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Japan economy shrinks in July-Sept. period

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Amari, Japan's economic and fiscal policy minister, attends a press conference at the Cabinet Office in Tokyo on Nov. 17, 2014, following the release of a preliminary report that the country's economy shrank an annualized real 1.6 percent in the three months to September.

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NASA shows same engine as AJ26 blamed for rocket mishap

WASHINGTON, United States - An engine of the same type as the AJ26 considered to have caused the Antares rocket's explosion is shown in this file photo taken at the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Sept. 17, 2014.

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H.K. pro-democracy protesters

HONG KONG, China - Photo taken on Oct. 17, 2014, in Hong Kong, China, shows the tents of pro-democracy protestors installed on a main street in front of a government office building. Calling for a more democratic way to elect the territory's leader in 2017, student-led political activists started their "Occupy Central" campaign Sept. 28.

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H.K. pro-democracy protesters

HONG KONG, China - Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, China, again gather in the shopping district of Mongkok on Oct. 17, 2014, although police removed their barricades in the predawn hours. Calling for a more democratic way to elect the territory's leader in 2017, student-led political activists started their "Occupy Central" campaign Sept. 28.

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People protest coal-fired power plant project in Batang

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Residents in Batang on the northern coast of Central Java province, Indonesia, stage a protest in Jakarta, as seen in this file photo taken on Sept. 17, 2014, demanding the repeal of a project to build a large coal-fired power generation plant in the area in cooperation with Japan.

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Banner written in Japanese opposes coal-fired power plant

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Protesters opposing an Indonesia-Japan project to build a large coal-fired power generation plant in Batang on the northern coast of Central Java province march in Jakarta, with a banner saying in Japanese, "Yes for Food, No for Coal," as seen in this file photo taken on Sept. 17, 2014.

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Retired Japanese footballer coaches children in Bosnia

MOSTAR, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Former Japan captain and retired footballer Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C) shakes hands with children after giving a soccer lesson in Mostar, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Sept. 17, 2014. Miyamoto is preparing to launch a kids' football academy there in autumn 2015 to help enhance ethnic reconciliation in the region.

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Retired Japanese footballer coaches children in Bosnia

MOSTAR, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Former Japan captain and retired footballer Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C) coaches children during a soccer lesson in Mostar, southern Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Sept. 17, 2014. Miyamoto is preparing to launch a kids' football academy there in autumn 2015 to help enhance ethnic reconciliation in the region.

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Chinese, Indian firms strike business deal in New Delhi

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese and Indian company officials shake hands after striking a business deal in India's capital New Delhi on Sept. 17, 2014, riding on the crest of Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent trip to India for closer bilateral economic ties.

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Swallows skipper Ogawa to step down

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 17, 2014, shows Junji Ogawa (R back), manager of the Central League's Yakult Swallows, and the team's batting coach Mitsuru Manaka (L back), watching a game against the Hanshin Tigers at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo. Ogawa, 57, told a press conference on Sept. 22 that the club has accepted his decision to resign at the end of the season due to the cellar-dwelling club's poor results. Manaka, 43, is a strong candidate to take over.

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Astronaut Wakata, Mastracchio visit NASA center

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata (R) and NASA astronaut Richard Mastracchio (C) visit Goddard Space Flight Center in a Washington suburb on Sept. 17, 2014. The two astronauts viewed the operation of the Global Precipitation Measurement mission that helps improve the accuracy of weather reports.

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Nakajima's equalizer proves to be Japan's sole goal

GOYANG, South Korea - Midfielder Shoya Nakajima (L) of Japan's under-21 national team scores an equalizer in the first half of a Group D preliminary soccer match against Iraq at Goyang Stadium in Goyang, north of Seoul, during the Inchon Asian Games on Sept. 17, 2014. Defending champions Japan lost 3-1.

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Birthplace of late wife of ex-leader Kim Il Sung shown

CHONGJIN, North Korea - The birthplace of the late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung's deceased wife Kim Jong Suk is shown to the Japanese press in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province, bordering with China, on Sept. 17, 2014.

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Japan punished by Iraq in Asian Games soccer

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan coach Makoto Teguramori issues instructions to the Japan team during the second half of a Group D Asian Games soccer match against Iraq in Goyang, South Korea, on Sept. 17, 2014. Iraq won 3-1.

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Japan lose to Iraq in Asian Games soccer prelim

GOYANG, South Korea - Defender Sei Muroya (C) of Japan's under-21 national team competes in the first half of a Group D preliminary soccer match against Iraq at Goyang Stadium in Goyang, north of Seoul, during the Inchon Asian Games on Sept. 17, 2014. Defending champions Japan lost 3-1.

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Eel restaurants face short supply and higher prices

NARITA, Japan - A chef at an eel restaurant in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, prepares to cook an eel on Sept. 17, 2014, amid concern over short supply and higher prices. The Japanese eel was officially put on a red list of species at risk of extinction and a deal was struck by Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan to drastically cut the volume of young eels put into aquaculture ponds.

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Interior of birthplace of Kim Il Sung's late wife shown

CHONGJIN, North Korea - The interior of the birthplace of the late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung's deceased wife Kim Jong Suk is shown to the Japanese press in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province, on Sept. 17, 2014. A furnace and farm supplies kept in the thatched-roof house suggest a frugal lifestyle.

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Temple refurbishes exhibit of wooden god reliefs

NARA, Japan - A Buddhist priest watches a refurbished display of the wooden reliefs of 12 gods, designated as national treasures, at Kofuku-ji temple in the ancient capital of Nara in western Japan on Sept. 17, 2014, on the eve of the public opening of the exhibition.

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Volume of young eel in aquaculture ponds to be limited

TOKYO, Japan - Masanori Miyahara, adviser to the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, attends a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2014, after Japan, China, South Korea and Taiwan agreed on conserving the endangered Japanese eel by cutting the volume of young eels put into aquaculture ponds by 20 percent from recent levels.

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Osaka Pref.'s mascot character renamed 'Mozuyan'

OSAKA, Japan - The Osaka prefectural government's mascot character "Mozuyan" (L), renamed after the western Japan prefecture's symbolic bird, the shrike ("mozu" in Japanese), is cheered by Gov. Ichiro Matsui and Universal Studio Japan's trademarked "Moppy" on Sept. 17, 2014, in the prefectural capital of Osaka. The Osaka character previously had the same name as the USJ mascot.

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F/A-18 jet takes off from aircraft carrier in drill

GUAM, United States - An F/A-18 fighter jet takes off from the U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington during a U.S. military exercise in the Pacific Ocean off the U.S. island territory of Guam on Sept. 17, 2014.

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Japan swimmers gear up for Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Kosuke Hagino trains on Sept. 17, 2014, prior to the start of the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

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F/A-18 jet touching down on aircraft carrier in drill

GUAM, United States - An F/A-18 fighter is about to touch down on the U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington during a U.S. military exercise in the Pacific Ocean off Guam on Sept. 17, 2014.

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Japan swimmers gear up for Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Kanako Watanabe trains on Sept. 17, 2014, prior to the start of the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

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Japan swimmers gear up for Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Daiya Seto smiles while training on Sept. 17, 2014, prior to the start of the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

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Mushrooms glow in dark in northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Poisonous jack-o'-lantern mushrooms growing on a beech tree glow in the dark in a mountain range straddling Sendai and Taiwa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2014.

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Mushrooms glow in dark in northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Poisonous jack-o'-lantern mushrooms growing on a beech tree glow in the dark in a mountain range straddling Sendai and Taiwa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2014.

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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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Visitors to Tokyo Skytree complex top 100 million

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors to the Tokyo Skytree commercial complex pose for a commemorative photo as their number exceeded 100 million on Sept. 17, 2014, following its opening in May 2012. It was the 849th day since the world's tallest broadcasting tower at 634 meters opened on May 22, 2012, in Tokyo's Sumida Ward.

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Number of Tokyo Skytree visitors exceeds 100 mil.

TOKYO, Japan - Accumulated number of visitors to Tokyo Skytree topped the 100-million mark on Sept. 17, 2014, prompting staff to distribute memorial postcards to visitors.

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IC card depicting popular cartoon series launched

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Officials of the Shizuoka municipal government and Shizuoka Railway Co. show a mock version of an IC card for paying transport fares and shopping expenses featuring characters in the "Chibi Maruko-chan" (Little Maruko) comic series in the central Japan city of Shizuoka on Sept. 17, 2014. The popular series depicts the everyday life of a little girl and her family in Shizuoka's Shimizu Ward in the 1970s.

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Tanita to begin office cafeteria business in China

TOKYO, Japan - Senri Tanita (C), president of Tanita Corp., a body fat scale maker known for offering healthy office cafeteria food, joins other officials in clasping hands in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2014, at a press conference announcing the launch of a food business in China. The company will open on Sept. 22 its first office cafeteria in the compound of its health appliance affiliate in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, northeastern China.

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Panasonic unveils home appliances targeting seniors

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. announces in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2014, a plan to launch from late October home electrical appliances targeting senior customers, including an air conditioner, a vacuum and a refrigerator.

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Suga meets with Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga gets on a helicopter at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Japan's southwestern city of Naha, Okinawa, on Sept. 17, 2014. Suga saw the relocation site for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station off Nago by the helicopter before meeting with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima.

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Princess Mako leaves for Britain to study at graduate school

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Mako, a granddaughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, is seen at Tokyo's Haneda airport before her departure for London on Sept. 17, 2014, to pursue a master's degree in museum studies at the University of Leicester in the East Midlands of England. The princess is the 22-year-old eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko. (Pool photo)

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Princess Mako leaves for Britain to study at graduate school

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Mako, a granddaughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, is seen at Tokyo's Haneda airport before her departure for London on Sept. 17, 2014, to pursue a master's degree in museum studies at the University of Leicester in the East Midlands of England. The princess is the 22-year-old eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko. (Pool photo)

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Monorail serving Tokyo's Haneda airport marks 50th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Rail cars painted to reproduce the 1000 series Tokyo Monorail cars introduced in 1989 run as part of a "parade" of six types of rail cars previously and currently in service on Sept. 17, 2014, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the monorail linking Tokyo's Haneda airport with the downtown area. Tokyo Monorail connecting the airport and Hamamatsucho Station launched its service on Sept. 17, 1964, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics later that year.

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Chinese ambassador to Iceland arrested for espionage: report

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Chinese Ambassador to Iceland Ma Jisheng. Ma and his wife Zhong Yue have been arrested by Chinese authorities for allegedly spying for Japan, Hong Kong's Ming Pao Daily reported Sept. 17, 2014.

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Suga meets with Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (L) shakes hands with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on Sept. 17, 2014, in Japan's southwestern city of Naha, Okinawa. During their meeting, Suga told Nakaima that they are "on the same page" about the planned transfer of a key U.S. military base in the southern island prefecture, saying dangers posed by the facility to local people should be removed.

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Monorail serving Tokyo's Haneda airport marks 50th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The latest 10000-series Tokyo Monorail cars introduced in July 2014 run as part of a "parade" of six types of rail cars previously and currently in service on Sept. 17, 2014, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the monorail linking Tokyo's Haneda airport with the downtown area. Tokyo Skytree is seen in the background, to the right. Tokyo Monorail connecting the airport and Hamamatsucho Station launched its service on Sept. 17, 1964, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics later that year.

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Monorail serving Tokyo's Haneda airport marks 50th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Rail cars painted to reproduce the Tokyo Monorail cars used when the service linking Tokyo's Haneda airport with the downtown area was launched in 1964, run as part of a "parade" of six types of rail cars previously and currently in service on Sept. 17, 2014, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the monorail. Tokyo Monorail connecting the airport and Hamamatsucho Station launched its service on Sept. 17, 1964, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics later that year.

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Monorail serving Tokyo's Haneda airport marks 50th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Monorail cars introduced in 2000 run as part of a "parade" of six types of rail cars previously and currently in service on Sept. 17, 2014, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the monorail linking Tokyo's Haneda airport with the downtown area. Tokyo Monorail connecting the airport and Hamamatsucho Station launched its service on Sept. 17, 1964, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics later that year.

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Monorail serving Tokyo's Haneda airport marks 50th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Rail cars painted to reproduce the 500 series Tokyo Monorail cars introduced in 1969 run as part of a "parade" of six types of rail cars previously and currently in service on Sept. 17, 2014, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the monorail linking Tokyo's Haneda airport with the downtown area. Tokyo Monorail connecting the airport and Hamamatsucho Station launched its service on Sept. 17, 1964, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics later that year.

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Monorail serving Tokyo's Haneda airport marks 50th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The 2000-series Tokyo Monorail cars introduced in 1997 run as part of a "parade" of six types of rail cars previously and currently in service on Sept. 17, 2014, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the monorail linking Tokyo's Haneda airport with the downtown area. Tokyo Monorail connecting the airport and Hamamatsucho Station launched its service on Sept. 17, 1964, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics later that year.

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Monorail serving Tokyo's Haneda airport marks 50th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The latest 10000-series Tokyo Monorail cars introduced in July 2014 run as part of a "parade" of six types of rail cars previously and currently in service on Sept. 17, 2014, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the monorail linking Tokyo's Haneda airport with the downtown area. Tokyo Monorail connecting the airport and Hamamatsucho Station launched its service on Sept. 17, 1964, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics later that year.

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Minority Uyghur scholar accused of separatism goes on trial

BEIJING, China - File photo taken in June 2010 shows Ilham Tohti, a prominent scholar of China's Uyghur ethnic minority. Tofti, accused of advocating independence for the country's restive Xinjiang region, went on trial on Sept. 17, 2014, amid a stepped-up crackdown on what Beijing says is terrorism committed by separatists.

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Cup of new Starbucks coffee costs 1,998 yen

TOKYO, Japan - Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd. unveils the Panama Auromar Geisha coffee brand in Tokyo ahead of its launch on Sept. 17, 2014. A cup of the coffee sells for 1,998 yen ($18.7). It will also sell a 250-gram pack of the same coffee for 10,800 yen, as shown in the file photo taken on Aug. 12.