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Remembering

Feb. 15, 2012 - 07:06AM JST ( 2 )

A shopper listens to clips of a music album at the special corner set up for pop queen Whitney Houston, with a message "We will… Read

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Reclining Buddha

Picture of the Day Feb. 14, 2012 - 05:14AM JST ( 17 Comments )

A temple maiden, left, and a visitor walk past a 16-meter, 30-ton bronze statue of a reclining Buddha at Jorakuzan Mantokuji temple in Tateyama, east of Tokyo. It is said a believer can fulfill his… Read

Advantage Nishikori

Picture of the Day Feb. 13, 2012 - 04:24PM JST ( 9 Comments )

Tennis star Kei Nishikori, center, poses with Fast Retailing President Tadashi Yanai, right, and UNIQLO design director Naoki Takizawa at Tokyo Midtown on Monday. Nishikori, who has a five-year sponsorship deal with UNIQLO, wore the… Read

Confrontation

Picture of the Day Feb. 13, 2012 - 07:11AM JST ( 85 Comments )

In this photo released by the Institute of Cetacean Research of Japan, a Sea Shepherd activist aboard a small boat throws a butyric acid-containing glass bottle toward the Japanese harpoon vessel Yushin Maru No. 2… Read

Ice queens

Picture of the Day Feb. 12, 2012 - 04:27PM JST ( 19 Comments )

From left, Japan's Mao Asada, Ashley Wagner and Caroline Zhang, both of the United States, pose with their silver, gold and bronze medals after the women's free skating event during the Four Continents Figure Skating… Read

No nukes

Picture of the Day Feb. 12, 2012 - 06:35AM JST ( 36 Comments )

Holding "No Nukes" signs, people march Saturday in Tokyo's Yoyogi Park, demanding Japan abandon nuclear power. Read

Getting warm

Picture of the Day Feb. 11, 2012 - 07:18AM JST ( 40 Comments )

A tourist looks at Japanese snow monkeys in a hot spring in the Jigokudani valley in northern Nagano Prefecture on Friday. The macaques descend from the forests to the warm waters of the hot springs… Read

Losing battle

Picture of the Day Feb. 10, 2012 - 07:00AM JST ( 8 Comments )

People clear snow at Yahiko Shrine during a snowstorm in Yahiko Mura City, Niigata Prefecture. Read

Job-hunting season

Picture of the Day Feb. 09, 2012 - 07:09AM JST ( 29 Comments )

Hundreds of college students clap hands during a pep ceremony to start their job-hunting season at Tokyo's Hibiya Park on Wednesday. Read

Off the wall

Picture of the Day Feb. 08, 2012 - 06:46AM JST ( 27 Comments )

A man poses with whale wall art at Sunshine 60 observation deck at Ikebukuro Sunshine City in Tokyo. The exhibition of trick art includes gorillas, peacocks and many other motifs. The exhibition continues through Feb… Read

Cleaning crew

Picture of the Day Feb. 07, 2012 - 06:45AM JST ( 30 Comments )

Three men in cosplay outfits clean a street in Tokyo's Akihabara. Read

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