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Russian woman holds letter to Japanese pen pal

KUSHIRO, Japan - Galina Burisovna Danilinichuk holds a letter to her Japanese pen pal Tadaaki Iwasaki, a resident of Sapporo in northern Japan, in this file photo taken Sept. 14, 2014, on Etorofu, one of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido. She has been attending the grave of the Iwasaki family since they met around 10 years ago during her visa-free visit to Sapporo.

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N. Korea media mentions leader Kim's activities

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The country's state media reported Kims's activities for the first time in 40 days on Oct. 14, 2014, saying he visited a residential district for scientists, amid a flurry of speculation about his health. Kim had not been seen in public since attending a concert with his wife in Pyongyang on Sept. 3.

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Students deepen friendship on Russian-held island

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese and Russian junior and senior high school students dance at a gymnasium on Etorofu Island, one of the four Russian-controlled islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido, on Sept 14, 2014. The Japanese students visited the island through the non-visa exchange program.

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Japan-Kuwait Asian Games soccer match before sparse audience

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan and Kuwait play a soccer game at the sparsely crowed Incheon Football Stadium during the 2014 Asian Games in the South Korean city on Sept. 14, 2014. Japan won 4-1 in the men's preliminary soccer competition.

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Century-old store in Ehime village reopens after 20yr hiatus

MATSUYAMA, Japan - The inside of Fukuda Hyakkaten, a general store that had served a mountainous community in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, for about 90 years before going out of business some 20 years ago, is shown on Sept. 14, 2014. It reopened under new owner Futoshi Kuroda (L, standing), with a cafe area.

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Century-old store in Ehime village reopens after 20yr hiatus

MATSUYAMA, Japan - People sit outside of Fukuda Hyakkaten, a general store that had served a mountainous community in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, for about 90 years before going out of business some 20 years ago, on Sept. 14, 2014. It reopened in the same traditional Japanese house built more than 100 years ago.

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Nagasaki island shrine draws tourists

FUKUOKA, Japan - A causeway that appears only during low tide leading to Kojima Shrine, a Shinto site on an islet off Iki Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, is seen on Sept. 14, 2014. The site, likened to France's Mont Saint-Michel abbey, is attracting more visitors.

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Nagasaki island shrine draws tourists

FUKUOKA, Japan - A causeway that appears only during low tide leading to Kojima Shrine, a Shinto site on an islet off Iki Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, is seen on Sept. 14, 2014. The site, likened to France's Mont Saint-Michel abbey, is attracting more visitors.

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Former East German car keeps loyal fans

COTTBUS, Germany - Enthusiasts of Trabant, a former East German car also known as Trabi, hit the road in Cottbus, Germany, on Sept. 14, 2014. Despite its outdated functionality, the automobile still enjoys popularity for its nostalgia-inducing classy appearance.

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Former East German car keeps loyal fans

COTTBUS, Germany - An enthusiast of Trabant, a former East German car also known as Trabi, poses with his vehicle in Cottbus, Germany, on Sept. 14, 2014. Despite its outdated functionality, the automobile still enjoys popularity for its nostalgia-inducing classy appearance.

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Honda on target again as Milan edge Parma in 9-goal thriller

PARMA, Italy - AC Milan's Keisuke Honda (10) struggles for a ball during a Serie A match against Parma in Parma, Italy, on Sept. 14, 2014. AC Milan edged Parma 5-4.

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Honda on target again as Milan edge Parma in 9-goal thriller

PARMA, Italy - AC Milan's Keisuke Honda scores with a header in the first half of a Serie A match against Parma in Parma, Italy, on Sept. 14, 2014. AC Milan edged Parma 5-4.

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Nagatomo contributes to Inter's 7-0 win over Sassuolo

MILAN, Italy - Inter Milan's Yuto Nagatomo (front) competes for the ball in a Serie A match against Sassuolo in Milan on Sept. 14, 2014. Inter won 7-0 at home.

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People dance together at Japan-S. Korea exchange event

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese and South Korean participants enjoy dancing together in the climax of the 10th Japan-South Korea Cultural Exchange Event in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2014, despite soured political relations between the two countries.

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Mika Miyazato scores ace in Evian Championship

EVIAN, France - Japan's Mika Miyazato (R) exchanges high fives with her caddy after she scored a hole-in-one on the 16th hole in the final round of the Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club, southeastern France, on Sept. 14, 2014. She finished at 1-over 72 to end up with a tie for 36th with a 5-over 289.

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Wahlstrom attends Arab disaster risk reduction confab

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - Margareta Wahlstrom (4th from front R), the United Nations special representative of the secretary-general for Disaster Risk Reduction, poses for a photo during the Arab Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Egypt's Sharm El Sheikh on Sept. 14, 2014.

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State minister Kiuchi speaks at Arab disaster confab

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt - Japan's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Minoru Kiuchi delivers a speech at the Arab Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Sept. 14, 2014.

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Fertility network head interviewed in Paris

PARIS, France - Mariam Kukunashvili, director and founder of New Life Global Network headquartered in Georgia, speaks in an interview in Paris on Sept. 14, 2014. According to Kukunashvili, a 24-year-old Japanese man who she introduced surrogate mothers to wanted to father 10 to 15 babies every year for as long as he lived.

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People from tsunami-hit city perform drumming in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - A group of Japanese drum players performs a "Hikamidaiko" style of drumming originating in Rikuzentakata, a northeastern Japan city hard hit by the 2011 tsunami, during this year's Japan-South Korea cultural exchange event in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2014.

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Int'l meet on child abuse opens in Nagoya

NAGOYA, Japan - The International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect opens at the Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 14, 2014, to discuss ways of preventing such crimes through symposiums divided into 45 panels.

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Traditional Japanese festival performed in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Japan's "Akita Kanto" festival featuring the hoisting of many lantern-bearing bamboo poles is performed in hope of a good harvest during the Japan-South Korea Cultural Exchange Event in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2014.

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N. Korea sentences U.S. tourist to 6 years hard labor

PYONGYANG, North Korea - American Matthew Todd Miller (R) appears at a courtroom of the Supreme Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name, on Sept. 14, 2014. Miller, 24, was sentenced to six years hard labor for "acts hostile to the DPRK," the country's official Korean Central News Agency reported. He was detained in April upon his entry into North Korea as a tourist after tearing up his tourist visa and demanding political asylum, according to KCNA.

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N. Korea sentences U.S. tourist to 6 years hard labor

PYONGYANG, North Korea - American Matthew Todd Miller is seen after being sentenced to six years hard labor at the Supreme Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name, on Sept. 14, 2014. Miller, 24, was sentenced to six years hard labor for "acts hostile to the DPRK," the country's official Korean Central News Agency reported. He was detained in April upon his entry into North Korea as a tourist after tearing up his tourist visa and demanding political asylum, according to KCNA.

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N. Korea sentences U.S. tourist to 6 years hard labor

PYONGYANG, North Korea - American Matthew Todd Miller (C) is seen after being sentenced to six years hard labor at the Supreme Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name, on Sept. 14, 2014. Miller, 24, was sentenced to six years hard labor for "acts hostile to the DPRK," the country's official Korean Central News Agency reported. He was detained in April upon his entry into North Korea as a tourist after tearing up his tourist visa and demanding political asylum, according to KCNA.

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Musical performance in place of sports festival

IWAKI, Japan - Kindergarten and junior high school students from Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, dance and sing along with U.S. volunteers from the Young Americans group on Sept. 14, 2014, in Iwaki in the same prefecture in an alternative to an annual sports festival. The children -- who live in temporary housing following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster -- are too few in number to hold the usual school athletic meet.

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Thousands in H.K. protest Beijing's decree on political reform

HONG KONG, China - Thousands of people march in Hong Kong on Sept. 14, 2014, to protest against a political reform framework for the territory designated by Beijing in August that the democracy camp says has crushed all hope for a democratic leadership election in 2017.

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Musical performance in place of sports festival

IWAKI, Japan - Kindergarten and junior high school students from Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, dance and sing along with U.S. volunteers from the Young Americans group on Sept. 14, 2014, in Iwaki in the same prefecture in an alternative to an annual sports festival. The children -- who live in temporary housing following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster -- are too few in number to hold the usual school athletic meet.

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Musical performance in place of sports festival

IWAKI, Japan - Kindergarten and junior high school students from Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, dance and sing along with U.S. volunteers from the Young Americans group on Sept. 14, 2014, in Iwaki in the same prefecture in an alternative to an annual sports festival. The children -- who live in temporary housing following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster -- are too few in number to hold the usual school athletic meet.

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S. Korean foreign minister meets Japan envoy for 1st time

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se (L) shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2014. The South Korean foreign minister held a meeting with the Japanese ambassador for the first time since assuming the post in February 2013.

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S. Korean foreign minister meets Japan envoy for 1st time

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se (L) holds talks with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2014. The South Korean foreign minister held a meeting with the Japanese ambassador for the first time since assuming the post in February 2013.

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S. Korean Foreign Minister Yun meets Japan envoy for 1st time

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se (R, front row) and Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho (sitting next to Yun) attend a cultural exchange event in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2014. They also held talks at the venue of the event, marking the first time that the South Korean foreign minister has held a meeting with the Japanese ambassador since assuming the post in February 2013.

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S. Korean Foreign Minister Yun meets Japan envoy for 1st time

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung Se (R) and Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho attend a cultural exchange event in Seoul on Sept. 14, 2014. They also held talks at the venue of the event, marking the first time that the South Korean foreign minister has held a meeting with the Japanese ambassador since assuming the post in February 2013.

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Taro soup in giant pot served at northern Japan festa

YAMAGATA, Japan - Members of staff at an annual event to make taro and meat soup in a gigantic pot, 6 meters across, stir the soup with loading shovels in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 14, 2014. Approximately 30,000 bowls were served.

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Taro soup in giant pot served at northern Japan festa

YAMAGATA, Japan - Members of staff at an annual event to make taro and meat soup in a gigantic pot, 6 meters across, stir the soup with loading shovels in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 14, 2014. Approximately 30,000 bowls were served.

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Japan invites Indonesians to cycle in Japan

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian cyclists listen to explanations by officials from three Japanese prefectures -- Ibaraki, Yamanashi and Ehime -- on their respective recommended cycling routes during an event held in Jakarta on Sept. 14, 2014, to attract foreign visitors.

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Japanese region promotes cycling paths in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Officials of the Ehime prefectural government promote recommended cycling paths to Indonesian cyclists during an event held in Jakarta on Sept. 14, 2014, to attract foreign visitors.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) and other cyclists ride in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (2nd from L) and other cyclists ride in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) and other cyclists start the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy waves as she reaches the goal in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy rides in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy gives a speech in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014, before the start of the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally. The ambassador was among 2,800 cyclists who joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy tastes minced saury soup at a rest station in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, during the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (L) smiles as she receives minced saury soup from a local woman at a rest station in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, during the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - Participants in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally view a building devastated by the 2011 tsunami in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of the Tohoku region hit by the disaster.

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Ambassador Kennedy joins Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy rides in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - Participants in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally ride in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Tohoku bicycle rally

ONAGAWA, Japan - Participants in the Tour of Tohoku bicycle rally ride in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 14, 2014. Around 2,800 cyclists joined the event in Pacific coastal areas of the prefecture to support the recovery of Tohoku, which was devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

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Japanese group heads for N. Korea to visit graves of kin

TOKYO, Japan - A group of Japanese citizens are pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 14, 2014, before their departure for Pyongyang via Beijing to pay their respects at the graves of relatives who died in North Korea around the end of World War II. About 34,600 Japanese are believed to have died of hunger and disease around the end of the war in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, which was under Japanese rule from 1910 to 1945.

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Exhibition on Yayoi culture in Chiba Pref.

CHIBA, Japan - A woman wears a garment of the Yayoi period at the try-on section of the exhibition "What is Yayoi Culture?" at the National Museum of Japanese History in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, on July 14, 2014. The exhibition runs from July 15 to Sept. 15.