Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

TSUSHIMA, Japan, May 12 Kyodo - A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day. (Kyodo)

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