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Posted: 5/8/2013 9:50:07 AM EST
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives an answer at an Upper House Budget Committee meeting of Parliament in Tokyo Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Japan acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no official evidence that its imperial troops coerced Asian women into sexual slavery before and during World War II. A parliamentary statement signed Tuesday by Abe acknowledged the government had a set of documents produced by a postwar international military tribunal containing testimony by Japanese soldiers about abducting Chinese women as military sex slaves. At left is Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Posted: 5/5/2013 9:03:38 AM EST
In this photo made Thursday, April 18, 2013, Soviet Jewish World War Two veteran Nahum Matovich, 87, poses for a portrait at his house in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. Mativich was an air force bomber pilot on Ilyushin Il-4 bomber in the Soviet 18th Air Army and fought in Japan and Korea. He immigrated to Israel from Kishinev, today's Moldova, in 1994. About 500,000 Soviet Jews served in the Red Army during World War Two, and the majority of those still alive today live in Israel. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Posted: 5/5/2013 5:44:04 AM EST
A Japanese national flag is hoisted at Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo February 25, 2013. REUTERS/Yuya Shino
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Posted: 5/5/2013 5:44:04 AM EST
A Japanese national flag is hoisted at Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo February 25, 2013. REUTERS/Yuya Shino
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Posted: 5/5/2013 5:19:47 AM EST
Venus Williams of the U.S. returns a shot to Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan at the Sony Open tennis tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida March 21, 2013. REUTERS/Andrew Innerarity
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Posted: 5/5/2013 1:38:40 AM EST
In this Feb. 21, 2013 photo, a jar containing a fat-preserved ginseng root believed to be a century old is seen at the Pyongyang Medical College in Pyongyang, North Korea. Traditional medicine is used widely in many Asian countries, including China, Japan and South Korea, where there is no shortage of modern treatment and equipment. And while scientific research regarding the benefits of some age-old treatments is lacking, therapies such as massage and acupuncture - which can also serve as a local anesthetic - are now widely used in the West. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
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Posted: 5/4/2013 1:18:22 PM EST
Daisuke Kataoka of Japan watches his tee shot on the 18th hole during the third round of the Indonesian Masters golf tournament at Royale Golf Club in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, May 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
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Posted: 5/1/2013 11:01:13 PM EST
The Bank of Japan building is pictured in Tokyo, March 29, 2013. REUTERS/Yuya Shino
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Posted: 5/1/2013 6:57:10 AM EST
A handout photograph taken on a marine surveillance plane B-3837 shows the disputed islets, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, December 13, 2012. REUTERS/State Oceanic Administration of People's Republic of China/Handout
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Posted: 5/1/2013 6:57:10 AM EST
A handout photograph taken on a marine surveillance plane B-3837 shows the disputed islets, known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, December 13, 2012. REUTERS/State Oceanic Administration of People's Republic of China/Handout
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Posted: 5/1/2013 3:23:42 AM EST
Mt. Fuji is seen from Yamanashi prefecture, near Tokyo Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Japan's iconic Mt. Fuji will likely win recognition as a World Heritage site. The Agency for Cultural Affairs issued a notice Wednesday saying it had received notification that Mt. Fuji was recommended for World Heritage status by the International Council on Monuments and Sites, a body affiliated with UNESCO.(AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Posted: 5/1/2013 3:23:42 AM EST
Mt. Fuji is seen from Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan Wednesday, May 1, 2013. Japan's iconic Mt. Fuji will likely win recognition as a World Heritage site. The Agency for Cultural Affairs issued a notice Wednesday saying it had received notification that Mt. Fuji was recommended for World Heritage status by the International Council on Monuments and Sites, a body affiliated with UNESCO. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Posted: 4/29/2013 9:23:20 PM EST
FILE - In this April 25, 2013 file photo, houses destroyed in a violent clash are left in Kashgar, in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang. Police have arrested more suspects in connection with a clash between authorities and assailants that left 21 dead in the western region of Xinjiang, Chinese state media reported Monday, April 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Posted: 4/28/2013 10:08:25 AM EST
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend a ceremony marking the day Japan recovered its sovereignty under the San Francisco Peace treaty in 1952, in Tokyo Sunday, April 28, 2013 (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye,Pool)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 10:08:25 AM EST
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, bows to Emperor Akihito, second from right, and Empress Michiko, right, before giving a speech during a ceremony to mark the day Japan recovered its sovereignty under the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1952, in Tokyo Sunday, April 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye,Pool)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 10:08:25 AM EST
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend a ceremony marking the day Japan recovered its sovereignty under the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1952, in Tokyo Sunday, April 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye,Pool)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 10:08:25 AM EST
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech as Emperor Akihito, third from right, and Empress Michiko, second from right, listen during a ceremony marking the day Japan recovered its sovereignty under the San Francisco Peace treaty in 1952, in Tokyo Sunday, April 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye,Pool)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 7:13:17 AM EST
Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, who has been under treatment for a stress-induced illness, prepare to leave for Netherlands, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo Sunday, April 28, 2013. It is Masako's first official visit abroad in 11 years. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE
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Posted: 4/28/2013 7:13:17 AM EST
Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, who has been under treatment for a stress-induced illness, prepare to leave for Netherlands, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo Sunday, April 28, 2013. It is Masako's first official visit abroad in 11 years. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE
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Posted: 4/26/2013 1:48:53 PM EST
Kei Nishikori of Japan returns the ball to Albert Ramos during the Barcelona open tennis in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, April 26, 2013. Ramos won 6-4, 7-6. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
