Hot spring inns' proprietresses-to-be promote Japanese sake

Hot spring inns' proprietresses-to-be promote Japanese sake

YONAGO, Japan - Two young women undergoing training to become owners of Japanese inns in the Kaike hot spring area in Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, pose with bottles of locally made Japanese sake on Feb. 27, 2014. Each 500-milliliter bottle of the "Kamidai" brand sake sells for 2,100 yen.

Red Sox donates drinking water for disaster victims in Japan

Red Sox donates drinking water for disaster victims in Japan

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (R) holds a water bottle during a ceremony before a ball game at Fenway Park in Boston on May 9, 2011. The team announced that it has donated 100,000 500-milliliter bottles of water to the areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Otsuka Beverage to recall 8 million bottles of Crystal Geyser

Otsuka Beverage to recall 8 million bottles of Crystal Geyser

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Crystal Geyser brand, 500-milliliter bottle of mineral water which Otsuka Beverage Co. will voluntarily recall. The company said Nov. 17 it will recall an estimated 8 million of the bottles of mineral water due to consumer complaints that the bottled water gave out a strange smell. The company imported a total of 47.17 million bottles of the water from the United States. Eligible for the recall are bottles with the consume-by dates of June 1, 2010, through Aug. 19 of the same year printed on them.

Otsuka Beverage to recall 8 million bottles of Crystal Geyser

Otsuka Beverage to recall 8 million bottles of Crystal Geyser

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a Crystal Geyser brand, 500-milliliter bottle of mineral water which Otsuka Beverage Co. will voluntarily recall. The company said Nov. 17 it will recall an estimated 8 million of the bottles of mineral water due to consumer complaints that the bottled water gave out a strange smell. The company imported a total of 47.17 million bottles of the water from the United States. Eligible for the recall are bottles with the consume-by dates of June 1, 2010, through Aug. 19 of the same year printed on them. (Kyodo)

Red Sox donates drinking water for disaster victims in Japan

Red Sox donates drinking water for disaster victims in Japan

BOSTON, United States - Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (R) holds a water bottle during a ceremony before a ball game at Fenway Park in Boston on May 9, 2011. The team announced that it has donated 100,000 500-milliliter bottles of water to the areas devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. (Kyodo)