World Scout Jamboree starts in western Japan

World Scout Jamboree starts in western Japan

A total of about 34,000 people from some 150 countries and territories converge on the Kirara-hama beach in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on July 29, 2015, to kick off the 23rd World Scout Jamboree, the first quadrennial event in Japan in 44 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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