President Ryuji Yamada of NTT DoCoMo (C) shows an Android smartphone at a news conference during which the Japanese communication carrier launched a new line up of mobile devices for summer in Tokyo on Monday, May 16, 2011. The career released 24 new models, of which nine are Android samrtphones. The smartphone lineup offers user-friendly [...]

Mitsuji Kamata, a Japanese clay figure artist, displays his art works during the Design Festa in Tokyo on Saturday, May 14, 2011. Some 8,500 artists exhibit, buy and sell their works during the two-day biannual international art event. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Prius Alphas are test-driven on the streets of Tokyo as Toyota unveils a wagon-type addition to the hybrid line up on on Friday, May 13, 2011. Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, delayed the launch of the new additions from originally scheduled April because of production disruptions from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Alpha, priced [...]

May 12th, 2011, Yokohama, Japan – Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. speaks during a press conference announcing the 2010 corporate financial results at the company’s headquarters in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan. Nissan reported a 16.7 percent increase to 8.773 trillion yen in net profit for the 210 fiscal year. Operating [...]

Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Co., announces the company’s earnings during a news conference at the automaker’s head office in Tokyo on Wednesday, May 11, 2011. Toyota sustained damage totaling more than 100 billion yen from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan’s northeastern region. The world’s largest carmaker posted a 77% [...]

May 10, 2011, Tokyo, Japan – A frame-grabbed image shows debris in the spent fuel pool of Unit 3 of Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant on Sunday, May 8, 2011. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the crippled plant, released on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, a video showing inside of the pool. (Photo [...]

Isao Aoki waves his hand to photographers during the Legend Charity Pro-am Tournament, Final Round at Asakura Golf Club, Chiba, Japan, May 8, 2011. (Photo by Daiju Kitamura/AFLO SPORT)

Hamaoka nuclear plant of Cubu Electric Power Co. stands behind a wire fence in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan some 180km southwest of Tokyo, on Sunday, May 8, 2011. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan urged on Friday the Japanese utility company to suspend all reactors at the plant. In a hastily arranged news conference [...]

Takahiko Kozuka (L) and Mao Asada (R) attend a press conference in Tokyo Japan regarding the Charity Figure Skating exhibition called “The ICE” for victims of the Tohoku earthquake. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT)

Yuya Osako (Antlers) kicks the ball away from his Shanghai Shenhua opponents during AFC Champions League 2011, Group H match between Kashima Antlers 2-0 Shanghai Shenhua at National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, May 3, 2011. (Photo by Daiju Kitamura/AFLO SPORT)

Yuji Ohashi (middle) is seen jumping over hurdles during the 45th Mikio Oda Memorial Athletic Meet, JAAF Track & Field Grand Prix Rd.3, during the Men’s 110mH at Hiroshima Kouiki Kouen (Hiroshima Big arch) in Hiroshima, Japan, April 29, 2011. (Photo by Jun Tsukida/AFLO SPORT)

Yuji Okamoto (red singlet) takes down his opponent during the All Japan Invitational Wrestling Championship, Greco-Roman 66kg at the Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on April 29, 2011. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/AFLO SPORT)