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Myanmar's noted painter Win Pe shows his paintings

TOKYO, Japan - Noted Myanmar painter Win Pe explains his paintings at an exhibition in Yangon on Sept. 30, 2014. He says he can now freely paint what he wants, something impossible under the old military regime, as the country shifted to civilian rule in 2011.

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Fukushima gov. tells ministers of acceptance of radioactive waste

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (C) along with Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto (L) meets with reporters in the northeastern Japanese city of Fukushima on Sept. 1, 2014, after meeting with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato on a plan to store radioactive waste from decontamination following the March 2011 nuclear disaster for up to 30 years in the prefecture.

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Fukushima gov. tells ministers of acceptance of radioactive waste

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (far L) meets with reporters in the northeastern Japanese city of Fukushima on Sept. 1, 2014, after telling two Cabinet ministers he will accept a central government plan to store radioactive waste from decontamination following the March 2011 nuclear disaster for up to 30 years in the prefecture.

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Typhoon Jelawat in Japan

KIHO, Japan - Rough waves batter a breakwater in the town of Kiho, Mie Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2011, as Typhoon Jelawat travels northeastward along the coast of western Japan. The harvest moon peeks out between the clouds.

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Typhoon Jelawat in Japan

KIHO, Japan - Rough waves batter a breakwater in the town of Kiho, Mie Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2011, as Typhoon Jelawat travels northeastward along the coast of western Japan. A rainbow, which appeared after the rain stopped, is seen. The powerful typhoon made landfall on the main island of Honshu later that day.

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Typhoon Jelawat in Japan

KIHO, Japan - Rough waves batter a breakwater in the town of Kiho, Mie Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2011, as Typhoon Jelawat travels northeastward along the coast of western Japan. The powerful typhoon made landfall on the main island of Honshu later that day.

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Typhoon Jelawat in Japan

KIHO, Japan - Rough waves batter a breakwater in the town of Kiho, Mie Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2011, as Typhoon Jelawat travels northeastward along the coast of western Japan. The powerful typhoon made landfall on the main island of Honshu later that day.

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Typhoon Jelawat in Japan

KUSHIMOTO, Japan - High waves batter a breakwater in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2011, as Typhoon Jelawat travels northeastward along the coast of western Japan.

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Typhoon Jelawat in Japan

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Rough waves batter the shores of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2011, as Typhoon Jelawat travels northeastward along the coast of western Japan.

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Typhoon Jelawat in Japan

SHIRAHAMA, Japan - Rough waves batter the shores of Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2011, as Typhoon Jelawat travels northeastward along the coast of western Japan.

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Isuzu plant in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo taken on Sept. 30, 2011, shows the Gateway plant of Isuzu Motors Co. (Thailand), Japanese automaker Isuzu Motors Ltd.'s Thai subsidiary, in Chachoengsao Province, eastern Thailand, before major flooding.

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U.S.-S. Korea joint drill

SEOUL, South Korea - The United States and South Korea hold a joint live-fire drill in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, on Sept. 30, 2011.

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U.S.-S. Korea joint drill

SEOUL, South Korea - The United States and South Korea hold a joint live-fire drill in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, on Sept. 30, 2011.

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Zvonareva advances to Pan Pacific final

TOKYO, Japan - Vera Zvonareva of Russia serves against Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic during a women's singles semifinal match in the Pan Pacific Open at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. Zvonareva advanced to the final after beating Kvitova 7-6(2), 6-0.

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Kvitova loses in Pan Pacific semifinal

TOKYO, Japan - Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic is seen during the women's singles semifinals in the Pan Pacific Open against Vera Zvonareva of Russia at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. Zvonareva advanced to the final after beating Kvitova 7-6(2), 6-0.

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Rolls-Royce luxury sedan

TOKYO, Japan - British luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd. unveils its new five-seater Ghost Extended Wheelbase sedan in Japan during an event in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. The company said it has started taking orders for the vehicle.

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Zvonareva advances to Pan Pacific final

TOKYO, Japan - Vera Zvonareva of Russia returns a shot against Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic during a women's singles semifinal match in the Pan Pacific Open at Ariake Tennis Forest Park in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. Zvonareva advanced to the final after beating Kvitova 7-6(2), 6-0.

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Michelin Guide for Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Nihon Michelin Tire Co. President Bernard Delmas (R) pays a courtesy visit to Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi at the governor's official residence in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Sept. 30, 2011. The Hokkaido version of the Michelin Guide, a world famous restaurant guide, will be released in April 2012, the Tokyo-based unit of French tire maker Michelin said the same day, offering the third regional version in Japan following the Tokyo and western Japan editions.

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Extra Diet session ends

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from R) and other lawmakers applaud in the Diet in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011, as an extraordinary Diet session, the first parliamentary session since the launch of the government under Noda on Sept. 2, ended the same day. A third extra budget for fiscal 2011 to finance postdisaster reconstruction efforts will be deliberated at the next session which is expected to be convened as early as mid-October.

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Japan parliament to have special nuclear crisis panel

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an upper house plenary session at the Diet in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. The House of Councillors approved a bill submitted by the opposition camp to set up a special committee of experts in parliament to look into the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Gov't workers' wages to be cut

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) receives an advisory from Takeshi Erikawa, president of the National Personnel Authority, on wages for central government workers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. The personnel board proposed a 0.23% cut in monthly salaries for government workers in fiscal 2011 for the third straight yearly decline, leading to a 15,000 yen cut in their average annual salaries to 6.37 million yen.

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Peach Aviation's uniforms

TOKYO, Japan - A man and women pose in cabin attendant uniforms of Peach Aviation Ltd. during the uniforms' unveiling event held by the company at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. Peach Aviation was established in February 2011 by All Nippon Airways Co. as a joint low-cost carrier with Hong Kong-based investment firms to operate flights from and to Kansai International Airport near Osaka city, beginning in March 2012.

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Peach Aviation's uniforms

TOKYO, Japan - A man and women pose in cabin attendant uniforms of Peach Aviation Ltd. during the uniforms' unveiling event held by the company at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. Peach Aviation was established in February 2011 by All Nippon Airways Co. as a joint low-cost carrier with Hong Kong-based investment firms to operate flights from and to Kansai International Airport near Osaka city, beginning in March 2012.

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LDP's Tanigaki at party meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki (2nd from L), chief of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, attends a meeting of the party's General Council at its headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2011. During the meeting, Tanigaki proposed making some changes in the party's executive lineup, including appointing Toshimitsu Motegi, chairman of the LDP's public relations section, as the party's new policy chief, which was approved.

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S. Korea's ruling party chief visits N. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Hong Joon Pyo (C), chairman of South Korea's Grand National Party, waves at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on Sept. 30, 2011, before touring a joint inter-Korean industrial complex in North Korea's border city of Kaesong. It is the first trip to North Korea by a leader of the South Korean ruling party under the current South Korean administration of President Lee Myung Bak launched in 2008.

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Key chain containing radioactive material

CHIBA, Japan - Photo shows a key chain confiscated by the Chiba prefectural police which contains a glow-in-the-dark material that emits radiation around 12 times greater than the legal limit. Police said on Sept. 27, 2011, they sent papers to prosecutors in April concerning a 15-year-old boy suspected of violating laws meant to prevent radiation hazards. The boy allegedly sold the key chains via the Internet at prices ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 yen after purchasing 30 of them online for 1,000 yen each from July to October 2010.

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Solar-powered condo

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a rendering of a condominium equipped with Japan's largest-level solar power generation system with a capacity of 170 kilowatts to be built in Suita in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. Daiwa House Industry Co. said Sept. 26, 2011, it will begin construction of the condo on Sept. 30 for completion in 2013.

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N. Korea premier visits China

BEIJING, China - North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim (back) arrives at Beijing airport in China on Sept. 26, 2011 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Choe will stay in China until Sept. 30, and is expected to hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Wen.

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N. Korea premier visits China

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean Premier Choe Yong Rim (R) leaves Pyongyang airport for Beijing on Sept. 26, 2011 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. Choe will stay in China until Sept. 30, and is expected to hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Wen.

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Japanese universities promote safety of Japan

BEIJING, China - Young people visit booths at an event in Beijing on Sept. 24, 2011, held by about 30 Japanese universities to promote the safety of Japan in an effort to stem the decrease in the number of Chinese students studying in Japan following the March earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Japan survey team leaves for S. Sudan

NARITA, Japan - A Japanese survey team leaves for South Sudan from Narita international airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 24, 2011, to study a possible dispatch of Ground Self-Defense Force members to take part in U.N. peacekeeping operations there. The team, comprising 30 officials from the Foreign and Defense ministries, the Cabinet Office's International Peace Cooperation Headquarters, and GSDF members, are expected to gather information during a weeklong stay about local needs, the public security situation and channels for food and fuel supplies.

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Antinuclear rally in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Members of Japanese and U.S. citizens' groups stage a rally on Sept. 22, 2011, in front of the U.N. headquarters in New York calling for the suspension of nuclear power plants. Around 30 people called on participants at a U.N. high-level meeting on nuclear safety and security to end the promotion of nuclear power, saying they do not want to face any further nuclear disasters, in reference to the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Ex-PM Kan in interview

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2011. Kan said he learned shortly after the nuclear crisis erupted at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant that around 30 million people in Tokyo and surrounding prefectures may have to be evacuated in a worst-case scenario.

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Sharp to halt sales of Galapagos

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows the 10.8-inch home type (R) and 5.5-inch mobile versions of Sharp Corp.'s Galapagos multifunction tablet computers. The maker said on Sept. 15, 2011, it will halt sales on Sept. 30, less than a year after their launch. The gadgets, which let users read e-books as well as major newspapers and popular magazines delivered at designated times, have apparently fallen far behind Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer.

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Sharp to halt sales of Galapagos

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows the 10.8-inch home type (bottom) and 5.5-inch mobile (up) versions of Sharp Corp.'s multifunction tablet computers. The maker said on Sept. 15, 2011, it will halt sales on Sept. 30, less than a year after their launch. The gadgets, which let users read e-books as well as major newspapers and popular magazines delivered at designated times, have apparently fallen far behind Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer.

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Half year after tsunami

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - The moon lights up the ruins of a town government building in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2011, nearly a half year after the March 11 quake and tsunami. About 30 town officials died when the tsunami engulfed the building where they were ordered to gather to collect information and issue evacuation instructions to town residents.

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People in Zawiyah, Libya

ZAWIYAH, Libya - A man on Sept. 2, 2011, points to the site where forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi dug up the bodies of protesters in Zawiyah, about 50 kilometers west of Tripoli. Gaddafi's troops destroyed a mosque after suppressing anti-Gaddafi protests and dug up the bodies of around 30 protesters buried near the mosque.

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People in Zawiyah, Libya

ZAWIYAH, Libya - People gather to pray on Sept. 2, 2011, at the ruins of a mosque flattened by Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Zawiyah, about 50 kilometers west of Tripoli. Gaddafi's troops destroyed the mosque after suppressing anti-Gaddafi protests and dug up the bodies of around 30 protesters buried near the mosque.

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Redevelopment of WTC site in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on Aug. 30, 2011, shows the World Trade Center site in New York where redevelopment works are underway to reshape the Manhattan skyline. The United States will mark the 10th anniversary next month of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

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Nadeshiko Japan photo exhibition in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki (L) and Lee Satterfield, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for professional and cultural exchanges, view a photo exhibition on the women's soccer World Cup final between Japan and the United States at the Japanese Embassy's Japan Information and Culture Center in Washington on Aug. 18, 2011. The exhibition featuring Japan's World Cup victory began the same day and runs through Sept. 30.

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Temporary storage site for radioactive waste to be returned to landowner

Private property used as a temporary storage site for removed soil and radioactive waste generated during decontamination work following the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen on Sept. 23, 2015, in Minamisoma's Baba district in Fukushima Prefecture. The city plans to return the land to its owner with the lease contract expiring next spring. The state has been having a hard time finding sites to build interim facilities to store radioactive waste generated from decontamination work for 30 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2011 tsunami survivor

Koichi Sakurai, a survivor of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, speaks about the importance of natural disaster prevention during an event at a food market in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2011 tsunami survivor

Yuko Tanno, a survivor of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, talks about her son Kota, who died in the disaster at 13, at a monument to him and 13 other deceased students in the Yuriage area in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 30, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Museum discovers rock with one of Japan's largest whale fossils

Hitoshi Furusawa, a researcher at the Sapporo Museum Activities Center in Sapporo shows in the Hokkaido Prefecture capital on Sept. 30, 2015, a rock containing what is believed to be one of Japan's largest whale fossils. It was found in Hokkaido's Tsukigata town in August 2011 and is currently undergoing cleaning at the center to separate the fossil from the rock. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prof. unveils latest result of study on Fukushima children

Yuji Tsutsui (R), a professor at Fukushima University, speaks at a press conference in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 30, 2015, announcing the results of his latest research on stress reactions of local children and their parents following the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. He concluded that their stress levels have decreased every year, but the drop rates have been reduced. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Solar-powered condo

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows a rendering of a condominium equipped with Japan's largest-level solar power generation system with a capacity of 170 kilowatts to be built in Suita in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. Daiwa House Industry Co. said Sept. 26, 2011, it will begin construction of the condo on Sept. 30 for completion in 2013. (Kyodo)

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Isuzu plant in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo taken on Sept. 30, 2011, shows the Gateway plant of Isuzu Motors Co. (Thailand), Japanese automaker Isuzu Motors Ltd.'s Thai subsidiary, in Chachoengsao Province, eastern Thailand, before major flooding. (Kyodo)

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Half year after tsunami

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - The moon lights up the ruins of a town government building in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2011, nearly a half year after the March 11 quake and tsunami. About 30 town officials died when the tsunami engulfed the building where they were ordered to gather to collect information and issue evacuation instructions to town residents. (Kyodo)

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People in Zawiyah, Libya

ZAWIYAH, Libya - People gather to pray on Sept. 2, 2011, at the ruins of a mosque flattened by Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Zawiyah, about 50 kilometers west of Tripoli. Gaddafi's troops destroyed the mosque after suppressing anti-Gaddafi protests and dug up the bodies of around 30 protesters buried near the mosque. (Kyodo)

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People in Zawiyah, Libya

ZAWIYAH, Libya - A man on Sept. 2, 2011, points to the site where forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi dug up the bodies of protesters in Zawiyah, about 50 kilometers west of Tripoli. Gaddafi's troops destroyed a mosque after suppressing anti-Gaddafi protests and dug up the bodies of around 30 protesters buried near the mosque. (Kyodo)