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Hiroshi Neko competes in Asian Games marathon

INCHEON, South Korea - Japanese-born comedian Hiroshi Neko, who became a naturalized Cambodian citizen in 2011, enters the stadium in the men's marathon at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 3, 2014. Neko, 37, whose real name is Kuniaki Takizaki, finished 14th, last among the runners who crossed the finish line, in 2 hours, 34 minutes, 16 seconds.

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Hiroshi Neko competes in Asian Games marathon

INCHEON, South Korea - Japanese-born comedian Hiroshi Neko, who became a naturalized Cambodian citizen in 2011, crosses the finish line in the men's marathon at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Oct. 3, 2014. Neko, 37, whose real name is Kuniaki Takizaki, finished 14th, last among the runners who completed the full distance, in 2 hours, 34 minutes, 16 seconds.

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Taiwan presidential candidate

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou speaks during a press conference in Taipei on Oct. 3, 2011, ahead of a presidential election in January.

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U.S. troops in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Armored vehicles of U.S. forces operate in the Daman district, Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2011. The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, launched in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States, marked its 10th anniversary on Oct. 7, 2011.

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U.S. troops in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - U.S. soldiers stay on alert in the Daman district, Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2011. Improvised explosive devices used by the Taliban are a major threat to the International Security Assistance Force deployed in Afghanistan.

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U.S. troops in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A U.S. soldier holds a rifle in the Daman district, Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2011.

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U.S. troops in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - U.S. soldiers patrol in the Daman district, Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2011. Improvised explosive devices used by the Taliban are a major threat to the International Security Assistance Force deployed in Afghanistan.

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People in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Children gather near U.S. soldiers standing guard in the Daman district, Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2011. The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, launched in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States, marked its 10th anniversary on Oct. 7, 2011.

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U.S. troops in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A U.S. soldier adjusts the sights of his rifle in the Daman district, Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2011. The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, launched in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States, marked its 10th anniversary on Oct. 7, 2011.

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U.S. troops in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - U.S. soldiers are seen in the Daman district, Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2011. The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, launched in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States, marked its 10th anniversary on Oct. 7, 2011.

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People in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - An American woman (L) who works as interpreter for the U.S. forces chats with local residents in the Daman district, Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2011. The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, launched in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States, marked its 10th anniversary on Oct. 7, 2011.

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U.S. troops in Kandahar

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A U.S. soldier walks in front of an armored vehicle in the Daman district, Kandahar Province, in southern Afghanistan on Oct. 3, 2011. Improvised explosive devices used by the Taliban are a major threat to the International Security Assistance Force deployed in Afghanistan.

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka works out in Florida

FORT MYERS, United States - Boston Red Sox right hander Daisuke Matsuzaka speaks with reporters at the team's training facility in Fort Myers, Florida, on Oct. 3, 2011, after playing catch for the first time since undergoing surgery on his right elbow in June 2011. He said he was relieved because he felt no pain in the elbow.

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Rangers on brink of ALCS

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Texas Rangers closer Neftali Feliz raises his fist after retiring Kelly Shoppach of the Tampa Bay Rays into a double play in the ninth inning of Game 3 of MLB's American League Division Series at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Oct. 3, 2011. The Rangers are now one win away from advancing to the AL Championship Series after a 4-3 victory over the Rays.

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France awards fashion designer Yamamoto

PARIS, France - Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto (front R), pictured with his mother Fumi, after receiving the Commander of the Order of the Arts and Letters, France's top honor for arts, from the French culture ministry in Paris on Oct. 3, 2011.

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Rangers on brink of ALCS

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Texas Rangers starting pitcher Colby Lewis pitches against Tampa Bay Rays in Game 3 of MLB's American League Division Series at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Oct. 3, 2011. The Rangers are now one win away from advancing to the AL Championship Series after a 4-3 victory over the Rays.

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Cruise ship from China

OSAKA, Japan - The Legend of the Seas cruise ship enters Osaka port in western Japan on Oct. 3, 2011, carrying about 1,900 tourists and other passengers. The vessel left Shanghai, China, on Oct. 1 and plans to return to Shanghai on Oct. 8 after visiting Osaka, Fukuoka and South Korea's Busan.

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Toshiba to release glasses-free big 3-D TV, thin tablet

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiba Corp. announced on Oct. 3, 2011, it will release a 55-inch glasses-free 3-D television with high display resolution and the world's thinnest, lightest tablet, both in mid-December in Japan. The REGZA 55X3 television with a price tag of around 900,000 yen, comes with the so-called quad full high-definition panel that boasts display images four times finer than high-definition resolution

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka works out in Florida

FORT MYERS, United States - Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka plays his first game of catch in Fort Myers, Florida, on Oct. 3, 2011, since undergoing surgery on his pitching elbow in June 2011. Matsuzaka eyes a comeback in the latter half of next season.

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Japanese performance in appreciation of Russian support

MOSCOW, Russia - A man performs as part of Kuromori Kagura, traditional Japanese dance and music passed down in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture. The performance at a theater in Moscow on Oct. 3, 2011 was partly aimed at showing appreciation to Russian people for their support after the March quake and tsunami.

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France awards fashion designer Yamamoto

PARIS, France - Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto (C) receives the Commander of the Order of the Arts and Letters, France's top honor for arts, from the French culture ministry in Paris on Oct. 3, 2011.

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'Eco Taxi' stand in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an ''eco Taxi'' stand for eco-friendly taxies using electric or hybrid vehicles, set up in front of JR Tokyo Station on Oct. 3, 2011, the day the stand opened.

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Taiwan opposition leader in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tsai Ing-wen (C), president of Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party, is surrounded by reporters upon her arrival at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 3, 2011.

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Cruise ship from China

OSAKA, Japan - The Legend of the Seas cruise ship enters Osaka port in western Japan on Oct. 3, 2011, carrying about 1,900 tourists and other passengers. The vessel left Shanghai, China, on Oct. 1 and plans to return to Shanghai on Oct. 8 after visiting Osaka, Fukuoka and South Korea's Busan.

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Cruise ship from China

OSAKA, Japan - The Legend of the Seas cruise ship enters Osaka port in western Japan on Oct. 3, 2011, carrying about 1,900 tourists and other passengers. The vessel left Shanghai, China, on Oct. 1 and plans to return to Shanghai on Oct. 8 after visiting Osaka, Fukuoka and South Korea's Busan.

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Noda to freeze housing project for civil servants

ASAKA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) speaks to reporters in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 3, 2011, after seeing a construction site for a controversial housing project for public servants in the city which has drawn flak as an example of wasteful government spending. Noda instructed Finance Minister Jun Azumi later in the day to freeze the 10.5 billion yen project. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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Protests against housing project for civil servants

SAITAMA, Japan - Protesters gather in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 3, 2011, ahead of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's visit to the construction site of a controversial housing project for public servants in the city which has drawn flak as an example of wasteful government spending.

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Kitakyushu Bank opens

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - A signboard for the new Kitakyushu Bank is unveiled during a ceremony in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 3, 2011, as the regional bank, owned by Yamaguchi Financial Group Inc., started its operations the same day. It is the only regional bank with its head office in Kitakyshu.

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Noda to freeze housing project for civil servants

ASAKA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) speaks to reporters in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture, on Oct. 3, 2011, after seeing a construction site for a controversial housing project for public servants in the city which has drawn flak as an example of wasteful government spending. Noda instructed Finance Minister Jun Azumi later in the day to freeze the 10.5 billion yen project. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News)

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Radiation counters installed at Fukushima schools

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A worker installs a radiation counter at a playground of an elementary school in the city of Fukushima on Oct. 3, 2011. The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry is proceeding with a project to install unattended counters that measure radiation levels in the air every 10 minutes for prompt and real-time announcements at all elementary schools in Fukushima Prefecture, except for the exclusion zone and areas under the central government's evacuation directive, in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Gen. Nogi of Imperial Japanese Army

TOKYO, Japan - Undated photo shows Gen. Maresuke Nogi (1849-1912) of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army, a hero of the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. A letter by him believed to have been written in August 1900 has been acquired by an antiquarian bookstore in Tokyo which plans to exhibit it at a Tokyo antique book fair to be held between Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, 2011.

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Gen. Nogi's letter discovered

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a letter handwritten by Gen. Maresuke Nogi (1849-1912) of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army, a hero of the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, which an antiquarian bookstore in Tokyo has acquired and plans to exhibit at a Tokyo antique book fair to be held between Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, 2011. Nogi is believed to have written the letter in August 1900 to his younger brother, who apparently asked Nogi to find a job for one of their relatives, while Nogi was stationed in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan.

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Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. President Shoji Muneoka (L center) and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. President Hiroshi Tomono (R center) speak to reporters after a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2011. The No. 1 and No. 3 steelmakers in Japan announced the same day their plan to merge by Oct. 1, 2012, to become the world's second-largest steelmaker in terms of crude steel production capacity.