Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, front row right, listens to an opposition lawmaker during a plenary session for a non-confidence vote in the Diet lower house in Tokyo on Thursday, June 2, 2011. (Photo by AFLO)

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, standing at right, answers to Sadakazu Tanigaki, leader of Japans main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, during a Diet showdown in Tokyo on Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Tanigaki urged Kan to step down but the prime minister refused to relinquish his post during the rowdy debate repeatedly marred with heckles. It [...]

United States Senator for Hawaii, Daniel Inouye, gives a speech at Tokyo’s Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan on Tuesday, May 31, 2011. The 86-year-old World War II Veteran discussed U.S. response to the March 11 disaster and the prospects for Japan’s recovery, as well as its implications for relations between the two countries. (Photo by [...]

Kengo Nakamura (14) of Kawasaki Frontale scores the winner with an injury time wonder free kick in a typhoon swept 1 match between between Kawasaki Frontale 2-1 Gamba Osaka at Todoroki Stadium in Kanagawa, Japan. (Photo by AFLO).

An air-conditioning shirt is on display during the Global Warming Prevention Exhibition 2011 opened in Tokyo on Thursday, May 26, 2011. The shirt takes in cool air from from a fan through the sleeves and discharges hot air from its collar. More than 130 exhibitors participated in the three-day event aimed to raise awareness and [...]

Cerezo Osaka players celebrate reaching the last 8 of the Asian Champions League after beating local rivals Gamba Osaka. (Photo by Akihiro Sugimoto/AFLO SPORT)

Kosuke Kitajima swims his way to victory during the Japan Open 2011 Men’s 200m Breaststroke Heat at Namihaya Dome, Osaka, Japan on May 22, 2011. (Photo by Akihiro Sugimoto/AFLO SPORT)

President Norio Sasaki of Toshiba makes comments during a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. In light of the crisis at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the electronics maker may need to push back a target to capture 39 orders for nuclear reactors by several years from an original plan of March [...]

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, weary and worn out, closes his eyes during a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting at the Diet in Tokyo on Friday, May 20, 2011. No key cabinet ministers were present at the meeting. Kan said his government will compile, if necessary, a second, third and even a fourth extra [...]

Managing Director Toshio Nishizawa of Tokyo Electric Power Co. speaks during a news conference at its head office in Tokyo on Friday, May 20, 2011. President Masataka Shimizu announced his resignation during the news conference, saying he will step down to take responsibility for damaging the public’s trust and causing inconvenience. Nishizawa will replace Shimizu. [...]

Vice President Sakae Muto of Tokyo Electric Power Co. briefs the media on the revised roadmap for stabilizing its stricken nuclear plant in Fukushima during a news conference at its head office in Tokyo on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. The utility company, known as TEPCO, revised its roadmap after learning three troubled reactors have suffered [...]

Models display a new lineup KDDI’s Android smart phones at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday, May 17, 2011. The communication carrier launched a new lineup of 14 models for 2011 summer, including six smart phones and six mobile phones, plus two Wi-Fi mobile routers. (Photo by AFLO)