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N. Korea's Kim Jong Il

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2010, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il (L) and Kim Jong Un (R), a son of Jong Il, reviewing a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang. North Korea announced Dec. 19, 2011, through its official Korean Central News Agency that Kim Jong Il died on Dec. 17, 2011, at the age of 69.

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U.S. President Obama visits North Carolina

MILLERS CREEK, United States - U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech at a high school in Millers Creek, North Carolina, on Oct. 17, 2011, as he launched a three-day bus tour through North Carolina and Virginia. Obama urged the Congress to pass his jobs package which was blocked by Republican lawmakers in Washington.

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Trade fair in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2011, shows the overhead view of the seventh Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair at the Three-Revolution Exhibition in Pyongyang. The trade fair opened the same day for a run until Oct. 20, featuring machine tools, vehicles, electronics and other products from Asia and Europe.

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Newly completed spaceport in New Mexico

LAS CRUCES, United States - Photo shows the dedication ceremony of a newly completed spaceport for space tourism, named Spaceport America and operated by Virgin Galactic and other entities, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Oct. 17, 2011. Over 800 people, including future space tourists, attended the ceremony.

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Murakami's novel '1Q84' launched in Britain

LONDON, Britain - People line up to purchase copies of ''1Q84,'' a novel by popular Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, shortly after midnight of Oct. 17, 2011, at the Foyles bookstore in central London. The English-translated version went on sale Oct. 18 in Britain and will be launched in the United States on Oct. 25.

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Newly completed spaceport in New Mexico

LAS CRUCES, United States - An airplane carrying a spaceship soars through the sky over a newly completed spaceport for space tourism, named Spaceport America, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, in a simulated flight on Oct. 17, 2011. Over 800 people, including future space tourists, attended the dedication ceremony of the facility operated by Virgin Galactic and other entities the same day. The price of a space trip has been set at around $200,000 per person.

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Murakami's novel '1Q84' launched in Britain

LONDON, Britain - A woman holds her just-purchased copy of ''1Q84,'' a novel by popular Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, shortly after midnight of Oct. 17, 2011, at the Foyles bookstore in central London. The English-translated version went on sale Oct. 18 in Britain and will be launched in the United States on Oct. 25.

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U.N. humanitarian chief in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Valerie Amos, U.N. undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, (L front) arrives at Pyongyang international airport in North Korea on Oct. 17, 2011, on a mission to assess the food situation in the country.

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U.N. relief chief Amos

BEIJING, China - Valerie Amos, U.N. undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, speaks at Beijing international airport in China on Oct. 17, 2011, on the way to North Korea to assess the humanitarian and food situations there.

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Pitcher Saito plans to continue his career in 2012

MILWAUKEE, United States - Japanese pitcher Takashi Saito of the Milwaukee Brewers speaks to reporters at Miller Park in Milwaukee on Oct. 17, 2011, a night after his team lost 12-6 to the St. Louis Cardinals, failing to reach the World Series. Saito, who will turn 42 next year, said he plans to be back in uniform for the 2012 season.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - People in Pathum Thani Province, Thailand, stack up sandbags in a canal connected to Bangkok on Oct. 17, 2011, to prevent flood water from flowing into the capital.

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U.S. President Obama visits North Carolina

ASHEVILLE, United States - U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a speech at Asheville Regional Airport in North Carolina on Oct. 17, 2011, as he launched a three-day bus tour through North Carolina and Virginia. Obama pushed for his jobs bill, citing independent economists who said the bill would create nearly 2 million jobs, while also saying 63 percent of Americans support the ideas in the bill, based on a poll.

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Flooding at industrial estate near Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - People evacuate from the Navanakorn Industrial Promotion Zone near Bangkok on Oct. 17, 2011, as floodwater has started flowing into the area. The Thai government the same day ordered all businesses in the major industrial park to suspend operations and evacuate workers.

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Saga Gov. Furukawa

SAGA, Japan - Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa speaks to reporters at the prefectural government building in Saga, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 17, 2011. Furukawa admitted he had suggested that his resignation would be inevitable if his remarks that led to a scandal involving the misrepresentation of local opinion regarding nuclear power were made public.

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NMB48 members promote croquettes

KOBE, Japan - Three members of NMB48, an all-girl pop group based in Osaka's Namba district, serve customers at a croquette shop in Kobe, near Osaka, on Oct. 17, 2011. The operator of the shop, Rock Field Co., and the idol group joined hands to sell new croquette products and the group's single to be released Oct. 19.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - People in Pathum Thani Province, Thailand, stack up sandbags in a canal connected to Bangkok on Oct. 17, 2011, to prevent flood water from flowing into the capital.

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Shark fins dried in the sun in tsunami-hit Kesennuma

KESENNUMA, Japan - Shark fins, a local specialty of tsunami-hit Kesennuma, are dried in the sun as part of their processing as a luxury food item, in the Miyagi Prefecture city on Oct. 17, 2011, after shark catches were landed at the Kesennuma port. The fins were suspended by strings because drying platforms were washed away by the March 11 tsunami.

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Trade fair in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Visitors look at jewels on display at the seventh Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair at the Three-Revolution Exhibition in Pyongyang on Oct. 17, 2011. The trade fair opened the same day for a run until Oct. 20, featuring machine tools, vehicles, electronics and other products from Asia and Europe.

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Flooding at industrial estate near Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - People evacuate on a military truck from the Navanakorn Industrial Promotion Zone near Bangkok on Oct. 17, 2011. The Thai government the same day ordered all businesses in the major industrial park to suspend operations and evacuate workers as floodwater has started flowing into the area.

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Road map to contain crisis-hit Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiro Sonoda (R), a parliamentary secretary, speaks in a press conference at the head office of Tokyo Electric Power Co. in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2011, announcing a revised work schedule to contain the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. The government and TEPCO stipulated in the schedule that they will seek to achieve a stable condition called ''cold shutdown'' by the end of 2011.

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Japan's new top police chief Katagiri

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Katagiri, new commissioner general of Japan's National Police Agency, speaks at his inaugural press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2011. The former deputy commissioner general succeeded Takaharu Ando.

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Seal swims in Arakawa River

TOKYO, Japan - A seal swims in the Arakawa River in Shiki, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 17, 2011. The city government the following day named the seal, which has been attracting spectators, ''Ara-chan Shiki'' and registered the animal as a ''resident'' of the city north of Tokyo.

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Japanese PM Noda in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks in an interview at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2011. Noda expressed his desire to see Japan join the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade framework negotiations.

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Flooding at industrial estate near Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - People stand in and around water at the Navanakorn Industrial Promotion Zone near Bangkok on Oct. 17, 2011, as floodwater has started flowing into the area. The Thai government the same day ordered all businesses in the major industrial park to suspend operations and evacuate workers.

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Burning debris in Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - Firefighters on Oct. 17, 2011, hose down stored debris created by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami which has been burning for a week in the town of Yamada, Iwate Prefecture.

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Flooding at industrial estate near Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - People pile up sandbags at the Navanakorn Industrial Promotion Zone near Bangkok on Oct. 17, 2011. The Thai government the same day ordered all businesses in the major industrial park to suspend operations and evacuate workers as floodwater has started flowing into the area.

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'King' Pele in disaster-hit Miyagi Pref.

NATORI, Japan - Pele (C), the legendary Brazilian footballer called ''the king of football,'' hands an autographed soccer ball to children at an elementary school in quake- and tsunami-hit Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 17, 2011. Pele is visiting Japan to promote the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

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Hokkaido Electric Power President Sato

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Electric Power Co. President Yoshitaka Sato gives a press conference in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Oct. 17, 2011. Sato said the utility will freeze a plutonium-thermal power generation project at its Tomari nuclear plant due to a scandal involving the misrepresentation of local opinion about the project.

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'King' Pele in disaster-hit Miyagi Pref.

NATORI, Japan - Pele, the legendary Brazilian footballer called ''the king of football,'' poses with children in quake- and tsunami-hit Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Oct. 17, 2011. Pele, who is visiting Japan to promote the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, donated soccer balls to Fujigaoka Elementary School in the city.

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Defense Minister Ichikawa, Okinawa Gov. Nakaima hold talks

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R) hold talks at the prefectural government building in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 17, 2011, on the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the prefecture.

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Fukushima woman honored as model farmer by U.N.

BANGKOK, Thailand - Satoko Anzai (L), a farmer from the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, is honored as a model farmer in the Asia-Pacific region by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Bangkok on Oct. 17, 2011, for her agricultural innovation and efforts to help nuclear disaster evacuees.

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SCE to release PlayStation Vita in December

TOKYO, Japan - Personnel including Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President Andrew House (2nd from L) hold SCE's video game console PlayStation Vita in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2011. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, a division of SCE, announced the same day that it plans to release PlayStation Vita in Japan on Dec. 17, 2011, with preorders starting on Oct. 15, 2011.