Japan braces for 1st total eclipse in 46 yrs

Japan braces for 1st total eclipse in 46 yrs

TOSHIMA, Japan - A woman checks a telescope in a field of an elementary and junior high school in Akuseki Island south of the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima on July 19, three days before the first total solar eclipse in 46 years that can be seen from Japanese territory. (Kyodo)

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