Schools in flu-hit Osaka, Hyogo reopen after 1-week closure

KOBE, Japan - Junior high school students wear masks as they go to school in Kobe on May 25. Schools in Osaka and Hyogo prefectures resumed classes the same day after closing for about a week, in line with Japan's new policy of relaxing restrictions in areas hit hard by a new strain of influenza.

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