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'Rakugo' storyteller to entertain Iraqi children

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese ''rakugo'' storyteller Shofukutei Kakusho (R) poses with Fumikazu Nishitani, who heads an organization to support Iraqi children, during a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 29, 2010. The sit-down comedian said he will perform traditional Japanese comedic routines for children in northern Iraq in the hopes of bringing them laughter.

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'Rakugo' storyteller to entertain Iraqi children

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese ''rakugo'' storyteller Shofukutei Kakusho (R) poses with Fumikazu Nishitani, who heads an organization to support Iraqi children, during a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 29, 2010. The sit-down comedian said he will perform traditional Japanese comedic routines for children in northern Iraq in the hopes of bringing them laughter. (Kyodo)

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Cattle in radiation-exposed area in northeastern Japan

Photo taken on Aug. 18, 2018 shows cattle farmer Fumikazu Watanabe taking care of a cow at his farm in an area designated by the Japanese government as an evacuation zone in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, located near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Some farmers in the area, including Watanabe, refused to follow the government's instruction to slaughter cattle after the 2011 nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo