Japan revamps policy to tackle new flu

KYOTO, Japan - Students wear face masks as they visit the popular tourist spot Kiyomizu-dera temple in Kyoto on a school excursion on May 22, a day after a 10-year-old boy in the city was confirmed to be infected with the new influenza.

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