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Japan to free Chinese boat captain

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Zhan Qixiong, the skipper of a Chinese fishing boat, being transferred from a Japan Coast Guard office to a public prosecutors office in Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 9, 2010. Zhan was arrested after his boat collided with Coast Guard vessels near the disputed Senkaku Islands, administered by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan, on Sept. 8. The prosecutors decided to release Zhan on Sept. 24.

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Japan to free Chinese boat captain

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Zhan Qixiong, skipper of a Chinese fishing boat being transferred from a coast guard office to the public prosecutors office in Okinawa Prefecture on Sept. 9, 2010. He was arrested by the Japan Coast Guard after his boat collided with Japanese coastguard vessels near the disputed Senkaku Islands, administered by Japan but also claimed by China and Taiwan, on Sept. 8 but the Naha District Public Prosecutors Office decided to release him on Sept. 24.

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Japanese pop art at Versailles

PARIS, France - Takashi Murakami's ''Flower Matango'' is exhibited at the Palace of Versailles on the outskirts of Paris on Sept. 9, 2010. The exhibition featuring 20 of Murakami's works, running through Dec. 12, has attracted both a high level of interest and criticism regarding the display of Japanese pop art at the World Heritage site.

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Japanese pop art at Versailles

PARIS, France - Contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami poses for photos in front of his ''Oval Buddha'' sculpture at the Palace of Versailles on the outskirts of Paris on Sept. 9, 2010. An exhibition of his work will open to the public Sept. 14 amid a high level of interest as well as criticism regarding the display of Japanese pop art at the World Heritage site.

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Japanese pop art at Versailles

PARIS, France - A ''manga'' inspired figure by Takashi Murakami is exhibited at the Palace of Versailles on the outskirts of Paris on Sept. 9, 2010. The exhibition featuring 20 of Murakami's works, running through Dec. 12, has attracted both a high level of interest and criticism regarding the display of Japanese pop art at the World Heritage site.

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Japanese pop art at Versailles

PARIS, France - ''Kawaii! Vacances d'ete'' by Takashi Murakami is exhibited at the Palace of Versailles on the outskirts of Paris on Sept. 9, 2010. The exhibition featuring 20 of Murakami's works, running through Dec. 12, has attracted both a high level of interest and criticism regarding the display of Japanese pop art at the World Heritage site.

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Yoshida wins women's 55-kg world title

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's two-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida (top) beats Yuliya Ratkevich (bottom) of Azerbaijan, capturing her eighth consecutive 55-kilogram title at the world wrestling championships in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Yoshida wins 55-kg world title, Icho 63-kg

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Saori Yoshida (L) and Kaori Icho hold gold medals after winning the women's 55-kilogram and 63-kilogram titles respectively at the world wrestling championships in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Icho wins women's 63-kg world title

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Kaori Icho, a two-time Olympic champion at 63 kg, holds the medal after overpowering Elena Pirozhkova of the United States, winning the gold to clinch her sixth crown in the women's action at the world wrestling championships in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Icho wins women's 63-kg world title

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Kaori Icho (L), a two-time Olympic champion at 63 kg, overpowers Elena Pirozhkova of the United States, winning the gold to clinch her sixth crown in the women's action at the world wrestling championships in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Yoshida wins women's 55-kg world title

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Saori Yoshida does a midair somersault in joy after beating Yuliya Ratkevich of Azerbaijan, capturing her eighth consecutive 55-kilogram title at the world wrestling championships in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Yoshida wins women's 55-kg world title

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's Saori Yoshida holds the gold medal after beating Yuliya Ratkevich of Azerbaijan, capturing her eighth consecutive 55-kilogram title at the world wrestling championships in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Yoshida wins women's 55-kg world title

MOSCOW, Russia - Japan's two-time Olympic champion Saori Yoshida (top) beats Yuliya Ratkevich (bottom) of Azerbaijan, capturing her eighth consecutive 55-kilogram title at the world wrestling championships in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Japan's Sugimoto takes gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Mika Sugimoto (front) and Maki Tsukada wear the gold and bronze medal, respectively, for the women's over 78-kg class at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Anai takes gold at world c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Takamasa Anai of Japan wears the gold medal after winning the 100-kilogram final at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Japan's Sugimoto takes gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Mika Sugimoto of Japan celebrates after winning the women's over 78-kg class at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Political heat

SAPPORO, Japan - A woman shades her head with a campaign flier as she waits to hear stump speeches by Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Democratic Party of Japan bigwig Ichiro Ozawa in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Sept. 9, 2010, as the ruling party's Sept. 14 presidential election looms.

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Anai takes gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Takamasa Anai of Japan celebrates after defeating Henk Grol (back) of the Netherlands in the 100-kilogram final at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Anai takes gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Takamasa Anai (L) competes with Henk Grol of the Netherlands during the 100-kilogram finals at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010. Anai won the gold medal at the event.

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New LDP lineup

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party President Sadakazu Tanigaki (C) and Secretary General Nobuteru Ishihara (L), Vice President Tadamori Oshima (2nd from L), General Council Chair Yuriko Koike (2nd from R), who were newly appointed to their posts, and Shigeru Ishiba, Policy Research Council chairman, show solidarity on Sept. 9, 2010, after a press conference in Tokyo announcing the new party leadership.

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Anai takes gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Takamasa Anai of Japan celebrates after winning the 100-kilogram final at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Anai takes gold at world judo c'ships

TOKYO, Japan - Takamasa Anai of Japan celebrates after defeating Henk Grol (back) of the Netherlands in the 100-kilogram final at the World Judo Championship in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Koike becomes 1st woman to assume a top post in LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike is seen at the Liberal Democratic Party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010. Koike was named chairman of the main opposition LDP's General Council, becoming the first woman to assume one of the party's top three posts.

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Soccer coach heads home for visa

NARITA, Japan - Japan's new national soccer team manager Alberto Zaccheroni speaks to reporters at Narita airport near Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010, before leaving for Italy for procedures to obtain a visa needed to coach in Japan. The Italian said he has become accustomed to the atmosphere in Japan.

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Soccer coach heads home for visa

NARITA, Japan - Japan's new national soccer team manager Alberto Zaccheroni arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010, to head to Italy for procedures to obtain a visa needed to coach in Japan.

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Judo Olympic gold medalist out

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympics champion Keiji Suzuki (back) suffers a defeat by ippon in the men's over 100-kilogram class to Poland's Janusz Wojnarowicz on the opening day of the world judo championships in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Japan, India seek FTA

TOKYO, Japan - Senior government officials from Japan and India meet in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010, to lay the groundwork for reaching a bilateral free trade agreement that would provide Japanese goods and services greater access to the world's second-most populous market.

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Chinese captain sent to prosecutors

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Chinese fishing vessel captain Zhan Qixiong is sent to prosecutors by the Japan Coast Guard on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2010. He was arrested on suspicion of obstructing public duties after his ship collided with a Japanese patrol boat near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.

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Ultrasound sonic system

OTSU, Japan - Ritsumeikan University associate professor Takanobu Nishiura gives a briefing on a system developed by his team to use ultrasound loudspeakers to bounce music off the walls of a room at the university's campus in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, on Sept. 9, 2010.

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Japan growth strategy panel

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at the outset of the first meeting of a government panel to discuss the best way to implement Japan's new economic growth strategy in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2010.