Ali Ahmed Jama Jangeli, visiting foreign minister of the Somali transitional government, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2010. He called for greater engagement by Japan in the peace-building process in the African country, which remains a hotbed of Islamist insurgents and pirates. (Kyodo)

Japanese snowboarders Ryo Aono (L) and Kazuhiro Kokubo (R), who will take part in the halfpipe events in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, prepare to leave Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for Canada on Feb. 9, 2010. (Kyodo)

Toyota Motor Co. President Akio Toyoda (L) bows to transport minister Seiji Maehara (R) at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2010. Toyota announced the same day a global recall of about 400,000 of four of its hybrid models including its best-selling Prius. (Kyodo)

Tomohiro Ishikawa, a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker and former aide to DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa, speaks during a news conference in Obihiro, Hokkaido, where his constituency is located, on Feb. 9, 2010. Ishikawa said he will not resign as a lawmaker or leave the party in the wake of his indictment over funding irregularities in connection with a land purchase in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

Photo taken Feb. 9, 2010 shows Toyota Motor Co.'s Prius units waiting for shipment at a quay in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture. Toyota announced the same day a global recall of about 400,000 of four of the automaker's hybrid models including its best-selling Prius. (Kyodo)