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Olympic figure skating bronze medalist Takahashi retires

OKAYAMA, Japan - Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi enters the venue of an event in the city of Okayama, western Japan, on Oct. 14, 2014. Takahashi, 28, who won the bronze medal in the Vancouver Olympics in February 2010, said at the event he has decided to retire.

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Olympic figure skating bronze medalist Takahashi to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi after winning the World Figure Skating Championships in Torino, Italy, in March 2010. Takahashi, 28, who won the bronze medal in the Vancouver Olympics in February 2010, has decided to retire, sources familiar with the matter said Oct. 14, 2014.

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Olympic figure skating bronze medalist Takahashi to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi performing in the free skate competition of the Vancouver Olympics at the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada, in February 2010. Takahashi, 28, who won the bronze medal in the Olympic Games, has decided to retire, sources familiar with the matter said Oct. 14, 2014.

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Yokohama Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama's Naka Ward on Oct. 14, 2010, the home ballpark of the professional baseball club Yokohama BayStars.

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Yokohama Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama's Naka Ward on Oct. 14, 2010, the home ballpark of the professional baseball club Yokohama BayStars.

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Yokohama station

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yokohama Station in Yokohama's Nishi Ward on Oct. 14, 2010.

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Todoroki Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 14, 2010, the home stadium of the J-League soccer club Kawasaki Frontale.

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Chinatown in Yokohama

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Chinatown in Yokohama on Oct. 14, 2010.

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Nissan Stadium in Yokohama

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Nissan Stadium in Yokohama's Kohoku Ward on Oct. 14, 2010, the home stadium of the J-League soccer club Yokohama F Marinos.

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Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium on Oct. 14, 2010, the home stadium of the J-League soccer clubs Yokohama FC and Yokohama F Marinos.

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N. Koreans start talking about future leader Kim Jong Un

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People walk the streets of Pyongyang on Oct. 14, 2010. People in North Korea have begun publicly mentioning Kim Jong Un as successor to leader Kim Jong Il following his official appointment at a military parade and other major events earlier in the month.

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Painting reconfirmed as Giotto's work

FLORENCE, Italy - A painting of Christ crucified on the cross is displayed during a press showing at a national institute for restoring artworks in Florence, Italy, on Oct. 14, 2010, after it was proven to be a work by Giotto. The painting will be put on public display in November in the city.

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Iranian leader visits Lebanon

BENT JBAIL, Lebanon - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) waves to crowds at a meeting in Bent Jbail, southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, on Oct. 14, 2010, the second day of his first visit as the Iranian leader.

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Painting reconfirmed as Giotto's work

FLORENCE, Italy - A painting of Christ crucified on the cross is displayed during a press showing at a national institute for restoring artworks in Florence, Italy, on Oct. 14, 2010, after it was proven to be a work by Giotto. The painting will be put on public display in November in the city.

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Schoolgirl dies as wall collapses in Gifu

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the site of a factory being demolished in the city of Gifu where an 11-meter-high wall collapsed on Oct. 14, 2010, killing Yukari Kawase, a 17-year-old high school girl who was on her way home.

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APEC business leaders hope for regional free trade zone

TOKYO, Japan - Gempachiro Aihara (R), chairman of a business advisory body to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and counselor of Mitsui & Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010. The forum called on APEC leaders to recommit themselves to creating a region-wide free trade zone.

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Japan PM talks N. Korea nuclear talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010. Kan said there is still a long way to go before resuming the stalled six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program.

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'Ryoma-den' to be aired in Taiwan, S. Korea, Thailand

TOKYO, Japan - Actor and musician Masaharu Fukuyama speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010 , as NHK's serial television drama ''Ryoma-den'' (Ryoma Story), featuring 19th century revolutionary Ryoma Sakamoto played by Fukuyama, will be aired in Taiwan, South Korea and Thailand.

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Date Krumm at Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Kimiko Date Krumm smiles after defeating Aiko Nakamura 6-2, 6-0 in a second-round match at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka on Oct. 14, 2010. Krumm will meet defending champion and top-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur in the quarterfinals.

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Date Krumm at Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Kimiko Date Krumm returns the ball to Aiko Nakamura in a second-round match at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka on Oct. 14, 2010. Krumm beat Nakamura 6-2, 6-0, setting up a quarterfinal against defending champion and top-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur.

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Biodiversity awareness

NAGOYA, Japan - Children look at a diorama displaying scenes of eco-friendly agriculture in Nagoya on Oct. 14, 2010, ahead of the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP10, to be held in the central Japan city later in the month.

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Schoolgirl dies as wall collapses in Gifu

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the site of a factory being demolished in the city of Gifu where an 11-meter-high wall collapsed on Oct. 14, 2010, killing Yukari Kawase, a 17-year-old high school girl who was on her way home.

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Ishikawa at Japan Open

NAGOYA, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa waves to the crowd after sinking a birdie putt on the 17th hole during the first round of the Japan Open at Aichi Country Club on Oct. 14, 2010. Ishikawa shot a 3-under 68, leaving him in a tie for fourth place after the first day of the tournament.

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Ishikawa at Japan Open

NAGOYA, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa takes a shot during the first round of the Japan Open at Aichi Country Club on Oct. 14, 2010. Ishikawa shot a 3-under 68, leaving him in a tie for fourth place after the first day of the tournament.

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Schoolgirl dies as wall collapses in Gifu

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the site of a factory being demolished in the city of Gifu where an 11-meter-high wall collapsed on Oct. 14, 2010, killing Yukari Kawase, a 17-year-old high school girl who was on her way home.

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Mitsubishi Motors' mini electric vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Osamu Masuko (front L) and Yamato Transport Co. President Makoto Kigawa shake hands beside the automaker's mini electric vehicle for commercial use during a ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010. Mitsubishi said it will release the vehicle for 2 million yen or less per unit by the end of 2011.

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Solar-power streetlight

OSAKA, Japan - A woman shows off a solar-power streetlight system jointly developed by Panasonic Electric Works Co. and Sanyo Electric Co. during a demonstration in Osaka on Oct. 14, 2010. A lithium-ion battery installed on the backside of the solar panel above lights up the lamp below.

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'Maiko' promote online tax filing

KYOTO, Japan - Young geisha, known as ''maiko,'' parade in rickshaws in Kyoto's Higashiyama Ward to promote an online tax filing system on Oct. 14, 2010, ahead of tax awareness week starting Nov. 11.

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Ancient city forum

NARA, Japan - Participants in the 12th World Conference of Historical Cities pose for photos as the three-day meeting wraps up in Nara on Oct. 14, 2010.

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Mexican food minister Castaneda

TOKYO, Japan - Francisco Mayorga Castaneda, Mexico's food minister, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010. He said a joint statement calling for the early conclusion of the World Trade Organization's Doha Round of negotiations is expected to be adopted at a ministerial meeting on food security of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum starting Oct. 16 in Niigata Prefecture.

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Nobel laureate Suzuki at education ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning chemist Akira Suzuki (R) shakes hands with education minister Yoshiaki Takaki at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010.

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Ishikawa at Japan Open

NAGOYA, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa (L) talks with Masashi ''Jumbo'' Ozaki, an inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame, before the opening of the Japan Open golf tournament at Aichi Country Club on Oct. 14, 2010.

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Nobel laureate Suzuki at education ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel Prize-winning chemist Akira Suzuki speaks to reporters at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010. Suzuki, a professor emeritus at Hokkaido University, called for the government to provide long-term financial and intellectual support for researchers.

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Japan's Saiki meets Chinese official

BEIJING, China - Akitaka Saiki, chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian affairs bureau, leaves a hotel in Beijing for the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Oct. 14, 2010. Saiki arrived in the Chinese capital for talks with his counterpart on matters such as a possible Japan-China summit in Hanoi in late October.

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Rescue of Chilean miners

TOKYO, Japan - Chilean Ambassador to Japan Patricio Torres celebrates at the country's embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010., after all 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine in northern Chile were rescued.

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Bear shot dead at Japan school

YAMAGATA, Japan - An Asiatic black bear is shot dead at Nagaikita Junior High School in Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture, on Oct. 14, 2010, after entering the school as well as causing injuries to two people in the northeastern Japan city the same day.

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Rescue of Chilean miners

TOKYO, Japan - Chilean Ambassador to Japan Patricio Torres (L) celebrates at the country's embassy in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2010., after all 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine in northern Chile were rescued.

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Bomb disposal robot

OSAKA, Japan - A robot carries a bag it took out from a Shinkansen bullet train in a bomb-disposal drill at a platform of JR Shin-Osaka Station in Osaka on Oct. 14, 2010. The drill was conducted jointly by railway operators and police under the assumption that a bomb was planted on a bullet train ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Yokohama in November.