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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe (C), a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., and other executives of the financial group bow after a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime groups

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe (C), a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., holds a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., bows in a gesture of apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., is pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Mizuho deputy president knew of loans to crime group

TOKYO, Japan - Toshitsugu Okabe, a deputy president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., bows in a gesture of apology during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2013. Okabe acknowledged that a deputy president of Mizuho Bank learned of its lending to organized crime groups in December 2010 but failed to take necessary corrective steps for more than two years.

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Sharp HQ

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the headquarters of Sharp Corp. in Osaka's Abeno Ward on Oct. 4, 2010.

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Nobel laureate Liu's wife

BEIJING, China - Liu Xia, wife of imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, speaks in an interview at her home in Beijing on Oct. 4, 2010, before her husband won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Angels' Matsui willing to play for another team

ANAHEIM, United States - The Los Angeles Angels' Hideki Matsui speaks during an interview at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Oct. 4, 2010, a day after the regular season of the major leagues finished. Matsui said he would be willing to play for any baseball club where he can play to win the game.

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Angels' Matsui willing to play for another team

ANAHEIM, United States - The Los Angeles Angels' Hideki Matsui speaks during an interview at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on Oct. 4, 2010, a day after the regular season of the major leagues finished. Matsui said he would be willing to play for any baseball club where he can play to win the game.

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Athlectics releases Iwamura

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese baseball player Akinori Iwamura. The Oakland Athletics announced the release of Iwamura on Oct. 4, 2010 after the conclusion of a season in which the 31-year-old veteran hit .129 with four RBIs in 10 games with the A's.

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Angels' Matsui willing to play for another team

ANAHEIM, United States - The Los Angeles Angels' Hideki Matsui leaves Angel Stadium in Anaheim after cleaning out his locker on Oct. 4, 2010, a day after the regular season of the major leagues finished. Matsui has said he would be willing to play for any baseball club where he can play to win the game.

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Chinese Premier Wen at ASEM summit

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attends the opening ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010.

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Kan, Wen meet on sidelines of ASEM

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao who met in Brussels on the sideline of the Asia-Europe Meeting on Oct. 4, 2010 and agreed to improve bilateral ties by holding high-level talks at appropriate times. It was the first Japan-China summit talks since a spat broke out over maritime collisions near a disputed group of islets in the East China Sea.

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Angels' Matsui willing to play for another team

ANAHEIM, United States - The Los Angeles Angels' Hideki Matsui leaves Angel Stadium in Anaheim after cleaning out his locker on Oct. 4, 2010, a day after the regular season of the major leagues finished. Matsui has said he would be willing to play for any baseball club where he can play to win the game.

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Japanese PM Kan at ASEM summit

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan attends the opening ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010.

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PM Kan attends ASEM

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters after attending the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010. Asian and European leaders are likely to reaffirm the need for a strategic partnership to ensure sustainable economic growth at the two-day biennial summit talks.

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Chinese Premier Wen at ASEM summit

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attends the opening ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010.

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ASEM summit opens in Brussels

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Asian and European leaders attend the opening ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010. They are likely to reaffirm the need for a strategic partnership to ensure sustainable economic growth at the two-day biennial summit talks.

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Japan practice for friendly with Argentina

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima, with Lierse in Belgium, saves a shot in a practice session with Japan's national soccer squad in Saitama on Oct. 4, 2010, ahead of a friendly against Argentina on Oct. 8 and another with South Korea on Oct. 12.

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Japanese PM Kan at ASEM summit

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan attends the opening ceremony of the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010.

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Intruder disrupts Japan soccer match in China

ZIBO, China - A man believed to be Chinese is subdued by security guards after he snatched a Japanese flag and ran onto a soccer pitch prior to an under-19 match between Japan and the United Arab Emirates in Zibo, Shandong Province, on Oct. 4, 2010. The man, who came from the stands, took the action at a time when anti-Japanese sentiment has spread in China amid a heightened territorial row over sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands, called the Diaoyu Islands in China, in the East China Sea.

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Japan practice for friendly with Argentina

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan soccer coach Alberto Zaccheroni (2nd from R) talks with members of his team during a practice session in Saitama on Oct. 4, 2010. Japan will play a friendly against Argentina on Oct. 8 and South Korea on Oct. 12.

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Test-tube baby pioneer Edwards wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2004 at a Tokyo hotel shows British test-tube baby pioneer Robert Edwards, who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Oct. 4, 2010. Edwards developed in-vitro fertilization and helped bring about the birth of the first ''test-tube baby.''

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Japan-Vietnam summit in Brussels

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) shakes hands with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ahead of their meeting in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010. Kan said he won understanding from Dung on Japan's handling of a row with China over maritime collisions in September near the disputed Senkaku Islands, called the Diaoyu Islands in China.

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Ozawa to face indictment over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a former secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, leaves a building in Tokyo which houses his Rikuzankai political fund management body, on Oct. 4, 2010, after a citizens' panel decided he should be indicted over a scandal involving his political funds. The move, which counters an earlier decision by public prosecutors, makes Ozawa the first politician to be indicted after deliberation by the panel.

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S. Korea police gear up for G-20 summit

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean police officer smashes a line of beer bottles in a demonstration during a security drill ahead of an upcoming Group of 20 financial summit in Seoul on Oct. 4, 2010. A total of 1,200 police personnel were mobilized for the demonstration.

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S. Korea police gear up for G-20 summit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean police officers take part in a security drill ahead of an upcoming Group of 20 financial summit in Seoul on Oct. 4, 2010. A total of 1,200 police personnel were mobilized for the demonstration.

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S. Korea police gear up for G-20 summit

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean police officers take part in a security drill ahead of an upcoming Group of 20 financial summit in Seoul on Oct. 4, 2010. A total of 1,200 police personnel were mobilized for the demonstration.

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Ozawa to face indictment over fund scandal

OSAKA, Japan - People read extra editions of a newspaper reporting that a citizens' panel has decided that Ichiro Ozawa, a former secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, should face mandatory indictment over a scandal involving his political funds, in front of JR Osaka Station on Oct. 4, 2010. Ozawa will be the first politician to be indicted under the system to review decisions by prosecutors.

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Ozawa to face indictment over fund scandal

OSAKA, Japan - People read extra editions of a newspaper reporting that a citizens' panel has decided that Ichiro Ozawa, a former secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, should face mandatory indictment over a scandal involving his political funds, in front of JR Osaka Station on Oct. 4, 2010. Ozawa will be the first politician to be indicted under the system to review decisions by prosecutors.

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Gov't spokesman mum about Ozawa

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku wipes his forehead during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010, after a citizens' panel decided Ichiro Ozawa, a former secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, should be indicted over a scandal involving his political funds. Sengoku, the top government spokesman, did not elaborate on how the DPJ-led government will be affected by the panel's decision on the DPJ bigwig.

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Hokkaido minister Mabuchi views Russian-held islands

TOKYO, Japan - Sumio Mabuchi (R), Japan's minister in charge of Hokkaido development, views disputed Russian-held islands off the Japanese northernmost main island of Hokkaido from a Coast Guard boat off Nemuro on Oct. 4, 2010. Mabuchi said the same day he intended to visit the islands that Japan has claimed under a visa-free exchange program. (Pool photo)

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Kan holds talks with S. Korea's Lee

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (2nd from R) holds talks with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (2nd from L) in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010, on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting.

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Kan holds talks with S. Korea's Lee

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) guides South Korean President Lee Myung Bak ahead of their talks in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010, on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting.

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Kan holds talks with Australia's Gillard

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard ahead of their talks in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010, on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting.

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Waseda Univ. Saito marks 30th win in Tokyo league

TOKYO, Japan - Yuki Saito, an ace of Waseda University, starts against the University of Tokyo during a Tokyo Big6 Baseball League game at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010. Saito, likely to be picked in the Japanese professional draft, earned his 30th win in the popular inter-university league the same day.

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Kan holds talks with S. Korea's Lee

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak ahead of their talks in Brussels on Oct. 4, 2010, on the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting.

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Nadal in Japan for Rakuten Japan Open Tennis

TOKYO, Japan - World No. 1 Rafael Nadal (L) of Spain and Kei Nishikori of Japan shake hands at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010, ahead of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis championships.

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Intruder disrupts Japan soccer match in China

ZIBO, China - A man believed to be Chinese (R, top) runs away after snatching a Japanese flag during the time for national anthems prior to an Asia under-19 soccer championship match between Japan and the United Arab Emirates in Zibo, Shandong Province, on Oct. 4, 2010. The man, who was immediately held down after coming from the bleachers, took the action at a time when anti-Japan sentiment has spread in China amid a heightened territorial row over sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands, called the Diaoyu Islands in China, in the East China Sea.

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Nadal in Japan for Rakuten Japan Open Tennis

TOKYO, Japan - World No. 1 Rafael Nadal of Spain meets the press at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010, ahead of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis championships.

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Ozawa to face indictment over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Photographers surround a man posting an announcement in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010, on a decision by a citizens' panel that Ichiro Ozawa, a former secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, should be indicted over a scandal involving his political funds. The move, which counters an earlier decision by public prosecutors, makes the DPJ bigwig the first politician to be indicted after deliberation by the panel.

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Smartphone with electronic money function

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of KDDI Corp., the provider of ''au'' mobile phone services, and electronic device maker Sharp Corp. hold the IS03 smartphone during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010. It will be Japan's first smartphone with electronic money function.

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Smartphone with electronic money function

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the IS03 smartphone announced by KDDI Corp., the provider of ''au'' mobile phone services, on Oct. 4, 2010. It will be Japan's first smartphone with electronic money function.

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Gov't seeks business lobby's support for environment taxes

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto (back L) speaks during a meeting with executives of the Japan Business Federation, known as Nippon Keidanren, in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010. The minister urged Japan's most influential business group to back a proposed environment tax and other measures to stem global warming.

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Gov't seeks business lobby's support for environment taxes

TOKYO, Japan - Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto speaks at a meeting with executives of the Japan Business Federation, known as Nippon Keidanren, in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010. The minister urged Japan's most influential business group to back a proposed environment tax and other measures to stem global warming.

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New Shinkansen train

FUKUOKA, Japan - The new N700-series of the bullet train Sakura enters Hakata Station in Fukuoka on Oct. 4, 2010, during a trial run on the Kyushu Shinkansen Line.

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Gov't seeks business lobby's support for environment taxes

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, known as Nippon Keidanren, speaks at a meeting with Environment Minister Ryu Matsumoto in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010. The minister urged support for a proposed environment tax and other measures to stem global warming but Japan's most influential business group showed concern.