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Indonesian ferry issues call for help in Kagoshima

NAKATANE, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 2:26 p.m. on March 26, 2012, shows a crewmember of the Indonesian passenger ferry Masagena (below, L) being hoisted aboard a Japan Coast Guard helicopter off Yakushima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. Twelve Indonesian crewmembers were airlifted from the 833-ton vessel after it issued a call for help that morning when the vessel began taking in water.

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Indonesian ferry issues call for help in Kagoshima

NAKATANE, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 2:20 p.m. on March 26, 2012, shows the Indonesian passenger ferry Masagena off Yakushima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. The Japan Coast Guard airlifted 12 Indonesian crewmembers from the 833-ton vessel after it issued a call for help that morning when the vessel began taking in water.

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(2)New cigarette vending machines check age of buyers

NAKATANE, Japan - An IC card for purchasing cigarettes from vending machines featuring an age-verification system, which have been experimentally introduced on the island of Tanegashima.

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(1)New cigarette vending machines check age of buyers

NAKATANE, Japan - A buyer holds up an IC card against a cigarette vending machine's scanner in the town of Nakatane, Kagoshima Prefecture.

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(1)New cigarette vending machines check age of buyers

NAKATANE, Japan - A buyer holds up an IC card against a cigarette vending machine's scanner in the town of Nakatane, Kagoshima Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Indonesian ferry issues call for help in Kagoshima

NAKATANE, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 2:20 p.m. on March 26, 2012, shows the Indonesian passenger ferry Masagena off Yakushima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. The Japan Coast Guard airlifted 12 Indonesian crewmembers from the 833-ton vessel after it issued a call for help that morning when the vessel began taking in water. (Kyodo)

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Indonesian ferry issues call for help in Kagoshima

NAKATANE, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 2:26 p.m. on March 26, 2012, shows a crewmember of the Indonesian passenger ferry Masagena (below, L) being hoisted aboard a Japan Coast Guard helicopter off Yakushima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. Twelve Indonesian crewmembers were airlifted from the 833-ton vessel after it issued a call for help that morning when the vessel began taking in water. (Kyodo)

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Whales beach on Kagoshima island

NAKATANE, Japan - At least 171 whales are found beached on Tanegashima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on March 10, but many have been returned to sea by locals and surfers. Kagoshima City Aquarium staff said what appeared to be melon-headed whales were found on the western side of the island, which lies off the southern tip of mainland Kagoshima Prefecture.