Iwate Prefecture`s Yumechan wins Japan`s final mascot competition
(WorldNews Japan)

Takata-no-Yumechan, the official mascot of Rikuzentakata in the northeastern prefecture of Iwate, was announced the winner of Japan`s 10th and final `yuru-kyara` mascot competition on Sunday. The white mascot, which made its first appearance in January 2012 as a fairy delivering dreams and happiness from a bag slung over its shoulder, received 280,017 votes at the contest held over the weekend in...