Campaigning for lower house by-elections

Campaigning for lower house by-elections

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida makes a stump speech for a candidate backed by his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Okuizumo in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on April 21, 2024, ahead of House of Representatives by-elections on April 28.

Campaigning for lower house by-elections

Campaigning for lower house by-elections

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida makes a stump speech for a candidate backed by his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Okuizumo in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on April 21, 2024, ahead of House of Representatives by-elections on April 28.

Shimane train stationmaster makes, sells soba noodle lunch boxes

Shimane train stationmaster makes, sells soba noodle lunch boxes

Tetsuya Yuzuriha, JR Kamedake Station's stationmaster who also runs a soba buckwheat noodle shop at the station in the town of Okuizumo, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, holds lunch boxes on Aug. 12, 2015. He gets up at 5 a.m. to make soba and sells lunch boxes on the platform to train passengers while managing the station as the stationmaster at the same time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Shimane train stationmaster makes, sells soba noodle lunch boxes

Shimane train stationmaster makes, sells soba noodle lunch boxes

Tetsuya Yuzuriha (2nd from L), JR Kamedake Station's stationmaster who also runs a soba buckwheat noodle shop at the station in the town of Okuizumo, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, sells lunch boxes on the platform to train passengers on Aug. 12, 2015. He gets up at 5 a.m. to make soba while managing the station as the stationmaster at the same time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

"Tamahagane" steel maker starts 2015 operation

"Tamahagane" steel maker starts 2015 operation

Workers of Nittoho Tatara, the sole producer in Japan of "tamahagane" steel for Japanese swords, in Okuizumo Town, Shimane Prefecture, feeds iron sand into a furnace after a ritual to start this year's operation on Jan. 21, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Night museum program in Japan

Night museum program in Japan

Children take part in a night tour at the Okuizumo Tane Museum of Natural History in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, on Sept. 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Night museum program in Japan

Night museum program in Japan

Photo shows Kazuyoshi Udagawa, head of the Okuizumo Tane Museum of Natural History in Shimane Prefecture, Japan, on Sept. 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo