Would-be stars debut as investment tool

Would-be stars debut as investment tool

TOKYO, Japan - Five emerging female entertainers pose at a press conference held in Tokyo on Nov. 26 by Japan Digital Contents Inc. to promote a campaign to lure investors to funds for investment in photographs and other products related to each of them. The funds will finance the production of photo collections, DVDs and other products featuring the young women and will pay 10% to 12% of sales as dividends to investors. Chosen through an audition are (from L to R) Aiko Aoyama, EIREI, Reina Kamiya, Saki Shimada and Tomoko Takechi.

Fisherman rescued in Pacific after month adrift on sea+

Fisherman rescued in Pacific after month adrift on sea+

ISEHARA, Japan - Mitsushige Takechi (below), 50-year-old fisherman aboard a small boat, who was rescued in the Pacific on Aug. 26, about a month after he went missing following engine trouble, enters a hospital in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, later in the day.

Would-be stars debut as investment tool

Would-be stars debut as investment tool

TOKYO, Japan - Five emerging female entertainers pose at a press conference held in Tokyo on Nov. 26 by Japan Digital Contents Inc. to promote a campaign to lure investors to funds for investment in photographs and other products related to each of them. The funds will finance the production of photo collections, DVDs and other products featuring the young women and will pay 10% to 12% of sales as dividends to investors. Chosen through an audition are (from L to R) Aiko Aoyama, EIREI, Reina Kamiya, Saki Shimada and Tomoko Takechi. (Kyodo)

Fisherman rescued in Pacific after month adrift on sea+

Fisherman rescued in Pacific after month adrift on sea+

ISEHARA, Japan - Mitsushige Takechi (below), 50-year-old fisherman aboard a small boat, who was rescued in the Pacific on Aug. 26, about a month after he went missing following engine trouble, enters a hospital in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, later in the day.