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SNAPSHOT: Tourist bureau at foot of Mt. Ontake shows local scenes

KISO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2014, shows a waterfall against a backdrop of autumn leaves in the central Japan town of Kiso, at the foot of Mt. Ontake, which erupted on Sept. 27.

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SNAPSHOT: Tourist bureau at foot of Mt. Ontake shows local scenes

KISO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2014, shows a stone statue and a mountain path against a backdrop of autumn leaves in the central Japan town of Kiso, at the foot of Mt. Ontake, which erupted on Sept. 27.

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SNAPSHOT: Tourist bureau at foot of Mt. Ontake shows local scenes

KISO, Japan - Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2014, shows an equestrian center in the central Japan town of Kiso, at the foot of Mt. Ontake, which erupted on Sept. 27. The equestrian center is one of the major tourists spots on the Kaida Plateau.

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Japan, U.S. trade chiefs seek to clinch bilateral TPP deal

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, meets with reporters following talks with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman over the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative in Washington, the United States, on Sept. 23, 2014.

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Retiring Yankee Jeter gets commissioner's special award

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter (R) poses with Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig after receiving the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award at Yankee Stadium in New York on Sept. 23, 2014.

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Uchida returns as Schalke beat Bremen in Bundesliga

BREMEN, Germany - Japanese defender Atsuto Uchida (L) of FC Schalke 04, returning from a knee injury, controls the ball as SV Werder Bremen forward Franco Di Santo comes in for the challenge during a Bundesliga match in Bremen on Sept. 23, 2014. Schalke won 3-0.

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Japan's Okazaki bags 5th league goal of season

FRANKFURT, Germany - Mainz's Shinji Okazaki and Eintracht Frankfurt's Makoto Hasebe, both from Japan, challenge for the ball during a match on Sept. 23, 2014, in Frankfurt, Germany. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

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Honda scores equalizer as Milan draw with Empoli

EMPOLI, Italy - Japanese midfielder Keisuke Honda (L) of AC Milan scores past Empoli FC defender Lorenzo Tonelli for his third Serie A goal in four games this season during a 2-2 draw in Empoli on Sept. 23, 2014.

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Japan's Okazaki bags 5th league goal of season

FRANKFURT, Germany - Japanese forward Shinji Okazaki celebrates after scoring his fifth goal of the Bundesliga season for Mainz on Sept. 23, 2014, during a match between Eintracht Frankfurt, in Frankfurt, Germany. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

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Japan, U.S. trade chiefs seek to clinch bilateral TPP deal

WASHINGTON, United States - Akira Amari, Japan's minister in charge of the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative, (R) and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman chat prior to their ministerial talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership initiative in Washington, the United States, on Sept. 23, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Kishida meets with British Foreign Secretary Hammond

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) shakes hands with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in New York, the United States, on Sept. 23, 2014. The two agreed to hold bilateral dialogue involving foreign and defense ministers at an early date.

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Japanese business delegation in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A delegation of around 200 executives from major Japanese companies (facing the camera) hold a meeting with Chinese Commerce Ministry officials at the Chinese ministry in Beijing on Sept. 23, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Swimming competition under way at Incheon Asian Games

INCHEON, South Korea - Swimming competition is under way at the Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 23, 2014.

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Japanese business delegation in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Zhu Zhixin (C), a vice chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission, is flanked by Fujio Cho (L), Toyota Motor Corp. honorary chairman, and Sadayuki Sakakibara, head of Japan's largest business lobby Keidanren, ahead of their talks in Beijing on Sept. 23, 2014. (Pool photo)

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PM Abe offers extra disaster mitigation help

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech at the U.N. summit on climate change in New York, the United States, on Sept. 23, 2014. Abe pledged further assistance to developing countries in coping with climate change-related natural disasters.

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PM Abe offers extra disaster mitigation help

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech at the U.N. summit on climate change in New York, the United States, on Sept. 23, 2014. Abe pledged further assistance to developing countries in coping with climate change-related natural disasters.

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Japan sides with U.S. over airstrikes in Syria

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in New York, the United States, on Sept. 23, 2014. Kishida said after their meeting that Japan sides with the United States over its airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syrian territory.

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Singer Kitajima performs 4,500 shows in 46 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Kitajima, a popular singer of "enka," often considered a form of Japanese blues, waves to the audience at the Meijiza theater in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2014, after performing his 4,500th show as leader of a theatrical company since September 1968.

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Singer Kitajima performs 4,500 stages in 46 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - Saburo Kitajima, a popular singer of "enka," often considered a form of Japanese blues, bows to the audience at the Meijiza theater in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2014, after finishing his 4,500th show as leader of a theatrical company since September 1968.

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Shonan Bellmare to return to J-League 1st division

KYOTO, Japan - Shonan Bellmare players and others pose for photos at Nishikyogoku Stadium in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 23, 2014. The team ended the day's J-League Division 2 match against Kyoto Sanga in a 2-2 draw, clinching a spot in the league's first division for the next season.

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Bellmare's Shimamura scores equalizer vs Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Shimamura of Shonan Bellmare celebrates after scoring the equalizer in the second half of a J-League Division 2 match against Kyoto Sanga at Nishikyogoku Stadium in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 23, 2014. The game ended 2-2.

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Outgoing Afghan President Karzai delivers speech

KABUL, Afghanistan - Outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai delivers a speech at the president's office in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 23, 2014.

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Joint memorial service for landslide victims in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A joint memorial service is held for the victims of recent landslides in Hiroshima, western Japan, at a local cemetery on Sept. 23, 2014. Most tombstones were swept away by the massive mudslides that hit the area in August.

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Kamoto wins men's individual all-around gymnastics

INCHEON, South Korea - Yuya Kamoto of Japan performs on the horizontal bar in the men's individual all-around gymnastics at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 23, 2014. With a top score of 87.950 points, the 20-year-old Kamoto became the first Japanese man to win gold in the event since the 1974 Tehran Games.

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Kamoto wins men's individual all-around gymnastics

INCHEON, South Korea - Yuya Kamoto of Japan performs the floor exercise in the men's individual all-around gymnastics at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 23, 2014. With a top score of 87.950 points, the 20-year-old Kamoto became the first Japanese man to win gold in the event since the 1974 Tehran Games.

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Kamoto wins men's individual all-around gymnastics

INCHEON, South Korea - Yuya Kamoto of Japan performs on the parallel bars in the men's individual all-around gymnastics at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 23, 2014. With a top score of 87.950 points, the 20-year-old Kamoto became the first Japanese man to win gold in the event since the 1974 Tehran Games.

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Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee in Japan

CHITOSE, Japan - Former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui (L front) visits a stock farm in Chitose, Hokkaido, on Sept. 23, 2014. Lee arrived in Japan on Sept. 19 for a weeklong vacation. (Pool photo)

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Kamoto wins men's individual all-around gymnastics

INCHEON, South Korea - Yuya Kamoto of Japan performs on the rings in the men's individual all-around gymnastics at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 23, 2014. With a top score of 87.950 points, the 20-year-old Kamoto became the first Japanese man to win gold in the event since the 1974 Tehran Games.

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Woman prays for animals killed by 2011 disaster

SENDAI, Japan - A woman prays in front of a cenotaph built in memory of animals killed by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami of 2011 on the premises of the Miyagi Veterinary Medical Association in Sendai, northeastern Japan, during its unveiling ceremony on Sept. 23, 2014. Some 20,000 dogs and cats, 580 cows, and 2,900 pigs were among animals killed in the disaster, according to the association.

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Kamoto wins men's individual all-around gymnastics

INCHEON, South Korea - Yuya Kamoto of Japan acknowledges the spectators after winning the gold medal in the men's individual all-around gymnastics at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 23, 2014.

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Rock rabbit sits on mountain rock in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - A rock rabbit sits on a rock on Mt. Tokachidake in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Sept. 23, 2014. In Japan, rock rabbits live only in Hokkaido's cold mountainous areas.

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Writer Oe speaks against nuclear plants

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese writer Kenzaburo Oe speaks during an antinuclear power event in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2014.

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Rock rabbit spotted on Hokkaido mountain

SAPPORO, Japan - A rock rabbit is spotted on a rocky stretch on Mt. Tokachidake in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on Sept. 23, 2014. In Japan, rock rabbits live only in Hokkaido's cold mountainous areas.

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Production of rice sticks begins in Akita, northern Japan

AKITA, Japan - Female workers at Hamanoya, a long-established Japanese restaurant in Akita, northeastern Japan, put mashed rice from a new crop onto skewers on Sept. 23, 2014, to produce "Kiritanpo" rice sticks for use in a traditional pot dish.

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'GeGeGe no Kitaro' mascots parade for traffic safety

YONAGO, Japan - Mascot characters from the popular comic series "GeGeGe no Kitaro" parade through the streets of Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, on Sept. 23, 2014, with kindergarten students during an autumn campaign for road safety. The series' author, Shigeru Mizuki, grew up in the western Japanese city.

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Women in traditional costume make rice sticks

AKITA, Japan - Women workers clad in traditional costume produce "Kiritanpo" rice sticks from a newly harvested rice crop at Hamanoya, a long-established Japanese restaurant in Akita, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 23, 2014.

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Chinese court sentences Uyghur scholar to life in prison

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in June 2010 shows Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti. On Sept. 23, 2014, the Urumqi People's Intermediate Court in the western China region of Xinjiang sentenced Tohti to life in prison for separatism, an unusually severe conclusion to a case that has drawn condemnation from around the world. The sentence, which includes the seizure of all of Tohti's assets, is the harshest punishment handed down to a Chinese activist in the recent past.

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Tokyo police's memorial service for police dogs

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Metropolitan Police Department salute during a memorial service for police dogs at a cemetery in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2014.

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Chinese court sentences Uyghur scholar to life in prison

URUMQI, China - The roads around the Urumqi People's Intermediate Court (C back) in the western China region of Xinjiang are blockaded by police on Sept. 23, 2014. The same day, the court sentenced Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti to life in prison for separatism, an unusually severe conclusion to a case that has drawn condemnation from around the world.

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Chinese court sentences Uyghur scholar to life in prison

URUMQI, China - Photo taken Sept. 23, 2014, shows the Urumqi People's Intermediate Court in the western China region of Xinjiang. The same day, the court sentenced Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti to life in prison for separatism, an unusually severe conclusion to a case that has drawn condemnation from around the world.

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Sanin Kaigan coast allowed to continue as U.N.-aided geopark

TOTTORI, Japan - Tottori Mayor Yoshihiko Fukazawa (2nd from R) and other people raise their arms in celebration in the western Japan city along the Sea of Japan coast on Sept. 23, 2014, following the UNESCO-assisted Global Geoparks Network's approval of the local Sanin Kaigan coast's continuation as a geopark four years after its certification as such.

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Mt. Aso caldera added to UNESCO geoparks list

ASO, Japan - People celebrate at Aso Volcano Museum in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Sept. 23, 2014, after the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network said the caldera of active volcano Mt. Aso was added to a list of global geoparks. The Aso caldera is one of the world's largest covering an area of about 350 square kilometers.

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Northern Japan city before and after 2011 disaster

SENDAI, Japan - Two contrasting pictures of an area hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, taken from a Kyodo News helicopter are shown, with the upper photo taken on March 23, 2011, and the lower one on Sept. 1, 2014.

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Curator explains photo of A-bomb-hit Nagasaki taken in 1946

NAGASAKI, Japan - A curator of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum explains on July 23, 2014, about one of the 26 pictures taken about a year and four months after the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan. The pictures, originally kept by the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, are on display at the museum until Sept. 28.