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Elephant fatally injures breeding staff

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2005 shows Fuji Safari Park, near the foot of Mt. Fuji in Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture. An elephant keeper at the safari park died on Oct. 16, 2012, after being attacked by a mother elephant that had given birth two days earlier. The keeper, a Lao national, began working at the safari park in July 2011, when he was assigned to take care of the mother elephant, and had been checking on the baby at the time of the attack.

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F-15s resume flights

KANAZAWA, Japan - Photo shows F-15 fighters at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 16, 2011. The air force resumed drills using the F-15s the same day, following their suspension after an external fuel tank fell off a fighter on Oct. 7.

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Brewers' Saito in loss vs Cards

MILWAUKEE, United States - Japanese pitcher Takashi Saito of the Milwaukee Brewers is shown in action against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series at Miller Park in Milwaukee on Oct. 16, 2011. Saito, who replaced Kameron Loe in the sixth inning, threw two scoreless innings in a 12-6 loss to the Cardinals. St. Louis advanced to the World Series to face the Texas Rangers after winning the NLCS 4-2.

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Cullen at Dutch 1st division

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Japan's Robert Cullen of Dutch first division side VVV Venlo dribbles with the ball in a soccer game against Feyenoord in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Oct 16, 2011. VVV Venlo lost 0-4.

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Yoshida at Dutch 1st division

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Japan's Maya Yoshida (L) of Dutch first division side VVV Venlo competes for the ball in a soccer game against Feyenoord in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Oct. 16, 2011. VVV Venlo lost 0-4.

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Brewers' Saito in loss vs Cards

MILWAUKEE, United States - Japanese pitcher Takashi Saito of the Milwaukee Brewers strikes out St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols in the sixth inning of Game 6 of the National League Championship Series at Miller Park in Milwaukee on Oct. 16, 2011. Saito, who replaced Kameron Loe in the sixth inning, threw two scoreless innings in a 12-6 loss to the Cardinals. St. Louis advanced to the World Series to face the Texas Rangers after winning the NLCS 4-2.

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S. Korea's Bae wins Japan Open in playoff

CHIBA, Japan - South Korea's Bae Sang Moon celebrates after winning a playoff against Kenichi Kuboya at the Japan Open at Takanodai Country Club in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 16, 2011. Bae captured his first major title on the JGTO Tour with a par on the first playoff hole.

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Fukushima woman honored as model farmer by U.N.

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo taken on Oct. 16, 2011, in Bangkok shows Satoko Anzai, a farmer from the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan. She was honored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations the following day in the capital of Thailand as a model farmer in the Asia-Pacific region for her agricultural innovation and efforts to help nuclear disaster evacuees.

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Date-Krumm partners Zhang to doubles title at Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm (L) and China's Zhang Shuai hold the winners' trophies after securing the Japan Women's Open doubles title at Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka on Oct. 16, 2011. The pair won a third-set tiebreak over top-seeded pair Vania King of the United States and Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova.

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Nagano man sets new record for calculating value of pi

NAGANO, Japan - Shigeru Kondo (front) holds his Guinness World Record certificate in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2011, awarded for calculating the value of pi to 10 trillion digits using a self-made personal computer, beating the previous record of five trillion digits he set in August 2010. Standing behind him is his wife Yukiko.

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Date-Krumm, Zhang win doubles at Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm (L) and China's Zhang Shuai smile after securing the Japan Women's Open doubles title at Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka on Oct. 16, 2011. The pair won a third-set tiebreak over top-seeded pair Vania King of the United States and Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova.

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Morimoto at Serie A

NOVARA, Italy - Japanese striker Takayuki Morimoto (R) of Novara competes for the ball in the first half of a Serie A match against Bologna in Novara, Italy, on Oct. 16, 2011. Novara lost 0-2.

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Noda expresses intention to send SDF unit to S. Sudan

OMITAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front L) and Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (2nd from L) attend an inspection ceremony at the Air Self-Defense Force's Hyakuri base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2011. Noda indicated at the ceremony that his government will send a Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit to South Sudan in early 2012 to join U.N. peacekeeping operations.

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Bartoli beats Stosur to win Japan Women's Open

OSAKA, Japan - Second-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli (R) holds the winner's trophy after beating U.S. Open champion and top seed Samantha Stosur of Australia (L) in the final of the Japan Women's Open at Utsubo Tennis Center in Osaka on Oct. 16, 2011.

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Fujita wins Fujitsu Ladies

CHIBA, Japan - Saiki Fujita makes a shot during the final round of the Fujitsu Ladies at Tokyu Seven Hundred Club in Chiba Prefecture on Oct. 16, 2011. Fujita pulled out a one-shot victory over the previous year's champion Ahn Sun Ju by shooting a 2-under 70.

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Hanshin Tigers to part ways with Mayumi

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers manager Akinobu Mayumi (front) heads to exchange rosters before a game with the Hiroshima Carp at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on Oct. 16, 2011. Hanshin's front office announced the same day it will part ways with Mayumi after the Tigers failed to reach the Climax Series playoffs.

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Hiroshima doctors return from N. Korea

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A medical delegation led by Shizuteru Usui (L), president of the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association, arrives at Hiroshima airport in western Japan on Oct. 16, 2011. The doctors returned home after interviewing survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who now live in North Korea.