Work to pick up Mabe pearls on southern Japan's Kakero Island

Workers pick up pearls from Mabe shells at a facility on Kakero Island south of Kagoshima Prefecture on Feb. 20, 2015. This year's pearl-picking work will last through mid-March and a total of about 60,000 hemispherical Mabe pearls will be shipped. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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