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Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

Japan's Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hideki Murai speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2023, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled that a Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 belongs to the temple, rejecting a South Korean temple's claim to ownership of it.

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Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

A representative of Buseoksa temple in Seosan, South Korea, speaks to reporters at the Supreme Court in Seoul on Oct. 26, 2023, after the top court ruled that a Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 belongs to the temple, rejecting the South Korean temple's claim to ownership of it.

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Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

Setsuryo Tanaka, chief priest of Kanonji temple in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan, speaks to the press on Oct. 26, 2023, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled that a Buddha statue stolen from the Japanese temple in 2012 belongs to the temple, rejecting a South Korean temple's claim to ownership of it.

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Stolen Buddha statue ownership suit

A representative of Buseoksa temple in Seosan, South Korea, speaks to reporters at the Supreme Court in Seoul on Oct. 26, 2023, after the country's top court ruled that a Buddha statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 belongs to the temple, rejecting the South Korean temple's claim to ownership of it.

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Mandalay, central Myanmar

OSAKA, Japan - An Oct. 26, 2012, file photo shows part of Mandalay in central Myanmar, before a major quake hit areas including the city on Nov. 11, 2012.

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Mandalay, central Myanmar

OSAKA, Japan - An Oct. 26, 2012, file photo shows part of Mandalay in central Myanmar, before a major quake hit areas including the city on Nov. 11, 2012.

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Elections in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - A banner in support of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is seen in Kiev, Ukraine, on Oct. 26, 2012, two days before parliamentary elections.

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Kansai airport budget airline terminal

OSAKA, Japan - Keiichi Ando, president of New Kansai International Airport Co., answers reporters' questions at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 26, 2012. The company showed the airport's new terminal dedicated to budget airlines the same day ahead of its official launch on Oct. 28.

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Okinawa Gov. Nakaima back in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks with reporters at Naha airport after returning from the United States on Oct. 26, 2012.

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Noda apologizes to abductees' kin

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R, standing) offers an apology to the families (L side) of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea for the frequent changes in the minister in charge of the abduction issue, during a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2012.

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Disaster relief robot

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A man wearing a robotic suit carries items in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 26, 2012, during demonstrations of robots to be used for rescue and debris removal in cases of disaster.

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Kansai airport budget airline terminal

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the new terminal dedicated to budget airlines at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 26, 2012. The airport operator unveiled the terminal ahead of its official launch on Oct. 28.

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Disaster relief robot

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A remote-controlled robot for carrying a person who needs rescuing to a safer place is shown in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 26, 2012, during demonstrations of robots to be used for rescue and debris removal in cases of disaster.

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Conductor Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa meets the press after watching an opera performance in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Oct. 26, 2012.

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9/11 group seeks continued support for Tohoku disaster victims

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Ielpi (far L), head of the September 11th Families' Association, meets reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano (R) in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2012. Bereaved families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States called for continued support for survivors of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern and northeastern Japan in their meeting with the Japanese minister.

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Kagawa out for up to 4 weeks

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Manchester United's Japan international midfielder Shinji Kagawa. Kagawa will be sidelined for up to four weeks after a left knee injury forced him to miss the second half of the midweek win against Braga in the Champions League, United boss Alex Ferguson said Oct. 26, 2012.

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LDP chief Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Shinzo Abe, leader of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2012.

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Tiananmen Gate

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Oct. 26, 2012, shows a police officer and a portrait of Communist China's founder Mao Zedong at Beijing's Tiananmen Gate.

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Autumn leaves on Lake Chuzenji peninsula

NIKKO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 26, 2012, shows autumn leaves on a boot-like peninsula in Lake Chuzenji in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.

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Japan's 1st Legoland to open in Nagoya in 2016

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura (C) and officials of Merlin Entertainments Group, the operator of Legoland theme parks, pose for photos at the Nagoya city hall on Oct. 26, 2012. Danish toy maker Lego Group has decided to open its first Legoland in Japan in the waterfront area of Nagoya in March 2016.

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Autumn leaves on Lake Chuzenji peninsula

NIKKO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 26, 2012, shows autumn leaves on a boot-like peninsula in Lake Chuzenji in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture.

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Tokyo vice governor

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose is surrounded by reporters at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2012. Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara said the previous day that he was stepping down and that he hopes Inose, a reform-minded journalist, will be next governor.

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Tokyo vice governor

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Vice Gov. Naoki Inose is surrounded by reporters at the metropolitan government hall in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2012. Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara said the previous day that he was stepping down and that he hopes Inose, a reform-minded journalist, will be next governor.

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Ancient blue glass cup

NARA, Japan - Photo shows "Rurinotsuki," an eighth-century blue glass cup, shown to reporters at Nara National Museum in Nara City on Oct. 26, 2012. The item will be shown to the public for the first time in 18 years as part of a special exhibition beginning the following day.

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Traffic accident in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the aftermath of a traffic accident involving a crash of two small buses and a sports utility vehicle on Route 230 in the town of Kimobetsu, Hokkaido, on Oct. 26, 2012. At least two people died and more than 40 people were injured.

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Traffic accident in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the aftermath of a traffic accident involving a crash of two small buses and a sports utility vehicle on Route 230 in the town of Kimobetsu, Hokkaido, on Oct. 26, 2012. At least two people died and more than 40 people were injured.

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Ancient blue glass cup

NARA, Japan - Photo shows "Rurinotsuki," an eighth-century blue glass cup, shown to reporters at Nara National Museum in Nara City on Oct. 26, 2012. The item will be shown to the public for the first time in 18 years as part of a special exhibition beginning the following day.

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Traffic accident in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the aftermath of a traffic accident involving a crash of two small buses and a sports utility vehicle on Route 230 in the town of Kimobetsu, Hokkaido, on Oct. 26, 2012. At least two people died and more than 40 people were injured.

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Shukan Asahi with story of Osaka Mayor Hashimoto

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the Oct. 26, 2012, edition of the weekly magazine Shukan Asahi, published on Oct. 16, 2012, containing a story about Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, head of the political party Nippon Ishin no Kai, with an unflattering portrait of the politician. Hashimoto (back) speaks on the story at the Osaka city government offices on Oct. 18, 2012. The mayor said the previous day he will no longer speak to reporters from The Asahi Shimbun daily and Asahi Broadcasting Corp., to protest the story in the magazine.

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Tesla Motors' Model S

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows the chassis of Tesla Motors Inc.'s Model S, powered by lithium-ion batteries, being unveiled to the press in Osaka on Sept. 26, 2012, ahead of its display to the general public from the following day to Oct. 2. The Japanese unit of the U.S. electric car venture planned the display to show the difference between an electric car and a gasoline-powered car, as it is set to launch sales of the sedan in Japan in 2013.

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Okinawa calls for new development law

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (C) speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2010 after attending the first meeting of a panel on promotion and development of Okinawa. Nakaima said he requested new legislation on the prefecture's development since the current law is scheduled to expire at the end of fiscal 2011, or March 2012.

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Nissan eyeing mass production of all-electric car by 2012: Ghosn

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn speaks to a group of reporters at Nissan's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 26. Ghosn said Nissan is hoping to mass produce an all-electric car mainly targeted at big cities with its ally Renault SA of France by 2012.

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Nissan eyeing mass production of all-electric car by 2012: Ghosn

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn speaks to a group of reporters at Nissan's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 26. Ghosn said Nissan is hoping to mass produce an all-electric car mainly targeted at big cities with its ally Renault SA of France by 2012. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa calls for new development law

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (C) speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2010 after attending the first meeting of a panel on promotion and development of Okinawa. Nakaima said he requested new legislation on the prefecture's development since the current law is scheduled to expire at the end of fiscal 2011, or March 2012. (Kyodo)

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Man charged in 2010 driving rampage at Mazda plants

HIROSHIMA, Japan - File photo taken on Oct. 25, 2010, shows former Mazda Motor Corp. seasonal worker Toshiaki Hikiji being escorted to Hirohima Minami Police Station in Hiroshima Prefecture. Hikiji pleaded guilty in court on Jan. 26, 2012, to hitting and injuring eight people with a car at two Mazda plants in Hiroshima Prefecture in June 2010, but said he was innocent of the death of one other man and causing injuries to two others in the incident. (Kyodo)