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Nikkei hits 15-month high on 2010 1st day

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board at a securities company in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange rising 108.35 points to close at 10,654.79, the highest close since Oct. 3, 2008, on Jan. 4, 2010, the first trading day of this year.

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Matsuzaka shines as Red Sox beat Rays in ALCS Game 1

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka of Japan pitches against the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Oct. 10. Matsuzaka pitched seven-plus scoreless innings to earn his first win of the 2008 postseason as the Red Sox won 2-0.

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Taiwanese first lady Chou Mei-ching

TAIPEI, Taiwan - File photo shows Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (C) and his wife Chou Mei-ching (R) raising their glasses in a toast with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom Caballeros at a banquet in Taipei on Oct. 10, 2008.

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AUM bankruptcy proceedings to wrap up next March

TOKYO, Japan - Bankruptcy administrator Saburo Abe heads to the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 10 to attend the 15th meeting of victims' representatives and other creditors in bankruptcy proceedings for AUM Shinrikyo. The bankruptcy proceedings will conclude in March 2008, 12 years after the cult was declared insolvent in 1996, and the bankruptcy administrator will seek ways to compensate victims of crimes involving AUM.

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Sons Of Anarchy (2008)

Ron Perlman Characters: Clarence 'Clay' Morrow Television: Sons Of Anarchy (TV-SERIE) Usa 2008-,- 03 September 2008 SONS OF ANARCHY: Ron Perlman in SONS OF ANARCHY airing Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 10 PM e/p on FX. CR: Prashant Gupta / FX. Date: 03 September 2008

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The Mentalist (2008)

Simon Baker Characters: Patrick Jane Television: The Mentalist (TV-Serie) Usa 2008-2015, 23 September 2008 'Redwood' -- When a girl is found covered in blood while holding the murder weapon that killed her best friend and unable to remember anything, Jane (Simon Baker), engineers a risky maneuver to spark her memory and prove her innocense, on THE MENTALIST, Tuesday, Oct. 21 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Cliff Lipson/CBS

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L.A. coroner officially declares Miura committed suicide

LOS ANGELES, United States - This undated file photo shows Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura, who died in October, 2008, in a Los Angeles jail. The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, in its report released Dec. 3 after an autopsy, officially concluded that the cause of death of Miura, 61, in a Los Angeles jail in October was suicide. Miura died Oct. 10 after arriving from Saipan, a U.S. territory, to face trial on a conspiracy charge over the fatal shooting of his then wife Kazumi in Los Angeles in 1981. (Kyodo)

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L.A. coroner officially declares Miura committed suicide

LOS ANGELES, United States - This undated file photo shows Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura, who died in October, 2008, in a Los Angeles jail. The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, in its report released Dec. 3 after an autopsy, officially concluded that the cause of death of Miura, 61, in a Los Angeles jail in October was suicide. Miura died Oct. 10 after arriving from Saipan, a U.S. territory, to face trial on a conspiracy charge over the fatal shooting of his then wife Kazumi in Los Angeles in 1981. (Kyodo)

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Matsuzaka shines as Red Sox beat Rays in ALCS Game 1

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka of Japan pitches against the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Oct. 10. Matsuzaka pitched seven-plus scoreless innings to earn his first win of the 2008 postseason as the Red Sox won 2-0. (Kyodo)

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AUM bankruptcy proceedings to wrap up next March

TOKYO, Japan - Bankruptcy administrator Saburo Abe heads to the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 10 to attend the 15th meeting of victims' representatives and other creditors in bankruptcy proceedings for AUM Shinrikyo. The bankruptcy proceedings will conclude in March 2008, 12 years after the cult was declared insolvent in 1996, and the bankruptcy administrator will seek ways to compensate victims of crimes involving AUM. (Kyodo)

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Taiwanese first lady Chou Mei-ching

TAIPEI, Taiwan - File photo shows Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (C) and his wife Chou Mei-ching (R) raising their glasses in a toast with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom Caballeros at a banquet in Taipei on Oct. 10, 2008. (Kyodo)

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Olympic champion Uchishiba to retire

TOKYO, Japan - In file photo dated August 10, 2008, Masato Uchishiba of Japan holds up his gold medal for the men's 66-kilogram event at the Beijing Olympics. The 32-year-old champion at the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics is set to retire, the All Japan Judo Federation announced Oct. 16, 2010. (Kyodo)