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Iwakuma to play for Mariners

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2011, shows free agent right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma before leaving for the United States. The Seattle Mariners said Jan. 5, 2012, that they have signed a one-year contract with the 30-year-old Japanese pitcher.

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Shimane nuclear evacuation plan

OSAKA, Japan - A June 5, 2011, file photo shows Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power station in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. The Shimane prefectural government on Nov. 21, 2012, announced a disaster preparedness plan that includes steps to evacuate around 396,000 residents living within 30 kilometers of the power station if an accident occurs.

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Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk drives

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Takaharu Shinohara, a factory manager of ECF Precision Co., holds hard-disk drives he retrieved from under water at his submerged plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand's Ayutthaya Province on Nov. 5, 2011. Shinohara waded into 2-meter-deep water to retrieve the drives that are crucial to his automotive fastener business.

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Japanese manager of submerged Thai plant retrieves hard-disk drives

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand - Takaharu Shinohara (front), a factory manager of ECF Precision Co., tows a boat carrying computers he retrieved from under water at his submerged plant in Rojana Industrial Park in Thailand's Ayutthaya Province on Nov. 5, 2011. Shinohara waded into 2-meter-deep water to retrieve hard-disk drives crucial to his automotive fastener business.

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People in Athens

ATHENS, Greece - People stand around and chat in a square near an area where a number of illegal immigrants who came to find jobs reside in Athens on Nov. 5, 2011.

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Japan's Nishikori beats world No. 1 Djokovic

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Japanese tennis player Kei Nishikori. Nishikori, ranked 32nd, beat world No. 1 and top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia in three sets in the ATP Swiss Indoors semifinals in Basel, Switzerland, on Nov. 5, 2011.

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Bronze head of Japanese film director Shindo in Moscow

MOSCOW, Russia - A bronze head of renowned Japanese film director Kaneto Shindo, made by Russian sculptor Grigori Potocki, a friend of Shindo, is unveiled in a park in Moscow on Nov. 5, 2011. Shindo, 99, is a three-time winner of the Grand Prix at the Moscow international film festival.

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Kagawa scores, adds 2 assists vs Wolfsburg

DORTMUND, Germany - Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa of Borussia Dortmund shoots during the first half of a Bundesliga game against Wolfsburg in Dortmund, Germany, on Nov. 5, 2011. Kagawa scored a goal and added two assists in Dortmund's 5-1 victory.

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Softbank advances to Japan Series

FUKUOKA, Japan - Masayoshi Son (2nd from R, front row), chairman and chief executive officer of Softbank Corp. and owner of the baseball club Softbank Hawks, Sadaharu Oh (3rd from L, front row), chairman of the Pacific League club, and manager Koji Akiyama (4th from L, front row) pose with the Hawks players at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 5, 2011. The Hawks advanced to the Japan Series by beating the Seibu Lions in the Climax Series.

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Japan's Oda finishes 2nd at Cup of China

SHANGHAI, China - American Jeremy Abbott (L) and Japan's Nobunari Oda smile during the award ceremony after finishing first and second, respectively, in the men's competition at the Cup of China in the Grand Prix series in Shanghai on Nov. 5, 2011.

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Japan beats Argentina in women's volleyball World Cup

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japan's Risa Shinnabe (L) spikes the ball during the first set against Argentina at the women's volleyball World Cup in Hiroshima on Nov. 5, 2011. Japan won the match in three sets, improving to a 1-1 mark in the World Cup.

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Japan-born Kawaguchi wins pairs event at Cup of China

SHANGHAI, China - Japanese-born Yuko Kawaguchi (top) and Alexander Smirnov, the Russian pair, perform their free skate routine in the pairs event at the Cup of China in Shanghai on Nov. 5, 2011. They won the pairs title at the competition in the Grand Prix series.

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Japan beats Argentina in women's volleyball World Cup

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japan's Saori Sakoda (16) and Saori Kimura (12) smile after beating Argentina in the women's volleyball World Cup at Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2011.

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Japan upper house chief dies

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers put their hands together to bid farewell to the late House of Councillors President Takeo Nishioka as a limousine carrying his body leaves the Diet compound in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2011. The vehicle drove around the premises for about 10 minutes with the body of the parliament leader who died of pneumonia at the age 75 at a Tokyo hospital earlier in the day.

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Tokyo rally against Pacific free trade

TOKYO, Japan - People stage a demonstration in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki government office quarters on Nov. 5, 2011, demanding that Japan not join U.S.-led talks on a trans-Pacific free trade pact.

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All-you-can-eat oyster restaurant reopens

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Guests eat grilled oysters in an all-you-can-eat style at the Yakigaki House restaurant in the town of Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture on Nov. 5, 2011. The facility began the season's operation that day two months later than in usual years as it took time to wait for the growth of farmed oysters in Matsushima Bay after the March 11 tsunami swept away oyster farming rafts.

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All-you-can-eat oyster restaurant reopens

MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Guests eat grilled oysters in an all-you-can-eat style at the Yakigaki House restaurant in the town of Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture on Nov. 5, 2011. The facility began the season's operation that day two months later than in usual years as it took time to wait for the growth of farmed oysters in Matsushima Bay after the March 11 tsunami swept away oyster farming rafts.

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Dalai Lama in tsunami-hit area in Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The Dalai Lama (front R) is welcomes by kindergarten children on Nov. 5, 2011, as he visited a Buddhist temple in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, an area devastated by the March earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. The Tibetan spiritual leader took part in a memorial service for disaster victims.

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Monk sings of tsunami plight in jazz

TOKYO, Japan - Shuko Katayama (front), a 71-year-old Buddhist monk from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, sings jazz featuring the plight of people in the March tsunami during a performance at Kenchoji temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 5, 2011.

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Dalai Lama in tsunami-hit area in Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - The Dalai Lama (R, standing) meets survivors of the March earthquake and tsunami at a Buddhist temple in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 5, 2011. The Tibetan spiritual leader took part in a memorial service for disaster victims.

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Exhibition of WWII-themed works by cartoonist Mizuki

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A visitor looks at World War II-themed works by cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki, author of the popular horror comic series ''Gegege no Kitaro,'' at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Nov. 5, 2011. The exhibit began the same day and will run until Dec. 25.

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House of Councillors President Nishioka dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Takeo Nishioka, president of Japan's House of Councillors. He died of pneumonia at the age of 75 at a hospital in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2011.