Date Krumm upsets Stosur to reach semis in Osaka

Date Krumm upsets Stosur to reach semis in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm holds up her fist after beating 2009 winner and top-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur in the Japan Women's Open quarterfinals at Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka on Oct. 15, 2010. Date outlasted Stosur 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(4) in 2 hours, 34 minutes, setting up a semifinal with third-seeded Israeli Shahar Peer.

Date Krumm upsets Stosur to reach semis in Osaka

Date Krumm upsets Stosur to reach semis in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Samantha Stosur, 2009 winner and top-seeded Australian, is defeated by Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm in the Japan Women's Open quarterfinals at Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka on Oct. 15, 2010. Date outlasted Stosur 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(4) in 2 hours, 34 minutes, setting up a semifinal with third-seeded Israeli Shahar Peer.

Date Krumm upsets Stosur to reach semis in Osaka

Date Krumm upsets Stosur to reach semis in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese veteran Kimiko Date Krumm returns the ball in a match against 2009 winner and top-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur in the Japan Women's Open quarterfinals at Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka on Oct. 15, 2010. Date outlasted Stosur 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(4) in 2 hours, 34 minutes, setting up a semifinal with third-seeded Israeli Shahar Peer.

Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

Fujii resigns as Japan finance minister

TOKYO, Japan - This Oct. 15, 2009, file photo shows then Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii attending a ceremony to demonstrate the technology of minting coins at the Japan Mint in Osaka. Fujii was replaced with Deputy Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Jan. 6, 2010, after tendering his resignation.

Japan's Uchimura grabs men's overall title at worlds

Japan's Uchimura grabs men's overall title at worlds

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kohei Uchimura (C), who won the men's overall title at the world gymnastics championships, Daniel Keatings of Britain (L), who placed second, and Russia's Yury Ryazanov (R), who placed third, stand on the winners podium at the awards ceremony at O2 Arena in London on Oct. 15, 2009. Beijing Olympics silver medalist Uchimura won the title by scoring a total of 91.500 points -- 2.575 points ahead of Keatings, becoming the youngest all-around world champion from Japan.

Japan's Uchimura grabs men's overall title at worlds

Japan's Uchimura grabs men's overall title at worlds

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kohei Uchimura, 20, performs on the horizontal bar in the men's individual all-around final at the world gymnastics championships at O2 Arena in London on Oct. 15, 2009. Beijing Olympics silver medalist Uchimura won the title by scoring a total of 91.500 points -- 2.575 points ahead of Daniel Keatings of Britain, becoming the youngest all-around world champion from Japan.

Morigami eliminated in 2nd round of Japan Women's Open

Morigami eliminated in 2nd round of Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Akiko Morigami returns to third-seeded Samantha Stosur of Australia during their second round match in the Japan Women's Open tennis tournament at Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka on Oct. 15, 2009. Morigami, who will retire at the end of the season, lost to Stosur 6-1, 6-2.

Ishikawa off to steady start at Japan Open

Ishikawa off to steady start at Japan Open

IRUMA, Japan - Ryo Ishikawa hits from a bunker on the 15th hole during the Japan Open golf tournament at Musashi Country Club in Saitama Prefecture on Oct. 15, 2009.

Japan's Uchimura grabs men's overall title at worlds

Japan's Uchimura grabs men's overall title at worlds

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kohei Uchimura, 20, performs on the pommel horse in the men's individual all-around final at the world gymnastics championships at O2 Arena in London on Oct. 15, 2009. Beijing Olympics silver medalist Uchimura won the title by scoring a total of 91.500 points -- 2.575 points ahead of Daniel Keatings of Britain, becoming the youngest all-round world champion from Japan.

N. Korea invites U.S. envoy Bosworth to visit Pyongyang: Graham

N. Korea invites U.S. envoy Bosworth to visit Pyongyang: Graham

BEIJING, China - U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at a hotel in Beijing on Oct. 15, 2009, after returning from a three-day visit to North Korea.

Japan's Uchimura grabs men's overall title at worlds

Japan's Uchimura grabs men's overall title at worlds

LONDON, Britain - Japan's Kohei Uchimura, 20, smiles after winning the men's title at the world gymnastics championships at O2 Arena in London on Oct. 15, 2009. Beijing Olympics silver medalist Uchimura became the youngest all-around world champion from Japan, scoring a total of 91.500 points -- 2.575 points ahead of Daniel Keatings of Britain.

Top seed Wozniacki into Japan Women's Open q'finals

Top seed Wozniacki into Japan Women's Open q'finals

OSAKA, Japan - Top seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark returns the ball to Briton Katie O'Brien during their match at the Japan Women's Open tennis tournament at Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka on Oct. 15, 2009. Wozniacki won 6-0, 6-1 to move into the quarterfinals.

Gov't may miss goal of curbing state spending in FY 2010

Gov't may miss goal of curbing state spending in FY 2010

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks about general-account budget requests from government ministries and agencies for fiscal 2010 at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2009.

Michelin Guide 2010 Kyoto & Osaka to come out Oct. 16

Michelin Guide 2010 Kyoto & Osaka to come out Oct. 16

OSAKA, Japan - The Michelin Man character shows an enlarged photo panel of the front cover of the Michelin Guide 2010 Kyoto & Osaka to an official of Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Oct. 15, 2009, after arriving from Paris to promote the first Michelin guidebook on restaurants and accommodations in western Japan, which will hit the stands Oct. 16.

High court backs halt to reclamation project for Okinawa mudflat

High court backs halt to reclamation project for Okinawa mudflat

NAHA, Japan - Plaintiffs celebrate during a rally in Naha on Oct. 15, 2009, after the Fukuoka High Court upheld a lower court ruling and ordered the suspension of public spending for a project to reclaim the Awase mudflat in the city of Okinawa for development of an artificial resort island.

Pile driver falls onto house

Pile driver falls onto house

CHIBA, Japan - A pile driver falls onto a house breaking a part of its roof and rooms in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 15, 2009. A resident of the house was unhurt though she was inside when the accident occurred.

High court backs halt to Okinawa reclamation project

High court backs halt to Okinawa reclamation project

NAHA, Japan - This photo taken Oct. 13, 2009, shows a reclamation project for the development of an artificial island on the Awase mudflat near the city of Okinawa. On Oct. 15, 2009, the Fukuoka High Court upheld a lower court ruling and ordered that the reclamation project should be suspended.