Japan midfielder Kawasumi to join Seattle

Japan midfielder Kawasumi to join Seattle

KOBE, Japan - Nadeshiko Japan midfielder Nahomi Kawasumi poses with a muffler towel of the U.S. National Women's Soccer League club Seattle Reign FC during a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on Feb. 11, 2014. Kawasumi will join Seattle on loan from the Japanese women's league club INAC Kobe Leonessa under a contract running from March 1 until the season ends on Aug. 31.

Japan begins "Warm Biz" campaign to cut heating energy use

Japan begins "Warm Biz" campaign to cut heating energy use

TOKYO, Japan - An Environment Ministry official works on her laptop computer while preparing a muffler and a lap blanket next to her, at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2012. The ministry the same day started a seasonal campaign to reduce heating energy use through a variety of small efforts in everyday life, such as clothing and meal choices, calling on people to set room temperatures at homes and offices at 20 C.

Woman hanging kakejiku,a hanging scroll

Woman hanging kakejiku,a hanging scroll

A young woman wearing a furisode with hair done in takashimada style shows a middle-aged man a Bodhidharma scroll. It may be a dramatized photo of a geisha showing her knowledge off to her patron. The man has an emblems on his kimono and a muffler, and holds his hands over the brazier.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number19‐8‐0]

Rally against Japan-S. Korea deal held in Seoul

Rally against Japan-S. Korea deal held in Seoul

A woman puts her muffler on the statue of a girl symbolizing comfort women in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on Dec. 28, 2016, the first anniversary of a Japan-South Korea agreement to settle the comfort women issue "finally and irreversibly." A group opposing the deal held a rally there on the same day, drawing hundreds of people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo