Japanese film director Yoji Yamada speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on March 11, 2010. The veteran filmmaker who was given the Berlinale Camera award at the 2010 Berlin film festival pledged to continue to convey a message of hope through his works. (Kyodo)

Environment Ministry officials examine the roof of an enclosure at the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Center in Niigata Prefecture on March 11, 2010, a day after nine ibises were found dead and another critically injured. The ministry said it has determined that the birds were attacked by a marten. (Kyodo)

Hironobu Narisawa, mayor of Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, speaks about his plan to take paternity leave of around two weeks in April at a news conference at the ward office in Tokyo on March 11, 2010. Narisawa said, ''As a mayor who has to exercise leadership, I want to support male employees'' taking paternity leave. (Kyodo)

Teenage star golfer Ryo Ishikawa waves at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, on March 11, 2010, as he departs for the United States to play in three U.S. PGA tournaments, including the Masters Tournament, in the next four weeks. (Kyodo)

Teenage star golfer Ryo Ishikawa speaks to reporters at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, on March 11, 2010, before departing for the United States to play in three U.S. PGA tournaments, including the Masters Tournament, in the next four weeks. (Kyodo)