Postcard signed by Einstein in 1922 found in Japan

Postcard signed by Einstein in 1922 found in Japan

OTSU, Japan - A postcard bearing a signature by Albert Einstein is shown in this file photo taken at a museum in western Japan on July 4, 2014. The card, signed during the physicist's visit to Japan in 1922 after winning the Nobel Prize, was discovered in the Eizaburo Nishibori Memorial Explorer Museum in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, dedicated to the scientist who led the first Japanese expedition to the Antarctic.

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