Actress Aoi promotes New Year postcards

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Yu Aoi holds New Year postcards with lottery numbers as she attended a ceremony at a post office in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2010, to mark the beginning of the sale of the cards. (Kyodo)

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