Group of firms in western Japan designs novelty gloves

Group of firms in western Japan designs novelty gloves

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Novelty "Kagawa gloves" with innovative designs produced by "1888 Tebukuro Lab," a consortium of 18 glove manufacturers in Higashikagawa, Kagawa Prefecture, are shown in the western Japan city on Oct. 2, 2014. Higashikagawa is Japan's biggest producer of gloves.

White tiger in Shirotori Zoo in Kagawa Pref.

White tiger in Shirotori Zoo in Kagawa Pref.

TAKAMATSU, Japan - A white tiger stands in a cage at Shirotori Zoo in Higashikagawa, Kagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 15, 2014. The zoo in western Japan keeps eight white tigers, the largest number of the rare animal in Japanese zoos. Around 40 white tigers are kept in Japan.

Caviar producers breathe new life into abolished schools

Caviar producers breathe new life into abolished schools

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken July 12, 2013, shows an official checking the condition of sturgeon in one of the water tanks for sturgeon aquaculture placed inside what used to be a gymnasium of an abolished junior high school in Higashikagawa, Kagawa Prefecture.

Caviar producers breathe new life into abolished schools

Caviar producers breathe new life into abolished schools

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken July 12, 2013, shows facilities for sturgeon aquaculture set up inside what used to be a gymnasium of an abolished junior high school in Higashikagawa, Kagawa Prefecture.

Group of firms in western Japan designs novelty gloves

Group of firms in western Japan designs novelty gloves

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Novelty "Kagawa gloves" with innovative designs produced by "1888 Tebukuro Lab," a consortium of 18 glove manufacturers in Higashikagawa, Kagawa Prefecture, are shown in the western Japan city on Oct. 2, 2014. Higashikagawa is Japan's biggest producer of gloves. (Kyodo)

Avian flu outbreak in western Japan

Avian flu outbreak in western Japan

Photo taken Nov. 11, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows workers in protective suits at a chicken farm in Higashikagawa in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where the season's second case of a highly pathogenic avian flu was detected.

Avian flu outbreak in western Japan

Avian flu outbreak in western Japan

Photo taken Nov. 11, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows workers in protective suits at a chicken farm in Higashikagawa in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where the season's second case of a highly pathogenic avian flu was detected.

Avian flu outbreak in western Japan

Avian flu outbreak in western Japan

Photo taken Nov. 11, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows workers in protective suits at a chicken farm in Higashikagawa in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, where the season's second case of a highly pathogenic avian flu virus was detected.

Bird flu case in western Japan

Bird flu case in western Japan

Officials in protective suits head to a poultry farm in Higashikagawa in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 8, 2020, for a bird flu case.

Bird flu case in western Japan

Bird flu case in western Japan

Officials in protective suits head to a poultry farm in Higashikagawa in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 8, 2020, for a bird flu case.

Bird flu case in western Japan

Bird flu case in western Japan

Officials in protective suits hold a sign saying "Keep out" at a poultry farm in Higashikagawa in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 8, 2020, as they investigate a suspected bird flu case.

Bird flu case in western Japan

Bird flu case in western Japan

Officials in protective suits are pictured at a poultry farm in Higashikagawa in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 8, 2020, as they investigate a suspected bird flu case.

Bird flu case in western Japan

Bird flu case in western Japan

Officials in protective suits head to a poultry farm in Higashikagawa in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 8, 2020, for a suspected bird flu case.