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JAL's new seats for international flights

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. demonstrates its first fully reclining seats for business class for long-haul international flights during an event in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2012. The airline unveiled all new seating for Boeing 777-300ER international flights as part of its midterm business plan following rehabilitation from its January 2010 bankruptcy.

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Hiroshima Peace Watch reset

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Peace Watch in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, which has been counting the days from the most recent nuclear test, is reset to 28 days on Oct. 13, 2010. The United States declared that it conducted a subcritical nuclear test on Sept. 15 in a Nevada underground test site.

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World's oldest black rhinos at zoo

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows the female Hana (L) and male Kuro at Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park on Sept. 13, 2010. Zoo officials said the two black rhinoceros are the oldest among the species kept at zoos in the world.

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Nadal wins U.S. Open, earns career Grand Slam

NEW YORK, United States - Rafael Nadal of Spain bites the U.S. Open men's singles trophy on Sept. 13, 2010, in New York. Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic of Serbia, winning his first title in the championship and earning a career Grand Slam.

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Nadal wins U.S. Open, earns career Grand Slam

NEW YORK, United States - Rafael Nadal of Spain returns the ball against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the U.S. Open men's singles final on Sept. 13, 2010, in New York. Nadal won his first title in the championship, becoming the seventh man to earn a career Grand Slam.

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Nadal wins U.S. Open, earns career Grand Slam

NEW YORK, United States - Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after beating Novak Djokovic of Serbia to win the U.S. Open tennis championship Sept. 13, 2010, in New York. Nadal won his first title in the event, becoming the seventh man to earn a career Grand Slam.

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Red Sox's Matsuzaka turns 30

SEATTLE, United States - Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka blows out candles on a cake as he celebrates his 30th birthday at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington, on Sept. 13, 2010.

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Nadal wins U.S. Open, earns career Grand Slam

NEW YORK, United States - Rafael Nadal of Spain raises the trophy of the U.S. Open men's singles on Sept. 13, 2010, in New York. Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic of Serbia winning his first title in the championship and earning a career Grand Slam.

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Nadal wins U.S. Open, earns career Grand Slam

NEW YORK, United States - Rafael Nadal of Spain returns the ball against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the U.S. Open men's singles final on Sept. 13, 2010, in New York. Nadal won his first title in the championship, becoming the seventh man to earn a career Grand Slam.

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Nadal wins U.S. Open, earns career Grand Slam

NEW YORK, United States - Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after beating Novak Djokovic of Serbia to win the U.S. Open tennis championship Sept. 13, 2010, in New York. Nadal won his first title in the event, becoming the seventh man to earn a career Grand Slam.

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Nadal wins U.S. Open, earns career Grand Slam

NEW YORK, United States - Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after beating Novak Djokovic of Serbia to win the U.S. Open tennis championship Sept. 13, 2010, in New York. Nadal won his first title in the event, becoming the seventh man to earn a career Grand Slam.

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Kamikawa wins men's open class at judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Teddy Riner of France receives silver, Japan's Daiki Kamikawa wins gold, and Japan's Keiji Suzuki and Hiroki Tachiyama take bronze in the men's open class at the World Judo Championships at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2010.

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Sugimoto wins women's open class at judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Mika Sugimoto (R) defeats China's Qin Qian during the women's open class final at the World Judo Championships at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2010.

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California Gov. Schwarzenegger meets Kan

TOKYO, Japan - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) holds talks with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2010.

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Sugimoto wins women's open class at judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Mika Sugimoto (R) defeats China's Qin Qian during the women's open class final at the World Judo Championships at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2010.

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California Gov. Schwarzenegger meets Kan

TOKYO, Japan - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2010.

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Kamikawa wins men's open class at judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Daiki Kamikawa (top) defeats Teddy Riner of France during the men's open class final at the World Judo Championships at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2010.

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Wireless cellphone recharging

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu Ltd. demonstrates its newly developed technology enabling mobile phones to be recharged without being connected with power cables in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2010.

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Kan, Ozawa make last-ditch efforts over DPJ election

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan makes a final bid to sway votes from Democratic Party of Japan parliamentarians for the party's presidential election in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2010, a day ahead of the election.

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Kan, Ozawa make last-ditch efforts over DPJ election

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, one of the candidates in the Democratic Party of Japan's presidential election with Prime Minister Naoto Kan, makes last-ditch efforts to woo votes from DPJ parliamentarians in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2010, a day ahead of the election.

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Hakuho stretches win streak at autumn meet

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho (R) slaps down the top-ranked maegashira Tokitenku at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 13, 2010, remaining on track for a record-breaking winning run by extending his streak to 49 bouts.

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Amami priestesses beckon 'rice soul'

AMAMI, Japan - Priestesses or ''noro'' of a local faith beckon the ''rice soul'' while standing on a rock on the shores of Amamioshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, in a ''Hirase Mankai'' festival to pray for a good harvest on Sept. 13, 2010.

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Harumafuji beats Homasho at autumn meet

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian ozeki Harumafuji (L) beats Homasho by grabbing his ankle at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 13, 2010.

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Senkaku activists launch protest voyage from Taiwan

YELIU, Taiwan - Activists claiming Chinese sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands set out for the disputed area in a fishing boat from the northern Taiwan port of Yeliu in Taipei County on Sept. 13, 2010.

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Baruto defeated at autumn meet

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian behemoth Baruto (L) was pushed out of the ring by komusubi Kisenosato at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sept. 13, 2010.

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U.S. wants 'meaningful results' for 6-party talks: envoy

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (R), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, answers questions from reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2010. He said the United States wants to resume the six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear issue only if they produce ''meaningful results.''

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14 Chinese fishermen held after Senkaku collision back home

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Chinese fishing crew members (front) on board a Chinese trawler involved in a collision with two Japanese patrol ships disembark from a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat at Ishigaki port in Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 13, 2010 to return to China. The trawler involved in the collision near the disputed Senkaku Islands had been kept off Ishigaki harbor since the Sept. 7 collision.

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U.S. wants 'meaningful results' for 6-party talks: envoy

SEOUL, South Korea - Stephen Bosworth (L), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, holds talks with South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Shin Kak Su (R) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Seoul on Sept. 13, 2010.

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3-D-capable PCs

TOKYO, Japan - A woman dons glasses to demonstrate NEC Corp.'s new personal computer capable of rendering 3-D imagery in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2010.

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Base opponents win majority in Nago assembly election

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine, the mayor of the Okinawa city of Nago, answers questions from reporters at the Nago city hall on Sept. 13, 2010, after candidates opposed to a Japan-U.S. plan to relocate a major U.S. Marine base from Okinawa's Ginowan to Nago secured a majority in the previous day's municipal assembly election. The mayor was elected in January on a platform opposing the plan.

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Failed Incubator Bank starts refunding depositors

TOKYO, Japan - Depositors enter the failed Incubator Bank of Japan's head office in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Sept. 13, 2010, as the bank started the procedure to refund depositors at some of its branches under the deposit protection scheme, which caps the value of refund payments.

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Base opponents win majority in Nago assembly election

NAGO, Japan - Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine, a staunch opponent of the planned relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps base to the city, speaks to reporters at the city office on Sept. 13, 2010, following a local assembly election held the previous day. Candidates opposed to hosting the U.S. base secured a majority, giving a boost to Inamine.