Tokyo woman named '2015 Miss Sake' at contest

Tokyo woman named '2015 Miss Sake' at contest

KYOTO, Japan - Sachie Ogawa (far R) of Tokyo, "2015 Miss Sake," poses for photos with some other finalists, including runners-up Rie Hisada (far L) from Kyoto and Rieko Yataka (2nd from L) from Nagano prefectures at a contest held in Kyoto on Nov. 28, 2014. Ogawa will attend events both at home and abroad to promote sake for a year.

Tokyo woman named '2015 Miss Sake' at contest

Tokyo woman named '2015 Miss Sake' at contest

KYOTO, Japan - Sachie Ogawa (far R) of Tokyo, "2015 Miss Sake," poses for photos with some other finalists, including runners-up Rie Hisada (far L) from Kyoto and Rieko Yataka (2nd from L) from Nagano prefectures at a contest held in Kyoto on Nov. 28, 2014. Ogawa will attend events both at home and abroad to promote sake for a year. (Kyodo)

Japanese freed from hijacked Indian airliner arrives in Narita

Japanese freed from hijacked Indian airliner arrives in Narita

TOKYO, Japan - Chiaki Hisada (L), the only Japanese national among the 155 hostages held eight days through Dec. 31 aboard a hijacked Indian airliner, arrives at Tokyo's Narita airport on Jan. 4. Chiaki returned to Japan with her mother Eiko (R), who went to India to fetch her.

Freed Japanese, Nepalese friend encouraged each other

Freed Japanese, Nepalese friend encouraged each other

NEW DELHI, India - Chiaki Hisada, 30, the sole Japanese hostage held in a hijacked Indian airliner for one week through Dec. 31 tells reporters in New Delhi on Jan. 1 that she and a Nepalese friend endured the ordeal by cheering each other up. The photo shows Hisada's press conference at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi.