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Posted: 5/17/2013 7:59:51 AM EST
FILE - In this July 24, 2003 file photo, lawmaker Shingo Nishimura speaks during an interview in his Tokyo office. The Japan Restoration Party on Friday, May 17, 2013 urged Nishimura to retract his comments suggesting many ethnic Koreans are engaged in prostitution in Japan. Nishimura withdrew his remarks, but the party expelled him anyway. (AP Photo/Chiaki Tsukumo, File)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 7:59:51 AM EST
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, right, a founder and co-leader of the Japan Restoration Party, speaks to journalists in Osaka, Japan, Thursday, May 16, 2013. The emerging Japanese nationalist political party became embroiled in more controversy Friday when a party lawmaker accused ethnic Koreans of involvement in prostitution. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Posted: 5/17/2013 6:58:54 AM EST
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech to business leaders and scholars during a meeting hosted by Japan Akademeia in Tokyo May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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Posted: 5/17/2013 6:58:54 AM EST
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech to business leaders and scholars during a meeting hosted by Japan Akademeia in Tokyo May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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Posted: 5/17/2013 12:51:55 AM EST
FILE - In this Tuesday, March 26, 2013, file photo, a woman takes a picture of blooming cherry blossoms in Ueno Park in Tokyo. The number of visitors to Japan rose 18 percent in the first three months of 2013 to 2.3 million, and Japan Tourism Agency officials say the dollar's rise against the yen is a key reason. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
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Posted: 5/16/2013 11:29:07 PM EST
A man takes pictures in front of the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, March 29, 2013. REUTERS/Yuya Shino
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Posted: 5/16/2013 11:10:40 PM EST
A man takes pictures in front of the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, March 29, 2013. REUTERS/Yuya Shino
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Posted: 5/16/2013 4:23:45 PM EST
Japan Restoration Party deputy leader and Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto attends a joint news conference to unveil their party's election campaign platform in Tokyo, in this November 29, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Issei Kato/Files
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Posted: 5/15/2013 5:49:12 AM EST
The No. 2 reactor building of the Tsuruga nuclear power plant is seen in Tsuruga, Fukui prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Japan's nuclear watchdog decided that the nation's trouble-plagued next-generation prototype reactor won't be allowed to restart due to safety violations. The Nuclear Regulation Authority's announcement Wednesday is another blow to the Monju fast-breeder reactor, which the pro-nuclear government hopes will be key to plans for atomic waste disposal. Monju uses plutonium fuel instead of conventional uranium and produces radioactive substances that can be reused as fuel. After nearly 50 years in the works, the reactor is still struggling to get online. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Posted: 5/15/2013 5:49:12 AM EST
The fast-breeder reactor Monju stands in Tsuruga, Fukui prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Japan's nuclear watchdog decided that the nation's trouble-plagued next-generation prototype reactor won't be allowed to restart due to safety violations. The Nuclear Regulation Authority's announcement Wednesday is another blow to the Monju fast-breeder reactor, which the pro-nuclear government hopes will be key to plans for atomic waste disposal. Monju uses plutonium fuel instead of conventional uranium and produces radioactive substances that can be reused as fuel. After nearly 50 years in the works, the reactor is still struggling to get online. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Posted: 5/15/2013 4:01:58 AM EST
FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2012 file photo, the survey ship Koyo Maru, left, chartered by Tokyo city officials, sails around Minamikojima, foreground, Kitakojima, middle right, and Uotsuri, background, the tiny islands in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than a million Japanese along with major U.S. military installations. The tactic, however, appears to have done little but harden Tokyo’s stance. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Posted: 5/15/2013 4:01:58 AM EST
FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, an anti-Japan protester tears Japanese Rising Sun Flag during a rally outside the Japanese Consulate General in Hong Kong as they demand Japanese government to release Chinese activists arrested in Japan after landing on Uotsuri Island, one of the islands of Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. Although the Japanese government purchase of Senkaku or Diaoyu, was ostensibly aimed reducing tensions, the move was seen in China as an attempt to solidify Tokyo’s sovereignty over the islets. Outraged Chinese staged violent street protests and attacked Japanese property. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 4:01:58 AM EST
FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2012 file photo, Japan Coast Guard vessel sails along with Chinese surveillance ship Haijian No. 66, foreground, near disputed islands the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea. China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than a million Japanese along with major U.S. military installations. The tactic, however, appears to have done little but harden Tokyo’s stance. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Posted: 5/15/2013 4:01:58 AM EST
FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 file photo, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C Orion patrol plane flies over the disputed islands, the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea. China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than a million Japanese along with major U.S. military installations. The tactic, however, appears to have done little but harden Tokyo’s stance. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Posted: 5/14/2013 7:07:43 AM EST
Japan Restoration Party deputy leader and also Osaka Mayor, Toru Hashimoto attends a joint news conference to unveil their party's election campaign platform in Tokyo November 29, 2012. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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Posted: 5/14/2013 7:07:43 AM EST
Japan Restoration Party deputy leader and also Osaka Mayor, Toru Hashimoto attends a joint news conference to unveil their party's election campaign platform in Tokyo November 29, 2012. REUTERS/Issei Kato
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Posted: 5/14/2013 12:31:11 AM EST
In this May 13, 2013 photo, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at the Osaka city office in Osaka, western Japan. Osaka's outspoken mayor has said the system in which Asian women were forced to become wartime prostitutes before and during World War II was necessary to "maintain discipline" in the Japanese military. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Posted: 5/14/2013 12:31:11 AM EST
In this May 13, 2013 photo, Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto answers reporters' questions at the Osaka city office in Osaka, western Japan. Osaka's outspoken mayor has said the system in which Asian women were forced to become wartime prostitutes before and during World War II was necessary to "maintain discipline" in the Japanese military. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Posted: 5/13/2013 3:04:59 PM EST
The logo of Nintendo Co is pictured outside the company headquarters building in Kyoto, western Japan January 7, 2013. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao
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Posted: 5/12/2013 5:22:51 PM EST
Toronto Blue Jays' Munenori Kawasaki of Japan watches his two-run single against the Boston Red Sox during the second inning of an American League MLB baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston Sunday, May 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
