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Proofs of Marcos' excesses survive super typhoon Haiyan

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - Photo taken Nov. 9, 2014, shows a long dining table adorned with foreign wares and centerpiece inside the Sto. Nino Shrine and Heritage Museum in Tacloban City, the Philippines, that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013. The museum, built by former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos more than three decades ago, shows the extravagance of the Marcoses during their 21-year reign.

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Proofs of Marcos' excesses survive super typhoon Haiyan

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - Photo taken Nov. 9, 2014, shows the grand ballroom on the second floor of the Sto. Nino Shrine and Heritage Museum in Tacloban City, the Philippines, that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013. The museum, built by former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos more than three decades ago, shows the extravagance of the Marcoses during their 21-year reign.

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Proofs of Marcos' excesses survive super typhoon Haiyan

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - Photo taken Nov. 21, 2013, shows the facade of Sto. Nino Shrine and Heritage Museum in Tacloban City, the Philippines, that was hit hard by Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013. The museum, built by former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos more than three decades ago, shows the extravagance of the Marcoses during their 21-year reign.

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World's longest cake roll made in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the world's longest cake roll, 140.62 meters in length, recognized by Guinness World Records in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2014. The cake, made using 180 liters of fresh cream, 2,400 eggs, 72 kilograms of flour, 400 strawberries and other ingredients, beat the previous record, a 130.68-meter-long cake, made in Tokyo in April 2013.

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World's longest cake roll made in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - People work on making the world's longest cake roll using 180 liters of fresh cream, 2,400 eggs, 72 kilograms of flour, 400 strawberries and other ingredients in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on Nov. 8, 2014. They made a 140.62-meter-long cake, recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's longest cake roll, beating the previous record, a 130.68-meter-long cake, made in Tokyo in April 2013.

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JICA jointly builds classrooms, trains laborers in Haiyan-hit town

DULAG, Philippines - Noel Watanabe (R), a Japan-based Filipino man, and his Japanese colleague Katsuya Usui, teach construction skills to Filipino workers on Nov. 7, 2014 in the central Philippine province Leyte. The Japan International Cooperation Agency is integrating a skills training program to its assistance for the construction of new school buildings in Leyte's Dulag town after it was damaged by super typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013.

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JICA jointly builds classrooms, trains laborers in Haiyan-hit town

DULAG, Philippines - Filipino welders (in yellow shirts) who are constructing a new school building (seen behind them) watch Noel Watanabe (front), a Japan-based Filipino man, demonstrate proper welding technique on Nov. 7, 2014, at a high school compound in the central Philippine province Leyte. At second from the right in the back is his Japanese colleague Katsuya Usui. The Japan International Cooperation Agency is integrating a skills training program to its assistance for the construction of new school buildings in Leyte's Dulag town after it was damaged by super typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Agencies continue to bring aid to Haiyan-hit areas a year on

LEYTE, Philippines - This Oct. 20, 2014, photo shows a number of transitional houses built by the International Organization for Migration in Tacloban City, the capital of the central Philippine province of Leyte, for families displaced by super typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 8, 2013. The site, which contains 86 shelters turned over to families in late September, would be safe from a storm surge similar to that generated by Haiyan.

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Reconstruction from Haiyan damage

MARABUT, Philippines - Photo taken on April 11, 2014 in Tacloban City in the Haiyan-hit Philippine island of Leyte shows men working on a permanent housing project for survivors of the typhoon that struck the country on Nov. 8, 2013. Housing and livelihood are among the serious challenges in the rehabilitation process in Haiyan-affected areas six months after the disaster.

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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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Cadets at West Point

NEW YORK, United States - Liana Blatnik (L), Askia Mapp (C) and Tsuyoshi Hyogo (R) are photographed Nov. 8, 2013, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in the state of New York. They set up a Japan Club to increase opportunities to learn Japanese language and culture at the army training school.

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Kyoto cook

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 8, 2013 shows medals won by Kenji Miura, head chef at the Beaux Sejours French restaurant at Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto, along with a mourning knife left by his mentor.

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Japanese-style path in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - A Japanese-style path is completed by the Tidal Basin near the Potomac River in Washington on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Manchester United

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom - Manchester United players attend an event in Manchester on Nov. 8, 2013, to mark U.S. clock maker Bulova's sponsorship of the England Premier League club.

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NHK Trophy figure skating

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program of the NHK Trophy figure skating event at Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2013. She led the short program with 71.26.

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Japan-S. Korea meeting

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on Nov. 8, 2013.

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NHK Trophy figure skating

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program of the NHK Trophy figure skating event at Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2013. She led the short program with 71.26.

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NHK Trophy figure skating

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Daisuke Takahashi performs during the short program of the NHK Trophy figure skating event at Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2013. The former world champion led the short program with a career-high 95.55 -- the world's second-best short program score.

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Singer Shimakura

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Chiyoko Shimakura, one of Japan's most enduring postwar singers, during an interview in Tokyo in October 2003. Shimakura died of liver cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 8, 2013, her record label said. She was 75.

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Japan-S. Korea meeting

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (L) and South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kyou Hyun meet in Seoul on Nov. 8, 2013.

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Chinese police detain man over fatal blasts in Taiyuan

TAIYUAN, China - A police officer stands guard in front of a Communist Party office building in the northern city Taiyuan on Nov. 8, 2013. Chinese state media reported the same day that police have detained a 41-year-old man in connection with a series of explosions outside the building two days earlier that killed at least one person and injured eight others.

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China's exports rise 5.6% in October

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in October 2013 shows containers piled up at a trade port in China's Guangdong Province. China's exports rose 5.6 percent in the same month from a year earlier, government data showed Nov. 8, 2013.

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China's exports rise 5.6% in October

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in October 2013 shows a trade port in China's Guangdong Province. China's exports rose 5.6 percent in the same month from a year earlier, government data showed Nov. 8, 2013.

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Upper house bars Yamamoto from imperial events

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Yamamoto (C), an independent upper house member, is surrounded by reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2013. Yamamoto, an antinuclear activist at the center of a controversy for handing a letter to Emperor Akihito the previous week, was banned by the chamber the same day from attending ceremonies and other events related to the imperial family.

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Upper house bars Yamamoto from imperial events

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Yamamoto (C), an independent upper house member, heads for a meeting with upper house President Masaaki Yamazaki at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2013. Yamamoto, an antinuclear activist at the center of a controversy for handing a letter to Emperor Akihito the previous week, was banned by the chamber the same day from attending ceremonies and other events related to the imperial family.

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Japanese icebreaker departs for Antarctica

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese icebreaker Shirase leaves Harumi Wharf in Tokyo Bay on Nov. 8, 2013, for Antarctica to support Japan's 55th expedition team to be deployed there.

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Japanese icebreaker departs for Antarctica

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Japanese icebreaker Shirase sailing near the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo Bay on Nov. 8, 2013, shortly after its departure from Harumi Wharf for Antarctica on a mission to support the country's 55th expedition team to be deployed there.

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Japanese icebreaker departs for Antarctica

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Japanese icebreaker Shirase passing under the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo Bay on Nov. 8, 2013, shortly after its departure from Harumi Wharf for Antarctica on a mission to support the country's 55th expedition team to be deployed there.

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Japanese icebreaker departs for Antarctica

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Japanese icebreaker Shirase passing under the Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo Bay on Nov. 8, 2013, shortly after its departure from Harumi Wharf for Antarctica on a mission to support the country's 55th expedition team to be deployed there.

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Upper house bars Yamamoto from imperial events

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Yamamoto, an independent upper house member, attends a plenary session of the House of Councillors at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2013. Yamamoto, an antinuclear activist at the center of a controversy for handing a letter to Emperor Akihito the previous week, was banned by the chamber the same day from attending ceremonies and other events related to the imperial family.

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Japan-ASEAN logo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a logo for events to be held in 2013 to mark the 40th year of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Japan friendship and cooperation. Japan unveiled the logo on Nov. 8, 2012.