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Ichiro fuels Yanks' doubleheader sweep

NEW YORK, United States - The New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki hits a game-winning single during the eighth inning of the second game of a doubleheader against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Sept. 19, 2012. Ichiro fueled the Yanks' doubleheader sweep with seven hits and four stolen bases.

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Man U's Kagawa in CL

MANCHESTER, Britain - Shinji Kagawa (front) of Manchester United dribbles with the ball during a Champions League match against Galatasaray in Manchester on Sept. 19, 2012. Kagawa returned from injury to set up the only goal in United's 1-0 home win.

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JAL goes public again

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki, Kazuo Inamori, JAL's honorary chairman, and JAL Chairman Masaru Onishi pose for photos with a certificate on the company's listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012. JAL was relisted the same day on the Tokyo bourse as the company marked a turnaround from its 2010 bankruptcy.

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Fujimoto beats Welliver in heavyweight bout

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's No. 1 rated heavyweight boxer Kyotaro Fujimoto (R) hits WBC 15th-ranked Chauncy Welliver of the United States in the ninth round of his first fight against a world-ranked boxer in the heaviest class at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012. Fujimoto won with a unanimous decision.

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LNG meeting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Participants including Japanese trade and industry minister Yukio Edano (C front) clap at a meeting between LNG producers and consumers in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012.

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Fujimoto beats Welliver in heavyweight bout

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's No. 1 rated heavyweight boxer Kyotaro Fujimoto (L) celebrates after beating WBC 15th-ranked Chauncy Welliver of the United States with a unanimous decision in his first fight against a world-ranked boxer in the heaviest class at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012.

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Fujimoto beats Welliver in heavyweight bout

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's No. 1 rated heavyweight boxer Kyotaro Fujimoto (L) hits WBC 15th-ranked Chauncy Welliver of the United States in the sixth round of his first fight against a world-ranked boxer in the heaviest class at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012. Fujimoto won with a unanimous decision.

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JAL goes public again

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki speaks at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Sept. 19, 2012. JAL was relisted the same day on the Tokyo bourse as the company marked a turnaround from its 2010 bankruptcy.

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JAL goes public again

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. President Yoshiharu Ueki sounds a bell to mark the company's listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012. JAL was relisted the same day on the Tokyo bourse as the company marked a turnaround from its 2010 bankruptcy.

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New nuclear regulatory body

TOKYO, Japan - Protesters hold placards and banners in front of the building (back) housing the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012. The protesters criticized the authority, launched the same day, because it includes people from the "nuclear village" -- referring to the close-knit community of bureaucrats, utility officials and academics with vested interests in promoting atomic power.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft at Iwakuni base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 19, 2012, shows Osprey military aircraft temporarily stationed at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The Japanese government declared the same day that the MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to be deployed at a U.S. Marine Corps air base in Okinawa Prefecture is safe to fly in Japanese skies, saying it has found no basis for thinking it is particularly dangerous.

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Milan fashion show

MILAN, Italy - A show to exhibit the Prima Classe brand takes place as the Milan Fashion Week began in Milan on Sept. 19, 2012.

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JAL goes public again

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Japan Airlines Co. Chairman Masaru Onishi, JAL President Yoshiharu Ueki and Kazuo Inamori, JAL's honorary chairman, pose for photos after a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Sept. 19, 2012. JAL was relisted the same day on the Tokyo bourse as the company marked a turnaround from its 2010 bankruptcy.

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Kuwata teaches baseball in Russia

KHABAROVSK, Russia - Former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Masumi Kuwata shows his technique in a baseball workshop with boys and girls from local teams in Khabarovsk, Russia, on Sept. 19, 2012.

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U.S. Osprey aircraft at Iwakuni base

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo taken on Sept. 19, 2012, shows Osprey military aircraft temporarily stationed at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The Japanese government declared the same day that the MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to be deployed at a U.S. Marine Corps air base in Okinawa Prefecture is safe to fly in Japanese skies, saying it has found no basis for thinking it is particularly dangerous.

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BOJ eases monetary policy further

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa holds a press conference at the central bank's head office in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease monetary policy as it downgraded its assessment of the Japanese economy.

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New nuclear regulatory body

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka, a radiation physicist who heads the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks during an inaugural ceremony for the organization in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012.

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New nuclear regulatory body

TOKYO, Japan - The members of the Nuclear Regulation Authority -- (from L) Kenzo Oshima, Toyoshi Fuketa, Shunichi Tanaka, chairman, Kunihiko Shimazaki and Kayoko Nakamura -- attend an inaugural ceremony for the organization in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

BEIJING, China - Staff of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing clean an area in front of the main gate of the building on Sept. 19, 2012, after anti-Japan protests over a bilateral territorial row.

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Green Expo in Shanghai canceled

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows what was to be the site of the Japan-China Green Expo 2012 in Shanghai on Sept. 19, 2012. The three-day trade fair that had been planned to start Sept. 20 was cancelled on Sept. 19 because of anti-Japan demonstrations in China.

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Ahn to run in S. Korea's presidential race

SEOUL, South Korea - Ahn Cheol Soo, a former medical doctor and software mogul, announces his candidacy for South Korea's presidential election in December 2012 during a press conference in Seoul on Sept. 19, 2012.

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Japan's new nuclear regulatory body

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka, head of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, answers reporters' questions in Tokyo at the launch of the new nuclear safety regulatory body on Sept. 19, 2012.

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"Tweet"-powered disaster drill

TOKYO, Japan - Women take part in a disaster mitigation drill in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012, using microblogging site Twitter for purposes such as finding shelters and locating the injured.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

BEIJING, China - A man checks damage to the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 19, 2012, after anti-Japan demonstrations over a bilateral territorial row.

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LNG meeting in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Participants including Japanese trade and industry minister Yukio Edano (2nd from L, front) pose for photos at a meeting between LNG producers and consumers in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012.

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Anti-Japan protests in China

BEIJING, China - Armed police officers guard the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 19, 2012, after anti-Japan demonstrations over a bilateral territorial row.

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Japan brands Osprey safe

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto (R) and Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba (L) declare in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012, that U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to be deployed at an air base in Okinawa Prefecture are safe to fly in Japanese skies.

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Japan envoy to Romania

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Keiji Yamamoto. Yamamoto was appointed Japan ambassador to Romania on Sept. 19, 2012.

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BOJ eases monetary policy

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa enters the head office of the central bank in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012. The BOJ decided the same day to further ease its monetary policy as it downgraded its assessment of the Japanese economy. (Pool photo)

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JAL goes public again

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a signboard in Tokyo showing Japan Airlines Co. fetching 3,810 yen at the opening on Sept. 19, 2012, up 20 yen from the firm's offering price. The shares were relisted the same day on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as the firm marked a turnaround from its 2010 bankruptcy.

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Fire at gate of Chinese school

KOBE, Japan - Photo shows the gate of a Chinese school in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Sept. 19, 2012, where a fire was spotted early in the morning. The Japanese police suspect somebody set the fire in a protest against China, where anti-Japan demonstrations are continuing.

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Hosono at IAEA confab

TOKYO, Japan - Goshi Hosono, Japan's minister in charge of the nuclear accident, delivers a speech at an International Atomic Energy Agency conference in Vienna on Sept. 19, 2011. Hosono said at the annual conference of the international nuclear watchdog that Japan aims to bring the crisis-hit Fukushima plant to a ''cold shutdown'' by year-end, moving up the deadline from mid-January 2012.