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N. Korean soldier defects to South

SEOUL, South Korea - File photo shows the Gyeongui Line road from the South Korean side of the border with the North on Dec. 27, 2011. A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Oct. 6, 2012, across the heavily armed border after killing two of his superiors, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

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JAEA President Suzuki in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Atsuyuki Suzuki, president of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011.

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses for a photo with a waxwork of late movie star Audrey Hepburn (L) on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 6, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

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Madame Tussauds waxworks in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A woman poses for a photo with a waxwork of American actor Johnny Depp on display at an exhibition organized by London's Madame Tussauds wax museum at Decks Tokyo Beach in Tokyo's Daiba district on Oct. 6, 2011. The ''Madame Tussauds Tokyo'' exhibition through Jan. 4, 2012, features around 20 waxworks of celebrities and characters.

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Tigers advance to ALDS championship series

NEW YORK, United States - Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander (R) pours champagne on infielder Miguel Cabrera (L) to celebrate their team's victory in Game 5 of the American League playoff series against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on Oct. 6, 2011. The Tigers won 3-2 to head to the American League championship series for the first time since 2006 to face the Texas Rangers.

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Protests spread in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Musicians perform at a protest rally in Washington on Oct. 6, 2011. The Occupy Wall Street protests against an unequal society which began in New York have spread to the U.S. capital and to encompass a wider range of political, economic and social issues.

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'Cool Japan' promotion event in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Models pose at an event to promote the ''Cool Japan'' culture drive in Singapore on Oct. 6, 2011. Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry unveiled the first round of public-private joint projects in Singapore in which products from 15 Japanese fashion brands are sold at stores collectively called Harajuku Street Style for three months from October.

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Protests spread in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - People sit with placards with messages including ones against war in a protest rally in Washington on Oct. 6, 2011. The Occupy Wall Street protests against an unequal society which began in New York have spread to the U.S. capital and to encompass a wider range of political, economic and social issues.

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Tigers advance to ALDS championship series

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees starter Ivan Nova pitches during Game 5 of the American League division series against the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium in New York on Oct. 6, 2011. The Tigers won 3-2 to head to the American League championship series for the first time since 2006 to face the Texas Rangers.

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Protests spread in U.S.

WASHINGTON, United States - Demonstrators, some carrying ''Occupy D.C.'' signboards, participate in a protest rally in Washington on Oct. 6, 2011. The Occupy Wall Street protests against an unequal society which began in New York have spread to the U.S. capital and to encompass a wider range of political, economic and social issues.

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Tigers advance to ALDS championship series

NEW YORK, United States - Detroit Tigers starter Doug Fister pitches during Game 5 of the American League division series against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York on Oct. 6, 2011. The Tigers won 3-2 to head to the American League championship series for the first time since 2006 to face the Texas Rangers.

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Portsmouth Peace Treaty original text

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 6, 2011, at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo shows part of the original Portsmouth Peace Treaty text. The treaty was signed by the Japanese and Russian envoys at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the state of Maine, the United States, on Sept. 5, 1905, formally ending the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. The signatures of Japan's Jutaro Komura and Kogoro Takahira are seen in the photo.

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People in Japan lament loss of Steve Jobs

TOKYO, Japan - A man offers flowers in front of an Apple store in Tokyo's Ginza district on Oct. 6, 2011. Many people including Apple users have been visiting the site to lay flowers for Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs, who died of illness the previous day at the age of 56.

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Murray advances to q'finals at Japan Open

TOKYO, Japan - Andy Murray of Britain returns a shot against American Alex Bogomolov Jr. in a second-round match of the Japan Open at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011. Second-seeded Murray advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 victory.

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Chubu Electric, Hitachi settle over power plant accident

NAGOYA, Japan - Shuichi Terada, head of Chubu Electric Power Co.'s legal department, announces at a press conference in Nagoya on Oct. 6, 2011, that the utility has reached a settlement with Hitachi Ltd. over a 2006 accident at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture involving a Hitachi-made turbine. Hitachi will pay 9 billion yen to Chubu Electric.

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Foreign ministers of S. Korea, Japan hold talks

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba shake hands at the ministry of foreign affairs and trade in Seoul on Oct. 6, 2011. Kim and Gemba agreed on the schedule for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's two-day visit to Seoul from Oct. 18, 2011, during which he will meet with South Korean President Lee Myung Bak.

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Portsmouth Peace Treaty original text

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 6, 2011, at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo shows part of the original Portsmouth Peace Treaty text. The treaty was signed by the Japanese and Russian envoys at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the state of Maine, the United States, on Sept. 5, 1905, formally ending the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.

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Nadal cruises into q'finals at Japan Open

TOKYO, Japan - Defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a shot in a Japan Open second-round match against Milos Raonic of Canada at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011. Top seed Nadal won 7-5, 6-3 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

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Japan coach Zaccheroni in press conference

KOBE, Japan - Alberto Zaccheroni, coach of the Japan national soccer team, gives a press conference in Kobe on Oct. 6, 2011. Japan are scheduled to play Vietnam on Oct. 7 in Kobe in a warm-up for a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Tajikistan the following week.

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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Campbell

TOKYO, Japan - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011, after a meeting with Parliamentary Senior Vice Foreign Minister Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi at the Foreign Ministry. Campbell conveyed to Yamaguchi that the United States would like to invite Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba to Washington by the end of 2011 for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. According to a Japanese official, the two also discussed the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture and Japan's efforts in deciding whether to join talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact.

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Japan prepare for friendly against Vietnam

KOBE, Japan - Members of the Japan national soccer team -- (from L, facing) Yasuhito Endo, Shinji Kagawa and Yuto Nagatomo -- are seen in action during a practice session in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 6, 2011. Japan will play Vietnam in Kobe on the next day in a warm-up for a World Cup qualifier against Tajikistan the following week.

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Portsmouth Peace Treaty original text

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 6, 2011, at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo shows part of the original Portsmouth Peace Treaty text. The treaty was signed by the Japanese and Russian envoys at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the state of Maine, the United States, on Sept. 5, 1905, formally ending the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.

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Ozawa speaks at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011. Ozawa pleaded not guilty to a charge of violating the political funds control law at the first hearing of his trial earlier in the day. Ozawa faces trial over the alleged false reporting of funds handled by his political fund management body Rikuzankai in connection with a 2004 land deal.

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Ozawa speaks at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Former Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa reads out documents related to his trial during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011. Ozawa pleaded not guilty to a charge of violating the political funds control law at the first hearing of his trial earlier in the day. Ozawa faces trial over the alleged false reporting of funds handled by his political fund management body Rikuzankai in connection with a 2004 land deal.

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'Cool Japan' promotion event in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Photo shows a ''Harajuku Street Style'' Japanese casual fashion shop in a department store in Singapore on Oct. 4, 2011. Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry unveiled on Oct. 6, 2011, the first round of public-private joint projects to promote ''Cool Japan'' culture drive in Singapore. Products from 15 Japanese fashion brands are sold at stores collectively called Harajuku Street Style for three months from October.

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Nadal cruises into q'finals at Japan Open

TOKYO, Japan - Defending champion Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a shot in a Japan Open second-round match against Milos Raonic of Canada at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011. Top seed Nadal won 7-5, 6-3 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

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Mitsubishi's new Delica D:3 minivan

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Osamu Masuko stands beside its new compact minivan Delica D:3, which the company will launch on Oct. 27, in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011. The Delica D:3, which targets large families, comes in a model with three rows of seats to accommodate seven passengers and another with two rows for five. It is priced between 1,879,000 yen and 1,974,000 yen.

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GM Chevrolet's Sonic compact car

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011 shows the Sonic compact car under the Chevrolet brand, which General Motors Japan Ltd. will launch in Japan on Nov. 12, mainly targeting young people. The Japanese unit of the U.S. automaker will sell the 1600 cc Chevrolet Sonic starting at 1.89 million yen.

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Toyota's remodeled Lexus HS250h

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows Toyota Motor Corp.'s partially remodeled Lexus HS250, which was launched by the company on Oct. 6, 2011 across Japan. The remodeled HS250h hybrid, which emits an artificial engine noise to alert pedestrians of its presence, is priced from 3.97 million yen.

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CORRECTED Secretaries general of DPJ, LDP, New Komeito

TOKYO, Japan - ADDING 'PARTY' AFTER NEW KOMEITO Secretaries general of the ruling and two largest opposition parties -- (from R) Azuma Koshiishi of the Democratic Party of Japan, Nobuteru Ishihara of the Liberal Democratic Party, and Yoshihisa Inoue of New Komeito party -- hold talks at the Diet building in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2011. The DPJ called for the opposition parties' cooperation to secure quick Diet passage of the third extra budget for FY 2011, designed to fund reconstruction of areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Tsunami-hit Haramachi thermal power plant

MINAMISOMA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 6, 2011, shows a coal unloader damaged by the March 11 tsunami at the Haramachi thermal power plant, operated by Tohoku Electric Power Co., in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture.

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Watching 'Planet of the Apes' with monkeys

OITA, Japan - Visitors attend an event to watch part of the U.S. new movie ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' with monkeys at Takasakiyama Natural Zoo in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 6, 2011. Zoo keeper Yoshiro Saga said several of the monkeys, drawn to the site by food, may have looked at the screens a few times.

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Senior U.S. official Campbell arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, arrives at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Oct. 6, 2011. Campbell is scheduled to travel to South Korea, Hong Kong, Brunei, Thailand and China, after his stay in Tokyo.

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Toyota to display sports car at Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows the FT-86 Concept sports car Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled Oct. 6, 2009, as one of the products to be showcased during the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show. Toyota, which developed the vehicle jointly with Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., is trying to start to sell it at the end of 2011 with a price tag of less than 3 million yen.

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Rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line to fully resume on Oct. 1

A JR train conducts a test run in Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2022, as the 27.6 kilometer section of the JR Tadami Line prepares to resume train services on Oct. 1. Full services will return on the line 11 years after torrential rain hit the region in July 2011 and caused widespread damage.

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Rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line to fully resume on Oct. 1

A JR train conducts a test run on a formerly heavily-damaged railway bridge in Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2022, as the 27.6 kilometer section of the JR Tadami Line prepares to resume train services on Oct. 1. Full services will return on the line 11 years after torrential rain hit the region in July 2011 and caused widespread damage.

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Rainstorm-hit JR Tadami Line to fully resume on Oct. 1

A JR train conducts a test run on a formerly heavily-damaged railway bridge in Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2022, as the 27.6 kilometer section of the JR Tadami Line prepares to resume train services on Oct. 1. Full services will return on the line 11 years after torrential rain hit the region in July 2011 and caused widespread damage.