Firefighters are seen on the roof of a destroyed house after powerful earthquakes at Ojiya, northwestern Japan, Saturday, October 23, 2004. Several powerful earthquakes - which were centerd near this city - rattled northwestern Japan over a span of two hours on Saturday, toppling and setting alight homes, causing blackouts, cutting water and gas services and derailing a bullet train. Media reported three people had died and about 200 others injured. (AP Photo/Kyodo) ** JAPAN OUT NO SALES MANDATORY CREDIT **
A Japanese official inspects the U.S. beef at Narita Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, in this Dec. 18, 2005 file photo. Japan's agriculture minister recommended Friday, Jan. 20, 2006, a total halt to American beef imports if officials confirm a recent U.S. meat shipment contained material considered at risk for mad cow disease, a ministry spokesman said. The threat to close the doors to U.S. beef came just a month after Japan partially lifted a two-year-old ban on American imports. That ban was imposed in 2003 following the discovery of mad cow disease in the U.S. herd. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)
Yukio Hatoyama, leader of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, smiles with red rosettes attached on victorious candidates' names during the ballot counting for the parliamentary elections at the party's election center in Tokyo Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009. The DPJ was set to win 300 of the 480 seats in the lower house of parliament, ousting the Liberal Democrats, who have governed Japan for all but 11 months since 1955, according to projections by all major Japanese TV networks. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
U.S. President Barack Obama walks down the steps upon his arrival on Air Force One at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Tsuyoshi Oishi, Japan Pool)
(photo courtesy of Craig Arnold's partner, Rebecca Lindenberg)
Cover of the unpublished Iris album. In the late 1990s, Arnold performed as lead singer of his pop and rock band, Iris. The four members played venues in Salt Lake City. (photo courtesy of bandmate Joel Long)
Japan Airlines staff tend a passenger at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Struggling Japan Airlines Corp., Asia's biggest carrier by revenues, has posted a 131.2 billion yen (US$1.5 billion) loss for the fiscal first half Friday, and applied for government help to restructure. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
File - Aircraft of Japan's top carrier, Japan Airlines, are parked on the tarmac of Tokyo's Haneda International airport in this Nov. 8, 2006 file photo. Japan Airlines said Friday Nov. 13, 2009 it racked up $1.5 billion in losses during the first half and applied for government help to restructure. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)
File - Aircraft of Japan's top carrier, Japan Airlines, are parked on the tarmac of Tokyo's Haneda International airport in this Nov. 8, 2006 file photo. Japan Airlines said Friday Nov. 13, 2009 it racked up $1.5 billion in losses during the first half and applied for government help to restructure. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)
A man with luggage walks by Japan Airlines reservation desk at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Struggling Japan Airlines Corp., Asia's biggest carrier by revenues, has posted a 131.2 billion yen (US$1.5 billion) loss for the fiscal first half Friday, and applied for government help to restructure. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Japan Airlines staff tend a passenger at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Struggling Japan Airlines Corp., Asia's biggest carrier by revenues, has posted a 131.2 billion yen (US$1.5 billion) loss for the fiscal first half Friday, and applied for government help to restructure. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Emperor Akihito, leftr, and Empress Michiko applaud as they attend a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the monarch's coronation at the National Theatre in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, Pool)
U.S. President Barack Obama waves upon his arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
U.S. President Barack Obama meets a welcome party upon his arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
President Barack Obama, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shakes hands before the start of their bilateral meeting at Kantei, the latter's official residence, in Tokyo, Japan Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack Obama is welcomed by Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at Kantei, the latter's official residence, in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama is welcomed by Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at Kantei, the latter's official residence, in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shakes hands before the start of their bilateral meeting at Kantei, the latter's official residence, in Tokyo, Japan Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack Obama is welcomed by Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at Kantei, the latter's official residence, in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama is welcomed by Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at Kantei, the latter's official residence, in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
People walk past the flags of the U.S. and Japan set for visit of U.S. President Barack Obama in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Obama is to meet with Japan's prime minister on the first stop of a four-nation tour to strengthen America's relationship with Asia. Obama is to meet with Japan's prime minister later in the day on the first stop of a four-nation tour to strengthen America's relationship with Asia. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
A man gets a boarding pass at a Japan Airlines ticketing machine at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Struggling Japan Airlines Corp., Asia's biggest carrier by revenues, has posted a 131.2 billion yen (US$1.5 billion) loss for the fiscal first half Friday, and applied for government help to restructure. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
A man gets a boarding pass at a Japan Airlines ticketing machine at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Struggling Japan Airlines Corp., Asia's biggest carrier by revenues, has posted a 131.2 billion yen (US$1.5 billion) loss for the fiscal first half Friday, and applied for government help to restructure. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
A shopper leaves a clothing store selling all items on 20 percent to 80 percent off in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Japan's government says the economy is in deflation for the first time in more than three years, warning that falling prices and a further worsening of the labor market could drag on the weak recovery. The statement about deflation, coming in the Cabinet's monthly economic report Friday, is hardly a surprise as Japan's consumer price index has been declining since March. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he leaves Japan on Air Force One at Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 following his two-day visit to Tokyo. (AP Photo/Toshiyuki Hayashi, Japan Pool)
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