Japanese sake named after lower house goes on sale

Japanese sake named after lower house goes on sale

TOKYO, Japan - Bottles of Japanese sake called "Shugiin," a Japanese term referring to the country's House of Representatives, are shown at a shop in the National Diet building in Tokyo on March 10, 2014. The sake, made in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, went on sale at the shop on March 11 on the third anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, with part of the proceeds set to be donated to the disaster-hit prefecture to help its recovery.

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