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Downsized London Olympics pool opens to public

TOKYO, Japan - Peter Tudor, director of venues at London Legacy Development Corp., speaks during an interview on the downsized spectator stands of the London Aquatics Centre in the British capital on Oct. 30, 2014. The 2012 London Olympics venue has been modified by deconstructing two temporary spectator wings to reduce the capacity and minimize maintenance costs before opening to the public in March.

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London Olympics pool downsized

TOKYO, Japan - The London Aquatics Centre is shown in a downsized form after the deconstruction of two wings of temporary spectator stands in this file photo taken on Oct. 30, 2014, in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the British capital. The modification reduced the capacity from 17,500 during the 2012 London Olympics to 2,500 to minimize maintenance costs.

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Anti-gangster law deters crimes

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 28, 2013 shows police officers patrolling a street at night in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. Gangster violence has been curbed in Fukuoka since the revised anti-gangster law took effect a year ago on Oct. 30, 2012.

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Census in Afghanistan

CHAGHCHARAN, Afghanistan - A surveyor (C front) interviews a local resident at the resident's home in Chaghcharan, Ghor Province, on Oct. 15, 2012, as Afghanistan conducts its first national census in about 30 years.

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Census in Afghanistan

CHAGHCHARAN, Afghanistan - Curious neighborhood children gather as a surveyor (C bottom) interviews a local resident (top R) at the resident's home in Chaghcharan, Ghor Province, on Oct. 15, 2012, as Afghanistan conducts its first national census in about 30 years.

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Census in Afghanistan

CHAGHCHARAN, Afghanistan - A surveyor (R) interviews a local resident at the resident's home in Chaghcharan, Ghor Province, on Oct. 15, 2012, as Afghanistan conducts its first national census in about 30 years.

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Census in Afghanistan

CHAGHCHARAN, Afghanistan - Curious neighborhood children gather as a surveyor (bottom) interviews a local resident at the resident's home in Chaghcharan, Ghor Province, on Oct. 15, 2012, as Afghanistan conducts its first national census in about 30 years.

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Post-Fukushima crisis disaster mitigation guidelines

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 31, 2012, after the authority decided on new guidelines for nuclear disaster mitigation measures following the Fukushima nuclear crisis in 2011, expanding the radius of areas that need to make special preparations to 30 kilometers from an atomic power plant.

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Hurricane Sandy hits North America

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows a truck in flooded water in the parking lot of a hotel in New Jersey on Oct. 30, 2012, after Hurricane Sandy ripped through the northeastern United States.

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Writer Giichi Fujimoto dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Giichi Fujimoto, a novelist and formerly a well-known TV host. Fujimoto died on Oct. 30, 2012, of pneumonia at a hospital in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. He was 79.

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Baseball, softball world bodies to merge

HOUSTON, United States -The world governing body for softball, the ISF, meets in Houston, Texas, on Oct. 30, 2012. The organization gave the green light to a plan to merge with the baseball federation, the IBAF. The two groups hope to give themselves a better shot of rejoining the Olympic program.

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Hurricane Sandy hits North America

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows a flooded tunnel in the southern part of Manhattan in New York on Oct. 30, 2012, after Hurricane Sandy ripped through the northeastern United States. The tunnel leads from Battery Park to Brooklyn.

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Fukushima town mayor says nuclear crisis is not over

GENEVA, Switzerland - Katsutaka Idogawa, mayor of the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, speaks in Geneva on Oct. 30, 2012, ahead of a U.N. panel meeting on Japan's human rights situation. The mayor of the town hosting the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station said that the disaster is not over, despite the troubled reactors having been declared stabilized.

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Microsoft Windows 8

REDMOND, United States - Microsoft Co. CEO Steve Ballmer speaks during an event in Redmond, Washington, on Oct. 30, 2012. The U.S. information technology giant launched its Windows 8 operating software for personal computers and tablet devices on Oct. 25.

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Fukushima town mayor says nuclear crisis is not over

GENEVA, Switzerland - Katsutaka Idogawa, mayor of the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, speaks in Geneva on Oct. 30, 2012, ahead of a U.N. panel meeting on Japan's human rights situation. The mayor of the town hosting the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station said that the disaster is not over, despite the troubled reactors having been declared stabilized.

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Hurricane Sandy hits North America

NEW YORK, United States - A tree lies on its side in Ridgefield, New Jersey, on Oct. 30, 2012, after Hurricane Sandy ripped through the northeastern United States.

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Returning to Japan after visit to N. Korea burial sites

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A group of Japanese nationals arrive at Pyongyang's international airport on Oct. 30, 2012, to return to Japan via Beijing after visiting sites believed to contain the remains of their relatives who died around the end of World War II in what is now North Korea.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa is pictured during a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2012, after the central bank's Policy Board decided to further ease its monetary policy for the second straight month.

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Former Chinese diplomat urges Japan to negotiate on disputes

HONG KONG, China - Chen Jian, China's former ambassador to the United Nations and to Japan, delivers a speech at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Hong Kong on Oct. 30, 2012. Chen said Japan and China should discuss their territorial dispute over a group of islets in the East China Sea to avoid escalating tension.

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Japan's new envoy to S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan's new Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho arrives at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on Oct. 30, 2012. Bessho, a former deputy foreign minister, replaces Masatoshi Muto.

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Ishihara to become head of new conservative party

TOKYO, Japan - Outgoing Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara speaks at a meeting of the Sunrise Party of Japan, in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2012. Ishihara was set to form a new party in early November that will incorporate the members of the small conservative party at its core.

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Dud bomb discovered at Sendai Airport

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 30, 2012, shows preparatory work for the disposal of an unexploded bomb (L top), believed to have been dropped by the U.S. military during World War II, near runways at Sendai Airport in Miyagi Prefecture. Flights at the airport in northeastern Japan were canceled the same day following the discovery of the bomb.

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Ishihara to become head of new conservative party

TOKYO, Japan - Takeo Hiranuma (L), leader of the Sunrise Party of Japan, and outgoing Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, raise their fists during a meeting of the party in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2012. Ishihara was set to form a new party in early November that will incorporate the members of the small conservative party at its core.

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Suspected body abandoning

BIZEN, Japan - Police raise a drum stuffed with concrete from the sea at a fishing port in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2012. The police searched the port based on information that a drum containing a body and concrete had been dumped. The body is believed to be of a man linked to Miyoko Sumida, a 64-year-old woman in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Four other bodies linked to Sumida have been found.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa leaves after a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2012, following a decision by the central bank's Policy Board to further ease its monetary policy for the second straight month.

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Suspected body abandoning

BIZEN, Japan - Police raise a drum stuffed with concrete from the sea at a fishing port in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2012. The police searched the port based on information that a drum containing a body and concrete had been dumped. The body is believed to be of a man linked to Miyoko Sumida, a 64-year-old woman in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Four other bodies linked to Sumida have been found.

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BOJ further eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa attends a press conference at the BOJ's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2012, after the central bank's Policy Board decided to further ease its monetary policy for the second straight month.

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BOJ decides on additional easing

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa enters the Japanese central bank in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2012. The BOJ decided to expand its asset purchase program by 11 trillion yen to 91 trillion yen as additional monetary easing to fight deflation. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's new envoy to S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan's new Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho (C) meets the press upon his arrival at Seoul's Gimpo International Airport on Oct. 30, 2012. Bessho, a former deputy foreign minister, replaces Masatoshi Muto.

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BTMU's Hirano at Sibos conference

OSAKA, Japan - Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. President Nobuyuki Hirano speaks with reporters at the Sibos conference of the world's banking and financial leaders in Osaka on Oct. 30, 2012.

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Japan culture award

KYOTO, Japan - Stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka, joint winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine, speaks in Kyoto on Oct. 30, 2012. The Kyoto University professor was selected among the six recipients of Japan's top cultural award for the year.

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Suspected body abandoning

BIZEN, Japan - Police raise a drum stuffed with concrete from the sea at a fishing port in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2012. The police searched the port based on information that a drum containing a body and concrete had been dumped. The body is believed to be of a man linked to Miyoko Sumida, a 64-year-old woman in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Four other bodies linked to Sumida have been found.

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Suspected body abandoning

BIZEN, Japan - Police raise a drum stuffed with concrete from the sea at a fishing port in Bizen, Okayama Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2012. The police searched the port based on information that a drum containing a body and concrete had been dumped. The body is believed to be of a man linked to Miyoko Sumida, a 64-year-old woman in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. Four other bodies linked to Sumida have been found.

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Japan culture award

TOKYO, Japan - Art critic Shuji Takashina is pictured in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2012. He was selected on Oct. 30 among the six recipients of the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, for the year.

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BOJ decides on additional easing

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa enters the Japanese central bank in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2012. The BOJ decided to expand its asset purchase program by 11 trillion yen to 91 trillion yen as additional monetary easing to fight deflation. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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All Sendai airport flights cancelled

SENDAI, Japan - Photo on Oct. 30, 2012, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the location (pointed by an arrow) where an unexploded shell, believed to be a U.S. shell dropped during World War II, was found at a construction site near the runaways of Sendai airport, northeastern Japan. Domestic and international flights scheduled that day at the airport were cancelled.

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Japan culture award

KYOTO, Japan - Stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka, joint winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine, speaks in Kyoto on Oct. 30, 2012. The Kyoto University professor was selected among the six recipients of Japan's top cultural award for the year.

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All Sendai airport flights cancelled

SENDAI, Japan - A signboard shows all flights are cancelled at Sendai airport, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 30, 2012. Domestic and international flights scheduled that day at the airport were cancelled after an unexploded shell, believed to be a U.S. shell dropped during World War II, was found at a construction site near its runaways.

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Japan culture award

TOKYO, Japan - Film director Yoji Yamada is pictured in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2012. The "It's Tough Being a Man" series director was selected on Oct. 30 among the six recipients of the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, for the year.

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Justice Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka is discharged from a Tokyo hospital on Oct. 22, 2012, following checks after complaining of chest pain, an irregular heartbeat and high blood pressure. The resignation of Tanaka, under fire for his ties with an organized crime syndicate about 30 years ago, is believed to be unavoidable.

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Justice Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka is discharged from a Tokyo hospital on Oct. 22, 2012, following checks after complaining of chest pain, an irregular heartbeat and high blood pressure. The resignation of Tanaka, under fire for his ties with an organized crime syndicate about 30 years ago, is believed to be unavoidable.

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Justice Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Keishu Tanaka admits to having acted as a matchmaker for a senior member of a major yakuza gang in Yokohama about 30 years ago and attended a party hosted by its leader, at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2012. Tanaka was planning to step down after admitting to having had past ties with an organized crime syndicate, government officials said Oct. 19, 2012.

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Japan airports introduce random pat-downs

NARITA, Japan - A passenger (C) undergoes a random pat-down at Narita airport near Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2012, as the transport ministry the same day instituted random frisking of aircraft passengers at 30 airports across Japan that serve international flights to deter terrorist attacks involving non-metallic explosives that cannot be picked up by metal detectors.

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Tamesue to keep on running, eyeing London Games

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese hurdler Dai Tamesue speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 1 saying he intends to continue running and has set his sights on a fourth Olympic appearance at the 2012 London Games. Tamesue, 30, a two-time 400-meter hurdles world bronze medalist, did not make his intentions clear after he failed to reach the final in both the 400-meter hurdles and the 4x400 relay at the Beijing Olympics in August.

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Profile: Xi Jinping leads China on new journey

(221024) -- BEIJING, Oct. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping visits the family of Tang Rongbin in Luotuowan Village of Longquanguan Township, Fuping County, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 30, 2012. TO GO WITH "Profile: Xi Jinping leads China on new journey" (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

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Tamesue to keep on running, eyeing London Games

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese hurdler Dai Tamesue speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 1 saying he intends to continue running and has set his sights on a fourth Olympic appearance at the 2012 London Games. Tamesue, 30, a two-time 400-meter hurdles world bronze medalist, did not make his intentions clear after he failed to reach the final in both the 400-meter hurdles and the 4x400 relay at the Beijing Olympics in August. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Olympics minister seeks advice from London Games head Coe

Japanese Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo (L) shakes hands with Sebastian Coe, head of the 2012 London Games, at a meeting in the British capital on Oct. 30, 2015. The Japanese minister was in Britain to seek advice from the London organizers about ensuring the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games are a success. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Olympics minister seeks advice from London Games head Coe

Japanese Olympics minister Toshiaki Endo (L) seeks advice from Sebastian Coe (R), head of the 2012 London Games, during talks in the British capital on Oct. 30, 2015, on ways to ensure the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games are a success. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Downsized London Olympics pool opens to public

TOKYO, Japan - Peter Tudor, director of venues at London Legacy Development Corp., speaks during an interview on the downsized spectator stands of the London Aquatics Centre in the British capital on Oct. 30, 2014. The 2012 London Olympics venue has been modified by deconstructing two temporary spectator wings to reduce the capacity and minimize maintenance costs before opening to the public in March. (Kyodo)

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Shuri Castle in Okinawa

File photo taken in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, in October 2012 shows Shuri Castle. A predawn fire on Oct. 30, 2019, engulfed the buildings at the World Heritage-listed site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo