Japanese school in Beijing waiting for arrival of textbooks

The entrance to a Japanese school in Beijing is shown in this photo taken in February 2013. Some 8,700 textbooks have failed to reach this and two other Japanese schools -- in Tianjin and Qingdao -- a few weeks into the new semester due to "delayed import procedures" on the part of Chinese authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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