Sado, Noto farming listed as GIAHS

Sado, Noto farming listed as GIAHS

BEIJING, China - Nanao Mayor Bumpei Takemoto (L) and Sado Mayor Koichiro Takano hold certificates of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems in Beijing on June 11, 2011. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization officially announced the same day it will add the farming methods of Sado, Niigata Prefecture, and Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, to its GIAHS list at an international forum in the Chinese capital.

Soga wants to consult spouse on permanent return to Japan

Soga wants to consult spouse on permanent return to Japan

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), one of five Japanese abducted by North Korea in 1978 and currently visiting Japan, tells Mayor Koichiro Takano (R) of her hometown of Mano in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 24 that she wants to go back to Pyongyang to consult her American husband about returning permanently to Japan. (Pool photo)

Sado, Noto farming listed as GIAHS

Sado, Noto farming listed as GIAHS

BEIJING, China - Nanao Mayor Bumpei Takemoto (L) and Sado Mayor Koichiro Takano hold certificates of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems in Beijing on June 11, 2011. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization officially announced the same day it will add the farming methods of Sado, Niigata Prefecture, and Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, to its GIAHS list at an international forum in the Chinese capital. (Kyodo)

Soga wants to consult spouse on permanent return to Japan

Soga wants to consult spouse on permanent return to Japan

MANO, Japan - Hitomi Soga (L), one of five Japanese abducted by North Korea in 1978 and currently visiting Japan, tells Mayor Koichiro Takano (R) of her hometown of Mano in Niigata Prefecture on Oct. 24 that she wants to go back to Pyongyang to consult her American husband about returning permanently to Japan. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)