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(2)'War orphans' leave Japan

NARITA, Japan - Nina Polyanskaya, a woman orphaned in China after World War II and now living in Russia, waves to well-wishers before flying back home after searching for relatives in Japan.

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Polyanskaya tries Japanese kimono

OSAKA, Japan - Nina Polyanskaya (L), a 'war orphan' visiting Japan from Russia to seek her relatives, tries on a traditional Japanese kimono in Osaka on Dec. 2. She survived a Russian attack on the Japanese military in Mudanjiang, China, on Aug. 17, 1945, but her parents were killed.

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Polyanskaya tries Japanese kimono

OSAKA, Japan - Nina Polyanskaya (L), a 'war orphan' visiting Japan from Russia to seek her relatives, tries on a traditional Japanese kimono in Osaka on Dec. 2. She survived a Russian attack on the Japanese military in Mudanjiang, China, on Aug. 17, 1945, but her parents were killed. (Kyodo)

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(2)'War orphans' leave Japan

NARITA, Japan - Nina Polyanskaya, a woman orphaned in China after World War II and now living in Russia, waves to well-wishers before flying back home after searching for relatives in Japan. (Kyodo)