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PM Abe visits disaster-hit Fukushima

HIRONO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with reporters in Japan's northeastern town of Hirono, damaged by the March 2011 disaster, on Sept. 17, 2014. After inspecting the disaster-hit area, Abe reiterated his willingness to promote its rehabilitation. (Pool photo)

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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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Quake-tsunami debris incinerated in Kitakyushu

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Photo shows waste including debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, at an incineration plant in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 17, 2012. Incineration of the debris began at the facility that day.

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Mongolian wrestling competition

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Wrestlers participate in the opening ceremony of a Mongolian national wrestling competition in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Sept. 17, 2011. The Guinness Book of World Records is expected to certify the 6,002 wrestlers who took part in the nine-day event through Sept. 25 as being the largest ever number for a wrestling competition.

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Novara's Morimoto scores 1st goal of season

CAGLIARI, Italy - Novara's Japanese forward Takayuki Morimoto (R) competes for the ball against defender Francesco Pisano in a Serie A match against Cagliari in Cagliari, Italy, on Sept. 17, 2011. Morimoto scored his first goal since transferring to the team in a 2-1 loss by Novara.

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77-yr-old yachtsman completes 8th around-the-world journey

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Minoru Saito, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, raises his hand as he arrives at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2011, after completing his eighth around-the-world journey. The journey took three years, during which he experienced tsunami attacks on two occasions.

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Students burn Gaddafi's books

TRIPOLI, Libya - University students in Tripoli throw away and burn books by ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi on Sept. 17, 2011.

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North Korea's nuclear envoy

BEIJING, China - Ri Yong Ho, chief nuclear envoy of North Korea, arrives at Beijing airport in China on Sept. 17, 2011.

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77-yr-old yachtsman completes 8th around-the-world journey

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Minoru Saito, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, receives flowers upon arrival at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2011, after completing his eighth around-the-world journey. The journey took three years, during which he experienced tsunami attacks on two occasions.

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Dutch East India Company warehouse rebuilt

SASEBO, Japan - Photo shows a rebuilt 17th-century Dutch East India Company warehouse in Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Sept. 17, 2011. A ceremony was held that day to mark the completion of the rebuilding project, and the facility was opened three days later as a tourist attraction.

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Fugitive ex-Thai premier holds talks with Cambodia's Hun Sen

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) shakes hands with fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at the Cambodian prime minister's office in Phnom Penh on Sept. 17, 2011. It was their first face-to-face talks since Thaksin's ouster from power in 2006.

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Nissin Foods' cup noodle museum

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 17, 2011, shows the inside of Nissin Foods Holdings Co.'s Cupnoodles Museum in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, which opened the same day.

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Nissin Foods' cup noodle museum

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Visitors at Nissin Foods Holdings Co.'s Cupnoodles Museum in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, try making instant noodles on Sept. 17, 2011. The museum opened the same day.

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77-yr-old yachtsman completes 8th around-the-world journey

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Minoru Saito, a 77-year-old Japanese yachtsman, receives flowers upon arrival at Yokohama port, near Tokyo, on Sept. 17, 2011, after completing his eighth around-the-world journey. The journey took three years, during which he experienced tsunami attacks on two occasions.

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Sony begins selling tablet computers in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Customers (two people in the center) who bought Sony Corp.'s tablet computer in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2011, the date of its launch, are given prizes in a promotional event. Sony aims to become the leader in Android-based tablets and chase Apple Inc., maker of the popular iPad, in the broader tablet market.

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PlayStation Vita

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the PlayStation Vita, a new video game console from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., the game unit of Sony Corp. SCE said Sept. 14, 2011, that it plans to release the game console in Japan on Dec. 17, 2011.

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SCE to release PlayStation Vita in December

TOKYO, Japan - Personnel including Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President Andrew House (2nd from L) hold SCE's video game console PlayStation Vita in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2011. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, a division of SCE, announced the same day that it plans to release PlayStation Vita in Japan on Dec. 17, 2011, with preorders starting on Oct. 15, 2011.

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Suzuki's Indian operation

MUMBAI, India - Senior officers of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., an Indian subsidiary of Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp., stand by a new model of the Swift compact car during a rollout in Mumbai, India, on Aug. 17, 2011. Suzuki, which now commands nearly half of the passenger car market in the country, is making final arrangements to build a new passenger car plant in Gujarat, western India, sources close to the matter said Sept. 14, 2011.