Veteran actress Chocho Miyako dies at 80

Veteran actress Chocho Miyako dies at 80

OSAKA, Japan - Archive photo shows veteran actress Chocho Miyako who died Oct. 12 from chronic kidney failure at an Osaka hospital, aged 80. She gained popularity through the ''Meoto Zenzai'' comic talk show with her late husband Yuji Nanto, making full use of humorous features of the Osaka dialect.

Veteran actress Chocho Miyako dies at 80

Veteran actress Chocho Miyako dies at 80

OSAKA, Japan - Archive photo shows veteran actress Chocho Miyako who died Oct. 12 from chronic kidney failure at an Osaka hospital, aged 80. She gained popularity through the ''Meoto Zenzai'' comic talk show with her late husband Yuji Nanto, making full use of humorous features of the Osaka dialect.

Images of Buddha in the inner sanctuary at Chion-in Temple

Images of Buddha in the inner sanctuary at Chion-in Temple

Buddhist statues on the Sanmon Gate of Chion-in Temple. The Buddha is seated in the middle, flanked by Zenzai-doji, Shudatsu-choja, and the 16 Buddhist Saints. Unryu (dragons in clouds) and other motifs are painted on the ceiling. Taken by Tamamura Kozaburo.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐7‐0]

An image of Buddha at the top of Sanmon Gate Building,Chion-in Temple

An image of Buddha at the top of Sanmon Gate Building,Chion-in Temple

Buddhist statues on the Sanmon Gate of Chion-in Temple. The Buddha is seated in the middle, flanked by Zenzai-doji, Shudatsu-choja, and the 16 Buddhist Saints. Unryu (dragons in clouds) and other motifs are painted on the ceiling. This is the largest gate of its kind in Japan, with five bays and three entrances. Built in two-story irimoya style, it has a tiled roof and was erected in 1619 by the second shogun Tokugawa Ietada.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐42‐0]

Images of Buddha in the inner sanctuary at Chion-in Temple

Images of Buddha in the inner sanctuary at Chion-in Temple

Buddhist statues on the Sanmon Gate of Chion-in Temple. The Buddha is seated in the middle, flanked by Zenzai-doji, Shudatsu-choja, and the 16 Buddhist Saints. Unryu (dragons in clouds) and other motifs are painted on the ceiling. Taken by Tamamura Kozaburo.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number52‐17‐2]

Images of Buddha in the inner sanctuary at Chion-in Temple

Images of Buddha in the inner sanctuary at Chion-in Temple

Buddhist statues on the Sanmon Gate of Chion-in Temple. The Buddha is seated in the middle, flanked by Zenzai-doji, Shudatsu-choja, and the 16 Buddhist Saints. Unryu (dragons in clouds) and other motifs are painted on the ceiling.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐89‐0]

The naiden of Chion-in Temple

The naiden of Chion-in Temple

Buddhist statues on the Sanmon Gate of Chion-in Temple. The Buddha is seated in the middle, flanked by Zenzai-doji, Shudatsu-choja, and the 16 Buddhist Saints. Unryu (dragons in clouds) and other motifs are painted on the ceiling. Taken by Tamamura Kozaburo.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐112‐0]

New Year's Eve at Haneda airport

New Year's Eve at Haneda airport

Japan Airlines staff hand out bowls of "shiratama zenzai," a traditional Japanese dessert of sweet red bean soup with chewy mochi dumplings, to passengers at the international terminal of Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New Year's Eve at Haneda airport

New Year's Eve at Haneda airport

Japan Airlines staff hand out bowls of "shiratama zenzai," a traditional Japanese dessert of sweet red bean soup with chewy mochi dumplings, to passengers at the international terminal of Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo