Fortnight in pictures (May 9 - May 25)

Honda Motor Co Chairman and Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) head Fumihiko Ike (centre) is surrounded by reporters as he leaves a news conference in Tokyo on May 21, 2015. Ike said he hopes for an interim report on the cause of Takata Corp's air bag problems by the end of the year from any one of the teams investigating the issue