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Bicycles with distinctive frames popular overseas

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Ive emotion Co. President Masahito Hirose shows a Tyrell bicycle with a distinctive frame design in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, on June 4, 2014. The bicycles are popular abroad.

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Device to translate oyster 'language'

TAKAMATSU, Japan - ''Kai-Lingual,'' a device to detect alarming signs of oysters, is used in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 22, 2011.

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Colorful shoes a hit with elderly people

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Japanese shoemaker Tokutake Industry Co. President Takao Sogo shows shoes at the company's headquarters in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 8, 2008. Tokutake's shoes, with annual sales reaching some 500,000 pairs, include those with polka dots, unlike many traditional shoes for the elderly. They are also on sale in South Korea and China. Tokutake also tailors shoes so customers including those who have leg disabilities can wear them more comfortably.