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Figure skater Asada in good condition for Japan Open

YOKOHAMA, Sept. 11 Kyodo - Three-time women's world champion Mao Asada poses in a commercial film-making event in Yokohama southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2015. She said she is in good condition for the Oct. 3 Japan Open at Saitama Super Arena, north of Tokyo. It will be her first competition since sitting out the 2014-2015 season.

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Former Nagasaki mayor dies at 92

NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo taken July 6, 2014, shows former Nagasaki Mayor Hitoshi Motoshima, who was shot by a member of a right-wing group in 1990 after saying Emperor Hirohito bore responsibility for World War II, attending a memorial ceremony to commemorate Chinese victims of the atomic bomb at Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. He died of pneumonia at age 92 on Oct. 31, 2014.

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Tokyo metropolis diplomat A. Miyajima speaks of his role

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Miyajima, a diplomat leading the Tokyo metropolitan government's foreign affairs activities, speaks of his vision and challenges in an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2014.

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Ex-sex slaves in their 80s recount ordeals with Japanese soldiers

DAEGU, South Korea - Lee Yong Soo, a former South Korean "comfort woman," talks about her life in the country's southeastern city of Daegu on Oct. 6, 2014. Through recounting her experiences as a "comfort woman" in Japanese wartime military brothels, she has become a symbol of Korean sex slaves.

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Event to promote Kagoshima Pref.'s food held in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - A brewer (2nd from L) serves a glass of brown sugar shochu to a guest during an event at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Berlin on Oct. 6, 2014, to promote "wagyu" beef and other food produced in Kagoshima Prefecture and the prefecture's Amami Islands, southwestern Japan.

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Kagoshima gov. gives toast with shochu in Berlin event

BERLIN, Germany - Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito (4th from L) gives a toast with brown sugar shochu from the prefecture's Amami Islands, during an event to promote the southwestern Japan Prefecture's food on Oct. 6, 2014, at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Berlin.

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H.K. prodemocracy protests

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters continue to occupy an area in Mongkok on the Kowloon Peninsula side of Hong Kong on Oct. 6, 2014.

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Japan medical firm exhibits devices in Iran trade show

TEHRAN, Iran - Koichiro Ikegai (2nd from R) of Apel Co., a medical and analytical device firm in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, explains its product for newborns at an international trade show in Tehran, Iran, on Oct. 6, 2014, amid international economic sanctions.

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H.K. prodemocracy protests

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters continue to occupy an area in Mongkok on the Kowloon Peninsula side of Hong Kong on Oct. 6, 2014.

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Police question Japanese on plans to join Islamic State militants

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 6, 2014, shows a secondhand bookstore in Tokyo's Kanda district where a poster inviting people to go to Syria and work was displayed. Earlier in the day, police questioned several Japanese nationals suspected of planning to join Islamic State militants in Syria, including a 26-year-old student from Hokkaido University who likely responded to the poster which urged those interested to ask the store for more information.

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Police question Japanese on plans to join Islamic State militants

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 6, 2014, shows a secondhand bookstore in Tokyo's Kanda district where a poster inviting people to go to Syria and work was displayed. Earlier in the day, police questioned several Japanese nationals suspected of planning to join Islamic State militants in Syria, including a 26-year-old student from Hokkaido University who likely responded to the poster which urged those interested to ask the store for more information.

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Cenotaph built for baseball coach of Taiwan high school

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A ceremony is held on Oct. 6, 2014, in Matsuyama, southwestern Japan, to unveil a cenotaph built in honor of Japanese baseball coach Hyotaro Kondo who led Taiwan's Kagi Norin High School to a runner-up in Japan's national high school baseball tournament in 1936 during the Japanese colonial rule of the island in 1895-1945. Kondo's motto of "Ball is Spirit" is engraved in the baseball-shaped top of the monument.

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Ex-Taiwan high school players sing before coach's cenotaph

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Former baseball players of Taiwan's Kagi Norin High School sing its school song during an unveiling ceremony for a cenotaph built in honor of their coach Hyotaro Kondo in Matsuyama, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 6, 2014. Kondo led the school to a runner-up in Japan's national high school baseball tournament in 1936 during the Japanese colonial rule of Taiwan in 1895-1945.

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H.K. prodemocracy protests

HONG KONG, China - A man makes a speech before pro-democracy demonstrators, who again gathered by nightfall on a main road near the government headquarters in Hong Kong on Oct. 6, 2014.

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H.K. prodemocracy protests

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters again gather by nightfall to occupy a main road in front of the government headquarters in Hong Kong on Oct. 6, 2014.

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H.K. prodemocracy protests

HONG KONG, China - Photo shows a small number of people on a main road in front of the government headquarters in Hong Kong on the morning of Oct. 6, 2014. Pro-democracy protesters removed barricades allowing Hong Kong government staff to return to work that day following a first meeting the previous night with the government on their demands one week into the occupation protest.

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Thai king has gallbladder removed

BANGKOK, Thailand - Nurses and other workers at Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital have their picture taken with a portrait of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej on Oct. 6, 2014, after the king underwent surgery there to have his gallbladder removed. The 86-year-old monarch's blood pressure has returned to normal and he is receiving a saline solution intravenously, the royal palace said the same day.

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Sharp to release tablet with new panel next year

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. unveils a business-use tablet computer with a new display panel, to be released in 2015, at the Makuhari Messe convention center outside Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2014. Sharp developed the panel jointly with Qualcomm Inc. of the United States.

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Thai king has gallbladder removed

BANGKOK, Thailand - Citizens pray for the recovery of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej outside Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital on Oct. 6, 2014, after the king underwent surgery there to have his gallbladder removed. The 86-year-old monarch's blood pressure has returned to normal and he is receiving a saline solution intravenously, the royal palace said the same day.

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Powerful typhoon hits Tokyo metropolitan area

HIRATSUKA, Japan - People ride bicycles along a flooded road following heavy rain brought by Typhoon Phanfone in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Oct. 6, 2014.

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'Kanda Yabu Soba' shop to reopen on Oct. 20

TOKYO, Japan - Newly rebuilt "Kanda Yabu Soba" -- a buckwheat noodles shop in Tokyo -- is shown on Oct. 6, 2014. It will open on Oct. 20 at the same location following the completion of the rebuilding of the traditional shop after it was hit by fire in February 2013.

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Powerful typhoon hits Tokyo metropolitan area

KAMAGAYA, Japan - Steel poles supporting nets at a golf practice range are seen collapsed following strong winds brought by Typhoon Phanfone in Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 6, 2014.

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Powerful typhoon hits Tokyo metropolitan area

KAMAGAYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a golf practice range, where steel poles supporting nets were blown over by strong winds brought by Typhoon Phanfone in Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 6, 2014.

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Princess Noriko relinquishes imperial family status

TOKYO, Japan - Imperial Household Agency Grand Steward Noriyuki Kazaoka registers on Oct. 6, 2014, at the Imperial Household Agency's Archives and Mausolea Department in Tokyo that Princess Noriko, a daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, lost her imperial family status after she married Kunimaro Senge, the eldest son of Izumo Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Shimane Prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Powerful typhoon hits Tokyo metropolitan area

KAMAGAYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a golf practice range, where steel poles supporting nets were blown over by strong winds brought by Typhoon Phanfone in Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 6, 2014.

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Event marking 50th anniv. of 1964 Tokyo Olympics starts

TOKYO, Japan - Current and retired athletes pose on the opening day of a weeklong event in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2014, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Japanese capital. From L: 2010 London Olympics middleweight boxing gold medalist Ryota Murata, Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda, artistic gymnastics legend Takashi Ono and 1992 Barcelona Paralympics swimming silver medalist Junichi Kawai.

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Event marking 50th anniv. of 1964 Tokyo Olympics starts

TOKYO, Japan - People gather for the opening in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2014, of a weeklong event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games held in the Japanese capital.

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Event marking 50th anniv. of 1964 Tokyo Olympics starts

TOKYO, Japan - A weeklong event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games begins in the Japanese capital on Oct. 6, 2014, exhibiting jackets, medals and other related items used in the Games.

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U.S., S. Korean officials hold talks

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense David Shear (L) and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel (R) pose for a photograph with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se (C) prior to their talks in Seoul on Oct. 6, 2014. The talks focused on briefing Seoul on the defense guidelines revision with Japan prior to the release of an interim report on it.

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Powerful typhoon hits Japanese archipelago

TOKYO, Japan - High waves are generated by powerful typhoon Phanfone off the coast of the Japanese tourist city of Kamakura near Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2014. A U.S. serviceperson was reported to have died after being swept away by high waves in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa.

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Temple guardian statue to undergo 1st repair in 20 years

NARA, Japan - Buddhist priests stand in front of the "Kongo Rikishi Agyo" wooden guardian statue at Todai-ji temple in the ancient capital of Nara in western Japan on Oct. 6, 2014, before the famous sculpture is subjected to the first repair in about 20 years.

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PM Abe attends Diet session

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives an answer during a debate at the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Oct. 6, 2014, in Tokyo. The two-month extraordinary Diet session started on Sept. 29, focusing on rejuvenating local economies and increasing women's participation in society.

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Powerful typhoon hits Japanese archipelago

NAGOYA, Japan - People hold on to their umbrellas so they are not blown away by powerful typhoon Phanfone while walking in front of Nagoya Station in the central Japan city of Nagoya on Oct. 6, 2014. The season's 18th typhoon moved toward the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Powerful typhoon hits Japanese archipelago

TOKYO, Japan - People walk in strong rain brought by powerful Typhoon Phanfone on a street in Tokyo's Shinjuku area on Oct. 6, 2014. The season's 18th typhoon forced airline companies to cancel many flights, while bullet train runs on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line and commuter train services were partly suspended.

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Powerful typhoon hits Japanese archipelago

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign tourists wait at Tokyo Station on Oct. 6, 2014, with their travel schedules hampered after powerful Typhoon Phanfone hit the Japanese archipelago. The season's 18th typhoon forced airline companies to cancel many flights, while bullet train runs on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line and commuter train services were partly suspended.

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H.K. occupation protest continues

HONG KONG, China - Photo taken before dawn of Oct. 6, 2014, shows pro-democracy protesters continuing their blockade near the government headquarters of Hong Kong, China. They have pressed for talks with the government on the territory's leadership election.

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Powerful typhoon hits Japanese archipelago

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign tourists wait at Tokyo Station on Oct. 6, 2014, with their travel schedules hampered after powerful Typhoon Phanfone hit the Japanese archipelago. The season's 18th typhoon forced airline companies to cancel many flights, while bullet train runs on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line and commuter train services were partly suspended.

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H.K. occupation protest continues

HONG KONG, China - Photo taken before dawn of Oct. 6, 2014, shows pro-democracy protesters continuing their blockade near the government headquarters of Hong Kong, China. They have pressed for talks with the government on the territory's leadership election.

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Japanese baseball coach's motto on ball-like cenotaph

MATSUYAMA, Japan - The motto of "Ball is Spirit" advocated by former Japanese baseball coach Hyotaro Kondo, engraved on the ball-shaped top of a cenotaph built in his honor, is shown at an unveiling ceremony in Matsuyama, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 6, 2014. Kondo led Taiwan's Kagi Norin High School to a runner-up in Japan's national high school baseball tournament in 1936 during the Japanese colonial rule of the island in 1895-1945.

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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.