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Emperor, empress visit apple orchard in Aomori Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit an apple orchard in the city of Kuroishi, Aomori Prefecture, on Sept. 25, 2014. The imperial couple are in the northern Japanese prefecture on a two-day private stay to inspect the reconstruction situation following the 2011 devastating quake and tsunami. (Pool photo by Mainichi Shimbun)

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1 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos from a Kyodo News helicopter show Sendai port in Miyagi Prefecture on March 25, 2011 (top), after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and about one and a half years later on Sept. 4, 2012 (bottom).

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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

NAIROBI, Kenya - File photo taken in June 2011 shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai in the garden of her Nairobi office. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in the Kenyan capital while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization, the Green Belt Movement.

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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai. She died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement.

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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai (front L) visiting the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, escorted by then Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, in February 2010. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement.

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Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Maathai dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai (front R) planting a young tree at a beach in the city of Akita, northeastern Japan, in April 2007. Maathai died at the age of 71 on Sept. 25, 2011, at a hospital in Nairobi while undergoing treatment for cancer, according to her organization the Green Belt Movement.

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Pro-nuclear plant mayor reelected

KAMINOSEKI, Japan - Shigemi Kashiwabara (C), mayor of Kaminoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, bows to supporters in the town after reelection to a third four-year term on Sept. 25, 2011. Kashiwabara, an advocate of a Chugoku Electric Power Co. proposal to build a nuclear power station in the town, defeated antinuclear challenger Sadao Yamato, who heads a civic group opposed to the plan.

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Disaster-hit Japanese daily awarded

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Hiroyuki Takeuchi (R), editor-in-chief of the Japanese newspaper Ishinomaki Hibi Shimbun in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, attends the International Press Institute's annual world congress and general assembly in Taipei on Sept. 25, 2011, as the daily received a special award for its publication efforts in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The daily continued to publish using handwritten papers (L) posted on walls, despite loss of power and damage to printing machines due to the disaster.

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Sumo wrestler Kotoshogiku to promote to ozeki

TOKYO, Japan - Sekiwake Kotoshogiku smiles holding the trophies for the Outstanding Performance Prize and the Technique Prize at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2011, the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. Kotoshogiku is believed to have secured his promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki finishing the autumn meet with a 12-3 mark.

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Seoul festival features Japan performances

SEOUL, South Korea - Dancers from a spa in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, perform hula during a festival in Seoul on Sept. 25, 2011. Performances from festivals in areas of Japan, including disaster-hit Tohoku region, were featured at the bilateral youth exchange event.

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Seoul festival features Japan performances

SEOUL, South Korea - Dancers perform the ''Sendai Suzume'' from Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, during a festival in Seoul on Sept. 25, 2011. Performances from festivals in areas of Japan, including disaster-hit Tohoku region, were featured at the bilateral youth exchange event.

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Seoul festival features Japan performances

SEOUL, South Korea - Dancers perform the ''Morioka Sansa'' from Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, during a festival in Seoul on Sept. 25, 2011. Performances from festivals in areas of Japan, including disaster-hit Tohoku region, were featured at the bilateral youth exchange event.

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Hakuho wins 20th career title at autumn sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho, sitting with a group of celebrating supporters, holds the winner's trophy after capturing his 20th career title at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2011. He won the autumn meet with a 13-2 mark, defeating ozeki Harumafuji on the final day.

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Seoul festival features Japan performances

SEOUL, South Korea - An ''Aomori Nebuta'' float from Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, is shown during a festival in Seoul on Sept. 25, 2011. Performances from festivals in areas of Japan, including disaster-hit Tohoku region, were featured at the bilateral youth exchange event.

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Seoul festival features Japan performances

SEOUL, South Korea - Visitors look at news photos on the March quake and tsunami in Japan during a festival in Seoul on Sept. 25, 2011. Performances from festivals in areas of Japan, including disaster-hit Tohoku region, were featured at the bilateral youth exchange event.

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Yokozuna Hakuho wins 20th career title

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (L) receives a trophy from Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2011, after capturing his 20th career title with a 13th win over ozeki Harumafuji on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Yokozuna Hakuho wins 20th career title

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (back) beats ozeki Harumafuji with an overarm throw at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2011, the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. It was his 20th career title.

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Tsunami-hit Sendai Airport reopens

SENDAI, Japan - Personnel celebrate the reopening of quake- and tsunami-hit Sendai Airport in Miyagi Prefecture during a ceremony on Sept. 25, 2011. Regular international flight services also resumed the same day.

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Tsunami-hit Sendai Airport reopens

SENDAI, Japan - Passengers from Seoul aboard the first flight arriving at Sendai Airport in Miyagi Prefecture since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami are welcomed at the airport on Sept. 25, 2011. Asiana Airlines flights connecting Seoul had been operating daily before the disaster but are now scheduled three days a week for the time being.

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Boeing 787 'Dreamliner'

EVERETT, United States - Photo taken Aug. 6, 2011, shows Boeing Co.'s advanced B-787 aircraft called the ''Dreamliner'' in Everett in the state of Washington. All Nippon Airways Co. is scheduled to receive contractual delivery of the first 787 at the Boeing plant in the U.S. city on Sept. 25, 2011, Pacific Daylight Time, followed by a commemoration ceremony the next day. The aircraft is scheduled to arrive at Haneda international airport in Tokyo on Sept. 28, Japan time. ANA plans to launch domestic flight services with the Dreamliner from November.

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Yokozuna Hakuho wins 20th career title

TOKYO, Japan - Grand champion Hakuho (R) beats ozeki Harumafuji with an overarm throw at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2011, the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. It was his 20th career title.

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Draft report on Japanese soldiers' remains

MANILA, Philippines - Photo shows draft documents of investigation report prepared by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the remains search project for Japanese soldiers who died in World War II in the Philippines. It was learned Sept. 25, 2011, that bones of women and children who died long after the war are suspected to have become mixed with the collected remains of the purported soldiers, according to the draft report and sources close to the Japanese and the Philippines governments.

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Sharp's lightweight, ultra-thin TV

TOKYO, Japan - Models carry Sharp Corp.'s lightweight, ultra-slim ''Freestyle Aquos'' liquid crystal display televisions during a promotional event in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2011. Sharp plans to release eight types of the new model from Sept. 15 which allows consumers greater choice in where to place them, such as hanging them on a wall.

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Sharp's lightweight, ultra-thin TV

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2011, shows Sharp Corp.'s lightweight, ultra-slim ''Freestyle Aquos'' liquid crystal display televisions. Sharp plans to release eight types of the new model from Sept. 15, which allows consumers greater choice in where to place them, such as hanging them on a wall.