Students affected by Niigata quakes given mufflers

Students affected by Niigata quakes given mufflers

NAGAOKA, Japan - Japanese junior high school students in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, who were affected by the Oct. 23 earthquakes in the prefecture, are presented with hand-made mufflers on Jan. 8 by a group of foreigners and Japanese youths who lost their parents in wars and earthquakes overseas and in the Great Hanshin Earthquake. (Kyodo)

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