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1st anniv. concert dedicated to mudslide victims

OSHIMA, Japan - A concert dedicated to the victims of mudslides on Izu Oshima Island in the Pacific is held on Oct. 16, 2014. The mudslides triggered by a powerful typhoon in October 2013 left 39 residents dead or missing.

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People mourn victims of mudslide prior to 1st anniv.

OSHIMA, Japan - Residents of Izu Oshima Island, around 120 kilometers south of Tokyo, light candles on Oct. 15, 2014, to mourn those who were killed by mudslides triggered by a power typhoon ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster, which occurred on Oct. 16, 2013, leaving 39 dead or unaccounted for.

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People mourn victims of mudslide prior to 1st anniv.

OSHIMA, Japan - Residents of Izu Oshima Island, around 120 kilometers south of Tokyo, light candles on Oct. 15, 2014, to mourn those who were killed by mudslides triggered by a power typhoon ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster, which occurred on Oct. 16, 2013, leaving 39 dead or unaccounted for.

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'Floor Chandelier' eyed at new bullet train gate

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 16, 2013 shows a trial piece of a "Floor Chandelier" in Toyama, Toyama Prefecture. With the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line in the spring of 2015, Toyama City plans to build the floor chandelier -- 800 glass blocks embedded in the floor that will reflect red and blue lights on the ceiling -- in front of the bullet train ticket gate of JR Toyama Station.

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Japanese erotic art exhibition in London

LONDON, United Kingdom - Photo taken on Oct. 16, 2013, shows Timothy Clark with a catalogue for the British Museum's exhibition on Japanese shunga erotic art. Clark, head of the museum's Japan section, says the images have fascinated visitors and discussions are taking place over whether to recreate the display in Japan.

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Japanese designer's card game attracting fans around the world

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 16, 2013, in Tokyo shows Seiji Kanai, a designer of board and card games whose game named "Love Letter" won 2012 awards in two categories -- Best Family Game and Best Party Game -- from a U.S. board game podcasting and reviewing group called The Dice Tower.

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Supermarket in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A variety of fruits are displayed at a supermarket in Beijing on Oct. 16, 2013.

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Man becomes scrivener to support foreigners

TSU, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 16, 2013 in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, shows Masafumi Inagaki, an administrative scrivener who provides free consultations to foreigners over procedures to apply for a visa or to marry Japanese among other issues. Inagaki became a scrivener in his 50s to support foreign residents who he believes are socially vulnerable yet will become important members of fast-aging Japanese society.

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AL Championship Series

DETROIT, United States - Detroit Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter heads home on Miguel Cabrera's RBI single in the second inning of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 16, 2013. The Tigers won 7-3 to tie the series 2-2.

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AL Championship Series

DETROIT, United States - Boston Red Sox pitcher Brandon Workman (L) allows an RBI single by Detroit Tigers infielder Miguel Cabrera (R) in the fourth inning of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series baseball game at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 16, 2013. The Tigers won 7-3 to tie the series 2-2.

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Kennedy confirmed as 1st female U.S. envoy to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy. The U.S. Senate on Oct. 16, 2013, endorsed President Barack Obama's nomination of Kennedy, a 55-year-old attorney, as the country's first female envoy to Japan at its plenary session.

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AL Championship Series

DETROIT, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Jake Peavy (L) allows an RBI single by Detroit Tigers outfielder Austin Jackson (R) in the fourth inning of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series baseball game at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 16, 2013. The Tigers won 7-3 to tie the series 2-2.

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AL Championship Series

DETROIT, United States - Detroit Tigers infielder Jose Iglesias slides home on Torii Hunter's two-run double in the second inning of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 16, 2013. The Tigers won 7-3 to tie the series 2-2.

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AL Championship Series

DETROIT, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Jake Peavy (R) is pulled in the fourth inning of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series baseball game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 16, 2013. The Tigers won 7-3 to tie the series 2-2.

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AL Championship Series

DETROIT, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Jake Peavy (R) allows a two-run double by Detroit Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter (L) in the second inning of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series baseball game at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 16, 2013. The Tigers won 7-3 to tie the series 2-2.

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AL Championship Series

DETROIT, United States - Detroit Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter hits a two-run double in the second inning of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 16, 2013. The Tigers won 7-3 to tie the series 2-2.

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AL Championship Series

DETROIT, United States - Detroit Tigers starter Doug Fister pitches during Game 4 of the American League Championship Series baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 16, 2013. The Tigers won 7-3 to tie the series 2-2.

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AL Championship Series

DETROIT, United States - Boston Red Sox starter Jake Peavy pitches during Game 4 of the American League Championship Series baseball game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 16, 2013. The Tigers won 7-3 to tie the series 2-2.

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Genghis Khan statue

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Photo taken Oct. 16, 2013, shows the world's largest statue of Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire, near Ulan Bator, Mongolia. The statue is about 40 meters tall, including its base.

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Genghis Khan statue

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Photo taken Oct. 16, 2013, shows the world's largest statue of Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol Empire, near Ulan Bator, Mongolia. The statue is about 40 meters tall, including its base.

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U.K. chancellor in China

SHENZHEN, China - British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (L) and Huawei Technologies Co. CEO Ren Zhengfei exchange words at the Chinese company's head office in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, on Oct. 16, 2013.

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Taiwan, Japan sign exhibit deal

TAIPEI, Taiwan - (from L) Masami Zeniya, executive director of the Tokyo National Museum, Feng Ming-chu, director of Taiwan's National Palace Museum, and Karoku Miwa, director of the Kyushu National Museum, hold documents in Taipei on Oct. 16, 2013, as Taiwan and Japan signed a contract to allow exhibits in Japan of ancient Chinese artifacts from Taiwan's National Palace Museum in 2014.

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Film on Palestinian refugees

YAMAGATA, Japan - Mahdi Fleifel (R), a film director based in Denmark, celebrates after "A World Not Ours," a film he directed about Palestinian refugees, wins the Grand Prize in the international competition division of the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Yamagata City on Oct. 16, 2013.

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Praemium Imperiale

TOKYO, Japan - American film director Francis Ford Coppola (R) is pictured after receiving a Praemium Imperiale medal from Prince Hitachi (C), younger brother of Emperor Akihito, in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2013. Coppola and four others received the global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association in honor of Prince Takamatsu, an uncle of the emperor. Princess Hanako, wife of Prince Hitachi, is seated to the left.

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British foreign secretary in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) raises a London 2012 Olympics torch after receiving it from British Foreign Secretary William Hague (L) in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2013. Hague presented the torch to Abe to congratulate Tokyo for securing the right to host the 2020 Summer Games.

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Firefighters search for missing people at the site of a mudslide after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2013.

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces search for missing people at the site of a mudslide after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2013.

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Firefighters search for missing people at the site of a mudslide after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2013.

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 16, 2013, shows a search operation for missing people and work to remove debris at the site of a mudslide on Izu Oshima Island, south of Tokyo, after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha.

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 16, 2013, shows firefighters conducting a rescue operation at the site of a mudslide after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo.

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a search operation for missing people at the site of a mudslide after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo, at dusk on Oct. 16, 2013.

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 16, 2013, shows a search operation for missing people and work to remove debris at the site of a mudslide on Izu Oshima Island, south of Tokyo, after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha.

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Koizumi seeks no nuclear power

KISARAZU, Japan - Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivers a speech in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2013. Koizumi called on the government to adopt a policy to do away with nuclear power plants, saying the Japanese economy can sufficiently grow without them.

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Firefighters search for missing people at the site of a mudslide after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2013.

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Firefighters search for missing people at the site of a mudslide after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo, at sunset on Oct. 16, 2013.

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Int'l conference in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a two-day international conference in Pyongyang on Oct. 16, 2013, the opening day. North Korea organized the conference on its economic development, with a major focus on foreign investment and special economic zones.

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Firefighters search for missing people at the site of a mudslide after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2013.

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Japan rugby team head coach

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Eddie Jones, head coach of the Japan national rugby team. The 53-year-old Australian will be hospitalized indefinitely to undergo tests after showing symptoms of a stroke, Kyodo News learned Oct. 16, 2013.

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 16, 2013, shows a rescue operation at the site of a mudslide after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo.

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All-white raccoon dog

YONAGO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 16, 2013, in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, shows an all-white raccoon dog which has been captured on a farm in the town.

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 16, 2013, shows firefighters conducting a rescue operation at the site of a mudslide after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo.

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PM Abe at Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2013.

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Firefighters carry the body of a victim from the site of a mudslide after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2013.

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Osprey in joint drill

TAKASHIMA, Japan - An MV-22 Osprey aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps is used in a U.S.-Japan joint exercise at the Aibano Training Area in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2013.

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 16, 2013, shows a rescue operation at houses hit by a mudslide after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo.

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Emperor, empress meet art award winners

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from L in front) and Empress Michiko (L) chat with American film director Francis Ford Coppola (R in front) and his wife Eleanor during a reception in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2013. The royal couple met with Coppola and other winners of this year's Praemium Imperiale art award. (Pool photo)

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 16, 2013, shows houses hit by a mudslide after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo.

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Osprey in joint drill

TAKASHIMA, Japan - An MV-22 Osprey aircraft of the U.S. Marine Corps is used in a U.S.-Japan joint exercise at the Aibano Training Area in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2013.

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British foreign secretary in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - British Foreign Secretary William Hague (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida hold a joint press conference after their meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2013.

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Typhoon hits Japan

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 16, 2013, shows houses hit by a mudslide after heavy rain brought by Typhoon Wipha on Izu Oshima Island south of Tokyo.