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Tacloban

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A boy carries a water tank in Tacloban City on Leyte Island on Feb. 6, 2014. In the background is a cargo ship washed ashore when Typhoon Haiyan struck the central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Tacloban

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - Photo taken in Tacloban City on Leyte Island on Feb. 6, 2014, shows temporary housing for victims of Typhoon Haiyan that struck the central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Leyte Island 2 months after typhoon

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A Jan. 6, 2014, photo shows an area of the Anibong District of Tacloban City on Leyte Island, where a cargo ship has been left on land since typhoon Haiyan struck the central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Leyte Island 2 months after typhoon

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A Jan. 6, 2014, photo shows an area of the Anibong District of Tacloban City on Leyte Island, where debris has been left since typhoon Haiyan struck the central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Leyte Island 2 months after typhoon

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A Jan. 6, 2014, photo shows an area of the Anibong District of Tacloban City on Leyte Island, where a cargo ship has been left on land since typhoon Haiyan struck the central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Leyte Island 2 months after typhoon

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A Jan. 6, 2014, photo shows an area of the Anibong District of Tacloban City on Leyte Island, where a cargo ship has been left on land since typhoon Haiyan struck the central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013.

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N. Korea purges leader's uncle

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Jang Song Thaek (2nd from R), uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, holding a meeting with Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki (far L), and Kenshiro Matsunami (far R), a former Japanese lawmaker, in Pyongyang on Nov. 6, 2013. North Korea said Dec. 9 that Jang, widely seen as the second most powerful figure in the country after Kim, has been stripped of all his posts for committing "anti-party" and "counter-revolutionary factional acts."

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Sochi environmental havoc

SOCHI, Russia - A local resident picks up an item from a heap of illegally dumped waste left from the construction of facilities for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, a Black Sea resort city in Russia, on Nov. 6, 2013.

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Restoring endangered leopard species

SOCHI, Russia - Photo taken Nov. 6, 2013 shows Umar Semyonov, head of the Persian leopard breeding and rehabilitation center in Sochi, southern Russia, holding a Persian leopard cub at the center. The cub has been raised by humans as it was neglected by its mother.

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Japan's oldest zebra

KOCHI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 6, 2013, shows Ran (R), a 31-year-old female zebra, and another zebra at a zoo in Kochi, western Japan. Ran, born in 1982 at a zoo in Miyazaki and brought to Kochi the following year, is the oldest common zebra in Japan.

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Japan's oldest zebra

KOCHI, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 6, 2013, shows Ran, a 31-year-old female zebra, and her keeper at a zoo in Kochi, western Japan. Ran, born in 1982 at a zoo in Miyazaki and brought to Kochi the following year, is the oldest common zebra in Japan.

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Fuel removal from No. 4 unit to start Nov. 18

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Nov. 15 it plans to start removing spent nuclear fuel from the cooling pool at the No. 4 reactor building Nov. 18. (Pool photo)

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Fuel removal from No. 4 unit to start Nov. 18

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the cooling pool for spent nuclear fuel on the fifth floor of the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Nov. 15 it plans to start removing the spent fuel from the pool at the No. 4 reactor building Nov. 18. (Pool photo)

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"Open-air session" in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - An opposition senate lawmaker speaks at an "open-air session" staged outside parliament as part of a boycott of usual parliamentary deliberations in protest against the government's response to U.S. drone attacks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Nov. 6, 2013.

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Japanese lawmaker meets top aide of N. Korean leader

PYONGYANG, North Korea - (From L) Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki, Jang Song Thaek, uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and a top aide, and Kenshiro Matsunami, a former Japanese lawmaker, hold a meeting at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Nov. 6, 2013.

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Sea Shepherd founder Watson in court

SEATTLE, United States - Paul Watson, founder of the anti-whaling Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, appears in a Seattle court on Nov. 6, 2013, in a case brought by Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research to prevent Sea Shepherd from obstructing its whaling activities in the Antarctic Ocean. Canadian Watson jumped bail in Germany, where he was arrested in May 2012 on suspicion of endangering the crew of a Costa Rican fishing vessel. (Pool photo)

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1 killed in blasts in north China

TAIYUAN, China - Photo shows a hole on the surface of a public facility near one of the scenes of a series of explosions in front of a Communist Party office building in the city of Taiyuan, northern China, on Nov. 6, 2013. At least one person was killed and eight others were injured in the blasts that occurred in front of the building used by the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the ruling party earlier the same day.

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"Open-air session" in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Opposition senate lawmakers hold an "open-air session" outside parliament as part of a boycott of usual parliamentary deliberations in protest against the government's response to U.S. drone attacks, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Nov. 6, 2013.

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Japanese, N. Koreans play basketball

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Students of Japan's Nippon Sport Science University and North Koreans play basketball at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Nov. 6, 2013.

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Protest in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - Demonstrators march in Athens, Greece, on Nov. 6, 2013, during a general strike against the government's austerity measures.

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1 killed in blasts in north China

TAIYUAN, China - Photo shows bloodstains near one of the scenes of a series of explosions in front of a Communist Party office building in the city of Taiyuan, northern China, on Nov. 6, 2013. At least one person was killed and eight others were injured in the blasts that occurred in front of the building used by the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the ruling party earlier the same day.

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1 killed in blasts in north China

TAIYUAN, China - Soil from plant pots is scattered in front of a Communist Party office building in the city of Taiyuan, northern China, on Nov. 6, 2013, following a series of explosions earlier in the day. At least one person was killed and eight others were injured in the blasts that occurred in front of the building used by the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the ruling party.

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Fukushima nuclear plant

OKUMA, Japan - Panorama composed of nine photos shows the cooling pool for spent nuclear fuel in the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. invited journalists to the site ahead of the removal of nuclear fuel from the pool, expected to start later in the month. (Pool photo)

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1 killed in blasts in north China

TAIYUAN, China - Bits of glass are scattered in front of a Communist Party office building in the city of Taiyuan, northern China, on Nov. 6, 2013, following a series of explosions earlier in the day. At least one person was killed and eight others were injured in the blasts that occurred in front of the building used by the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the ruling party.

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Fukushima nuclear plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo shows spent nuclear fuel in the cooling pool at the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. invited journalists to the site ahead of the removal of nuclear fuel from the pool, expected to start later in the month. (Pool photo)

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1 killed in blasts in north China

TAIYUAN, China - Photo shows a Communist Party office building in the city of Taiyuan, northern China, on the night of Nov. 6, 2013, following a series of explosions earlier in the day. At least one person was killed and eight others were injured in the blasts that occurred in front of the building used by the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the ruling party.

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Fukushima nuclear plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo shows the cooling pool for spent nuclear fuel in the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. invited journalists to the site ahead of the removal of nuclear fuel from the pool, expected to start later in the month. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima nuclear plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo shows the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. invited journalists to the site ahead of the removal of spent nuclear fuel from the cooling pool in the building, expected to start later in the month. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima nuclear plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo shows the cooling pool for spent nuclear fuel in the No. 4 reactor building of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. invited journalists to the site ahead of the removal of nuclear fuel from the pool, expected to start later in the month. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima nuclear plant

OKUMA, Japan - Akira Ono, chief of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, answers reporters' questions in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima nuclear plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo shows the advanced liquid processing system, or ALPS, to substantially reduce the radiation level of toxic water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima nuclear plant

OKUMA, Japan - Photo shows an area where radioactive water has leaked at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima nuclear plant

FUTABA, Japan - Photo shows the inside of the No. 6 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Isetan Mitsukoshi admits to false food labeling

TOKYO, Japan - Executives of Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. bow in apology at the end of a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2013, at which the department store chain operator admitted to false food labeling.

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Diet committee OKs bill to launch U.S.-style NSC

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga bows in appreciation after the House of Representatives' Special Committee on National Security approved a bill to set up a U.S.-style National Security Council, at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2013.

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Mitsubishi Motors announces public offering

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Masuko, president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2013, at which he announced the company will raise up to 210 billion yen in a public offering as part of efforts to revitalize its business.

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Toyota ups FY 2013 profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyori Kodaira, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., announces the company's earnings forecast at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2013. Kodaira said Toyota has revised upward its operating profit projection for the business year through March 2014 to 2.2 trillion yen, exceeding 2 trillion yen for the first time in six years.

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"Renka-chan" mascot completes blog travel

TONDABAYASHI, Japan - "Renka-chan" (center right), the mascot of Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture, is greeted by fellow mascots at Asukadera, a temple in the western Japan prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2013, as she completes her trek of what is believed to be the oldest state-funded road. Renka-chan posted blog reports of her travel on the 1,400-year-old road that connects Nara with Osaka.

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Mitsubishi Motors announces public offering

TOKYO, Japan - Osamu Masuko, president of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2013, at which he announced the company will raise up to 210 billion yen in a public offering as part of efforts to revitalize its businesses.

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Toyota ups FY 2013 profit outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyori Kodaira, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Corp., announces the company's earnings forecast at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2013. Kodaira said Toyota has revised upward its operating profit projection for the business year through March 2014 to 2.2 trillion yen, exceeding 2 trillion yen for the first time in six years.

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Online sales of over-the-counter drugs

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani, president of online shopping mall Rakuten Inc., speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2013, following the government's announcement that online sales of drugs moving from prescription to over-the-counter status will be banned for three years from the point of such movement in principle under new rules that could take effect next spring. Mikitani slammed the government-planned restrictions on online sales of over-the-counter drugs as "unconstitutional" and suggested he will take the case to court.

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Conductor Sado

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japanese conductor Yutaka Sado. Sado will be appointed musical director of Austria's Tonkunstler Orchestra for a three-year term from September 2015, his office said on Nov. 6, 2013.

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Online sales of over-the-counter drugs

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Norihisa Tamura holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2013. The government said the same day that online sales of drugs moving from prescription to over-the-counter status will be banned for three years from the point of such movement in principle under new rules that could take effect next spring.

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Japanese garden to study Myanmar plant life

KOCHI, Japan - Photo shows specimens of plants collected in Myanmar and kept at the Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden in the city of Kochi. A foundation that operates the botanical garden said on Nov. 6, 2012, it will launch a joint study in January 2013 on plant life in Myanmar with the country's forestry administration and other entities.

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Tanaka may allow universities to open under new criteria

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese education minister Makiko Tanaka holds a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2012, following her decision the previous week to overrule the planned opening in the spring of 2013 of three universities. Tanaka indicated in the news conference that she may allow the establishment of the universities if they meet new criteria, backpedalling from her earlier position.

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Tanaka may allow universities to open under new criteria

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese education minister Makiko Tanaka holds a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2012, following her decision the previous week to overrule the planned opening in the spring of 2013 of three universities. Tanaka indicated in the news conference that she may allow the establishment of the universities if they meet new criteria, backpedalling from her earlier position.

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Tanaka may allow universities to open under new criteria

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese education minister Makiko Tanaka holds a news conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2012, following her decision the previous week to overrule the planned opening in the spring of 2013 of three universities. Tanaka indicated in the news conference that she may allow the establishment of the universities if they meet new criteria, backpedalling from her earlier position.