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China vessels near Senkakus for 20th day

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows a crew member aboard the Chinese surveillance vessel Hai Jian 66 in an area just outside what Japan considers its territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Nov. 8, 2012. Chinese surveillance vessels entered the area for the 20th straight day since Oct. 20, 2012.

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China vessels near Senkakus for 20th day

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Chinese surveillance vessel Yu Zheng 33006 (front) in an area just outside what Japan considers its territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Nov. 8, 2012. Chinese surveillance vessels entered the area for the 20th straight day since Oct. 20, 2012. Seen in background is the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Rebun.

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China vessels near Senkakus for 20th day

NAHA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Chinese surveillance vessel Yu Zheng 33006 (L) in an area just outside what Japan considers its territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Nov. 8, 2012. Chinese surveillance vessels entered the area for the 20th straight day since Oct. 20, 2012. Seen in R is the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Rebun.

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Kim statues in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows the statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung (L) and later leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang's Mansudae area on Oct. 8, 2012.

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Kim statues in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows the statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung (L) and later leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang's Mansudae area on Oct. 8, 2012. In the background is the Ryugyong Hotel under construction.

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Karolinska Institute president

KYOTO, Japan - Karolinska Institute President Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson speaks in a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 8, 2012. The Swedish medical university has a panel to select laureates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka and John Gurdon, professor emeritus at Cambridge University, were announced as winners of the prize the same day.

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Yamanaka wins Nobel Medicine Prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka holds a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 8, 2012, after the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said earlier that day that Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain had jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work that led to development of a multipurpose stem cell that has the potential to grow into any type of body tissue.

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Yamanaka wins Nobel Medicine Prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka holds a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 8, 2012, after the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said earlier that day that Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain had jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work that led to development of a multipurpose stem cell that has the potential to grow into any type of body tissue.

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Yamanaka wins Nobel Medicine Prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka holds a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 8, 2012, after the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said earlier that day that Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain had jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work that led to development of a multipurpose stem cell that has the potential to grow into any type of body tissue.

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Yamanaka wins Nobel Medicine Prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka receives a call from Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 8, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work that led to development of a multipurpose stem cell that has the potential to grow into any type of body tissue, the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said earlier that day.

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Yamanaka wins Nobel Medicine Prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka receives a call from Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at a press conference in Kyoto on Oct. 8, 2012. Yamanaka and John Gurdon of Britain jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work that led to development of a multipurpose stem cell that has the potential to grow into any type of body tissue, the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said earlier that day.

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Gurdon wins Nobel Medicine Prize

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows John Gurdon of the Gurdon Institute at Cambridge University. Gurdon of Britain and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan have jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for development of a multipurpose stem cell that has the potential to grow into any type of body tissue, the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said on Oct. 8, 2012.

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Thai man admits guilt in 1993 murder in Tokyo

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo taken in Bangkok on Oct. 8, 2012, shows Wirasak Iamphongsa, who was arrested by police the previous day. Wirasak, a Thai murder suspect who escaped from Japan in 1993, admitted on Oct. 8 to killing a Japanese woman in her Tokyo apartment when he was living there with her.

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Yamanaka wins Nobel Medicine Prize

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka. Yamanaka of Japan and John Gurdon of Britain have jointly won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for development of a multipurpose stem cell that has the potential to grow into any type of body tissue, the Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said on Oct. 8, 2012.

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Indonesian coordinating minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economics Hatta Rajasa (far R) and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano (2nd from R) hold a press conference after the Indonesia-Japan Joint Economic Forum in Toyo on Oct. 8, 2012. Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, is seen in the far left.

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Indonesian coordinating minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economics Hatta Rajasa (R) and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano shake hands after a press conference following the Indonesia-Japan Joint Economic Forum in Toyo on Oct. 8, 2012.

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Orix Nishi throws no-no

FUKUOKA, Japan - Orix Buffaloes right-hander Yuki Nishi celebrates after pitching a no-hitter against the Softbank Hawks in a 3-0 victory in the Buffaloes' final game of the regular season at Yahoo Dome in the city of Fukuoka on Oct. 8, 2012.

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Orix Nishi throws no-no

FUKUOKA, Japan - Orix Buffaloes right-hander Yuki Nishi pitches in a game against the Softbank Hawks at Yahoo Dome in the city of Fukuoka on Oct. 8, 2012. Nishi pitched a no-hitter in a 3-0 victory in the Buffaloes' final game of the regular season.

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Thein Sein in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Myanmar President Thein Sein arrives at Incheon international airport near Seoul on Oct. 8, 2012.

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Ex-PM Aso in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso delivers a speech at an annual meeting of the South Korea-Japan Cooperation Committee in Seoul on Oct. 8, 2012. South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Kim Sung Hwan is seen behind Aso.

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Tokyo, Osaka bourses agree to merge in Oct. 2012

OSAKA, Japan - Combined file photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange (L) in Tokyo and the Osaka Securities Exchange in Osaka, western Japan. Their operators, Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. and Osaka Securities Exchange Co., have agreed to merge in October 2012, sources close to the matter said Nov. 8, 2011.