Two Japanese students (back, standing) from Nagasaki conduct a petition drive on Feb. 8, 2010, at a high school near Santa Barbara, California, seeking American youth's support for their goal, total abolition of the world's nuclear arms. (Kyodo)

An American student (R) at a high school near Santa Barbara, California, signs a petition for creating a nuclear-free world given to her by 18-year-old peace worker Anmi Naruse from Nagasaki on Feb. 8, 2010. (Kyodo)

Takashi Kakegawa (C), president of Koito Industries Ltd., and other company executives bow during a press conference at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 8, 2010, after being instructed by the ministry to improve the company's business operations. The company has fabricated fire resistance and strength data on 150,000 seats for planes for 32 carriers in 24 countries and territories. (Kyodo)

Members of the welfare facility Biwako Miminosato show off bags they crafted by hand from used saddle cloths of racing horses in Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture, on Dec. 22, 2009. Sold under the brand name Steed, the bags have proven so popular that many online shoppers have found themselves on a waiting list for the items. (Kyodo)

Photographers take pictures of a Greenpeace activist mounting a silent protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta on Feb. 8, 2010. The protester holding banners called for a ''fair trial'' both in Japanese and English for two group members to be tried over their exposure of an alleged whale meat embezzlement scandal in Japan. (Kyodo)