'Cat island' seeks reconstruction from disaster

'Cat island' seeks reconstruction from disaster

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman plays with a cat near a fishing cooperative on Tashiro Island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 26, 2011. The island, with less than 100 residents and about 100 cats, is seeking support from the public for its reconstruction efforts from the March quake and tsunami by making use of its name ''cat island.''

'Cat island' seeks reconstruction from disaster

'Cat island' seeks reconstruction from disaster

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - A woman plays with a cat near a fishing cooperative on Tashiro Island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 26, 2011. The island, with less than 100 residents and about 100 cats, is seeking support from the public for its reconstruction efforts from the March quake and tsunami by making use of its name ''cat island.'' (Kyodo)

Cat island

Cat island

Yoko Fujiwara, a member of the tourist promotion association in the southwestern Japan city of Saiki in Oita Prefecture, looks at a cat on Fuka Island in the city -- populated by 15 people and about 100 cats -- on Jan. 29, 2020. Fujiwara published a pictorial book of 72 cats living on the island in April to promote the island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Cat island

Cat island

Yoko Fujiwara, a member of the tourist promotion association in the southwestern Japan city of Saiki in Oita Prefecture, photographs a cat on Fuka Island in the city -- populated by 15 people and about 100 cats -- on Jan. 29, 2020. Fujiwara published a pictorial book of 72 cats living on the island in April to promote the island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Cat island

Cat island

Yoko Fujiwara, a member of the tourist promotion association in the southwestern Japan city of Saiki in Oita Prefecture, photographs a cat on Fuka Island in the city -- populated by 15 people and about 100 cats -- on Jan. 29, 2020. Fujiwara published a pictorial book of 72 cats living on the island in April to promote the island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Cat island

Cat island

Yoko Fujiwara, a member of the tourist promotion association in the southwestern Japan city of Saiki in Oita Prefecture, photographs a cat on Fuka Island in the city -- populated by 15 people and about 100 cats -- on Jan. 29, 2020. Fujiwara published a pictorial book of 72 cats living on the island in April to promote the island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo