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)
(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Cover of the unpublished Iris album.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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows a giant jellyfish drifting off Kokonogi in western Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows fishermen pulling a net full of jellyfish out of the ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows fishermen pulling a net full of jellyfish out of the ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
This Oct. 15, 2009 photo shows Mutauo Nakahashi, president of Kaneichi Suisan, talking about the effects of jellyfish in Komeno, Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows a giant jellyfish drifting off Kokonogi in western Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows a giant jellyfish drifting off Kokonogi in western Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows a giant jellyfish drifting off Kokonogi in western Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows fishermen pulling a net full of jellyfish out of the ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows fishermen pulling a net full of jellyfish out of the ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows a giant jellyfish drifting off Kokonogi in western Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows fishermen pulling a net full of jellyfish out of the ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows fishermen pulling a net full of jellyfish out of the ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan, decimating local fishing industries from the Japan Sea to the Black Sea. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
Delta Air Lines' president Edward Bastian smiles as he listens to reporters' questions during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners said Wednesday they are making a billion-dollar offer intended to lure loss-making Japan Airlines from its current affiliation with American Airlines. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
Delta Air Lines' president Edward Bastian speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Delta Air Lines and its alliance partners said Wednesday they are making a billion-dollar offer intended to lure loss-making Japan Airlines from its current affiliation with American Airlines. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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