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Dario Franchitti, of Scotland, leads teammate Scott Dixon, center, of New Zealand, and Takuma Sato, of Japan, into the first turn during IndyCar's Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 27, 2012. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (left), Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (center) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda pose for photographs ahead of the fifth trilateral summit among the three nations in Beijing on Sunday, May 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Petar Kujundzic, Pool)
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Tomari Nuclear Power Plant is located in northern Japan. Its No. 3 unit, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, went offline Saturday night for mandatory maintenance. The earthquake-triggered Fukushima nuclear plant crisis 14 months ago has prompted Japan to consider shifting to solar, hydro and wind power sources. (Associated Press)
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President Obama participates in a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Monday, April 30, 2012, in the East Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Obama (right) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda give a joint news conference on Monday, April 30, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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President Obama (right) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday, April 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (bottom) arrives at Andrews Air Force Base in suburban Washington on Sunday, April 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and Japan's Finance Minister Jun Azumi confer at the IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington on Saturday. The U.S. has not pledged more money for the IMF's fund used for loans to troubled nations. (Associated Press)
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Thomas C. Griffin, one of five surviving Doolittle Raiders, listens to questions in Dayton, Ohio, during the 70th anniversary celebration of the World War II mission to bomb Japan four months after Pearl Harbor. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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A B-25 Mitchell bomber slowly moves down the tarmac before taking off from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on Wednesday to commemorate the attack by the Doolittle Raiders on Japan in 1942. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Event: Japan Bowl
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Robert L. Hite, 92, is among the five remaining men of the 79 who flew with then-Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle on his historic bombing mission over Japan on April 19, 1942. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
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David Thatcher, 90, is among the five remaining men of the 79 who flew with then-Lt. Col. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle on his historic bombing mission over Japan on April 19, 1942. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)
