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Author Tanizaki's 'haiku' poems on postcard discovered

NARA, Japan - A postcard (R) written by novelist Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) containing "haiku" poems describing his sense of uneasiness during the Pacific War is photographed at Tezukayama University's library in Nara City on July 4, 2014.

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Author Tanizaki's 'haiku' poems on postcard discovered

NARA, Japan - A postcard (R) written by novelist Junichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) containing "haiku" poems describing his sense of uneasiness during the Pacific War is photographed at Tezukayama University's library in Nara City on July 4, 2014. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

People pray outside Todaiji temple's Great Buddha Hall in Nara, western Japan, on April 24, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The hall of the Great Buddha, erected in the 8th century to assuage people's uneasiness over the rampant plague that hit Japan at that time, is closed amid the pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

People pray outside Todaiji temple's Great Buddha Hall in Nara, western Japan, on April 24, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The hall of the Great Buddha, erected in the 8th century to assuage people's uneasiness over the rampant plague that hit Japan at that time, is closed amid the pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

The face of Todaiji temple's Great Buddha is seen through a window in Nara, western Japan, on April 24, 2020. The hall of the Great Buddha, erected in the 8th century to assuage people's uneasiness over the rampant plague that hit Japan at that time, is closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Buddhist, Shinto and Catholic priests hold a joint press conference while observing social distance in front of the Great Buddha Hall at Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, on April 24, 2020, to call for public prayers for an early end to the coronavirus pandemic. The Great Buddha was erected in the 8th century to assuage people's uneasiness over the rampant plague that hit Japan at that time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo