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Figure skater Asada in good condition for Japan Open

YOKOHAMA, Sept. 11 Kyodo - Three-time women's world champion Mao Asada poses in a commercial film-making event in Yokohama southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2015. She said she is in good condition for the Oct. 3 Japan Open at Saitama Super Arena, north of Tokyo. It will be her first competition since sitting out the 2014-2015 season.

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PM Abe attends Diet session

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives an answer during a debate at the House of Representatives Budget Committee on Oct. 6, 2014, in Tokyo. The two-month extraordinary Diet session started on Sept. 29, focusing on rejuvenating local economies and increasing women's participation in society.

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Workers make Buko pies using coconut

LOS BANOS, Philippines - Workers produce Buko pies in Los Banos in the Philippine province of Laguna on Sept. 6, 2014. Buko pie using coconut meat, considered a specialty in the area, is gaining popularity in the country.

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84-year-old Iraqi Christian wants to return home

ERBIL, Iraq - Kudir Salim, an 84-year-old former driver for a Japanese firm, and his 70-year-old wife live as refugees in part of a building under construction in Erbil, northern Iraq, on Sept. 6, 2014. Salim said they want to return to their home in the Christian town of Qaraqosh in northern Iraq as soon as possible.

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Persecuted Iraqi Christians camp outside church

ERBIL, Iraq - Many Christian refugees camp out on the premises of a Catholic church in Erbil in the Kurdish autonomous region, northern Iraq, on Sept. 6, 2014, to escape persecution from Islamic militants.

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Songwriter, novelist Yamaguchi dies at 77

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 1985 shows Yoko Yamaguchi attending a press conference after winning the Naoki Prize for popular literature. Yamaguchi, also a well-known songwriter, died of respiratory failure on Sept. 6, 2014, at the age of 77.

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Nishikori upsets world No. 1 Djokovic to reach U.S. Open final

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 6, 2014. Nishikori won 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 to become the first Japanese player to advance to a Grand Slam singles final.

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Nishikori upsets world No. 1 Djokovic to reach U.S. Open final

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori celebrates after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 6, 2014. Nishikori won 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 to become the first Japanese player to advance to a Grand Slam singles final.

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Abe in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold a joint press conference after their talks in Dhaka on Sept. 6, 2014.

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Abe in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after the two leaders signed a joint statement in Dhaka on Sept. 6, 2014.

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Nishikori upsets world No. 1 Djokovic to reach U.S. Open final

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 6, 2014. Nishikori won 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 to become the first Japanese player to advance to a Grand Slam singles final.

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Nishikori upsets world No. 1 Djokovic to reach U.S. Open final

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori holds a press conference in New York on Sept. 6, 2014, after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament. Nishikori won 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 to become the first Japanese player to advance to a Grand Slam singles final.

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Nishikori upsets world No. 1 Djokovic to reach U.S. Open final

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 6, 2014. Nishikori won 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 to become the first Japanese player to advance to a Grand Slam singles final.

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Nishikori upsets world No. 1 Djokovic to reach U.S. Open final

NEW YORK, United States - Novak Djokovic (L) of Serbia congratulates Japan's Kei Nishikori after their U.S. Open tennis tournament semifinal match in New York on Sept. 6, 2014. Nishikori won 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 to become the first Japanese player to advance to a Grand Slam singles final.

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Nishikori upsets world No. 1 Djokovic to reach U.S. Open final

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during the semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Sept. 6, 2014. Nishikori won 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-3 to become the first Japanese player to advance to a Grand Slam singles final.

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Shanghai orchestra concert at Japanese designed hall

SHANGHAI, China - The first music concert by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra is held at a new music hall in Shanghai on Sept. 6, 2014, designed by world-renowned acoustic designer Yasuhisa Toyota and architect Arata Isozaki.

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Japan-based N. Korean leader in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ho Jong Man, head of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, waves North Korea's national flag upon his arrival at Pyongyang international airport on Sept. 6, 2014. Ho, accompanies by several executives of the most influential pro-North Korea organization in Japan, arrived in the North Korean capital for the first time in eight years.

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Conductor Ozawa performs with Niyama

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Haruo Niyama, a 17-year-old high school student who won an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, in February, performs to Mozart's Minuet conducted by Seiji Ozawa (L) during the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2014. The annual festival, which is one of the premier classical music festivals in Japan, will be renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumto Festival from next year.

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Conductor Ozawa performs with Niyama

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Haruo Niyama, a 17-year-old high school student who won an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, in February, performs to Mozart's Minuet conducted by Seiji Ozawa (R) during the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2014. The annual festival, which is one of the premier classical music festivals in Japan, will be renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumto Festival from next year.

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Japanese linked to late politician Kanemaru in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Yasunobu Kanemaru, the eldest son of Shin Kanemaru, the late former vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks to Kyodo News at a hotel in Pyongyang on Sept. 6, 2014. He is in the North Korean capital as head of a delegation of nearly 60 people, who have traveled there for the 100th anniversary of the Sept. 17 birthday of the late Kanemaru, who worked in the 1990s to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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Conductor Ozawa performs with Niyama

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Haruo Niyama, a 17-year-old high school student who won an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, in February, performs to Mozart's Minuet conducted by Seiji Ozawa (L) during the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto in the city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2014. The annual festival, which is one of the premier classical music festivals in Japan, will be renamed the Seiji Ozawa Matsumto Festival from next year.

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Elevating ground in tsunami-hit city continues

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Huge conveyer belts carry earth and sand from mountains on Sept. 6, 2014, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, where work to raise the ground level is under way after the area was devastated by the 2011 tsunami. A lone pine tree, a symbol of recovery, is seen in foreground.

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Prince Hisahito, 3rd in line to Japanese throne, turns 8

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hisahito (L), accompanied by his mother Princess Kiko, passes by car through a gate to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2014, his eighth birthday, to meet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. Prince Hisahito, the son of Prince Akishino and Kiko, is third line to the throne in Japan's imperial family after his uncle Crown Prince Naruhito and his father.

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Japan-based N. Korean leader in Pyongyang

BEIJING, China - Ho Jong Man, head of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, arrives at Beijing International Airport in Beijing on Sept. 6, 2014, on his way to North Korea's capital Pyongyang. Later, Ho, accompanies by several executives of the most influential pro-North Korea organization in Japan, arrived in Pyongyang for the first time in eight years.

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Town landscape before and after 2011 disaster

SENDAI, Japan - A long conveyer belt to carry earth and sand from the mountains for ground-level-raising purposes is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter in the photo below taken on Sept. 1, 2014, in the 2011 tsunami-devastated city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in contrast with the above picture of the same place photographed on March 6, 2013.

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Bicycle race in Chiba Pref. for 'cosplayers'

CHIBA, Japan - A participant dressed as an anime character waits to start a bicycle race event in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Sept. 6, 2014. Some 250 "cosplayers" took part in the event.

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Japan PM Abe arrives in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) walks with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Sept. 6, 2014, after arriving there at the start of a three-day trip to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

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Asian Network of Major Cities 21 conference ends

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe (L) and Tomsk Region Gov. Sergei Zhvachkin attend a joint press conference following the end of the general conference of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21, a global network of capital and major cities in Asia committed to projects aimed at developing the region, in Tomsk in Russia on Sept. 6, 2014.

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Passengers toast with sake on train in Japan

MAEBASHI, Japan - Thirty-one passengers make a toast with sake in small wooden boxes on a specially arranged train operated by Jomo Electric Railway in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, on Sept. 6, 2014.

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'Rakugo' legend Hikohachi festival held in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - A festival dedicated to Yonezawa Hikohachi, the founding father of "kamigata rakugo" comic story telling in the Osaka and Kyoto regions, is under way at Ikukunitama Shrine in Osaka on Sept. 6, 2014, to mark the 300th anniversary of his death. Performing at the center is well-known rakugo storyteller Katsura Yonedanji.

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N. Korea's key diplomat leaves for Europe

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kang Sok Ju (R), a secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, shake hands with German Ambassador to North Korea Thomas Schaefer as he leaves Pyongyang airport in Pyongyang on Sept. 6, 2014. Kang will visit Belgium, Switzerland and other European countries, according to diplomatic sources.

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Season's 1st red snow crabs landed at western Japan port

YONAGO, Japan - The season's first red snow crabs are put in containers on Sept. 6, 2014, after being landed at the port of Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on the Sea of Japan coast.

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Japan PM Abe leaves for tour of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and his wife Akie wave as they leave Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 6, 2014, for a three-day tour of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Abe will meet with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka the same day and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sept. 7 in Colombo.

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Japan draw with Uzbeks

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (L) celebrates with teammates including Shinji Kagawa (R) after scoring an equalizer in the 65th minute of a game against Uzbekistan in the third-round qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 6, 2011. Japan drew with Uzbekistan 1-1.

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Japan draw with Uzbeks

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan soccer coach Alberto Zaccheroni gives directions to players in a game against Uzbekistan in the third-round qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 6, 2011. Japan drew with Uzbekistan 1-1.

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Japan draw with Uzbeks

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's national soccer team members including defender Yuichi Komano (far R) and goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima (2nd from R) concede the opening goal to Uzbekistan in the eighth minute of a game in the third-round qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 6, 2011. Shinji Okazaki scored an equalizer in the 65th minute of the game, which ended 1-1.

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Japan draw with Uzbeks

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (2nd from R) dives to connect with a cross and head in a goal in the 65th minute of a game against Uzbekistan in the third-round qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 6, 2011. Okazaki gave Japan a point in a 1-1 draw away to Uzbekistan.