Actress Tanaka invites tourists to hometown Kurume

Actress Tanaka invites tourists to hometown Kurume

FUKUOKA, Japan - Actress Lena Tanaka poses for photos in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2010, after being designated as a special tourism ambassador by the government of her hometown.

Actress Tanaka invites tourists to hometown Kurume

Actress Tanaka invites tourists to hometown Kurume

FUKUOKA, Japan - Actress Lena Tanaka poses for photos beside an advertisement board on the planned launch of JR Kurume Station on the Kyushu shinkansen bullet train line in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2010, after being designated as a special tourism ambassador by the government of her hometown.

Japan, EU agree to keep urging U.S. to return to Kyoto pact

Japan, EU agree to keep urging U.S. to return to Kyoto pact

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) welcomes Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Lena Hjelm-Wallen, a member of the high-level delegation from the European Union, at her ministry July 9 in Tokyo prior to bilateral talks. The two sides agreed to continue urging the United States to return to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol framework to curb global warming.

Actress Tanaka invites tourists to hometown Kurume

Actress Tanaka invites tourists to hometown Kurume

FUKUOKA, Japan - Actress Lena Tanaka poses for photos in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2010, after being designated as a special tourism ambassador by the government of her hometown. (Kyodo)

Actress Tanaka invites tourists to hometown Kurume

Actress Tanaka invites tourists to hometown Kurume

FUKUOKA, Japan - Actress Lena Tanaka poses for photos beside an advertisement board on the planned launch of JR Kurume Station on the Kyushu shinkansen bullet train line in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 9, 2010, after being designated as a special tourism ambassador by the government of her hometown. (Kyodo)