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Whaling tradition in Japan communities

TOKYO, Japan - Whaling boats turn bottlenose dolphins into nets in Hatakejiri Bay off Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, on Sept. 2, 2010.

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Rescue efforts for trapped miners in Chile

COPIACO, Chile - Rescue workers operate an excavator to reach and save miners trapped in a coal mine around Copiaco in northern Chile on Sept. 2, 2010. (Pool photo)

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Ministerial meeting on climate

GENEVA, Switzerland - A two-day ministerial meeting convenes in Geneva on Sept. 2, 2010, to discuss funding for measures to curb global warming.

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65th anniversary of WWII end at Pearl Harbor

HONOLULU, United States - Veterans and other people attend a memorial ceremony for the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II held on the USS Missouri, now a museum moored in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii, on Sept. 2, 2010. Japan formally signed surrender papers on board the battleship on Sept. 2, 1945.

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Japan-Turkey citizen exchange

MERSIN, Turkey - Wakayama Gov. Yoshinobu Nisaka (C) plants a tree at a memorial ceremony for the victims of the Ottoman Empire navy ship accident held at Mersin, Turkey on Sept. 2, 2010. The Erturul Frigate sank off Wakayama Prefecture in September 1890 due to a violent typhoon.

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Climate symposium

TOKYO, Japan - Grenada's Foreign Minister Charles Peter David (R) and Guyana's Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett attend a Tokyo symposium on climate change on Sept. 2, 2010.

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UNAIDS chief

TOKYO, Japan - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2010.

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Soviet-Japan war memorial

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Citizens offer flowers around a monument commemorating the World War II dead of the former Soviet Union in fighting against Japan in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on Sept. 2, 2010, the Soviet victory memorial day designated in July.

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Delta helped by rise in Japanese travelers

TOKYO, Japan - Delta Air Lines Inc. President Edward Bastian speaks in a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2010. He said the U.S. airline's business has been helped by great increases in the number of travelers from Japan due to the recent appreciation of the yen.

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New printer

TOKYO, Japan - Actor Koji Yakusho (L) and actress Meisa Kuroki promote Seiko Epson Corp.'s new EP-803A printer in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2010.

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Soviet-Japan war memorial

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Citizens offer flowers around a monument commemorating the World War II dead of the former Soviet Union in fighting against Japan in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on Sept. 2, 2010, the Soviet victory memorial day designated in July.

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Kan-Ozawa face-off

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Ichiro Ozawa, a bigwig in Kan's Democratic Party of Japan, attend a public debate hosted by the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2010. They will vie in the Sept. 14 DPJ presidential election.

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Aeon's winter underwear

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the vocal dance group SPEED wear Aeon Co.'s ''Topvalu Heatfact'' winter underwear series in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2010.

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Kan's calligraphy

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan writes ''Carry through the initial intention'' in his calligraphy before a public debate with Ichiro Ozawa, a bigwig in Kan's Democratic Party of Japan, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2010. They will vie in the Sept. 14 DPJ presidential election.

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Ozawa's calligraphy

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a bigwig in the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, writes only his name in his calligraphy, saying he feels ''plain white'' before a public debate with Prime Minister Naoto Kan at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2010. They will vie in the Sept. 14 DPJ presidential election.

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Pajero SUV with 'clean diesel' engine

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said Sept. 2, 2010, it will release on Sept. 16 the new Pajero sport utility vehicle fitted with a 3.2-liter ''clean diesel'' engine capable of clearing Japan's stiffened exhaust gas rule for nitrogen oxides.

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Kan-Ozawa face-off

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Ichiro Ozawa, a bigwig in Kan's Democratic Party of Japan, attend a public debate hosted by the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2010. They will vie in the Sept. 14 DPJ presidential election.

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Lawson to boost No. of stores in China

CHONGQING, China - Takeshi Niinami, president of Lawson Inc., holds a confectionery at a newly opened shop in Chongqing, China, on Sept. 2, 2010. Niinami said the Japanese convenience store chain operator intends to raise the number of its stores in China to a maximum of 10,000 from some 300 at present over the next 10 years.

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Kan-Ozawa face-off

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Ichiro Ozawa, a heavyweight in Kan's ruling Democratic Party of Japan, shake hands before a public debate hosted by the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Sep. 2, 2010. They are running in the Sept. 14 DPJ presidential election.

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Soccer coach to advise gov't

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japan soccer national team coach Takeshi Okada (L) receives a document assigning him as an adviser to the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry on sports policy from education minister Tatsuo Kawabata in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2010.