Salt makers try to create brand-name product in Okinawa

Salt makers try to create brand-name product in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - A sales clerk (R) smiles as customers check samples of various salts at the Masuya specialty salt shop in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 7.

Nadeshiko face N. Korea in East Asian Cup

Nadeshiko face N. Korea in East Asian Cup

Japan's Rika Masuya (12) scores an equalizer during the second half of Nadeshiko Japan's first East Asian Cup match against North Korea in Wuhan, China, on Aug. 1, 2015. North Korea beat Japan 4-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

83-year-old clocksmith still going strong at folk museum

83-year-old clocksmith still going strong at folk museum

Clocksmith Jiro Masuya, 83, stands in front of the clock tower of the Yamagata folk museum, a national important cultural property, on June 7, 2015, in Yamagata. Masuya has been in charge of maintaining the clock tower. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yamagata folk museum's clock ticking for about a century

Yamagata folk museum's clock ticking for about a century

Clocksmith Jiro Masuya poses at the Yamagata folk museum's clock tower in Yamagata, northern Japan, on June 7, 2015. Japan's second-oldest clock tower, completed in June 1916, has been ticking for almost a century thanks to the arduous efforts of the 83-year-old Masuya and his grandfather Hikokichi Abe, the developer of the clock device. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Soccer: Nadeshiko Japan beaten by Spain in Algarve Cup opener

Soccer: Nadeshiko Japan beaten by Spain in Algarve Cup opener

Japan's Rika Masuya (13) vies for the ball with Spain's Veronica Boquete (9) during an opening match of the Algarve Cup invitational tournament in Parchal, Portugal, on March 1, 2017. Former women's World Cup winners Nadeshiko Japan lost 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo