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Young breeder of rhinos

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 21, 2013 shows Masaru Senzaki, breeder at the Kanazawa Zoo, run by the Yokohama municipal government, holding an original drawing of an Indian rhinoceros he drew for a poster for World Rhino Day 2013.

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Young breeder of rhinos

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 21, 2013 shows Masaru Senzaki, breeder at the Kanazawa Zoo, riding on the back of an elephant at the zoo run by the Yokohama municipal government.

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Chinese scholar Xia

BEIJING, China - Xia Yeliang, a pro-democracy economist, points at a notice from Peking University, where he taught for more than a decade, that a panel of the university comprised of his colleagues decided to dismiss him, at his home in Beijing on Oct. 21, 2013.

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Olympic university in Sochi

SOCHI, Russia - Photo shows the Russian International Olympic University in Sochi, Russia, on Oct. 21, 2013.

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National Institutes of Health

BETHESDA, United States - Photo shows the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, on Oct. 21, 2013. A delegation from the Kansai Economic Federation in western Japan visited the facility the same day.

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U.N. statement on nuclear disarmament

NEW YORK, United States - New Zealand Ambassador Dell Higgie (C) announces a joint statement on nuclear disarmament at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Oct. 21, 2013. The New Zealand-led initiative drew a record 125 supporting countries, roughly two-thirds of the United Nations' 193 member states.

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Japan-US trade talks

WASHINGTON, United States - Japan and the United States hold their third round of bilateral trade negotiations in Washington on Oct. 21, 2013. Their negotiations cover auto trade-related issues and nontariff measures and are in parallel with the 12-member Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations.

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Rakuten clinches 1st Japan Series berth

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles players toss manager Senichi Hoshino into the air after beating the Lotte Marines 8-5 in Game 4 of the Pacific League Climax Series final stage in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 21, 2013. The Eagles advanced to their first Japan Series to face the Yomiuri Giants.

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Rakuten clinches 1st Japan Series berth

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles players toss manager Senichi Hoshino into the air after beating the Lotte Marines 8-5 in Game 4 of the Pacific League Climax Series final stage in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 21, 2013. The Eagles advanced to their first Japan Series to face the Yomiuri Giants.

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IAEA report

TOKYO, Japan - Juan Carlos Lentijo (R), director of the International Atomic Energy Agency Division of Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, hands a report to Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2013. The report said the Japanese government should communicate well with the public that reducing annual individual radiation exposure to 1 millisievert in areas contaminated by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis is a "long-term goal."

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Cambodia tribunal

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Nuon Chea, former head of the Khmer Rouge parliament known as Brother No. 2, is seen on a screen in the premises of a U.N.-backed court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Oct. 21, 2013. The prosecutors of the court called the same day for life sentences for Nuon Chea and another former Khmer Rouge leader, Chea Leang, a co-prosecutor of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, who are blamed for the deaths of nearly 2 million Cambodians in the late 1970s.

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Kobayashi claims 1st Japan Open title

TSUKUBAMIRAI, Japan - Japan's Masanori Kobayashi tees off on the 14th hole of the final round of the Japan Open golf event in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2013. Kobayashi captured his first career domestic major, surging out of second place with a 4-under 67 to win the Japan Open, a day after the final round was postponed due to rain.

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Kobayashi claims 1st Japan Open title

TSUKUBAMIRAI, Japan - Japan's Masanori Kobayashi holds the trophy after winning the Japan Open golf event in Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 21, 2013. Kobayashi captured his first career domestic major, surging out of second place with a 4-under 67 to win the Japan Open, a day after the final round was postponed due to rain.

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Search on typhoon-hit island

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the search for the missing, which resumed Oct. 21, 2013, on the island of Izu Oshima, south of Tokyo. Typhoon Wipha on Oct. 16 brought torrential rain to the island, causing mudslides that destroyed houses and buried residents alive. According to police and local authorities, 27 people have been confirmed dead.

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Search on typhoon-hit island

OSHIMA, Japan - Self-Defense Force personnel resume searching for the missing on Oct. 21, 2013, on the island of Izu Oshima, south of Tokyo. Typhoon Wipha on Oct. 16 brought torrential rain to the island, causing mudslides that destroyed houses and buried residents alive. According to police and local authorities, 27 people have been confirmed dead.

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Search on typhoon-hit island

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the search for the missing, which resumed Oct. 21, 2013, on the island of Izu Oshima, south of Tokyo. Typhoon Wipha on Oct. 16 brought torrential rain to the island, causing mudslides that destroyed houses and buried residents alive. According to police and local authorities, 27 people have been confirmed dead.

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BOJ branch managers' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - The Bank of Japan holds a quarterly meeting of its branch managers at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2013.

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Search on typhoon-hit island

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the search for the missing, which resumed Oct. 21, 2013, on the island of Izu Oshima, south of Tokyo. Typhoon Wipha on Oct. 16 brought torrential rain to the island, causing mudslides that destroyed houses and buried residents alive. According to police and local authorities, 27 people have been confirmed dead.

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Search on typhoon-hit island

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the search for the missing, which resumed Oct. 21, 2013, on the island of Izu Oshima, south of Tokyo. Typhoon Wipha on Oct. 16 brought torrential rain to the island, causing mudslides that destroyed houses and buried residents alive. According to police and local authorities, 27 people have been confirmed dead.

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BOJ branch managers' meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a quarterly meeting of the central bank's branch managers at its head office in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2013.

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Japanese scientist picked for U.N. advisory board

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese scientist Reiko Kuroda holds a press conference at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2013. Kuroda said she has been appointed to the new United Nations Scientific Advisory Board, tasked with providing executive-level science policy advice to the organization.

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Search on typhoon-hit island

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the search for the missing, which resumed Oct. 21, 2013, on the island of Izu Oshima, south of Tokyo. Typhoon Wipha on Oct. 16 brought torrential rain to the island, causing mudslides that destroyed houses and buried residents alive. According to police and local authorities, 27 people have been confirmed dead.

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Search on typhoon-hit island

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the search for the missing, which resumed Oct. 21, 2013, on the island of Izu Oshima, south of Tokyo. Typhoon Wipha on Oct. 16 brought torrential rain to the island, causing mudslides that destroyed houses and buried residents alive. According to police and local authorities, 27 people have been confirmed dead.