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Planned restart of nuclear power plant in Kagoshima

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Photo shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in the city of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2014. The same day, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoichi Miyazawa visited the complex, which is expected to be the first nuclear plant to be brought back online under new safety regulations adopted after the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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Driftwood violins keep alive memories of prequake days

TOKYO, Japan - Polish violinist Nicolas Chumachenco (L) shows the back of his violin, on which a picture of the famed "miracle pine tree" is drawn. It was the only tree that survived the devastating tsunami that swept away a pine forest on the coast of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 11, 2011, when the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred. Photo taken Nov. 3, 2012 in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture. (Photo by Yukie Nishizawa)

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U.S. experts return from N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Joel Wit, former U.S. Department of State official in charge of North Korean affairs, is surrounded by reporters upon arrival at Beijing international airport from Pyongyang on Dec. 3, 2011. Wit, a visiting scholar at the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and other U.S. experts on Korean affairs entered North Korea on Nov. 29, 2011.

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Debris in tsunami-hit Ishinomaki

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 3, 2011, shows debris generated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami piled up alongside a road in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan.

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Flooding in Thailand

LAM LUK KA, Thailand - Volunteers take a dog from a flooding home in the Lam Luk Ka area of Pathum Thani province in Thailand on Nov. 3, 2011.

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Flooding in Thailand

LAM LUK KA, Thailand - Volunteers take a dog from a flooding home in the Lam Luk Ka area of Pathum Thani province in Thailand on Nov. 3, 2011.

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Flooding in Thailand

LAM LUK KA, Thailand - Volunteers take dogs from flooding homes on a boat in the Lam Luk Ka area of Pathum Thani province in Thailand on Nov. 3, 2011.

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Canon to foray into movie camera market

LOS ANGELES, United States - Fujio Mitarai, chairman of Canon Inc., shows the Japanese camera maker's first movie camera during a press conference in Hollywood, southern California, on Nov. 3, 2011. He said that the company will launch the camera and lenses for it, called Cinema EOS System, in late January.

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Temporary housing units in disaster-hit Onagawa

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 3, 2011, shows three-story temporary housing units in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, that were completed the same day.

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Japan finance minister Azumi at G-20

CANNES, France - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi speaks to reporters in Cannes, France, on Nov. 3, 2011, after a finance ministers' meeting held on the fringes of a G-20 summit. He indicated that he had urged European nations at the meeting to strengthen the European Financial Stability Facility. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Temporary housing units in disaster-hit Onagawa

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 3, 2011, shows three-story temporary housing units in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, that were completed the same day. The photo also shows two-story units (front), which are already occupied.

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Demonstrations in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Protesters in central Athens march during a demonstration on Nov. 3, 2011. Demonstrations have been staged frequently in the capital against the Greek government amid a debt crisis.

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G-20 meeting in France

CANNES, France - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and other leaders of the Group of 20 major economies pose for photos as they meet in Cannes, France, on Nov. 3, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, Turkey to resume talks on nuclear cooperation pact

CANNES, France - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands at the outset of their meeting on the sidelines of a meeting of the Group of 20 major economies in Cannes, France, on Nov. 3, 2011. They agreed to resume negotiations on their countries' nuclear cooperation pact. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese Prime Minister Noda in Cannes

CANNES, France - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) shakes hands with British Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of their talks in Cannes, France, on Nov. 3, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese Prime Minister Noda in Cannes

CANNES, France - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from R) and Finance Minister Jun Azumi (far R) hold talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron (far L) in Cannes, France, on Nov. 3, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Flooding continues to spread in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - People evacuate aboard a truck and bus on a submerged road in the Bang Khae district of western Bangkok on Nov. 3, 2011. Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand Paribatra announced the evacuation of people living in the district the same day.

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Syntagma Square in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - People walk in Syntagma Square in Athens on Nov. 3, 2011. The square in front of the Greek parliament building has been the site of protests against government austerity measures.

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Flooding continues to spread in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Women wade through a submerged road in the Bang Khae district of western Bangkok on Nov. 3, 2011. Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand Paribatra announced the evacuation of people living in the district the same day.

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Japanese Prime Minister Noda in Cannes

CANNES, France - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) is pictured during the Business Summit in Cannes, France, on Nov. 3, 2011. The Business Summit, a gathering mainly involving business leaders, was held prior to the start later in the day of a two-day meeting of Group of 20 leaders in the French resort town. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Flooding continues to spread in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - People head for a bus on an inundated road in the Bang Khae district of western Bangkok on Nov. 3, 2011. Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand Paribatra announced the evacuation of people living in the district the same day.

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World record of simultaneous shaving participants

OSAKA, Japan - Men shave simultaneously at the Expo '70 Commemorative Park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2011 at an event to set a world record for the most participants shaving at the same time, using Panasonic Corp.'s Lamdash electric shaver at multiple venues in Japan and abroad. A total of 1,981 men participated at 18 venues including the main site of the park as well as other venues in Seoul, Hong Kong and Taipei, achieving the status of a Guinness World Record.

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Augmented experience of ancient Nara

KASHIHARA, Japan - Participants in an augmented reality tour view historic sites over which computer graphics of ancient buildings and sights have been projected via special goggles, in the village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2011.

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Nagasaki-Shanghai cruise ship

NAGASAKI, Japan - A cruise ship slated to sail between Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, and Shanghai, China, from January 2012 sets off from Nagasaki Port on Nov. 3, 2011, for a four-day special voyage to mark the upcoming revival of a scheduled service between the two cities for the first time since 1997.

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Street performance festival in Shizuoka

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Mila Roujilo of Russia performs during the ''20th Daidogei World Cup,'' an annual street performance festival and competition held in the central Japanese city of Shizuoka, on Nov. 3, 2011. Performers from Japan and 20 other countries are taking part in the four-day event that began the same day.

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Tokyo begins disposing of debris from quake-hit Miyako

TOKYO, Japan - Workers measure the radiation level of debris from the quake-hit city of Miyako in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, at a crushing facility in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Nov. 3, 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 11 earthquake and tsunami to help expedite reconstruction.

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Tokyo begins disposing of debris from quake-hit Miyako

TOKYO, Japan - Debris from the quake-hit city of Miyako in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is unloaded from a truck at a crushing facility in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Nov. 3, 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 11 earthquake and tsunami to help expedite reconstruction.

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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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Gen. Nogi of Imperial Japanese Army

TOKYO, Japan - Undated photo shows Gen. Maresuke Nogi (1849-1912) of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army, a hero of the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. A letter by him believed to have been written in August 1900 has been acquired by an antiquarian bookstore in Tokyo which plans to exhibit it at a Tokyo antique book fair to be held between Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, 2011.

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Gen. Nogi's letter discovered

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a letter handwritten by Gen. Maresuke Nogi (1849-1912) of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army, a hero of the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, which an antiquarian bookstore in Tokyo has acquired and plans to exhibit at a Tokyo antique book fair to be held between Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, 2011. Nogi is believed to have written the letter in August 1900 to his younger brother, who apparently asked Nogi to find a job for one of their relatives, while Nogi was stationed in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan.