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Female lawyer urges greater role for women in politics

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Keiko Ota, seen in this file photo taken on Sept. 9, 2014, calls for women to discuss political issues more actively and vote in elections. Ota has organized various sessions for women to discuss the Japanese Constitution and other political issues in a relaxed manner.

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Hokkaido to ban feeding brown bears to protect ecology

TOKYO, Japan - Brown bears look for pink salmon at a river mouth on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido in this file photo taken on Sept. 9, 2014. Japan's northernmost prefectural government is set to designate brown bears from 2015 as subject to its biodiversity conservation ordinance, which prohibits feeding wild animals to protect ecology.

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Ex-partners of united Korea table tennis team may meet again

TOKYO, Japan - Ri Bun Hui, a former North Korean table tennis player who formed a united Korea team with Hyung Jung Hwa of South Korea to win the women's doubles event in the World Table Tennis Championships held in Chiba, Japan, in April 1991, poses in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2014. The former partners may have a reunion at the Asian Paralympics in Inchon, South Korea, in October with Ri expected to lead the North Korean delegation.

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Yamanashi Pref.'s 'miracle wine' goes on sale

KOFU, Japan - Bottles of "Akaike Maboroshi Yeast 2013," dubbed the "miracle wine" made with yeast in the waters of Lake Akaike near Lake Shoji, one of the Fuji Five Lakes at the base of Mt. Fuji in Yamanashi Prefecture, are shown at Shirayuri Winery in Koshu in the prefecture. They were put on sale on Sept. 9, 2014. Lake Akaike makes an appearance only once in several years after heavy rain.

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Price-conscious Chinese shoppers at Beijing supermarket

BEIJING, China - Shoppers carefully choose vegetables at a supermarket in Beijing, China, on Sept. 9, 2014. The Chinese National Bureau of Statistics announced on Sept. 11 that the consumer price index rose 2.0% in August from a year earlier.

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N. Korea ready to give Japan new info on abductions

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan, gestures during an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2014. Song said North Korea is ready to provide to Japan at any time the initial findings of its special investigation team on the fates of abductees and other Japanese nationals, as the two countries have a tacit understanding for that to happen around mid-September.

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N. Korea ready to give Japan new info on abductions

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Song Il Ho, North Korea's ambassador for negotiations to normalize relations with Japan, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2014. Song said North Korea is ready to provide to Japan at any time the initial findings of its special investigation team on the fates of abductees and other Japanese nationals, as the two countries have a tacit understanding for that to happen around mid-September.

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UN Women chief

NEW YORK, United States - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, executive director of UN Women, says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reshuffling of his Cabinet to increase the number of female members sets a positive example for the region and world. Picture taken Sept. 9, 2014 at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

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N.Y. Yankees' Kuroda suffers 9th loss

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi (R) takes starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda (2nd from R) out of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth inning at Yankee Stadium in New York on Sept. 9, 2014. Kuroda suffered his ninth loss of the season as the Yankees lost 3-4.

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Wife of China dissident appeals to Obama

WASHINGTON, United States - Geng He (L), wife of Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, speaks at a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014 in Washington, appealing to U.S. President Barack Obama to make a public call for her husband to be allowed to travel to the United States. She said Zhisheng, who was released from jail in August after three years in prison, is in alarmingly poor health.

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Kishida, German FM agree on stabilizing Ukraine

BERLIN, Germany - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (R) and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida hold a press conference in Berlin on Sept. 9, 2014, after agreeing to create a new framework for dialogue to deal with the Ukraine crisis.

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Apple unveils two new iPhones

CUPERTINO, United States - Photo shows the iPhone 6 (L) and iPhone 6 Plus with screen sizes of 4.7 inches (about 12 centimeters) and 5.5 inches, respectively, unveiled by Apple Inc. on Sept. 9, 2014, in Cupertino, California. The new smartphones will be able to facilitate the company's new mobile payment system called Apple Pay. They will go on sale in 10 regions, including Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore on Sept. 19.

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German FM, Kishida discuss Ukraine crisis

BERLIN, Germany - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (far R) and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida (far L) hold talks on a range of issues including the situation in Ukraine in Berlin on Sept. 9, 2014.

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Apple unveils Apple Watch

CUPERTINO, United States - Photo shows the Apple Watch, unveiled by Apple Inc. on Sept. 9, 2014, in Cupertino, California. The watch, which must be wirelessly connected to an iPhone, can answer phone calls, send short text messages and view emails. It will go on sale early in 2015.

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Shibasaki scores vs Venezuela

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Gaku Shibasaki (L) scores Japan's second goal in the second half of a friendly match against Venezuela at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sept. 9, 2014, while captain Keisuke Honda looks on. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

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Japan business leaders visit China to boost ties

BEIJING, China - Yasuchika Hasegawa (L), chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, and ANA Holdings Inc. President Shinichiro Ito give a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014, in Beijing after meeting with Chinese business leaders to deepen bilateral economic ties.

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Japan monks perform 'Shomyo' Buddhist chant in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China - A group of some 20 young Japanese monks of Koyasan, a monastic center founded by the priest Kukai in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, perform a traditional "Shomyo" Buddhist chant in Shanghai, China, on Sept. 9, 2014.

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Aguirre, Muto celebrate goal against Venezuela

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yoshinori Muto (L) is congratulated by Japan coach Javier Aguirre (2nd from R) after Muto's goal in the second half of a friendly match against Venezuela at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sept. 9, 2014. Japan squandered the lead twice in a 2-2 home draw.

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Lawyer of Japanese man who fathered many surrogate babies

BANGKOK, Thailand - The Thai lawyer for a 24-year-old Japanese man who has fathered many surrogate babies in Thailand is surrounded by the press at the Thai police headquarters in Bangkok on Sept. 9, 2014. According to Thai police, the Japanese man side told the police that he is the father of 19 babies, including one yet to be born.

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Muto scores vs Venezuela

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Yoshinori Muto scores the opening goal in the second half of a friendly match against Venezuela at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sept. 9, 2014. The game ended in a 2-2 draw.

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Toshiba opens new flash memory production facility

NAGOYA, Japan - Toshiba Corp. President Hisao Tanaka (C) and other officials, including those of its U.S. business partner SanDisk Corp., cut the ribbon at a ceremony to open the second phase of the No. 5 flash memory chip fabrication facility in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 9, 2014. They also started construction of a new facility there for production of a next-generation memory chip.

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Ex-PM Mori in Moscow seeking improved ties with Russia

MOSCOW, Russia - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori says in a speech in Moscow on Sept. 9, 2014, that concluding a peace treaty with Russia by resolving a territorial dispute over Russian-held islands off the northern tip of the Japanese archipelago would be conducive to enhancing Japan's relations with China and to stabilizing the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

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SpaceX CEO Musk meets PM Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) receives a courtesy call from Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2014. Musk presented Abe with a model of the company's rocket.

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Rakuten buying U.S. shopping portal Ebates

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani (L), chief executive officer of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc., and Kevin Johnson, CEO of U.S. cash-back shopping portal Ebates Inc., pose for photos during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2014. Rakuten said it is buying the San Francisco-based firm in October for about $1 billion or 105 billion yen to strengthen its international operations.

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66th anniv. of N. Korea's founding

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean flags decorate the streets of Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2014, as the country marks the 66th anniversary of its founding.

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New walker assist device 'ACSIVE'

GIFU, Japan - Professor Akihito Sano of Nagoya Institute of Technology on Sept. 9, 2014, explains in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, a new walker assist device called "ACSIVE," developed jointly with Imasen Engineering Corp. Spring assisted "ACSIVE" does not rely on batteries or motors.

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Tokyo to send 100,000 protective suits to W. Africa

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to send 100,000 protective suits of the kind seen here to doctors in Sierra Leone and Liberia fighting to contain the Ebola outbreak. The suits will be sent through the Japan International Cooperation Agency. The photo was taken on Sept. 9, 2014.

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Sushi offered to mudslide evacuees

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Sushi chefs make sushi at an evacuation center for people affected by recent massive mudslides in the city of Hiroshima on Sept. 9, 2014. Some 150 evacuees received free set meals of sushi, a side dish and soup, prepared by nine chefs.

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Niigata Pref. test-flies UAV

NIIGATA, Japan - An unmanned aerial vehicle of Niigata Prefecture capable of shooting photographs and video is seen in Niigata City on Sept. 9, 2014. The prefecture conducted a test flight of the UAV on the same day.

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Niigata Pref. test-flies UAV

NIIGATA, Japan - Niigata Prefecture's unmanned aerial vehicle capable of taking photographs and video is seen during a test flight in Niigata City on Sept.9, 2014.

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National bar exam successful applicants

TOKYO, Japan - A man (L) rejoices after finding his applicant number on a board posting the numbers of successful applicants in the 2014 national bar examination in front of the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2014. The ministry said there were 1,810 successful applicants, or 22.6 percent of the total applicants.

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National bar exam successful applicants

TOKYO, Japan - People gather in front of boards posting the numbers of successful applicants in the 2014 national bar examination in front of the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2014. The ministry said there were 1,810 successful applicants, or 22.6 percent of the total applicants.

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National bar exam successful applicants

TOKYO, Japan - Three men who passed the 2014 national bar examination point to their applicant numbers on a board posting the numbers of successful applicants, for souvenir photos, in front of the Justice Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2014. The ministry said there were 1,810 successful applicants, or 22.6 percent of the total applicants.

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China, Japan universities co-found school in Dalian

DALIAN, China - Ritsumeikan University professor Eiji Okubo, the Japanese dean of DUT-RU International School of Information Science and Engineering co-founded by China's Dalian University of Technology and Ritsumeikan, speaks to new students in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China, on Sept. 9, 2014. This is the first such joint school by a Japanese university and an overseas university, according to Ritsumeikan.

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Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Kazutoshi Mori smiles during a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014 in the city of Kyoto, western Japan. Mori shares the year's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award with Peter Walter of the University of California, San Francisco, for unraveling the inner workings of the cell to process proteins, an understanding that serve as a basis for ongoing development of drugs for a range of illnesses.

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66th anniv. of N. Korea's founding

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People bow to bronze statues of North Korea's late founder Kim Il Sung and late leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2014, as the country marks the 66th anniversary of its founding.

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Japan, U.S. resume bilateral TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Oe (2nd from L), Japan's deputy chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, and Wendy Cutler (far R), acting deputy U.S. trade representative, head for their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2014, over Tokyo's proposed exceptions for key farm products to tariff elimination under the Pacific free trade initiative. (Pool photo)

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66th anniv. of N. Korea's founding

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Women dressed up in traditional Korean clothes offer flowers before bronze statues of North Korea's late founder Kim Il Sung and late leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2014, as the country marks the 66th anniversary of its founding.

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Thai PM Prayuth holds 1st Cabinet meeting

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha holds his first Cabinet meeting at the Government House in Bangkok on Sept. 9, 2014.

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Mori, Walter share Lasker medical prize

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Kazutoshi Mori speaks at a press conference on Sept. 9, 2014 in the city of Kyoto, western Japan. Mori shares the year's Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award with Peter Walter of the University of California, San Francisco, for unraveling the inner workings of the cell to process proteins, an understanding that serve as a basis for ongoing development of drugs for a range of illnesses.

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66th anniv. of N. Korea's founding

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People bow to bronze statues of North Korea's late founder Kim Il Sung and late leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2014, as the country marks the 66th anniversary of its founding.

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66th anniv. of N. Korea's founding

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People offer flowers before bronze statues of North Korea's late founder Kim Il Sung and late leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2014, as the country marks the 66th anniversary of its founding.

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Japan, U.S. resume bilateral TPP talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Oe (L), Japan's deputy chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, and Wendy Cutler, acting deputy U.S. trade representative, shake hands at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 9, 2014, before their talks over Tokyo's proposed exceptions for key farm products to tariff elimination under the Pacific free trade initiative. (Pool photo)

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66th anniv. of N. Korea's founding

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a signboard to celebrate the 66th anniversary of the founding of North Korea, in the capital Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2014.

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66th anniv. of N. Korea's founding

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows a wreath (C), offered by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, before bronze statues of the country's late founder Kim Il Sung (L), his grandfather, and late leader Kim Jong Il, his father, on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2014, as the country marks the 66th anniversary of its founding.

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66th anniv. of N. Korea's founding

PYONGYANG, North Korea - People bow to bronze statues of North Korea's late founder Kim Il Sung and late leader Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang on Sept. 9, 2014, as the country marks the 66th anniversary of its founding.

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Dollar rises above 106 yen line in early Tokyo deals

TOKYO, Japan - A bulletin board in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar trading above the 106 yen line, its first rise above the line since October 2008, in the early morning on Sept. 9, 2014. Finance Minister Taro Aso and economic and fiscal policy minister Akira Amari expressed concern later that day about the recent sharp jump by the dollar to a nearly six-year high against the yen.

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Official record of Emperor Hirohito's life

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows the building containing the Archives and Mausolea Department of the Imperial Household Agency at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. On Sept. 9, 2014, the agency released the official record of the 87-year life of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa. The department spent 24 years compiling the 61-volume record.

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Official record of Emperor Hirohito's life

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Sept. 15, 1923, shows Crown Prince Hirohito (L front) during his visit to Tokyo's Ueno Park to inspect fire damage following the magnitude 7.9 Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated the Japanese capital and its vicinity on Sept. 1 that year. On Sept. 9, 2014, the Imperial Household Agency released the official record it compiled of the 87-year life of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa.

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Official record of Emperor Hirohito's life

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Nov. 22, 1987, shows Emperor Hirohito standing in a garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. On Sept. 9, 2014, the Imperial Household Agency released the official record of the 87-year life of the emperor, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, after spending 24 years compiling the 61-volume record.