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Fukushima plant chief's testimony disclosed

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Yoshida (C), chief of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, answers reporters' questions at the plant in November 2011. On Sept. 11, 2014, the government released documents containing testimony from Yoshida, who died in July 2013, and 18 other people during interviews with government investigators on the handling of the nuclear crisis at the plant.

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Fukushima plant chief's testimony disclosed

TOKYO, Japan - Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, answers reporters' questions at the plant in November 2011. On Sept. 11, 2014, the government released documents containing testimony from Yoshida, who died in July 2013, and 18 other people during interviews with government investigators on the handling of the nuclear crisis at the plant.

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - A Japanese pond turtle, a species endemic to Japan, hatches from an egg at the house of Katsuya Yamamoto in the city of Kobe on Sept. 11, 2013. Yamamoto, a 52-year-old glasses shop owner who has been protecting the endangered turtle species, plans to raise the baby turtle for a few years before releasing it in a pond where nonnative species such as red-eared sliders have been removed.

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Four World Trade Center

NEW YORK, United States - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (C) and President and CEO of Silverstein Properties Larry Silverstein (R) cut the ceremonial ribbon at the opening of Four World Trade Center on Nov. 13, 2013 in lower Manhattan. The building was the first to open on the original World Trade Center site after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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Four World Trade Center

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on Nov. 11, 2013, shows Four World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. The building was the first to open on Nov. 13, 2013, on the original site since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Senkaku islets

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows (from front) Minamikojima, Kitakojima and Uotsuri islands, part of the five main islands in the Senkaku group in the East China Sea, on Sept. 11, 2013, a year after the Japanese government purchased the three islands, which are also claimed by China and Taiwan.

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Ex-mayor from Japan energizing remote Argentine region

SALTA, Argentina - Akitada Oishi (L), a former mayor of Hita, Oita Prefecture in Japan, and his superior at the Salta provincial government examine folk crafts at a market in Salta, northern Argentina, on Sept. 11, 2013. Oishi works for Salta as an aid volunteer dispatched by the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

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Ex-mayor from Japan energizing remote Argentine region

SALTA, Argentina - Akitada Oishi (2nd from L), a former mayor of Hita, Oita Prefecture in Japan, looks at a local tourist map in the government office of the northern Argentine province of Salta on Sept. 11, 2013, together with Salta government employees. Oishi works for Salta as an aid volunteer dispatched by the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

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Crown prince, princess visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R front) and Crown Princess Masako (R back) are seen off by Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato at JR Koriyama Station in Fukushima Prefecture on Sept. 22, 2013. The royal couple took a day trip to Koriyama in the prefecture to visit people affected by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Crown prince, princess visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L front) and Crown Princess Masako (2nd from L) visit a facility that measures the radiation levels of produce in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2013, during a day trip to the city to visit people affected by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Crown prince, princess visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R) and Crown Princess Masako talk to children at an indoor playground in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2013, during a day trip to the city to visit people affected by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, princess visit Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and Crown Princess Masako wave to people greeting them after their arrival in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 22, 2013. The royal couple took a day trip to the city to visit people affected by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.

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Harvest moon over "miracle pine"

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 19, 2013, shows a harvest moon above the "miracle pine" in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, hit by the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake. The tree, which initially withstood the tsunami and later died, was reassembled for a monument after being dissected for anti-decay treatment.

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Court order over death of children in tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 17, 2013, shows a courtroom of the Sendai District Court in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, where the court ordered a kindergarten in the prefecture, hit hard by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, to pay 177 million yen in damages over the deaths of four children in a school bus that was swamped by high waves. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Uehara extends shutout streak to 26 games

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Boston Red Sox closer Koji Uehara pitches during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Sept. 11, 2013. Uehara extended his scoreless game streak to 26 in the Red Sox' 7-3, 10-inning victory.

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Uehara extends shutout streak to 26 games

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Boston Red Sox closer Koji Uehara pitches during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Sept. 11, 2013. Uehara extended his scoreless game streak to 26 in the Red Sox' 7-3, 10-inning victory.

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Uehara extends shutout streak to 26 games

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Boston Red Sox closer Koji Uehara pitches during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Sept. 11, 2013. Uehara extended his scoreless game streak to 26 in the Red Sox' 7-3, 10-inning victory.

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Educator Hashimoto

TOKYO, Japan - A June 18, 2011, photo shows Takeshi Hashimoto, a legendary Japanese language teacher known for his slow reading lessons. He died on Sept. 11, 2013, at a hospital in Kobe, western Japan. He was 101.

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Fukushima caricature

PARIS, France - Photo shows caricatures about Tokyo's hosting of the 2020 Olympics after the Fukushima nuclear accident published in the Sept. 11, 2013, edition of the French weekly paper Le Canard enchaine.

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Balentien hits 55th HR

TOKYO, Japan - Wladimir Balentien of the Yakult Swallows homers during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013. The 29-year-old native of Curacao tied Japan's single-season home run record by hitting No. 55.

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Ioka defends WBA title

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Kazuto Ioka (L) knocks out Kwanthai Sithmorseng of Thailand in the seventh round to defend the WBA light flyweight title for a second time in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Japan minister in India

NEW DELHI, India - India's Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma (L) and Japanese industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi shake hands during a press conference after their talks in New Delhi on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Balentien hits 55th HR

TOKYO, Japan - Wladimir Balentien of the Yakult Swallows homers during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013. The 29-year-old native of Curacao tied Japan's single-season home run record by hitting No. 55.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

NAMIE, Japan - Photo shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station observed from the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Balentien hits 55th HR

TOKYO, Japan - Wladimir Balentien of the Yakult Swallows homers during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013. The 29-year-old native of Curacao tied Japan's single-season home run record by hitting No. 55.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a new residential area neighboring a large temporary housing complex in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2013, about two and a half years after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake.

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Turkmenistan president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold a joint press conference after their meeting at Abe's office in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Balentien hits 55th HR

TOKYO, Japan - Wladimir Balentien of the Yakult Swallows homers during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013. The 29-year-old native of Curacao tied Japan's single-season home run record by hitting No. 55.

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iPhone 5s

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an iPhone 5s displayed during a press event in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013. Apple Inc. unveiled the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c the previous day in California.

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Balentien hits 55th HR

TOKYO, Japan - Wladimir Balentien of the Yakult Swallows homers during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Hiroshima Carp at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013. The 29-year-old native of Curacao tied Japan's single-season home run record by hitting No. 55.

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iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the iPhone 5s (front row) and iPhone 5c (back row) displayed during a press event in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013. Apple Inc. unveiled the new devices the previous day in California.

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Turkmenistan president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at Abe's office in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Turkmenistan president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov (far L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) hold talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows four China Coast Guard vessels including the Haijing 2350 (front) in the so-called contiguous zone northeast of Kuba, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Mazda3

FRANKFURT, Germany - Mazda Motor Corp. unveils the Mazda3 compact car, which is called the Mazda Axela in Japan, at a motor show in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Chinese spokesman Lei

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei holds a press conference at the ministry in Beijing on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2506 (back) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Katori in the so-called contiguous zone northeast of Kuba, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the area just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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Ezra Vogel in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Ezra Vogel (R), a professor emeritus at Harvard University, gives a speech during an event in Osaka on Sept. 11, 2013. The 83-year-old professor is known in Japan for his 1979 book "Japan as Number One: Lessons for America," which became a bestseller in the country.

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1 year after Japan purchased Senkaku islets

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Uotsuri (front), one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013, a year after the Japanese government purchased some of the islets, which are claimed by China and Taiwan.

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Judokas' abuse at university

NARA, Japan - Tsunenori Yamada (front), vice president of Tenri University, bows at a press conference in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, on Sept. 11, 2013. The university said a dozen students of its judo team, including former captain and world champion Shohei Ono, were disciplined for physically abusing underclass teammates.

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Japan PM Abe, Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose (L) and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands ahead of their talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013.

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LNG tank

NAGOYA, Japan - Toho Gas Co. shows reporters a large tank for liquefied natural gas under construction in Chita, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Lawyers accuse Kanebo of slow action over blotches

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Nakagome, one of the two lawyers appointed by Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., presents an investigative report at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013. The lawyers criticized the company for acting too slowly in responding to complaints from consumers suffering from skin blotches after using skin-whitening cosmetics manufactured by the company and affiliates.

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Scholar Zhu Jianrong

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Zhu Jianrong, a Japan-based Chinese scholar known as an active commentator on relations between the two countries. China's Foreign Ministry on Sept. 11, 2013, effectively admitted that Zhu is under investigation by authorities.

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Japan PM Abe, Tokyo Gov. Inose

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose (L) and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold talks at Abe's office in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Ex-ozeki Baruto retires

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian former ozeki Baruto (R) holds a press conference to announce his retirement at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013. To the left is his stablemaster Onoe.

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Sept. 11 memorial in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Charge d'Affaires ad interim Kurt Tong speaks during a memorial of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Ex-ozeki Baruto retires

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian former ozeki Baruto holds a press conference to announce his retirement at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013.

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2 and a half years after quake

KAMAISHI, Japan - Members of the Iwate prefectural police offer silent prayers before setting off on a search for the remains of people still missing from the March 2011 tsunami in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture on Sept. 11, 2013, two and a half years after the disaster.

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2 Koreas agree to reopen joint industrial zone on Sept. 16

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Ki Woong, a senior official of South Korea's Unification Ministry, holds a press conference in Seoul on Sept. 11, 2013. The ministry said the same day that North and South Korea have agreed to resume operations at the shuttered joint industrial zone in the North's border city of Kaesong from Sept. 16.