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Ruling on Korean A-bombing sufferers

OSAKA, Japan - Lawyers and supporters for South Korean atomic bomb sufferers who have been receiving treatment in South Korea enter the Osaka District Court in western Japan on Oct. 24, 2013. The court the same day revoked the 2011 Osaka prefectural government's decision not to cover the medical costs of the sufferers.

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Ruined buildings in Sirte, Libya

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows ruined buildings and a flooded street after an intense battle between pro and antigovernment forces in Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi's hometown and last stronghold, on Oct. 24, 2011.

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Rescue efforts in quake-hit eastern Turkey

TOKYO, Japan - People try to rescue survivors of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake from a flattened apartment building in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 24, 2011, a day after the disaster devastated the area.

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Writer Morio Kita dies at 84

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese novelist Morio Kita speaks during an interview in Tokyo in March 1968. Kita, known for works including ''The House of Nire'' and his ''Dr. Mambo'' series of humorous essays, died in a Tokyo hospital on Oct. 24, 2011, at the age of 84.

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Writer Morio Kita dies at 84

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese novelist Morio Kita speaks during an interview in Tokyo in 1985. Kita, known for works including ''The House of Nire'' and his ''Dr. Mambo'' series of humorous essays, died in a Tokyo hospital on Oct. 24, 2011, at the age of 84.

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AKB48 Cafe in Akihabara

TOKYO, Japan - Customers wait outside the AKB48 Cafe & Shop Akihabara, in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011. The outlet, showcasing merchandise featuring the heavily promoted all-girl pop group, opened in September with a cafe, shop and theater.

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AKB48 Cafe in Akihabara

TOKYO, Japan - Staff members pose for photos at AKB48 Cafe & Shop Akihabara in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011. The outlet, showcasing merchandise featuring the heavily promoted all-girl pop group, opened in September with a cafe, shop, theater and private room. The workers are not AKB48 members or trainees.

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Writer Kita dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows novelist Morio Kita speaking during an interview at his home in Tokyo in July 2010. The writer known for his literary works, such as ''The House of Nire'' and a series of humorous essays ''Dr. Mambo,'' died in a Tokyo hospital on Oct. 24, 2011. He was 84.

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Turkey quake aftermath

VAN, Turkey - An around-the-clock search and rescue operation is under way at a building collapse site in Van, eastern Turkey, in the evening of Oct. 24, 2011, after a massive earthquake.

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Turkey quake aftermath

VAN, Turkey - Members of a family spend the night in Van, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 24, 2011, after a massive earthquake.

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Rangers 1 win away from capturing Series title

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre hits a solo homer in the sixth inning of Game 5 of the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 24, 2011. Texas won 4-2, closing within one win of their first World Series title with a 3-2 series lead.

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Cardinals' Pujols in Game 5 of World Series

ARLINGTON, United States - Photo shows St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols batting in the seventh inning of Game 5 of the World Series at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 24, 2011, as pitcher Alexi Ogando intentionally walked him. Texas won 4-2, closing within one win of their first World Series title with a 3-2 series lead.

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Rangers 1 win away from capturing Series title

ARLINGTON, United States - Texas Rangers pitcher C.J. Wilson starts in Game 5 of the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Oct. 24, 2011. Texas won 4-2, closing within one win of their first World Series title with a 3-2 series lead.

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Funeral of Bhutto's mother

NAUDERO, Pakistan - People offer prayers before the body of Nusrat Bhutto, wife of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and mother of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, at her funeral in Naudero, southern Pakistan, on Oct. 24, 2011. Nusrat Bhutto died on Oct. 23 at the age of 82 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, after a long struggle with illness.

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U.S., N. Korea start nuclear talks in Geneva

GENEVA, Switzerland - U.S. delegation head Stephen Bosworth speaks to reporters after the end of the first day of two-day negotiations with North Korea on Pyongyang's nuclear program in Geneva on Oct. 24, 2011. It is the first meeting on the issue in three months.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - A dock is drenched on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok on Oct. 24, 2011, amid widespread monsoon flooding in Thailand.

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Flooding in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai soldiers watch the water level of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok on Oct. 24, 2011, amid widespread monsoon flooding in Thailand.

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Bangkok hospital where king is staying

BANGKOK, Thailand - Citizens pile up sandbags around the grounds of Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital, where King Bhumibol Adulyadej is a patient, on Oct. 24, 2011, after floodwaters entered the premises.

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U.S., N. Korea start nuclear talks in Geneva

GENEVA, Switzerland - Clifford Hart, U.S. special envoy for six-party talks, speaks to reporters in Geneva on Oct. 24, 2011, commenting on U.S.-North Korean negotiations on Pyongyang's nuclear program that resumed that day after a three-month hiatus.

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Quake in Turkey

ERCIS, Turkey - Rescue workers look for survivors at the site of a collapsed apartment building in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 24, 2011, a day after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted the area.

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Bangkok hospital where king is staying

BANGKOK, Thailand - Citizens pile up sandbags around the grounds of Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital, where King Bhumibol Adulyadej is a patient, on Oct. 24, 2011, after floodwaters entered the premises.

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Taxi falls onto railway track in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A taxi lies on a railway track of East Japan Railway Co. after falling from a road and being clipped by an oncoming train in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward in the evening of Oct. 24, 2011. The taxi driver died early the following morning.

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Quake in Turkey

ERCIS, Turkey - People receive distributed food near the site of a collapsed apartment building in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 24, 2011, a day after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted the area.

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Quake in Turkey

ERCIS, Turkey - Rescue workers remove debris at the site of a collapsed apartment building in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 24, 2011, a day after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted the area.

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Quake in Turkey

ERCIS, Turkey - Rescue workers look for survivors at the site of a collapsed apartment building in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 24, 2011, a day after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted the area.

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U.S. diplomat Bosworth in Geneva

GENEVA, Switzerland - Stephen Bosworth (C), U.S. special envoy on North Korea, emerges on Oct. 24, 2011 from a hotel in Geneva where he is staying. Bosworth began two days of talks the same day in Geneva with North Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan on the Pyongyang nuclear issue.

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German President Wulff

TOKYO, Japan - German President Christian Wulff attends a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011.

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Quake in Turkey

ERCIS, Turkey - Rescue workers remove debris at the site of a collapsed apartment building in Ercis, eastern Turkey, on Oct. 24, 2011, a day after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted the area.

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TEPCO accident operation manuals with, without blackouts

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows copies of a page which is mostly blacked out (L) and the same page without being blacked out (R) from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s accident operation manuals for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was crippled by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The governmental Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency publicized on Oct. 24, 2011, part of the manuals with few blacked-out parts, which TEPCO submitted at the agency's request, which was made after the utility submitted mostly blacked-out versions to parliament in September 2011 and drew public criticism.

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Farm cooperative body against Japan joining Pacific trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Banzai, head of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011. He said the national farm cooperative federation will submit a petition to parliament against Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations.

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Yaegashi wins WBA minimumweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Yaegashi of Japan reacts after winning the WBA minimumweight world title off Pornsawan Porpramuk of Thailand by technical knockout in the 10th round at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on Oct. 24, 2011.

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Taxi clipped by train after falling from overpass

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the site of an accident in which a taxi fell onto a railway track from an overpass and was clipped by an oncoming train in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward at 9:05 p.m. on Oct. 24, 2011. None of the some 1,500 train passengers were injured in the accident, which occurred at around 7:50 p.m., but the taxi's driver and passenger were seriously injured with bone fractures.

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Japan PM Noda, German President Wulff

TOKYO, Japan - German President Christian Wulff (far L) holds talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (far R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011.

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Farm cooperative body against Japan joining Pacific trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Banzai (R), head of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011. He said the national farm cooperative federation will submit a petition to parliament against Japan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations.

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Inundated Bangkok street

BANGKOK, Thailand - Vehicles run on an inundated street in central Bangkok on Oct. 24, 2011.

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Honda plant in eastern Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Sandbags are piled up as a defense against flooding at the entrance of Honda Motor Co.'s motorcycle plant in the Ladkrabang industrial complex in eastern Bangkok on Oct. 24, 2011.

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Yaegashi wins WBA minimumweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Challenger Akira Yaegashi of Japan (L) hits defending champion Pornsawan Porpramuk of Thailand during the second round of their WBA minimumweight world title fight at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on Oct. 24, 2011. Yaegashi won by a 10th round technical knockout.

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Inundated Bangkok street

BANGKOK, Thailand - A street in central Bangkok is inundated on Oct. 24, 2011.

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Helper robot for putting on clothes

NARA, Japan - Tomohiro Shibata (L), associate professor at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology, demonstrates a robot putting a T-shirt on a mannequin in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2011.

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Japan PM Noda, German President Wulff

TOKYO, Japan - German President Christian Wulff (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011.

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Higashidori nuclear plant in Aomori

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2011 shows Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori nuclear power plant (front) in Aomori Prefecture. There are active faults under the single-reactor plant, according to a study released Oct. 24, 2011, which called for a review of the seismic safety of the plant.

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Nissan President Ghosn

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn makes a presentation about the automaker's strategy on developing environmentally friendlier vehicles during a press conference at the Nissan head office in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Oct. 24, 2011.

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Japanese emperor meets German President Wulff

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and German President Christian Wulff hold talks at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011. (Pool photo)

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People in Bangkok prepare for serious flooding

BANGKOK, Thailand - People travel by truck on an inundated road in the Don Muang district of northern Bangkok on Oct. 24, 2011. Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand Paribatra issued a warning the previous night that serious flooding in six northern Bangkok districts including Don Muang is likely.

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Hiroshima team decontaminates Fukushima boat

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A group of volunteers from Hiroshima City works to remove radioactive substances from a fishing boat in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2011. The group, formed in August, includes former nuclear power plant workers and survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing. It aims to return the vessel, swept to land by the March tsunami, to the sea.

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Road near Thai airport inundated

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo shows an inundated road near Don Muang airport in northern Bangkok on Oct. 24, 2011. Bangkok Gov. Sukhumbhand Paribatra issued a warning the previous night that serious flooding in six northern Bangkok districts including Don Muang is likely.

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Japanese PM, Vietnamese defense minister

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) holds talks with Vietnamese Defense Minister Gen. Phung Quang Thanh at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011.

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Sunken Mongol Empire ship found off Nagasaki Pref.

NAGASAKI, Japan - Yoshifumi Ikeda (R), a professor at the University of the Ryukyus, speaks at a press conference in Nagasaki on Oct. 24, 2011. Ikeda announced a recent discovery of the hull of a ship off the island of Takashima in Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture, which is believed to be part of a Mongol Empire ship that apparently sank during an invasion attempt against Japan. In the second attack by the Yuan Dynasty in 1281, a large number of vessels are believed to have sunk off the island due to a storm.

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Hiroshima team decontaminates Fukushima boat

MINAMISOMA, Japan - A group of volunteers from Hiroshima City works to remove radioactive substances from a fishing boat in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2011. The group, formed in August, includes former nuclear power plant workers and survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing. It aims to return the vessel, swept to land by the March tsunami, to the sea.

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Japanese, Vietnamese defense ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) and his Vietnamese counterpart Gen. Phung Quang Thanh shake hands prior to their talks at the Japanese Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2011. They signed a memorandum for the enhancement of bilateral defense cooperation at the talks.