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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - A fish known as "striped poison-fang blenny mimic" emerges from its empty-coffee-can home, in 4-meter-deep water off a beach in the city of Kobe on Sept. 12, 2013.

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Smartphone game developer creates romance in virtual world

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 12, 2013 in Tokyo shows Waka Yoshida, executive officer who heads the social business unit at Voltage Inc., where she leads a team creating stories for smartphone game applications. One such game is "A Prince's Proposal," a romance game popular among women in their 20s and 30s.

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Ig Nobel award

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Shinsuke Imai (C), a senior researcher at Japan's House Foods Corp., and Ishikawa Prefectural University President Hidehiko Kumagai (L) attend an award ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 12, 2013. Their group won the spoof Ig Nobel chemistry prize for researching the possibility of a tear-free, yet flavorful, onion.

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Ig Nobel award

CAMBRIDGE, United States - Teikyo University School of Medicine Associate Professor Masanori Niimi (C) poses for photos with co-awardees during an award ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sept. 12, 2013. Their group won the spoof Ig Nobel medicine prize for studying how opera music affects mice heart transplants.

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Shortest woman

NEW YORK, United States - Jyoti Amge, 19, is pictured with her parents at the Empire State Building in New York on Sept. 12, 2013. The 62.7-centimeter-tall Indian attended a Guinness World Records ceremony to certify her as the world's shortest living woman.

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Shortest woman

NEW YORK, United States - Jyoti Amge attends a Guinness World Records ceremony to certify her as the world's shortest living woman at the Empire State Building in New York on Sept. 12, 2013. The 19-year-old woman from India is 62.7 centimeters tall.

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Tourist attack in Turkey

NEVSEHIR, Turkey - Fatih Uyar (4th from L), a 24-year-old mechanic, is escorted by investigators at Zemi Vally in Cappadocia, Turkey, on Sept. 12, 2013. He is suspected of attacking two Japanese tourists at the site, killing one of the women and seriously injuring the other.

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U.S., Russia discuss Syria

GENEVA, Switzerland - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov hold a press conference before their talks in Geneva on Sept. 12, 2013, in an effort to seek a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Syria.

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Tourist attack in Turkey

NEVSEHIR, Turkey - Fatih Uyar (L), a 24-year-old mechanic, is escorted by investigators at Zemi Vally in Cappadocia, Turkey, on Sept. 12, 2013. He is suspected of attacking two Japanese tourists at the site, killing one of the women and seriously injuring the other.

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Otto Sander

TOKYO, Japan - A 1994 file photo shows German actor Otto Sander, who died at 72 on Sept. 12, 2013.

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Tourist attack in Turkey

NEVSEHIR, Turkey - Fatih Uyar (C), a 24-year-old mechanic, answers an investigator's question at Zemi Vally in Cappadocia, Turkey, on Sept. 12, 2013. He is suspected of attacking two Japanese tourists at the site, killing one of the women and seriously injuring the other.

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Iran's IAEA envoy

VIENNA, Austria - Reza Najafi, Iran's new ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks during a press conference in Vienna on Sept. 12, 2013.

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Hasebe joins Nuremberg

NUREMBERG, Germany - Japan captain Makoto Hasebe (L) holds a press conference in Nuremburg, Germany, on Sept. 12, 2013, after joining Bundesliga team Nuremberg from rival club Wolfsburg. At right is coach Michael Wiesinger.

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Japan, Vietnam foreign ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh hold a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2013.

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Hasebe joins Nuremberg

NUREMBERG, Germany - Japan captain Makoto Hasebe (L) shows off his new jersey during a press conference in Nuremburg, Germany, on Sept. 12, 2013, after joining Bundesliga team Nuremberg from rival club Wolfsburg. At right is coach Michael Wiesinger.

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Japan minister in Thailand

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japan's transport minister Akihiro Ota (C) receives an explanation on Thailand's high-speed railway project at Bang Sue station in Bangkok on Sept. 12, 2013.

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Mobile bridge for disaster

SHIZUOKA, Japan - The "Mobile Bridge," a transportable bridge that extends like a pair of lazy tongs and can be installed over a river as wide as 17 meters in about 10 minutes, is unveiled in an experiment in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture on Sept. 12, 2013. The bridge was developed by engineers from Hiroshima University and a group of businesses, conceived with the aim of providing a quick fix to restore transportation infrastructure in the event of a disaster.

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Mobile bridge for disaster

SHIZUOKA, Japan - The "Mobile Bridge," a transportable bridge that extends like a pair of lazy tongs and can be installed over a river as wide as 17 meters in about 10 minutes, is unveiled in an experiment in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture on Sept. 12, 2013. The bridge was developed by engineers from Hiroshima University and a group of businesses, conceived with the aim of providing a quick fix to restore transportation infrastructure in the event of a disaster.

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Maori woman refused entry to public bath

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo shows Erana Brewerton, a Maori woman from New Zealand. A public bath in Eniwa, Hokkaido, refused entry to the 60-year-old Maori language teacher due to her facial tattoos, an official of the facility said Sept. 12, 2013.

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S. Korea undecided on joining TPP

SEOUL, South Korea - Choi Kyung Lim, deputy minister for trade, industry and energy, holds a press conference in Seoul on Sept. 12, 2013. Choi said South Korea has not made a decision regarding whether to join the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade negotiations.

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Mobile bridge for disaster

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Combination photos (from top to bottom) shows an experiment of the "Mobile Bridge," a transportable bridge that extends like a pair of lazy tongs and can be installed over a river as wide as 17 meters in about 10 minutes, unveiled in Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture on Sept. 12, 2013. The bridge was developed by engineers from Hiroshima University and a group of businesses, conceived with the aim of providing a quick fix to restore transportation infrastructure in the event of a disaster.

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Nishikori to face Falla

TOKYO, Japan - World No. 12 Kei Nishikori (L) and Alejandro Falla shake hands in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2013, a day before they are scheduled to meet in the opening singles match of Japan's World Group tennis playoff against Colombia.

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U.S. diplomat Davies in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Glyn Davies, U.S. special envoy on North Korea, answers a reporter's question after holding talks with Junichi Ihara, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2013.

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iPhone queue

TOKYO, Japan - Customers line up outside Apple Store Ginza in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2013, eight days before the new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c begin selling on Sept. 20.

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iPhone queue

TOKYO, Japan - Customers line up outside Apple Store Ginza in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2013, eight days before the new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c begin selling on Sept. 20.

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U.S. diplomat Davies in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Glyn Davies (L), U.S. special envoy on North Korea, shakes hands with Junichi Ihara, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, ahead of their talks at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Rohto Pharmaceutical president

OSAKA, Japan - Toshiaki Yoshino, president of Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., is interviewed by Kyodo News in Osaka on Sept. 12, 2013.

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Turkmenistan president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov (R) and Emperor Akihito (L) hold talks at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Cybersecurity meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C in front row) poses with participants during a photo session of the opening ceremony for the ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Policy Meeting on Cybersecurity Cooperation in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2013.

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U.S. diplomat Davies in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Glyn Davies (C), U.S. special envoy on North Korea, heads for a meeting with Junichi Ihara, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Turkmenistan president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov (L) and Emperor Akihito are seen ahead of their talks at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japan, Vietnam foreign ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2013.

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Turkmenistan president in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov (L) and Emperor Akihito (R) attend a luncheon at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Olympic anti-terrorism drill

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese police hold their first antiterrorism training exercise near the planned site of the athletes' village for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the capital's Harumi waterfront area on Sept. 12, 2013.

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Olympic anti-terrorism drill

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese police hold their first antiterrorism training exercise near the planned site of the athletes' village for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the capital's Harumi waterfront area on Sept. 12, 2013.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Yoshida area of Watari town, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), a day after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R), complete with a greenhouse complex to grow strawberries.

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Arahama area of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (top), the day of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (bottom).

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Shishiori area in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, 2011 (L), the day after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, and about two and a half years later on Sept. 1, 2013 (R). Work began Sept. 9, 2013, to dismantle the fishing vessel Kyotoku Maru No. 18 (front in both) that was washed ashore by the tsunami and has remained stranded.