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Baby box at South Korean church

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 8 Kyodo - Photo taken on June 20, 2022, shows Jusarang Community Church in Seoul where a baby hatch has been set up for unwanted babies. Senior pastor Lee Jong Rak installed the box -- where parents can give away their newborns anonymously -- in December 2009.

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Baby box at South Korean church

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 8 Kyodo - Lee Jong Rak (L), the senior pastor of Jusarang Community Church in Seoul, explains about a baby hatch, set up there for an unwanted babies on June 20, 2022. Lee installed the hatch -- where parents can give away their newborns anonymously -- in December 2009.

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Japanese Princess Akiko

KYOTO, Japan - Princess Akiko, a member of the Japanese Imperial Household, is interviewed by Kyodo News at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2011, ahead of her 30th birthday on Dec. 20. The princess, a researcher on Japanese art, has been working as a postdoctoral fellow at the university's Kinugasa Research Organization since October 2009. Her father is Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito.

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Japanese Princess Akiko

KYOTO, Japan - Princess Akiko, a member of the Japanese Imperial Household, is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2011, ahead of her 30th birthday on Dec. 20. The princess, a researcher on Japanese art, has been working as a postdoctoral fellow at the university's Kinugasa Research Organization since October 2009. Her father is Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito.

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China's Oct.-Dec. GDP grows 10.7% on year, 2009 GDP up 8.7%

BEIJING, China - Shoppers walk past a well-known luxury brand store in a shopping district of Beijing, China, on Jan. 20, 2010. China said the following day that its economy grew 10.7 percent in the October-December quarter from the same period last year and expanded 8.7% for 2009.

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Japan-Iraq economic forum in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Visitors attend the Iraq-Japan Economic Forum held in the lobby of Baghdad International Airport on Dec. 20, 2009. Japan sent some 100 people from both public and private sectors, the biggest delegation since the U.S. attack on the country, to the event.

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Japanese monkeys doze off in 'onsen' spa

HAKODATE, Japan - Japanese monkeys warm themselves in a hot spring at Hakodate City Tropical Garden in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 20, 2009. About 100 monkeys at the park soaked in the pool, some all day long, after park officials filled it with hot water from a nearby hot spa resort.

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Tani re-signs with Yomiuri for 240 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants outfielder Yoshitomo Tani speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009, after re-signing with the Japan Series champion baseball club on a one-year deal for 240 million yen, up 20 million yen from 2009.

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East come to Latin-America at Havana fashion show

HAVANA, Cuba - A Cuban model (front R) walks down the catwalk wearing kimono and clogs inspired by ''oiran'' (high-class prostitutes) together with a male model, also in kimono, during a fashion show featuring designer Junko Koshino's creations at Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana on Dec. 20, 2009. Models wearing Japanese-inspired fashions also performed Latin dance steps on the catwalk at the event celebrating the 80th anniversary of Japan-Cuba relations.

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3 astronauts including Japan's Noguchi lift off from Kazakhstan

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi waves as he leaves for Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, on Dec. 20, 2009, ahead of his departure for the International Space Station on Russia's Soyuz space capsule. The spacecraft carrying Noguchi and two other astronauts successfully reached orbit shortly after a predawn liftoff from the center on Dec. 21.

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Maoists shut down Nepal on 1st day of 3-day general strike

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Supporters of Nepal's Maoists take to the streets on Dec. 20, 2009, the first day of a three-day nationwide general strike, to demand that President Ram Baran Yadav apologize for his decision in May to countermand Maoist leader Prachanda's order for the army chief to be sacked. Prachanda resigned in May as prime minister.

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Maoists shut down Nepal on 1st day of 3-day general strike

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Nepal's Maoists shut down a street in the center of Kathmandu on Dec. 20, 2009, the first day of a three-day nationwide general strike. Businesses, schools, factories and transportation throughout the country were also shut down.

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Japan-Iraq economic forum in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Visitors attend the Iraq-Japan Economic Forum held in the lobby of Baghdad International Airport on Dec. 20, 2009. Japan sent some 100 people from both public and private sectors, the biggest delegation since the U.S. attack on the country, to the event.

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Japan official, Iraq PM meet at airport

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Japanese Senior Foreign Minister Koichi Takemasa (L) and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki hold a meeting at Baghdad International Airport on Dec. 20, 2009 on the sidelines of the Iraq-Japan Economic Forum. The Iraqi leader called on Japan to help rehabilitate the war-ravaged country.

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Taiwan protesters take to streets ahead of talks with China

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Protesters march through Taichung on Taiwan's west coast on Dec. 20, 2009, with one carrying a photograph of Taiwan's first president Chiang Kai-shek, ahead of high-level trade negotiations between the administration of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and China.

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Taiwan protesters take to streets ahead of talks with China

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Tsai Ing-wen (front, 4th from L), who chairs the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, raises her fist as thousands of protesters led by Taiwan's opposition camp march through Taichung on Taiwan's west coast on Dec. 20, 2009, ahead of high-level trade negotiations between the administration of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and China.

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Macao's new gov't sworn in on 10th anniversary of return to China

MACAO, China - Macao's new Chief Executive Fernando Chui (L), who was elected unopposed in July, takes the oath of office for a five-year term at an inauguration ceremony attended by Chinese President Hu Jintao in Macao on Dec. 20, 2009. Macao's new administration, including key government officials and members of the core policymaking Executive Council, was sworn in as the former Portuguese colony marked the 10th anniversary of its return to China the same day.

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Huge image of tiger laid out in Ibaraki Pref. national park

HITACHINAKA, Japan - A huge image of a tiger, made of pine cones, is laid out on Dec. 20, 2009, at the National Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, which visitors can view by riding on the park's Ferris wheel. The park asked visitors to collect fallen pine cones in the park and to put them in wooden frames laid out to depict a tiger in recognition of 2010 as the year of the tiger in the Eastern zodiac.

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Figure skater Kim carries Olympic torch

HAMILTON, Canada - South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu Na waves to the crowd during the relay for the Olympic torch for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games on Dec. 20, 2009, in Hamilton, Canada, the final leg of the torch's global tour. Kim lives an hour's drive from Hamilton in Toronto, where she practices.

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Followers clean Higashi-Honganji Temple for new year

KYOTO, Japan - Followers of the Higashi-Honganji Temple in Kyoto beat the dust out of the tatami mats in the temple with bamboo sticks and huge paper fans on Dec. 20, 2009, a traditional year-end ritual in preparation for the new year.

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Figure skater Kim carries Olympic torch

HAMILTON, Canada - South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu Na carries the Olympic torch for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games on Dec. 20, 2009, in Hamilton, Canada, the final leg of the torch's global tour. Kim lives an hour's drive from Hamilton in Toronto, where she practices.

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Followers clean Higashi-Honganji Temple for new year

KYOTO, Japan - Followers of the Higashi-Honganji Temple in Kyoto beat the dust out of the tatami mats in the temple with bamboo sticks and huge paper fans on Dec. 20, 2009, a traditional year-end ritual in preparation for the new year.

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Xmas sushi 'cake' in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - This Dec. 3, 2009 photo shows the Christmas sushi cake that the traditional Azumazushi restaurant in Sapporo will serve for six days from Dec. 20. Eight kinds of seafood such as crab, salmon and scallop are used to make the cake, which is 25 centimeters in diameter.

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Comedian Hazama enters Asia on run-and-sail Earth Marathon

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama (C), now on a run-and-sail trip around the world, poses with some Japanese people living in Turkey after entering the Asian part of Istanbul from the European side by crossing the Bosphorus Bridge on Dec. 14, 2009. The 60-year-old comedian left Osaka in western Japan on Dec. 17, 2008, for his Earth Marathon covering 20,000 kilometers on land and 16,000 km at sea.

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Comedian Hazama enters Asia on run-and-sail Earth Marathon

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese comedian Kampei Hazama, now on a run-and-sail trip around the world, celebrates after entering the Asian part of Istanbul from the European side by crossing the Bosphorus Bridge on Dec. 14, 2009. The 60-year-old comedian left Osaka in western Japan on Dec. 17, 2008, for his Earth Marathon covering 20,000 kilometers on land and 16,000 km at sea.

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Christmas tree at aquarium in Fukui Pref.

FUKUI, Japan - Breeding staff wearing Santa Claus costumes set up a 3-meter-high Christmas tree in a water tank at Echizen Matsushima Aquarium in the town of Mikuni, Fukui Prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2009. Some 3,000 fish of 20 kinds swim in the tank, which measures 10 meters in width and 6 meters in depth.

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Tokyo excursion boat gutted by fire

TOKYO, Japan - Smoke pours from the charred remains of a 20-meter-long excursion boat, owned by Funayado Amitei Co., after it caught fire next to a pier on the Edo River in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2009. No one was aboard the vessel at the time and police are looking into the possibility that the predawn blaze originated in or near the boat's galley.

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Seven & I to buy stake in Pia

TOKYO, Japan - Seven & I Holdings Co. President Noritoshi Murata (R) and Pia Corp. President Hiroshi Yanai shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2009. The major retailer said the same day it will buy a stake of 20 percent in the ticketing and entertainment information company.

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Toyota to launch hybrid-only Sai sedan in December

TOKYO, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. unveils a new hybrid-only compact sedan, the Sai, in Nagoya on Oct. 20, 2009, which the Japanese automaker will launch in Japan on Dec. 7.

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MOF tables record 88.55 trillion yen budget to buoy economy

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks during a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 20 after proposing to an extra cabinet meeting a state budget for fiscal 2009, reaching an all-time high of 88,548.0 billion yen.

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Parliament enacts bill to lower cap on consumer loan rate in 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Members of civic groups express their joy outside the Diet building on Dec. 13 as parliament enacted a bill to lower the ceiling on consumer loan interest rates to 20 percent in late 2009 from the present 29.2 percent as part of efforts to help reduce the number of heavily indebted borrowers.

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Parliament enacts bill to lower cap on consumer loan rate in 200

TOKYO, Japan - Members of civic groups express their joy outside the Diet building on Dec. 13 as parliament enacted a bill to lower the ceiling on consumer loan interest rates to 20 percent in late 2009 from the present 29.2 percent as part of efforts to help reduce the number of heavily indebted borrowers. (Kyodo)

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MOF tables record 88.55 trillion yen budget to buoy economy

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa speaks during a press conference at his ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 20 after proposing to an extra cabinet meeting a state budget for fiscal 2009, reaching an all-time high of 88,548.0 billion yen. (Kyodo)

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Macao's new gov't sworn in on 10th anniversary of return to China

MACAO, China - Macao's new Chief Executive Fernando Chui (L), who was elected unopposed in July, takes the oath of office for a five-year term at an inauguration ceremony attended by Chinese President Hu Jintao in Macao on Dec. 20, 2009. Macao's new administration, including key government officials and members of the core policymaking Executive Council, was sworn in as the former Portuguese colony marked the 10th anniversary of its return to China the same day. (Kyodo)

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Maoists shut down Nepal on 1st day of 3-day general strike

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Nepal's Maoists shut down a street in the center of Kathmandu on Dec. 20, 2009, the first day of a three-day nationwide general strike. Businesses, schools, factories and transportation throughout the country were also shut down. (Kyodo)

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Maoists shut down Nepal on 1st day of 3-day general strike

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Supporters of Nepal's Maoists take to the streets on Dec. 20, 2009, the first day of a three-day nationwide general strike, to demand that President Ram Baran Yadav apologize for his decision in May to countermand Maoist leader Prachanda's order for the army chief to be sacked. Prachanda resigned in May as prime minister. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan protesters take to streets ahead of talks with China

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Tsai Ing-wen (front, 4th from L), who chairs the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, raises her fist as thousands of protesters led by Taiwan's opposition camp march through Taichung on Taiwan's west coast on Dec. 20, 2009, ahead of high-level trade negotiations between the administration of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and China. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan protesters take to streets ahead of talks with China

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Protesters march through Taichung on Taiwan's west coast on Dec. 20, 2009, with one carrying a photograph of Taiwan's first president Chiang Kai-shek, ahead of high-level trade negotiations between the administration of Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou and China. (Kyodo)

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Japanese Princess Akiko

KYOTO, Japan - Princess Akiko, a member of the Japanese Imperial Household, is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2011, ahead of her 30th birthday on Dec. 20. The princess, a researcher on Japanese art, has been working as a postdoctoral fellow at the university's Kinugasa Research Organization since October 2009. Her father is Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito. (Kyodo)

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Japanese Princess Akiko

KYOTO, Japan - Princess Akiko, a member of the Japanese Imperial Household, is interviewed by Kyodo News at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 17, 2011, ahead of her 30th birthday on Dec. 20. The princess, a researcher on Japanese art, has been working as a postdoctoral fellow at the university's Kinugasa Research Organization since October 2009. Her father is Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito. (Kyodo)

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Japan official, Iraq PM meet at airport

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Japanese Senior Foreign Minister Koichi Takemasa (L) and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki hold a meeting at Baghdad International Airport on Dec. 20, 2009 on the sidelines of the Iraq-Japan Economic Forum. The Iraqi leader called on Japan to help rehabilitate the war-ravaged country. (Kyodo)

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Japan-Iraq economic forum in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Visitors attend the Iraq-Japan Economic Forum held in the lobby of Baghdad International Airport on Dec. 20, 2009. Japan sent some 100 people from both public and private sectors, the biggest delegation since the U.S. attack on the country, to the event. (Kyodo)

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Japan-Iraq economic forum in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Visitors attend the Iraq-Japan Economic Forum held in the lobby of Baghdad International Airport on Dec. 20, 2009. Japan sent some 100 people from both public and private sectors, the biggest delegation since the U.S. attack on the country, to the event. (Kyodo)

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Japanese monkeys doze off in 'onsen' spa

HAKODATE, Japan - Japanese monkeys warm themselves in a hot spring at Hakodate City Tropical Garden in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 20, 2009. About 100 monkeys at the park soaked in the pool, some all day long, after park officials filled it with hot water from a nearby hot spa resort. (Kyodo)

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Tani re-signs with Yomiuri for 240 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants outfielder Yoshitomo Tani speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 22, 2009, after re-signing with the Japan Series champion baseball club on a one-year deal for 240 million yen, up 20 million yen from 2009. (Kyodo)

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East come to Latin-America at Havana fashion show

HAVANA, Cuba - A Cuban model (front R) walks down the catwalk wearing kimono and clogs inspired by ''oiran'' (high-class prostitutes) together with a male model, also in kimono, during a fashion show featuring designer Junko Koshino's creations at Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana on Dec. 20, 2009. Models wearing Japanese-inspired fashions also performed Latin dance steps on the catwalk at the event celebrating the 80th anniversary of Japan-Cuba relations. (Kyodo)

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3 astronauts including Japan's Noguchi lift off from Kazakhstan

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi waves as he leaves for Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, on Dec. 20, 2009, ahead of his departure for the International Space Station on Russia's Soyuz space capsule. The spacecraft carrying Noguchi and two other astronauts successfully reached orbit shortly after a predawn liftoff from the center on Dec. 21. (Kyodo)

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Huge image of tiger laid out in Ibaraki Pref. national park

HITACHINAKA, Japan - A huge image of a tiger, made of pine cones, is laid out on Dec. 20, 2009, at the National Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, which visitors can view by riding on the park's Ferris wheel. The park asked visitors to collect fallen pine cones in the park and to put them in wooden frames laid out to depict a tiger in recognition of 2010 as the year of the tiger in the Eastern zodiac. (Kyodo)

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Figure skater Kim carries Olympic torch

HAMILTON, Canada - South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu Na waves to the crowd during the relay for the Olympic torch for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games on Dec. 20, 2009, in Hamilton, Canada, the final leg of the torch's global tour. Kim lives an hour's drive from Hamilton in Toronto, where she practices. (Kyodo)

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Figure skater Kim carries Olympic torch

HAMILTON, Canada - South Korean figure skating star Kim Yu Na carries the Olympic torch for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games on Dec. 20, 2009, in Hamilton, Canada, the final leg of the torch's global tour. Kim lives an hour's drive from Hamilton in Toronto, where she practices. (Kyodo)

Baby box at South Korean church

Baby box at South Korean church

Japanese Princess Akiko

Japanese Princess Akiko

China's Oct.-Dec. GDP grows 10.7% on year, 2009 GDP up 8.7%

Japan-Iraq economic forum in Baghdad

Japanese monkeys doze off in 'onsen' spa

Tani re-signs with Yomiuri for 240 mil. yen

East come to Latin-America at Havana fashion show

3 astronauts including Japan's Noguchi lift off from Kazakhstan

Maoists shut down Nepal on 1st day of 3-day general strike

Maoists shut down Nepal on 1st day of 3-day general strike

Japan-Iraq economic forum in Baghdad

Japan official, Iraq PM meet at airport

Taiwan protesters take to streets ahead of talks with China

Taiwan protesters take to streets ahead of talks with China

Macao's new gov't sworn in on 10th anniversary of return to China

Huge image of tiger laid out in Ibaraki Pref. national park

Figure skater Kim carries Olympic torch

Followers clean Higashi-Honganji Temple for new year

Figure skater Kim carries Olympic torch

Followers clean Higashi-Honganji Temple for new year

Xmas sushi 'cake' in Hokkaido

Comedian Hazama enters Asia on run-and-sail Earth Marathon

Comedian Hazama enters Asia on run-and-sail Earth Marathon

Christmas tree at aquarium in Fukui Pref.

Tokyo excursion boat gutted by fire

Seven &amp; I to buy stake in Pia

Toyota to launch hybrid-only Sai sedan in December

MOF tables record 88.55 trillion yen budget to buoy economy

Parliament enacts bill to lower cap on consumer loan rate in 2009

Parliament enacts bill to lower cap on consumer loan rate in 200

MOF tables record 88.55 trillion yen budget to buoy economy

Macao's new gov't sworn in on 10th anniversary of return to China

Maoists shut down Nepal on 1st day of 3-day general strike

Maoists shut down Nepal on 1st day of 3-day general strike

Taiwan protesters take to streets ahead of talks with China

Taiwan protesters take to streets ahead of talks with China

Japanese Princess Akiko

Japanese Princess Akiko

Japan official, Iraq PM meet at airport

Japan-Iraq economic forum in Baghdad

Japan-Iraq economic forum in Baghdad

Japanese monkeys doze off in 'onsen' spa

Tani re-signs with Yomiuri for 240 mil. yen

East come to Latin-America at Havana fashion show

3 astronauts including Japan's Noguchi lift off from Kazakhstan

Huge image of tiger laid out in Ibaraki Pref. national park

Figure skater Kim carries Olympic torch

Figure skater Kim carries Olympic torch

Seven & I to buy stake in Pia