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Young author calls for end to animal euthanasia

Young author calls for end to animal euthanasia

TOKYO, Japan - Manami Mukai, a pet care school student hoping to be a groomer, calls for an end to the euthanasia of pet animals in her book titled "Inochi no Hana" (Flower of Life), as shown in this file photo taken on Sept. 15, 2014.

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Ordinary Britons to get taste of exclusive Japanese beef

Ordinary Britons to get taste of exclusive Japanese beef

LONDON, Britain - This photo shows the first Wagyu-Holstein cross bred by ASDA, part of the Walmart group, which they have named ''Inochi,'' which means ''life'' in Japanese, at their farm in Yorkshire. (Photo provided by ASDA)

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'Inochi (life)' chosen for character of the year

'Inochi (life)' chosen for character of the year

KYOTO, Japan - Seihan Mori, chief priest at Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, writes the Chinese character, or kanji, for ''Inochi (life)'' on a board at the temple on Dec. 12. The character was chosen as the kanji symbol of this year marked by the birth of the first grandson for the emperor, a series of reported student suicides after being bullied, and a number of child abuses, the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation said.

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'Inochi (life)' chosen for character of the year

'Inochi (life)' chosen for character of the year

KYOTO, Japan - Seihan Mori, chief priest at Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, writes the Chinese character, or kanji, for ''Inochi (life)'' on a board at the temple on Dec. 12. The character was chosen as the kanji symbol of this year marked by the birth of the first grandson for the emperor, a series of reported student suicides after being bullied, and a number of child abuses, the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation said. (Kyodo)

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Ordinary Britons to get taste of exclusive Japanese beef

Ordinary Britons to get taste of exclusive Japanese beef

LONDON, Britain - This photo shows the first Wagyu-Holstein cross bred by ASDA, part of the Walmart group, which they have named ''Inochi,'' which means ''life'' in Japanese, at their farm in Yorkshire. (Photo provided by ASDA) (Kyodo)

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Young author calls for end to animal euthanasia

Young author calls for end to animal euthanasia

TOKYO, Japan - Manami Mukai, a pet care school student hoping to be a groomer, calls for an end to the euthanasia of pet animals in her book titled "Inochi no Hana" (Flower of Life), as shown in this file photo taken on Sept. 15, 2014. (Kyodo)

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15th anniversary of deadly train derailment in western Japan

15th anniversary of deadly train derailment in western Japan

Japanese radish flowers, photographed from a Kyodo News helicopter, form the kanji character for "inochi" (life) at a field near the site of a deadly train derailment on West Japan Railways Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, near Osaka, on April 10, 2020, ahead of the 15th anniversary on April 25 of the accident that claimed 107 lives. This year's memorial event was canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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15th anniversary of deadly train derailment in western Japan

15th anniversary of deadly train derailment in western Japan

Japanese radish flowers, photographed from a Kyodo News helicopter, form the kanji character for "inochi" (life) at a field near the site of a deadly train derailment on West Japan Railways Co.'s Fukuchiyama Line in Amagasaki, near Osaka, on April 10, 2020, ahead of the 15th anniversary on April 25 of the accident that claimed 107 lives. This year's memorial event was canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fencing: Japan national championships

Fencing: Japan national championships

Inochi Ito (L) and Kazuyasu Minobe compete in the final of the men's epee event at the national fencing championships in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2018. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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