Summer holiday exodus from Japan

Summer holiday exodus from Japan

NARITA, Japan - Little girls sit on a suitcase trolley at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Aug. 13, 2011. The annual rush of summer vacationers heading overseas peaked at Japan's major airports the same day, with the estimated number of holidaymakers down from last year in the aftermath of the March earthquake and tsunami.

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