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Jeter records 200th postseason hit

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter hits a single, his 200th postseason hit, during the second inning of the American League Championship Series opener against the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium in New York on Oct. 13, 2012. Jeter fractured his left ankle while playing shortstop in the 12th inning. The Tigers won 6-4 in 12 innings.

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Jeter injured in ALCS opener

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter (L) fractures his left ankle while playing shortstop in the 12th inning of the American League Championship Series opener against the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium in New York on Oct. 13, 2012. The Tigers won 6-4 in 12 innings.

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Ibanez hits two-run homer in ALCS opener

NEW YORK, United States - Raul Ibanez of the New York Yankees belts a two-run homer during the ninth inning of the American League Championship Series opener against the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium in New York on Oct. 13, 2012. The Tigers won 6-4 in 12 innings.

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Researcher Moriguchi holds press conference

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese researcher Hisashi Moriguchi holds a press conference in New York on Oct. 13, 2012. Massachusetts General Hospital, where Moriguchi claimed to have conducted a cutting-edge stem cell treatment, said the previous day there were no records of him having undertaken the procedure or of applying for approval to carry it out.

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Ichiro homers in ALCS opener

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki belts a two-run homer against pitcher Jose Valverde (46) of the Detroit Tigers during the ninth inning of the American League Championship Series opener at Yankee Stadium in New York on Oct. 13, 2012. The Tigers won 6-4 in 12 innings.

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IMF-WB meeting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows participants of a meeting in Tokyo of the joint International Monetary Fund-World Bank Development Committee on Oct. 13, 2012.

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Researcher Moriguchi holds press conference

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese researcher Hisashi Moriguchi holds a press conference in New York on Oct. 13, 2012. Massachusetts General Hospital, where Moriguchi claimed to have conducted a cutting-edge stem cell treatment, said the previous day there were no records of him having undertaken the procedure or of applying for approval to carry it out.

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Prize-winning writer Saiichi Maruya dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2008 shows Saiichi Maruya, a Japanese prize-winning writer, translator and critic, being interviewed at home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward. Maruya died Oct. 13, 2012, of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital. He was 87. He won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for "Toshi no Nokori" (The Rest of the Year) in 1968.

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Ukraine economy minister

TOKYO, Japan - Ukrainian economy minister Petro Poroshenko is interviewed by Kyodo News at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 13, 2012.

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Moscovici at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - French finance minister Pierre Moscovici holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2012.

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IMF-WB meeting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (R) and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim attend a meeting of the joint International Monetary Fund-World Bank Development Committee at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 13, 2012.

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Maehara, Draghi

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister Seiji Maehara (L) shakes hands with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi ahead of their meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2012.

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IMF chief Lagarde, WB head Kim

TOKYO, Japan - World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde look at each other at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2012. The International Monetary and Financial Committee, the policy-setting body of the IMF, as well as the joint IMF-World Bank Development Committee, held a meeting in Tokyo the same day.

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IMF-WB meeting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (R) and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim attend a meeting of the joint International Monetary Fund-World Bank Development Committee at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 13, 2012.

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Emperor, empress visit village near Fukushima complex

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (R) inspect decontamination work in the village of Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 13, 2012. The imperial couple visited the village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to meet with residents living in temporary housing and inspect the work.

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IMF chief Lagarde at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2012. The International Monetary and Financial Committee, the policy-setting body of the IMF, as well as the joint IMF-World Bank Development Committee, held a meeting in Tokyo the same day.

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IMF chief Lagarde, WB head Kim

TOKYO, Japan - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L) and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim attend a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2012. The International Monetary and Financial Committee, the policy-setting body of the IMF, as well as the joint IMF-World Bank Development Committee, held a meeting in Tokyo the same day.

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Emperor, empress visit village near Fukushima complex

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (C, bowing) meet with residents living in temporary housing in the village of Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 13, 2012. The imperial couple visited the village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to meet with the residents and inspect decontamination work.

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IMF chief Lagarde, WB head Kim

TOKYO, Japan - World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde attend a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2012. The International Monetary and Financial Committee, the policy-setting body of the IMF, as well as the joint IMF-World Bank Development Committee, held a meeting in Tokyo the same day.

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IMF's Lagarde, WB's Kim, Development Committee's Belka

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Marek Belka, chairman of the joint International Monetary Fund-World Bank Development Committee, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim attend a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2012. The International Monetary and Financial Committee, the policy-setting body of the IMF, as well as the joint IMF-World Bank Development Committee, held a meeting in Tokyo the same day.

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Fashion Week Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Fashion Week Tokyo kicks off with a show at Shibuya Hikarie in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2012. It runs through Oct. 20.

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Fashion Week Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Fashion Week Tokyo kicks off with a show at Shibuya Hikarie in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2012. It runs through Oct. 20.

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Qatar-aided fishery facility completed in Miyagi

ONAGAWA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 13, 2012, shows a fishery processing facility built with Qatari aid in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, a town devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. A ceremony was held the same day to mark the completion of the facility, which will commence operation on Oct. 15, 2012.

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Emperor, empress visit village near Fukushima complex

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R) and Empress Michiko (C) meet with residents living in temporary housing in the village of Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 13, 2012. The imperial couple visited the village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to meet with the residents and inspect decontamination work.

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Qatar-aided fishery facility completed in Miyagi

ONAGAWA, Japan - A ceremony is held Oct. 13, 2012, in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture to mark the completion of a fishery processing facility built with Qatari aid. The facility in the town devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami will commence operation on Oct. 15, 2012.

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China-N. Korea trade expo

DANDONG, China - Photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) hangs at a China-North Korea economic, trade, culture, and tourism expo in Dandong, Liaoning Province, China, on Oct. 13, 2012. The expo opened on Oct. 12 and will run through Oct. 16.

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Emperor, empress visit village near Fukushima complex

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (R, facing a man) and Empress Michiko (next to emperor, bowing) meet with residents living in temporary housing in the village of Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 13, 2012. The imperial couple visited the village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to meet with the residents and inspect decontamination work.

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China-N. Korea trade expo

DANDONG, China - China-North Korea economic, trade, culture, and tourism expo is held in Dandong, Liaoning Province, China, on Oct. 13, 2012. The expo opened on Oct. 12 and will run through Oct. 16.

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China-N. Korea trade expo

DANDONG, China - People visit the booth of a North Korean company at a China-North Korea economic, trade, culture, and tourism expo in Dandong, Liaoning Province, China, on Oct. 13, 2012. The expo opened on Oct. 12 and will run through Oct. 16.

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"Dream aircraft" decorate Dreamliner

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. unveils a Boeing 787 Dreamliner painted with illustrations of "dream aircraft" drawn by seven children and animation film director Hayao Miyazaki at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 13, 2012.

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IMF chief Lagarde at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2012. The International Monetary and Financial Committee, the policy-setting body of the IMF, as well as the joint IMF-World Bank Development Committee, held a meeting in Tokyo the same day.

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IMF's Largarde, IMFC's Shanmugaratnam

TOKYO, Japan - Tharman Shanmugaratnam (L), chairman of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the policy-setting body of the IMF, and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde attend a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2012.

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IMFC meeting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - The International Monetary and Financial Committee, the policy-setting body of the International Monetary Fund, holds a meeting at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 13, 2012.

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Japanese abductees before 10th anniv. of return home

NIIGATA, Japan - Kaoru Hasuike (L) and his wife Yukiko, two of the five Japanese abductees repatriated to Japan from North Korea on Oct. 15, 2002, hold a press conference in the city hall of Kashiwazaki on the Sea of Japan coast in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 13, 2012, ahead of the 10th anniversary of their return home.

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Lagarde at IMFC

TOKYO, Japan - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde attends a meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the policy-setting body of the IMF, at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 13, 2012.

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IMF chief Lagarde at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2012. The International Monetary and Financial Committee, the policy-setting body of the IMF, as well as the joint IMF-World Bank Development Committee, held a meeting in Tokyo the same day.

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Lagarde at IMFC

TOKYO, Japan - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (C) poses with a Japanese folding fan ahead of a meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the policy-setting body of the IMF, at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 13, 2012.

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IMF's Largarde, IMFC's Shanmugaratnam

TOKYO, Japan - Tharman Shanmugaratnam (L), chairman of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the policy-setting body of the IMF, and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde attend a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2012.

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Emperor, empress visit village near Fukushima complex

KAWAUCHI, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko arrive at the village of Kawauchi in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 13, 2012. The imperial couple visited the village near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to meet with residents living in temporary housing and inspect decontamination work. (Pool photo)

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Jojima at IMFC

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Koriki Jojima attends a meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the policy-setting body of the International Monetary Fund, at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 13, 2012.

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Shirakawa at IMFC

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa attends a meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the policy-setting body of the International Monetary Fund, at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 13, 2012.

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Nishioka, Donaire meet ahead of October title fight

LOS ANGELES, United States - WBC emeritus champion Toshiaki Nishioka (R) of Japan poses for a photo with WBO and IBF super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. of the Philippines during a press conference in Los Angeles, California, on Aug. 27, 2012. The two will glove up in Carson, California, on Oct. 13, 2012.