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Sunni shopping district in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Shoppers stroll on the streets of a shopping district in al-Adhamiyah, a Sunni district in Baghdad, on Sept. 10, 2014.

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Syrians keep fleeing from home country into Turkey

KILIS, Turkey - Syrians continue to walk on Sept. 10, 2014, seeking to illegally cross the border into an area near the southern Turkey city of Kilis from Syria before U.S. air strikes against Islamic State militants in their country.

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Group of Syrians rests after illegally entering Turkey

KILIS, Turkey - A group of Syrians rests on Sept. 10, 2014, after illegally crossing the border into an area near the southern Turkey city of Kilis from Syria before U.S. air strikes against Islamic State militants. More than three million Syrians are estimated to have fled their country.

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World's 1st iPS cell transplant

KOBE, Japan - The operation room of the Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation Hospital in Kobe, western Japan, is seen on Sept. 10, 2014. The world's first surgery to implant retinal tissue derived from induced pluripotent stem cells into a human body was performed there in September 2014.

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World's 1st transplant surgery using iPS cells conducted

KOBE, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 10, 2014, shows the Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation Hospital in Kobe, western Japan. At the hospital on Sept. 12, a Japanese research team transplanted retinal cells grown from induced pluripotent stem cells to a woman in her 70s, marking the first time iPS-derived cells have been introduced into a human body by surgery.

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Conductor Ozawa to direct opera at new Kyoto theater

KYOTO, Japan - Globally renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa (C) announces a plan to direct an opera at a theater opening in Kyoto, western Japan, in 2016 at a press conference on Sept. 11, 2014. The plan is part of a one-year program to commemorate the inauguration of the theater which is scheduled for Jan. 10, 2016.

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Japanese craftsmanship impresses New Yorkers

NEW YORK, United States - Akimasa Oe, a knife artisan, engraves letters on a kitchen knife at the Japanese U.N. ambassador's residence in New York on Sept. 10, 2014, during a promotional event.

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Syrian refugees on Turkish border

KILIS, Turkey - Syrian refugees take a rest in a field in Kilis, southern Turkey, on Sept. 10, 2014, after crossing the border. A border checkpoint in Kilis was jammed with refugees due to the continuing civil war in Syria.

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Afghan presidential candidate Ghani speaks to press

KABUL, Afghanistan - Ashraf Ghani, a candidate in Afghanistan's presidential election and former finance minister, speaks at a press conference in Kabul on Sept. 10, 2014.

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Japanese writer receives Andersen author award

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Nahoko Uehashi (L), 52, a Japanese children's book author, receives an award certificate on Sept. 10, 2014, in Mexico City, for winning the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Author Award, the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books.

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Japanese writer receives Andersen author award

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Nahoko Uehashi, 52, a Japanese children's book author, receives a medal on Sept. 10, 2014, in Mexico City, for winning the 2014 Hans Christian Andersen Author Award, the highest international recognition given to an author and an illustrator of children's books.

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Japan's Hamada claims gold in women's 55-kg wrestling

TASKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's Chiho Hamada (top) competes against Russia's Irina Ologonova in the women's 55-kilogram class final at the wrestling world championships on Sept. 10, 2014, in Taskent, Uzbekistan. Hamada, 21, won 4-3, to claim her first title.

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Japan's Tosaka claims gold in women's 48-kg wrestling

TASKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's Eri Tosaka (bottom) competes against Iwona Nina Matkowska of Poland in the women's 48-kilogram class final at the wrestling world championships on Sept. 10, 2014, in Taskent, Uzbekistan. Tosaka, 21, won 10-2, to defend her title.

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Japan's Tosaka, Hamada claim gold in women's wrestling

TASKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's Chiho Hamada (L) and Eri Tosaka smile as they show off their gold medals in women's 55-kilogram class and 48-kg class, respectively, at the wrestling world championships on Sept. 10, 2014, in Taskent, Uzbekistan.

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Japanese abductee kin call for help at U.N. meet

GENEVA, Switzerland - Teruaki Masumoto (L), secretary general of a group of families of Japanese nationals kidnapped by North Korea, calls for international cooperation to prevent such crimes during a symposium at the U.N.'s European headquarters in Geneva on Sept, 10, 2014. Tamaji Takeshita, a sister of suspected abductee Noriko Furukawa, holds a picture of Masumoto's abducted sister Rumiko.

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Japan's Nissan to sell electric cars in China

SHANGHAI, China - Models stand by the Vanucia e30, a five-seater hatchback electric car developed by a joint venture between Japan's Nissan Motor Co. and China's Dongfeng Motor Co., during a presentation in Shanghai, China, on Sept. 10, 2014. Nissan began selling the electric car in China the same day, becoming the first Japanese automaker to sell such an environment-friendly car in the world's largest vehicle market.

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Japan abduction minister calls for N. Korea's response

GENEVA, Switzerland - Eriko Yamatani, Japan's state minister in charge of the abduction issue, says in her keynote speech at an international symposium at the U.N.'s European headquarters in Geneva on Sept. 10, 2014, that North Korea must take serious and concrete steps to solve its past abductions of Japanese nationals while holding a picture of Megumi Yokota, one of the Japanese abductees.

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Lone pine tree 3-1/2 years since 2011 disaster

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Volunteers helping victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami pose for a photo in front of the lone pine tree to survive the ordeal in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2014, on the eve of the day marking three and a half years since the disaster ravaged northeastern Japan.

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Empress Michiko attends movie preview

TOKYO, Japan - Empress Michiko (C in front) attends a movie preview at a theater in Tokyo's Roppongi Hills on Sept. 10, 2014. At left is actor Koji Yakusho, who played the main character in the movie titled "Higurashinoki." (Pool photo by Nihon Keizai Shimbun)

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Ajinomoto to buy U.S. frozen foods maker Windsor

TOKYO, Japan - Masatoshi Ito (R), president of Ajinomoto Co., and Greg Geib, president of Windsor Quality Holdings, shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014. They announced that Japan's Ajinomoto will buy the U.S. frozen foods maker for about $800 million in a bid to grow its presence in the giant North American market.

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Java residents visit Tokyo opposing power plant

TOKYO, Japan - Four residents of Indonesia's Central Java district of Batang hold a banner opposing a plan to construct a coal-fired thermal power station in the area in front of the headquarters of Electric Power Development Co., knows as J-Power, in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014. Japanese companies, including J-Power, plan to build Southeast Asia's biggest coal-fired power plant in Java.

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Cleanup work continues in village hit by nuke disaster

IITATE, Japan - Men engage in decontamination work along a national highway in an evacuation area in Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2014, on the eve of the day marking three and a half years since a massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged northeastern Japan in 2011 and crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster.

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Cleanup work near pasture in town affected by nuke disaster

NAMIE, Japan - Workers conduct decontamination work near a pasture in a "difficult-to-return zone" of the town of Namie, near the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on Sept. 10, 2014, on the eve of the day marking three and a half years since a massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged northeastern Japan in 2011, leading to the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.

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Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014, after the NRA approved the final version of its screening report on the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant under new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. With the approval, the two reactors in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, moved closer to becoming the first in the country to be restarted.

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Contrast of cemetery before and after 2011 quake

ONAGAWA, Japan - A cemetery damaged by a tsunami-swept train car (above) is photographed on April 7, 2011, in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The cemetery was restored later, as shown in the photo below taken on Sept. 10, 2014, with a railway station building under construction in the background.

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Beauty shop's clock stopped since quake

TOMIOKA, Japan - A clock hung outside a beauty shop in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, remains stopped at the time of the 2011 earthquake in this photo taken on Sept. 10, 2014, the eve of the day marking three and a half years since the temblor and subsequent tsunami ravaged northeastern Japan.

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Benesse to revamp data security structure

TOKYO, Japan - Eiko Harada, chairman and chief executive officer of Benesse Holdings Inc., speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014. Harada explained the company's new data security setup to bolster customer information protection after it was embroiled in Japan's biggest-ever data theft.

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Kyoto, Hokkaido display products at Russian food show

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Staffers of the Kyoto Maizuru Port Promotion Association in western Japan and the country's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido explain their various specialty food products and drinks at a food show in Russia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok on Sept. 10, 2014, in their first such joint display.

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Abe invites female foreign envoys to luncheon

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe poses for a commemorative photo with 14 female ambassadors to Japan, including Caroline Kennedy (2nd from front L) of the United States, before a luncheon at his official residence in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Car developed jointly by Mitsuoka Motor, Isetan on sale

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuoka Motor Co. unveils "Himiko Crazy Timer," a new model developed jointly with Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd., at Isetan's flagship department store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on Sept. 10, 2014. Only 20 cars will be produced and orders accepted at the store.

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N. Korea's top official says ties with China unchanged

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam, chairman of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, speaks in a meeting with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Sept. 10, 2014. Kim, the country's ceremonial head, said North Korea's relations with China, its main benefactor, remain unchanged, even though their leaders have not visited each other's country since coming to power.

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New wing opens at Kyoto National Museum

KYOTO, Japan - Buddha statues are exhibited in the Heisei Chishinkan Wing of the Kyoto National Museum in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 10, 2014, during a press preview prior to the official opening on Sept. 13. The wing, a replacement of an old facility, features a combination of contemporary and traditional Japanese architectural designs.

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N. Korea's top official says ties with China unchanged

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Nam, chairman of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, speaks in a meeting with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Sept. 10, 2014. Kim, the country's ceremonial head, said North Korea's relations with China, its main benefactor, remain unchanged, even though their leaders have not visited each other's country since coming to power.

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Brown bears in Shiretoko Peninsula

SHARI, Japan - A brown bear is seen catching a pink salmon at a river on the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Natural Heritage site in eastern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2014. The peninsula is blessed with abundant nature and inhabited by brown bears.

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Sharp launches 'talking' air cleaner in China

OSAKA, Japan - Sharp Corp. unveils a "talking" air cleaner with a function to remove pollutant "PM2.5" for sale in China at a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 10, 2014. Coming in two models, the product gives the user audio notifications in Chinese, including when it exhales ions.

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Brown bears in Shiretoko Peninsula

SHARI, Japan - A brown bear and its cubs are seen hunting for pink salmon at a river on the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Natural Heritage site in eastern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2014. The peninsula is blessed with abundant nature and inhabited by brown bears.

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Brown bears in Shiretoko Peninsula

SHARI, Japan - A brown bear with a pink salmon in its mouth and its cubs are seen at a river on the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Natural Heritage site in eastern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2014. The peninsula is blessed with abundant nature and inhabited by brown bears.

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Brown bears in Shiretoko Peninsula

SHARI, Japan - A brown bear and its cubs are seen hunting for pink salmon at a river on the Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Natural Heritage site in eastern Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island prefecture, on Sept. 10, 2014. The peninsula is blessed with abundant nature and inhabited by brown bears.

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Japan, U.S. see little progress in TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Oe, Japan's deputy chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, speaks to reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014, after meeting with Wendy Cutler, acting deputy U.S. trade representative, over Tokyo's proposed exceptions for key farm products to tariff elimination under the Pacific free trade initiative. Oe said they made only very limited progress in their talks.

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Naha mayor to run for Okinawa gov.

NAHA, Japan - Takeshi Onaga, mayor of Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, announces that he will run in the upcoming gubernatorial election in November during a plenary session of the city assembly in Naha on Sept. 10, 2014. He expressed his opposition to the planned relocation of a key U.S. military base in Japan's southwestern prefecture.

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Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK, moves closer to resumption

TOKYO, Japan - Members of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority hold a meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014 to discuss the safety of the No. 1 and 2 reactors at the Sendai nuclear power plant of Kyushu Electric Power Co. The five-member panel approved the final version of its screening report on the reactors under the new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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1964 Tokyo Olympic torch runner Sakai dies at 69

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September, 2013, shows Yoshinori Sakai, the final torch relay runner at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, holding the torch with which he lit the Olympic cauldron. Sakai died of cerebral bleeding at a hospital in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014. He was 69.

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Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken in March 2014 shows two reactors at the Sendai power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The plant, operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. obtained a safety clearance from regulators on Sept. 10, 2014, becoming the first to meet new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Japanese A-bomb survivor to share experience in Kazakhstan

NAGASAKI, Japan - Shohei Tsuiki, an A-bomb survivor in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, talks at a press conference at the Nagasaki municipal office on July 10, 2014, about an exhibition of the 1945 blast planned in three cities in Kazakhstan from Aug. 6 to Sept. 30.

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Fast Retailing chief Yanai explains Sept.-Feb. results

TOKYO, Japan - Tadashi Yanai, president and chairman of Fast Retailing Co., explains the Uniqlo chain operator's business results in the September to February period on April 10, 2014, in Tokyo. The company logged record sales of 764.3 billion yen, up 24.3 percent from a year earlier, in the period.