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Renowned actor Bunta Sugawara dies at 81

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2011 shows popular actor Bunta Sugawara visiting the disaster-hit northeastern Japan town of Marumori to cheer up evacuees. Sugawara, who won fame portraying the cruelty of smalltime gangsters, died on Nov. 28, 2014, from liver cancer at a Tokyo hospital aged 81.

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Charity meals in Italy

ROME, Italy - People are seen eating charity meals at a church in Rome, Italy, on Nov. 28, 2011.

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Post-Mubarak parliamentary election in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - A campaigner for the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party talks to voters in front of a polling station in Cairo on Nov. 28, 2011, as the first parliamentary election since Hosni Mubarak was ousted takes place.

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Post-Mubarak parliamentary election in Egypt

CAIRO, Egypt - Election campaigners distribute leaflets near a polling station in Cairo on Nov. 28, 2011, as the first parliamentary election since Hosni Mubarak was ousted takes place.

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Japan's 'Saudade' wins top prize at French film festival

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japanese movie director Katsuya Tomita. His film ''Saudade'' won the grand prize on Nov. 28, 2011, at the 33rd Festival of Three Continents in Nantes, France.

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Okinawa defense official Tanaka

NAHA, Japan - Undated file photo shows Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau. While drinking with members of the media on Nov. 28, 2011, Tanaka, 50, allegedly made an indiscreet remark concerning the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. Marine Corps base in Okinawa Prefecture. He allegedly used a term that is often interpreted as implying an act of sexual violence against women.

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Japan stresses need for speedy UNSC reform

NEW YORK, United States - Kazuo Kodama, Japan's deputy U.N. ambassador, speaks with reporters in New York on Nov. 28, 2011. During intergovernmental talks on the reform of the U.N. Security Council at the U.N. headquarters earlier the same day, Kodama stressed the need for facilitating the reform in a speedy manner.

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Excessive cesium levels found in more Fukushima rice

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Yoshihito Suzuki (L), chief of the Fukushima prefectural government's agriculture and fisheries department, attends a press conference in the city of Fukushima on the night of Nov. 28, 2011, to announce rice harvested in Date in the prefecture has been found to contain excessive levels of radioactive cesium, and that 9 kilograms of the rice was sold earlier the same month. In mid-November, excessive levels of radioactive cesium were found in rice harvested at a farm in the city of Fukushima, but none of the rice produced at the farm this year has been shipped to markets.

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French winemakers assn makes donation for disaster-hit Japan

PARIS, France - Michel Issaly (R), head of the Vigneron Independant winemakers association, and a member of the French Red Cross (L) hold a check for 33,600 euros, around 3.5 million yen, raised at wine fairs in France for quake- and tsunami-hit Japan, in Paris on Nov. 28, 2011.

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Kobe 'Luminarie' illuminations

KOBE, Japan - Illuminations surrounding a fountain, an artwork titled ''fountain of prayer'' and created to wish for the reconstruction of tsunami-hit areas in northeastern Japan, are lit in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, on the night of Nov. 28, 2011, in a rehearsal for the Dec. 1-12 ''Luminarie'' illumination event. This year's theme for the annual event, which commemorates the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated Kobe and its vicinity, is ''Luci di speranza'' (ray of hope). (Photo was taken with fish-eye lens)

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Elections in Congo

KINSHASA, Congo - Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila (C) arrives at a polling station in Kinshasa during the country's presidential and parliamentary elections on Nov. 28, 2011.

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Poland opens cultural center in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Polish Undersecretary of State Jerzy Pomianowski speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2011. He said Poland has opened a culture and information center in Tokyo, the first such facility in Asia for the European country, as part of efforts to spread the Polish language and culture in Japan.

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Toyota to showcase display-covered vehicle at Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. unveils the three-seater Fun-Vii during a motor show preview event in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2011. The concept vehicle to be presented at the Tokyo Motor Show in December is covered by large display panels, allowing users to change the exterior and interior designs as they wish.

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Kobe 'Luminarie' illuminations

KOBE, Japan - People look at some of the ''Luminarie'' illuminations in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, on the night of Nov. 28, 2011, after they were lit in a rehearsal for the Dec. 1-12 illumination event. This year's theme for the annual event, which commemorates the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated Kobe and its vicinity, is ''Luci di speranza'' (ray of hope).

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Durban climate talks open

DURBAN, South Africa - South African President Jacob Zuma (L) and Christiana Figueres (R), executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, attend annual talks in Durban, South Africa, on Nov. 28, 2011, to discuss the fight against climate change, with differences remaining between rich and developing countries. The biggest issue facing the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, is how to avoid a so-called blank period following the expiration in December 2012 of current binding targets for developed countries' greenhouse gas emissions.

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Elections in Congo

KINSHASA, Congo - Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila votes in the country's presidential and parliamentary elections in Kinshasa on Nov. 28, 2011.

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Toyota to showcase display-covered vehicle at Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda unveils the three-seater Fun-Vii during a motor show preview event in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2011. The concept vehicle to be presented at the Tokyo Motor Show in December is covered by large display panels, allowing users to change the exterior and interior designs as they wish.

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Honda's Micro Commuter concept vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Honda Motor Co.'s three-seater Micro Commuter concept model. The automaker said on Nov. 28, 2011, it will display the vehicle at the Tokyo Motor Show in December. The concept vehicle, which is 2.5 meters long and 1.25 meters wide, synchronizes with smartphones and parallel parks automatically.

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Durban climate talks open

DURBAN, South Africa - An opening ceremony is held as delegates from nearly 200 countries started annual talks in Durban, South Africa, on Nov. 28, 2011, to discuss the fight against climate change, with differences remaining between rich and developing countries. The biggest issue facing the 17th Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP17, is how to avoid a so-called blank period following the expiration in December 2012 of current binding targets for developed countries' greenhouse gas emissions.

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Toyota to showcase display-covered vehicle at Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda unveils the three-seater Fun-Vii during a motor show preview event in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2011. The concept vehicle to be presented at the Tokyo Motor Show in December is covered by large display panels, allowing users to change the exterior and interior designs as they wish.

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S. Korean President Lee considering visit to Japan in mid-December

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (L) chats with Kozo Watanabe (R), a senior lawmaker from the Democratic Party of Japan, in Seoul on Nov. 28, 2011. Lee told a delegation of Japanese lawmakers led by Watanabe that he is considering ''visiting Japan on Dec. 17 and 18.''

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Elections in Congo

KINSHASA, Congo - A man casts his vote at a polling station in Kinshasa, capital of Congo in central Africa, on Nov. 28, 2011, as the country's presidential and parliamentary elections were held on the day.

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Kumamoto's bear mascot wins popularity contest

KUMAMOTO, Japan - ''Kuma-mon'' -- a black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan -- receives a hug from Gov. Ikuo Kabashima at the entrance of the prefectural government office on Nov. 28, 2011. The governor congratulated the mascot for his winning of a popularity contest between about 350 local mascots the previous day.

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Kumamoto's bear mascot wins popularity contest

KUMAMOTO, Japan - ''Kuma-mon'' -- a black bear mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan -- is congratulated by local people at the entrance of the prefectural government office on Nov. 28, 2011. The mascot won a popularity contest between about 350 local mascots the previous day.

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Japan-S. Korea lawmakers' associations meet

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Prime Minister Kim Hwang Sik (R) speaks at the opening ceremony of a joint conference of the Japanese and South Korean lawmakers' associations in Seoul on Nov. 28, 2011. Kozo Watanabe (C), head of the Japanese group, is shown listening to Kim's speech.

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BOJ chief Shirakawa

NAGOYA, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa speaks at a meeting with regional business group officials at a hotel in Nagoya, central Japan, on Nov. 28, 2011. Shirakawa said the Japanese economy is likely to continue to face a ''severe'' situation amid the slowdown in overseas economies and the yen's rapid rise, and that the BOJ will keep pursuing ''powerful monetary easing.''

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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Deputy Pres. Kitamura

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. Deputy President Kunitaro Kitamura. Kitamura is expected to succeed company President Kazuo Tanabe in April 2012, company sources said Nov. 28, 2011.

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3-year extension sought for AUM surveillance

TOKYO, Japan - Michiaki Ozaki, director general of the Public Security Intelligence Agency, attends a press conference at the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2011. The agency sought the same day to keep the AUM Shinrikyo cult and its splinter group under state surveillance for another three years, asserting they remain under the strong influence of cult founder Shoko Asahara and could still commit mass murder.

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People in Cairo

CAIRO, Egypt - People pass by posters in central Cairo on Oct. 27, 2011, of candidates for parliamentary elections. The elections slated for Nov. 28, 2011, will be the first since President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown.