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Japan's "shiatsu anma" therapy in Nepal

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Ishwor Raj Balami, proprietor of You, I Health Center, massages a client using the traditional Japanese "shiatsu anma" healing technique at the Japanese massage center in Kathmandu on Sept. 10, 2012.

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New president elected in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Hassan Sheikh Mohamud raises his hands in victory after being elected Somalia's new president in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on Sept. 10, 2012.

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Iraq coach Zico

TOKYO, Japan - A Sept. 10, 2012, photo shows Iraq coach Zico attending a press conference in Saitama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 11, 2012, after a World Cup soccer qualifier in which Japan beat Iraq 1-0.

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Murray wins U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Britain's Andy Murray (L) is congratulated by Serbia's Novak Djokovic after their men's singles final match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Sept. 10, 2012. Murray beat Djokovic 7-6(10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, securing his first Grand Slam title.

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Murray wins U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Britain's Andy Murray squats after defeating Serbia's Novak Djokovic in their men's singles final match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Sept. 10, 2012. Murray beat Djokovic 7-6(10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, securing his first Grand Slam title.

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Murray wins U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Britain's Andy Murray acknowledges cheers from spectators after defeating Serbia's Novak Djokovic in their men's singles final match at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Sept. 10, 2012. Murray beat Djokovic 7-6(10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, securing his first Grand Slam title.

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Murray wins U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Britain's Andy Murray holds up the winner's trophy after his men's singles final victory over Serbia's Novak Djokovic at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Sept. 10, 2012. Murray beat Djokovic 7-6(10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, securing his first Grand Slam title.

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Somalia's new president

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (2nd from R in front) is sworn in at a ceremony in Mogadishu on Sept. 10, 2012.

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Murray wins U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Britain's Andy Murray plays a shot during the U.S. Open men's singles final against Serbia's Novak Djokovic in New York on Sept. 10, 2012. Murray beat Djokovic 7-6(10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, securing his first Grand Slam title.

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Murray wins U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Britain's Andy Murray plays a shot during the U.S. Open men's singles final against Serbia's Novak Djokovic in New York on Sept. 10, 2012. Murray beat Djokovic 7-6(10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, securing his first Grand Slam title.

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Djokovic loses to Murray at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Serbia's Novak Djokovic plays a shot during the U.S. Open men's singles final against Britain's Andy Murray in New York on Sept. 10, 2012. Murray beat Djokovic 7-6(10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, securing his first Grand Slam title.

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Djokovic loses to Murray at U.S. Open

NEW YORK, United States - Serbia's Novak Djokovic plays a shot during the U.S. Open men's singles final against Britain's Andy Murray in New York on Sept. 10, 2012. Murray beat Djokovic 7-6(10), 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, securing his first Grand Slam title.

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Somalia's new president

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (C) speaks after he was sworn in at a ceremony in Mogadishu on Sept. 10, 2012.

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Water shortage concerns in Kanto region

MINAKAMI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 10, 2012, shows Lake Okutone in the town of Minakami, Gunma Prefecture, the bed of which is exposed as the water level has dropped. Restrictions have been imposed on the water intake from feeder dams in the Kanto region on Sept. 11 amid growing fears of potential water shortages in the central Japan area due to low rainfall.

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Canadian court grants extradition of Chinese man

TORONTO, Canada - A lawyer speaks in front of a court in Toronto, on Sept. 10, 2012, on a court decision to extradite to Japan a Chinese man living in Canada who Japanese police believe may know who murdered three women in a Tokyo suburb in 1995.

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Water shortage concerns in Kanto region

MINAKAMI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 10, 2012, shows Lake Okutone in the town of Minakami, Gunma Prefecture, the bed of which is exposed as the water level has dropped. The Yagisawa Dam can be seen in the background. Restrictions have been imposed on the water intake from feeder dams in the Kanto region on Sept. 11 amid growing fears of potential water shortages in the central Japan area due to low rainfall.

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Minister Matsushita found dead at home

TOKYO, Japan - File photo dated Sept. 4, 2012, shows Financial Services Minister Tadahiro Matsushita heading to a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Matsushita was found dead at his residence in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012, police said, adding they suspect the country's top financial regulator committed suicide.

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Minister Matsushita found dead at home

TOKYO, Japan - File photo dated Sept. 4, 2012, shows Financial Services Minister Tadahiro Matsushita heading to a Cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Matsushita was found dead at his residence in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012, police said, adding they suspect the country's top financial regulator committed suicide.

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Iraq coach Zico

TOKYO, Japan - A Sept. 10, 2012, photo shows Iraq coach Zico smiling during a press conference in Saitama, near Tokyo, on Sept. 10, 2012, before a World Cup soccer qualifier the following day in which Japan beat Iraq 1-0.

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DPJ leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Former agriculture minister Michihiko Kano, former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi, former agriculture minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda attend a joint press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012. The four filed candidacy papers the same day for the ruling party's Sept. 21, 2012, presidential election.

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DPJ leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Former agriculture minister Michihiko Kano, former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi, former agriculture minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda join hands after a joint press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012. The four filed candidacy papers the same day for the ruling party's Sept. 21, 2012, presidential election.

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DPJ leadership race

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Former agriculture minister Michihiko Kano, former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi, former agriculture minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda join hands after a joint press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012. The four filed candidacy papers the same day for the ruling party's Sept. 21, 2012, presidential election.

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Bagram prison now under Afghan control

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - A ceremony is held at the U.S. Bagram Air Base north of Kabul on Sept. 10, 2012, to mark the handover of an adjacent U.S.-run detention facility, which houses terror suspects, to Afghan control. At center is Acting Afghan Defense Minister Enayatullah Nazary.

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Crown prince at European art exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito views "Young Lady with a Pearl Necklace" by Jan Vermeer van Delft at an exhibition of the National Museums of Berlin collections at the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012. (Pool photo)

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LDP presidential race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba formally declares in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012, his candidacy for the presidential election of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party to be held later in the month.

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LDP presidential race

TOKYO, Japan - Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba formally declares in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012, his candidacy for the presidential election of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party to be held later in the month.

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LDP presidential race

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, head of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, announces at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012, that he has decided not to run in the party's presidential election later in the month.

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DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - The Democratic Party of Japan's former internal affairs minister Kazuhiro Haraguchi announces his candidacy in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012, for the party's presidential election later in the month.

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LDP presidential race

TOKYO, Japan - Sadakazu Tanigaki, head of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, announces at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012, that he has decided not to run in the party's presidential election later in the month.

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Election in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, China - Candidates and supporters celebrate in Hong Kong on Sept. 10, 2012, after hearing the results of the legislative council election, which was held the previous day.

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Flights resume to Shanghai from Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Passengers head for a boarding gate to get on a chartered plane for a flight to Shanghai at Fukushima airport on Sept. 10, 2012. It was the first international flight that departed there since Fukushima Prefecture was hit by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters in March 2011.

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Acquitted Muraki returns to welfare ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Atsuko Muraki, senior official at the Cabinet Office, answers reporters' questions after being appointed head of the Social Welfare and War Victims' Relief Bureau of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012. Muraki was acquitted in 2010 in a fraud case involving abuse of a postal discount system while working at the welfare ministry.

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Flights resume to Shanghai from Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (C) speaks during a ceremony at Fukushima airport on Sept. 10, 2012, before a chartered plane departed there for Shanghai in the first international flight since Fukushima Prefecture was hit by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters in March 2011.

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DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - The Democratic Party of Japan's former agriculture minister Michihiko Kano announces his candidacy in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012, for the party's presidential election later in the month.

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DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda arrives at his office following a visit to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012. Noda has announced he will run for reelection as leader of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan in the party's presidential election later in the month.

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DPJ leadership election

TOKYO, Japan - The Democratic Party of Japan's former agriculture minister Hirotaka Akamatsu answers reporters' questions in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2012. Akamatsu filed his candidacy the same day for the party's presidential election later in the month.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). Many of the buildings damaged by the tsunami have been removed.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in the town of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on April 10, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R).