1964 Tokyo Olympic torch runner Sakai dies at 69

1964 Tokyo Olympic torch runner Sakai dies at 69

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September, 2013, shows Yoshinori Sakai, the final torch relay runner at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, holding the torch with which he lit the Olympic cauldron. Sakai died of cerebral bleeding at a hospital in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014. He was 69.

World's oldest Bactrian camel dies in Yokohama

World's oldest Bactrian camel dies in Yokohama

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September, 2012, shows the world's oldest Bactrian camel, Tsugaru, at Nogeyama Zoo in Yokohama, south of Tokyo. The zoo announced on May 24, 2014, the camel died the previous day at the estimated age of 38, which is equivalent to more than 100 years old for human beings.

U.S. had 4,804 nuclear warheads as of Sept. 2013

U.S. had 4,804 nuclear warheads as of Sept. 2013

NEW YORK, the United States - Rose Gottemoeller, U.S. under secretary of state for arms control and international security, speaks at the Third Meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 29, 2014. She said the U.S. had 4,804 nuclear warheads stockpiled of as of September, 2013.

Japanese rock singer Imawano dies at 58

Japanese rock singer Imawano dies at 58

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese rock singer Kiyoshiro Imawano (file photo taken in September, 1999) died of a lymphatic disease at a Tokyo hospital on May 2. He was 58. Imawano was diagnosed with throat cancer in July 2006, and was in and out of hospital for treatment.

Oldest man in Japan, Nijiro Tokuda, dies at 111

Oldest man in Japan, Nijiro Tokuda, dies at 111

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Nijiro Tokuda (file photo taken in September, 2005), Japan's oldest man, died at the age of 111 in a hospital in the city of Kagoshima on June 12.

S. Korean man in Australia to join father in North

S. Korean man in Australia to join father in North

TOKYO, Japan - File photo, taken in September, 2000, in Seoul, shows Australian resident David Cho, who will fly to Pyongyang on April 14 to join his father, whom he met last August during a reunion of family members separated since the 1950-53 Korea War. Cho, whose Korean name is Cho Kyung Je, moved to Sydney from South Korea in 1994 and now has permanent residency in Australia.

Japanese-built bridge in Vietnam faces collapse

Japanese-built bridge in Vietnam faces collapse

An ornate wooden bridge built by Japanese merchants centuries ago in the central Vietnamese town of Hoi An was almost completely submerged by flood waters over the weekend and faces imminent collapse. The photo was taken in September, 1996. The picturesque 18-meter bridge, built between 1593 and 1596 by Japanese merchants who lived and worked in Hoi An, is now a tourist site and a symbol of friendship between Japan and Vietnam.