(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) January 3, 2012: Tokyo, Japan – Taylor Kitsch appears at a press conference for the film “BATTLESHIP” by Peter Berg in the Grand Hyatt Tokyo. This film is about the battle against the aliens and a love story. Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Rihanna, [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) January 30, 2012: Tokyo, Japan – Japanese dancers perform at a press conference for the film “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” in the Tokyo Kokusai Forum. This story is based on a Swedish crime novel “Millennium Series”.  Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara play as [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) December 27, 2011, Tokyo, Japan  – The Japan National Team attends a celebration event at Tokyo Dome City for becoming the champions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011. (Photo by Yusuke Nakanishi/AFLO SPORT) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) [...]

(Click on the image above to view the full gallery) December 1, 2011, Tokyo, Japan – (L-R) Brad Bird, Tom Cruise, Paula Patton and Bryan Burk during the Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol premiere event in downtown Tokyo. (Photo by AFLO) (Click on the image above to view the full gallery) Tom Cruise waves at [...]

Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn unveils the automakers latest six-year business plan, dubbed Nissan Power 88, during a news conference at its head office in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, on Monday, June 27, 2011. The plan calls for achieving an 8% operating profit margin in a bid to close the gap with rival Toyota Motor [...]

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 [...]

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)

The Twitter-sourced #Quakebook project was created in one week by a group of journalists to raise money for the earthquake and tsunami victims. The 98-page book titled “2:46: Aftershock: Stories from the Japan Earthquake” was launched by a Briton journalist turned blogger living in Tokyo who goes by the handle name “Our Main in Abiko.”

Palestinian Center for Human Rights founder gave detailed accounts of the Gaza Strip situation.

A decision was made not to indict Ichiro Ozawa for misuse of funds.

Chinese ship seen sailing in an “obstructive” way in the East China Sea.

The company expects Y52bn ($554m) operating profit, reversing a Y55bn operating loss last year.