'Bon' midsummer holiday exodus peaks

OSAKA, Japan - An airport officer takes out a beverage bottle from a traveler's bag at Kansai airport in Osaka on Aug. 12 as aircraft security has been tightened following a thwarted plot to blow up airliners in Britain. (Kyodo)

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