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Russia releases 2 Japanese men

KUSHIRO, Japan - (From R) Shigeo Nakamura and Kuniaki Yamagata arrive at Nemuro port in Hokkaido on July 14, 2012, after Russia released the two Japanese men detained in late June by Russian border control officials while sailing near Kunashiri, a disputed island off Hokkaido.

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Mexican music academy closes

LOS ANGELES, United States - Photo shows Japanese violinist Yuriko Kuronuma in Mexico City on June 30, 2012, and violins to be donated to the Mexican culture and music agency. The music academy for children run by her in Mexico closed in late June due to a decrease in enrollees after being founded in 1980 with donations from Japan.

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Illegal gun-making alive and well in Philippines

DANAO, Philippines - Men make guns by hand at an illegal gun factory in Danao in the Philippines in late June 2012.

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Illegal gun-making alive and well in Philippines

DANAO, Philippines - A man examines a barrel for a handgun at an illegal gun factory in Danao in the Philippines in late June 2012.

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TEPCO chairman, president survey Fukushima plant

TOMIOKA, Japan - Kazuhiko Shimokobe (R), chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and TEPCO President Naomi Hirose (C) visit the utility's Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant in the town of Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 4, 2012. They visited the plant as well as the utility's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex for the first time since assuming their posts in late June. (Pool photo)

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Wacoal in China

BEIJING, China - Photo on July 3, 2012, shows a shop opened in late June in Beijing by Japanese women's underwear maker Wacoal Corp. The shop is the first outlet for Wacoal's new La Rosabelle brand of products aimed at Chinese customers.

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Tokyo zoo panda shows signs of pregnancy

TOKYO, Japan - Male giant panda Ri Ri is pictured at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on June 26, 2012. A female panda Shin Shin has shown signs of pregnancy, a zoo official said the same day, spurring hopes the zoo might see its first cub since 1988. Ri Ri and Shin Shin were confirmed to have mated twice late March, the zoo added.

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Tokyo zoo panda shows signs of pregnancy

TOKYO, Japan - Female giant panda Shin Shin is pictured at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo on June 26, 2012. Shin Shin has shown signs of pregnancy, a zoo official said the same day, spurring hopes the zoo might see its first cub since 1988. Shin Shin and male panda Ri Ri were confirmed to have mated twice late March, the zoo added.

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Nishikori prepares for Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, Britain - Japan's Kei Nishikori practices in Wimbledon on June 24, 2012. Nishikori will return to the court for the first time since late April as the No. 19 seed at the Wimbledon Championships.

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Rakuten to begin selling Kobo Touch e-book readers

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Kobo Touch, an electronic book reader made by Canadian e-book marketer Kobo Inc. Rakuten Inc., a major online shopping mall operator which acquired the Canadian firm in January, will begin selling the electronic book reader in late July 2012, sources familiar with the matter said June 21.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Moon Jae In, a former chief of staff to the late President Roh Moo Hyun, speaks in Seoul on June 17, 2012. The lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic United Party declared his intention to run in South Korea's presidential election.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Akiko (R), the elder daughter of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, receives from a Shinto priest a tree branch for worshipping during the main funeral for the late prince, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward for on June 14, 2012. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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Prince Tomohito's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - (from front R) Princess Akiko, Princess Yoko, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako attend the main funeral of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, at Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward for on June 14, 2012. Princess Akiko is the elder daughter of the late prince and Princess Yoko is the younger daughter. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa died on June 6, 2012, at the age of 66 after battling throat and tongue cancer since 1991.

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Display of cats, dogs after 8 p.m. at pet shops banned

TOKYO, Japan - An employee at a pet shop in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront area removes a dog from a cage on the night of June 1, 2012. An Environment Ministry ordinance that bans pet shop operators from displaying cats and dogs after 8 p.m. to relieve the animals of stress took effect the same day, following criticism by animal rights groups of outlets that stay open until late at night.

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U.N. conference may fail to seek roadmap for green economy

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows the headquarters of the United Nations in New York on June 1, 2012, where preparatory negotiations are under way on the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, dubbed Rio+20. The conference will be held in late June in Brazil. World leaders are unlikely to call for a roadmap for global transition to a so-called green economy at the conference, as their draft outcome document has dropped the word amid conflicts between developed and developing nations, negotiation sources said.

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Display of cats, dogs after 8 p.m. at pet shops banned

TOKYO, Japan - An employee at a pet shop in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront area removes a dog from a cage on the night of June 1, 2012. An Environment Ministry ordinance that bans pet shop operators from displaying cats and dogs after 8 p.m. to relieve the animals of stress took effect the same day, following criticism by animal rights groups of outlets that stay open until late at night.

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Display of cats, dogs after 8 p.m. at pet shops banned

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows dogs on display in a pet shop in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront area shortly before shop staff remove the animals from their cage on June 1, 2012. An Environment Ministry ordinance that bans pet shop operators from displaying cats and dogs after 8 p.m. to relieve the animals of stress took effect the same day, following criticism by animal rights groups of outlets that stay open until late at night.

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - Two young crested ibises (L) look for food beside one of their parents (R) in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young birds were two of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - A young crested ibis (L) lands beside one of its parents in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young bird is one of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Young ibises in Sado

SADO, Japan - Two young crested ibises spread their wings in a fallow rice paddy in Sado, Niigata Prefecture, on June 1, 2012. The young birds were two of three crested ibis chicks born in late April 2012 to a pair released in March 2011. They are believed to have begun learning to fly in late May 2012, becoming the first crested ibises to do so in the wild in Japan for 38 years. (Pool photo)

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Plasma-display electronic blackboard system

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. demonstrates an electronic blackboard system with a 65-inch plasma display panel and a stylus pen for writing and drawing images on the board in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on May 15, 2012. The electronic manufacturer said it will roll out the electronic blackboard in late June 2012.

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Plasma-display electronic blackboard system

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. demonstrates an electronic blackboard system with a 65-inch plasma display panel and a stylus pen for writing and drawing images on the board in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on May 15, 2012. The electronic manufacturer said it will roll out the electronic blackboard in late June 2012.

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Tiananmen protests 'father' Fang Lizhi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Kyoto in June 1991 shows Fang Lizhi. The Chinese democracy activist whose ideas on democracy helped inspire protest movements in China in the late 1980s, including at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, died on April 6, 2012, in Tucson, Arizona. He was 76.

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MV-22 Osprey

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows an MV-22 Osprey, a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, in Virginia, Untied States, in April 2007. The U.S. Defense Department said June 6, 2011, it plans to deploy the aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture in late 2012. (Kyodo)

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Plasma-display electronic blackboard system

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. demonstrates an electronic blackboard system with a 65-inch plasma display panel and a stylus pen for writing and drawing images on the board in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on May 15, 2012. The electronic manufacturer said it will roll out the electronic blackboard in late June 2012. (Kyodo)

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Plasma-display electronic blackboard system

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. demonstrates an electronic blackboard system with a 65-inch plasma display panel and a stylus pen for writing and drawing images on the board in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, on May 15, 2012. The electronic manufacturer said it will roll out the electronic blackboard in late June 2012. (Kyodo)

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Tiananmen protests 'father' Fang Lizhi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Kyoto in June 1991 shows Fang Lizhi. The Chinese democracy activist whose ideas on democracy helped inspire protest movements in China in the late 1980s, including at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, died on April 6, 2012, in Tucson, Arizona. He was 76. (Kyodo)

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Typhoon halts operation of Japanese supercomputer K

Photo taken in June 2012 shows a Japanese supercomputer called K, in Kobe, western Japan. The supercomputer of the Riken research institute stopped operating for about two days in late August after a powerful typhoon damaged its electrical substation. There was no impact on its data storage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo