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CORRECTS NAME OF OSHOALA - Morgan Brian (6) of the U.S., celebrates with teammate Maya Hayes after scoring her team's first goal against Nigeria during their semifinal soccer match of the U-20 women's World Cup in Tokyo, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. At left is Nigeria's Josephine Chukwunonye (15), and Asisat Oshoala at right. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

U20 World Cup: U.S., Germany women in final

Associated Press

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon (Photo courtesy of H.S.A.-U.W.C.)

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of The Times, dies at 92

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church, speaks during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Peace Cup Suwon at Suwon World Cup Stadium in Suwon, South Korea, Thursday, July 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s condition worsens

By Sam Kim - Associated Press

Eddie Van Halen has surgery for digestive disease

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Taiwan has rightful claim to islands

The Washington Times

Tokyo's Noriatsu Osaka, right, celebrates with Satoru Aoyama after hitting a walk-off, two-run home run against Goodlettsville, Tenn., in the fifth inning of the Little League World Series championship baseball game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. Tokyo won 12-2 in five innings. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Little League World Series 2012: Japan takes title, beats Tenn. 12-2

By Genaro C. Armas - Associated Press

Goodlettsville, Tenn.'s Lorenzo Butler, center, celebrates with teammates after hitting a three-run home run off Petaluma, Calif., pitcher Andrew White in the fourth inning of the U.S. championship baseball game at the Little League World Series, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, in South Williamsport, Pa. It was Butler's second three-run home run of the game. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Little League World Series 2012: Tennessee outlasts California 24-16 in classic

By Genaro C. Armas - Associated Press

Chinese activist Henry Wong Fahman (center) greets supporters in Hong Kong last month. The activists were part of a group that evaded the Japanese Coast Guard. (Associated Press)

China blocks Japan activism

By Didi Tang - Associated Press

Goodlettsville, Tenn.'s Jayson Brown, right, celebrates with teammates after hitting a solo home run off San Antonio, Texas, pitcher Tyler Vitt in the third inning of a baseball game at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. Goodlettsville won 4-3. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Little League World Series 2012: Japan, Tennessee move on

By Genaro C. Armas - Associated Press

In this Sunday Aug. 19, 2012 photo, anti-Japan protesters march in Harbin, in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province. An unauthorized landing by Japanese activists on a tiny island in what the Japanese call the Senkaku chain - and the Chinese call the Diaoyu - sparked an outpouring of anger and anti-Japanese protests across China and fueled calls for aggressive government action that some fear could lead to a dangerous escalation of tensions. (AP Photo)

Inside China: Anti-Japan protests turn violent

By Miles Yu

Japanese coast guard officers patrol in a rubber boat as Japanese activists hang their national flag on a small lighthouse and its perimeter on Uotsuri, the largest island in a small archipelago known in Japan as the Senkaku Islands and in China as the Diaoyu Islands, on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

Japanese activists land, raise flags on disputed isle

By Emily Wang - Associated Press

Japanese activists hold national flags Sunday on Uotsuri island, one of the islands of Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese in East China Sea. Japan’s coast guard says Uotsuri island is one of a group of islands at the center of an escalating territorial dispute with China. (Kyodo News via Associated Press)

Japanese activists swim in, show flag on disputed island

By Emily Wang - Associated Press

6 die, at least 100 sickened by pickles in Japan

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Uotsuri Island, one of the East China Sea islands known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, is claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

Asian island dispute flares on WWII anniversary

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Uotsuri Island, one of the islands of Senkaku as the Japanese call it and Diaoyu as the Chinese refer to it, is located in the East China Sea. Activists from China and South Korea used Wednesday’s anniversary of the end of World War II to press rival sea territory claims, prompting 14 arrests by Japanese police. (Kyodo News via Associated Press)

Dispute with Japan over islands flares up

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

World Briefs: Prime minister urged to form government

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** A sign marks Wall Street in New York. (Associated Press)

Stocks fall as economic malaise spreads to Japan

By Daniel Wagner - Associated Press

United States' Abby Wambach, right, and teammate Hope Solo celebrate winning the gold medal during in the women's soccer final against Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

London 2012 soccer: U.S. women’s players face uncertain future

By Nancy Armour - Associated Press