Myanmar refugees depart for Japan

BANGKOK, Thailand - Refugee families from Myanmar wait to board a flight for Japan at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport on Sept. 27, 2010. Three families, or 18 people, who are the first group of 90 Myanmar refugees Japan will accept under a pilot program, will head for Narita airport, east of Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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