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[Breaking News] Year-end cleaning at whale museum in Japan

TAIJI, Japan Kyodo - Staff cleans a life-size model of a right whale and divers clean a water tank at the Taiji Whale Museum in Taiji, a whaling town in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 19, 2023, as part of its year-end cleaning activities. (Kyodo)

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