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World's largest blanket created in disaster-hit Japan city

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Bernd Kestler, a German knitting artist from Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, and people affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake complete in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 20, 2014, a giant blanket connecting more than 11,000 granny squares donated by knitters all over the world. Kestler is set to seek the listing of the 476-square-meter blanket as a new Guinness World Record for a crocheted blanket exceeding the current record of about 306 square meters.

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Fukushima reactor pressure vessel's lid removed

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 10:20 a.m. on Sept. 13, 2012 shows the lid (bottom) to the pressure vessel of the No. 4 reactor removed by a crane at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture. The two objects at top are the lid to the containment vessel. The March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at the plant.

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Japan raises strong yen at G-20 finance meeting

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (C) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (L) hold a press conference after attending a finance meeting of the Group of 20 developed and emerging economies in Washington on Sept. 22, 2011. Azumi said he had raised concerns about the negative impact of the yen's recent appreciation on Japan's economic recovery at the meeting but participants did not discuss the issue at length.

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Desert in southern California

LOS ANGELES, United States - Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2011, shows a desert in the vicinity of San Diego, southern California, where the body of Fumiko Ogawa, Japanese national from Shimane Prefecture, was found in 2007. The body was identified as Ogawa in June 2011 through DNA analysis.

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Japan Prim Minister Noda in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front) arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sept. 20, 2011. Noda plans to attend U.N. meetings. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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U.S. expert on Japan

NEW YORK, United States - Gerald Curtis, a U.S. expert on Japanese politics, listens to a question during his lecture at Columbia University in New York on Sept. 20, 2011.

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Japan to extend additional grant aid to Pakistan

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar shake hands in New York on Sept. 20, 2011. Gemba conveyed a decision to extend additional emergency grant aid of $10 million to Pakistan in the wake of the disastrous floods this summer, according to Japan's Foreign Ministry.

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Japan Prim Minister Noda in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and his wife Hitomi (R) disembark from a government airplane as they arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sept. 20, 2011. Noda plans to attend U.N. meetings. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan Prim Minister Noda in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's wife, Hitomi, arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sept. 20, 2011. She traveled with Noda, who plans to attend U.N. meetings. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Belgian club apologizes to Kawashima

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Patrick Vanoppen (L), chairman of the Belgian soccer club Germinal Beerschot, and Japanese goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima of another Belgian team Lierse shake hands in Lier, Belgium, on Sept. 20, 2011. Vanoppen apologized to Kawashima for some Germinal fans shouting, ''Fukushima! Fukushima!'' during a game with Lierse in August, referring to the tragedy at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan.

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Japan Prim Minister Noda in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front) and his wife Hitomi (R) disembark from a government airplane as they arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sept. 20, 2011. Noda plans to attend U.N. meetings. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Quake in northeastern India

GANGTOK, India - Young monks stand by a concrete floor of the Enchey Gompa monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, which has been cracked due to an earthquake in Gangtok, in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, on Sept. 20, 2011. The powerful earthquake jolted a mountainous region where the borders of India, Nepal and China meet on Sept. 18, 2011.

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Libya's tricolor flag flies at U.N.

NEW YORK, United States - The tricolor flag of Libya's Transitional National Council (C) flies in front of the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 20, 2011, replacing the green flag of the Muammar Gaddafi regime.

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Quake in northeastern India

GANGTOK, India - A man stands beside a Tibetan Buddhist lodging facility hit by an earthquake in Gangtok, in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, on Sept. 20, 2011. The powerful earthquake jolted a mountainous region where the borders of India, Nepal and China meet on Sept. 18, 2011.

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UNICEF names tennis ace Serena Williams as goodwill envoy

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows tennis champion Serena Williams of the United States. UNICEF said on Sept. 20, 2011, it has named her as its newest goodwill ambassador to bring to attention the plight of the world's children.

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PM Noda leaves for U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 20, 2011, ahead of his visit to New York. Noda will attend U.N. meetings and hold talks with U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak during the visit.

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Quake in northeastern India

GANGTOK, India - People walk on a road hit by a landslide that occurred due to an earthquake in Gangtok, in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, on Sept. 20, 2011. The powerful earthquake jolted a mountainous region where the borders of India, Nepal and China meet on Sept. 18, 2011.

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Heavy rain brought by approaching typhoon

NAGOYA, Japan - Office workers are transported by rescue workers after their office was flooded due to heavy rain brought by approaching Typhoon Roke in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2011.

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M'bishi Heavy, IHI hit by cyber attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photos show the main office buildings of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (L), Japan's largest defense contractor, and IHI Corp., which manufactures aircraft engines, in Tokyo's Minato and Koto wards, respectively. Information related to the computer network of Mitsubishi Heavy has been leaked via infected servers and computers, sources close to the matter said Sept. 20, 2011. IHI said the same day that its computer system had also come under a cyber attack.

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Nuclear fuel unloaded in Fukui Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel is unloaded from a ship in the town of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, in June 2010, to be transported to the Takahama nuclear power plant operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. Japan held 30.1 tons of fissile plutonium at home and abroad as of the end of 2010, down 0.9 ton from a year earlier for the second consecutive yearly decline, the government said Sept. 20, 2011.

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PM Noda leaves for U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L front) waves at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 20, 2011, as he leaves for New York to attend U.N. meetings and to hold talks with U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak. His wife and first lady Hitomi (R front) is accompanying him on the visit.

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People evacuate as Typhoon Roke approaches

NAGOYA, Japan - People evacuate by foot and raft accompanied by rescue personnel in flooded streets of Nagoya, central Japan, as Typhoon Roke approaches on Sept. 20, 2011.

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Quake in northeastern India

GANGTOK, India - The walls of a state government office building show cracks caused by an earthquake in Gangtok, in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, on Sept. 20, 2011. The powerful earthquake jolted a mountainous region where the borders of India, Nepal and China meet on Sept. 18, 2011.

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Japan business delegation in India

NEW DELHI, India - Tadashi Okamura (L), chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry who is leading a Japanese business delegation to India, poses for photos with Indian Railways Minister Shri Dinesh Trivedi in New Delhi on Sept. 20, 2011, ahead of their meeting.

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi in interview

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sept. 20, 2011.

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PM Noda leaves for U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L front) waves at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 20, 2011, as he leaves for New York to attend U.N. meetings and to hold talks with U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak. His wife and first lady Hitomi (R front) is accompanying him on the visit.

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S. Korea's nuclear envoy in Beijing

BEIJING, China - South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung Lac speaks to reporters after arriving at Beijing Capital International Airport on Sept. 20, 2011, for a meeting with his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho the following day.

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Police funeral in Sendai

SENDAI, Japan - Police officers carry cremated remains of fellow officers after a funeral in Sendai on Sept. 20, 2011. The police funeral for 14 Miyagi prefectural police officers who died or went missing in the line of duty in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster was held in the city on the same day.

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Heavy rain brought by Typhoon Roke

NAGOYA, Japan - People wait to catch taxis in heavy rain brought by approaching Typhoon Roke in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2011.

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Quake-hit schools begin classes at temporary building

OTSUCHI, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2011 shows paper cranes made and presented by elementary school children in Shizuoka Prefecture hanging outside a classroom of a temporary school building in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture. The building has been constructed for pupils and students of four elementary schools and a junior high school in the town that were put out of use by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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28mm-thick weight scale

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese health equipment maker Omron Healthcare Co. begins selling a new weight scale and body composition monitor ''Karada Scan HBF-214'' on Sept. 20, 2011. The 28-millimeter-thick equipment can be stored in a narrow space.

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Building Taliban took control of in U.S. Embassy attack

KABUL, Afghanistan - Photo taken on Sept. 16, 2011, in Kabul shows a building under construction in which Taliban insurgents took positions for about 20 hours while attacking an area in the Afghan capital where the U.S. Embassy and the headquarters of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force are located. About 16 people including three children were killed in the attack.

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U.S. girl hands tsunami relief money to Japanese envoy

WASHINGTON, United States - Eight-year-old Mackenzie Walsh (R) hands at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Sept. 7, 2011, to Japanese Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki $115 in donations, which she raised for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Mackenzie, from Maryland, collected the money by walking door to door to sell over 20 copies of a handmade children's book she had created after learning about the disaster.

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Evacuation order to be lifted for Fukushima town

People light candles in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 4, 2015, to pray for the souls of those killed in the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. The central government's evacuation order is set to be lifted for the town the following day. Most of Naraha lies within a 20-kilmeter radius of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuation order for Naraha to be lifted

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) addresses a meeting of the government's taskforce on nuclear disaster in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2015, as it decided to lift the evacuation order for the northeastern Japanese town of Naraha on Sept. 5. The order was issued in the wake of the March 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex, as most areas of the town are within a 20-kilometer radius of the plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan northern region's sake brewers meet with press in Tokyo

Sake brewery heads representing some 130 companies in six northeastern prefectures make a pitch at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 20, 2015, for a sake festival on Sept. 13 at the Tokyo International Forum to thank the public for support for recovery from the 2011 disaster that hit the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Museum on March 2011 nuclear disaster

Photo taken Sept. 20, 2020, shows the interior of a disaster museum built in memory of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and the subsequent nuclear crisis in Futaba, the northeastern Japan town that hosted the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. About 240,000 items mostly related to the nuclear crisis have been collected for the three-story museum, which opened the same day.

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Japanese pop group SMAP on verge of breaking up: sources

Fans of Japanese male pop group SMAP attend the group's first overseas concert at Workers Stadium in Beijing on Sept. 16, 2011. SMAP is on the verge of breaking up after more than 20 years, sources at the band's agency said Jan. 13, 2016, in a move that would send shockwaves through the Japanese entertainment industry given the band's popularity at home and elsewhere in Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese pop group SMAP on verge of breaking up: sources

A large crowd of fans of Japanese male pop group SMAP attend the group's first overseas concert at Workers Stadium in Beijing on Sept. 16, 2011. SMAP is on the verge of breaking up after more than 20 years, sources at the band's agency said Jan. 13, 2016, in a move that would send shockwaves through the Japanese entertainment industry given the band's popularity at home and elsewhere in Asia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. girl hands tsunami relief money to Japanese envoy

WASHINGTON, United States - Eight-year-old Mackenzie Walsh (R) hands at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Sept. 7, 2011, to Japanese Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki $115 in donations, which she raised for people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Mackenzie, from Maryland, collected the money by walking door to door to sell over 20 copies of a handmade children's book she had created after learning about the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Japan raises strong yen at G-20 finance meeting

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi (C) and Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa (L) hold a press conference after attending a finance meeting of the Group of 20 developed and emerging economies in Washington on Sept. 22, 2011. Azumi said he had raised concerns about the negative impact of the yen's recent appreciation on Japan's economic recovery at the meeting but participants did not discuss the issue at length. (Kyodo)

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Desert in southern California

LOS ANGELES, United States - Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2011, shows a desert in the vicinity of San Diego, southern California, where the body of Fumiko Ogawa, Japanese national from Shimane Prefecture, was found in 2007. The body was identified as Ogawa in June 2011 through DNA analysis. (Kyodo)

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U.S. expert on Japan

NEW YORK, United States - Gerald Curtis, a U.S. expert on Japanese politics, listens to a question during his lecture at Columbia University in New York on Sept. 20, 2011.(Kyodo)

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Belgian club apologizes to Kawashima

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Patrick Vanoppen (L), chairman of the Belgian soccer club Germinal Beerschot, and Japanese goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima of another Belgian team Lierse shake hands in Lier, Belgium, on Sept. 20, 2011. Vanoppen apologized to Kawashima for some Germinal fans shouting, ''Fukushima! Fukushima!'' during a game with Lierse in August, referring to the tragedy at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Quake in northeastern India

GANGTOK, India - People walk on a road hit by a landslide that occurred due to an earthquake in Gangtok, in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, on Sept. 20, 2011. The powerful earthquake jolted a mountainous region where the borders of India, Nepal and China meet on Sept. 18, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japan to extend additional grant aid to Pakistan

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) and his Pakistani counterpart Hina Rabbani Khar shake hands in New York on Sept. 20, 2011. Gemba conveyed a decision to extend additional emergency grant aid of $10 million to Pakistan in the wake of the disastrous floods this summer, according to Japan's Foreign Ministry. (Kyodo)

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Japan Prim Minister Noda in New York

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C) and his wife Hitomi (R) disembark from a government airplane as they arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sept. 20, 2011. Noda plans to attend U.N. meetings. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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M'bishi Heavy, IHI hit by cyber attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photos show the main office buildings of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (L), Japan's largest defense contractor, and IHI Corp., which manufactures aircraft engines, in Tokyo's Minato and Koto wards, respectively. Information related to the computer network of Mitsubishi Heavy has been leaked via infected servers and computers, sources close to the matter said Sept. 20, 2011. IHI said the same day that its computer system had also come under a cyber attack. (Kyodo)

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Quake in northeastern India

GANGTOK, India - The walls of a state government office building show cracks caused by an earthquake in Gangtok, in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, on Sept. 20, 2011. The powerful earthquake jolted a mountainous region where the borders of India, Nepal and China meet on Sept. 18, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Quake in northeastern India

GANGTOK, India - A man stands beside a Tibetan Buddhist lodging facility hit by an earthquake in Gangtok, in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, on Sept. 20, 2011. The powerful earthquake jolted a mountainous region where the borders of India, Nepal and China meet on Sept. 18, 2011. (Kyodo)