Japan's Happiest News

[Mulboyne]

Asahi: 'Happy News' awards celebrate inspiring heroes and happenings
The purpose of a newspaper is not just to report an accident, natural disaster or spectacular incident but also to deliver interesting, heartwarming stories that touch readers. "Newspapers don't just publish scoops or difficult articles," said Yomiuri Shimbun editor in chief Takuo Takihana, a member of the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association (NSK) and the chief judge of the NSK-sponsored "Happy News 2004" campaign...The grand prize went to an article with the headline "The criminal was a crow," sent in by Kimiko Seki, 62, of Fukui Prefecture...Responding to a report by a tourist about a stolen wallet, the island's sole police officer couldn't believe one of the locals would steal it. Instead, he suspected one of Hateruma-jima's crows, and his instinct proved right...Another Happy News Person was Tsuyoshi Sonoda of Kagoshima Prefecture, who jumped into the ocean, wrestled with and defeated a tuna measuring 187 centimeters and weighing 81 kilograms...more...

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[dimwit]

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