Boar ready to hand over role to mouse

Boar ready to hand over role to mouse

OSAKA, Japan - A boar meets with a husky rat in an annual event held atop the Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka on Dec. 27 to mark the imminent changeover from the Year of Boar in 2007 to the Year of Mouse in 2008. (Kyodo)

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