73-yr-old Japanese woman conquers Mt. Everest

73-yr-old Japanese woman conquers Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2005, shows Tamae Watanabe, a retired office worker from Yamanashi Prefecture. She stunned the mountaineering world on May 19, 2012, by successfully climbing Mt. Everest, the world's tallest mountain at the age of 73, becoming the oldest woman to achieve the feat.

Rakuten posts record-high group revenues, net profit in 2005

Rakuten posts record-high group revenues, net profit in 2005

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani, president of Internet mall operator Rakuten Inc., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings report for 2005 in Tokyo on Feb. 16.

Tax offices across Japan begin accepting tax returns

Tax offices across Japan begin accepting tax returns

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress Yukie Nakama, who appears on a promotional poster for the National Tax Agency, files her own tax return form using the agency's website at the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau in Tokyo's Otemachi on Feb. 16 as Japanese began filing 2005 income tax returns the same day at 524 regional tax offices across the country.

Rakuten posts record-high group revenues, net profit in 2005

Rakuten posts record-high group revenues, net profit in 2005

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani, president of Internet mall operator Rakuten Inc., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings report for 2005 in Tokyo on Feb. 16. (Kyodo)

Tax offices across Japan begin accepting tax returns

Tax offices across Japan begin accepting tax returns

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese actress Yukie Nakama, who appears on a promotional poster for the National Tax Agency, files her own tax return form using the agency's website at the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau in Tokyo's Otemachi on Feb. 16 as Japanese began filing 2005 income tax returns the same day at 524 regional tax offices across the country. (Kyodo)

73-yr-old Japanese woman conquers Mt. Everest

73-yr-old Japanese woman conquers Mt. Everest

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in Tokyo on Feb. 16, 2005, shows Tamae Watanabe, a retired office worker from Yamanashi Prefecture. She stunned the mountaineering world on May 19, 2012, by successfully climbing Mt. Everest, the world's tallest mountain at the age of 73, becoming the oldest woman to achieve the feat. (Kyodo)