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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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Giants wins 35th Central League pennant

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants players toss manager Tatsunori Hara into the air at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2012, after winning their 35th Central League pennant and second consecutive league title.

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Suu Kyi in U.S.

NEW YORK, United States - Myanmar opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi gives a speech in New York on Sept. 22, 2012, addressed to Myanmar residents of the United States.

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Paper crane folded by A-bomb victim

HONOLULU, United States - Yuji Sasaki (L) hands to a national park authority official in Honolulu on Sept. 22, 2012, a paper crane made by Sadako Sasaki, a Japanese girl who famously battled illness caused by the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima until her death at age 12. The crane will be put on permanent exhibit in about three months' time at the visitor center of a memorial built on the USS Arizona, which sank during Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Yuji is Sadako's nephew.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill to defend remote islands

GUAM, United States - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps land on the northern shore of the island of Guam during a joint drill on Sept. 22, 2012, aimed at strengthening their ability to defend remote islands from foreign assault. The drill was open to media organizations.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill to defend remote islands

GUAM, United States - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps board small boats to head for a landing point on the northern shore of the island of Guam during a joint drill on Sept. 22, 2012, aimed at strengthening their ability to defend remote islands from foreign assault. The drill was open to media organizations.

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Test flights of Osprey aircraft continue

IWAKUNI, Japan - Residents watch an MV-22 Osprey aircraft through the fence of the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture on Sept. 22, 2012. The Marines continued to conduct test flights of the aircraft the same day despite local concerns over the Osprey's safety in the wake of crashes overseas this year.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill to defend remote islands

GUAM, United States - Photo shows members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force during a joint drill on Sept. 22, 2012, with the U.S. Marine Corps on the northern shore of the island of Guam aimed at strengthening their ability to defend remote islands from foreign assault. The drill was open to media organizations.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill to defend remote islands

GUAM, United States - A member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (L) shakes hands with a member of the U.S. Marine Corps after a joint drill on Sept. 22, 2012, on the northern shore of the island of Guam aimed at strengthening their ability to defend remote islands from foreign assault. The drill was open to media organizations.

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Police officers at Japanese Embassy in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Armed police officers guard the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 22, 2012.

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Police officers at Japanese Embassy in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Armed police officers guard the Japanese Embassy in Beijing on Sept. 22, 2012.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill to defend remote islands

GUAM, United States - Photo shows members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force leaving the island of Guam after a joint drill on Sept. 22, 2012, with the U.S. Marine Corps aimed at strengthening their ability to defend remote islands from foreign assault. The drill was open to media organizations.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill to defend remote islands

GUAM, United States - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps land on the northern shore of the island of Guam during a joint drill on Sept. 22, 2012, aimed at strengthening their ability to defend remote islands from foreign assault. The drill was open to media organizations.

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Test flights of Osprey aircraft continue

IWAKUNI, Japan - An MV-22 Osprey aircraft flies over the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture during a test flight on Sept. 22, 2012. The Marines continued to conduct test flights of the aircraft despite local concerns over the Osprey's safety in the wake of crashes overseas this year.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill to defend remote islands

GUAM, United States - Photo shows members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force during a joint drill on Sept. 22, 2012, with the U.S. Marine Corps on the northern shore of the island of Guam aimed at strengthening their ability to defend remote islands from foreign assault. The drill was open to media organizations.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill to defend remote islands

GUAM, United States - Photo shows members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force during a joint drill on Sept. 22, 2012, with the U.S. Marine Corps on the northern shore of the island of Guam aimed at strengthening their ability to defend remote islands from foreign assault. The drill was open to media organizations.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill to defend remote islands

GUAM, United States - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps land on the northern shore of the island of Guam during a joint drill on Sept. 22, 2012, aimed at strengthening their ability to defend remote islands from foreign assault. The drill was open to media organizations.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill to defend remote islands

GUAM, United States - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps land on the northern shore of the island of Guam during a joint drill on Sept. 22, 2012, aimed at strengthening their ability to defend remote islands from foreign assault. The drill was open to media organizations.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill to defend remote islands

GUAM, United States - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps land on the northern shore of the island of Guam during a joint drill on Sept. 22, 2012, aimed at strengthening their ability to defend remote islands from foreign assault. The drill was open to media organizations.

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show an area in town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 22, 2011 (L), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 3, 2012 (R). Many of the buildings damaged by the tsunami have been removed.

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Japanese Paralympic athletes

LONDON, Japan - A group of Japanese Paralympic athletes arrive at London's Heathrow airport on Aug. 22, 2012. The London Paralympics will be held between Aug. 29 and Sept. 9.

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Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal to merge

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. President Shoji Muneoka (L) and Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. President Hiroshi Tomono shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 22, 2011. The two companies announced they have agreed to merge on Oct. 1, 2012, creating the world's second-largest steelmaker.