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Seizure of paintings by gov't shows Marcos family not off hook yet

MANILA, Philippines - Photo taken during a Feb. 2, 2013, interview with Imelda Marcos, the widow of the late Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos who ruled the country from 1965 up to 1986, shows paintings by well-known artists on the walls of her condominium unit in the Makati financial district of Manila. On Sept. 30, 2014, government law enforcers raided the known residential and office addresses of Imelda Marcos to implement an anti-graft court order for the seizure of eight paintings by artists including Michelangelo, Picasso and Gauguin.

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Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 2, 2014, shows a firefighter, whose face and clothes are covered in ash, walking in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, after search and rescue operations at Mt. Ontake were stopped for the day. The 3,067-meter volcano in central Japan erupted on Sept. 27.

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Most victims on Mt. Ontake hit by falling rocks

OSAKA, Japan - The roofs of mountain lodges near the top of Mt. Ontake in central Japan are covered in thick volcanic ash on Oct. 2, 2014. Autopsies have determined that 46 of the 47 people confirmed to have died in the Sept. 27 eruption of the 3,067-meter volcano, straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures, were hit by flying rocks.

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Rain halts search efforts on Mt. Ontake after fatal eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Smoke and clouds hang over Mt. Ontake in central Japan on Oct. 2, 2014, as search operations following an eruption on Sept. 27 are halted due to rain. Japan's worst postwar volcanic disaster on the 3,067-meter mountain straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures had killed at least 47 people as of Oct. 2.

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Rain halts search efforts on Mt. Ontake after fatal eruption

OTAKI, Japan - Firefighters remove stains in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2014, after search operations near the top of Mt. Ontake, which erupted on Sept. 27, are halted due to rain. They were forced to halt their efforts around 11:30 a.m.

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Rain halts search efforts on Mt. Ontake after fatal eruption

OTAKI, Japan - Firefighters walk in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2014, after search operations around the top of Mt. Ontake, which erupted on Sept. 27, are halted due to rain. Japan's worst postwar volcanic disaster on the 3,067-meter mountain straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures had killed at least 47 people as of Oct. 2.

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Nikkei tumbles 2.6% to 1-month low on global economic worries

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board in central Tokyo shows the key Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange ending at 15,661.99 on Oct. 2, 2014, its worst finish since Sept. 1.

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Nikkei ends near 7-year high on firmer dollar

TOKYO, Japan - A bulletin board in central Tokyo shows the key Nikkei stock index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange ending at 16,374.14, the highest since Nov. 2, 2007, on Sept. 25, 2014, as the U.S. dollar's firmness in the lower 109 yen zone boosted exporter shares.

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Nikkei ends at 6-year-and-10-month high

TOKYO, Japan - A screen in Tokyo, Japan, shows the Nikkei stock index reaching a nearly seven-year high on Sept. 19, 2014, before closing at 16,321.17, its highest finish since Nov. 2, 2007.

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Glico's new chocolate sticks can send message

TOKYO, Japan - Ezaki Glico Co.'s "Message Pocky" sticks, put on sale on Sept. 2, 2014, allows consumers to jot down whatever message they want to convey to bosses, friends or whoever else on the pack.

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Labor shortage serious problem in tsunami-hit town

TOKYO, Japan - A seafood processing company in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, is seen on Sept. 2, 2014. The company gave up on building a new factory due to the shortage of labor in the tsunami-hit town.

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Recounting presidential election votes in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan election commission staff work in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 2, 2014, on a recount of votes cast in June's presidential runoff due to fraud allegations.

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Ex-U.N. envoy sees no need to revise 'comfort women' report

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan lawyer Radhika Coomaraswamy, a former U.N. researcher who compiled a report that urged Japan to apologize and pay compensation over the so-called "comfort women" issue, speaks during an interview in Colombo on Sept. 2, 2014. She said she sees no need to revise her 1996 report that referred to testimony by a Japanese man cited by a major Japanese daily, which later retracted it for being false.

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Egypt minister calls on tourists to visit Sphinx

GIZA, Egypt - Egypt's Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty stands near a paw of the Sphinx, pointing to the Dream Stele in Giza, Egypt, on Sept. 2, 2014. El-Damaty said that previously off-limit areas near the paws of the Sphinx will be open to the public from November as part of steps to boost tourism.

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Honda chats with new Japan coach Aguirre

SAPPORO, Japan - Keisuke Honda (L) chats with new Japan coach Javier Aguirre in Sapporo, Hokkaido, during a practice session on Sept. 2, 2014, for a friendly against Uruguay at Sapporo Dome on Sept. 5, 2014.

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Abe to appoint Tanigaki as LDP secretary general

TOKYO, Japan - Justice Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki enters the prime minister's office to attend a Cabinet meeting on Sept. 2, 2014. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to appoint Tanigaki as the Liberal Democratic Party's secretary general.

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Hakuho, other top sumo wrestlers pose with fans

TOKYO, Japan - Top sumo wrestlers pose with supporters during an event to thank them at the Ryogoku Kokugikan arena in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2014. Holding babies are (from R) ozeki Kisenosato, yokozuna Harumafuji and yokozuna Hakuho

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Lawmaker Inoki returns home after N. Korean wrestling event

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki meets with reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 2, 2014, after returning from North Korea, where he co-hosted a pro wrestling event and held talks with high-ranking officials.

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S. Korean women urge Japan firm to accept court mediation

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean women and their supporters gather in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Sept. 2, 2014, to urge Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to accept a South Korean high court proposal for settlement over their demand for compensation for their work at the firm's plant in Japan during World War II.

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Aguirre Japan squad in training for friendly with Uruguay

SAPPORO, Japan - Yuto Nagatomo (L), Yoshinori Muto (C) and other Japan international players practice in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, on Sept. 2, 2014, for a friendly against Uruguay at Sapporo Dome on Sept. 5.

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Isle residents perform holy ritual for bumper rice crop

AMAMI, Japan - Residents on Amami Oshima island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, perform a traditional holy ritual of calling in a "God of Rice" on Sept. 2, 2014, to pray for a bumper crop.

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Men shake thatched hut for bumper rice crop

AMAMI, Japan - Men on Amami Oshima island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shake a thatched hut on Sept. 2, 2014, as part of a traditional holy ritual of calling in a "God of Rice" and praying for a bumper crop.

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Japan envoy Bessho holds talks with Saenuri Party chairman

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party chairman Kim Moo Sung (R) shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho at Seoul's National Assembly Building on Sept. 2, 2014, before their talks. Kim criticized the Abe government over its views on history and said Japan should change its stance toward South Korea for better bilateral ties.

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Plan to build climate change center in Samoa

APIA, Samoa - Takao Makino (C), Japan's parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs, attends a meeting held by the Japanese and Spanish governments to enhance cooperation for island nations on climate change and disaster prevention in Samoa on Sept. 2, 2014, at the U.N. Conference on Small Island Developing States. Makino said there is a plan to build a climate change center in Samoa to tackle local environmental problems.

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JAL ground staffers compete in customer service contest

NARITA, Japan - A ground staff member (L) of Japan Airlines Co. demonstrates her service to customers at a contest held by JAL at its branch at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 2, 2014.

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Record reveals Shinsengumi struggled in summer heat

KYOTO, Japan - A woman shows a temple record in Kyoto on Sept. 2, 2014, which revealed that Hijikata Toshizo, deputy commander of the Shinsengumi security force for the Edo shogunate, asked Nishi-Hongwanji, a Buddhist temple where the force was stationed between March 1865 to June 1867 in Kyoto, to provide more space for its members to give them relief from the scorching summer heat.

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Records show exchanges between Hijikata, temple

KYOTO, Japan - The Hongwanji research center in Kyoto discloses on Sept. 2, 2014, documents including records of exchanges between Hijikata Toshizo, deputy commander of the Shinsengumi security force for the Edo shogunate, and Nishi-Hongwanji, a Buddhist temple where the force was stationed between March 1865 to June 1867 in Kyoto.

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Colorful boats sail in Kashima Shrine's festival

MITO, Japan - A flotilla of colorful boats sail out in a river on Sept. 2, 2014, to celebrate the "Mifune Matsuri," a festival that has been held since about 1,700 years ago in the Year of the Horse. The festival is held by the Kashima shrine in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan.

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Fighters' Inaba to retire at end of season

SAPPORO, Japan - Nippon Ham Fighters infielder Atsunori Inaba practices batting at Sapporo Dome in Sapporo, Japan, on Sept. 2, 2014, after announcing his intention to retire at the end of the 2014 season.

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Modi meets with Emperor Akihito

TOKYO, Japan - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) meets with Japan's Emperor Akihito on Sept. 2, 2014, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Modi agreed with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the previous day to strengthen bilateral security relations and set a target of doubling Japanese investment in India within five years. (Pool photo)

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Toyota Boshoku workers learn sewing skills

NAGOYA, Japan - Workers of Toyota Boshoku Corp. learn sewing skills at the textile-applied auto parts maker's training center in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on Sept. 2, 2014.

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PM Abe's wife with truck remodeled for women farm workers

OSAKA, Japan - Akie Abe (L), wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, stands by Daihatsu Motor Co.'s Hijet truck in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2014. The automaker has fully remodeled the small truck for the first time in 15 years, incorporating suggestions by the First Lady to make the vehicle friendly to women agricultural workers.

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Participants in APEC energy ministers meeting

BEIJING, China - Participants pose for photos ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation energy ministers meeting in Beijing, China, on Sept. 2, 2014.

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Japanese politician Inoki leaves N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japanese politician Antonio Inoki speaks with reporters after arriving at Beijing's international airport from Pyongyang on Sept. 2, 2014, before transferring to a Tokyo-bound flight. During his stay from Aug. 28 in the North Korean capital, Inoki, a former pro wrestling star, co-hosted a rare pro wrestling event in the country and held talks with high-ranking officials.

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Mosquito traps out in Yoyogi Park as dengue fever numbers rise

TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo metropolitan government official sets up a mosquito trap in the Japanese capital's Yoyogi Park on Sept. 2, 2014. The park is a suspected hotspot in Japan's first cases of domestic dengue fever infection since 1945.

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Mosquito traps out in Yoyogi Park as dengue fever numbers rise

TOKYO, Japan - A Tokyo metropolitan government official sets up a mosquito trap in the Japanese capital's Yoyogi Park on Sept. 2, 2014. The park is a suspected hotspot in Japan's first cases of domestic dengue fever infection since 1945.

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British consul general in Osaka meets with 'Tama'

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Michael Shearer, British consul general in Osaka, pats "Tama," a popular cat stationmaster of Wakayama Electric Railway's Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 2, 2014.

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British consul general in Osaka meets with 'Tama'

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Michael Shearer (R), British consul general in Osaka, meets "Tama," a popular cat stationmaster of Wakayama Electric Railway's Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 2, 2014.

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Indian PM Modi in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech at the University of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2014.

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Japanese politician Inoki leaves N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Japanese politician Antonio Inoki leaves from Pyongyang's international airport for Tokyo via Beijing on Sept. 2, 2014. During his stay from Aug. 28 in the North Korean capital, Inoki, a former pro wrestling star, co-hosted a rare pro wrestling event in the country and held talks with high-ranking officials.

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Competition fierce in 'happoshu' sparkling beer market

TOKYO, Japan - A shopper looks at a can of "happoshu" low-malt sparkling beer with no purine or sugar content at a supermarket of the Aeon retail group in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2014. Brewers have released a succession of new happoshu beverages in a bid to attract health-conscious consumers.

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Japan, China, S. Korea discuss nuclear safety measures

TOKYO, Japan - Senior officials of nuclear regulatory bodies from Japan, China and South Korea meet at the Nuclear Regulation Authority in Tokyo to exchange information on Sept. 2, 2014.

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Panasonic eyes 200 bil. yen sales in care business in FY2025

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. envisages expanding sales in its elderly care-related business to the 200 billion-yen (about $1.91 billion as of Sept. 2, 2014) level in fiscal 2025 as increased demand is expected from aging postwar baby boomers. Employees conduct maintenance of a care bed at its Osaka Rental Center in Osaka Prefecture's Kadoma on Aug. 29, 2014.

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Japan beats N. Korea in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - North Korea players look dejected after losing to Japan 0-1 in the opening game of the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the city of Saitama on Sept. 2, 2011.

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Japan beat N. Korea in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni shouts during a game against North Korea at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the city of Saitama on Sept. 2, 2011. Japan beat North Korea 1-0 in the opening game of the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign.

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Japan beat N. Korea in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan players celebrate after defender Maya Yoshida (L) headed home during the second-half stoppage time in a game against North Korea at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the city of Saitama on Sept. 2, 2011. Japan beat North Korea 1-0 in the opening game of the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign.

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Japan beat N. Korea in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan defender Maya Yoshida (C) heads home during the second-half stoppage time in a game against North Korea at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the city of Saitama on Sept. 2, 2011. Japan beat North Korea 1-0 in the opening game of the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign.

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Japan beat N. Korea in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan defender Maya Yoshida (C) heads home during the second-half stoppage time in a game against North Korea at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the city of Saitama on Sept. 2, 2011. Japan beat North Korea 1-0 in the opening game of the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign.

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Japan beat N. Korea in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan - Japan defender Maya Yoshida runs in joy after heading home during the second-half stoppage time in a game against North Korea at Saitama Stadium 2002 in the city of Saitama on Sept. 2, 2011. Japan beat North Korea 1-0 in the opening game of the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign.

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Japan-born N. Korea striker Chong

TOKYO, Japan - Chong Tese, North Korea national team striker who used to play in Japan and is now at German second-division club Bochum, poses for photos with children at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011. The Japanese and North Korean national teams will play in Saitama on Sept. 2, 2011, in a qualifying match for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.