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Japanese experts begin checking waste dumped in Manila

MANILA, Philippines - A team of Japanese government officials and environmental experts inspect waste illegally shipped to the Philippines from Japan in July at a Manila harbor. Masafumi Ishii of Japan's Foreign Ministry leads the seven-man team in inspecting the containers packed with soiled adult diapers, plastic pouches bearing Japanese characters, plastic cases for syringe needles, and other hospital waste.

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Peace Statue under repair

NAGASAKI, Japan - Workers are setting up scaffolding around the Statue of Peace in Nagasaki's Peace Park on Nov. 2, as five months of repair work started this month. The two arms of the 44-year-old, 9.7-meter-high bronze statue are in danger of falling off and its surface has gotten soiled. The work will be completed in March next year.

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A SOILED SHOP WINDOW BILL FOUND BEHIND A PICTURE FRAME, FOR

A SOILED SHOP WINDOW BILL FOUND BEHIND A PICTURE FRAME, FOR THE REGENT CINEMA, JUSTICE MILL LANE, ABERDEEN WHICH LATER CHANGED ITS NAME TO ODEON WHEN THAT GROUP BOUGHT IT

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Women washing clothes

The women are pulling apart soiled kimono, hand-washing the pieces, and then stretching them over a plank (a process called araihari ). Once these are dry, they are made into kimono again. This kind of drying process was applied not only to kimono but also to bedding and other sleeping items.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐25‐0]

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Women washing clothes

The women are pulling apart soiled kimono, hand-washing the pieces, and then stretching them over a plank (a process called araihari ). Once these are dry, they are made into kimono again. This kind of drying process was applied not only to kimono but also to bedding and other sleeping items.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐1‐0]

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Women washing clothes

The women are pulling apart soiled kimono, hand-washing the pieces, and then stretching them over a plank (a process called araihari ). Once these are dry, they are made into kimono again. This kind of drying process was applied not only to kimono but also to bedding and other sleeping items.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number50‐18‐0]

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Japanese experts begin checking waste dumped in Manila

MANILA, Philippines - A team of Japanese government officials and environmental experts inspect waste illegally shipped to the Philippines from Japan in July at a Manila harbor. Masafumi Ishii of Japan's Foreign Ministry leads the seven-man team in inspecting the containers packed with soiled adult diapers, plastic pouches bearing Japanese characters, plastic cases for syringe needles, and other hospital waste.

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Peace Statue under repair

NAGASAKI, Japan - Workers are setting up scaffolding around the Statue of Peace in Nagasaki's Peace Park on Nov. 2, as five months of repair work started this month. The two arms of the 44-year-old, 9.7-meter-high bronze statue are in danger of falling off and its surface has gotten soiled. The work will be completed in March next year.