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Afghan message encourages kids from nuclear crisis-hit town

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Musician Missa Johnouchi (C) and children forced to evacuate from the Fukushima prefectural town of Okuma, where some units of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are located, hold a message of encouragement and a gift pencil from Afghan children, in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2011.

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UNESCO to hold World Heritage concerts in Japan, France in Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Matsuura (R), director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and Japanese musician Missa Johnouchi (L), who has been named an Artist for Peace by the organization, announce in Tokyo on Aug. 4 that UNESCO will hold concerts in Japan and France in November as part of its campaign to preserve World Heritage sites.

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Afghan message encourages kids from nuclear crisis-hit town

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Musician Missa Johnouchi (C) and children forced to evacuate from the Fukushima prefectural town of Okuma, where some units of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are located, hold a message of encouragement and a gift pencil from Afghan children, in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2011.(Kyodo)