'Tama-chan' seal registered as Yokohama 'resident'

'Tama-chan' seal registered as Yokohama 'resident'

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A kindergartner in Yokohama's Nishi Ward hands ward chief Michinosuke Kimizuka a registry application for ''Tama-chan,'' the seal that has been showing up along the banks of the Katabira River in the city. The seal, first sighted last August in the Tama River, which borders Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures, was later seen in the Tsurumi River and then in the Katabira River in Kanagawa Prefecture in September.

Ex-GSDF head Kimizuka, who led 2011 quake rescue operation, dies

Ex-GSDF head Kimizuka, who led 2011 quake rescue operation, dies

Photo taken in August 2013 shows Eiji Kimizuka, the chief of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force. Kimizuka, who led the SDF rescue and relief operations after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami along the northeastern coast of Japan's main island of Honshu, died Dec. 28, 2015, defense sources said Dec. 29 without specifying the cause. He was 63. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan GSDF's new top officer

Japan GSDF's new top officer

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'Tama-chan' seal registered as Yokohama 'resident'

'Tama-chan' seal registered as Yokohama 'resident'

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A kindergartner in Yokohama's Nishi Ward hands ward chief Michinosuke Kimizuka a registry application for ''Tama-chan,'' the seal that has been showing up along the banks of the Katabira River in the city. The seal, first sighted last August in the Tama River, which borders Tokyo and Kanagawa prefectures, was later seen in the Tsurumi River and then in the Katabira River in Kanagawa Prefecture in September. (Kyodo)