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'Loach city' promotes tourism

MATSUE, Japan - Hiromi Sakuno of the tourism association in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, holds a map featuring local restaurants serving loach dishes at a tourist facility in the city on Sept. 9, 2011. The city known for ''Yasugibushi,'' a folk song and loach-scooping dance, is promoting itself since Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda took office after comparing himself to the fish.

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Ontake ski slope opens after delay caused by volcanic eruption

Yuko Sakuno (C), a nurse in Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, attends a ribbon-cutting ceremony as a guest on Feb. 26, 2015, to open the local Ontake 2240 ski site. The slope opened two and a half months later than last season due to volcanic eruption of Mt. Ontake in September 2014 that killed 57 climbers and left six others missing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Loach city' promotes tourism

MATSUE, Japan - Hiromi Sakuno of the tourism association in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, holds a map featuring local restaurants serving loach dishes at a tourist facility in the city on Sept. 9, 2011. The city known for ''Yasugibushi,'' a folk song and loach-scooping dance, is promoting itself since Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda took office after comparing himself to the fish. (Kyodo)