signing a contract on imports of eel fry from China.

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'Best nine of 80 years' in Japanese professional baseball

TOKYO, Japan - Seven members of the Japanese professional baseball league's "Best Nine of 80 years" pose after their selection at a ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014. (From L, front row) shortstop Yoshio Yoshida, third baseman Shigeo Nagashima, first baseman Sadaharu Oh and second baseman Morimichi Takagi; (from L, back row) outfielders Yutaka Fukumoto, Koji Yamamoto and Isao Harimoto.

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JTB, domestic airline in partnership

NAGOYA, Japan - Fuji Dream Airlines Co. Vice Chairman Takuro Uchiyama (2nd from L) shakes hands with a JTB Corp. representative in Nagoya, central Japan, on Nov. 26, 2014, after announcing their alliance in online travel services.

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Extinct Japanese wolf's tooth found

SAITAMA, Japan - A tooth believed to be that of a Japanese wolf, an extinct species on the Environment Ministry's list, is shown in Saitama north of Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014. It was found in October in a limestone cave in Chichibu, northwest of Tokyo, by members of the Japan Association of Cave Exploration.

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Pitchers Osera in CL, Ishikawa in PL win rookie titles

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshima Carp hurler Daichi Osera (L) and Lotte Marines pitcher Ayumu Ishikawa win this year's Rookie of the Year awards in the Central and Pacific leagues, respectively, at the Japanese professional baseball league's award ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014.

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Pitchers Sugano in CL, Kaneko in PL named 2014 MVPs

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano (L) and Orix Buffaloes hurler Chihiro Kaneko pose after being named this year's most valuable players in the Central and Pacific leagues, respectively, at the Japanese professional baseball league's award ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014.

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JCP vows to cancel consumption tax hike to 10%

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Communist Party chief Kazuo Shii announces a set of campaign pledges for the Dec. 14 lower house election at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014. The JCP promises to "cancel" another consumption tax hike in 2017 and seek other ways to secure funds for social security.

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Original drawings of Greek ruins found

NARA, Japan - Original drawings for an excavation report of German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann's excavation of the Tiryns ruins in Greece, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the 19th century are shown at Tenri University Sankokan Museum in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 26, 2014. His own handwriting was detected among them.

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PM Abe visits disaster-hit Iwate

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) visits a temporary housing facility for evacuees from the 2011 natural disaster in the northeastern Japan city of Rikuzentakata on Nov. 26, 2014. The visit comes shortly before the Dec. 14 general election.

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Volcanic smoke billowing from Mt. Aso

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 26, 2014, shows a volcanic smoke billowing from Mt. Aso in southwestern Japan. A local observatory said it has seen no sign of intensifying volcanic activity.

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2013 election vote gap in state of unconstitutionality

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Hidetoshi Masunaga (C) meets with reporters on Nov. 26, 2014, in Tokyo, after Japan's Supreme Court ruled the disparity in the weight of votes in the 2013 House of Councillors election is in a state of unconstitutionality. Masunaga filed the lawsuit together with other lawyers.

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Fishermen meet to protest coral poaching by Chinese

TOKYO, Japan - Fishermen from Japan's Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean hold a rally in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014, to urge the government to protect coral around the islands from alleged poaching by Chinese vessels.

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Utility to seek operation of 2 old reactors beyond 40 yrs

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi attends a press conference at the utility's headquarters in Osaka, Japan, on Nov. 26, 2014. The utility said it will seek to operate its two reactors at the Takahama nuclear plant beyond the operational limit of 40 years, despite public concerns over the safety of aging nuclear facilities.

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DPJ's Kaieda visits quake-hit Nagano

HAKUBA, Japan - Main opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Banri Kaieda (front) inspects the central Japan village of Hakuba, which suffered extensive damage in the Nov. 22 earthquake, on Nov. 26, 2014. The visit comes shortly before the Dec. 14 general election.

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2013 election vote gap in state of unconstitutionality

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Hidetoshi Masunaga (C) meets with reporters on Nov. 26, 2014, in Tokyo, after Japan's Supreme Court ruled the disparity in the weight of votes in the 2013 House of Councillors election is in a state of unconstitutionality. Masunaga filed the lawsuit together with other lawyers.

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Farm bank holds event to promote regional specialties

OSAKA, Japan - The Norinchukin Bank holds an event jointly with the national federations of agricultural and fisheries cooperative associations in Osaka, western Japan, on Nov. 26, 2014, to promote specialties of the Kinki and Shikoku western Japan regions.

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2013 election vote gap in state of unconstitutionality

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 26, 2014, shows the grand bench of Japan's Supreme Court in Tokyo, which ruled that the disparity in the weight of votes in the 2013 House of Councillors election is "in a state of unconstitutionality."

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Veteran pro hurler Yamamoto, 49, to continue career

NAGOYA, Japan - Masa Yamamoto, a Chunichi Dragons pitcher who turns 50 years old in 2015, pledges to continue his professional baseball career next year at a Japan National Press Club news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 26, 2014. He rewrote a Japanese pro baseball record for the oldest active winning hurler this season.

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Kuroyanagi, UNICEF goodwill ambassador for 30 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi speaks at an event celebrating her 30 years of work as goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Children's Fund, or UNICEF, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Nov. 26, 2014.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Police officers dismantle barricades placed by pro-democracy protesters in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong on Nov. 26, 2014, as a court-ordered clearance of roadblocks is carried out in the area for the second consecutive day.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Police officers dismantle barricades placed by pro-democracy protesters in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong on Nov. 26, 2014, as a court-ordered clearance of roadblocks is carried out in the area for the second consecutive day.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters pack their belongings into bags on a main street in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong before a court-ordered clearance of roadblocks is carried out in the area for the second consecutive day on Nov. 26, 2014.

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Kuroyanagi, UNICEF goodwill ambassador for 30 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi makes a toast at an event celebrating her 30 years of work as goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Children's Fund, or UNICEF, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Nov. 26, 2014.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - Police officers and pro-democracy demonstrators skirmish in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong before dawn on Nov. 26, 2014, after protest barricades were dismantled in the area the previous day.

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Kuroyanagi, UNICEF goodwill ambassador for 30 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress Tetsuko Kuroyanagi attends an event celebrating her 30 years of work as goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Children's Fund, or UNICEF, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Nov. 26, 2014.

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Pro-democracy protests in H.K.

HONG KONG, China - A pro-democracy protester holds a banner bearing the slogan, "I want true universal suffrage" in the Mongkok shopping district of Hong Kong before a court-ordered clearance of roadblocks is carried out in the area for the second consecutive day on Nov. 26, 2014.