Station cat

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, a cat "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, is held by company President Mitsunobu Kojima during a ceremony at the station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2014, to mark seven years since the feline "took office." Her promotion to become "ultra" station master to head 14 stations on the railway's Kishigawa Line was announced at the ceremony.

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