Artisans busy making Dharma dolls ahead of election

TAKASAKI, Japan - A craftman paints a Dharma doll -- a traditional Japanese doll symbolic of good luck -- in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, on July 7 ahead of the start of official campaigning for the House of Councillors election. (Kyodo)

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