Group seeks to keep alive legend of 'blue-eyed dolls' as symbol of peace

Yasuko Tanaka, representative of a committee in Matsuyama promoting the exchange of dolls between Japan and the United States, poses in the western Japanese city on April 5, 2015, with one of the few remaining "American blue-eyed dolls," which were sent to Japanese schools by a U.S. missionary in 1927 as a symbol of goodwill and peace. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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