Guide book on Tokyo smoking areas

Guide book on Tokyo smoking areas

TOKYO, Japan - A smoker takes a break at a smoking area in the Roppongi Hills commercial complex in Tokyo with Tokyo Tower in the background on Jan. 20, 2011. The area is one of some 200 smoking areas introduced in the updated version of ''Tokyo Kitsuenjo Map'' (Tokyo Smoking Area Map) published by PHP Institute.

Watanabe forms new group with independent lawmaker, experts

Watanabe forms new group with independent lawmaker, experts

TOKYO, Japan - Former Cabinet minister Yoshimi Watanabe (2nd from L) joins hands with members of a new political group he has formed just three days after leaving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party at a news conference at the No. 2 House of Representatives lawmakers' building in Tokyo on Jan. 16. The group consists of Watanabe, independent lawmaker Kenji Eda (L), Taro Yayama (2nd from R), a renowned political analyst, and Katsuhiko Eguchi (R), president of the PHP research institute, who heads a government panel on reorganizing Japan's prefectural system.

Watanabe forms new group with independent lawmaker, experts

Watanabe forms new group with independent lawmaker, experts

TOKYO, Japan - Former Cabinet minister Yoshimi Watanabe (2nd from L) joins hands with members of a new political group he has formed just three days after leaving the ruling Liberal Democratic Party at a news conference at the No. 2 House of Representatives lawmakers' building in Tokyo on Jan. 16. The group consists of Watanabe, independent lawmaker Kenji Eda (L), Taro Yayama (2nd from R), a renowned political analyst, and Katsuhiko Eguchi (R), president of the PHP research institute, who heads a government panel on reorganizing Japan's prefectural system. (Kyodo)

Guide book on Tokyo smoking areas

Guide book on Tokyo smoking areas

TOKYO, Japan - A smoker takes a break at a smoking area in the Roppongi Hills commercial complex in Tokyo with Tokyo Tower in the background on Jan. 20, 2011. The area is one of some 200 smoking areas introduced in the updated version of ''Tokyo Kitsuenjo Map'' (Tokyo Smoking Area Map) published by PHP Institute. (Kyodo)