Tens of thousands of syringes drift ashore in Ishikawa Pref.

MONZEN, Japan - A town hall official in Monzen, Ishikawa Prefecture, shows syringes found drifting ashore in the Sea of Japan town Dec. 27. Town officials said tens of thousands of the syringes are all unused with caps covering the needles and are in bags which have text in a foreign language on them.

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