Middle-aged woman pursuing new career as porcelain artist

Middle-aged woman pursuing new career as porcelain artist

KANAZAWA, Japan - Ruri Takeuchi paints a plate on Feb. 26, 2013, at a "Kutani-yaki" craft center in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture. Takeuchi has begun pursuing a new career as a Kutani-yaki porcelain artist at a kiln she recently opened in Komatsu in the prefecture, after training for around nine years. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

Middle-aged woman pursuing new career as porcelain artist

Middle-aged woman pursuing new career as porcelain artist

KANAZAWA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 26, 2013, shows the painting process for "Kutani-yaki" porcelain by Ruri Takeuchi at a Kutani-yaki craft center in Nomi, Ishikawa Prefecture. Takeuchi has begun pursuing a new career as a Kutani-yaki porcelain artist at a kiln she recently opened in Komatsu in the prefecture, after training for around nine years. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

FEATURE: Japan's 'sharing economy' all the rage in 2016

FEATURE: Japan's 'sharing economy' all the rage in 2016

Three families enjoy a meal featuring vegetables grown with no agrochemicals together on a hill surrounded by fields, bamboo and cedar forests, served by Ruri Aoki (L), a 46-year-old farmer, at an event to share farming experience provided by sharing economy service provider TABICA, which introduces people to the daily lives and customs of locals through guides and workshops, in Tokyo's suburban city of Machida on Dec. 11, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Wake for slain ANA captain held in Tokyo

Wake for slain ANA captain held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A wake for Naoyuki Nagashima, the captain slain in the July 23 hijacking of an All Nippon Airways (ANA) jumbo jet, is held in Tokyo on the evening of July 29. Among the 1,500 people attending the wake were (from R) ANA President Kichisaburo Nomura, Nagashima's wife, Kumiko, Nagashima's son Eiji and daughter Ruri. Nagashima was stabbed by the 28-year-old hijacker.